Kamino Platform
It was a glorious Saturday afternoon. The Yoda Soda was flowing, the tie-fighter ties were warm, and the hum of lit lightsabers filled the air. IT WAS TIME FOR DOUBLEHEADER #1!!!
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| This should be a quick one. *gulp* |
Is there a reason a game on the Kamino Platform should take 5+ hours? That's a fair question. We don't have an answer, but it definitely did. Curtis/Kit Fisto immediately flipped to the dark side, but Ian/Leia sweet talked James/Beckett to flip to the light side! It was still 6 vs 6. No progress! It was a long stalemate until Eric/Snoke decided to Tied To A String Ian's Leia into a kill box! Ian couldn't survive, and the longtime pro was in an uncharacteristic last place.
Around the three hour mark we were still eleven strong, but the dark side finally coordinated their attacks enough to isolate Mason's Armorer. Sam's Sith Apprentice Anakin was no laughing matter, chopping the Mandalorian down in eleventh place. You should get more than eleventh with that long at the table, unfair!!
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| Delirium sets in for Karis... |
Jonah's Plo Koon was the defacto general leading the light side, but in a bitter backstab, James flipped once again! And he did it in classic fashion, using Val's It's Been A Ride, Babe, to auto-kill the prequel Jedi into tenth! Jonah was gob smacked for sure.
It had gotten so late into the afternoon/early evening that Karis had somewhere else to be, so she got more aggressive with her Poe. She and Rob/Aurra Sing traded shots across the board at each other, but it would be Miles' Morgan Elsbeth, who was all hopped up on Nightsisters magics, that landed the final shot. Not a bad Duel for Karis' first!
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| Seriously, let the Wookie win! |
Junior had a frustrating game, and not just because he drew Han. His Chewbacca tried to eliminate Rob's Bossk, only to have the entire Bowcaster shot blocked. Han hung tough after that, but as the light side crumbled he could no longer defend himself. Curtis' Kit Fisto used a Form One attack to seal the deal. Junior was out in eighth.
With the original light side extinguished, the infighting commenced! Eric's Supreme Leader Snoke was a menace throughout the match, but the group turned against the sequels villain and Aurra Sing put them down in seventh.
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| Shoot - they figured out we're working together! |
The objectively scariest character left at that point was Sam's Sith Ani, though Miles' Morgan was super creepy with her zombie troopers in full effect. But the table put the target on Sam. Rob had been the feeder fish swimming under Sam's shark all game and couldn't bear to join in, but Riley's Jabba had no problem and knocked Sam out in sixth.
It looked like Rob's Aurra Sing might be next, but he threw it out there that Miles' Morgan looked unbeatable. He proceeded to prove it by withstanding several attacks in a row. But the rest of the Duelers slowly whittled her down. Miles' own father bestowed the terminating shot with yet another Kit Fisto Form One. Fifth place in your fifth career Duel ain't bad though, Miles!
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| Somebody get these beggars off the Kamino Platform! |
With four to go we were down to two shooters (Rob/Aurra, James/Beckett) and two melees (Riley/Jabba, Curtis/Kit). Curtis had prematurely started the attacks against Rob, so he pointed his sniper rifle at the green-dreaded alien in return. Riley joined in too, and Jabba squished Fisto in fourth place.
James' Beckett was bouncing all over the board for the entire game, flipping sides more than once...basically, playing EXACTLY like his character! It worked to great success, because despite Rob trying to align with Riley/Jabba, he couldn't survive James' Double Blasters. The birthday boy was benched in third.
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| Did we even razz him for his Cowboys shirt? |
You know what the worst possible thing is when a game has already taken too long? The last two characters chasing each other around Slave One!!! WHEEEE!!!! And to make matters worse, Riley's Jabba can't move as quickly because Jabba occupies two spaces. But in the end, after much chasing...Riley played one of the funniest titled attack cards in the league: "HO HO HO, HA HA HA!" It was no laughing matter - Riley won her fourth career Duel!!! That ties her with Kat for the most wins by a woman in league history, woot woot! This was also Jabba's first career win in just his second career Duel! James deserves a tip of the cap too - what a great way to play Beckett!
Final order of finish:
12. Ian/Leia
11. Mason/Armorer
10. Jonah/Plo Koon
9. Karis/Poe
8. Junior/Han
7. Eric/Snoke
6. Sam/Sith Ani
5. Miles/Morgan
4. Curtis/Kit
3. Rob/Aurra
2. James/Beckett
1. Riley E./Jabba
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| First win as an ADULT, as a COLLEGE STUDENT... |
Well done again, Riley...but there was still another game on the night, on to Doubleheader #2!!!
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