Spawnoza vs Evoshen - 2024 Q1 Beginner Tak Tournament Semifinals - Live Commentary - Game 1

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This is Game 1 of the Semifinals match between Spawnoza and Evoshen in the January 2024 Beginner Tak Tournament. Spawnoza was victorious over The1Rogue in the Quarterfinals after a blitz tiebreaker match, and Evoshen zipped into the Semifinals straight from the group stage after having won his group with a perfect score. The winner of this match will move on to the Finals! 0:00 Introduction 0:27 Game 1 This is the 2024 January Beginner Tak 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 six round-robin groups with the winner of each group moving on to a single-elimination playoff bracket. The two players who received a perfect score in their groups had a BYE in the Quarterfinals and moved on to the Semifinals. The first-place winner of this tournament gets their pick of the Wolf and Hawk metal capstones or a 2nd Edition Tak Set(provided by Greater Than Games) as a prize with second place taking what remains. Additionally, there is a drawing for 4 random players who completed all of their games to win either a paperback copy of Mastering Tak: Level 1 or a high-level game review from a top player. 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 an Instagram! Where a picture of a new puzzle is posted each weekday on a physical board. Go check out @Simmon_Tak on Instagram! 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