Professor_Chris
03/14/2005, 09:58 AM
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Alright, tried to post this last night but it didn't go through, I hit the back button and its gone so I have to starts from scratch. =/ So I'll get straight to the reporting.
I end up playing Blaze after working painstakingly on it for a few weeks, trying to get it how I want it. I'm not gonna post the deck, nor do I plan on ever fixing any Blaze decks in the forum to my version.
Last initials will be color-coded to represent relations. Last initials in Black only show up once and have no relatives of the same last name playing.
Round 1
VSOliver K. (HL Shiftry/Pidgeot; MS)
Well, he gets a horrid start, mine is atleast decent. Seedots have 40 HP and are weak to Fire so...you get the picture.
1-0
Round 2
VS Thomas C. (Magma; TX)
Well, I get up and running, he gets a relatively slow start with a Baltoy, I end up Ashing Groudons left and right, he can't recover.
2-0
Round 3
VS Brent S. (Jumpluff/Zapdos/Pidgeot; MS)
Wow. I get a decent start, but he TV Reporters on his first turn (going second) grabs the Pidgeot he needs, flips heads for Miracle Power a few times to paralyze my sparce, leaving it out there until he's ready to Zappy me. He kinda cleans house picking off one thing after another with Warp Points.
2-1
Round 4
VS Nancy L. (Rock-Lock, no Pidgeot; MS)
She starts off less than ideal. I get a pretty good start, for whatever reason she sends up D. Flaafy, next turn I drop 'Quaza, Multi+Firestarter, Switch/Retreat and KO it. She top decks an Amphy after that. Its all downhill for her after that.
3-1
Round 5
VS Tony K. (Jumpluff/Zapdos/Pidgeot; MS)
Now here was a good start for me. :D I got up and running at a decent speed, he fails some Buffer checks, I end the game by dropping 'Quaza with two firestarters and a Multi for my final 2 prizes.
4-1
Round 6
Mia C. (Dark Trance; TX)
This game was a close one prize-wise, but I pretty much dominated the flow of the game. I believe she ended up KOing a Mex and Rex but I killed alot of her Dark Energy.
5-1
Top 8 looks like so:
Alan S. (MS) VS Thomas C. (TX)
Kyle B. (MS) VS Mia C. (TX)
Brent S. (MS) VS Nancy L. (MS)
Chris S. (MS) VS Dana L. (MS)
Quarter Finals
VS Dana L. (Blaziken/Salamance/Togetic)
Lets put it this way: I run Pidgeot and Rare Candy, he doesn't. My start is a whole lot faster than his, I end up dominating both games with Moltres ex (despite Salamance fire resistance) and Blaziken ex. I would confuse the Salamance until it retreated where it would then be ash'd for the KO and no resistance. I don't think I had to pull out 'Quaza once. He doesn't ever let my forget how much he hates my Pidgeot.
Top 4 looked like so:
Alan S. (MS) VS Chris S. (MS)
Kyle B. (MS) VS Nancy L. (MS)
Semi Finals
VS Alan S. (Vileplume ex)
This stunk. I have to play my brother in the Semi's. The details are blurry but I dominate the first game, he gets an early Vex second game and dominates, and I end up pulling off the last game because I have two prizes left and a Rex with 3 energy sitting on the bench so he's scared to send up Vex. He has to anyways because my active Blaziken just swept away his Bellossom (switched it in) leaving me one prize. So, yeah, I had to beat out my brother. =/
Finals
VS Kyle B. (D. Amphy/D. Muk/Pidgeot)
Well, now I have to play my best friend. My hands are the crappiest crap I've gotten all day. We play the stupidest first game. I end up dropping down to 2 prizes with no real set up somehow. XD Second game my hands are still not good, but better. He just overwealms me with spread out damage and Rocks.
So, yeah, another second place finish. But thats okay. We're taking him to Ohio so we get his travel allowance. :D MS takes all 3 divisions, my sister taking the 10-.
My deck performed so well beyond all my expectations that I play it again the next day with no changes. This time we're invaded by GA and FL! :eek:
Round 1
Mike C. (Chansey/Exploud/Gorebyss?; TX)
4th turn Mex, he has a hand full of energy and forfeits eventually dropping. Glad I don't end up needing TieBreak% o__o
1-0
Round 2
John S. (ZapDOS; FL)
I get a decent set up, had I been able to grab a Moltres I could have Turn 2'd him! o_o But alas I did not, Zappy shows it's ugly head after a successful Dual Ball, he Reversals up my Combusken and kills it, no big deal. I get my Pidgeot up, he reversals it out and kills it, I'm sweating now, my poor Pidgeot is gone. ;_; I get up 'Quaza kill the Zapdos, switch to Blaziken who then sweeps a couple basics, he Reversals out Rex and does 50, hoping to buy turns, I switch to Blaziken, Firestarter (maybe two, I forget if it had energy or not), Multi, retreat and bam, game for me. So, he rolls a bajillion heads, I top deck like a son-of-a-gun. I'd say it was even. :D
2-0
Round 3
Dana L. (Walreign/Magcargo/Latias ex; MS)
My hand is rather horrid. I start with Rex, my T2 Pidgeot isn't even enough. It just lets me fight to the bitter end rather than being completely dominated. =/ His deck was slow to set up, but even during the down time I couldn't get a solid enough set-up. He gets a key reversal flip (had to use two) to kill Blaze with Walreign, preventing an immediate KO with 'Quaza. And I get to here the Pidgeot is broken speech while LOSING. =/
Removed. Everything has been resolved.
Moving on...
Round 4
VS Jeff S. (Dark Trance; LA)
I get a quick set up, I start ashing Dark energy at some point. I kinda rip through the deck. I think he made the same mistake Mia did, and attached a Rainbow to D. Electode, which allowed me to KO it in one shot with Moltres.
3-1
Round 5
VS Tony K. (Salamance[ex]/???; MS)
I saw a Salex. I dropped Quaza, Multi, and firestartered. I didn't see Salex no more. =/ He got a horrid start, after that my Blaze swept through his basics I believe.
4-1
Top 8 looks like so:
Steven S. (FL) VS Jeff S. (LA)
Brent S. (MS) VS Tony K. (MS)
Chris S. (MS) VS Heidi C. (FL)
John S. (FL) VS Kathy S. (MS)
Quarter Finals
VS Heidi C. (Sceptile[ex]/Slowbro/HL Jirachi)
Yays. Fire weak grass types. :D Decent set-up first game, ended up dominating, ashing a thing here and there, never saw Sceptile ex. Second game I got a horrid start, an offensive Sceptile ex takes out my Jirachi in...3 turns. XD Giving me time to power up Rex and OHKO the Sceptile ex. Unfortunately it went downhill from there and I ended up losing. Third game was like the first, but a better set up on my side and a worse one on her's.
Top 4 looked like so:
Steven S. VS Chris S.
Kathy S. (D. Amphy/D. Muk/Pidgeot) VS Brent S. (Jumpluff/Zapdos/Pidgeot)
Semi-Finals
VS Steven S. (Rock-Lock w/ Pidgeot and HL Jirachi; FL) [Squirtle]
Time to prove my worth. :D I end up getting a good start and dominate the first part of the game, he takes prizes almost catching me, but I end up pulling off the win. Second game plays out kinda like the first with me dominating until the end with a 2-2 prize count (or something like that). I had the game won if I had realized it, but by this time fatigue, hunger, and lack of sleep had set in and impared my judgement. If I had passed, warp pointed/switched to my powered Blaze next turn, (his bench consisted of Pidgeot and D. Amphy both with 60 damage) I would have killed/near killed something and Rock'd the turn after that for two prizes in two turns. He used up all 4 Rock early game to keep me from setting up too quick. Had he not kept me at Stage 1 so long I would have got going alot faster. But I'm stupid and KO his Sparce, he drops an R energy and KO'd my Mex for his last two prizes. Third game I start out dominating again, take two prizes, he gets one, his last turn he Feint Attacks sparce with Tricky Gym and Jirachi dies from Sand Damage putting him up a prize and time is called on my turn. Had we been able to finish this game I had a chance of winning. In fact his start was horrid, if I could have nabbed a Switch/Warp Point/Moltres I could have KO'd his only basic T2-3ish. Guess I just wasn't meant to win. He played a good game though, I was impressed.
Now, I heard some of dem Flor-ee-da peoples was talking smack about mah deck during mah game with Steven. >:O But thats okay, my performace seemed to drastically changed their opinion of my deck as I was complimented several times on how good it was. ^_^ Steven just couldn't shake my hand enough, I had him sweating bullets that second game. XD
Brent ends up beating my mother and Steven ends up beating Brent. Ya'll can all blame me for letting the first surrounding State title slip from the ownership of MS. I should have won but didn't realize my mistakes until it was too late. =/
Props-
Anna S. for taking home 10- AL.
Kyle B. for taking home 15+ AL.
Steven S. for taking 11-14 back to MS.
Dale L. for taking 10- LA back to MS.
Heather L. for taking 11-14 back to MS.
My mommy for making Top 4!!! :eek:
Steven S. for beating me and being a pretty cool guy.
Proving Blaze, if played right, is still a force.
Slops-
My sloppy playing. :redface:
Some people getting too competitive and forgetting Spirit of the Game. :frown:
Foul language. :nonono:
I even heard rumors about cheating in the form of misleading (read: lying to) newer players about new rules and errata and don't know better. :nonono:
Being accused of cheating.
LA Pictures (http://mspokemon.com/images/LASC/index.html)
Alright, tried to post this last night but it didn't go through, I hit the back button and its gone so I have to starts from scratch. =/ So I'll get straight to the reporting.
I end up playing Blaze after working painstakingly on it for a few weeks, trying to get it how I want it. I'm not gonna post the deck, nor do I plan on ever fixing any Blaze decks in the forum to my version.
Last initials will be color-coded to represent relations. Last initials in Black only show up once and have no relatives of the same last name playing.
Round 1
VSOliver K. (HL Shiftry/Pidgeot; MS)
Well, he gets a horrid start, mine is atleast decent. Seedots have 40 HP and are weak to Fire so...you get the picture.
1-0
Round 2
VS Thomas C. (Magma; TX)
Well, I get up and running, he gets a relatively slow start with a Baltoy, I end up Ashing Groudons left and right, he can't recover.
2-0
Round 3
VS Brent S. (Jumpluff/Zapdos/Pidgeot; MS)
Wow. I get a decent start, but he TV Reporters on his first turn (going second) grabs the Pidgeot he needs, flips heads for Miracle Power a few times to paralyze my sparce, leaving it out there until he's ready to Zappy me. He kinda cleans house picking off one thing after another with Warp Points.
2-1
Round 4
VS Nancy L. (Rock-Lock, no Pidgeot; MS)
She starts off less than ideal. I get a pretty good start, for whatever reason she sends up D. Flaafy, next turn I drop 'Quaza, Multi+Firestarter, Switch/Retreat and KO it. She top decks an Amphy after that. Its all downhill for her after that.
3-1
Round 5
VS Tony K. (Jumpluff/Zapdos/Pidgeot; MS)
Now here was a good start for me. :D I got up and running at a decent speed, he fails some Buffer checks, I end the game by dropping 'Quaza with two firestarters and a Multi for my final 2 prizes.
4-1
Round 6
Mia C. (Dark Trance; TX)
This game was a close one prize-wise, but I pretty much dominated the flow of the game. I believe she ended up KOing a Mex and Rex but I killed alot of her Dark Energy.
5-1
Top 8 looks like so:
Alan S. (MS) VS Thomas C. (TX)
Kyle B. (MS) VS Mia C. (TX)
Brent S. (MS) VS Nancy L. (MS)
Chris S. (MS) VS Dana L. (MS)
Quarter Finals
VS Dana L. (Blaziken/Salamance/Togetic)
Lets put it this way: I run Pidgeot and Rare Candy, he doesn't. My start is a whole lot faster than his, I end up dominating both games with Moltres ex (despite Salamance fire resistance) and Blaziken ex. I would confuse the Salamance until it retreated where it would then be ash'd for the KO and no resistance. I don't think I had to pull out 'Quaza once. He doesn't ever let my forget how much he hates my Pidgeot.
Top 4 looked like so:
Alan S. (MS) VS Chris S. (MS)
Kyle B. (MS) VS Nancy L. (MS)
Semi Finals
VS Alan S. (Vileplume ex)
This stunk. I have to play my brother in the Semi's. The details are blurry but I dominate the first game, he gets an early Vex second game and dominates, and I end up pulling off the last game because I have two prizes left and a Rex with 3 energy sitting on the bench so he's scared to send up Vex. He has to anyways because my active Blaziken just swept away his Bellossom (switched it in) leaving me one prize. So, yeah, I had to beat out my brother. =/
Finals
VS Kyle B. (D. Amphy/D. Muk/Pidgeot)
Well, now I have to play my best friend. My hands are the crappiest crap I've gotten all day. We play the stupidest first game. I end up dropping down to 2 prizes with no real set up somehow. XD Second game my hands are still not good, but better. He just overwealms me with spread out damage and Rocks.
So, yeah, another second place finish. But thats okay. We're taking him to Ohio so we get his travel allowance. :D MS takes all 3 divisions, my sister taking the 10-.
My deck performed so well beyond all my expectations that I play it again the next day with no changes. This time we're invaded by GA and FL! :eek:
Round 1
Mike C. (Chansey/Exploud/Gorebyss?; TX)
4th turn Mex, he has a hand full of energy and forfeits eventually dropping. Glad I don't end up needing TieBreak% o__o
1-0
Round 2
John S. (ZapDOS; FL)
I get a decent set up, had I been able to grab a Moltres I could have Turn 2'd him! o_o But alas I did not, Zappy shows it's ugly head after a successful Dual Ball, he Reversals up my Combusken and kills it, no big deal. I get my Pidgeot up, he reversals it out and kills it, I'm sweating now, my poor Pidgeot is gone. ;_; I get up 'Quaza kill the Zapdos, switch to Blaziken who then sweeps a couple basics, he Reversals out Rex and does 50, hoping to buy turns, I switch to Blaziken, Firestarter (maybe two, I forget if it had energy or not), Multi, retreat and bam, game for me. So, he rolls a bajillion heads, I top deck like a son-of-a-gun. I'd say it was even. :D
2-0
Round 3
Dana L. (Walreign/Magcargo/Latias ex; MS)
My hand is rather horrid. I start with Rex, my T2 Pidgeot isn't even enough. It just lets me fight to the bitter end rather than being completely dominated. =/ His deck was slow to set up, but even during the down time I couldn't get a solid enough set-up. He gets a key reversal flip (had to use two) to kill Blaze with Walreign, preventing an immediate KO with 'Quaza. And I get to here the Pidgeot is broken speech while LOSING. =/
Removed. Everything has been resolved.
Moving on...
Round 4
VS Jeff S. (Dark Trance; LA)
I get a quick set up, I start ashing Dark energy at some point. I kinda rip through the deck. I think he made the same mistake Mia did, and attached a Rainbow to D. Electode, which allowed me to KO it in one shot with Moltres.
3-1
Round 5
VS Tony K. (Salamance[ex]/???; MS)
I saw a Salex. I dropped Quaza, Multi, and firestartered. I didn't see Salex no more. =/ He got a horrid start, after that my Blaze swept through his basics I believe.
4-1
Top 8 looks like so:
Steven S. (FL) VS Jeff S. (LA)
Brent S. (MS) VS Tony K. (MS)
Chris S. (MS) VS Heidi C. (FL)
John S. (FL) VS Kathy S. (MS)
Quarter Finals
VS Heidi C. (Sceptile[ex]/Slowbro/HL Jirachi)
Yays. Fire weak grass types. :D Decent set-up first game, ended up dominating, ashing a thing here and there, never saw Sceptile ex. Second game I got a horrid start, an offensive Sceptile ex takes out my Jirachi in...3 turns. XD Giving me time to power up Rex and OHKO the Sceptile ex. Unfortunately it went downhill from there and I ended up losing. Third game was like the first, but a better set up on my side and a worse one on her's.
Top 4 looked like so:
Steven S. VS Chris S.
Kathy S. (D. Amphy/D. Muk/Pidgeot) VS Brent S. (Jumpluff/Zapdos/Pidgeot)
Semi-Finals
VS Steven S. (Rock-Lock w/ Pidgeot and HL Jirachi; FL) [Squirtle]
Time to prove my worth. :D I end up getting a good start and dominate the first part of the game, he takes prizes almost catching me, but I end up pulling off the win. Second game plays out kinda like the first with me dominating until the end with a 2-2 prize count (or something like that). I had the game won if I had realized it, but by this time fatigue, hunger, and lack of sleep had set in and impared my judgement. If I had passed, warp pointed/switched to my powered Blaze next turn, (his bench consisted of Pidgeot and D. Amphy both with 60 damage) I would have killed/near killed something and Rock'd the turn after that for two prizes in two turns. He used up all 4 Rock early game to keep me from setting up too quick. Had he not kept me at Stage 1 so long I would have got going alot faster. But I'm stupid and KO his Sparce, he drops an R energy and KO'd my Mex for his last two prizes. Third game I start out dominating again, take two prizes, he gets one, his last turn he Feint Attacks sparce with Tricky Gym and Jirachi dies from Sand Damage putting him up a prize and time is called on my turn. Had we been able to finish this game I had a chance of winning. In fact his start was horrid, if I could have nabbed a Switch/Warp Point/Moltres I could have KO'd his only basic T2-3ish. Guess I just wasn't meant to win. He played a good game though, I was impressed.
Now, I heard some of dem Flor-ee-da peoples was talking smack about mah deck during mah game with Steven. >:O But thats okay, my performace seemed to drastically changed their opinion of my deck as I was complimented several times on how good it was. ^_^ Steven just couldn't shake my hand enough, I had him sweating bullets that second game. XD
Brent ends up beating my mother and Steven ends up beating Brent. Ya'll can all blame me for letting the first surrounding State title slip from the ownership of MS. I should have won but didn't realize my mistakes until it was too late. =/
Props-
Anna S. for taking home 10- AL.
Kyle B. for taking home 15+ AL.
Steven S. for taking 11-14 back to MS.
Dale L. for taking 10- LA back to MS.
Heather L. for taking 11-14 back to MS.
My mommy for making Top 4!!! :eek:
Steven S. for beating me and being a pretty cool guy.
Proving Blaze, if played right, is still a force.
Slops-
My sloppy playing. :redface:
Some people getting too competitive and forgetting Spirit of the Game. :frown:
Foul language. :nonono:
I even heard rumors about cheating in the form of misleading (read: lying to) newer players about new rules and errata and don't know better. :nonono:
Being accused of cheating.