[Asia Server] Discussions

[clever geyser]

Anyone up for a tcg match

[high lily]

@wild fractal gg

wtheck was that location field

💀

[wild fractal]

pure luck

[hearty horizon]

我以為亞洲中文用戶會很多

emmm

[karmic marsh]

[high lily]

:gldge:

[wary silo]

what if we have an official CN vs World event

would you guys be up for that

[alpine pecan]

If they give welkin

Prize money better, but I doubt I can get that

[wary silo]

bold of you to assume my idea is for an open tournament (it's most likely to be a Prince Cup-level event, if not higher)

[alpine pecan]

[trail dragon]

It would be nice if Everyone can participate and everyone get rewards

So even though I get crushed by top players, I'll still get rewards

[plucky roost]

5 primo surely

[trail dragon]

It should be money

[alpine pecan]

$0.01?

(-$0.005 tax)

[pine cliff]

S6 when

[plucky roost]

seems like no S6

its week 3 and no news

[pine cliff]

[upbeat coral]

dead game

[idle quest]

its over, guys

no more cope

[alpine pecan]

No S6? See you when we get alhaitham in tcg then

[heavy plover]

s6 is probably in 2024 ngl

[wary silo]

at this pace I'm legitimately anticipating an announcement on a proper tournament system for GITCG when 4.3 drops

pls HoYo can we have a proper, all-serious-no-gimmick, international Prince Cup event

[valid cypress]

[pine cliff]

daily S6 when

[alpine pecan]

S5 primo where?

[glass vapor]

i think it's in progress atm usually they dispense after a new seasonal announcement, so i'd keep an eye out until then!

[alpine pecan]

Ok then, so first, S6 announcement when?

Version is halfway done, don't tell S6 is not there

[glass vapor]

keep an eye out we mostly follow along with the patches for every season, but there may be some final tweaks that may occur before they're posted

[wary silo]

tbh I would be fine with not having an S6 if it means Tavern/HoYo is cooking something big

[plucky roost]

or maybe its bc mhy is trying to have a break patch for players

[wary silo]

probably both

actually it could also be to help Intl rewards schedule catch up to CN

like, remember the new card backs that they teased? Apparently in CN each card back is attainable in 2 versions (one in 4.1 and 4.2, the other in 4.3 and 4.4)

in Intl each one is only attainable in 1 version but they don't want to desync the schedule because CN

[alpine pecan]

Clearly it's 5 seasons, then break for 5 versions, and another 5 seasons

[lament rock]

Season 5 primos jumpscare

[civic void]

欸嘿

[wild fractal]

Just want to make sure, no CTG s6 for patch 4.2？

[alpine pecan]

There's literally 2 weeks left for next version, and even registration should be a week long

So definitely no

[lament rock]

tcg truly ded

[wary silo]

well it's the off-season after all

4.3 is the start of the 2024 season though, so let's look forward to that

[alpine pecan]

[wild fractal]

Asia invitation wow

international games being real

[wary silo]

you never trust HoYo when an event has the word "invitational" in it

[alpine pecan]

[wary silo]

but hey at least we're kicking off the 2024 season strong

... though I hope when they say "Asia" they include the entirety of Asia and not just SEA/SAR + JP + KR

[wary silo]

actually I'll take my word back - checked the CN side and yep, we're getting serious now

(they have the event announcement up on the CN side as well, which shouldn't happen unless CN is involved)

[wary silo]

WHAT

[wispy marlin]

[wary silo]

get ready to learn Chinese, buddy

[silk kelp]

Hopefully they make Indonesia next (super kopium)

[tiny dirge]

[wary silo]

can see that for regional, no promises for an international event though

[edgy meteor]

Anyone got welkins for the survey form?

[spice ravine]

wlekins?

what's that

[nova gale]

stop playing dumb

[warm hazel]

hello

[hollow sky]

mortals!

get away from me

[tiny dirge]

Schizo behavior

[spice ravine]

says the "chosen one "

[tiny dirge]

The honored one*

[spice ravine]

same thing

[cloud sparrow]

Seems like bro forgot login info of his remaining dozens of accounts

[edgy meteor]

Why don't they announce who won

[alpine pecan]

Confidential

[plucky roost]

Rigged

[alpine pecan]

We skipped a ctg season

[wary silo]

expected

[tiny dirge]

My income

[spice ravine]

income from salary - 0
income from house property - 0
capital gains - 0
income from other sources - $1000

[alpine pecan]

[glacial vale]

[cloud sparrow]

Income from other sources - $150

[spice ravine]

taxable income - $999

[cloud sparrow]

Wanna pubg?

[spice ravine]

eating rn

after that

[cloud sparrow]

F

Ok

[spice ravine]

@cloud sparrow

still up

[cloud sparrow]

Yeah lemme login

[spice ravine]

real id se ao

[cloud sparrow]

Don’t remember the login info

[spice ravine]

wanna play chess after this

[cloud sparrow]

Sure

Ok give me 5 mins

[spice ravine]

wanna do something interesting after that

the thing

[cloud sparrow]

No not interested in that

The thing

[spice ravine]

@cloud sparrow bruh

im still waiting

[cloud sparrow]

You can play a game

It will take me some time

[cloud sparrow]

@spice ravine bro can you just die, I'm tired of spectating you killing bots

[karmic marsh]

hello, just advertising a bit

[alpine pecan]

Highroll cup? Ok, if highroll don't happen in that, it's fake

[trail dragon]

[alpine radish]

mizuna my fav indian tcg player

[alpine pecan]

Wow, that's a high praise

Anyone with a good alhaitham deck I can use?

[alpine radish]

alhaitham baidou otk trust

[stark crystal]

bro not me

[cloud sparrow]

reign

[spice ravine]

: worrypat

[stark crystal]

[high lily]

my favourite indian tcg player has retired :sadge:

[cloud sparrow]

[alpine pecan]

[glass vapor]

[karmic marsh]

will there be a new ctg for 4.3?

[spice ravine]

Breil

[wary silo]

don't want to burst your bubble but I think with the Asia Invitational schedule announced, we're not getting a CTG this patch

[wary silo]

can't believe #tournament-updates doesn't post what it's supposed to post now: Asia Invitational news

anyways
https://vxtwitter.com/AstraCarnival/status/1741670589339684943

[alpine pecan]

It will be announced soon, trust

[idle quest]

soon

[glass vapor]

👀

[plucky roost]

Where's our CTG ?

[glass vapor]

just gotta be patient ~

[high lily]

next patch surely

me no like stall patch

even though every patch is stall patch

[still phoenix]

stall patch is best patch

[cloud sparrow]

For 2 more patches right

[cloud sparrow]

After we stop playing tcg

Time to go back to side game

[glass vapor]

might not have to be that patient

[cloud sparrow]

Still atleast till 4.4

We already have to goner coz of no ctg this patch

[glass vapor]

you know what they say about assumptions
would just hang on tight ~

[tiny dirge]

[median pond]

#🎫register

REAL

[glass vapor]

[craggy haven]

nice to see a new CTG

surely Signora will be the new queen of the meta

[flat maple]

LETS GOOOOOOOO

[silk kelp]

Omgg time to get 17+ losses again

[sudden wing]

Like CTG already happened during America invitational

[wary silo]

that one took, like, two days (give or take 3 more for transportation and stuff)

this one is two weeks

anyways they did it

huh

[spice tinsel]

i'm already tired of loses

[wild fractal]

time to win if u dont want to lose

[cloud sparrow]

[plucky roost]

time to punish 2nemo abusers

[wary silo]

also CIRCUIT POINTS

unbelievable

[flat maple]

time to abuse 2nemo

[cloud sparrow]

Now I can't slack off from grinding new characters

And man unlocking new characters in eu and na is painge

I'm coming for 105-0 with qiqi dehya kok

[wary silo]

wait wouldn't this circuit point system imply that you shouldn't play outside of your region

[cloud sparrow]

There is something new in rules?

Didn't saw anything

[stable sequoia]

will there still be last chance qualifiers for prince cup?

[stable sequoia]

points are independent for each server

[sudden wing]

Like, If i make AS discord account, than i wil play DP spam cause i am lazy to unlock something else

On my as account

[cloud sparrow]

Don't punish people

[wary silo]

I said imply and should - yep it's not stated in the rules but I'm sure they will check your nationality in case you qualify for multiple regional Showdowns

[sudden wing]

For DP you only have to unlock vorukashu and opera

[plucky roost]

noo opera is fake

return to old tenshu vana

[open moon]

they didn't advertise winter invitational either

sadge

[wary silo]

@open moon should I ask the Hotline now or do you have any more direct lines of communication? I believe the scoring example was a mistake on their end

[open moon]

i'm uninvolved

[spice ravine]

woah

ctg is live !

[open moon]

feel free to pass feedback along however you deem necessary! i am not a moderator here or anything

[wary silo]

ah alright then

[median pond]

imagine playing stall

[open moon]

so you're bringing LS?

[median pond]

surely

[open moon]

it's been corrected!

[timber heron]

🙂

[wary silo]

let's goooooooo

[stable sequoia]

@odd juniper will there still be last chance qualifiers for the prince cup? or is the only way to qualify through the circuit points now

[odd juniper]

i think this circuit point system is fair, if someone managed to get to the top in one season, they're pretty much guaranteed for prince cup

the details of prince cup aren't here yet, so i think it's best to wait

[stable sequoia]

okay 👍

[tiny dirge]

Pressure to perform

[wary silo]

I'm also wondering: will there be a publicly available circuit points leaderboard?

[open moon]

i believe it's mentioned on the website it will be public

maybe i made that up in my head

[wary silo]

also (and this is probably a tough one to answer): is there any change to the matchmaking system this season?

[glass vapor]

should be mostly the same as last seasons; if there are any specific changes of note, we'll let everyone know in #tournament-updates

[wild fractal]

@odd juniper is au included in any region of Prince Cup?

[cobalt cedar]

What is prince cup?

Is it okay if i answer not interested about it?

[odd juniper]

gotta wait for the actual prince cup news

[wary silo]

fingers crossed

right now what I hope happens is that SEA/HK/MO/TW expands to Pacific and Europe expands to EMEA

that would matter a lot for the people who were excluded

[plucky roost]

Global Prince surely

[cloud sparrow]

Some top players from ctg get invited to prince cup

[cobalt cedar]

So prince cup is an offline tour?

Or online tour?

[cloud sparrow]

Yup

[cobalt cedar]

Owh, maybe i will answer not interested

[cobalt cedar]

Where the prince cup will start?

I mean in which country

[cloud sparrow]

Not announced yet

[cobalt cedar]

Owh

[cloud sparrow]

But you can deny to go if you can't go

[cobalt cedar]

so what if we come from a different country than the host?

We are not allowed to join?

If we are the choosen

[cloud sparrow]

If you belong to the same region then they'll give you tickets

[cobalt cedar]

Oh okay, maybe i understand

Thank you very much @cloud sparrow

Btw what is suc?

[cloud sparrow]

NP

[cloud sparrow]

A clan

[cobalt cedar]

Oh okay

[wary silo]

I'm guessing that the Serious Showdown series would replace the current Prince Cup series, and Prince Cup is now international

so basically Showdown is gonna be per region and should be closer to you than Prince

[median pond]

[wary silo]

just my guess, but it feels like the most viable solution

[cloud sparrow]

The main question is can we Indians join

[cobalt cedar]

Okay, thanks

[cloud sparrow]

We are excluded

[wary silo]

only time will tell - though I doubt you guys will be excluded if at least one representative has enough circuit points to qualify for Showdown

worst case scenario: at least one of you qualifies for Prince with circuit points

[alpine pecan]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1077431961334845530/1191682772096516096/EN_CTGS24S1.png?ex=65a65411&is=6593df11&hm=b0f4390aab52db6c38ca54e1a710ff7cfd2ea9e97894964fc88718770482c81d&

Bonus rewards for 5, 10 and 20

I mentioned that in the review form of last season

Until proven otherwise, it is because of my review

[lament rock]

Anyone wanna teach me how to play tcg, i forgot it

[alpine pecan]

But wait....... Only 10 primo till 20???

[wary silo]

necessary nerf, I guess

[tiny dirge]

They nerfed the primogem rewards

[alpine pecan]

Why is it better and worse?

[wary silo]

a buff for the lower end and slight nerf for the higher end

pretty sure top players don't need primos anyway

[tiny dirge]

People with 30+ wins losing out

[alpine pecan]

And I'm in the middle

[tiny dirge]

Time to complain

[alpine pecan]

What are primos for 15 wins last time?

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1077431961334845530/1162745455898275840/prelim_rewards_en.png?ex=65a29197&is=65901c97&hm=0a8ab1c55a2c7a6c9f2a38652f5ebd4387e020047e0f92b8dcc552f2cb5a7124&

Nevermind, it's better

Double rewards for 15 wins total

[wary silo]

yep so it's definitely a nerf for 30+ wins players

[alpine pecan]

Yeah

Who even gets 30+ wins either way

Even if they do, they'll get the prize money. Who needs primo more than that

[wary silo]

what is harder, 30-5 or top 32

[tiny dirge]

[alpine pecan]

30-5

Obviously

[tiny dirge]

Look here

[alpine pecan]

Unless we go full asian mode with 31-4 in top 16

[wary silo]

because it would suck the most for 30-5 players if they don't get anything more unless they are in the top 32

[tiny dirge]

If the current primogem reward system was in effect the last 2 seasons

I would have lost 30 primos

[alpine pecan]

Flexing

Registered

Time for alhaitham patch

[slow trout]

🤝

[wispy flame]

how to take part in the event, i registered. now wait?

[plucky roost]

Watch me 35-0 in my dream

[wispy flame]

U can do it

primos for the win

[serene frigate]

i just want the card back, but i gotta win 3 rounds

[idle quest]

hi, Im new here, how to get 3 win? plz suggest decks

[open moon]

OK so

You play WIN

Wanderer Itto Nahida

To win

And then you play Ragu

Raiden magu kenki Ra Gu it's the Sauce

And then you play Binzu's friendship eternal deck

No actually play fridge swirl

Gg easy

[wary silo]

uhhh Lia I think you're scaring a new tourney player

[open moon]

I am suggesting three really amazing decks to play

[wary silo]

yeah but what about the specifics

(like I personally never played those decks ever too)

[open moon]

Wanderer Itto Nahida will destroy everyone

Trust

That's why it's called WIN

[wary silo]

but what happens when everyone plays it

[open moon]

Then everyone wins

All you have to do to win is not lose

[wary silo]

are you telling me to use WIN to stall

because all I have to do to win is not lose, and a draw is not losing... right?

[still phoenix]

Play me for free win

[open moon]

What happens if you draw 35 games

[open moon]

You are a hustler luring me into a false sense of security

Wait where is your TFT clan tag

[still phoenix]

I am from 2fa not tft

[open moon]

Lies

[still phoenix]

This beany person is in tft

[open moon]

Where

[wary silo]

uh oh, this is conflict

[open moon]

Do you know about the TFT clan lore

[still phoenix]

I would show but they are shy

[open moon]

@brave lava

[still phoenix]

[open moon]

[still phoenix]

I predict they will qualify for the asia prince cup

[open moon]

Woah

[wary silo]

unfortunately due to the format change, I will have to ask: do you think they will qualify for their region's Spring Showdown?

[open moon]

LOL

[still phoenix]

[open moon]

LMAOOOO

[still phoenix]

Well

I hope so

[open moon]

Btw the joke is that TFT means team for tavern
But the truth is that we are just playing teamfight tactics

I am a heartsteel forcer

[still phoenix]

I will watch 5 out of 8 people in all regions having the points to go to spring showdown but not the region.

[idle quest]

bro are you sure ur deck work?

[idle quest]

teach me plz

[open moon]

You're playing it wrong

Trust

[still phoenix]

Wtf is lia doing

[open moon]

LMao

Giving guidance to new player

[wary silo]

see Lia

you didn't even give them the deck code

how are they supposed to

[open moon]

I can't believe Ian went along with the bit to this extent

[idle quest]

nvm it works

thx for the guidance

[wary silo]

lol

[wary silo]

btw "the region" as in their own region or...?

[open moon]

Yw you will now win every game

[still phoenix]

Everyone playing all 3 regions

[wary silo]

All of them will pay the price. Are you one of them?

but seriously though, why playing in multiple regions aside from earning more money

[open moon]

Sudden star rail

[wary silo]

anyways I'm thinking of making my own clan but I'll apparently need a good enough supercomputer

[still phoenix]

[still phoenix]

Never

[wary silo]

[still phoenix]

I heard @open moon won all 3 regions last time

[open moon]

It's true

[wary silo]

doubt

do we have any proof

[still phoenix]

Trust me

[verbal cypress]

I can testify for it

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1145217630924460123/1174547586246524938/bug_cat_nod.gif?ex=6567fdae&is=655588ae&hm=4f323d71599cff009a3c94f0dca6962b52e265ecac8a94076652edbbf3338314&

[wary silo]

why does this all feel like a coordinated sac

[tiny dirge]

Who is 2FA referring to?

[still phoenix]

Its 2Fast's Angels

[tiny dirge]

I’m not talking about your name

[still phoenix]

Oh

[tiny dirge]

Also 2FA didn’t mean 2 Factor Authentication?

Shocking

[still phoenix]

You mean which 5 alt?

[tiny dirge]

I mean the people who won’t be able to go

[still phoenix]

I mean you cant go if you are not from the region

Even if you have 300 points

[wary silo]

honestly all these clan names are making me go insane

don't understand what they stand for, and don't know how to join the clans anyway

if only

[tiny dirge]

[wild fractal]

alts and players from cn au and india are excluded from Prince Cup😶

maybe in the spring showdown 20 valid players whose points around 40 will chase for the tickets and their points will be quite dense.

[karmic marsh]

hi im new player, what are some meta decks to play?

[wary silo]

is this official(ly implied) or...?

[wispy marlin]

for the 2023 circuit this has been the case and probably won’t change

alts being excluded should be fine

[wary silo]

yeah, that should be fine

but blocking players from the rest of Pacific and players from MEA doesn't sound good

anyways here are your JP representatives
https://vxtwitter.com/AstraCarnival/status/1742395365821690013

[cloud sparrow]

Qiqi dehya kok is the best deck and newbie friendly

[plucky roost]

Hello new player, meta deck should be WIN like Lia said

[cloud sparrow]

Bruh that's so tough for new players to pilot

Suggest easy decks

[odd juniper]

all the familiar faces

[wary silo]

||welcome to the play, PonPon||

[flat maple]

@ ponpon asia leaderboard is open for people to chat

[wary silo]

this deserves a ping

[wary silo]

@odd juniper the leaderboard threads are open for chat for some reason

[alpine pecan]

Can I join the 2qb clan?

[odd juniper]

o, permissions acting up, ty for letting me know!

[flat maple]

I like how dodogasp was intentionally left alone as a cute easter egg

[wary silo]

... no

well, not for now

who knows what could happen in the future

[alpine pecan]

[spice ravine]

[median pond]

[cloud sparrow]

Build up your hydrona clan

[stark crystal]

[open moon]

so true

[wary silo]

and now...
https://vxtwitter.com/AstraCarnival/status/1742757752080941244

[high lily]

cn representative

:gldge:

[wary silo]

very indeed

[high lily]

i dont know star

[wary silo]

has any of those 4 ever taken part in CTG

[high lily]

pppig has

[wary silo]

aight we're soooooo back

not-sure-if-it's-pro tip: remember to watch the Group Stage before playing your daily matches

never hurts to learn some meta from the pros

[wild fractal]

im the super fan of PPpig

[wary silo]

do we have any video of PPpig matches

[wild fractal]

he played CTG and got 3rd place in eu i think

[high lily]

on season 4

yeah

[wild fractal]

SUC people should know that and let them guide u

[high lily]

who is star btw

i know LL from the cn vs jp tourney

[wild fractal]

top16

it's an underdog sweeping story

the only thing i know about Star is that Star has a pretty gf and both of them were qualified by Shadow Phantom Cup.

what a man

[high lily]

damn lol

[wary silo]

actual gf buff? in TCG? no way

[spice ravine]

[stark crystal]

[cloud sparrow]

I was bullied by ppig in top 8 eu ctg game

[plucky roost]

Gf buff in TCG

should be illegal right ?

[tiny dirge]

What a thing to remember someone by

[karmic marsh]

[spice ravine]

just wanted to ask

why is ctg not open decklist

[idle quest]

bc they want NOMAD >>> MADNESS

[spice ravine]

i don't want surprise element

i want consistency

if i want to win i can't rely on gambling

what if two individual players agree to play open list

is it against rules

[wary silo]

better bring that question to the Hotline now, I guess

like, is it just me or CTG is the only tournament series for TCG that is not open-list

(fwiw I get that we're trying to replicate the in-game matchmaking system, but pro play is different so why doesn't the knockout stage act as a transition to pro play?)

[spice ravine]

yeah

prince cup is open list

maybe we should request this in the next survey

as more n more cards are being added closed decklist makes it more rng dependent

[wary silo]

so I just found that per FAQ #31 you cannot agree to play open-list, so yeah this definitely needs to get into the form

[spice ravine]

man i wish the tournament was open list

[wary silo]

is there any way to send feedback in earlier than the form

[spice ravine]

probably patch end survey

other than that idk

maybe open list is harder to manage and too much work idk

but if lp server can have ranked with open list system
i doubt this should be an issue for ctg

[wary silo]

to be honest I think closed-list does not necessarily stop match fixing, especially with how loose the regulations are (per FAQ #33 you only need to show your deck after the game is over, which is not going to help much since the deck can be whatever until the game takes place)

[tiny dirge]

It's too difficult to enforce during prelims

Might be possible for KO but still a lot more difficult

[empty palm]

Hiii how what now after registration

[spice ravine]

cap

[empty palm]

Cap means

[spice ravine]

not true

[empty palm]

So this event is fake ?

[tiny dirge]

Wait until preliminaries start

[empty palm]

When it start

Or i get information

By the way anyone can Buy me welking ??

[tiny dirge]

#preliminary-queue message

[idle quest]

no it wasn't

[wary silo]

it could never be properly enforced for prelims without spending a ton of effort so let's keep it at that

[wispy flame]

what do u think its the most powerful card combo

[stable sequoia]

#tournament-updates message
nice there's wild card

i don't have to sacrifice my grade and play tavern to qualify now

[open moon]

& no cross server play allowed

pog update

giving other regions not listed a chance & eliminating smurfing

[stable sequoia]

oh right that too

nice

[open moon]

btw if you guys think you can get away with it, don't even try

i hope the warning will be taken seriously

[open moon]

the leaderboards on different regions will actually reflect that region, it's pog

[tiny dirge]

Issok I was only winning in EU anyway

[open moon]

kevin prince cup appearance 2024 real

[tiny dirge]

I have no excuses now

[open moon]

you were teased by SI now

on stage

you have to show up

[tiny dirge]

I know I’ll get invited if I do well so it’s just on me to actually get the stuff I need ready

[open moon]

you've got this!!!

[wary silo]

actually now that the multi-server problem is out of the way, I'm wondering: are you allowed to switch regions mid-season? (I know this is a rare case, but nonetheless is something that could happen)

[open moon]

my best guess is it would depend on your immediate circumstances. prince cup participants in X region should be living in X region

if you moved in the middle of a season then i'm sure they would let you change

or maybe i'm misinterpreting the rules and you can pick any region you want but you have to stick with it lol

[wary silo]

basically, say, what if someone decided to switch from Asia to Europe, say, after the first Showdown

[open moon]

but considering CTG is no longer a one-off tournament now and is actually contributing to a circuit for the live events

[tiny dirge]

I think season refers to each iteration of CTG

[open moon]

i would just be participating in your own region

because you don't want to get points for one region and switch and then play and etc

[wary silo]

or even cases like what if someone decides to move from SEA to Japan because they actually relocated IRL

[open moon]

in this case they should be able to work with you

i would assume so anyway

[tiny dirge]

So I’d assume you can switch between regions

But there isn’t much incentive to actually switch

[open moon]

but you can't play in the prince that isn't your region right

[tiny dirge]

Yeah

Besides you would just be hurting your own score by spreading out your points

[open moon]

exactly

because it's a yearly circuit

[wary silo]

I think what we can probably do is that once you've accepted a Showdown invitation your UID is locked in for the rest of the year

[open moon]

imo good idea

[wary silo]

and if you decide to switch regions then you have to either file a request or wait until the end of the 2024 season

[open moon]

i'm sure outlier cases will be handled appropriately by the team

but this update is pretty pog

[wary silo]

definitely an update towards building a more proper competitive environment

though I still have a concern

not really about the circuit but just the game overall

what if someone has to move elsewhere temporarily and thus lose the connection reliability to their resident server

[open moon]

I think they still play in their resident server 🤔

Connection reliability never stopped alts before

[wary silo]

fair point, but I wonder if the quality of a match would be severely affected because of that

of course given that this is a turn-based game unlike FPS and such, latency isn't that much of a deal - but being able to get more time to think just because either side has terrible latency is... something

[spice ravine]

@wild fractal gg

that double yelan E was bold

[alpine pecan]

How is everyone's preparation for CTG going?

Tried bookworm team with Miko, Alhaitham and Xingqiu. Not that great

MAX didn't work

Maybe LAY (Lisa Alhaitham Miko) is good

[wild fractal]

gg

[spice ravine]

u tuned a bunch

was it really worth it

[spice ravine]

not good
nothing seeems to work

[alpine pecan]

[wild fractal]

well 4hp and 5hp matter

[spice ravine]

yeah it does

[wild fractal]

for 4hp signora she will waste her revive in T2

[wary silo]

nothing, I'd suppose

[spice ravine]

ik but maybe saving resources was more important

[wild fractal]

i just found 5hp signora was dumb so I tuned around 3 hands to make only 1 dmg

maybe u r right

[spice ravine]

what if i covenant and food or something

lol

[wild fractal]

then i screwed up

[spice ravine]

man no more multi region

it's good thing as well as bad

[pine cliff]

i have 0 new cards on mu EU and NA server account now

so is it legal to play multi region on CTG if not attending Serious Showdown?

[wary silo]

I'm not quite sure about that

because the problem is that you'll still accrue points regardless of whether you choose to attend Showdown or not

[grizzled girder]

@odd juniper hi so from what I understand from the new rule, one can participate in multiple regions of CTG, so long as they only participate in one serious showdown, of their own region?

[cloud sparrow]

@odd juniper does this each mean Indians too?

[wary jetty]

Hello?

I have a question, is the event still on going? If so, are there any tournaments going on at the moment? Or am I supposed to invite someone in this server?

[wary silo]

Cat's Tail Gathering has not started yet, and you can still register for it in #🎫register (be quick though!)

[wary jetty]

Ah, I see. I have already signed up, thanks for the heads up

[wary jetty]

May I ask when it’s going to start? Does it have a specific date?

[wary silo]

the preliminary phase lasts for a week - if you scroll up in the same channel you'll see the times

#1096770459892191284 and #preliminary-queue should also give you helpful information

[wary jetty]

ah, thank you!

[wary silo]

you're welcome!

[wary silo]

Quick reminder: if you're in a region previously not represented in the official circuit and you want to have a chance to see your region represented, remember to spread the word about CTG!

We're only 34 hours away from registrations closing, by the way.

[civic gyro]

Chat is the card back gonna be new?

Or it's the same mountain again

[stable wyvern]

it's new

[cloud sparrow]

Ignored successfully

[wary silo]

FWIW: technically, yes, it applies to anyone regardless of where you're from

let's be real, they probably won't really tell you if India is included in this circuit until near Spring Showdown when they announce the schedule for that, and I doubt the staff here knows about that before we do

[cloud sparrow]

[wispy flame]

[alpine pecan]

I won't be participating even if there is India, either way

[spice ravine]

@wild fractal gg

[wild fractal]

[spice ravine]

i was trying to finish the game as soon as possible
lost even though matchup was favoured

i could have swap stalled

[wild fractal]

wdym "favoured"

[spice ravine]

being playing since morning
am exausted still couldn't figure out what to play in tavern

[spice ravine]

the freez was predictable so can be avoided

[wild fractal]

maybe

but i can wander around and save my stack

[spice ravine]

for instance ramp hard and swap stall till u run out of dice

[wild fractal]

actually since u r single core otk deck it is countered by mine so hard

[spice ravine]

or if u freez me now i can ramp and starting bonking Start of next round

i should have swapped to razor early and bait freez

i think

[spice ravine]

actually true
but i thought since u don't deal damage i can cycle everyone's burst twice

but didn't go as i thought

[wild fractal]

true

the only chance for this matchup is I used up my dices for sth else and barbara fails to cast her first burst

[spice ravine]

yeah

i tried mnec against this deck

idk if opponent played bad or what

but he got destroyed

maybe he should run send off

[wild fractal]

send works poorly against mnec i think

if u send off oz, mnec just summon a brand new one

[spice ravine]

if mnec runs ramps like rana and artifacts than it's hard to out stall them

[wild fractal]

and fishel gets one more charge

[wild fractal]

true

[spice ravine]

and i drew all my ramps

although idk if mnec is even real in this meta

[wild fractal]

it need some tricks to let barbara burst on time in round 3

[spice ravine]

people are playing lyney but
lyney's anti synergy with ramp

dosent suit me

his Na dosent work with rana or caprius viscus

Sumeru city isn't possible to proc with nahida 5 cost
so there isn't any real ramp left

[wild fractal]

lyney is a good summoner, and he can make high dmg on one hit, which makes him unmatchablely powerful

strong as fishel she cannot deal 4-5 pure dmg from her ele

[spice ravine]

what build do u think is solid
for this deck

ramp Oriented

or magic

[high lily]

are you running really's deck? :despairge

[wild fractal]

just give up tranditional ramp(or tech), try some ramp cards like chef mao or Nanatsuki

they work well with 3-element deck nowadays

[wild fractal]

yes dhydro layla from really

[spice ravine]

with ur xaingling pfp
how should i confirm that u are not being baised towards mao

[high lily]

i played against really a few days ago he was using that deck, it went to a draw 💀

[wild fractal]

so it is the deck never loses

win or draw

[high lily]

he lose to ace tho

💀

[wild fractal]

what is ace

[spice ravine]

ace

[high lily]

the infamous roper

[spice ravine]

infamous dude who ropes every turn whenever he is losing

[high lily]

in asia random mm

[spice ravine]

somtimes when he is in good mood
he even ropes while winning

[wild fractal]

oh shot i know this dude

[spice ravine]

[wild fractal]

but ace hasn't roped me once gladge

[spice ravine]

he roped us so much

that we

Changed our name to monkey ace

and played against him with that 😔

[wild fractal]

poor fight back

wait im confused

is lofi cat glassewings?

[plucky roost]

https://tenor.com/view/chipi-chipi-chapa-chapa-gif-1243269066573718874

[wild fractal]

[spice ravine]

she keeps changing her name constantly

[alpine pecan]

So tomorrow is the day?

[stark crystal]

man

change name to what I did

never got roped since

by anybody

ppl do

rope in starting

but they see my name

wait for 5 seconds

then

boom

insta concede

( good to know they figured it out early, thanks to me )

[cloud sparrow]

Did you match into Ace though

[wary silo]

man now I'm scared I won't get the card back

[carmine prism]

... The tourney is on alr?

[lyric crystal]

i think its not, perlim start at 2pm for me

[carmine prism]

Ah, I see

Also, I saw that we don't need to screenshoot our matches anymore

Uh, is that true?

[alpine pecan]

We don't need screenshots since past 3 seasons

Or is it 4? Idk

[wary silo]

you don't need to, but it's nice to have (just don't put screenshots in every match thread, please store them in your device and only send them when there's a dispute or something)

[stark crystal]

ofc thats why i said that in the first place lmao

[carmine prism]

it has been 4 seasons...

wow

[alpine pecan]

[trail dragon]

What's that? A new rule?

[cloud sparrow]

Yup

[wispy flame]

anyone wants to play tcg with me

[trail dragon]

When?

[plucky roost]

1 more min

queue now for free win

Go Go GO

[wispy flame]

like for practice, u can add me. We can play anytime

[spice ravine]

hmm

[wispy flame]

i dont have any friends to play tcg

sadge

omg the tournament start-

[trail dragon]

What's your UID?

[wispy flame]

i sent it

[stark crystal]

AS ctg

REAL?

[wispy flame]

omg

why so hard

i met hardcore japanese letter player

[plucky roost]

first time ?

[stark crystal]

darkshrine can i get free win

[plucky roost]

sure if you queue now

[wispy flame]

yes

[plucky roost]

:clueless:

[plucky roost]

then yeah

i expected the average Winrate should be 15/35 this time

so be prepared

[tiny dirge]

How is that average?

[weary pendant]

average is probably like 3/10

[wispy flame]

how

[high lily]

people just go for v=cardback

[plucky roost]

well true

[high lily]

and stop

[tiny dirge]

[high lily]

bruh i just realized

[wispy flame]

[weary pendant]

gimme primo to fund nahida addiction

[tiny dirge]

The people just going for cardback are the people getting farmed

[wispy flame]

i dont get it

[high lily]

wait wrong server

oops

[weary pendant]

xD

ohnyo

[tiny dirge]

Ran into a cn player worshipping me trust

[wispy flame]

3rd time the champ run into jp players

dies

[idle quest]

queue now for free win

[visual pagoda]

5 matches in 52 min, this is the fastest ive ever done this

[fallen solar]

you're way too fast with your matches, yeesh.

trying to catch as many newbies as possible in your net or something?

[visual pagoda]

isn't it the tryhards who queue right away? :p

[wispy flame]

no but newbies aka me

[karmic marsh]

im also newbie

[visual pagoda]

yes glasse you definitely are a newbie

[cloud sparrow]

Me biggest noob

Washed frfr

[plucky roost]

Im noob too

[flat maple]

im washed as well, lost 1 game to cope and 1 to pipimiao

[plucky roost]

Zenin and glasse boolied me b4

[stark crystal]

nah

i am the newbie

[plucky roost]

[stark crystal]

[wispy flame]

why cant i match with newbies

[stark crystal]

queue right now

and macth me

match

[wispy flame]

usually i won a lot

[stark crystal]

ok

[wispy flame]

me?

[stark crystal]

bro who is reacting

havy

yes

queue now

[wispy flame]

wait

[stark crystal]

on count of 3

[wispy flame]

i just done

hold on

[stark crystal]

oh

tell me

when to start

like the queue

[wispy flame]

ok ready?

[stark crystal]

yes

you cont tom3

and we queue

[wispy flame]

i hit it

[tiny dirge]

[wispy flame]

oh nv

wait i will count

[tiny dirge]

Match fixing in broad daylight

[stark crystal]

fine i hit too

[tiny dirge]

[weary pendant]

Think matchmaking goes in batches so its not even gonna work 🤔

[stark crystal]

clueless

[wispy flame]

can u count

[stark crystal]

i am just having fun

[wispy flame]

🧍‍♂️

[stark crystal]

no just hit it

ofc i know not gonna work but who fucking cares

imagine match tho

lol

[wispy flame]

i just cancel it so i need to wait 30 sec

🧍‍♂️

[stark crystal]

i got matched

lmao

[wispy flame]

good luck

i feel like my level could be so high i always match with jp chinese players

🫡

[bleak salmon]

okay got my 3 wins I'm out
minna ganbatte

[cloud sparrow]

[fallen solar]

damn

[wild fractal]

it's me 4 sure

farmed by pro it's my fate

😭

[tiny dirge]

[idle quest]

op CJR

[plucky roost]

lmao all these good players pretend to be bad at TCG while their name was/ is on the lb

[hollow mica]

just finished my quota
I think I did okay

[stark crystal]

oh wow zen at top

[hollow mica]

hope yall have fun :D

[plucky roost]

okay queue now for free win

im on for 1 TCG game on AS

[idle quest]

wait a moment Im busy

ok now

[carmine prism]

I'm soooo nervous

[stark crystal]

i wn my first game

are you guys proud of me

[tiny dirge]

I never pretend to be bad

because I am bad

[wispy flame]

how

🧍‍♂️

am i so bad

[stark crystal]

idk

my opp was a newbie

[wispy flame]

i always lose neck to neck

to jp players

[carmine prism]

I wanna say I always lose, but I wanna be positive

I'll win... I'll win...

[tiny dirge]

I also always lose

[carmine prism]

If I see you on stream or knockout remember that I'm rooting for you

[tiny dirge]

I’ve always lost since last time I won

And I’ve never won since last time I lost

Wait

[carmine prism]

... I don't believe that

[tiny dirge]

Second statement is false

[carmine prism]

I'm sure you got your sets of wins

[tiny dirge]

I messed up my wording

[wild fractal]

Be water my friend. Water is nurturing all things without competing with them

[tiny dirge]

I’ve never won since last time I won

[wispy flame]

i lost 5/5 today

dies

[carmine prism]

Omg 😭😭

[wispy flame]

matched all with jp players

i was so confident before this

[tiny dirge]

Jp players

I feel like jp has been improving lately

Too bad I’ll never get to find out myself

[stark crystal]

2 out of 2

lets see if the streak continues

i hope i can complete 5 matches

today

[wispy flame]

want to practice tcg with me

pls im so bad

help me

[tiny dirge]

I should be making people pay to practice with me

[wispy flame]

tf

[plucky roost]

seeing you not joining GITCG server is why you r bad

[tiny dirge]

I’m probably not playing any practice matches with anyone rn

Unless your name is [Redacted]

[weary pendant]

[idle sun]

guys can i ask

when we win then how can we earn primogem

and when

[idle quest]

few months after tournament, in your inbox

how about you queue now

[tiny dirge]

I won’t take months

[idle quest]

earn ur primo

[tiny dirge]

Maybe 1 month

[idle sun]

win 1 lose 3 xD

shenrose jean is dead

i need to change to meta deck

[idle quest]

me too many lose

what is the meta deck?

[weary pendant]

Maybe oceanid fischl

[tiny dirge]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1122560328715218964/1192881688586506381/image.png?ex=65aab0a5&is=65983ba5&hm=bde46e5cbe480a1fdcc30f907ccfd449e45e73bd38f989e5c118887a5c73fa47&

[weary pendant]

https://tenor.com/view/narzissenkreuz-institute-narzissenkreuz-ordo-mary-ann-genshin-impact-ann-genshin-impact-oceanid-gif-4484350346827052683

[tiny dirge]

There are moonrunes in the screenshot so trust me on this

[flat maple]

oh god, not the "do nothing" deck

[silk kelp]

I hate that deck when used right, they can stall for 8 rounds

[fallen solar]

consider: sunrunes

[plucky roost]

OTK laugh in the corner

[alpine pecan]

Forgot about ctg...

Still have some work... Will play tomorrow morning

[stark crystal]

oh

ascendance of a bookworm

[alpine pecan]

I simp bookworm forever

For now

But probably forever too

[stark crystal]

Based

[wispy flame]

[alpine pecan]

How is ctg going?

13 5-0 already, ok. I am in asia server

[wispy flame]

me too

[stark crystal]

i have played 3 games so far

won all so

pretty cool

[wispy flame]

its painful

[stark crystal]

13 5-0?

damn

my dreams of leaderboard

[alpine pecan]

[wispy flame]

whats ur rank btw

[stark crystal]

let me check

137

[alpine pecan]

[stark crystal]

is it good

clueless

[wispy flame]

[alpine pecan]

Feels bad

[stark crystal]

btw its 4-1

[wispy flame]

i guess im just so bad

[stark crystal]

3-1*