TheDarkTwins
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So, first I will write my Professor Cup Report. My Nats Report is below this report. I played Venomoth/Claydol (HP)/Volbeat/Illumise/Porgyon2 w/ Mars Lock.
R1 - ??????? – (Raichu/??????)
His Raichu + Scramble’s help him but he can’t get a prize lead and that hurts him.
Win – (1-0)
R2 – Jorel – (Goreyss/Chatot)
I miss a paralyzing flip and I end up losing because I flip tails and I can’t recover.
Win – (1-1)
R3 – Benny Richlin (Mirror)
Ben was one of group of 3 players who Frankie D. and I built the deck with. I get a much better start and he isn’t that good and I end up running through him because he is making to many mistakes.
Win – (2-1)
R4 – Tim Metro (Eggs/Golduck/Primeape)
I get a T2 Venomoth attacking and he just has trouble recovering from this. I get a Claydol spread going with doesn’t help him. I end up taking it pretty easily because of my great start. I really like his deck, it was very good.
Win – (3-1)
R5 – Lissanne Lake (Venomoth/Monferno)
I get another T2 Venomoth and her start is pretty bad. I end up running through her Pokemon pretty quickly FTW.
Win – (4-1)
R6 – Prof. Birch – (Parasect/Venomoth/Smeargle)
I am playing up, which isn’t what I want. He gets a great start and I use a Wager and then get my Mars Lock going. Expect by the time that happens I am already too far behind him to catch up without time being called. I was rushing and make a few mistakes. I feel I could of 100% came back. He was missing energy drops left and right and I think I had enough steam to comeback as long as his didn’t topdeck amazing stuff. I was losing 2-5 on prizes when time is called. He said my deck was the best deck he faced all day at this point.
Loss – (4-2)
R7 – Dennis – (Donphan)
I get the worst start of the day and lose. This also prevents me from making cut.
Loss – (4-3)
R8 – April – (Raichu/??????)
I remember I had this game early, but prolonged it so we could have some extra fun/
Win (5-3)
So, I am planning to play Empoleon/Bronzong/Dugtrio for Nats. I wasn't sure about one card. I took out Chatot for a Shard which was completely useless. I should of put in a 3rd DRE instead. I had plenty of times when it would of been HUGE, but instead I went with shard.
R1 - ???????? - (GG)
I get a really bad start but luck for me so his was also very bad. He prizes his Duskull. I am able to start spreading around his Pokemon and I also fall behind on purpose. By the time he is able to KO my first Empoleon, I have backups and he really can’t compete with the constant Dual Splash. I am able to take all my prizes and win the game.
Win (1-0)
R2 - ???????? - (GG)
My second GG, but I know how to beat GG with Empoleon and I pretty much let him take a few prizes so that he would have trouble KOing my Empoleon's. Once he does that I start swarming and he just start having huge problems because I am setting up KO's left and right and all he can do is Sonic Blade/Psychic Lock which is just not helping him at all. He finally falls behind because he runs out of big hitters. Flipping 4 prizes to knock out my first Empoleon was a mistake leading to me taking this one.
Win (2-0)
R3 - Tim Metro’s Wife (I am sorry I don’t remember your first name) - (Darkrai/Weavile/Blissey)
I T3'd her with Weavile with Empoleon.
Win (3-0)
R4 - ???????? - (Mirror)
I get a T3/4 Dugtrio up and he has no answer for it and I end up winning with amazing ease because I can hit his bench and he can’t hit mine.
Win (4-0)
R5 - Andrew Knaack - (Mirror)
I play against Mirror once again, and I get a much better start here. I manage to get my Dugtrio up again quickly. He has problems getting his up but I manage to get 40 damage on his Diglett and decide against koing it and Dual Splash 2 of his other Pokemon and let him give me the scramble advantage instead. This proves to be a very wise move. He evolves it and then I proceed to go Aggro Bronzong. However he plays Gorebyss and decide that sweet tempting my Dugtrio is a good idea. However, I have enough energy to overcome this. After I use my Bronzong to take out atleast 2 of his Pokemon on the same turn (Dugtrio/Claydol), He decides to use Gorebyss's second attack to confuse my Bronzong. I however had been holding back my Warp Point just incase he did this. for this. I just use Empy Swarm and to finish him off and win the game.
Win (5-0)
R6 - Ian R. - (GG)
We play each other all the time and this was an AMAZING game, which I decided to pretty much handed him at the end. I made like 3 mistakes with under a minute to go to lose the game. (I send up the wrong Pokemon, don’t attach my DRE, and don’t play down a Pokemon to prevent him from bringing down my Claydol, which would of won me the game. I was winning 2-1 on prizes and it was my turn and I just completely messed up and letting him take the next 2 prizes and giving me my first loss.
Loss (5-1)
R7 - Nick C. - (Mirror)
I was doing fine this game and I just was messing up all over the place. I was tired and I was still upset from last round and my back was killing me. I have the advantage but a Cess Lock pretty much killed me and the fact that his Dawn Stadium was messing up my math. A late warp point seals this for him because I can’t draw anything useful. I really should of KO'd the Mew* when I had the chance.
Loss (6-2)
R8 - ?????? - (Gallade/Pidgoet d/Empoleon)
I just get a huge start and I get up Dugtrio and he just doesn't know what to do. I let him KO my first Empoelon with Gallade by flippin over 4 prizes but from there it goes down from there.
R9 - Adam C. - (GG)
So, I pretty much get a really really bad draw to his insane start.
Loss - (6-3)
I make T64 as the 2nd Highest 6-3 on the Yellow Side.
T64 - Alex Frezza - (GG)
G1 - We both have pretty bad draws, but I am able to get up Empoleon very quickly and turn 4 2 of his Ralts on the bench. He really can't recover because I just was sooooo far ahead the whole game and he just couldn't get it to work with only 2 Ralts.
G2- Crap Start FTL.
G3 - I have a god hand after he mulligans and I proceed to completely mess up. I celio's for the Prinplup so I could get T3 Empoleon but he wager's me on T3 and I draw 3 water energy and it is proceed by a T5 Psychic Lock. I should of celio’s for the Claydol It may have been a better choice overall. I guess that is what happens when you don’t get enough sleep. :nonono:
I end up getting 56th (or Tied for 56th), which is very good considering there was about 530 players. I end up only losing 6.23 and getting an Worlds Invite by grabbing the 24th of 25 spots. I make T64 and I not only lost in T64, but almost lost my Worlds Invite as well. That would of been horrible if that had happened
Thanks for reading,
Drew
Props –
John K. for helping me once again.
Brent S. for helping me playtest a few games the night before.
Frankie Diaz for T8ing Nats. WTG
Justin W. for T64ing.
Starting 5-0
Dave Schwimmer for giving out more than I was expecting for helping out on Wensday.
POP for running a great weekend worth of tournaments.
TOM for screwing up the pairings in T16 giving me the chance for a trickle down. :thumb:
Pulling Leafeon Lv. X from my Professor Cup Packs
Losing only 6.23 points at Nationals when I went 6-4.
Earning a Worlds Invite via Ratings/Rankings
The Awesome Professor Cup Playing Mat
Slops –
Finishing 1-4 at Nats.
Dustin Z., Ross C., & John K. for not doing so well and missing the rating invite. :sad:
Missing Top Cut in the Professor Cup for the 4th straight year.
Lack of sleep. (Thanks roommates)
Sean Foisy – No Explantion Needed.
Jimmer not being there.
My Playtest Partner not being able to make Nationals
Origins Dealer Room
R1 - ??????? – (Raichu/??????)
His Raichu + Scramble’s help him but he can’t get a prize lead and that hurts him.
Win – (1-0)
R2 – Jorel – (Goreyss/Chatot)
I miss a paralyzing flip and I end up losing because I flip tails and I can’t recover.
Win – (1-1)
R3 – Benny Richlin (Mirror)
Ben was one of group of 3 players who Frankie D. and I built the deck with. I get a much better start and he isn’t that good and I end up running through him because he is making to many mistakes.
Win – (2-1)
R4 – Tim Metro (Eggs/Golduck/Primeape)
I get a T2 Venomoth attacking and he just has trouble recovering from this. I get a Claydol spread going with doesn’t help him. I end up taking it pretty easily because of my great start. I really like his deck, it was very good.
Win – (3-1)
R5 – Lissanne Lake (Venomoth/Monferno)
I get another T2 Venomoth and her start is pretty bad. I end up running through her Pokemon pretty quickly FTW.
Win – (4-1)
R6 – Prof. Birch – (Parasect/Venomoth/Smeargle)
I am playing up, which isn’t what I want. He gets a great start and I use a Wager and then get my Mars Lock going. Expect by the time that happens I am already too far behind him to catch up without time being called. I was rushing and make a few mistakes. I feel I could of 100% came back. He was missing energy drops left and right and I think I had enough steam to comeback as long as his didn’t topdeck amazing stuff. I was losing 2-5 on prizes when time is called. He said my deck was the best deck he faced all day at this point.
Loss – (4-2)
R7 – Dennis – (Donphan)
I get the worst start of the day and lose. This also prevents me from making cut.
Loss – (4-3)
R8 – April – (Raichu/??????)
I remember I had this game early, but prolonged it so we could have some extra fun/
Win (5-3)
So, I am planning to play Empoleon/Bronzong/Dugtrio for Nats. I wasn't sure about one card. I took out Chatot for a Shard which was completely useless. I should of put in a 3rd DRE instead. I had plenty of times when it would of been HUGE, but instead I went with shard.
R1 - ???????? - (GG)
I get a really bad start but luck for me so his was also very bad. He prizes his Duskull. I am able to start spreading around his Pokemon and I also fall behind on purpose. By the time he is able to KO my first Empoleon, I have backups and he really can’t compete with the constant Dual Splash. I am able to take all my prizes and win the game.
Win (1-0)
R2 - ???????? - (GG)
My second GG, but I know how to beat GG with Empoleon and I pretty much let him take a few prizes so that he would have trouble KOing my Empoleon's. Once he does that I start swarming and he just start having huge problems because I am setting up KO's left and right and all he can do is Sonic Blade/Psychic Lock which is just not helping him at all. He finally falls behind because he runs out of big hitters. Flipping 4 prizes to knock out my first Empoleon was a mistake leading to me taking this one.
Win (2-0)
R3 - Tim Metro’s Wife (I am sorry I don’t remember your first name) - (Darkrai/Weavile/Blissey)
I T3'd her with Weavile with Empoleon.
Win (3-0)
R4 - ???????? - (Mirror)
I get a T3/4 Dugtrio up and he has no answer for it and I end up winning with amazing ease because I can hit his bench and he can’t hit mine.
Win (4-0)
R5 - Andrew Knaack - (Mirror)
I play against Mirror once again, and I get a much better start here. I manage to get my Dugtrio up again quickly. He has problems getting his up but I manage to get 40 damage on his Diglett and decide against koing it and Dual Splash 2 of his other Pokemon and let him give me the scramble advantage instead. This proves to be a very wise move. He evolves it and then I proceed to go Aggro Bronzong. However he plays Gorebyss and decide that sweet tempting my Dugtrio is a good idea. However, I have enough energy to overcome this. After I use my Bronzong to take out atleast 2 of his Pokemon on the same turn (Dugtrio/Claydol), He decides to use Gorebyss's second attack to confuse my Bronzong. I however had been holding back my Warp Point just incase he did this. for this. I just use Empy Swarm and to finish him off and win the game.
Win (5-0)
R6 - Ian R. - (GG)
We play each other all the time and this was an AMAZING game, which I decided to pretty much handed him at the end. I made like 3 mistakes with under a minute to go to lose the game. (I send up the wrong Pokemon, don’t attach my DRE, and don’t play down a Pokemon to prevent him from bringing down my Claydol, which would of won me the game. I was winning 2-1 on prizes and it was my turn and I just completely messed up and letting him take the next 2 prizes and giving me my first loss.
Loss (5-1)
R7 - Nick C. - (Mirror)
I was doing fine this game and I just was messing up all over the place. I was tired and I was still upset from last round and my back was killing me. I have the advantage but a Cess Lock pretty much killed me and the fact that his Dawn Stadium was messing up my math. A late warp point seals this for him because I can’t draw anything useful. I really should of KO'd the Mew* when I had the chance.
Loss (6-2)
R8 - ?????? - (Gallade/Pidgoet d/Empoleon)
I just get a huge start and I get up Dugtrio and he just doesn't know what to do. I let him KO my first Empoelon with Gallade by flippin over 4 prizes but from there it goes down from there.
R9 - Adam C. - (GG)
So, I pretty much get a really really bad draw to his insane start.
Loss - (6-3)
I make T64 as the 2nd Highest 6-3 on the Yellow Side.
T64 - Alex Frezza - (GG)
G1 - We both have pretty bad draws, but I am able to get up Empoleon very quickly and turn 4 2 of his Ralts on the bench. He really can't recover because I just was sooooo far ahead the whole game and he just couldn't get it to work with only 2 Ralts.
G2- Crap Start FTL.
G3 - I have a god hand after he mulligans and I proceed to completely mess up. I celio's for the Prinplup so I could get T3 Empoleon but he wager's me on T3 and I draw 3 water energy and it is proceed by a T5 Psychic Lock. I should of celio’s for the Claydol It may have been a better choice overall. I guess that is what happens when you don’t get enough sleep. :nonono:
I end up getting 56th (or Tied for 56th), which is very good considering there was about 530 players. I end up only losing 6.23 and getting an Worlds Invite by grabbing the 24th of 25 spots. I make T64 and I not only lost in T64, but almost lost my Worlds Invite as well. That would of been horrible if that had happened
Thanks for reading,
Drew
Props –
John K. for helping me once again.
Brent S. for helping me playtest a few games the night before.
Frankie Diaz for T8ing Nats. WTG
Justin W. for T64ing.
Starting 5-0
Dave Schwimmer for giving out more than I was expecting for helping out on Wensday.
POP for running a great weekend worth of tournaments.
TOM for screwing up the pairings in T16 giving me the chance for a trickle down. :thumb:
Pulling Leafeon Lv. X from my Professor Cup Packs
Losing only 6.23 points at Nationals when I went 6-4.
Earning a Worlds Invite via Ratings/Rankings
The Awesome Professor Cup Playing Mat
Slops –
Finishing 1-4 at Nats.
Dustin Z., Ross C., & John K. for not doing so well and missing the rating invite. :sad:
Missing Top Cut in the Professor Cup for the 4th straight year.
Lack of sleep. (Thanks roommates)
Sean Foisy – No Explantion Needed.
Jimmer not being there.
My Playtest Partner not being able to make Nationals
Origins Dealer Room
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I lost over 14 going 6-3
