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« on: January 28, 2006, 01:01:28 pm » |
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So, initial estimates indicate there are something around 180 people in attendance. Lots of people have byes, so after round 1 not much has happened, but here's what's going on:
Kowal, who lost to some silly brokenness, is on Team Drunken Ninja along with Angelo and DAVE FEINSTEIN.
Eastman lost.
Brassy is in game 3, but doesn't look good.
Travis LaPlante will probably do well in the team competition, as he's apparantly on 6 or 7 of them.
More to follow later.
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« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2006, 02:18:54 pm » |
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184 people total.
Archetype breakdown is as follows:
Stax 25
Fish 20
Oath 17
Gifts 13
Tendrils 10
FCG 10 (includes non-foodchain lists)
CS 9
Dragon 5
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Other 60
The tournament is really defined by all those "other" lists, which include older archetypes like sui, 4cc, sligh/burn, and newer stuff like threshold, flamevault combo, and just random piles. Lots of stax for NE, though.
To come: people doing well (once more than two rounds are over), and a breakdown of how many people paid to go above 10 proxies.
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« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2006, 02:36:41 pm » |
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Thanks for the information. This looks like an awesome tournament.
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T1: Arsenal
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« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2006, 02:43:07 pm » |
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25 stax vs. 9 CS?
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« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2006, 02:44:17 pm » |
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Even more surprising, more Gifts and Oath thn CS. Has slaver fallen out of style in NE?
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« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2006, 02:45:18 pm » |
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Even more surprising, more Gifts and Oath thn CS. Has slaver fallen out of style in NE?
Is it surprising that Gifts is becoming more popular? I am looking forward to the Stax games in the t8. |
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« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2006, 03:18:33 pm » |
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I'd like to know how many people are playing The Mountain Wins Again, which can be identified by its signature Genju of the Spires and Plateau.
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« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2006, 03:28:57 pm » |
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As far as I know, there were supposed to be at least 4 people playing it. Not sure if that number is accurate since I wasn't able to attend.
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« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2006, 04:37:59 pm » |
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CS+Gifts < Stax
Gifts < Oath
WTF? Did they move Waterbury to Chicago without telling me?
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« Reply #9 on: January 28, 2006, 04:38:51 pm » |
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Just talked to Outlaw and he dropped me this info:
Brassman is 4-0
Roland Chang is 4-0
Crossman Wilkins is 3-1
Outlaw is 2-2 and needs to win out to make Top 16
Not much info, but Outlaw tells me he's been playing against pretty much nothing but bad decks all day. I'll check in with him again later.
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« Reply #10 on: January 28, 2006, 04:57:40 pm » |
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Justin got pwned by Meandecks newest tech. Paul Mastriano (creator of Type four) is playing Kevin Cron's latest tech. Go Roland! Take home that waterbury!
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« Reply #11 on: January 28, 2006, 05:26:19 pm » |
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Those results are not 100% accurate.
Here are some of the recognizable names who are at least 3-1:
Nate Pease (4-0)
Travis Laplante (4-0)
Brian Demars (3-0-1)
Paul Nicolo (3-0-1)
Roland Chang (3-1)
Mike Jacob (3-1)
Crossman Wilkins (3-1)
David Lawrence (3-1)
Stephen Houdlette (3-1)
Brassman (3-1)
those are in tiebreaker order.
more to come as rounds progress!
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« Reply #12 on: January 28, 2006, 05:34:30 pm » |
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Wow. My predictions might come true. I am awesome.
Would it be possible for us to know out of those 25 stax decks how many are ubastax?
Thank you for these ongoing results, I love them.
You guys rock.
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[17:25] Desolutionist: i hope they reprint empty the warrens as a purple card in planar chaos |
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« Reply #13 on: January 28, 2006, 05:54:27 pm » |
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Suffice to say, the infinity Stax and infinity random pwnd my Fishes.
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« Reply #14 on: January 28, 2006, 07:09:40 pm » |
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After Round 6, from Kowal.
Zheng scrubbed out, Brassy's out, DA is out.
LaPlante is X-1
Kowal, Chang, Hatcher, and Outlaw are X-2.
Supposedly Josh Franklin is in decent shape.
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« Reply #15 on: January 28, 2006, 07:44:48 pm » |
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184 people total.
Archetype breakdown is as follows:
Stax 25
Fish 20
Oath 17
Gifts 13
Tendrils 10
FCG 10 (includes non-foodchain lists)
CS 9
Dragon 5
and
Other 60
The tournament is really defined by all those "other" lists, which include older archetypes like sui, 4cc, sligh/burn, and newer stuff like threshold, flamevault combo, and just random piles. Lots of stax for NE, though.
To come: people doing well (once more than two rounds are over), and a breakdown of how many people paid to go above 10 proxies.
These numbers add up to 169 not 184, so that's 15 decklists not accounted for. This is worse than the time I voted for Al Gore in Florida, I demand a recount. |
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« Reply #16 on: January 28, 2006, 07:58:14 pm » |
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These numbers add up to 169 not 184, so that's 15 decklists not accounted for. The decklists were sorted by last name, and one of the letter's file was out for a deckcheck. It should be 15 random decks then that aren't in that list, so statistically the numbers originally listed are still relevant. Here is an update including round 6. I'm copying this directly from Ray's standings sheet. 18 points: Seth Levy Michael Heherington Douglas Menger 16 points: Caleb Rozwic 15 points: Bob Mahannah Terence O'Beirne Jeff Carpenter Corey Mann Vincent Forino Steven Capsouras Kent Kolbig Travis Laplante Brendan Ward Steven Bean Josh Meches Gary Steffens 13 points: Brian Demars Nate Pease David Henry Jon Smithers Louis Gentile Kevin Folinus Rob Costanza Stephen Houdlette John Longo A few of the BAJILLION 12 point people will be in contention, dependent on future performance and tiebreakers. The meta is as random as Waterbury has ever been. There is ALL sorts of stuff here as well as at the top tables. |
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« Reply #17 on: January 28, 2006, 08:29:44 pm » |
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wow, this is amazing. stax in the NE.
Wish i could have made it out there, so reading it will have to do.
Could anyone say what "cron's new tech" is?!?!?
as a cron stax junkie i HAVE to find out.
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« Reply #18 on: January 28, 2006, 09:31:48 pm » |
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nothing new yet?
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« Reply #19 on: January 28, 2006, 09:37:30 pm » |
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Yeah, tons of new stuff. We are all just keeping it from you.
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« Reply #20 on: January 28, 2006, 09:39:27 pm » |
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Last I heard was that Nate Pease (Jigglypuff) was 6-1 and Crossman Wilkins was 5-1-1, with those two being the last two GGs members in contention. Hopefully this info is more accurate than the last I got.  If I hear anything else I'll be sure to post it. |
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« Reply #21 on: January 28, 2006, 09:42:12 pm » |
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Just got a call from Kowal.
Kowal is 6-2, looking to get in at maybe 15th or 16th.
Crossman is out, Tyler is out, Chang is out.
Demars, Hatcher, and Laplante are probably in.
Few name players in the top, they've mostly been scrubbing out.
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« Reply #22 on: January 28, 2006, 10:02:48 pm » |
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I'm sorry for this question, I really should know it, but:
Is there a top 16? If so or if not, how many people does it take to get a Top 16?
I would be sad if I didn't get into the single elim in a 180 man tournament if I only missed it by a few tiebreakers, like I got 9th or 13th.
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« Reply #23 on: January 28, 2006, 10:13:23 pm » |
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Yes, they cut to Top 16. As far as I know, Ray did this simply because with a big field he found it fairer to cut to 16 rather than the normal eight. I don't think there is a cut-off for making a tournament have a Top 16 rather than a Top 8 because, if memory serves, all sanctioned tournaments go to top 8, regardless of how many people attend.
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« Reply #24 on: January 28, 2006, 11:14:35 pm » |
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Does anyone know who the top 16 are yet, and what they're playing?
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« Reply #25 on: January 28, 2006, 11:28:33 pm » |
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More news.
Kowal did not make it in. There were apparantly a "shitton" of X-2's.
Kowal is also reasonably certain that Demars did not make it in.
Nate Pease and Steve Houdlette (Grand Inquisitor) are in.
This will probably be my last update, Kowal is going home.
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« Reply #26 on: January 28, 2006, 11:42:10 pm » |
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Looks like the Beanie Exchange will take this one home again.
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« Reply #27 on: January 29, 2006, 12:25:25 am » |
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yeah, me playing vintage friggorid... i didn't see fish, control or stax (my good matchups)... my first 5 rounds were 3 storm combo and 2 dragon... *sigh*
yeah, alot of no-namers made top 16, no idea what they were playing. blah. i hate magic.
kowal owes me a game because he signed one of my cards without playing me >.<
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« Reply #28 on: January 29, 2006, 01:27:40 am » |
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Im VERY curious as to how JuggyGo (travis) did, considering I've actually been talking and working with him on some stuff.
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« Reply #29 on: January 29, 2006, 01:30:48 am » |
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