[America Server] Discussions

[solar aspen]

no prob!

[slow mason]

bait

[solar aspen]

it's just for fun

[long ledge]

give me a minute then

[solar aspen]

send me your UID

[long ledge]

wdym

[solar aspen]

or you can copy paste mine from my profile ^^

[slow mason]

you're one of the mcs

[long ledge]

wtf, i'm not

[rich wasp]

kate is an mc

i thought kate was just the coach

[long ledge]

i'm just a background character

[slow mason]

I'm lost in the story

but kate sounds like someone who can be a mc

[solar aspen]

who's kate?

[slow mason]

katemis

[rich wasp]

kate was one of the background characters they discarded for a single joke

this plot is garbage

[long ledge]

633535677

[slow mason]

kate was also taken out?

this plot really is awful

[rich wasp]

yeah they didn’t even explain how in the story

they just wanted to kill off everyone from a certain country to make a joke

[slow mason]

I hope we get a second prince cup arc to avenge all these characters

[polar barn]

Even tough I aspire to be the most background char

I create mess wherever I go

[long ledge]

@solar aspen gg

[solar aspen]

gg!

[slow mason]

who won?

[long ledge]

want to play more

[solar aspen]

if you can wait a bit

[polar barn]

The better one

Kate washed

[solar aspen]

then I can play a few rounds more

[long ledge]

never washed if you were never good to begin with

[polar barn]

[solar aspen]

brb!

[slow mason]

true

[long ledge]

sure

[solar aspen]

I loose the game :3

[polar barn]

Kate dosesnt play with me anymore

[long ledge]

just ping me if you wanna play

[polar barn]

[long ledge]

you weren't asking

[polar barn]

Bullying newcomers

[long ledge]

you're too good anyway

[polar barn]

[long ledge]

i'm teaching them

[polar barn]

U say something along the lines
I'm on a mountain..
I have fever
I have loose tooth

[long ledge]

2 out of the 3 were the things i used, and it's true

i mean we can play later

[polar barn]

Sure

[long ledge]

[vivid monolith]

stupididiot nyahida always win

[long ledge]

true

[rich wasp]

says the person who went 5-0 today

[polar barn]

[arctic valve]

nyahida too stronk

[solar aspen]

hey, still there?

[long ledge]

yeah, wanna play?

[solar aspen]

I can play three rounds ^^

mind if I test some new decks?

[long ledge]

let me just login

[solar aspen]

sure!

[long ledge]

use whatever deck you want

[solar aspen]

thanks!

let me know once you're ready so I can join you ^^

[long ledge]

join now

[solar aspen]

omw!

[fathom fog]

Thanks bro 🥰🥰 was a fun tournament

[wary heron]

I can't fucking play a single game without getting interrupted and disturbed by IRL

Definitely won't be able to play my best this tournament

[solar aspen]

sorry to read that!

hope that situation gets better soon

[wary heron]

Don't need to play my best to win surely

Already 0-1

[solar aspen]

wdym?

[wary heron]

Lost 1 game

Won 0

[long ledge]

[wary heron]

[polar barn]

[wary heron]

[long ledge]

[solar aspen]

Oh, I get it now!

[long ledge]

@solar aspen gg

[solar aspen]

gg!

[long ledge]

[solar aspen]

any feedback is always welcome, too ^^

[arctic valve]

Kill them before they kill you

[solar aspen]

I can't remember if we played together already, still getting used to Discord/Genshin nicknames, haha

[arctic valve]

hehe, not yet against me

[solar aspen]

I see!

[long ledge]

I'll just give some feedback later

[shadow tartan]

I only got one match in so far

Back in the alpha it was not so meta heavy, the good old days were golden 😌

[hallow lance]

im still trying to get klee xq agent to work

^ went 1-4

[thick charm]

im the 1

[shadow tartan]

I feel y'all

Back in the day when we had unlimited matches I was always on the bottom of the barrel

[slow mason]

I'm 0-3 right now

surely I can make a comeback

[thick charm]

if I extrapolate my current win rate to the rest of the season

I predict I can get the card back in ||#DIV/0|| days

that's good right

[shadow tartan]

I have given up

And I'm only at 0-2

[thick charm]

I'm not gonna quit but man that was a blow to self esteem

[slow mason]

its still too early to give up

remember that theres a skill based match making this time

so because we're getting low scores we will later find people with equally bad scores

[thick charm]

well the kokopium optimist pollyanna perspective is that I can at least feed wins so more people can get the card back

[shadow tartan]

I mean that does sound good

[thick charm]

so I'll play the 35 matches to completion

y'all been very polite and good sports too

[shadow tartan]

Best of luck to you!

[thick charm]

[shadow tartan]

So far in the queue (again, only twice) people have been a bit unpolite 😭

Not even a "nice to meet you" just "join my game please"

It is a dark time indeed.

[thick charm]

hoyoverse fans know better to say nice to meet you

I'm Natasha, an underworld doctor

Feeling sick?

[shadow tartan]

Also it's way more meta heavy, I already had the urge to plunge my eyes out whenever someone had a Ganyu on their team on the first tournament

Now it's just painful

[thick charm]

I should probably actually reject fischl, return to ganyu

[solar aspen]

Hahaha, we have a duty to accomplish

[shadow tartan]

I mean where's this good ol' fun times?

I miss queueing up for happiness 😔

[solar aspen]

That sucks! I've been meeting only kind people

[thick charm]

my happiness queue was heated battle with random people

[cursive gazelle]

ganyu isnt that bad. imagine queuing into bin in your first match

[shadow tartan]

I never tried the heated battle mode

Maybe that's what I need to get fun making it back into my veins

[thick charm]

idk I got curbstomped hard when I tried it for the prelims

so maybe I'm scared out of it

[eternal musk]

in my experience it's just that many in NA don't even speak english (es/pt mostly). I think matches without interaction are ok.

[solar aspen]

There are more options now with the new cards :3 let's just hope the new cards bring more options for deck composition :3

[thick charm]

but if you absolutely hate Mona, Bennett or Keqing, maybe you'd want Heated Battle

[solar aspen]

Where are those who share the memory?

[thick charm]

oh yeah good point also, I'm not sure how big jenshin is in latam but if it is

[solar aspen]

I have managed to defeat their B and N but Itto hits too hard.

[thick charm]

that's a lot of people from countries (me included) that don't speak english

[polar barn]

[slow mason]

you can still queue for fun

I only ever play diona

[solar aspen]

I liked the one with pick some random cards, we make a deck for you and fight, haha.

[cursive gazelle]

fully equipped itto is too scary

[eternal musk]

usually i just use "glhf" before the match and "gg" at the end and that's enough.

[polar barn]

Itto is not invincible
It's just take time to learn to play against him

[cursive gazelle]

the universal language

[thick charm]

I'm intimidated with the speed that people join my world before I can process what's happening so I just ask if they're ready to play

[solar aspen]

I think it's big, haha. I'm from Latin America, it has more impact than other Hoyoverse games I've played

[thick charm]

I don't interact with the community a lot so I wouldn't know. But as far as merch goes, there's no trace of Star Rail, let alone Honkai Impact

[solar aspen]

Totally agree, still learning how to deal with some characters, since I don't play with all of them. I have never played with Fatui or Monsters, for example xD

[thick charm]

meanwhile genshrek… well, I have a bunch of Hu Tao stuff that my sibling has bought for me. The funniest part being that I don't have her or any interest to get her. If anything, if I do get her, it's because my sibling has given me so many Hu Tao trinkets

[solar aspen]

Hahaha, I hate it when I type the UID and it says there's no one with that UID T.T

[thick charm]

right, and as the guy that gets joined, I need to check their UID anyways to make sure

[polar barn]

I don't play itto

Simply bcz

[solar aspen]

Hahaha, Hu Tao has a lot of stuff, like the phone collab they made

[polar barn]

I don't feel confident with it

What if run into combo

[solar aspen]

Yeah, totally, it's about finding your play style, I would say

[thick charm]

I like how my deck plays but I got into a massive losing streak right before the prelims and I'm still carrying it lol

[slow mason]

going 1-3 feels bad

[polar barn]

I'm 0-5

Trust

[slow mason]

I dont think I'm making it to knockouts this time

[polar barn]

[solar aspen]

Same! It's my first time, tho xD

[solar aspen]

I made a bunch of decks for the tournament, so now I'm thinking if I should try the others or stick with the current main deck, haha

[slow mason]

I would say it's safer to stick with one deck

[raven wyvern]

the entire leaderboard is 5-0 again

[slow mason]

unless you know your opponent and want to counter pick them

[slow mason]

there really is no hope

[solar aspen]

Yeah, probably, I haven't been working so much on the others since are kinda new

[strange peak]

So what's the dominating deck this time?

[steep pendant]

I changed a card of mine again ;w; Wasn't doing so good

Also goooood morning/afternoon!

[steep pendant]

Idk, but I've seen ei zhongli noelle a bit... If I remembered properly

[strange peak]

Yeah, matched twice against it last night... and another with Barbara instead of Ei

[steep pendant]

It's annoying, but we are slowly getting used to it now >:3

Depending on if they use shields, I mainly go for Ei because big damage and energy giving

[solar aspen]

morning!

[solar aspen]

I see! I think I was able to watch one of your matches

[steep pendant]

Shut everything down as fast as possible

[steep pendant]

Huh? You can watch matches?

[solar aspen]

yes!

go to your friend list

[steep pendant]

Wow they added that?!?

[solar aspen]

and then you can watch if there's a current duel

it's locked to up to 6 spectators, I think

[steep pendant]

That's crazyy I wanted them to add that!

Albedo wasn't good for my deck so I booted him off🫡

Goodbye weird hair guy

[solar aspen]

hahaha

who replaced him?

[steep pendant]

You have to find out

[solar aspen]

haha

nice

[steep pendant]

But I'm worried that if you keep fighting me you'll know my secrets

[solar aspen]

haha, same risk for me, I think, so that's fair enough

[steep pendant]

Deal

Wanna go a round?

[twilit steppe]

I personally met a lot of superconduct. Someone else met Barbara - Itto - Noelle four times

[wary heron]

bin sucks

[solar aspen]

hey, sorry, I'm doing some paperwork, probably will be available later :3 i'll let you know once I can play

[steep pendant]

Ooh paperwork

https://tenor.com/view/peachcry-peachmad-typing-homework-homeworktime-gif-21094508

[polar barn]

Indeed

[pine heron]

Yeah it sucks the life out of opponents

[hybrid whale]

Welcome to the club

[slow mason]

We can still make a comeback

I put my faith in diona

[rose perch]

🤔 it still cap at 5 games? Did no one play this morning?

[cursive gazelle]

this morning's timeslot counts as the same day as last night's

[solar aspen]

for real? D: I thought those were for today's morning and afternoon

[cursive gazelle]

i tried to queue in this morning and it told me i used up my quota already

[solar aspen]

sad

[thick charm]

wait noel barbruh itto is big meta?

👀

[solar aspen]

Haha, yeah

[thick charm]

brb learning the deck within 2 hours

my face when waiting for Albedo so I could have Wind and Freedom and Ganyu in my deck along Noelle 🤡 Then ditching Ganyu for Fischl. Then ditching both for Barbara and Itto

I'll stick with my deck for a couple days and look this up tomorrow

[pine heron]

[slow heart]

why is na top 16 all 5-0

[tropic slate]

barbara itto is big meta, but that means everyone is now running raiden/shenhe/chongyun

to counter it

so come up with a counter for that instead

[ancient spindle]

then just bring BIN to counter the shenhe SC counter

then use Shenhe SC to counter BIN

[thick charm]

late to the matchmaking because of dinner but I'm ready to go 0-10

[crystal tapir]

meanwhile cn statistics: bin counters shenhe sc

[tropic slate]

absolutely a lie

at least when I'm playing it, bin hard loses the matchup

your variant might do better

[woven mulch]

yeah, that was me in that match. ggs

it was close

[crystal tapir]

not lie... just statistics

[cyan zinc]

I think it's a lie too

[tropic slate]

cn players are just built different

better bin players

[cyan zinc]

Bin is okay against chong

Definitely not counter

[woven mulch]

I saw your name and i thought, "oh, this is one of the top players. Chances are they're gonna play something top tier in the game meta. better try going anti-meta strategy. and then i saw it was a mirror match and thought, "shoot!!!"

[tropic slate]

it's not like an instant loss

but it's absolutely not a positive matchup

[crystal tapir]

i cycle decks anyways

[tropic slate]

at least 60-40 in the sc's favor in my opinion

[cyan zinc]

I think it's 5050

Or 40-60 in bins favor

[tropic slate]

because sc does not need to highroll in order to win

bin kind of does

[crystal tapir]

56-44 bin favored

[cyan zinc]

Sc does need highroll to kill itto

[tropic slate]

if you don't draw your equipment immediately and get a strong start then you're kind of cooked by the time they get in position

[crystal tapir]

i dont make this up ;-;

[tropic slate]

because chongyun burst does 13 damage under ideal circumstances, and we know itto isn't at full health

[steep pendant]

I've been in a rut.. Any tips for casual joining this crazy meta..?

[cyan zinc]

Tech card and food are acceptable

[ancient spindle]

its bc of send off

[cyan zinc]

And send off also

If you don't have any then sure you auto lose to sc

[woven mulch]

the thing is we actually drew our equipment. part of the reason they got ahead was they prioritized healing more than I did.

[ancient spindle]

i'll blame Shenhe SC skill issue

[crystal tapir]

watch a guide

[cyan zinc]

Play shenhe sc

[pearl fern]

honestly stick with a deck you're familiar with if you can. If you're swapping decks a lot trying to find the "best" one it can often make you play worse

[steep pendant]

I don't want to just join meta. So if it means I lose, that's that then.

[cyan zinc]

Why not?

[steep pendant]

Thanks, that's helpful. I've been switching a lot

[cyan zinc]

Meta is meta for a reason

[steep pendant]

There's no creativity. Everyone just jumps on it

[cyan zinc]

Isn't that what learning in school is all about?

[thick charm]

In my humble opinion, jump on the bandwagon for competition

[cyan zinc]

I didn't create math or any other subjects

[thick charm]

play the fun decks with random matchmaking or friends or in-game challenges

[steep pendant]

It's just a bit sad that the only way to make it in comp is specific characters. Reminds me of clash royale days

[thick charm]

Even if you wanna go against the meta, you need to be at least aware of what's meta to play around it when building your own stuff

[steep pendant]

Right.

[cyan zinc]

You can play antimeta when you make it to the knockout

And know what your opponents playing

[steep pendant]

But that's still meta cause it's made to counter specific characters (if I understand it right) xD

[thick charm]

yea right now the matchmaking is pretty blind so you've just gotta bring the best you can and hope you win

[twilit steppe]

Yeah...

[steep pendant]

I'm trying to incorporate characters I like that can still make it

My decks are odd but when I figure it out it can really work

[cyan zinc]

That's gonna be tough

[steep pendant]

Lisa is really good rn, working on her, and adding qiqi. Wanna keep Xiao, but prob can't if it's too wonky

I understand I can't keep wishful thinking that it'll just turn out

[strange peak]

I forgot... do we still get a chance for welkin with 5 wins?

[steep pendant]

Sacrifices must be made

[rose perch]

i think they got rid of it in place of this primogems thing. but no one confirmed it yet

[twilit steppe]

Omg that would suck if it were true. The welkins (for people who got it like me once) are so much better than the primos tbh🙊

[steep pendant]

everyone went silent cause my ideas are that bad lmao

[ancient spindle]

Lisa is good when she is defeated

[eternal musk]

lies

Ganyu freeze counters bin

trust me

[rich wasp]

just draw amos

[steep pendant]

I was expecting diona serious showdown to be harder than this ;w;

[thick charm]

I got destroyed by a Lisa Qiqi deck on a random matchmaking

[steep pendant]

Wait it IS a good idea??

[thick charm]

but it was more Qiqi with Sacrificial Sword and Tenacity of the Millelith being pretty much invincible

also disclaimer: im bad

[steep pendant]

No, shields are so annoying I get it

Even like seven damage I've done isn't enough

[thick charm]

shields are okay, totm is certainly not lmao

signed: scrub that has no idea what a vaporize is

[steep pendant]

Pretty much all reactions can hurt

[hybrid whale]

Tfw every player I've faced so far this ctg has been tough regardless of the result, where are the days where I could get free wins the first few days ;-;

[steep pendant]

I got matched against the same person two times and lost

[thick charm]

same but the other way around

I kinda feel bad about it if I'm being honest

but I secured my card back at least

[steep pendant]

Well at least you have wins 😭

[thick charm]

I went 5-0 on the first day

as in, lost all 5 matches 🙂

[steep pendant]

I was 4-1

[strange peak]

F

[thick charm]

hopefully you'll turn it around. I've heard they added W/L based matchmaking so you'll have a chance for that card back if you don't get discouraged

[steep pendant]

Today I was frantically switching decks and didn't win yet

Not all the way done tho

[slow heart]

So many shenhe sc player

[twilit steppe]

Yeah same. There's one match where my opponent seem to bring the wrong deck causing a loss (for my opponent). But almost all of my matches so far were tough haha

[thick charm]

been there, I was in a giant losing streak for a couple weeks before the prelims so I feel you

[twilit steppe]

Yeah like what even

[steep pendant]

Got diona serious backed in a corner but she keeps desperately healing lmao

All three cards left for me

[slow heart]

more shenhe sc kek

god they suckk

[strange peak]

I don't feel like playing all 5 matches tonight

[rose depot]

at 7-3 rn

ahh

feels like all the games I lost was just choking on my end

2 I know for sure were winnable

[twilit steppe]

Same

[rose depot]

and ended the day playing nyahida

though somehow clutched that out

[hybrid whale]

I can't believe I'm on leaderboard even if it's temporary at 6-4

What is going on

[rose perch]

they made the matchmaking q weird. the following day's morning q counts for the previous day.

so now it make no sense to play in the evening

[slow heart]

sadge

tbf they have 1 card left

[eager mesa]

woven cryo res adeptus burst

trust

[slow heart]

it is

too bad their last card isn't adaptus or cryo res

I played so poorly that game and tenshu failed me on the most important turn

[pearl fern]

except your evening matches would count "earlier" for tiebreak purposes since the evening slot is the first one of the window

so keep that in mind

[hybrid whale]

That only matters on last day though

[pearl fern]

unless you want to screenshot yourself on leaderboard

mm no 10-X on leaderboard. Either matchmaking is working as intended, or competition is just that good these days. Maybe both

[safe plaza]

https://tenor.com/view/primogems-gif-19629186

[thick charm]

[tropic slate]

at least in NA there aren't any 10-x on leaderboard yet

not even any 9-0

much nicer than last time

scores are looking to be overall lower

[eager mesa]

ggs @outer silo
that was quite the game

[outer silo]

yeah it was

I was not expecting my fatui to die there

same with fishcl

I ahd lotus I could have used for either but I thought it was impossible for them to die

[slow mason]

I can't wait to sprint home so I can play a game a minute before the queue time ends

[lucid sable]

I went completely brain dead and forgot tourney started

[safe plaza]

[arctic valve]

Ready, Set, GO!!

[safe plaza]

[solar aspen]

Did you make it in time?

[slow mason]

yep

1-5

yay

[solar aspen]

I was only able to play three matches 😦

Came late

[pearl glade]

omg that youtube ad 💀

[rose perch]

hsr tcg when?

[rapid spruce]

When does the queue open? I'm in the UTC -6 timezone. And if I miss a day can I still join?

I'm going for the card back and looked at previous tournaments to find out that I missed at least one card back 😭
I will pay more attention to discord (at least this server) from now on 😭

[cursive gazelle]

queue open times are in #preliminary-queue , its already displayed in your timezone

the NA server one just finished an hour ago i think

and you get a daily quota of 5 games but it carries over. so if you join the next NA queue window you can play 10 games

[rapid spruce]

Thanks!

[solar aspen]

@steep pendant , still there? 👀

[solar aspen]

HSR is kinda it's own TCG, tho, haha

[long ledge]

They're willing to add x2 send-off and x2 lament just to bully Shenhe sc

While most player won't even bother adding send-off in their Bin list

[pearl glade]

id be in support of hoyoverse tcg

kinda like hearthstone

[misty harness]

I'm not part of the conversation but I'm really curious about this. Which card is "lament"?

[long ledge]

Guardian's oath

[misty harness]

oh. well, that is certainly a huge commitment

[long ledge]

Bin can afford running those cards without suffering much in terms of match-ups

[pure gull]

guys, i have registered s4 of ctg, and now its preliminary round. who should i play against? where to see it?

[pale blaze]

#preliminary-queue people you queue against (most likely random ppl)

[pure gull]

it says no access... why?

[pale blaze]

did you register in time ?

[pure gull]

yeah. i can see my rank in the preliminary channel (america) and says i have registered

[pale blaze]

hm try dm a mod or something

idk

who tho

[pure gull]

ok i will find

[misty harness]

the queue isn't open at this hour lol

check the times, it should show the hours at which the queue will be open adjusted to your local time

[frozen pike]

are you on mobile?

try closing and reopening the app and see if it's fixed

if not, try clearing Discord app (mobile) data

[pure gull]

okay

[frozen pike]

worst case scenario is uninstalling the app... Discord mobile be yanky recently

[pure gull]

where is the time?

[misty harness]

right there in the preliminary queue

[pure gull]

ohh it shows now! i cleared all discord data and re-login, now the channel shows.
thank you very much

[pure gull]

thanks. previously i cannot see this channel, but it cleared up now

[misty harness]

oh, my bad. I didn't realize you couldn't access the channel at all. glad you solved it 👍

[spiral schooner]

Hi! Question: After you queue for a round and someone accepts, how do you go about actually playing against each other? Do you have to exchange UID's or something to start a match?

[violet dome]

The uid for both you and your opponent is shown somewhere above

And yeah you could ask them too

[spiral schooner]

Ohhhh, I see. So it'll appear as we join the voice channel?

[violet dome]

Yes

[spiral schooner]

Thank you for the help!!!💙

Oh, also, do we have to keep our mics on?😭

[violet dome]

You don’t need to voice chat with your opponent

[spiral schooner]

Cool, thanks!😂 ✨

[violet dome]

Both you and the opponent will be sent into a a sectioned channel where you both are able to discuss about how the match will be played

[gaunt mica]

just to clarify, a new discord thread is opened. Not a voice channel

[spiral schooner]

I see, thanks!

[spiral schooner]

Ah, got you👌

[violet garnet]

wait, shouldnt the match quota be 15 today

i show 10 is my max rn

[cursive gazelle]

its not 15 until the evening queue yet

the evening queue counts as the same day as the following morning's

[violet garnet]

gotcha

i literally got 8 unmatching dice

AND

no dice fix/ramp

[cursive gazelle]

[violet garnet]

round 1

ggs

[cursive gazelle]

[violet garnet]

deleted because i said bad words...

but man, thats frustrating

[pure gull]

i lost 6 times.... but at least i won 3 times.... card back, babyyy

[eternal musk]

[woven mulch]

what is the minimum requirement to get the card back?

[twilit steppe]

3 wins and that's it I think..

[safe plaza]

What are the rules on spectators?

If streaming, does it need to be off Discord & somewhere with a delay?

[subtle ibex]

Don't think there are any per say there might be restrictions on streaming the prelims and KOs tho, so I would recommend reaching out to Bee, pons, or a hyv contact and see what they say

[safe plaza]

so for the 35 prelim matches before KOs, anyone can do anything they want?

even backseating is allowed?

[pearl glade]

why wouldnt it be allowed tho

[safe plaza]

could be considered a form of boosting

which is against the rules

[pearl glade]

like advising?

[safe plaza]

because it's not you playing the game in that case, but you and whoever is helping you

[pearl glade]

i see

[safe plaza]

if it's allowed, that's fine, i'm just unclear on the rules

[mint juniper]

sort of wondering that too, but i wont [stream] just to play it safe then. maybe record for funsies~ see if there are rules for posting after the fact

Super nervous as oops, I currently have 15 quota to catch up on
But before I start matchmaking, I was trying to look through FAQ and are there only deck rules for KO rounds? Just play whatever decks we want during prelims?

[slow mason]

I believe I've heard that back seating is allowed

Yes the deck restrictions are only for knock outs

[mint juniper]

Cool, thanks!
'cause the link [Click here] in #🎫register seems to be broken for the general overview of S4

[safe plaza]

would definitely like confirmation from TOs on this one, and maybe a note in the rules that make it explicitly clear

[mint juniper]

^or even livestreaming and put chat in emote only? I think it would be fun, but I don't wanna risk anything

[tropic slate]

livestreaming should be fine, but you shouldn't be looking at the chat or listening to commentary

the usual method of livestreaming gitcg for serious things is to apply a 5 minute stream delay

in which case your viewers can't help you when you actually need help, so it's fair

[subtle ibex]

I like the stream delay idea

[safe plaza]

what about screensharing on Discord?

[pearl fern]

regular streaming i think it's fine, it'd be the advice part that would be an issue

[tropic slate]

if you're deafened and honor-system not to look at the chat, basically

or your viewers decide not to backseat you

idk there are no explicit rules against it but getting coaching mid-match just seems like poor sportsmanship

so as long as you avoid that you're clear in my book

[cursive gazelle]

nothing but shenhe sc in queue

[ancient spindle]

Then play shen 2nemo

[cursive gazelle]

3rd mirror i've seen today

[tropic slate]

2nemo isn't that strong against shenhe sc, unfortunately

it's better than most things but if you don't highroll into the few cards you need you're still kinda cooked

[ancient spindle]

Ive been complaining since day 1

[pearl fern]

no see switching decks is when you stop mirror matching

[tropic slate]

imagine switching to danemo to counter an expected shenhe sc

only to match into bin

[twilit steppe]

Wow that would suck

[cursive gazelle]

its true only 2 decks in the tournament

[slow mason]

Just play diona double pyro and you'll never mirror match again

[ancient spindle]

You'll be BIN hard

[fathom fog]

Teach me how 😎

[rich wasp]

what 2 decks

yaethunk

shenhe sc and ... ?

[hallow lance]

so what if i just, stop playing
now that i got 3 wins >->

tcg is too stressful for me 😔

[rich wasp]

youll get the card back

i think?

[ancient spindle]

Yes i recommend

[hallow lance]

my npc otk deck doesn't work on players it seems LMAO

[rich wasp]

if it was only shenhe sc and BIN i would have the perfect deck to queue

but theres a third deck that counters that one

[ancient spindle]

Its called mnez

[rich wasp]

despairge

[slow heart]

totm last card of the deck

[pearl fern]

but there....

is a third deck...

ominous music

[slow mason]

Well you see, I'm terrible at explaining

[violet rose]

What deck counters shenhe sc and BIN?

[slow mason]

And my current score tells me I shouldn't be giving any advice

[rich wasp]

regular oceanid NEC

personal opinion is it does anyways

[violet rose]

Huh really? I've lost to shenhe sc using that a few times.

It didn't seem favored to me.

[rich wasp]

its definitely one of the decks i feel the most comfy queueing into shenhe sc oh hi tomoki im not giving any info rn

[hybrid whale]

[rich wasp]

honestly nothing is too good into shenhe sc xd

[hybrid whale]

Yeah, there's a reason you and I use it

[crystal tapir]

used to play shenhe 2nemo to beat sc

but if you queue into bin you cry

[shadow thorn]

What is shenhe sc? I’m new to tgc and joined the tourney for fun

[crystal tapir]

shenhe superconduct

[pearl fern]

if you queue into TOTM you cry

[rich wasp]

shenhe raiden chongyun

[crystal tapir]

shenhe raiden ayaka

[slow heart]

dp beat bin

[rich wasp]

inazuma res version should use yae

[crystal tapir]

i dont have list...

[shadow thorn]

Oh I see, thank you!

[crystal tapir]

but a few jp people playing the inazuma ver

with raiden

[tropic slate]

I don't quite get what ayaka gives you over chongyun

[cyan zinc]

How can you play inazuma with raiden

[misty harness]

I thought running out of cards was a loss in this game.

[cyan zinc]

Wait

No

Mb

[tropic slate]

ayaka's burst does more damage overall but the initial burst damage is very important

[violet rose]

It's not, but there's a turn limit. I think it's turn 15 or something.

[slow mason]

This isn't Yu-Gi-Oh

[slow heart]

We got to round 10

[misty harness]

I messed up real badly

[rose depot]

inazuma resonance

[twilit steppe]

[slow heart]

draw too much cards

[tropic slate]

inazuma res is cope

just get good dice

[rose depot]

literally the only reason

if you're a good player

inazuma resonance is bad

but not everyone is good

[tropic slate]

like, ayaka can't punch through itto with shields up

chongyun can

and bestest is enough almost all of the time

[rose depot]

ayaka with minty meat rolls

more dps

[tropic slate]

[rose depot]

1 dice for 3 dice worth of value is sick

[tropic slate]

that seems to be the only 'cope' emote in this server, huh

[rich wasp]

dp does beat bin

but loses

really hard to shenhe sc

[sullen walrus]

You play Ayaka so You can abuse Vanessa. Free woven

[thick charm]

[rose depot]

what's dp?

[tropic slate]

oh true

[rose depot]

double pyro?

[rich wasp]

diona penalty

[tropic slate]

death penalty

[rose depot]

oh

diona is broken

[tropic slate]

named for what you want to inflict on your opponent for playing it against you

and/or what it feels like to be on the opposing end

diona / barbara / xingqiu

[rich wasp]

i thought it was named that bc thats what its like playing against it

[tropic slate]

does pretty low damage but does freeze a lot and simply does not die

[slow heart]

does it?

[slow mason]

It has many meanings

[slow heart]

I have only lost one shenhe sc match and won all my other shenhe sc match

[tropic slate]

did you save the replays?

I would like to see

iirc the problem is that you don't apply enough pressure and they can just chongyun burst over and over against you, which takes out one of your characters each time

until you're out of options

[rich wasp]

i just feel like in general xq decks suffer against shenhe sc

but idk

[slow heart]

I watched Juslin's asia major dp shenhe sc game and learn from that

studying other people's game helped

[hallow lance]

can confirm

[pearl glade]

Yeah feels like playing rock paper scissors sometimes

Im sure most ppl here knows how to counter a specific build

But sometimes we get unlucky and match into a build that naturally counters what you have

[crystal tapir]

rng > skill

skill is fake

[tropic slate]

but that's the entire point of any card game

to build your deck and play in such a way as to minimize rng

or, rather, minimize the amount of good luck you need to get in order to win

[crystal tapir]

deck building is fake

when opponent starting hand has all 5 pieces of exodia you cant outplay it

[pearl glade]

Fair enough

[safe plaza]

queue's much faster these days

[pearl glade]

Im liking the na leaderboard

Seems much more realistic as a card game

[zenith wraith]

Good evening everyone! How are your games going?

[twilit steppe]

Lost once (not sure if bc bad dices or skill issue or both) but did okay for the rest.. I met kind people too

[woven mulch]

Lost 4 times today, a few by some notable players. Makes me learn that I need to try the stall by swapping tactic, since that's kind of the common denominator of why they beat me.

[rich pecan]

I need someone to try a deck out on is anyone available?

[woven mulch]

yo

[rich pecan]

650535973 ty

[slow mason]

I was a minute late to being able to queue

[pale nymph]

people prob wont believe me but.. i have played 5 games. and all those 5 games i played have only been Barbara, Itto, and Noelle. lol.

[cursive gazelle]

believable actually

[pale nymph]

[twilit steppe]

Yeah it's very believeable, that's a common strong deck people like to use haha

[pearl glade]

Yesterday i got three BIN out of five so i believe you.

Now how many times did you win?

[pale nymph]

3 times

only lost 2

[twilit steppe]

Oh nice..

[pale nymph]

but ill prob lose more anyways if i keep facing it

i think i just got lucky with those wins cus they couldnt get their weapons and that shield artifact fast enough

[shadow thorn]

How r u even supposed to beat bin when they got all their shields up 😞😞

[pearl glade]

Freeze comp

[pearl glade]

What deck did you use?

[shadow thorn]

Ohh I see

[twilit steppe]

I usually try to defeat my opponent's Itto with very strong burst damage.. well it doesn't always work I suppose..

[pale blaze]

pressure itto enough to keep him off field

or one shot him

[shadow thorn]

I’ll keep that in mind! I need to use some new decks anyways lol

[twilit steppe]

Also yeah.. and I think deck that can deal piercing damage like superconduct & electrocharge & Nahida's 5 cost skill works too probably

[ocean gulch]

[solar aspen]

I'm streaming the duels from my game records to keep the match fair. Wasn't able to find any guidelines about it, tho

[safe plaza]

[solar aspen]

most of the decks used here are meta, so hand crafted decks are kinda weaker to that without luck

[solar aspen]

hope you have lots of fun!

[solar aspen]

I'm a gambler tho, haha. I'm more concerned about having fun dynamics and praying to the Electro Archon

[hallow lance]

the deck i made was a klee xingqiu agent that required pretty much no luck, where any specific drawn cards only adds to the dmg

except all these meta decks r too good 😔

[solar aspen]

quite fun all of them!

[solar aspen]

still there? sorry, just saw this

[solar aspen]

are you winning, son?

[cursive gazelle]

if you switch xingqiu with mona it probably works better

[solar aspen]

Oh, I didn't mean your deck was worse or not well built enough just for being made by yourself, sorry if you got it that way. I'm also into making my own stuff and it needs lot of thinking for the strategies. However, meta decks have some statistics on their side xD and some combos are kinda unstoppable unless you know what kind of deck you will be facing

[hallow lance]

lmao dw, ik
its just that any luck on the other end ends up outperforming mine by far

[cursive gazelle]

[hallow lance]

at least i got my 3 wins LMAO

[solar aspen]

we could play some rounds and try to find ways to improve it, I'm not an expert or anything but would gladly help

[solar aspen]

yay! I'll be getting the backcard too ^^ congratulations!

personally, I don't feel too comforable playing with monsters since their HP is lower and I'm kinda more tankyness oriented

[zenith wraith]

That's awesome! 😄

[hallow lance]

im mainly about... uhhh
collecting rewards ig

[zenith wraith]

Making friends along the way as well! A victory in my book!

[hallow lance]

💀 its the main reason i play tcg

i like collecting cosmetic stuff so i wanted the card back as well

[solar aspen]

totally agree! have been meeting lot of amusing players ^^

[solar aspen]

aww, haha, nice! are you into teapot desing as well?

[hallow lance]

ah a bit

altho not much recently cause i was using the farming plots for the achievement, and it takes up a ton of load

its finally done but then school started

and ngl after that one time i went on a desperate primo farming spree with teapot sets, i was burnt out by anything related to the teapot 💀

[solar aspen]

totally feel you, just started taking classes again and I shouldn't be playing that much but I'm having lots of fun so I wouldn't like to drop the tournament just because lack of time 🥲

[solar aspen]

hahaha, happens, it broke my heart to realize the stone stove was a BP locked item

I really liked that set that uses it

[hallow lance]

😔

thankfully none of the sets that give primos needed anything of that sort

[solar aspen]

hahaha

yeah, it's on the free sets option, tho

or whatever is called

I never cared about the teapot that much, but since I was getting burned out by Sumeru it was kinda refreshing to take care of it bit by bit

sadly I ran out of load so I wasn't able to make all my projects there

[hallow lance]

[solar aspen]

anyways, I'm going to bed now :3 best of the lucks for all of you! see ya around ^^

[hallow lance]

gngn, im heading to sleep too o/

[subtle ibex]

good sleeps yall

[polar barn]

Childe dpyro

Surly

[remote yarrow]

everyone is so strong... 0-4 score so far 😦

[pale nymph]

Question, if u DC during a co op game. Does the game just end?

Cus man I DC on a game. Listen learned. Don't ever use mobile for genshin.

[thick charm]

if you dc you can come back if you do it fast enough

the game keeps going for a while

[pale nymph]

I guess my opponent just ended then . Cus I DC for 10 seconds and the game was over lol

[slow mason]

anyone want to queue for an easy win

[twilit steppe]

I already finished my matches today also I doubt it will be easy win

[slow mason]

I have a 33% win rate at the moment

odds are in your favor

[rotund lichen]

1-9 today

[timid marsh]

[wary heron]

pime you're a skill issue

[raven wyvern]

rude

[polar barn]

Indeed

[thick charm]

33% winrate gang

[polar barn]

I'm alone

No one is in my gang

[ancient spindle]

Then you can step down and join us

[polar barn]

Oh wait

Nvm

I'm still alone

[rotund lichen]

i am more alonest

10% winrate

nobody can beat me

[polar barn]

No actually I'm really alone

[pearl glade]

lol wanna duel?

i have 60% winrate; maybe i could provide thoughts or tips of your deck.

[polar barn]

I have 0% rate

@pearl glade

Btw I'm have Asia/eu
No na acc

[pearl glade]

they are tougher for sure

try the NA server next time

we are more friendly

[polar barn]

That mafia stupid idiot

I'm sacred of him

[pearl glade]

who?

[polar barn]

Hence I didn't reg NA

He dominates NA

[safe plaza]

[sullen walrus]

SI the gate keeper of every TCG tournament.

[raven wyvern]

the final boss of genshin tcg

[rich wasp]

[wary heron]

[crystal tapir]

SI in TCGs can be intimidating. They're like the gatekeepers of tournaments and they dominate the scene

[pearl fern]

best way to beat the top players is to bring a totally nonsensical deck that plays off meta cards but is still functional

[crystal tapir]

do you have an example in case SI snipes again

[pearl fern]

I don't have time to cook

someone else will have to

I just provide ingredients

[crystal tapir]

you should make a video titled
"Invokation Akademy Player Interview - The Best TCG Player of All Time SI"

[pearl glade]

do people here not do tcg co-op mode/arena often?
i feel like ive never seen most of the top players here.

[crystal tapir]

there is a hidden matchmaking rating (which caps pree easially even if youre not a top player)

just grind there and youll be stuck in queue for 30 mins searching for another top player!

[pearl glade]

oh interesting

[crystal tapir]

only coop tho

arena is always cope

[twilit steppe]

I almost never do arena but I actually do coop often though not as often as past

[twilit steppe]

This is so true for NA server

[crystal tapir]

i got pb a few days ago

1:20h

not during waking hours tho so like

usually not that long

[pearl glade]

dang i hoenstly wouldnt mind matching against top players in co op. i felt like i reached top of the chain cus i keep matching with ppl ive beaten and them refusing to play against me.

😭

[crystal tapir]

alternatively ping SI for a game

[pearl glade]

tru....

[twilit steppe]

Wow I thought it resets in 1 hour? 😟

[crystal tapir]

well it goes back to 00:00

but the queue keeps going

[pearl glade]

lmfao

that sucks

[crystal tapir]

rip no more tcg

[pearl glade]

yeah i cant play on my pc anymore after fontaine

so i play on mobile

[pearl fern]

I've been considering doing some player interviews might be fun. Would just need to figure out logistics

[crystal tapir]

please do si because he is really good and really cool and has a good personality

[bold widget]

👀

[slow mason]

That'd be interesting

[crystal tapir]

get some pro players to explain in depth how to play a deck

[pearl glade]

i volunteer to be interviewed

[pearl fern]

I don't trust pro players to explain a deck in a way that a regular person would understand

[crystal tapir]

i believe both everyone can understand simple concepts and in depth guide directed to more experienced players both have their place

[pearl fern]

I mean they do just my channel mostly is geared towards a newer player audience and not so much someone already pretty deep into the game

[safe plaza]

i've done player interviews in the past

if you want help

[pearl glade]

ooo i have few theories about the tcg game i could try to conceptualise for newer players

[lucid sable]

:( I am blocked from queuing but I’m not getting pinged-

Aaaaaah I can’t lurk - I’m doing hw

[tropic slate]

i remember during the last cat's tail the bot glitched and one of the mods had to restart it

[twilit steppe]

Oh yeah it keep saying they were searching for your opponent

[lucid sable]

I keep timing out my opponent

;-; so sorry opponent

I’m mobile rn but I’m getting other mobile discord notifs so idrk

I didn’t even close discord this time

[hybrid whale]

I got that last ctg since wait times were so long I would go do something in overworld and not notice the ping lol

[cursive gazelle]

sounds like a bad time to queue

[lucid sable]

No I mean

I legit didn’t close discord at all that queue time

And no ping

~~tryna do hw rn but I might have to just lurk on that channel the whole time 🤦🏼‍♀️ ~~

[tropic slate]

do you have this server muted?

I usually do and have to manually unmute it to get the pings

[lucid sable]

Nope

;-;

Aaaaaargh

[tropic slate]

looks like you may have to just stare at it until it pops

[lucid sable]

;-; Im not even getting ping notifs for it

But like

I’ll get notifs here as in tavern elsewhere

[pearl glade]

@rich wasp not me queueing during career fair

[lucid sable]

I get the event ping just fine

[cursive gazelle]

maybe its the channel notification setting

[cursive gazelle]

tcg is career

[lucid sable]

I’ve checked

It’s just a crappy discord mobile thing

[pearl glade]

Faxx

[cursive gazelle]

discord being discord then

[pearl glade]

I’m entertaining the idea of being coached

Cus i wanna get better at tcg

I love strat games

[safe plaza]

temporarily 14th

[slow heart]

I still have 9 more game to play

[ancient spindle]

bruh i have 30 games to play

[twilit steppe]

I am temporarily 6th and I will probably become 30th soon

[slow heart]

30 games across many region tho

[safe plaza]

don't play them ok lieil

[ancient spindle]

[frigid sundial]

13 more but i think i'll just skip this season Im not feeling well

[slow heart]

9 game against bin and shenhe won't take much time at all right?

[ancient spindle]

Who knows

[safe plaza]

i lost too many games with shenhe SC and started playing binzu's troll fridge

shenhe SC no match

@cursive viper do you even use this deck anymore

[twilit steppe]

Is that Maguu Kenki?

[fathom fog]

I need to play 10 more and face always this

[safe plaza]

it's nahida shenhe sucrose

[twilit steppe]

...what kind of deck is that even

[safe plaza]

this kind of deck

[twilit steppe]

Omg maybe this deck is unto something

[safe plaza]

CRYO CAN'T REACT WITH DENDRO

[slow heart]

not that cope in tavern

[safe plaza]

2-0 with it

calling it now

[cursive viper]

not really

[safe plaza]

sucrose fridge > shenhe SC

[safe plaza]

WHY

IT'S SO GOOD

salad agrees

@versed kelp can i teach you how to play genius invokation

@lethal spruce can i teach you how to play genius invokation

wait pyrrah's already a pro

[lethal spruce]

I gotta leave for fencing

Maybe later

[safe plaza]

have fun fencing

[cursive viper]

too good for this world

[safe plaza]

play it in finals pls

where is @hard vale

ting can i teach you how to play sucrose fridge

[twilit steppe]

I just realized that 4 games I lost are against the same exact deck I need to get better at fighting that deck (and maybe also get luckier Idk)

[pearl glade]

If you use nahida ult it can work i think

Cus switl react

🤔

Nvm im fumb

Its dendro

Dendro dont swirl

[safe plaza]

don't need nahida burst

just seeds 5 cost or 2x3

[safe plaza]

you've got this ryssa

[pearl glade]

Holy im enven kire fumb

[twilit steppe]

Thank you

[pearl glade]

Sorry i was looking at it trom mobile… difnt see the cryo

Forgive me

😭

[ancient spindle]

i saw Lia name on the lb

[rich wasp]

anyone have that 10/10/10 screenshot with dendro/cryo

[hybrid whale]

Which deck?

[frigid sundial]

this?

[twilit steppe]

Well it's a popular & strong deck

[safe plaza]

ya

[hybrid whale]

I’m down to practice if you want

[crystal tapir]

who wants to snipe me

[ancient spindle]

[slow mason]

I do

[ancient spindle]

i do

[slow mason]

But I'm not home

[twilit steppe]

Thanks for the offer but I want to take a nap haha

[ancient spindle]

but i cant play rn

[hybrid whale]

NA co-op?

[crystal tapir]

tavern

[hybrid whale]

No thank you lol

[crystal tapir]

:/

[frigid sundial]

[hybrid whale]

I’m already at 6 losses, can’t afford to increase risk of losing more

[crystal tapir]

issok paypal me $69

[ancient spindle]

i have an idea for cooking a new quicken deck

[pearl glade]

Amazing.

[inner dagger]

Whaaat

[rich wasp]

yep xd ty

[pearl glade]

Ill do it

[inner dagger]

Insane

[pearl glade]

Did you start game yet? @crystal tapir

[rich wasp]

clearly cryo + dendro is top of the meta

[crystal tapir]

glamrock arent you a cn invader :/

i scurred

[rich wasp]

what

[pearl glade]

No i am baka murican

Anyways im wueing now

See ya in jenshin

[inner dagger]

Five matches and all scs deck

[safe plaza]

what the

[pearl glade]

Tfw bot is not matching with nyahida 😭

[safe plaza]

@cursive viper @craggy cloak

[pearl glade]

!!

[crystal tapir]

sep 3 join sus

[bold widget]

@frozen pike i think the bot broke

i've been queuing for over 10 minutes

[lucid sable]

^^

;-;

Yeahhhh

[bold widget]

[lucid sable]

;-;

I’m mobile so the messages are deleting

But like over 15 mins at least

[hard granite]

Same;;

[slow heart]

no tavern for me today I guess

[lucid sable]

I’m tryna okay catch up

Was too busy earlier

8/20 matches

[hard granite]

2/20;;;;; ive been busy

[rich wasp]

[inner dagger]

[rich wasp]

im already 10 games behind ill be 15 after this

[bold widget]

deadge

[lucid sable]

Aaaaah

guess who’s still queuing after 20 minutes

[hard granite]

Today appears to be not it for the queue

[bold widget]

@subtle ibex bot broken

[rich wasp]

guess ill go do work

[hybrid whale]

What do you mean, isn't this work?

[slow mason]

bot broken means I'm not getting any more behind than the others

[rose depot]

bot breaks and make it no longer possible to matchup

so we just end the count here

[fathom fog]

[neon bison]

Ok that explains why I queued for 20 mins and still waiting

[bold widget]

if it ends here i'd have to play 9006 for KOs ayawah

[rich pecan]

oh so thats why

[rose depot]

what happened

o_o

[arctic valve]

nooooooooooooooooooooooo

i'm 10 behind

15 tomorrow

[bold widget]

extra day hopium

[arctic valve]

seem like i will need to play against SI 15 times

[rose depot]

sorry to SI for failing to make top 16 of cats tail

if that happens

[rich wasp]

unlucky

[violet dome]

the match making is actually broken

[mental rover]

surely it'll get fixed very soon

[bold widget]

if it doesn't get fixed soon maybe they'll give us one more queue time on monday evening

[versed kelp]

https://tenor.com/view/no-way-never-shake-head-schitts-creek-david-rose-gif-26023718

[subtle ibex]

May be a bit until we're able to fix it; deep apologies!

[bold widget]

thank you for working on it!

[hybrid whale]

^

[pearl glade]

Who do we contact for match issues?

We have a problem

[rich wasp]

bot is broken

youll probably just have to wait

[thick charm]

no like

we spent the 15 rounds lol

[pearl glade]

Nah i just had a draw match

[thick charm]

so we're unsure what to do

[rich wasp]

oh LMAO

[thick charm]

immovable object met immovable object

[versed kelp]

#📨contact-qixing option 9