Ol' Crobat flies away with glass
I know it's a couple of days later, but I have only just recovered from the shock of picking up my first piece of poke-glass this Saturday!
I had no plans to write a report, so I didn't take notes. I played Garde-Gallade and came in fourth. My record in Swiss was 5-1 and I was seeded 4th in a top cut of 8. Since I don't have notes, I will just include some of the memorable games in my props.
Game Props:
Luke R for keeping me humble by thrashing me round 3 after I got off to a great start. I misplayed mid game when I had the chance to keep rolling, and that was all Luke needed to come back. Luke played GG+techs. Good job on waiting for the right time to counterstrike Luke.
Tyler, round 4 opponent with a GGG deck. (Garde-Gallade-Gengar SF). Tough game that ended on time on my turn, I have to KO his SF Gengar with my Gallade and risk the flip. Heads we are tied and continue (I probably lose), tails, I am ahead on prizes and win......he flips...............tails!:thumb:Whew! Good game man.
Angelina W round 6. The winner would lock up a spot in the top 8. We had a hard fought battle that went down to one prize each left. She ran Dusknoir-Flygon. She never got a Flygon up and had to keep attacking with 'Noirs. She got my Garde Level X to within 30 hp of a ko with the 'Noir X out as a stadium. I had to win quickly. She used an inviting trap up my Uxie hoping I didn't have the energy to attach and retreat on my turn. Unfortunately for her, I just used teleportation on my Level X which had a DCE (and no other energy) on it, paid the retreat, and brought up my Gallade for the KO on the Trapinch. Great game Angelina.
Jacob L in top 8. He played Garde-Gallade. I rolled game 1, he rolled game 2. Game 3 I get a good start take some prizes and get a crucial ko on a belted Garde Lv X to take a solid lead. Time is called and I am ahead on prizes. Great match Jacob, you had a good run on Saturday. Hope to see you at regionals.
Slops:
The temperature at the venue during Swiss: Ugh, too much body heat with nothing to off set it. (Where was the AC?) I really think it was 100 degrees or more in there.
Tim F for starting off 3-0 with Exploud-Amphy but then losing the next 3 to end at 3-3. Tim, flip more tails!:tongue:
Tim F for being Tim F.:tongue:
And to end on the positive side, Props not related to my games:
Leah for being Leah
Josh for being Josh (sort of:tongue::thumb::tongue
Mike M the TO for a well run tournament. Big thanks and props.
David T the head judge and the judging staff keeping everyone honest. Thanks David!
Ryan in particular from the judging staff for judging my top 8 and top 4 matches. Thanks for a great job judging while keeping it fun.
Tommy B for winning Juniors, both at MD and VA. Way to go Tommy!
Jimmy P and Jimmy M for representing the Fairfax league in the Seniors top 2.
Nate with the top 4 run and beating Fly-Phan in the top 8
Mike P for being Mike P and congrats on coming in 2nd
And of course my son Arron with the 9-0 MD 1st place run, the 9-1 3rd place VA run, and two trophies for this season's states. Wow!:thumb::smile::thumb:
Special honorary props to Tim F
Tim's Fairfax, VA League is the home league for the winners in all three age divisions in MD on Sat. Thanks for running the league and providing a place were we can play both for fun and to hone our tournament skills.:thumb:
Ok that was way longer then I planned, see everyone at regionals........
Javier/Crobat
