How the 'BEST PLAYER' in Australia won his 3rd Major Competitive Tournament in under 6 months
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2025
- Alex takes on australias most competitive tournament 'The Australian Middle Earth Master's'. One of Australia's longest running tournament and without argue the most prestigious one on the Australian calanader.
In this video, Alex run through his pre tournament prep, how he played each of his games and what lead him to taking home the biggest prize in the Australian MESBG scene.
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Thanks for a great game Alex, and for the special shoutout too. Expect to see a writeup from me too, in which everyone can read about all the ways that Alex cheated in that final game and how awful he is to play against (or... something ).
Definitely do agree with the take on pre-selected scenarios. On the one hand, I do think this sort of event (a super-competitive one that's aimed at experienced players) is the best spot for them. But on the other, Alex's point about it being a little closer to pay-to-win is valid. I'll also add that it tends to reduce list diversity at the top, because all the other top players can also read the scenario pack and identify that it favours shooting (for example). I think a tournament tends to be more interesting the bigger a spread of lists there is around, and fixed scenarios detracts from that a bit.
For me personally, I did a lot of soul-searching about whether I should be taking an Isengard gunline or (more realistically) AoL, because it suited the scenarios better than Pits or the Azog's Hunters list I was considering. The challenge was that I just don't really vibe with shooting armies, and I didn't want to play something that wasn't as fun for me personally, even if it potentially gave me a better chance to win the event. Very glad I made the call for Pits in the end, because I just had such a blast with it in every game. But in random scenarios or veto I wouldn't have had this dilemma, and wouldn't have felt like I was handicapping myself by taking the list I found fun (unless the list I found fun was Ruffians or the Fellowship or something). I'm sure lots of Angmar players had similar dilemmas, being torn between trying the cool new toys or using a list that doesn't melt to massed shooting.
And finally, fixed scenarios brings with it the risk of the TO messing up and picking/rolling bad ones. I think the scenarios picked here were good scenarios, and aside from favouring shooting at the back end they were generally pretty balanced. But I've been to other events with scenarios or fixed pools that skewed heavily one way or another, and it totally skewed the optimal armies. Random scenarios you can still get that, but at least people aren't looking at a mission pack and going 'anything but the Vanquishers will probably lose here'. And even with these scenarios, there were like 5 armies total that didn't have a banner, because double banner scenarios is very rough for them. Hobbits or Goblin Town could have been interesting picks for the points level, but it just doesn't seem viable with both Supplies and To the Death in the pool. Any set of fixed scenarios will skew one way or another, and I think that just immediately rules out a bunch of lists that could have been interesting.
Anyway, that's my 2c. Great recap and analysis, and congrats again on the win Alex!
Thanks again for the game Sam! Loved hearing your thoughts on the game and the thoughts on how a players pack influences what players bring and why.
Looking forward to another game in a slightly less skewed scenario!
-Alex
26:27 when your own model makes a cameo in a YT video 😍
I appreciate the love Goats!
Hahaha what a coincidence! Was just having a cheeky google for a pic and loved the look!
-Alex
@@MtnGoatGaming Congrats on the win Alex!
Bro we all know those Silmarill dice are cooked.
Congrats Alex! Great job taking it down. Can’t wait to hear more insights
Having confirmed with others who possess the Sil dice, apparently it’s only mine that roll well! Probably something to do with the temp I microwaved them at….
-Alex
@@MtnGoatGaming pls share the microwave temp and cook time 👏
So stoked that you took corsairs! When you did the breakdown at the beginning I thought corsairs were perfect, so did you! Played corsairs at my first GT 2 weekends ago, took the Knight of Umbar to an undefeated (5-0-1) 2nd place finish. Loving corsairs as my second army. They have been a lot of fun, and I hope the Knight gets a little love in the next edition.
Glad to hear we were on the same wavelength! Really happy I got to bring them out, and would love to see the Knight get some love for sure. The combo of sap will and smoke bombs is waiting for it!
-Alex
@@MtnGoatGaming yeah, smoke bombs are one of the coolest things in the game, but without a caster they are not nearly as useful.
Massive agree. There aren't many situations where Dalamyr wants to charge the same hero for multiple turns in a row (and probably won't assuming the priority and move offs are roughly 50/50.
-Alex
He can’t keep getting away with thissss!
Don’t worry, nerfing myself at Battle Hardened in November- surely a mumak can’t win a tournament!
-Alex
@@MtnGoatGaming As long as it's not the legendary legion Mumak then we may just have a chance!
..............no comment (check out the instagram in the next 24 hours for some progress pics of the big boi)
-Alex
6:00 open knowledge preset scenarios isn't a bad thing, especially for a highly competitive tournament. It takes away a chance of randomness of a scenario that may work against your list and favours the opponent's. In open preset participants have no excuse. They have to build the best list they can for the job of the entire tournament.
Question is do you build for the first half of the tournament or the latter half? I would think a not so tactical player would tool his list for the first half in order to go deep into the tournament whereas a skillful player would tool his list for the latter half relying on his play to outdo the likelihood of meeting a lesser tactical opponent and rely more on his list skewed towards later scenarios to take on the more difficult opponents.
That’s a really interesting take, would’ve never considered building for the early vs late rounds of a tournament, but I definitely see your point. Get through to the later rounds, and then have the list help you win vs the stronger opponents. It just so happened rounds 1-4 were definitely not as good for me as 5 and 6. Will have to keep in mind in the future!
-Alex
Appreciate the love ❤ on the Isengard board legends!! 🙌
From the photos I saw mate, absolutely gorgeous board.
-Sean
when are we going to see a review for the MGG Open? Curious to know the results there, and how you went?
True! Just kind of skipped over a results vid. Might have to organise that soon.
-Alex
Alex is the best
Aw shucks, don’t stroke my ego too much, I might start believing it!
-Alex
Should put him on a shirt really
Oh don't you worry, the shirts will continue 😉
-Sean