With the US Masters only weeks away, it is time for the annual Masters match up casts, where a panel of masters players discuss the match ups, the lists, and who they think will win in round 1.
These videos are always a lot of fun, even if the predictions are often proven wrong on the day of the event. This year; however, the group really upped the production value providing pictures and basic stats for the players, as well as images of their lists, which appear on screen while the hosts discuss them. I found this invaluable to following the conversation, and to viewing some of the interesting and unique things the best players in the country came up with. (A big shout out to Pat Allen, for getting these videos even better quality, cannot wait for the live casting he has planned)
Here is a link to the match up video; however, if you are like me, you may not want to watch the entire 2 hours mammoth, and instead might want to flip to the match ups, or armies that you are most interest in. Well, have no fear, below the video, I will post the time stamps, and order, for all the different match ups, as well as what army the players are using. That way you can quickly flick to the pairing you are most interested in! Enjoy!
- 0:00-6:28 Introductions
- 6:28-16:50 Table 1 Stephen Derose (Mountain Region): Brotherhood VS. Josh Rosado (North East): Ratkin Josh Voted to Win 5-1
- 16:50-28:40 Table 2 Nathan Clevenger (South East): Dwarves VS. Mark Bryson (Mountain): Herd Nathan Voted to Win 4-3
- 29:04-36:57 Table 3 Garrett Mercier (Pacific Northwest): Varangur VS. Derrick Byrd (Midwest ): Dwarves Garrett Voted to Win 7-0
- 36:47-47:16 Table 4 George O’Connel (Midatlantic): Twilight Kin VS Shannon Shoemaker (Midwest): Goblins George Voted to Win 5-4
- 47:16-59:25 Table 5 Jeff Swan (South): Nature VS Tim Smith (SouthEast): Herd with Elf Allies Jeff Voted to Win 7-0
- 59:26-1:09:33 Table 6 Ashley Mowat (West Coast): Ogres with Nature Allies VS Adam Ballard (Mountain): Elves Adam Voted to Win 5-2
- 1:09:33-1:24:08 Table 7 Jeremy Duvall (West Coast): Undead with Basilea Allies VS Jon Vanase (North East): Abyssals Jeremy Voted to Win 6-1
- 1:24:08- 1:34:12 Table 8 Scott Holcomb (West Coast): Undead VS Billy Henniger (Mountain): Twilight Kin Scott Voted to Win 5-2
- 1:34:14 – 1:43:32 Table 9 Keith Randall (SouthEast): Elves VS Tony Zmuda (Pacific Northwest): Trident Realms Keith Voted to Win 7-0
- 1:43:32 – 1:53:17 Table 10 Aaron Chapman (South): Abyssal Dwarves VS Jake Ciarapica (Midatlantic): Abyssal Dwarves Aaron Voted to Win 7-0
- 1:53:32 – 2:07:19 Table 11 Ryan Munsell (Pacific Northwest): Salamanders VS Greg Person (Northeast): Undead Ryan Voted to Win 6-1
Hopefully you enjoy the videos and the matchups as much as I did, I know I saw some ideas that I thought were really cool.
Tune in for the next two match up casts Sunday Feb 10 and Wednesday Feb 13, i’ll be writing up an article for each of those as well!
February 10th Cast- @ 830pm CST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRP_TXMZtZo
Don’t forget, the US Masters will be streaming live, with the content found on Tabletop Titans Media.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2_9DYFk_GnB0XGfWUbz3-A
