Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

an aggrivating STL report

well this just hasn't been my week, so i wasn't really expecting too much, but i knew that i had a great deck, so i guess i had a little optimism.....

i wake up at like 6:30 because my allergies have been driving me absolutely nuts lately for quite some time..... so after some more sleep, i wake back up at 9:00 and eat breakfast..... after some phone tag with chaddy (PSYDUCK), we decide to just go down together, instead of driving seperately....

we get there at around 11, and help vince (meg45) get everything set up....... and we tell everyone else that i was playing swampert/cune ex and chaddy was playing gardy, which of course we weren't, but the guys knew that we were lying and wouldn't tell :p

1st round vs precon (flygon/magneton)
well i knew that i can beat this deck, but he busts out vibrava and flips 5 straight heads and kos my ninetails and a sparce, but i finally get out 2 blaze, 1 bex and 1 ninetails, and i run through shortly after
1-0

2nd round vs anthony (dragonite, magneton, TA lanturn)
well i get a beautiful setup and anthony only got 2 lanturns, so it wasn't really pretty
2-0

3rd round vs Pat aka NIKEPK (sceptile/muk ex)
well i get set up beautifully and the worst thing was that twice in a row, pat played 2 oracles, and during my turn, i'd shaman him, which led to some hilarious rantings by pat (sorry pat, i tried to keep a straight face) :D
3-0

4th round vs Colin aka SWANTON1717 (gardy)
well we just ID, but play a game just for fun...... i start out with ditto and conveniently colin starts with wynaut, which really helps me get set up....... after i get 3 blaze out and a 9tails out, colin kos tails with gardy ex, but he has 6 damage on it, so i draw, catty, and play a torchic, candy and a bex, charge 3 times, attach, retreat and ko gardy in one turn...... in the end, i win
3-0-1

5th round vs ben aka furiouszangoose (RAMBO)
once again, we ID and play a fun game, tho it wasn't too fun since i couldn't get a card for my life and i lose rather quickly
3-0-2

well we cut to top 8 and the pairings are something like
ben vs john
me vs pat
colin vs ???
roy vs anthony


quarters vs pat
game 1 - well i start off with a sparce, he starts off with a sparce and neither of us get nrg.... i get tons of draw cards, he doesn't........ so i get all the pokes set up, but no nrg still, and he is still sitting there with like 1 nrg total........ i finally start to get nrg and end up winning
1-0
game 2 - well i don't get a sparce, and pat gets set up with 3 muk ex, so i was hurting from the beginning and never recover
1-1
game 3 - haha, i get a sparce and pat was unable to get a muk when it really mattered, game over i win
2-1

well colin, roy and john all win so here we are for the top 4

by now, i am so tired and things got rather fuzzy, so bare with me
semis vs colin
game 1- well i get set up faster than he does, and i run through him
1-0
game 2- vice versa, i don't get a single thing that could help
1-1
game 3- well this was a pretty good game, but in the end, niniken just lasts longer than gardy can
i win 2-1

finals vs john (bex/ray)
game 1- this was a close game the entire time, he goes up on prizes 3-1, but i bust out ditto and ko his ray in one turn....... it comes down to 1-1 prizes, but he is able to pull it off
0-1
game 2 - well i get a beautiful setup and he only gets a combusken, he oracles, but i shaman and turn 3 bust out a powered 9tails for the win
1-1
game 3 - well i was really hoping for a great start, which was not the case.... my opening hand was this: skitty, 2 blaze, 2 combusken, 1 candy and 1 TV......... not the start u want....... he has a chance for a turn 2 kill with ray, but he can't get the multi/lightning........ i spend the rest of the time catching up and he beats me 6-3
1-2


well i take 2nd and get 27 packs (we agree to split the packs, since packs weren't the issue)

well in the end, i was upset with my final game, but nothing that i could do :mad:

well mad props go to
-vince: great tourney vince
-chaddy: didn't do too well, but won the side event with gardy
-newman: did an unbiased job of judgin
-pat: i'll admit it pat..... against u i tecHeD in 4 extra sparce and shamans, :p
-anthony: trading me for some cards for my set

mad slops go to
-gathering ground: AC is a great thing :p
-john: just for taking advantage of a lone skitty :D
-all the screaming children :mad:


lol, j/k
 
sucks man, youll get your trip, glad Niniken did so well, too bad on the last bad start, you still have other chances to get a trip right?
 
Mudkip said:
sucks man, youll get your trip, glad Niniken did so well, too bad on the last bad start, you still have other chances to get a trip right?


Was John.... John rectonwald? my friend croconaw88? :D
 
yes indeedy, Croc won it all ^_^

Yeah, i'm a pretty emotional player lol, my fist hit the table and obscenities were flying everywhere during my matches with you scott, but I still had a great time.

NOBODY, could have a better start than you did in our swiss game.

Our first game woulda been a really great game had i just gotten some draw. I was getting energy and stuff, I had sparce out there and stuff... but I got like 1 TV reporter during the entire game... and that was like 10th turn lol >_<

Still dude, 2nd place is great, even if you didn't make the trip. Hopefully at Nationals you'll get it... same applies for me if I go lol...
 
mud- yeah, it ran great with a few exceptions and i should at least get a chance at nationals..... too bad i can't make any other GC's....

pat- that's putting it mildly, lol........ i'm happy that i made it to the finals, but regardless, i didn't go there to win packs....... hooray for another TM torkoal, lol
 
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