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http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgevent/gpphi05/welcome\random: Are Shockwave and Lam Phan teammates? Because they played each other round 2 Standings after round 2: 21 Feinstein, David 6 50.00% 42 Stokinger, Andrew 6 50.00% 127 Trudeau, Nick * 6 0.00%  (Team BHWC???) 139 Shay, Richard 6 0.00% 158 McDaniel, Chris 6 0.00% 190 Fisher, Bryan * 6 0.00% playing either WW or Goblins 198 Chambers, Adam 6 0.00% 199 Chitturi, Ashok * 6 0.00% 206 Chang, Roland * 6 0.00% 213 Phan, Lam * 4 50.00% 221 Menendian, Stephen * 3 100.00% 266 Kowal, Brian 3 75.00% 375 Endress, Mat * 3 41.66% playing Hightide/Bubbling Muck combo 404 Mattiuzzo, Richard * 1 66.66% 430 Probasco, Andrew * 0 75.00% Type 1 notables with byes: Chambers, Adam Chang, Roland Chitturi, Ashok Fisher, Brian Kassis, Eli Shay, Richard Probably missed some so feel free to insert whoever I missed, but that's what happened after round 2. Also chime in and post what people are playing if they know.
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« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2005, 02:23:26 pm » |
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Where are you getting those numbers?
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« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2005, 03:56:35 pm » |
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Just a note: we're also having this disussion in the Legacy forums. |
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« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2005, 04:02:51 pm » |
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Where are you getting those numbers?
The pairings and standings are being linked as they go online. It's really hard to notice because they're at the bottom of that chart, and they go from black on light blue to dark blue on light blue. |
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« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2005, 04:32:55 pm » |
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You do realize that Ben Kowal isn't playing, and that Brian Kowal is a completely different person who is actually a semi-famous pro?
Also, a few more people:
Paul Mastriano, the creator of Type 4, is 2-0
Eric Dupuis is 2-0 (ELD)
Doug Linn is 2-0 (Hi-val)
Eli Kassis is 2-0
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« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2005, 04:40:24 pm » |
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Paul Mastriano, Creator of Type 4 won the Trial the night before, so he had 3 byes. More updates when Roland calls me back.
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« Reply #7 on: November 12, 2005, 06:16:56 pm » |
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Here's what I got:
Flame Vault at the top tables, in all three forms (Stax, Combo, and Control). Joblins is (predictably) doing well, and Dredgatog is rocking house.
The Vintage notables aren't faring that well. My friend Jason Gaudard seems to be poised to make Day 2, however, and Mike Bomholt is also doing well. Also, note the high concentration of Pros at the top tables. For anyone who said that the tournament would be dominated by the Legacy community, you were wrong.
Oh, and this too:
Dave Feinstein beat EDT in round 6.
This just in:
Mike Bomholt just lost to Joblins and is now 5-2.
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« Reply #8 on: November 13, 2005, 12:23:11 am » |
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Since Wizards is a bunch of jobbers and didn't bother putting up Round 8... Confirmed that Rich Shay made Day 2. Paul Mastriano, Creator of Type 4, ended up in 65th.  |
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« Reply #9 on: November 13, 2005, 12:23:57 am » |
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You do realize that Ben Kowal isn't playing, and that Brian Kowal is a completely different person who is actually a semi-famous pro?
Also, a few more people:
Paul Mastriano, the creator of Type 4, is 2-0
Eric Dupuis is 2-0 (ELD)
Doug Linn is 2-0 (Hi-val)
Eli Kassis is 2-0
Oh, I knew who he was-I just remember seeing his name at each SCG Chicago usually around the top tables, so I just threw his name out there. I think its interesting that 3 forms of Vault are doing well. Â Guess it it can relate to Welder in Type 1-which type of deck is it best in? Anyone know what decks Type 1 players went with? |
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« Reply #10 on: November 13, 2005, 12:32:36 am » |
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I know this:
Paul Mastriano - Control Flame Vault
Steve - Control Flame Vault
Rich Shay - omitted in case super spy GP goers are reading this and don't already know what Rich has
Roland Chang - U/G Madness
Ashok - Joblins or No Stick (not even sure on those two)
Star Wars Kid - High Tide
Phil: is that your Brian Fisher? I'm not sure how your Brian spells his name (I thought his last name had a 'c' in it).
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« Reply #11 on: November 13, 2005, 12:59:54 am » |
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Somehow instead of "Brian Fisher" the DCI has it down as "Bryan Fischer". No idea how that happened-I'm positive his hand writing sucks ass so I'm assuming when he first registered they mistyped it.
He's playing Goblins or Angel Stompy-he was going to decide on the car ride there. He got his 3 byes with Angel Stompy.
I am never going to hear the end of it from him, being in 1st after round 7...
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« Reply #12 on: November 13, 2005, 05:56:15 am » |
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Yes, that would be our BHWC boy Nick Trudeau who came in at 65th...
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« Reply #13 on: November 13, 2005, 11:54:23 am » |
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Yes, that would be our BHWC boy Nick Trudeau who came in at 65th...
Day 1 was 8 rounds, they only showed the first 7: 31 Trudeau, Nick * 21 69.24 This is after round 9. |
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« Reply #14 on: November 13, 2005, 01:10:41 pm » |
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Take a look ya'lls. Rich Shay is rollin'!
Lam Phan and Nick Trudeau seem to be doing well for themselves as well.
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« Reply #15 on: November 13, 2005, 02:27:34 pm » |
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I can answer lots of questions about the Grand Prix and the decklists if anyone is curious.
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« Reply #16 on: November 13, 2005, 02:48:07 pm » |
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What did you play?
Is Rich really with Stasis Vault?
Did you see any Storm combo decks?
How large was the playskill gap between Pros and pure Legacy players as seen from the floor (and not from the standings)?
What was the funniest moment of your tournament? What was the most annoying?
Did you see Survival-decks and Togs?
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« Reply #17 on: November 13, 2005, 03:10:51 pm » |
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What did you play?
Is Rich really with Stasis Vault?
Did you see any Storm combo decks?
How large was the playskill gap between Pros and pure Legacy players as seen from the floor (and not from the standings)?
What was the funniest moment of your tournament? What was the most annoying?
Did you see Survival-decks and Togs?
I played a mix between the list that Paul Mastriano top 4ed with at the trial and Rich Shay's list - Rich, Paul, and I brainstormed the night before and came up with a consensus list. I saw only Iggy Pop and Solidarity as the storm decks. The playskill gap was not evident in day one because the pros were not really facing non-pros in a concentrated manner. The funniest moment of the tournament was the death threat to paul mastriano. The most annoying is losing to Tog on turn four when the only spell they played was Tog, but they dredged the Golgari troll thing twice. |
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« Reply #18 on: November 13, 2005, 03:22:41 pm » |
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Were goblins absolutely everywhere?
Were finding Vaults a problem at the dealers?
What was the consensus about legacy among the amateurs and pros. Did they like it or not?
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« Reply #19 on: November 13, 2005, 04:17:19 pm » |
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What happened to Affinity?
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« Reply #20 on: November 13, 2005, 04:46:20 pm » |
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The funniest moment of the tournament was the death threat to paul mastriano.Â
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« Reply #21 on: November 13, 2005, 05:17:11 pm » |
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Lam Phan made the top 8
Rich Shay ends up 20th
I think I recognize the #1 seed in the top 8, Paul Serignese. I am pretty sure he used to play in all the Waterbury tournaments before they got super-huge. Perhaps someone else can confirm this
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« Reply #22 on: November 13, 2005, 05:22:14 pm » |
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Lam Phu - Threshold
They keep misspelling people's names today. They did the same thing at the Legacy champs. |
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« Reply #23 on: November 13, 2005, 05:30:24 pm » |
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[12:25am] [Smmenen] let me just put it this way
[12:25am] [Smmenen] i do not believe
[12:25am] [Smmenen] that LANDSTILL will make top 8
[12:25am] [Smmenen] at GP phily
[12:25am] [Smmenen] i think landstill is shit
[12:25am] [Smmenen] and i'll stand by it
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« Reply #24 on: November 13, 2005, 05:58:50 pm » |
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Lam Phu - Threshold
They keep misspelling people's names today. They did the same thing at the Legacy champs. Apparently Lam can't play a non-Birdshit deck in any format In other news Fisher lost his last 3 rounds, ending up at 36th place and 17th rated amateur missing both prize structures by a tad |
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« Reply #25 on: November 13, 2005, 06:01:58 pm » |
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BHWC rep Nick Trudeau (nickvos on here and The Source) finished the Swiss in 27th place with 30 points, piloting our version of ATS, tweaked by Aaron West of BHWC. Yes, ATS. There's no white splash. Nick typically plays 4C Landstill, but audibled into ATS in the last couple of days. Unfortunately, he couldn't get to 33 points (one match win short!) to Top 8. Nick finished tied in the standings with other notable pros such as Osyp Lebedowicz (who Nick lost to earlier, playing Affinity with Jitte and Needle main), Rich Shay (playing the UR StasisFlameVault deck), Anthony Impellizieri, and Gerard Fabiano. I know one of his other losses was to Tom Smart, who finished the Swiss rounds in 8th, and who also won his 3 byes at the trial the night before (playing RW Vial Goblins with StP main and Armageddon in the sideboard). That being said, Nick should be in line for a decent payout, by getting $250 for Top 32'ing, as well as who knows how much for the amateur prizes (anywhere between another $250 to $1500). The final standings of Swiss can be found here: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgevent/gpphi05/stand14EDIT: I found out some more info on Nick's lossesNick finished 10-4, and his only losses were to pro Osyp (playing Affinity w/Jitte and Needle main), another pro Ervin Tormos (who was 7th at PT LA, and who was playing Affinity), and two BOTH of the Goblin decks that made Top 8 (Tom Smart, as well as Sonne, who won the whole thing). In our testing our version of ATS had a very strong game against Goblins, especially after board, but Nick said he had to mulligan to 5 in both matches against Goblins, which pretty much directly resulted in him losing those matches. |
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« Reply #26 on: November 13, 2005, 06:20:36 pm » |
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Smmenen must have had a bye, too. His current rating is 1907, and I don't believe it was <1850 on september 5th.
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« Reply #27 on: November 13, 2005, 06:28:10 pm » |
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Smmenen must have had a bye, too. His current rating is 1907, and I don't believe it was <1850 on september 5th.
He had one bye. He would have had more, but Wizards said that eternal ratings wouldn't count towards byes, so he played in a bunch of sanctioned events at Gencon and lost a few crucial ratings points before they reversed their position and made eternal rating relevant again. |
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« Reply #28 on: November 13, 2005, 06:32:07 pm » |
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« Reply #29 on: November 13, 2005, 06:59:11 pm » |
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Were goblins absolutely everywhere?
Were finding Vaults a problem at the dealers?
What was the consensus about legacy among the amateurs and pros. Did they like it or not?
The dealers had a million vaults. I don't think they sold many. So finding vaults was not a problem if you were willing to shell out. Goblins was EVERYWHERE. There was no consensus on Vault. People weren't even talking about it much. What happened to Affinity?
Gadiel was playing it and did pretty well. Double post merged.
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