ph0enyx13
Joined: Nov 14, 2015
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Jul 24, 2018 - 23:15 |
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I've heard of this a few times. Most notably with Lizardment in tv 1100 tournaments where standard meta is 6 block Sauri, English is 4 block, 2 break tackle, and Italian is 5 block 1 tackle.
Can anyone expand on this as to what other teams have these nationality based metas and why they are more common in certain nations? |
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Strider84
Joined: Jun 03, 2009
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Jul 25, 2018 - 00:49 |
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I guess it's mainly what the best players of these nations play. and imo such small differnces do not make a difference as the better players will be successful with all of the 3 above builds. it's more about preference |
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awambawamb
Joined: Feb 17, 2008
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Jul 25, 2018 - 01:43 |
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I'm italian and I'd PASS BLOCK ALL SAURII |
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Purplegoo
Joined: Mar 23, 2006
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Jul 25, 2018 - 07:58 |
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Strider84 wrote: | I guess it's mainly what the best players of these nations play. and imo such small differnces do not make a difference as the better players will be successful with all of the 3 above builds. it's more about preference |
Well... Maybe. Or maybe it makes enough difference over 48 games at a Eurobowl?
Skill picks are a bit different to ‘metas’ in my mind. In England, we have quite a speedy / agile meta. Orcs and Dwarfs are out of fashion, although we turn up to Eurobowl with Dwarfs every year, but without Orcs and Skaven, as they’re not seen as top eight. In Italy, it would seem those two races are still popular and rated (especially the ‘kill all the things’ Skaven variant). The French still seem to still take Rats but aren’t so fond of Amazons, or they’re out of fashion. When I go to Germany, I tend to find a greater number of bashy, attritional builds where we in England would lean towards Guard and positional stuff. Spain has a lot of ‘build your team and take your skills for x cash’ tournaments, so that breeds a different sort of build and encourages stacking. That’s the prevailing sort of ruleset in the States, too.
That’s all a super loose generalisation, and I’m sure there are many exceptions. But as a short summary of some areas, I think it serves. |
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garyt1
Joined: Mar 12, 2011
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Jul 25, 2018 - 17:51 |
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Isn't being able to have 4 or more of the same skill quite unusual? I thought 2 or 3 max was typical but that is based on my limited experience. Perhaps eurobowl is unusual. |
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Purplegoo
Joined: Mar 23, 2006
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Jul 25, 2018 - 18:23 |
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No, not really. Some tournaments limit skill repetition, but most don’t. It depends what your local fashion is, as much as anything else. Eurobowl is, by design, hyper vanilla. Perhaps that in itself is unusual in 2018. |
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Domfluff
Joined: Dec 23, 2016
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Aug 30, 2018 - 14:55 |
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Most of Eurobowl's ruleset is pretty typical for my experience - it seems to represent a good baseline, at least.
(1100TV. Tier 1: 6 normals, Tier 2: 7 normals, 1 double, Tier 3: 6 Normals, 2 Doubles)
What is unusual about Eurobowl is the lack of inducements (aside from Goblin bribes and Halfling chefs) - not being able to take star players really hurts some teams, especially Stunties, but arguably some others, like Amazons. |
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Jopotzuki
Joined: Oct 07, 2011
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Aug 30, 2018 - 17:03 |
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Previous years star players were available for tier 3 teams. Don't know why they took it away. |
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