12-18 Lotus @ RIW Results

[Razer51]

Does anyone have decklists for this?  I heard Team Kzoo and Team BC pwnt the show (I heard that cause they sold me the Lotus).  Demars, you got some decklists for this guy?

C

[PacmanXSA]

I heard the guy from Kzoo won, but I'm currently unsure as of right now.

I posted in the main trash talking thread but to no avail.  I think your best bet is to PM DeMars or Franklin.

Pac

[everythingitouchdies]

They are not talking about it since they did not win, I think their feelings are hurt.

[Yawgmoths_Dummy]

The top 4 consisted of Bob (Kzoo'er)  playing Iron Giant, Joel (from Portland Oregon),  playing Stax, Other Kzoo guy playing CS, (I think), and myself playing Oath (Obviously).

I played Bob, and lost a close game three, both at 1 life, because my deck decided to do a 38 card Oath with blessing in my hand, and no way to get it back to my library, leaving me with 5 cards. Damn bad luck!

Joel lost to CS, and they never played the final match, and were working on a split. You'll have to PM Demars for the lists.

Another great RIW event!

[Revvik]

The top 4 consisted of Bob (Kzoo'er)  playing Iron Giant, Joel (from Portland Oregon),  playing Stax, Battle Creek guy playing CS, (I think), and myself playing Oath (Obviously).

Blatant assumption corrected for the sake of my ego 

[PacmanXSA]

Well, the Iron Giant (Bob) was the guy who took me out... At least he went somewhere  

@Revvik: Why haven't you been showing up lately?

It would be awesome if Pam posted T8 lists.

Get on it DeMars and maybe I'll be nice enough to pay you guys a visit the night before and cough all day like the rest of ya!

Pac

[Liek]

Here are the 5-8th peoples.

Myself (Paul Nicolo) playing my UW Fish contraption. I lost to Stax due to savage misplayery.

Josh Franklin, playing Psychatog. I don't know what he lost to, I think it was Slaver.

Caleb James, playing 2 Land Belcher. This was his first Vintage tournament, me and Mitch had to help him build his deck when we got there. He lost to Slaver, the way he tells the story, dumb things happened, like his opponent generating ten mana on turn one to cast Gorilla Shaman and kill his Belcher. I don't know what happened, I wasn't there.

Evan Riles, playing UB Fish. He gave me my only loss in the swiss rounds. He lost to Oath.

[Revvik]

@Revvik: Why haven't you been showing up lately?

I sold my deck for $3500, which facilitated my relocation to East Lansing, and bought me a new car when my Escort's transmission died a horrible, swift death on I-69.

My new car was then immediately renovated, for the worse, in a collision downtown, but Volvos chug on.
Nice to know I'm missed, at least.  What's the matter, can't make top 8 without another Swiss bye? 

EDIT:

Well, the Iron Giant (Bob) was the guy who took me out... At least he went somewhere 

Bob's great like that, I'm happy to hear he took his creation that far.

[everythingitouchdies]

Bob kicked my ass in round two. That deck was a beating.

But its got nothing on what I got for next month.

Hymn to Tourach Bitches.

[Razer51]

All i know is I didnt go to the event but I ended up with the Lotus. GG Noobs!

C

[cryolyte]

I'm Charly from Team BC (Battle Creek) who split with Bob in the finals. Here is the list I played:

1 Black Lotus
5 Moxen
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Strip Mine
1 Darksteel Citadel
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Volcanic Island
2 Underground Sea
2 Island
1 Snow-Covered Island
3 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand

4 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Brainstorm
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
3 Mana Leak
3 Goblin Welder
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Trike
1 Pentavus
1 Mindslaver
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Echoing Truth
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Tinker
1 Time Walk
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Gorilla Shaman
1 Fact or Fiction

SB:
2 Gilded Drake
2 Tormod's Crypt
2 Arcane Laboratory
2 Stifle
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Rack and Ruin
2 Pyroclasm
1 Echoing Truth

Gilded Drake was for Oath and decks that only pack the colossus as a win condition. It pitches to force and is untouchable by duress so I thought I'd try it. It was boarded in but was never drawn.

The quarterfinals match against belcher was insane. I definitely made some questionable plays, but it all worked out in the end. Yes, I ate his belcher on the second or third turn, and slavered him about 4 times to no avail (as he never drew mana so I could wreck his hand). Meh, it was a learning experience, as I had never played the matchup before. In the semifinals I played a stax decks featuring Tangle Wire. I strip locked him game one, lost game two, and won game 3 despite him heretic-ing my bus (ouch). But in the end pantavite tokens prevailed against the might tangle wire, his gemstones went away and I welded in his own Tangle Wire to lock him down. Bob and I decided to split because there was no second place prize, and playing a game of cards for $600 (or so) is a little too rich for my blood. FYI, in testing the tuesday before the Livonia tourney I owned him with my gilded drakes, but we played each other round one in the Fanfare tournament the tuesday following our split and he totally owned me.

Other decks I faced that day:

Round 1 - draw with landstill (45 minute rounds here people...)
Round 2 - won 2-0 against teammate Bauer
Round 3 - won ??? against Workshop aggro with white
Round 4 - won against dragon
Round 5 - beat Oath (built with muddle the mixture, which got stifled)
Round 6 - ID

[PacmanXSA]

@Cryolyte:  Congrats baby!  Don't think I saw/met you.  I may be wrong, but I only knew of two Slavers being played. 

Be sure to talk to me next time

Pac

[Moxlotus]

Can I get a looksie at the Oath list?

[cryolyte]

@PacmanXSA: Thanks. The only guys I remember meeting with familiar names were everythingitouchdies (for the second time) and Josh Franklin, who helped me figure out what to do to beat Belcher (mad props cause I was so nervous). I swear we all should wear nametags with real names and mana drain aliases on them. Or not. Everyone I talked to was great and the judge was insanely friendly.

As an aside, I suspect the Michigan meta may be the most balanced in the country. The northeast is mostly drains, and the midwest is mostly workshops. This is the sweet spot, where all archtypes are evenly represented; even combo. 

[PacmanXSA]

@PacmanXSA: Thanks. The only guys I remember meeting with familiar names were everythingitouchdies (for the second time) and Josh Franklin, who helped me figure out what to do to beat Belcher (mad props cause I was so nervous). I swear we all should wear nametags with real names and mana drain aliases on them. Or not. Everyone I talked to was great and the judge was insanely friendly.

As an aside, I suspect the Michigan meta may be the most balanced in the country. The northeast is mostly drains, and the midwest is mostly workshops. This is the sweet spot, where all archtypes are evenly represented; even combo. 

I suspect that you haven't been out around us very often.  I'm quite easy to pick out of the crowd as I'm the guy with the giant Pac-Man on his binder.

If you see me, wave me in baby

@Revvik:  Get out here and I can probably build you Tog   You may have to use proxies though   ewwwwwwww

Pac

[Revvik]

@PacmanXSA: Thanks. The only guys I remember meeting with familiar names were everythingitouchdies (for the second time) and Josh Franklin, who helped me figure out what to do to beat Belcher (mad props cause I was so nervous). I swear we all should wear nametags with real names and mana drain aliases on them. Or not. Everyone I talked to was great and the judge was insanely friendly.

As an aside, I suspect the Michigan meta may be the most balanced in the country. The northeast is mostly drains, and the midwest is mostly workshops. This is the sweet spot, where all archtypes are evenly represented; even combo. 

I suspect that you haven't been out around us very often.  I'm quite easy to pick out of the crowd as I'm the guy with the giant Pac-Man on his binder.

If you see me, wave me in baby

@Revvik:  Get out here and I can probably build you Tog   You may have to use proxies though   ewwwwwwww

Pac

Just say the word and I'll be at the next event; work, girlfriend, and WoW be damned.

[forests failed you]

Bob actually should have been DQ'd no prize from this event for playing with marked sleeves.  He actually had two cards sleved in a different style of sleeves/.  The specific cards marked were Yawgmoth's Will and Demonic Tutor.  The head judge decided to warn him about it instead of execute the normal punishment because; "it was only a Vintage event."

I don't have the decklists, if you want them you will need to contact John Wilkerson.  He is Captainjon, or some damned thing like that on TMD.com.

Thanks very much for comming out, it was a very fun experience and I should have news posted for this months event up fairly soon.

Cheers,
Brian

P.S. @Ben:  The Professional Magic player shrugs off your negative comments.

[Razer51]

They werent different sleeves.  They had crinkles in them as is normal for sleeves that have seen a fair amount of play.  Bob is no cheater, and you shouldnt slander him so.

C