The Apeiron Season 2 Guild Wars Tournament Report

An Introduction to an Epic Saga

An Introduction to an Epic Saga

In this week’s blog post, we’re going to go through some of the major highlights of the Apeiron Season 2 Guild Wars! As your dedicated source of all things Apeiron, we’ve closely followed the events to bring you a pinpoint analysis and gripping narrative for this remarkable tournament. Whether you are an esports whiz or a newly-tuned-in doodling, you’ll find your jaws dropping over the beans that we are about to spill…

Picture of beans spilling…

And just a side note, y’all can revisit all the angst and adrenaline-fueled moments right here! Now let’s get into it~

Expect the Unexpected

It started with a plan for a tournament held on Discord over the course of two weeks. But our Backend Boys — ShadowSan and Bigsword — in discussion with both the community and with the Lores, decided at the last that we needed to go big, or go home — and we weren’t gonna go home. So we moved it to Twitch, following the tradition of previous big Apeiron events such as the Letrina Cup. And we decided we could do it in 10 days! Because why not.

With our stage on Twitch set, the Backend Boys settled in for the first of many late nights, the tournament typically running into the wee hours from here at Foonie Magus HQ. Bigsword was feeling confident, with it all mapped out down to the doodiest detail. ShadowSan was more circumspect: expect the unexpected. ShadowSan’s words would prove to be prophetic…

The tournament was originally planned to be a 30min match, with 6 players streaming at the same time, three 1v1s playing out simultaneously. But technical issues cropped up almost immediately, and the best laid plans of Bigsword were tossed to the wind. With Bigsword and ShadowSan on the ropes, Foonie Magus programmer Astronaut_Horse stepped in to provide some much needed support to our embattled lads, who rallied tremendously, switching on the fly to doing three 30min 1v1 matches one after the other — for a total viewing time of 90min of game, plus interviews after. This gave more time to our viewers to enjoy all the 1v1s as they played out, and also gave our casters time to focus in on all the great moves, so it worked out nicely in the end.

With that first night under their belts, the Backend Boys strapped in and carried the rest of the tournament, with all of its ups and downs…

Unforgettable Highlights: From the Round of 16 to the Grand Finals

Going into the deeds of the tourney highlights, amidst the chaos, we see several standout moments, with players around the globe pitting themselves against the strongest godlings in the godiverse:

Opening Salvos: 3–0s and Upsets

The early days of the tournament showed that we would continue to have to expect the unexpected. Take PIF vs Carv, for instance. PIF came in as first seed, while Carv were ranked as seed 16, and it was indeed a clean 3–0 for PIF. But that’s not the whole story.

In fact, @solidSnake (Carv) and @Bossoppa (PIF) were the first and (ultimately) some of the only players to bring the Wisdom to a FULL 30 MINUTE match. The Wisdom proved to be the most skill-testing of Avatars, being slower and thus more vulnerable, but also having some of the hardest hitting abilities. BossOppa — one of the strongest players in the tournament — was pushed to his limits by SolidSnake, who put on an incredible performance. Although Carv and Solidsnake lost, it was undoubtedly a match to remember.

On the other hand, we had the biggest upset of the first round — one of the biggest of the tournament — when Roma Art Guild (Seed 2) lost to Web3Clipse (Seed 15) in another 3–0. Web3Clipse were late arrivals to the tournament scene, but they put in the hours ahead of their matches and showed that they had the skills to compete at the highest level.

Dark Horses and Secret Strats

But upsets are one thing: you need to have consistency to go the distance. In this sense, the dark horse of the tournament was certainly Cryptoinside, the 10th seed who ended up placing 3rd overall in the tournament. Cyptoinside played strongly and had an ace in the hole with their Fate player @rufka. Rufka not only demonstrated excellent control of his Avatar, but also came with his own unique approach, using Mage Apostles with the skill “Big Ol’ Meteor Storm” to do huge damage to the bosses, who would absorb the full AoE with their chunky bood bods. The unexpected choice in Apostle was revolutionary enough to make other top players opt for the Mage in the later games.

With the Finals on the cards, we started seeing some secret strats floating to the surface. The most notable being the use of a less popular card — Apostle Rogue’s “Card Shark’’. The Card Shark skill allows players to copy the last skill played, and @heartofthecard demonstrated that this could be used to excellent effect in combination with powerful Avatar skills, effectively allowing him to double dip on exactly the cards he wanted.

This would go on to be one of the more popular strategies as the tournament headed into its later stages. We always love to see crafty and out of the ordinary combos on the field. Thanks @heartofthecard, we all have learnt a thing or two! *wink wink*

The Grand Finale — GG vs PIF

So it came down to this: Guildless Gamers (GG) [Seed 3] vs PIF Nation [Seed 1]. Here we had the Apeiron elite, and also some of our storied players, with many of the players having participated in the Apeiron Letrina Cup during Season 1 — we even had the winner of the tournament (GG’s USN) and the runner-up (PIF’s BossOppa) lined up for a spicy rematch. With it all to play for, the match began…

First up was @Biku vs @heartofthecard playing the Fury. Both strong players who had crushed their opponents in earlier rounds, Biku had a reputation for showboating, even going so far as to alt-tab or AFK when in the lead during other matches. Yet in this game he made some uncharacteristic mistakes, including forgetting to equip his Artifacts going into the first boss, and then being forced to reset in the following cycle twice, leading to heartofthecard clinching the win.

Next we had @Winty vs @JÉNGKOZ playing the Fate. This one was decided quickly, in tragic fashion. It was down to the wire at the end of the first boss fight. Winty made a calculated gamble to go for the kill using the powerful Fate skill “Exploding Volley”. This skill is risky: it’s strong, but locks you into an animation and cast time. And here’s when tragedy struck: just at the moment Winty committed to the Volley, the boss began to charge its powerful swipe attack. Winty could do nothing but watch as his Fate died, but even as the Fate fell the boss also fell! But it was too late. Winty had died first, giving the win to JÉNGKOZ, and therefore PIF won the finals 2–0.

Not wanting to miss out on the show, BossOppa and USN agreed to play the third match even though PIF had already won. This showmatch was a rematch between the two Letrina Cup finalists, and in the end it had the same result with USN beating out BossOppa by an ever-so-slight half-a-boss lead, with both players going the distance and bringing the Wisdom to cycle 5 depth 1. A helluva showmatch to end the tournament. And that was it! PIF walked away with the grand prize and all the glory. Congratulations!

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Holy COW WOWZA moments:

The tourney faced its share of controversies, the most noticeable being an incredibly — unbelievably — close placement match between Roma Art Guild (seed 2) and Generative Dungeon (seed 7), competing for the 10th place and therefore a share of the tournament rewards. Amazingly, Roma Art Guild and Generative Dungeon tied in not only boss kill count but also in room clearance count, with the win ultimately going down to the wire with a pixel-by-pixel count of remaining boss HP, with Generate Dungeon winning by just a hair. We thank both teams for their patience and advice to us as we continue to make improvements for our next big event. We’d also like to give a big round of applause for the display of great sportsmanship from all the participants, as the ultimate objective of these tournaments is to bring everyone together and have some fun!!

— — — — BEST RUNS OF THE TOURNAMENT — — — —

Farthest Reaching Fate

@Jengkoz (Cycle 5–1)

@Rufka (Cycle 5–1)

Farthest Reaching Fury

@HeartoftheCard (Cycle 4–2)

Farthest Reaching Wisdom

@USN (Cycle 5–1)

@BossOppa (Cycle 5–1)

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And that’s a more comprehensive look into some of the twists and turns of this exciting tournament. Let’s also just take a moment to recognize the unsung heroes of the Apeiron Season 2 Guild War — our phenomenal casters: Lawton, Asta, Biku and Grawrz! We decided to go with casters who were really embedded in our community for this event and we thought it went wonderfully. The atmosphere of the tournament was hyped up and brought to life by their enthusiastic commentary and expert match analysis. Thank you for the hard work and for making this thrilling journey an unforgettable one!

We’d also like to shout out Asta for making the trailer, as well as Qyron and Asta for the awesome Twitch overlays. Also thanks to the Foonie Magus writing team for proofreading/editing daily recaps and announcements over the course of the event. ALSO thanks to our awesome Wranglers and DADIs who helped liaise and connect with all of our communities. You doods rock!

And of course there’s a ShadowSan and Bigsword that we need to thank but we’ll just get ’em some food or something 🤡🍳.

A Growing community

Overall, we loved this tournament. It was a grassroots event, one that was held for the players, and in large part run by the players. It was global: we had communities coming together from across the world, including China, Russia, Thailand, the Philippines — so many doods coming out to play Apeiron with each other, really demonstrating the doody diversity we have. And finally, the tournament brought in so many new players into our community — so many different players and guilds — while also giving our long-standing players a chance to strut their stuff.

Apeiron is a game, but it’s always been much more than that too — it’s about bringing people together in this crazy world and just being able to chill for a while. This was a fun, competitive event that accomplished all our goals…all we can say is that — just like our doods — we’re hungry for more!! We’ve already got even bigger plans for the next tournament, and we’re already looking forward to seeing what happens next.

🎊🍾🥂Here’s to more WiLD RIdES thAt ARE YET TO COME !! 🎊🍾🥂

Thanks for reading, see ya next time godlings!

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