Jack of Harts

My first battle of the day was Domination between my high-speed hovercraft with supporting BattleMechs against a force of high speed VTOLs with BattleMech support.

We opened with me taking my two points, them taking their two points, and a battle for the center point. I won the skirmish, claiming three points.

We then shuffled around, with me moving to take the far right point while engaging the Locust on the left. The Locust lived, and my far right J. Edgar was sniped by a VTOL as their lone Savannah Master claimed my close right point. I was down to two points.

We both went all out for the win in the next round. I sent one Blizzard and Marauder back to retake my close right point and jumped my Uziel into an easy taking of the far right point. A VTOL managed to make it to my undefended close left point, but could not land to take it. I meanwhile sent all remaining forces to contest the far left point while defending the center point, attempting to sweep all the points. The enemy forces managed to destroy my center Plainsman and my far left Blizzard and Marauder, leaving me with three points and him with two as time was called.

It was a fast and sweeping battle, fought by units flying all over the field to engage in entirely different zones from turn to turn. It was a close battle and I only managed to eek out a win while losing more forces than my enemy. The enemy VTOLs were particularly problematic for me as they could move even faster than my hovercraft, were harder to hit, and carried more firepower. But I had five hovercraft, and quantity brings a quality all its own.

It was a good and entertaining fight.

I have played in three Wolf Net Radio Podcast 350 Alpha Strike tournaments in the last year.

I will note that I have not been to ANY tournaments in a long time before this. I have found that tournaments are often filled with the most toxic must-win players I have ever met, and I simply dislike being in an environment that encourages players like that. I will elaborate on the exact nature of the tactics they pulled on me, but will say that I felt decidedly unwelcome and was happy to not return to those environments.

Wolf Net does not welcome such tactics. Their first rule is “Don’t be a dick” in fact. Shaking hands and congratulating each other is expected. Rules abuse is closely monitored, and the 350 rules are constantly shifted to reduce even the appearance of such as issues crop up.

In short, the Wolf Net Radio Podcast 350 rules were created by fans who wanted to create a fun and enjoyable tournament atmosphere for players to come into the game. They succeeded in my humble opinion. Because of this, I am happy to join them in playing, and I have had a great deal of fun doing so. I greatly look forward to joining them in the future.