UPS 2 vs. HMS GT UPS
The Ultimate Competitive Matchup
5/26/2024
With Tournament #3 over and a winner declared, it was time for them to face the winner of Tournament #2 in the ultimate competitive matchup. This is about as meta a matchup as I can imagine!
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Game 1:
Game 2:
Game 3:
With that, it is clear that most matchups between these fleets will come down to the luck of who goes first. 
UPS 2 has proved its mettle as arguably the greatest fleet in Pirates CSG history! Even against the toughest competition it can succeed, and it scored 12 gold in its Game 1 loss – more gold than the GT fleet scored in its two losses combined.
The game and fleet process has been so gamified that most of these “hyper meta” matchups will likely come down to luck more than anything else. As a result, this might be the last competitive series I play for a while. I do have a few more competitive matchups I’d like to play in 2024, but they will probably be 1-off games.
A peek at the setup:
Thanks for reading! The competitive play in the first half of 2024 has been fun and informative, and now I feel pretty much completely satisfied with it. The results speak for themselves, and I think I’ll mostly move on to other game types/formats now. (more fleets, other build totals, some house rules, etc.)