Oblivion9@useast.battle.net - TRIAL

[BloorgardQKazoo]

Aka's BloorgardQKazoo@useast and Oblivion9@useast
No prior league or in-house experience to speak of.
As far as replays are concerned, I picked a couple of hybrid, as that seems the only way to show that I can work around not getting key units like goblins/orc early or archers, blasters, etc... I hope that it shows some thought goes into placement and what unit types are most functional.
The only LIHL player that I know for sure is sx.chuck, but I'm sure I know a number of other players as I do play somewhat often.

I would prefer to get involved in the league as trolls/griefers, poor team play, and bad game modes have pushed me at times to do things like going merc. Hopefully this shows that I'm good enough to at least be beat up upon by pros. Thank you for your time.

[Iznogood]

2076697.w3g - hybrid
Slow lumbering - can't say it was that since you got so many leaks
Hard to say anything about choice of units in hybrid
However you were leading the team and made some fair decissions

2081444.w3g - hybrid
slow lumbering to start with.. but you catched up on 5 - still op units

2189972.w3g - hybrid
You tried out a crossbuild. Very low lumbering

Since crossbuild and teambuilding aren't currently allowed in allowed in LIHL and 1/30 games are played as hybrid I would like you to post some replays using the prophet builder - at least 1 of the replays where you're not using the key units you mentioned. Show us that you can handle a bad roll and still handle some decent lumbering would convince me

Anyways Oblivion.. did you used to play battleships?

[BloorgardQKazoo]

I did play ships a bit way back when. I picked those replays kind of randomly so they could be bad replays. I'll try to play one tighter to show what I would play like.

[BloorgardQKazoo]

Ok so I didn't just pick the best units... and here's the result.

I know full well that i was heavy on medium going into 14... hence i leaked a couple, and I chose upped cyborg to try to handle 17 and it didn't pan out. I would have made other decisions, but I was trying to show a variety of units (instead of massing archers which is what I got on 1st rr)

[Iznogood]

Wasn't quite what I was looking for. However I did watch a few other replays and it turned out for the better - besides you had doubts if swamprunner was good for 7 in one of them. You haven't got any league experience but I've known you for years in the Battleships community where we've played tons of IH's games. Also some ltd's
All new players in LIHL needs a few games to adjust to the gameplay there and I'm sure you'll get the hang of it fast.
Decent elo - not much of a stacker.
You got my vouch

Link to statspage:
https://entgaming.net/customstats/legio ... oblivion9/

[BloorgardQKazoo]

It wasn't a good replay at all. I simply tried to show quickly, in a random game, some things I would try IF I didn't have access to the key units. Start with level 1, while I would use pandaren early, it wasn't an ideal unit but it does work reasonably well early on. I also had the option of building a flying machine on 1, but opted not to. Instead I rr on 2 and got archer. From here, normally I would just archer it up, go nuts on income, leak 10 most likely, but get my income up then possibly use dragon hawks for 20 (magic damage unless something else came along that was better like Hades/Doomsday/etc for 17 or Meridian/Druid/Mercurial for 20 or a tweener like Warden, something). Since it was requested that I try different units, I went with a fire archer and nightsaber to make sure I didn't leak 10. From there I chose a zombie, which I normally wouldn't ever build, to cover 8 (as another example of using less than optimal units). What I did realize was the problem I was going to have with 14. To counter that I opted to mass 3 outcasts, which aren't THAT bad, but once again not ideal. After 14, I knew I was in serious trouble come 17. Maybe I made an error at this point with going with upped cyborgs, and perhaps should have done Minos instead, but once again I was illustrating a use of different types of units.

I would like to add that yes, I certainly agree that this is not what I would call a good replay at all. I was simply addressing the idea of how would I play it out if I got crap units to choose from. I think I have a replay of a game going to 31 within the last couple of weeks that I'll have to look for, but maybe that would be better. I don't know exactly what you're looking for, so I'll keep making wild stabs. I'll look for updates later and post here.

[Diablo_]

I didn't watch the replay, but to me it sounds like you tried to build as many different towers as possible? ^^ If so, then that's not what we mean(t) nor what we are looking for. We are looking for replays where you simply play as good as possible while not having or simply not massing easy towers like archers, blasters, etc.

[Iznogood]

I didn't watch the replay, but to me it sounds like you tried to build as many different towers as possible? ^^ If so, then that's not what we mean(t) nor what we are looking for. We are looking for replays where you simply play as good as possible while not having or simply not massing easy towers like archers, blasters, etc.

Well you're right diablo
Sorry if I explained it wrong oblivion

-I already checked some last night.. you can always check your game list here and provide some links for us. There's no need for uploading the replays yourself
https://entgaming.net/customstats/legio ... oblivion9/

[BloorgardQKazoo]

I didn't watch the replay, but to me it sounds like you tried to build as many different towers as possible? ^^ If so, then that's not what we mean(t) nor what we are looking for.

I think we have a disconnect here. Please allow me to reiterate; I picked other towers than simply massing archers and provided a reasoning behind why I used these other towers. There were four rerolls during the game and from those rerolls I picked the best units possible to fill in for the sections of the game at hand. It was not using as many units as possible, but rather how I would handle getting different units than 10 elite archers or a row of Blasters. What this was meant to illustrate was my thought process for the game. It was requested that I show how I would cover IF I didn't mass a bunch of easy towers. I am speaking directly to this post:

We are looking for replays where you simply play as good as possible while not having or simply not massing easy towers like archers, blasters, etc.

If my thought process is bad please let me know. I am very open to constructive criticism.

Perhaps someone could clarify something for me. From my observation, the game is mostly about using units that, if they are not OP on their own, are at (subjective) more of an advantage than others for a given stretch or level (like an azure dragon on 20, I really don't use this unit at all for any other reason). What is it specifically does one need to see visually to indicate that i am a qualified player to participate in this league. And please do not infer by the language that I'm trying to be rude, I am simply and quite honestly confused as to what you would like me to submit.

EDIT: Here's a game I played with an old friend from UTK: https://entgaming.net/findstats.php?id=2042854 I did end up building on him for 20, but other than that I think it shows selection of units, maybe.

[Iznogood]

We are looking for replays where you simply play as good as possible while not having or simply not massing easy towers like archers, blasters, etc.

In the other replay it looked like you were trying to many different units instead of making a solid build with what you had avaible.
Either show us that you can hold key levels like 7,10 or push your income to the limit.
Standards for holding 7 is 4/1-5/1 lumber upgrades
Standards for pushing your lumber and leaking some 7/8 and 10 is 7/3-7/6

you're also welcome to check out some games at clan lihl @us east

[Diablo_]

Alright Bloorgard, nvm my post then. To me it just sound like you tried to build as many different towers as possible with as many re-rolls as possible while still doing fine or something (as I said, I didn't check the replay) :p
But as you didn't do so you can ignore my comment. Hope I didn't confuse you too much ...

Btw, I find it a bit strange when people critize applicants for leaking on level X vs just a "standard" send while there also always a lot of leaks in our LIHL games ^^ It's just natural to leak on some levels if you don't have rly good towers or if you aren't staying too low on income. Thus I wouldn't call 4/1 or 5/1 while also not leaking standard for level 7.

Edit: Will you play games tomorrow? If so, can you say at which time roughly (plus timezone)? I'm not a big fan of judging players based on replays while I think you can judge the skill quite quickly if you play with them.

[BloorgardQKazoo]

I'll try to be on at Pacific Standard Time noon-3PM. I think that's GMT +8 or something like that.

[Iznogood]

Thus I wouldn't call 4/1 or 5/1 while also not leaking standard for level 7.

I will well leaking a few with hard send.

I didn't watch your latest replay yet, oblivion. Will do tomorrow

Edit:

Watched the replay - solid game oblivion. Only thing I that hit my eyes was that you massed wolves instead of upping your mutants for 17.
Well wasn't like you feared they had demons going your way.

[Diablo_]

I've played 2 pubs with him today. Sadly those games weren't good games, in one of them the other team had 2 mercs and in the other game the other team sent every level. But what I can still say:
He is a nice and friendly player
He is willing to learn and listens to advice (for example he asked if there's a list for the amount of gold you get per level)
He knows towers well and his calls were also ok
However, he makes little mistakes from time to time, especially in terms of incoming. Staying low at times and then pushing a bit too much etc.

Conclusion:
I think he would currently be one of the worse players in LIHL, but pretty much every new player was there when they were vouched and as all other players he is probably able to improve quickly. Thus I would recommend a trial period and see whether he can adapt to LIHL games or not.

[eldryan]

I didn't watch the replay, but to me it sounds like you tried to build as many different towers as possible? ^^ If so, then that's not what we mean(t) nor what we are looking for.

I think we have a disconnect here. Please allow me to reiterate; I picked other towers than simply massing archers and provided a reasoning behind why I used these other towers. There were four rerolls during the game and from those rerolls I picked the best units possible to fill in for the sections of the game at hand. It was not using as many units as possible, but rather how I would handle getting different units than 10 elite archers or a row of Blasters. What this was meant to illustrate was my thought process for the game. It was requested that I show how I would cover IF I didn't mass a bunch of easy towers. I am speaking directly to this post:

We are looking for replays where you simply play as good as possible while not having or simply not massing easy towers like archers, blasters, etc.

If my thought process is bad please let me know. I am very open to constructive criticism.

Perhaps someone could clarify something for me. From my observation, the game is mostly about using units that, if they are not OP on their own, are at (subjective) more of an advantage than others for a given stretch or level (like an azure dragon on 20, I really don't use this unit at all for any other reason). What is it specifically does one need to see visually to indicate that i am a qualified player to participate in this league. And please do not infer by the language that I'm trying to be rude, I am simply and quite honestly confused as to what you would like me to submit.

EDIT: Here's a game I played with an old friend from UTK: https://entgaming.net/findstats.php?id=2042854 I did end up building on him for 20, but other than that I think it shows selection of units, maybe.

"what is it specifically does one need to see visually to indicate that i am a qualified player to participate in this league." : preferably 1500 ELO or higher in pubs.


we're looking for understanding of how fast you can income using a given set of towers, how you maximize your tower's impact, and how you recover from weakness.

azure dragon is a great tower in later levels, with very op slow.