Professor Elm
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So yeah, at 11:00 in the morning I decided to ask my parent's if they would take me to Alien Worlds for the BR. Surprisingly they said yes, and took me. (I can't wait till I can drive in December!!!!!) SO, I get there about 10 minutes or less before the BR was scheduled to start. I borrow some cards, fill out my list and wait a few minutes. I got a trade or in also, nothing special though. It was a very relaxed event overall, and I enjoyed the player-friendly atmosphere. A lot less competitive than States/Regs/Nats. Frank sees I am playin Speed Empoleon and starts harassing me about it cause he is playin InfernaCatty. I soon realized that there were a lot of fire decks and my choice was ideal for the metagame.
Anyway, a few minutes after 1 the pairings go up and I get ready to play w/ a deck I had NEVER played prior to today.
Round 1 vs. Justin w/ Shiftry ex
Well, let's see. I get a horrible hand and just play Mentor to get 3 Piplups. He gets T2 Shiftry ex and Skill Hack's me. I go and stupidly play ALL of my Piplups down forgetting about Shiftry's second attack Dirge. Needless to say, I didn't pull a single supporter or evolution or anything that would have helped and he Dirged me for 4 prizes and yeah, I lost by turn 4 or so. It was pretty horrible.
0-1
I wasn't too ecstatic about dis. I had gone 0-4 on my first BR w/ Kricketune and I didn't want a repeat, my ranking was already lower than 1600 lol. (not that I really care too much)
Round 2 vs. ??? w/ Magmortar/Ape
Well, a T2 Empoleon vs. a field w/ Chimchars and Magbys is pretty much a blood bath on the opposing side. He got an Ape out but I had 2 Empoleon and he couldn't KO one.
1-1
(Yes! I ain't gonna go 0-4)
Round 3 vs. Gerard w/ Infernacatty
Well, Infernacatty has a REALLY bad matchup to Empoleon.
Needless to say, after I KO'd his 1st Ape it went downhill for him.
2-1
Round 4 vs. Frank w/ Infernacatty
Yay, another Infernape deck.
I pwn him pretty easily. Don't remember too much, but he had a pretty bad hand and I had a pretty good one.
3-1
Top 4
1st: Me w/ Speed Empoleon
2nd: Frank w/ Infernacatty
3rd: Gerard w/ Infernacatty
4th: Ben w/ Crobat/Toxicroak/Skarmory
We cut to top 4, so I end up playing Ben.
TOP 4 vs. Ben w/ Crobat and Co.
Round 1
I get a typical setup getting a fast Empoleon out by Turn 3 or so. From there I started sniping everything he had and took the first few prizes. He managed to get back on his feet w/ a few Crobats and kept on getting heads so they stayed out. He was able to KO like 2 of my Empoleon's but by the time the 3rd one hit the field he was just in way over his head, and I killed the Toxicroak and took the rest of my prizes from there.
1-0
Round 2
Wow, this game REALLY showed how bad I am with this deck. I had no clue what I was thinking, and Jose thought I was an idiot for the misplays I made, lol.
Anyway, I get nothing for the first like 4 turns. I get an active Octillery and retreat it for a benched Empoleon w/ a Scramble which was a huge misplay on my part. I grab a quick prize, but then things start falling apart for me. His deck doesn't deal too much damage and my Cessations kept me from getting hurt from poison too bad, so I kind of just sat there trying to do something after my first empoleon went down. He had complete control of the game and was getting constant heads on his Crobats so they never left the field. I thought I was gonna lose but decide to just play it out to see if I could stretch the game out to try to get something or until time was called. Anyway, it ends up to me getting some luck draws w/ TGW and I finally start to recover. He keeps on getting tails w/ Crobat depleting his field fast. He only had like 1 or 2 prizes left, but that last Empoleon finished everything he had because he lost all his Crobats and couldn't retrieve them from his deck fast enough. Needless to say I pulled that one out of nowhere despite my misplays.
Good Games Ben
2-0
Top 2 vs. Frank w/ Infernacatty
Round 1
Really quick game. I T1 Piplup for 20 and T2 Prinplup Brine for 50. Fast and simple T2 donk.
He could have played Mentor, but he said his hand was so bad that he would've just been delaying the inevitable.
1-0
Round 2
Egh. Not such a great hand for me but not horrible. He gets close to donking me but can't pull it off. He gets an Ape out and I think managed to KO an Empoleon but to make it short he just couldn't handle the weakness and my Empoleon sweep'd him after that.
2-0
SWEET!
I finally won a BR.
Well, I've only been to 2, but still.
Anyway, all the players were great. I had lots of fun too.
Thanks for running such a smooth, great event Jose.
Props
Jose and David for letting me borrow some cards (btw David, I still have your 2x Empoleon's. I will try to go to the BR next week and return/trade for em if you will trade em)
Frank for taking a whooping from his weakness deck so well
All my other opponents
Good games
Not stankin up da place with my horribleness like last BR. Oh wait, never mind I did that.
Jose for running such an awesome tournament
A decent turnout (like 15 people in Masters, not bad)
Victory Medal
Pulling Electivire Lv. X in one of the packs
Getting another Blissey (need 2 more and 2 Cattys)
Slops
None that I can thank of right now
Anyway, a few minutes after 1 the pairings go up and I get ready to play w/ a deck I had NEVER played prior to today.
Round 1 vs. Justin w/ Shiftry ex
Well, let's see. I get a horrible hand and just play Mentor to get 3 Piplups. He gets T2 Shiftry ex and Skill Hack's me. I go and stupidly play ALL of my Piplups down forgetting about Shiftry's second attack Dirge. Needless to say, I didn't pull a single supporter or evolution or anything that would have helped and he Dirged me for 4 prizes and yeah, I lost by turn 4 or so. It was pretty horrible.
0-1
I wasn't too ecstatic about dis. I had gone 0-4 on my first BR w/ Kricketune and I didn't want a repeat, my ranking was already lower than 1600 lol. (not that I really care too much)
Round 2 vs. ??? w/ Magmortar/Ape
Well, a T2 Empoleon vs. a field w/ Chimchars and Magbys is pretty much a blood bath on the opposing side. He got an Ape out but I had 2 Empoleon and he couldn't KO one.
1-1
(Yes! I ain't gonna go 0-4)
Round 3 vs. Gerard w/ Infernacatty
Well, Infernacatty has a REALLY bad matchup to Empoleon.
Needless to say, after I KO'd his 1st Ape it went downhill for him.
2-1
Round 4 vs. Frank w/ Infernacatty
Yay, another Infernape deck.
I pwn him pretty easily. Don't remember too much, but he had a pretty bad hand and I had a pretty good one.
3-1
Top 4
1st: Me w/ Speed Empoleon
2nd: Frank w/ Infernacatty
3rd: Gerard w/ Infernacatty
4th: Ben w/ Crobat/Toxicroak/Skarmory
We cut to top 4, so I end up playing Ben.
TOP 4 vs. Ben w/ Crobat and Co.
Round 1
I get a typical setup getting a fast Empoleon out by Turn 3 or so. From there I started sniping everything he had and took the first few prizes. He managed to get back on his feet w/ a few Crobats and kept on getting heads so they stayed out. He was able to KO like 2 of my Empoleon's but by the time the 3rd one hit the field he was just in way over his head, and I killed the Toxicroak and took the rest of my prizes from there.
1-0
Round 2
Wow, this game REALLY showed how bad I am with this deck. I had no clue what I was thinking, and Jose thought I was an idiot for the misplays I made, lol.
Anyway, I get nothing for the first like 4 turns. I get an active Octillery and retreat it for a benched Empoleon w/ a Scramble which was a huge misplay on my part. I grab a quick prize, but then things start falling apart for me. His deck doesn't deal too much damage and my Cessations kept me from getting hurt from poison too bad, so I kind of just sat there trying to do something after my first empoleon went down. He had complete control of the game and was getting constant heads on his Crobats so they never left the field. I thought I was gonna lose but decide to just play it out to see if I could stretch the game out to try to get something or until time was called. Anyway, it ends up to me getting some luck draws w/ TGW and I finally start to recover. He keeps on getting tails w/ Crobat depleting his field fast. He only had like 1 or 2 prizes left, but that last Empoleon finished everything he had because he lost all his Crobats and couldn't retrieve them from his deck fast enough. Needless to say I pulled that one out of nowhere despite my misplays.
Good Games Ben
2-0
Top 2 vs. Frank w/ Infernacatty
Round 1
Really quick game. I T1 Piplup for 20 and T2 Prinplup Brine for 50. Fast and simple T2 donk.
He could have played Mentor, but he said his hand was so bad that he would've just been delaying the inevitable.
1-0
Round 2
Egh. Not such a great hand for me but not horrible. He gets close to donking me but can't pull it off. He gets an Ape out and I think managed to KO an Empoleon but to make it short he just couldn't handle the weakness and my Empoleon sweep'd him after that.
2-0
SWEET!
I finally won a BR.
Well, I've only been to 2, but still.
Anyway, all the players were great. I had lots of fun too.
Thanks for running such a smooth, great event Jose.
Props
Jose and David for letting me borrow some cards (btw David, I still have your 2x Empoleon's. I will try to go to the BR next week and return/trade for em if you will trade em)
Frank for taking a whooping from his weakness deck so well
All my other opponents
Good games
Not stankin up da place with my horribleness like last BR. Oh wait, never mind I did that.
Jose for running such an awesome tournament
A decent turnout (like 15 people in Masters, not bad)
Victory Medal
Pulling Electivire Lv. X in one of the packs
Getting another Blissey (need 2 more and 2 Cattys)
Slops
None that I can thank of right now
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