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Aylam's 12-0 NE Regionals

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GengarPwns

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Pre-Tournament:
Since i didn't Make top cut last regionals (got donked the last round) it was important for me to do good.
In the weeks before the tourney i tested: Sabelock, L/G, Dialga, Luxbox, Gengar SF/Kazam, Cursegar/Kazam, and Gengarchomp. And i finally ended up Playing Gengar/Tric. (For L/G)

List:

4 Gastly
2 Haunter DP
1 Haunter Shadow bind
1 Gengar SF
2 Gengar AR
1 Gengar X
2-2 Claydol (psychic baltoy)
1-1 Bronzong (cursed alloy)
1 Giratina (let loose)
1 Unown G
2-2 Tric
1 Uxie
1 Azelf
4 Tomb

4 Collector
4 Rosie
4 Bebe
4 Belt
1 NM
3 Moonlight

2 Warp Energy
3 Call
6 Psychic


Round 1 vs. Matt C with Machamp

I setup fast and he can't do a thing because of the lock.

1-0

Round 2 vs. Sam t with Gyarados

I setup Bronzong/Gengar, he kills a Tomb i bring up Zong, Cursed alloy, free retreat, Shadow skip. He kills another Tomb, Cursed alloy, Let Loose Shadow Skip up a Tomb. I proceed to sweep

2-0

Round 3 vs. James M with Pluffels

He sets up 2 Pluffs and i can't draw a belt, i 2 shot the first Pluff. Then Let loose and 1 shot the other 1, he dosent draw the luxray x and i sweep him.

3-0

Round 4 vs Christopher M with G-dos/Palkia

Bonzong and level down killed him. Thats all i remember.

4-0

Round 5 vs Paz G with Shuppet

I open with Tomb/Gastly, and i darkness grace to haunter, he Regi moves and kills the Haunter, i topdeck Baltoy, Bebe for another Tomb, get Claydol, and then i just setup FTW.

5-0

Round 6 vs Kevin C with Giratina/Luxray.

He buys time with Chatot/Azelf Locking up my tombs but in the end Manectric kills him.

6-0

Top 8

Aylam R.
Paz G.
Kevin C.
Mark G.
James M.
Michael B
Jordain H.
Sam T.

Top 8 vs Sam T with Gyarados/Ray

Game 1

He starts off by killing my Gengar. i setup an SF Gar and take some easy prizes, but he keeps on cycloning/warping me to the bench, Finally i setup a Cursegar and kill him GG.

7-0

Game 2

He gets crap with a Regice start and i sweep him.

8-0

Top 4

Aylam R.
Kevin C.
Michael B.
Mark G



Top 4 vs Mark G with Gyardos/Ray

Game 1

Let Loose won this game really quick.

9-0

Game 2

He bright looks to kill my dol but doesn't poke turn Luxray so i keep sending up tombs so he can't poketurn and i end up winning.

10-0

Top 2 vs Michael B with Shuppet/Mewtwo/Ray


Game 1

He gets crap and i sweep him

11-0

Game 2

I start off well locking him, but i get a prize penalty because he encored my Willothewisp (i thought encore said i can't use the attack not i have to) he draws his prize.... Luxray X, he gets 10 away from killing my Gengar, i Belt, Level Down , OHKO, and continue to sweep.

12-0

Props:
Buying 107 Holo Holon Phantoms/Power Keepers Energy for 15 bucks
Azul winning in Masters
Estrella getting second in Juniors
Everyone who made top 8 in Seniors
Eric/Matt Making top 4 in Masters
Pwning Thomas at Mario vs Luigi
5 Minute drive home

Slops:
Con/Alex losing in top 16
Jon going to a tourist trap and missing top cut
Manectric being useless vs everyone but kevin
My dad going 4-3
Aaron&Griffin for getting bad luck
 
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Cursegar WAS the play - props to you for rocking it. Your version has a lot more sustainability next format than mine did. Tric is key.
 
Wow, I can't believe you didn't play a single Luxchomp all day! That's actually quite surprising. Congratulations on the win!
 
Well played young man, well played.

You are on a roll. Keep it going!

Congrats to you - your hard work paid off.

GJ
 
Its not a tourist trap Aylam..... more like heaven! Im typing in the lobby of our hotel, feeling the 78 degree wind breeze through. It's fantastic. So is winning 2 states and a regional with like 1 loss. Good job man! Kinda happy to see my zong tech show up in someone's cursegar deck... I was beginning to think it wasnt catching on.

I'm sorry I wasn't there to see it all, or test my chance at winning it all myself( I was convinced I was meant to win after that insanely lucky swiss I had).... but on the bright side it gave me a ton of points anyways and I'm basically set for a worlds invite w/o needing nats. Who knows, maybe I'll have a miracle and get myself to worlds.

Good job again, keep playing that way and winning will stay easy.

~Jon
 
Box of fail: Yeah if it weren't for tric you would have creamed me.
Cmak: There were only like 2 in seniors.
Poke-Daddy: Thanks.
Paz-er: Thanks.
Bellawesome: The zong was awesome, it won me all the games against dos.
 
....you sweep, i stay up till 2 AM the night (well...day before) not knowing what to play and end up going 2-4...well, i've been getting used to this. as i said before, you're an animal that can't be caged, i'm expecting you to top in nats again and most likely worlds too (you better not make me wrong!!)
 
cmak37 said:
Wow, I can't believe you didn't play a single Luxchomp all day! That's actually quite surprising. Congratulations on the win!
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...actually, it's not. NE is easily the most uncompetitive region in the US, from what I've read of other regions (i'm from NE). People will go into regionals with **** like Arceus expecting top cut. :rolleyes:

Good job to the OP tho. :)
 
^SO not true. We have many, many players that do very well at Nats and Worlds. Last year alone, we had Aylam (National Champ), Thomas (8-0 Nats), Nathaniel (3rd Nats, 9th Worlds), Noah (3rd Nats), Aaron (7-0 Nats, T8 Worlds), and the year before, while I wasn't playing as competitively, I know that Dylan won Worlds and Gino won Nats, then got 3rd at Worlds.
 
Paperfairy said:
...actually, it's not. NE is easily the most uncompetitive region in the US, from what I've read of other regions (i'm from NE). People will go into regionals with **** like Arceus expecting top cut. :rolleyes:

Good job to the OP tho. :)
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Luxchomp =/= Competitive, necessarily. Arceus beats Luxchomp.
 
NE seniors is a tough division, it's just that we have so many people that enjoy rogue and are good at playing it, top decks like LuxChomp don't see the light of day most of the time.
 
^That isn't really true, either. New England has most metagame decks, just not much Luxchomp. In fact, New England is definitely very tough, because we consistently do well at Nats; better than we do at local tournaments, suggesting that we're above the average level of competition around the country.
 
Kev, I'm not saying that we play suckish decks, it's just that along with the tons of players that play meta, there are players who play good rogues too and do well w/ it (you got t4 w/ freaking giratina in the toughest senior division in the country).
 
Paperfairy said:
...actually, it's not. NE is easily the most uncompetitive region in the US, from what I've read of other regions (i'm from NE). People will go into regionals with **** like Arceus expecting top cut. :rolleyes:

Good job to the OP tho. :)
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Paperfairy - this is quite a statement to make based on 'what you read'... :nonono:
Next time maybe try "Not as competitive", or "Could be more competitive". "Easily the most uncompetitive" is a bit harsh.
Most people I ran into at NE Regionals played good decks with intention to win.

There are enough people from other regions who like to make silly claims like this about NE, lets leave it to them...

Besides, playing Arceus and other rogue decks may not be the most competitive idea, but it's actually quite cool and keep the rest of the players on their toes. The worst is when people want to win so badly that everyone plays the three decks that are hyped on The Gym.
Anyway, see you at BRs!
 
umm what???

ashinto said:
NE seniors is a tough division, it's just that we have so many people that enjoy rogue and are good at playing it, top decks like LuxChomp don't see the light of day most of the time.
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wait LuxChomp isn't good darn why have i been playing it for 4 months then guess its time to switch?


but really who are you? and who are you to judge if NE Seniors are good or not?:confused:


just wondering

anyways nice on winning aylam funny how you chose Gengar Switch tho
 
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