This year, States was finally held on my home turf, the city of Houston. I've been play testing my deck for a small while now, tweaking it till the day of the tournament. I ran a speed Zappy deck with Crystal Shards and they were extremely useful too. The day started early, with me missing my early Saturday morning cartoons. ;_; But it was well worth it, I met up with a whole bunch of familiar faces.
Pokemaster1110 has two Snorlax dolls(diff sizes) and two small Snorlax on his neckless. He was defeated by a Snorlax in the GBA tournament. Ironic and painful, neh? I didn't pay much attention to the GBA tournament other than that though.
Warning, my memory is worst then someone with holes in their brain so forgive me if I mix some things up.
Round 1 vs. Paul K playing a Flygon/Clefable ex deck
We both get an ok set up with only one basic. He starts with a Trapinch and me with a electrike. I threw Zapdos out a turn early to avoid getting my two energys knocked off the board. He did 60 to me with Flygon. Crystal Shard throws the game in my favor.
1 - 0
Round 2 vs. Robert?/Jose? E with Salamence ex/Magcargo/Walrein (Sorry, forgots your first name)
He starts with Dunsparce so my recharger was relatively sfae even though he was going first. I get Zapdos ex out as planned and reversal to knock out his Bagon. Hmm, he only had one Bagon even though the goal of the deck seemed to be about using Salamence ex. Anyways, the game went my way from theere, I knocked out some other basics and like 1 or 2 Magcargo. He did get a Salamence out to knock out my Zappy but I knocked it out Electrode ex + Crystal Shard.
2 - 0
Round 3 vs Ant playing a Dark Dragonite/Dark Electrode deck
He got a bad start and I got a good one. Mt Moon works awesome against this type of deck and I soon emerge victorious.
3 - 0
Lunch Break, Taco Bell! Yum!
Round 4 vs Susan? playing Dark T-tar/Pidgeot
I don't know if the name is right, I remember she had a cool Ninja Turtle shirt though! :thumb: I think this deck was made with ZAppy in mind. I start out fast but she doesn't. She brings out basics to stall until Dark T-Tar eats my Zappy. Nothing else I had could have stood up to Dark T-Tar and she won the match.
3 - 1
Round 5 vs Robert?/Jose? E playing Gardevoir ex/Metagross (it's the other E-person)
He starts off by knocking out my recharger with Metagross second turn, Link Blast hurts meh! It went downhill from there, I manage to get two Zappys out but his Metagross and Gardevoir ex made short work of them.
3 - 2
Round 6 vs (I forgot your name, sorry!) playing Gardevoir/Wobuffet
I started off fast this round and knock out his Ralts, he brings out a Wynaut and evolved it to Wobuffet. My Manectric takes it out.
4 - 2
The finals I played people I already played throughout the tournament already and the results were no different.
Top 16 vs Jose?/Robert? with Salamence ex/Magcargo/Walrein
Both games, I get Zappy out fast and Reversal to knock out his Bagon. He starts with Dunsparce first turn both times, I'm surprised he never Strike and Run for more than one Bagon. I won both games against his army of Walrein and Magcargo. During the second game, I had to blow an Electrode ex to power up my Manectric + Shard to knock out his Salamence ex.
Top 8 vs Susan? with Dark T-Tar/Pidgeot
She wins both games as she disrupts my starting strategy by quickly knocking out my first Pokémon. And when I do get Zappy out, Dark T-Tar eats it.
So I get 4 packs for top 8. Congrats to everyone else that won. It was Tracy C, Patriarch, and someone in 10- that I don't know. Sorry, I'm usually hanging out with the 15+ people and most of the 11-14 people I already know from around my area.
PROs:
- I get to see everyone from out of Houston again!
- Great tournament, I must give a hand to ALL the judges!
- I got a Mudkip doll from a friend! ^_^
CONs:
- My bad memory for not remembering people's name and not being able to remember everything that happend!
Pokemaster1110 has two Snorlax dolls(diff sizes) and two small Snorlax on his neckless. He was defeated by a Snorlax in the GBA tournament. Ironic and painful, neh? I didn't pay much attention to the GBA tournament other than that though.
Warning, my memory is worst then someone with holes in their brain so forgive me if I mix some things up.
Round 1 vs. Paul K playing a Flygon/Clefable ex deck
We both get an ok set up with only one basic. He starts with a Trapinch and me with a electrike. I threw Zapdos out a turn early to avoid getting my two energys knocked off the board. He did 60 to me with Flygon. Crystal Shard throws the game in my favor.
1 - 0
Round 2 vs. Robert?/Jose? E with Salamence ex/Magcargo/Walrein (Sorry, forgots your first name)
He starts with Dunsparce so my recharger was relatively sfae even though he was going first. I get Zapdos ex out as planned and reversal to knock out his Bagon. Hmm, he only had one Bagon even though the goal of the deck seemed to be about using Salamence ex. Anyways, the game went my way from theere, I knocked out some other basics and like 1 or 2 Magcargo. He did get a Salamence out to knock out my Zappy but I knocked it out Electrode ex + Crystal Shard.
2 - 0
Round 3 vs Ant playing a Dark Dragonite/Dark Electrode deck
He got a bad start and I got a good one. Mt Moon works awesome against this type of deck and I soon emerge victorious.
3 - 0
Lunch Break, Taco Bell! Yum!
Round 4 vs Susan? playing Dark T-tar/Pidgeot
I don't know if the name is right, I remember she had a cool Ninja Turtle shirt though! :thumb: I think this deck was made with ZAppy in mind. I start out fast but she doesn't. She brings out basics to stall until Dark T-Tar eats my Zappy. Nothing else I had could have stood up to Dark T-Tar and she won the match.
3 - 1
Round 5 vs Robert?/Jose? E playing Gardevoir ex/Metagross (it's the other E-person)
He starts off by knocking out my recharger with Metagross second turn, Link Blast hurts meh! It went downhill from there, I manage to get two Zappys out but his Metagross and Gardevoir ex made short work of them.
3 - 2
Round 6 vs (I forgot your name, sorry!) playing Gardevoir/Wobuffet
I started off fast this round and knock out his Ralts, he brings out a Wynaut and evolved it to Wobuffet. My Manectric takes it out.
4 - 2
The finals I played people I already played throughout the tournament already and the results were no different.
Top 16 vs Jose?/Robert? with Salamence ex/Magcargo/Walrein
Both games, I get Zappy out fast and Reversal to knock out his Bagon. He starts with Dunsparce first turn both times, I'm surprised he never Strike and Run for more than one Bagon. I won both games against his army of Walrein and Magcargo. During the second game, I had to blow an Electrode ex to power up my Manectric + Shard to knock out his Salamence ex.
Top 8 vs Susan? with Dark T-Tar/Pidgeot
She wins both games as she disrupts my starting strategy by quickly knocking out my first Pokémon. And when I do get Zappy out, Dark T-Tar eats it.
So I get 4 packs for top 8. Congrats to everyone else that won. It was Tracy C, Patriarch, and someone in 10- that I don't know. Sorry, I'm usually hanging out with the 15+ people and most of the 11-14 people I already know from around my area.
PROs:
- I get to see everyone from out of Houston again!
- Great tournament, I must give a hand to ALL the judges!
- I got a Mudkip doll from a friend! ^_^
CONs:
- My bad memory for not remembering people's name and not being able to remember everything that happend!
