User:Patrick2011b/0.33 Tournament

This tournament will run from May 2, 2025 to May 18, 2025. The tournament page can be found here, while my profile for the tournament can be found here.

This is my third tournament, after two previous tournaments where I got one win each. The last tournament was disappointing, as I thought I had a chance at top 100 but was only able to get one win. I started that tournament by speedrunning Minotaur Berserker but had to abandon that plan. I think my mistake there was being too aggressive, but I also think Trog has enough limitations that I'm going to try MiFi with a preference for Okawaru this time. The hope is that I can get the tier 3 Makhleb banner (win in under 3 hours) this time and then win another easy combo. Anything beyond that will depend on how the tournament develops, but the priority is to get a high value win and another win.

I'm returning to The 27 Club, which finished 4th last time in the clan competition and is looking for a better finish this time. My sense is that combo high scores is where the clan can see the most improvement, so if I feel like trying extended, I'll look at the combo high scores to see what combo to pick for that. Otherwise, it basically means it's better to go 4 runes for combos that haven't been taken to extended.

This page was last updated 21:06, 4 May 2025 (CEST)

Stats

This section will contain tournament stats, though stats for the tournament as a whole will wait until the tournament is over. The leaderboards compress ties, but the ranks given here won't compress ties. For example, if there's a two-way tie for 14th in something, the next lower score will be considered 16th. Here are my scores and ranks for some key categories as well as overall:

• Overall Score: 40,266 (45th)
• Best High Score: 3,368,035 (32nd)
• Lowest Turncount Win: 27,743 (2nd)
• Fastest Real Time Win: 2:38:01 (32nd)
• Most Pacific Win: 1,479 (3rd)

Clan Info

I'm in The 27 Club, so I'll give some clan info here:

• Roster: particleface (captain), Patrick2011b, AutarchDCSS, Gryn, GoSagan, Daunt
• Clan Score: 78,288 (5th)
• Total Wins (by player): AutarchDCSS 3, particleface 3, Daunt 2, Patrick2011b 1
• Best High Score: 3,368,035 (Patrick2011b)
• Lowest Turncount Win: 27,743 (Patrick2011b)
• Fastest Real Time Win: 2:24:07 (AutarchDCSS)
• Most Pacific Win: 1,479 (Patrick2011b)

Wins

This section contains a log and brief writeup for each of my winning characters. The altar in each entry shows what god the character won with, which matters for the piety category. Essentially, each distinct god won is worth 400 tournament points unless the god was either never championed or was Gozag, Ignis, or Xom (those gods don't use the standard 6* piety system), in which case it's only 200 tournament points. The wins are given in chronological order.

• MiFi^Wu Jian (3 runes and 6 gems (5 intact)): I succeeded on a speedrun for the first time in a tournament, so now I've got good value in a bunch of categories and can focus on winning, though I'll want to be turn count efficient if I go for a 15 runer. I got Wu Jian from an early altar. The loot was interesting, as I found several good items that happened to have -Int, so I had to pass on a bunch, but at least I got a battleaxe with +3 Int in a Gauntlet, letting me wear gloves with regen from the same gauntlet. I had a few close calls in the midgame and even the orb run, which is not surprising with a build low on defenses (35/19/0 at the end). I can now say that Wu Jian is better for turn count than real time since the martial maneuvers require more though than just o-tabbing.

Notable Losses

This section contains a log and brief writeup for each losing character that I consider notable enough for a writeup. If an entry has an altar in it, it means the character championed that god (i.e. reached 6* piety at some point). Essentially, each distinct god championed is worth 200 tournament points, though Gozag, Ignis, and Xom don't use the standard 6* piety system and therefore can't be championed. The games are given in chronological order.

• MiFi^Ignis: This was my first character to get a banner, as I got Ignis from a faded altar and reached Lair. D:8 had a good antique armor shop with 2 randart plates and a magic shield, and I managed to buy one of the plates, which was +9. Unfortunately, Rupert proved too much for this character.
• DrHu^Hepliaklqana: This character followed my first win and got a few banners and uniques but made the mistake of fighting Jorgrun and a centaur warrior in the open. I got a hand cannon of freezing from an early shop and managed to enchant it to +9, but the rest of my gear was nothing special. I couldn't quite champion Hepliaklqana, so that god is still open for piety points later in the tournament.
• GrWn^Hepliaklqana: This Wanderer start ended up with an Unarmed and Evocations start, and I got to retry Hep right away, as there was an altar on D:2. I managed to get a rune this time but couldn't get away from a bunch of meliai in Spider:4. My armor was too good to pivot to talismans (fortress was the best I found, but I needed too much XP elsewhere). At least I got the Shoals gem and some uniques, but I'm still searching for my 2nd win. For the Jiyva banner, this is the 3rd combo to reach XL 9 and the 2nd to get a rune.

Early Deaths

This section lists the characters that didn't get far enough to really contribute to the tournament. Logs and writeups aren't included in this section. The games are listed in chronological order.

• XL 1 MiFi
• XL 6 MiFi^Uskayaw

Banners

This section lists the banners I earned in the tournament by tier, with each banner giving a brief description of how it was earned.

Tier 3

• Win in under 3 hours.

Tier 2

• Win with at least 3 gems intact.
• Get a rune before XL 17.

Tier 1

• Enter a rune branch other than Abyss.
• Reach XL 9 in two consecutive games.
• Enter the Crypt.
• Find 1,000 gold in a single game.
• Worship a faded altar and reach the Lair.
• Champion a god.
• Reach Orc:2 before entering Lair.
• Score at least 1,000,000 points in a single game.
• Reach the Temple without using any potions or scrolls.
• Kill Sigmund before entering Depths.
• Enter the Temple in under 3,000 turns.
• Kill at least 27 uniques throughout the tournament.