Clandestine Contemplations – Bring Your Own Two Teams

 

For the past couple of weeks one thing has been dominating my VS thinking, and that is the upcoming (still some time away actually) UK Nationals. I have decided that at the very least I want to put up a good show defending my title, and that means working out how to deal with a couple of very different formats.

I plan on tackling each in the next couple of weeks and giving my initial thoughts at least before I begin a process of focused testing to see what actually works and what just sounds cool on paper. With that in mind this week I’m going to be thinking about Bring Your Own Two Teams (For anybody that doesn’t know – Golden Age, you pick any two teams who are considered to be crossed-over and can only use cards that reference one of those two teams).

VSA’s 2008 – Location of the Year

Another day, another poll.  Make sure you hop on over to VS-Blog.com because Miguel has posted the latest VSA poll – Location of the Year

the ring Has Chosen Episode 69

Welcome to 2009. Cliff, Squire, and intern Joe discuss the Holidays, Exiles, and the future of VS. Top it off with Weapon X deck talk, and Starjammers review.

VSA’s 2008 – Equipment of the Year

Another day, another category and another blog.  That’s right, over at Lost Hemisphere, you’ll find a poll to vote for the equipment card you feel made the biggest impact in 2008.  Remember, this category isn’t limited to cards printed in 08.  It could be a card from Marvel Origins that tore up the BYOT format for example.  Go check it out now:

http://losthemisphere.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/2008-vsas-equipment/

VSA’s 2008 – Plot Twist of the Year

Just before the holidays kicked in during the tail end of 2008, I suggested that we, the Vs. System community unite around what is and has been, great in our game during 2008.  I welcomed nominations in several catagories for your highlights of the last year and after a flood of responses both here and on VSRealms, I now have all the nominees lined up. 

 

All that remains is for you to decide who walks away with the top prize in the catagory.  Today we’re looking at Plot Twist of the Year. 

 

To clarify, this does not have to be a plot twist that debuted in 2008, but a plot twist that you feel had the biggest impact last year.  The nominees are:

Marvel Evolution set review – Starjammers

The Starjammers are one of the minor teams represented in Marvel Evolution. They are a bunch of Space Pirates who spend their time fighting against various villainous elements within the Shi’Ar (usually involving Deathbird). And of course where the Shi’Ar are involved, so are the X-Men often as not. Even more complicated, Corsair turns out to be Major Christopher Summers, Cyclops long-lost Dad who was actually kidnapped by aliens instead of dying in a plane crash. I love comics sometimes. Their primary card themes turn out to be piracy and sabotage, represented by their various abilities to steal your opponent’s cards, force them to discard and otherwise restrict their ability to put their own game plan into action. Of course the Starjammers don’t have that much of a plan themselves, but they sure will be annoying, and for some people that is more than enough. Not to mention the chance that their semi-random acts of pillage will occasionally wreck their opponents completely.

The Ring has Chosen Episode 68

Cliff, Squire, and special guest Charles (Obsidian3d) close out the year chatting, about VS, blogging, MEV, and why we love this game. To wrap up this epic episode we’ve included lost footage featuring Joe10lo, BigBossMan, and Ludin Romero.

Special Thanks and shout-outs to The Kamiza, and the Lost Hemisphere crew.

Vs. System TCG awards – 2008

As 2008 draws toward an end, there is plenty of doom and gloom in the world. In our everyday lives most of us are effected by the current global economic crisis. In our leisure time, Vs. System is clouded in uncertainty and surrounded by whispers of the worst kind. Instead of focusing on the negative, I think it’s time that we take a look at the positive for the last year. With that in mind, I propose we hold the Vs. System TCG awards – 2008 (VSA’s). Here are the categories I’ve come up with. Please reply with your nominations for each category. Once we have a decent number of nominations, I’ll put up polls for every one to vote for their favourite.

There will be a prize for the person who nominates the most ultimate winners. If there is a tie, then the prize will go to the person who submitted their nominations first.

The categories are:

The Ring Has Chosen – Episode 67

The Pull List – Episode 58

While VSRealms front page is down, I will be posting the Realms Radio podcasts right here on The-Kamiza.com.

 

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