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« on: August 19, 2005, 11:09:41 am » |
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Has anyone heard anything about the Thursday tournament? Did anyone break out any tricks? Who's there, who's not? Information please.
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« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2005, 11:55:31 am » |
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from what I remember, most people had so many people packed into a room, there was no room for a laptop...  as opposed to the SWCCG guys, who bring a laptop into the room and give hourly updates... |
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« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2005, 12:01:24 pm » |
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Has anyone heard anything about the Thursday tournament? Did anyone break out any tricks? Who's there, who's not? Information please. Not Yet, How the Hell should i know and I dont know who's there. But I'll tell you whos not there. Steven Houdlett isn't there which means no future sights will be in the top 8. |
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« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2005, 01:06:42 am » |
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« Last Edit: August 20, 2005, 01:36:01 am by Godot »
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« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2005, 11:46:27 am » |
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top8 had three meandeck members in the tourney for the bye?
and Jdizzle won the thursday tournament through savage circumstance and savage deck wielding skill?
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« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2005, 12:31:49 pm » |
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Meandeck got slaughtered by the Colorado crew. That's kind of like losing in the special olympics.
Yeah, I'm calling all you bitches out for next time we meet.
Anyway, update for the world champs:
BrassMan is 2-0 with his own Gifts build.
Field is entirely welder stax and CS apparently, there are more people with 4 welders than without.
I'll post more updates as they come, but Andy had to ship out for pairings so I couldn't get much more out of him.
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« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2005, 12:39:42 pm » |
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From My Side...
I am pretty sure ForcefieldYou is 2-0, Windfall is 0-2, and they are both playing Slaver. Try to get in touch with them after this round.
JDizzle is 1-1.
Thats all I got right now.
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« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2005, 12:40:23 pm » |
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Oh Yeah and Props to BrassMan who I am cheering for to win the whole thing.
I eat goblin Welders for breakfast.
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« Reply #9 on: August 20, 2005, 01:30:33 pm » |
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I dont know the exact number yet, but its only 7 rounds. EDIT since I just read this: Meandeck got slaughtered by the Colorado crew. That's kind of like losing in the special olympics.
Yeah, I'm calling all you bitches out for next time we meet.
Lets not ignore the fact that Brassman was also taken out by Bob in the swiss. So yeah, bring it. EDIT 2: Just got a little update from Bob. He just beat Nick Trudeau of BHWC to go to 3-0. fuckin lou and limoges drew last round and are still playing in round 3. He said one of the Italians is doing well with a deck that I'll call an evolution of their T1T and really rewards strong players. It sounded like most people were still playing so hopefully I'll get a more detailed update later. |
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« Reply #10 on: August 20, 2005, 02:18:55 pm » |
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anyone know how I@n DeGraff is doing?
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« Reply #11 on: August 20, 2005, 03:43:24 pm » |
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well the field is UBER HEAVY on Stax and not much far behind that is SLAVER not that anyone should be surprised.
The Unfortunate Truth is that as round 5 is starting... Jdizzle is 2-2 (scrubbed out.) I have more info but just dont care to share it. How is BrassMan doing?
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« Reply #12 on: August 20, 2005, 04:32:23 pm » |
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I have more info but just dont care to share it.
Why not?  It's not like it has relevence to the current proceedings. |
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« Reply #13 on: August 20, 2005, 05:25:40 pm » |
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Ok, I just heard from JDizzle with mad updates from round 6.
-Ashok is in top 8 w/ stax
-Purple hat is in top 8 w/ dragon
-cron may make top 8, not sure yet
-whatever works may make top 8
-smmenen is out of it, as is shay
-fuckin lou should make t16 and possibly top 8 w/ lots of help
EDIT: Just heard from Bob and hes 5-1
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« Reply #14 on: August 20, 2005, 05:34:53 pm » |
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Go Ashok! Never thought he would get into a deck like Stax but he's been doing really well with it from what i've heard/read/seen.
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« Reply #15 on: August 20, 2005, 06:00:10 pm » |
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Ok, I just heard from JDizzle with mad updates from round 6.
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-Purple hat is in top 8 w/ dragon
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« Reply #16 on: August 20, 2005, 06:47:35 pm » |
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I'm glad I told him to play Dragon last night.
Cron is out-- BreastMan eliminates him with savage sideboard tech (aka, a pet card of mine he decided to run on a whim)
He should be in, but his track record with drawing and bizarre circumstances in large tournaments is not particularly good. Here's to hoping.
Also, Roland Chang is in.
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« Reply #17 on: August 20, 2005, 07:02:22 pm » |
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I think it was kind of obvious that Dragon was an excellent choice for the metagame (which turned out to be exactly what everybody predicted). Props to people who followed through.
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« Reply #18 on: August 20, 2005, 09:15:15 pm » |
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sigh....im about to have to leave my internet connection behind and still no final results or even a top 8 list...what a shame...
anybody out there?
go go dragon...
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« Reply #19 on: August 20, 2005, 10:23:26 pm » |
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Not sure how the whole top 8 played out, but Brassman and Roland(Changster) are in the finals.
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« Reply #20 on: August 20, 2005, 10:49:34 pm » |
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Roland wins after Brassy loses 3 crypt flips in a row. Congratulations to Roland, but I have to say I feel sorry for Brassy. He just can't seem to get away from his bad luck. |
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« Reply #21 on: August 20, 2005, 10:54:36 pm » |
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I've been told that the ridiculously expensive foil gemstone mines are being given out as t8 prizes for the vintage crowd. I can't confirm it for every event, but I know that brassman did actually acquire one earlier in the week.
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« Reply #22 on: August 20, 2005, 11:14:37 pm » |
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I think it was kind of obvious that Dragon was an excellent choice for the metagame (which turned out to be exactly what everybody predicted). Props to people who followed through.
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« Reply #23 on: August 20, 2005, 11:19:26 pm » |
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It's fairly mundane, if he played what I wanted him to play. It's most likely within four cards of what I made top four in Richmond with a couple months ago.
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« Reply #24 on: August 20, 2005, 11:21:04 pm » |
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So stax takes first and dragon second?
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« Reply #25 on: August 21, 2005, 12:01:44 am » |
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No, brassy was playing gifts.
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« Reply #26 on: August 21, 2005, 12:23:10 am » |
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1st: Roland with 5c Tangle Wire Stax
2nd: Andy with SSB with 0 welders
3/4: Mat Endress with GWS Oath (with deck primer and tourney report coming soon to a starcitygames.com near you)
3/4 Purple Hat with Dragon
5/8:Ashok with Stax
5/8: Guy on meandeck(?) playing Tog
5/8: ??? playing CS
5/8: ??? playing CS
There was an episode at the beginning of round 7. Bob Yu and Andy were 7th and 8th, agreed to ID, then signed the slip-but did not turn it in. I tell them that that is bad because that means Andy is out for sure, and Bob is probably out unless something amazing happens. Then they attempt to play it out, but the judges rule that the match is official as soon as the players sign it, not when they turn in the slip. Andy's tiebreakers get a lot better and is the only 5-1-1 to make top 8, with Bob in 9th.
The field was infinite CS and Stax. I'd say that at least 60% was one of those 2 decks.
I think it was 128 players, needing 1 more person to make it 8 rounds.
Congrats to all of those who made top 8. I scrubbed out after making the semis of the Vintage qualifier the night before.
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« Reply #27 on: August 21, 2005, 01:02:02 am » |
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It's fairly mundane, if he played what I wanted him to play. It's most likely within four cards of what I made top four in Richmond with a couple months ago.
I wasn't expecting anything amazingly different than most Dragon lists, but I love to see how it changes slightly for certain metas.  I think Dragon can be strong against anything if the player uses slots for appropriate cards. I love Dragon. |
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« Reply #28 on: August 21, 2005, 01:13:13 am » |
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Wow tog in the t8, didn't expect that. Im sure the list would be much different if the tourney allowed proxies.
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« Reply #29 on: August 21, 2005, 01:48:38 am » |
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The tog player was not a meandeck player, it was michigan's own Josh Franklin, aka Onelovemachine, who I believe I predicted would be in top8 heh. Good job josh.
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