phase_spaced vs gruppler - 2024 March Intermediate Tak Open Semifinals - Game 2 - Guest ManaT

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This is the second game between phase_spaced and gruppler of the Semifinals in the 2024 March Intermediate Tak Open. Both players have won their respective groups and qualified for the single-elimination stage. phase_spaced won game one with a road; he will move on to the finals if he wins game two. If gruppler wins this game, they will move on to a blitz tiebreaker match. I am joined in the commentary booth by ManaT, the #3 ranked player as of this recording. 0:00 Introduction 1:18 Game 2 This is the 2024 Intermediate Tak Open Tournament, which is played on a 6x6 board with a 15-minute time limit for each player and a 10-second increment per turn. These are 2-game matches, so the players get a chance to play as each color when facing each opponent. The tournament was played in four round-robin groups with the winner of each group moving on to a single-elimination playoff bracket. The first-place winner of this tournament gets first pick of the prizes. There are three sets of prizes for this tournament: all three are custom capstones made by Bill Leighton. And second place gets whatever first place doesn't pick. All three are amazing prizes. If you're interested in Tak and want to learn more, check out the official rules at https://ustak.org/play-beautiful-game or the 2-minute How To Play Video at https://youtu.be/M-Fh50QD4qI These games are played on https://www.playtak.com/​ Or come where all the action is, the Tak Discord server - https://discord.gg/2xEt42X​ The Discord is where most active players are, where community events are planned and discussed, where updates to Playtak are discussed, and the best place to find games with other people. You can even play with other people asynchronously (correspondence games) right through the Discord server! Come check out the subreddit at https://www.reddit.com/r/Tak/​ I also have a Twitch channel! I'll try to be streaming while recording when possible, just not for my own games this tournament. https://www.twitch.tv/simmon_tak Check out Tak at BoardgameGeek: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/197405/tak Music at the end of the video and that is on the "Stream Starting Soon" screen on Twitch is provided by SystemGlitch. Check him out https://www.youtube.com/c/SystemGlitch I've also said it before, but I always plan to keep all the videos on this channel ad-free so there are as few barriers to entry for new Tak players as possible. You shouldn't have to sit through ads to see great Tak content, so I'll do that. I do, however, have a Patreon. If you like the content and want to encourage me to keep making it with money, that's the place to do it. I feel weird talking about it, but there are some perks to joining and you can find those out here: https://www.patreon.com/Simmon_Tak