Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

VA States Report- Top 4

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Ascension

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Okay, I wasn't planning to write a report, but I'm bored right now so I will write one.

So, I was skipping a soccer game to go this tourney. I got there about 30 minutes before registration was supposed to begin. Of course, it had already began. I decide to play GG (Yeah, Yeah i know) Nothing really interesting happens except when Tim checks my deck and realizes that DREs and Windstorms are actually his causing him to think about DQing me :lol:. I play a few practice games and let the tourney begin.

Round 1 vs. Forgot name (Holon Castform.dec)

Ok. So all he gets is a Holon Castform and thats it. I Bring Down T3 or T4 FTW.

1-0

Round 2 vs. Forgot name (Magmortor.dec)

Okay, so it was pretty close game going back and forth. He had chance to Flame Blaster (the 100 damage attack) to my benched Gardy with damage for the KO, but didn't so late game, a Gallade, Psychic Cut a Magmortor for the KO. I had actually Sonic Bladed the Magmortor before and accidentally left 60 HP. I later was about to attack and noticed that. I got a Warning and we fixed the damage. And I won.

2-0

Round 3 vs. Forgot name (Darkrai/Exploud/???.dec)

T2 Gallade plus weakness is GG.

3-0

Round 4 vs. Jacob (GG.dec)

Okay, so I get a T3 Gallade against his Absol and say "Psychic Cut". Now before the tournament, they said all players must announce how many prizes they must flip. I took this as if you are not flipping any then you don't need to say 0. But a judge is called and I flip all my prizes. However, I make a close game and it goes to time. He wagers my Gardevoir in my hand which would have been FTW, so he wins.

3-1

Round 5 vs. Forgot name (Empoleon.dec)

Okay, so Cess Crystal was my nemisis this game, but a crucial play came when I used Windstorm to get rid of two Cess Crystals. I also topdecked a Scramble and later won the game.

4-1

Round 6 vs. Alexander (Magmortor.dec)

So this was make or break. Alexander has beaten in every Premier event this year so I needed my revenge at this very moment and.... I got it, quick setup with Gardevoir and I won.

5-1

I make it in as 3rd Seed.

T8 vs. Patrick (Magmortor.dec)

Game 1: After what seemed like a long match, he beats me and I have no steam to catch up.

Game 2: I Psychic Lock and next turn, he uses Cosmic Power, earning me a Warning and him a Game Loss.

Game 3: I get a quick setup and I win.

T4 vs. Arron or Erin, I don't know how to spell his name (GG.dec)

Game 1: I got served...:nonono:

Game 2: See game 1 and T2 Gallade.

I get fourth and some pretty bad packs. No trophy. :(

Props:
Girl Scouts for selling good cookies
Whoever provided the free tea at the back
Me getting T4
Spencer getting second
Dean getting first
Steven getting third

Slops:
Tim's memory...:nonono:
Missing T8 for Alexander and Seth
Tanner and Helen for going 3-3
No trophy for 4th (if no trophy, then play-off)

See ya!
 
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Lucario EX said:
Hey, I was playing against stupid fire decks when my stupid 1-1 tech was in my stupid prizes.
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Maybe we shouldn't put out prize cards? JK Nice job at Maryland, though. Could you PM a list of your deck? It is going into our vault of decks that I started.
 
Ascension said:
Nothing really interesting happens except when Tim checks my deck and realizes that DREs and Windstorms are actually his causing him to think about DQing me :lol:.
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Theft is listed as an example of unsporting conduct :tongue:

Ascension said:
I took this as if you are not flipping any then you don't need to say 0. But a judge is called and I flip all my prizes.
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The problem wasn't that you didn't announce the amount of prizes to be flipped, it was that you didn't say the damage being dealt. So, unspecified prize flipping + unspecified damage = max flip + max damage possible.

Ascension said:
So this was make or break. Alexander has beaten in every Premier event this year so I needed my revenge at this very moment and.... I got it, quick setup with Gardevoir and I won.
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I wonder if that's why he wasn't at league the day after ...

Ascension said:
Slops:
Tim's memory...:nonono:
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I want my DREs back :mad:

Ascension said:
Could you PM a list of your deck? It is going into our vault of decks that I started.
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You started? You stole the idea from me :mad:
 
What are you talking about? I started the Team HAT Deck vault, or is that about something else. DREs future owner, forecast cloudy.
 
Did you appeal your PC to the HJ?? The intent was that if you BEGAN to flip prizes w/out giving a number, you had to flip all prizes. Just annoucing the attack shouldn't have committed you to the flips.
 
totoro said:
Did you appeal your PC to the HJ?? The intent was that if you BEGAN to flip prizes w/out giving a number, you had to flip all prizes. Just annoucing the attack shouldn't have committed you to the flips.
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The judges were kinda picky about how you did stuff.

I got a caution because I said Psychic Lock, knock out for a Gardevori with 90 damage on it, and didn't say how much dmg my attack did.... :rolleyes:
 
Nice job bud. T4 ain't bad at all.

Throw a PM my way if you need any help for Regionals (also, don't forget that I still have a Pachi of yours ;x).
 
totoro said:
Did you appeal your PC to the HJ?? The intent was that if you BEGAN to flip prizes w/out giving a number, you had to flip all prizes. Just annoucing the attack shouldn't have committed you to the flips.
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No, I was like, "Whatever..." I said Psychic Cut and I assumed that since I wasn't flipping any prizes, I don't have to say how many prizes I was flipping. So I said, "Psychic Cut," and took a prize as he was putting Absol in the discard. Then, he called a judge (no hard feelings, Jacob :thumb:) and I flipped my prizes because I 1) didn't announce the prizes and 2) did not say how much damage I was doing...so yeah.

Fox McCloud- Thanks.

DarthPika- Naughty, naughty... :lol:

SuperWooper- Thanks! Gatr lives, huh? I will keep in touch. :thumb:
 
DarthPika said:
The judges were kinda picky about how you did stuff.

I got a caution because I said Psychic Lock, knock out for a Gardevori with 90 damage on it, and didn't say how much dmg my attack did.... :rolleyes:
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I thought it should have been a Warning but totoro wanted to go easy on you all. j/k.

But seriously, it keeps an easily corrected situation that warrents no more than a caution from turning into a prize card penalty. A judge needs to be able to tell what the game state is when walking by. A judge can't evaluate what "for KO" means and often times the opponent doesn't know what it is either except for a potentially large number which the attacking player thinks is sufficient. When you say "for 40 damage", a judge walking by can quickly check math and look for conditions either player may have forgotten. When you announce the damage, your opponent can confirm it and also check for any other effects that you may have forgotten, like a Buffer Piece. That way, two turns later, a judge doesn't have to come fix the game. If you weren't cautioned in that game, then you would have taken that habit to the next game and continued until it became a problem.

I have a 14-year-old at league who always asks "for how much damage?" whenever someone attacks and started this some weeks before people got picky about what "for KO" means. That's when I also realized that it isn't very SotG to not tell your opponent how much damage your attack is doing.
 
ShadowCard said:
I thought it should have been a Warning but totoro wanted to go easy on you all. j/k.

But seriously, it keeps an easily corrected situation that warrents no more than a caution from turning into a prize card penalty. A judge needs to be able to tell what the game state is when walking by. A judge can't evaluate what "for KO" means and often times the opponent doesn't know what it is either except for a potentially large number which the attacking player thinks is sufficient. When you say "for 40 damage", a judge walking by can quickly check math and look for conditions either player may have forgotten. When you announce the damage, your opponent can confirm it and also check for any other effects that you may have forgotten, like a Buffer Piece. That way, two turns later, a judge doesn't have to come fix the game. If you weren't cautioned in that game, then you would have taken that habit to the next game and continued until it became a problem.

I have a 14-year-old at league who always asks "for how much damage?" whenever someone attacks and started this some weeks before people got picky about what "for KO" means. That's when I also realized that it isn't very SotG to not tell your opponent how much damage your attack is doing.
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But anyone who plays the game can easily tell that Psychic Lock done to a Gardevoir that already has 90 dmg on it with a Lake Boundary in play is a ko...
 
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