German Nationals 2009

[Daladrion]

It's record time again in Germany!

After last years record attendance of 298 players, today even more German players showed up in Cologne:

not 300 players
not 320 players
not 340 players

but 351 players are competing for the title of German National Champion at the moment!
(there is a small chance that numbers go up slightly, if more players show up before the start of round 2 and are added with a first round loss...)

The age group distribution is 83 Juniors, 145 Seniors and 123 Masters!

As this is a 2 day event, we won't know who will win the titles until tomorrow afternoon, but I try to keep you posted.


Torsten John
AMIGO Spiel + Freizeit GmbH

 

[hampuse1]

Go Dennis!!!Good luck

 

[NoPoke]

Is Rising Rivals legal? The online translator is making a mess of amigo's website [I think it says RR not legal - thought google's translator says it is???]

Stuning turnout. Bound to push many German players into the ratings invites.

 

[Rainbowgym]

RR is not legal for German Nationals.

 

[Jason]

Dennis S. (Freezer) is 6-1 with Dialga Palkia made cut.

 

[Fireborn]

How is Matthias doing, did he make the cut?

 

[Glumanda]

The end result in numbers is:

352 players

83 Juniors
146 Seniors
123 Masters

 

[chewee]

And the result is ?

 

[Freezer]

Masters:
1. Sandro A. (Kingdra)
2. Tobias T. (Blaziken)
3. Kevin B. (Ttar)
4. Dennis S. (Me) (Palkia/Dialga)

Seniors:
1. Dennis M. (G)
2. Tobias J. (Porygon Z)

Juniors:
1. Leon A. (G)


That's all I can remember lol

 

[User Name]

Masters:
1. Sandro A. (Kingdra)
2. Tobias T. (Blaziken)
3. Kevin B. (Ttar)
4. Dennis S. (Me) (Palkia/Dialga)

Seniors:
1. Dennis M. (Dialga G)
2. Tobias J. (Porygon Z)

Juniors:
1. Leon A. (G)


That's all I can remember lol

Dennis played Dialga G not a standard sp deck

 

[Puncher]

Dennis is a bad lucker -.- if he hadn`t topdecked the roseannes , I had won , but who cares

 

[NoPoke]

indeed. PROPs to Amigo for funding 6 extra places to worlds (10 flights minimum)

Leon A is now a two-times winner?

 

[ShadowGuard]

Nationals again was an exciting tournament with surprising top cut results. ^^

Didn't expect to get the trip again with Blaziken in a metagame full of Kingdra and Legos. I think I'll translate my report into English later this week, but I don't know when I have time yet.

For everyone who is interested, here are the full Top 16 Masters results with decks.

1. Sandro A. [Kingdra]
2. Tobias T. [Blaziken/Heatran/Techs]
3. Kevin B. [Tyranitar/Techs]
4. Dennis S. [Palkia/Dialga]
5. Richard C. [Dialga Toolbox]
6. Markus K. [Machamp]
7. Finn L. [Dialga Toolbox]
8. Denny F. [Magnezone/Dialga/Crobat]
9. Andreas M. [Dialga/Toxicroak]
10. David S. [Palkia/Dialga]
11. Cetin Y. [Kingdra]
12. Sebastian H. [Machamp]
13. Matthias L. [Tyranitar]
14. Marcel F. [AMU]
15. Richard S. [Blastcatty]
16. Christian S. [Magmortar/Typhlosion/Heatran]

Seniors:
1. Dennis M. (G)
2. Tobias J. (Porygon Z)

Juniors:
1. Leon A. (G)

3rd in Seniors was Rudolf H., 4th was an unknown player with Gengar.
Juniors 2nd was Hanna J. and 3rd Gabor v.M., don't know the decks.

Dennis is a bad lucker -.- if he hadn`t topdecked the roseannes , I had won , but who cares

Dennis M. had the the most difficult bracket possible. He defeated Janik, Björn and Rudolf, almost all of the favorites in Seniors except for Marc. If there's a National Champion who really deserved the title, it's him.

Leon A is now a two-times winner?

Yes, and the year before he got 2nd.

 

[Puncher]

I haven`t say that he not deserved the title , I said if he hadn`t topdecked the roseannes I had won , nothing else

 

[Glumanda]

Hanna played Torterra, Gabor played Rampardos (I think).

 

[DarthPika]

A certain someone (he knows who he is) deserves to have a Legos deck stuffed up his nose for his inability to use his brain in top cuts... >_>

GJ to the winners. Sadly my teammate didn't think before he made a stupid misplay.

GJ Bjorn! Hope you can make it to worlds! I love when my decks wreak havoc in other countries. Bwahahahaha

 

[Fireborn]

indeed. PROPs to Amigo for funding 6 extra places to worlds (14 flights minimum)

Leon A is now a two-times winner?

14 flights? I only get to 10...

Junior 2nd place + guardian
Junior 3rd place + guardian
Senior 2nd place + guardian
Senior 3rd place + guardian
Master 2nd place
Master 3rd place
--
10 flights

Don't forget that Pokemon USA will be paying for the first place trips

 

[NoPoke]

oops that would be becasue my mental math failed:

Doh!

Oh the shame 6*2-2 = 14 lol

 

[Fireborn]

oops that would be becasue my mental math failed:

Doh!

Oh the shame 6*2-2 = 14 lol

That's okay, only I was starting to doubt my own mental maths

 

[Daladrion]

Actually, it's 15 extra flights, if you count the 2nd places in Austria as well. :wink: