(4) Vanion Shadowcast vs. (5) Artemus Kurgen

[Random McChanse]

Date: TBA

Time: TBA

First Duel: Magic
Second Duel: Fists
Third Duel: Swords

Results: TBA

Random Insight:

We may have missed out on what would've been an interesting match in Vanion vs. Tass, but I have high hopes that this quarterfinal match will more than make up for the loss of fine dueling! Vanion and Art are members of a select cadre of duelists who are not simply satisfied with countering their opponent's predicted action, which they excel at, but have been known to decide their approach to a round by what they think their OPPONENT thinks they're going to do (aka third-level thinking). Now, this approach to dueling can heavily backfire at times, and I know this from hard experience, but it guarantees a good match when two students of this particular style of dueling face off. Fists is the easiest to predict, as Vanion has been having a good season in IFL and remains at the top of his game, while Art has been only breaking even. Therefore, I'm going for Vanion to pick up a one- or two-point lead, but I know that if he loses here, he's going to lose big. Magic is slightly harder to predict; while Vanion may seem to be more experienced than Art, he has not been casting nearly as well as he did at the peak of his game. Therefore, I wouldn't be surprised if Art could pull an upset win here, as he did with me. If he does, however, it will probably only be a point in his favor, which brings us to the last discipline to discuss, Swords. Swords is the hardest discipline to predict between these two, as Vanion and Art are both capable of taking big wins from each other here. Yet I believe that the match will end up being close, and so the match win will ultimately depend on whether Vanion can take a good lead in the Fists duel: if Vanion does, he will likely win; if Art keeps it close or takes a big win for himself, he will be favored to win the match. Personally, I think Vanion's performance as of late has been too solid for him to crumble so early in the tournament for him, and so I'm going with him for the win. However, as I know all too well, one must never count out Art to surprise me and make it to the semifinals, so let's see if he proves my analysis wrong!

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Let's have a good match and may the best duelist win!

[Artemus Kurgen]

I'm free any night this week except friday to duel between 7pm and 11pm.

First Choice.
Magic.

[Vanion Shadowcast]

Artemus and I are working out a dueling time. I will let you know when it is.

First Choice: Also Magic.

[Artemus Kurgen]

Dates and times STILL in the works.

2nd Choice: Fists
3rd Choice: Swords.

[Vanion Shadowcast]

2nd Choice: Swords
3rd Choice: Fists

[Random McChanse]

Only the higher seed's 1st choice and the lower seed's 2nd choice matter, you don't have to list your preferences for the rest, guys.

[Vanion Shadowcast]

I have not heard from Artemus in nearly a week. Ironically, I have been attempting to get this done. I am not sure what is going on, but someone kick him so that this tournament can get on its way.

[Artemus Kurgen]

It's called running a school. Takes up a lot of time.

Anyone Vanion and I finally agreed to meet today, August 21st at 5pm. We'll start and see how many matches we can get done.

[G]

Ring 1.
Vanion can't reflect the blades of a wizard. (WB/RE) 1-0 Artie

Ring 1
And we have it completely tied up because being scared is more powerful than smelling funny(FF/FT) 1 up

Ring 1
Vanion takes the lead by freezing the reflecting Art( AB/RE) 2-1 Van

Ring 1
Ghosting gains Vanion a half. Ghosts aren't scared of Art.(FT/GF) 2.5-1 Van

Ring 1
At least on this occassion, everyone hits! (MW/MS) 3.5-2 Vanion

Ring 1
This time it's Art doing the scaring, and Vanion doing the smelling. (FF/FT) 3.5-3 Vanion

Ring 1
One of those rare scoreless rounds this time. (RE/DIS) still 3.5-3 Vanion

Ring 1
Vanion is at match point now. (SH/MB) 4-3 Vanion

Ring 1
Making a stinky definitely gets you out of the way of the falling rocks. (MS/FF) 4.5-MS 4.5-3 Vanion
Geometric disturbance. That's what I should have said.

Ring 1
Reflecting a snowstorm doesn't really work too well. (AB/RE) 4.5-4 Van

Ring 1
Defending doesn't do anything for anyone. (SHx2) 4.5-4 Vanion

Ring 1
OKay sorry bout that. Too much smelling got my eyes watery
Vanion uses ghosting to avoid getting stunk upon. (GF/FF) 5-4 Vanion

Vanion def. Artemus 5-4 in Magic stuff.
Vanion leads 1-0.

FISTS
Ring 1
Everyone hits, yay! (LSx2) 1 up

Ring 1
Faking a flip is almost as bad as getting hit by one. Art scores. (FeFL/SNpK) 2-1 Art

Ring 1
Pair of Sweeps. Come clean my house. (LS/LS) 3-2 Art

Ring 1
Vanion ties this up by tossing Art (JB/FL) 3 up

Ring 1
Faking a jumpkick is as useful as actually jump kicking. (FeJK/JK) 3 all

Ring 1
No matter how sweet it is, Vanion still gets knocked down. (FLP/JB) 4-3 Art

Ring 1
Faking a jab will always be better than dodging really sweetly. (FADO/FEJB) 4 up

Ring 1
No tossing is gonna help you escape that low kick. (LS/FL) 5-4 Art

Artemus def. Vanion 5-4.

DM is tied at 1 a peice.

[G]

G: Ring One
G: Art's stepping aside only to trip over Vans attack. (LC/SS) 1-0 Van

G: Ring One
G: WRong defenses will cost ya(FLP/LC) 1 up

G: Ring One
G: Art lunges right into the trap (TH/SH) 2-1 Van

G: Ring One
G: Art braces and gets hit for it. LEast he was ready. (SH/LC) 3-1 Van

G: Ring One
G: Art swings for Vanions knees, but Vanions there to catch him. (TH/LC) 4-1 Vanion

G: Ring One
G: ::Stands::
G: ::points at Vanion:: FOUL!
G: (SL/HC) 4-2 an
G: Van

G: Ring One
G: Noone scores this time around. (LCx2) 4-2 Van

G: Ring One
G: Vanion swings high and catches Art as he steps away. (FSS/HC) 5-2 Vanion

Ehh, you can figure the score.