Dark Weedle
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Hi first of all this isnt to bash on pop for the tournament it was really well run with almost no delays in between rounds but there is one thing about it that it bothering me.
Lets just be clear on one thing. X-2 should never miss the cut at a tournament with this much on the line. Ever.
Although i was 6-3 and didnt have a shot at the cut anyway, I'll use my own three losses as examples.
Round 3: Im 2-0 and playing against metanite. This is his turn one going second: Beldum is active. Draw, play mentor discarding electric energy for Beldum, Dratini, and castform. Attack magnamite that he didnt mentor for to castform and retreat for fre to castform. RARE CANDY metagross. RARE CANDY dragonite. There is absolutly nothing i could have done to win this game he dropped his entrie hand turn 1.
Round 5: Im 3-1 and playing against infernape. I wont lie this is the most legit loss i had. My opponent was well....not exactly the best infernape player. He discarded a transciever when he had 7 other cards in his hand to use a holon supporter but anyway.. My opponent does not use energy draw a single time all game, not once. Yet he still manages to get out all his infernapes by using adventurer and scientist to draw 3-4 cards. At the end of the game still not having used energy draw its obvious he needs a fire energy and his last two DRE's or i will win the game. He uses holon lass for 5(five cards) with at least 25 cards left in his deck and guess what he gets, two DREs and a fire. I didnt misplay at all this is pretty depressing.
Round 7: im 4-2 playing against flygon/...metagross...Anyway. My start is not the greatest i have to aggro raichu to t2 his castform with no other basics. So its his turn 3(he went first) and i have raichu with cess crystal and he has a beldum and a trapinch with one energy. Rare candy flygon ex d, rare candy metagross and attach holon castform to flygon ex. Now we both see that he needs a windstorm to win the game and he tells me he doesnt have it but he is able to scientist for 5....does it....gg.
I can honestly say i went 9 rounds without making a misplay. There was nothing i could have done in rounds 3 and 7, im not sure what to say about my opponents mad topdecking in round 5.
It took more than luck to make the 7% (seven) percent top cut. 32 people out of 416 is rediculously small when Pop's own guidelines state a 25% even though it isnt gauranteed. I just feel sorry for the 5 people who went 7-2 at the largest tournament in the world with the largest number of players who make up the top cut at worlds every year. In my opinion the top cut needs to be set to a large enough number in this case 64 so that everyone X-2 makes the cut. Im not saying that X-3 desreves to top cut but there is no way X-2 should miss. It is no longer possible for skill alone to make the cut and i cant see how this is good for the growth of the game.
Congrats to Fulop for winning the most difficult tournament of the world this year.
Lets just be clear on one thing. X-2 should never miss the cut at a tournament with this much on the line. Ever.
Although i was 6-3 and didnt have a shot at the cut anyway, I'll use my own three losses as examples.
Round 3: Im 2-0 and playing against metanite. This is his turn one going second: Beldum is active. Draw, play mentor discarding electric energy for Beldum, Dratini, and castform. Attack magnamite that he didnt mentor for to castform and retreat for fre to castform. RARE CANDY metagross. RARE CANDY dragonite. There is absolutly nothing i could have done to win this game he dropped his entrie hand turn 1.
Round 5: Im 3-1 and playing against infernape. I wont lie this is the most legit loss i had. My opponent was well....not exactly the best infernape player. He discarded a transciever when he had 7 other cards in his hand to use a holon supporter but anyway.. My opponent does not use energy draw a single time all game, not once. Yet he still manages to get out all his infernapes by using adventurer and scientist to draw 3-4 cards. At the end of the game still not having used energy draw its obvious he needs a fire energy and his last two DRE's or i will win the game. He uses holon lass for 5(five cards) with at least 25 cards left in his deck and guess what he gets, two DREs and a fire. I didnt misplay at all this is pretty depressing.
Round 7: im 4-2 playing against flygon/...metagross...Anyway. My start is not the greatest i have to aggro raichu to t2 his castform with no other basics. So its his turn 3(he went first) and i have raichu with cess crystal and he has a beldum and a trapinch with one energy. Rare candy flygon ex d, rare candy metagross and attach holon castform to flygon ex. Now we both see that he needs a windstorm to win the game and he tells me he doesnt have it but he is able to scientist for 5....does it....gg.
I can honestly say i went 9 rounds without making a misplay. There was nothing i could have done in rounds 3 and 7, im not sure what to say about my opponents mad topdecking in round 5.
It took more than luck to make the 7% (seven) percent top cut. 32 people out of 416 is rediculously small when Pop's own guidelines state a 25% even though it isnt gauranteed. I just feel sorry for the 5 people who went 7-2 at the largest tournament in the world with the largest number of players who make up the top cut at worlds every year. In my opinion the top cut needs to be set to a large enough number in this case 64 so that everyone X-2 makes the cut. Im not saying that X-3 desreves to top cut but there is no way X-2 should miss. It is no longer possible for skill alone to make the cut and i cant see how this is good for the growth of the game.
Congrats to Fulop for winning the most difficult tournament of the world this year.
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