Well to begin with I am not from Indiana, or am I a regular to the PTO's events. I think I have been to one other tournament of Derek’s.
To begin with I got there about the start of registration, got that settled, with little problems, I mean I didn't like the deck check line, but that can't be blamed on him, but there is plenty of other things.
Well after them saying that round one should start at 12:15, pairings for round one were posted about 1:00. I get to my seat and wait for them to begin with there announcements. Well one of the judges had a loud speaker, and for the size and amount of people there, it was needed. He explained a few things, but not really that great. Plus when he said that this was the last Premier Even where head phones were aloud, I was suspired. They should have been banned a long time ago. Someone could have easily said I didn't understand your move, and then you might have been hurt by that. I don't know why they would allow them at all. Of course the worst part was most of my opponents had them on. Well I bite my tongue; at least they were taking them out after this.
I don't really think it matters who I played ever round in this post, but I did go 4-2.
All day I was noticing things, like the PTO Derek, had little if no interaction with anyone, in fact he made a 5 miniature warning 2 or 3 minutes after one of the judges made the same announcement, which could have confused a lot of people. Luckily I was done with my match at that point.
Well there was something that bothered me a lot. In the lower age, there was a situation where a kid said a curse word, and he was giving a talking to. I am not against that. These events need to stay clean, but it bothered me that I heard others saying worst things then that kid, and the judges had to hear it, he was right here, and nothing was done. I am mad about that. IS it that the kid who got in trouble was not local, or was it because the people who were saying worst things were local for the events? I believe both. You can't play favorites. It’s not right.
Well after 6 long rounds, with no lunch break, the top eight was reviled. I tripped at the finish line and ended with 10th. No big deal, epically with a deck I never played before. But I had a couple of friends who made the top 4 in the 11-14 categories. So the day was not a total lost. Well after that was reviled, Derek said that there would be sign ups for side events, I was like 'alright, a draft, those always are fun' but all he had was a Modified constructed, and a GBA tourney. Well there went that idea. But then I heard some people were doing a draft in the little area where the tables are, and where the hotel serves breakfast and stuff. We got 17 people in on it, and we were about to draft when the manager came up to us saying you couldn't play out here. Funny thing is, this is right after Derek talked to the manager. So what did we do? We went to a hotel room and did the draft. Man it was fun. I watched it, but it was fun. I went down to the room and see if my friends were doing well. Well they were facing different people, and one of them was doing pretty good, and the other not so good. I was trying to see, but of course there was a barrier around the finals, so I couldn't really see that well.
I left, and then came back, one of my friends lost, but the other came out on top, so he made it to the finales. Well I heard that his opponent look at him and said I am going to beat you. Wow, that’s good sportsmanship. Well I noticed the other kid’s older brother walking around in the barrier taking pictures. Well I woundered why he was allowed in. It was then my other friends told me they kicked out the guy who lost, who was my friend’s brother, when he lost. And they let this other kid’s brother in. Well he was taking pictures, but that still not fair, mostly because when he was done, he should have left, he didn't. So I deiced to play the same game, grabbed a camera and went in, taking pictures every so often. They didn't say anything, and it was good, I might have gotten angry.
In the end my friends won, I was thrilled. The funny part was the older brother of the kid who lost came up and said, it was no big deal, that he would have given the prizes and all the stuff to my friend anyway. I didn't believe that, I think he was just trying to make it feel like the kid who lost wasn’t trying.
So that was the tournament in a very large nut shell, some byest judges, a PTO who needs to get with the program, and a lot of bad sportsman. Most of these players need to learn what a good sportsman is, and Derek needs to be the one who teaches them, but he needs to learn himself.
To begin with I got there about the start of registration, got that settled, with little problems, I mean I didn't like the deck check line, but that can't be blamed on him, but there is plenty of other things.
Well after them saying that round one should start at 12:15, pairings for round one were posted about 1:00. I get to my seat and wait for them to begin with there announcements. Well one of the judges had a loud speaker, and for the size and amount of people there, it was needed. He explained a few things, but not really that great. Plus when he said that this was the last Premier Even where head phones were aloud, I was suspired. They should have been banned a long time ago. Someone could have easily said I didn't understand your move, and then you might have been hurt by that. I don't know why they would allow them at all. Of course the worst part was most of my opponents had them on. Well I bite my tongue; at least they were taking them out after this.
I don't really think it matters who I played ever round in this post, but I did go 4-2.
All day I was noticing things, like the PTO Derek, had little if no interaction with anyone, in fact he made a 5 miniature warning 2 or 3 minutes after one of the judges made the same announcement, which could have confused a lot of people. Luckily I was done with my match at that point.
Well there was something that bothered me a lot. In the lower age, there was a situation where a kid said a curse word, and he was giving a talking to. I am not against that. These events need to stay clean, but it bothered me that I heard others saying worst things then that kid, and the judges had to hear it, he was right here, and nothing was done. I am mad about that. IS it that the kid who got in trouble was not local, or was it because the people who were saying worst things were local for the events? I believe both. You can't play favorites. It’s not right.
Well after 6 long rounds, with no lunch break, the top eight was reviled. I tripped at the finish line and ended with 10th. No big deal, epically with a deck I never played before. But I had a couple of friends who made the top 4 in the 11-14 categories. So the day was not a total lost. Well after that was reviled, Derek said that there would be sign ups for side events, I was like 'alright, a draft, those always are fun' but all he had was a Modified constructed, and a GBA tourney. Well there went that idea. But then I heard some people were doing a draft in the little area where the tables are, and where the hotel serves breakfast and stuff. We got 17 people in on it, and we were about to draft when the manager came up to us saying you couldn't play out here. Funny thing is, this is right after Derek talked to the manager. So what did we do? We went to a hotel room and did the draft. Man it was fun. I watched it, but it was fun. I went down to the room and see if my friends were doing well. Well they were facing different people, and one of them was doing pretty good, and the other not so good. I was trying to see, but of course there was a barrier around the finals, so I couldn't really see that well.
I left, and then came back, one of my friends lost, but the other came out on top, so he made it to the finales. Well I heard that his opponent look at him and said I am going to beat you. Wow, that’s good sportsmanship. Well I noticed the other kid’s older brother walking around in the barrier taking pictures. Well I woundered why he was allowed in. It was then my other friends told me they kicked out the guy who lost, who was my friend’s brother, when he lost. And they let this other kid’s brother in. Well he was taking pictures, but that still not fair, mostly because when he was done, he should have left, he didn't. So I deiced to play the same game, grabbed a camera and went in, taking pictures every so often. They didn't say anything, and it was good, I might have gotten angry.
In the end my friends won, I was thrilled. The funny part was the older brother of the kid who lost came up and said, it was no big deal, that he would have given the prizes and all the stuff to my friend anyway. I didn't believe that, I think he was just trying to make it feel like the kid who lost wasn’t trying.
So that was the tournament in a very large nut shell, some byest judges, a PTO who needs to get with the program, and a lot of bad sportsman. Most of these players need to learn what a good sportsman is, and Derek needs to be the one who teaches them, but he needs to learn himself.
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