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swanton1717
05/16/2004, 09:47 AM
Ya so we left St. Louis in 2 cars on Friday. In these 2 cars were ME, Scizorkid, Meganium45, littleduckdrew in the other car was NEWMAN, Furiouszangoose, and Sceptile+Muk=whatever. It is raining Blastoises so we are a little more careful on the road. We stop at like Cracker Barrel and get food and we get to Memphis..and once again get lost. So we are driving around for an hour making a couple of wrong turns and we FINALLY get to the hotel at about midnight.

We then get to our rooms and we test for 2 hours. Then I stay up for an extra 2 hours with Scizorkid and test some more. Newman and I were both clueless on what to play and we were debating for 2 hours on what to play. So he eventually decides on Slaking/Aerodactyl Ex and I decide on Salamence/Omastar/Aerodactyl Ex.

So I go to sleep at 4 and wake up at 7. Then shower and get all good looking. So then we all go eat breakfast and pack up the car and such and drive to Triple Play.

We get there at about 9:30 or so. And we set up and stuff, and I say hey to a million friends from Memphis. Newman plays v.s. Anthony's(sceptile+muk) and 3 of his Slakings are in his prizes so he gets disenchanted from the deck and decides on Gardevoir..and as usual asks me how to play it and such ;P I am such a good soul so i tell him how to play it and such. So lemme list what age division and what us St. Louisans are playing. I will include nikepk and his group..but hes not from St. Louis ;P But he still counts

10-
Littleduckdrew, Gardevoir Ex/Gardevoir(he won last week but he came to see a special someone ;P)
11-14
Furiouszangoose(ben) Rambo
Scizorkid(rachel) BAR
nikepk's sister(Mandy) Gengar/Fossils/Shedinja
15+
Me Salamence/Omastar
Newman Gardevoir
Anthony Sceptile/Muk Ex
nikepk(Pat) Sceptile/Muk Ex


Everyone signs up and such and I help with deck checks and such. So the tourney begins

1st Round: I was the lucky one to get a bye ;P So i do some work for Vince. 0-0

2nd Round: Adam Schell or Alan Schell(Swampert/Suicune) 3-0
I get set up with like a 2nd turn Salamence and he gets like nothing. He plays 3 Shard and never gets one..so that saves me. I just gust up his little basics and Pull Down his Swamperts when he gets them for the win.

We have a lunch break and get pizza and tacos and stuff.

3rd Round: Anthony(Sceptile/Muk) We ID 6-0-0
We decided to draw as there were only 4 undefeated players. And we'd be ahead of the loser of the other 2 undefeated players match and then we wouldn't play each other again.

4th Round: Newman(Gardevoir) 6-0-1
Well ya we always play -_- And the matches are always tough and such. This is no difference. I think i go first and I get a 2nd turn Salamence and get a couple early prizes. He kills my Salamence then I Pull Down a Rare Candied Gardevoir and a Kirliaized Gardevoir. I really don't remember this very well its a blur. I eventually get up another Salamence and grab a couple more prizes. So we get down to 2-2 in prizes and time is called on his turn. My Fossil is active and he has no Reversal so he can't win. So we tie. Lol this could screw up his getting into top 4. It doesn't for me though ^_^

5th Round: Clay Poke_Dad(Gardevoir)6-0-2
So we play and such. I go first, I risky Kick with Bagon and get heads on his lone Ralts. He petms for a Gardevoir so I know he has a Candy in his hand. He Confuse Rays me and gets heads. I go evolve to Shellgon attach a DRE and Rolling Attack for the win. It seems all our games are like this, this is very similar to the game we had at States a month ago ;P One day we'll have a good tourney game ^_^

So heres how the Swiss rounds break out to be in 15+..this is confusing so just bare with me lol.

1st -12 Points Pat Sceptile/Muk
2nd- 12 Points Chris Bex
3rd- 11 Points Me Salamence/Omastar
4th- 10 Points Newman Gardevoir
4th- 10 Points Anthony Sceptile

So Vince doenst want to decide on Tiebreakers so he makes Newman and Anthony play. Newman wins first and Anthony forgets to place prizes on 2nd so thats an auto loss. So Newman gets into Top 4.

So heres my Top 4 game V.S. Chris with Bex. I'm thinking this will be very easy because my deck is completely anti his deck so I had no doubt in my mind. Top 4 is 2 out of 3 btw.

Top 4: Chris Bex
1st Game: I get a huge early lead on prizes 1-5 with a Salamence and Aerodactyl Ex. But he comes around and I run out of basics. So he wins.
2nd Game: I get a 2nd turn Sally and gust up a Fire Energized Rayquaza and agility. Fail to get heads..If I would have gotten heads I prolly would have won but oh well. He then attaches a Multi Energy and KO's me and I have no basics so he wins.

Lol I was hoping for better games but oh well. So Newman wins his Round and proceeds to beaot Chris in Top 2.

In 11-14 its Moltres423 V.S. Ben and Moltres pulls off the win on Ben. I pity poor Ben because he turns 15 in like 3 days. Hes a very good player so I think he will do well in 15+.

In 10- Taylor Mitchell(Dragonite Girl) beats some person and wins the Trip to Worlds. ^_^ I'm very happy for her, Congrats.

Ya so lets recap on St. Louis players and how they ended up doing.

10-
Andrew, he gets into Top 8 being 2nd seed and drops out.
11-14
Ben Makes Top 2 and fails to win.
Rachel..she didn't Top 8 so I dunno how she did
Mandy she makes Top 8 and loses to a BAR.
15+
Newman He wins
Anthony He makes 5h
Me I get 3rd
Nikepk He gets 4th

Ya so I feel St. Louis represented ourselves well =).

I'm not sad by losing at all as I have 4 more opprutunities to get a trip to Worlds ;P So I think i can do it.

So we drive home and I get home at 1:30.

So now my props and slops.

Props:
Triple Play, I always have fun in the tourneys there.
Mandy you made Top 8 and you played 4 Blaziken decks. Very proud of you ^_^
Everyone from Missouri.
Ben, your a very good player and a cool person. You will win one and we'll have fun in Texas and such. AND ALSO get online more. Your never on AIM..unless you blocked me -_- Which wouldnt be cool.
Vince, yet again another fun trip. Thanks for loads of fun.

Slops:
Rain
Maps from Yahoo
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm thats it.

Ya so I will hopefully see loads of foreign faces at St. Louis GC next weekend. Cya.

~Colin

ultimate_healer
05/16/2004, 10:53 AM
Hey colin wish you had done better but there is always St.Louis now. hope you can win it there and see you in DisneyWorld

St0neh
05/16/2004, 12:28 PM
You did well Colin, compared to the deck you played. It's a shame you got that bad start. ;\

nikePK
05/16/2004, 12:59 PM
I got 3rd, seeing as how Newman won =P

Tourney was great fun, it was good seein ya again colin. Once again (like MO state) a Sceptile deck takes tops in swiss (anthony's at state, mine at this) and gets 0wned in the elim rounds lol. I'll let you know if I can get off to come down to stl... I'm hoping I can...

Also, my sis didn't make t8... she got into the playoffs that would let her into top 8 I think... then lost to the one blaze player she had to face earlier. She'll be prepared if we come to Stl...=) I'm glad she did well with the deck, she was happy.

Anywho, ttyl... hopefully see you this weekend lol. Driving to stl doesn't sound so long after goin to memphis!

Professor_Chris
05/16/2004, 03:15 PM
2nd Round: Adam Schell or Alan Schell(Swampert/Suicune) 3-0
I get set up with like a 2nd turn Salamence and he gets like nothing. He plays 3 Shard and never gets one..so that saves me. I just gust up his little basics and Pull Down his Swamperts when he gets them for the win.

Did that boy (whose name is Alan) tell you he had 3 Shards? XD He had one...and thats only because he was borrowing it from a friend... trying to rattle your cage a little bit I guess... he tends to attempt to bluff his way through tough spots...to try and influence his opponents decisions...which actually works sometimes...but usually only on kids in his age group. XD He doesn't quite have the same honor code I do :cool:

Anyways...I'll see you next month probably if I'm able to come to the pre-release. If not I'll see you at Nationals...Worlds...something like that.

Ice'Cold
05/16/2004, 10:22 PM
Nice try dude. Today me and my brother won 11-14 and 15+ age groups at the MN gym challenge.

swanton1717
05/17/2004, 08:13 PM
Well I guess i'll reply to my replies =)

Brandon- Ya hopefully I win a trip, wether it be in Stl or Nationals or whatever. But I definitly am going so I will see you there ^_^

Mark- Thank you =) Ya i tried being rogue and it didn't quite work at this one, but I will never stop trying hehe. Ya I wish i had gotten a better start in those finals as well.

Pat-Ya hopefully you and your sis can make it this weekend. It will definitly be more fun. This weekend I think will be more competitive..and I have no idea what to play. We shall see.

Chris- Ya he told me he had 3 Shard..but it was after the game ;P Ya hopefully i can see you at the pre release. If not there then somewhere else.

Adam- Great job to you and your bro ^_^ I will definitly see you at worlds then. Maybe nationals?

Keep the replies coming, there are like 123 views but only 5 replies..how does that work out?

~Colin

Professor_Chris
05/17/2004, 08:55 PM
Keep the replies coming, there are like 123 views but only 5 replies..how does that work out?

~Colin
Maybe your amazing tourney report left them speachless ;) besides...people only read these to find out whats winning...you'll only get replies from people you faced and/or people you know. And as for him telling you afterwards...he's just a bald face liar then :p Guess it was my fault giving him too much credit on psychological tactics :rolleyes:

Prof Clay
05/17/2004, 09:09 PM
I will reply to you Colin........You will go DOWN one day to my Pokewrath !!!....... :lightning :lightning

Again, great playing with you guys and good luck this weekend.

Clay M.

Poke_dad

Bolt
05/17/2004, 10:53 PM
Nice report, Colin!

You've always been a really good player, I'm sure you'll win one. (especially with 4 more chances left @_@)

Bigpoppabeatdown
05/17/2004, 11:04 PM
, there are like 123 views but only 5 replies..how does that work out?


colin, isn't that a rhetorical question???

the answer to ur question is the question itself....

apparently of the 123 views, only 5 times did the viewer decide to reply......... lol


well good job for playin a rogue deck and see u on saturday

swanton1717
05/18/2004, 04:24 PM
Maybe your amazing tourney report left them speachless ;) besides...people only read these to find out whats winning...you'll only get replies from people you faced and/or people you know. And as for him telling you afterwards...he's just a bald face liar then :p Guess it was my fault giving him too much credit on psychological tactics :rolleyes:

Lol X\

Anyway was it your dad who was taking pictures?

~Colin

Pablo
05/18/2004, 05:06 PM
GJ colin, you shouldve gone Swampy IMO but your choice, you didnt face any BR before the finals and the only deck you had to win 100% of the time you lost, if only luck could be eliminated form the game =P. Anyways could you show a decklist? and BTW you AND Nike claim to have gotten 3rd =P now how does THAT work? lol

Professor_Chris
05/18/2004, 06:48 PM
Lol X\

Anyway was it your dad who was taking pictures?

~Colin
Shaw (thats how you'd spell the southern pronounciation of "sure," right? =P) waz :D

ScythKing
05/18/2004, 07:18 PM
Shaw (thats how you'd spell the southern pronounciation of "sure," right? =P) waz :D
No - that would be "shore"

swanton1717
05/18/2004, 07:20 PM
GJ colin, you shouldve gone Swampy IMO but your choice, you didnt face any BR before the finals and the only deck you had to win 100% of the time you lost, if only luck could be eliminated form the game =P. Anyways could you show a decklist? and BTW you AND Nike claim to have gotten 3rd =P now how does THAT work? lol

Lol we both got a mixture of 3rd-4th Place ;P How bout i show you that decklist when you get your AIM back hehe ^_^ And yes luck is not good hehe.

Chris will you be getting those pictures online? After getting flashed at so many times I expect to get some results =P

~Colin

Professor_Chris
05/18/2004, 07:59 PM
No - that would be "shore"
I suppose XD Its alot easier to talk it than to figure out exactly how one should spell it XD

Chris will you be getting those pictures online? After getting flashed at so many times I expect to get some results =P
I suppose I could get them online...may take me a while to sift through them and resize them though XD

swanton1717
05/18/2004, 08:02 PM
I suppose XD Its alot easier to talk it than to figure out exactly how one should spell it XD


I suppose I could get them online...may take me a while to sift through them and resize them though XD

Lol well good things are worth waiting for.

~Colin

Bigpoppabeatdown
05/18/2004, 08:32 PM
GJ colin, you shouldve gone Swampy IMO but your choice

hey mud, who said that it was colin's choice??? :lol:

i agree, you shoulda gone swampy..... tho it's not like i'm biased or anything :p

Prof Clay
05/18/2004, 09:00 PM
hey mud, who said that it was colin's choice??? :lol:

i agree, you shoulda gone swampy..... tho it's not like i'm biased or anything :p


You definitely should go with Swampy this weekend....You and Scott both have beaten me down with it. (Plus its what Taylor won with so it has a soft place in my heart). the beatings I took at Swamperts and Suicunes hands helped me convince her that was the deck for her.

Clay~ Poke_Dad

swanton1717
05/19/2004, 02:28 PM
Lol I'm not gonna be playing Salamence/Omastar..but I dunno about Swampert. Sceptiles like to be in decks in St. Louis.

~Colin

meganium45
05/19/2004, 03:41 PM
OK, come on over Friday and I will make you your winning deck AGAIN (sarcasm)

Yes, it will have Suicune and Swampert in it....which will be a lot better than my rogue BlazikenEX/Magneton/Rayquaza Mix....you should play that, really you should....

If you can, jump on over Friday....You AND Zak need to get ready. Without Dragonite_girl there, Andrew probably will not be going LOL.

M45

nikePK
05/19/2004, 04:13 PM
Sceptiles like to be in decks in St. Louis.

I don't know what you're talking about =p

cya saturday.

swanton1717
05/19/2004, 07:28 PM
GJ on top 4.
Play Blaziken at St Louis!!

Blaziken is not in my vocabulary. ;P

~Colin

SceptileEx+MukEx=bablow
05/19/2004, 07:32 PM
Blaziken is not in my vocabulary. ;P

~Colin

lol me neither!!!! :cool: