rochester-ny-7-31-99
Title: rochester-ny-7-31-99
Author: Dan "Giddyup21" Kurycki
Date: Aug 11, 1999
This was a regular SWCCG sanctioned tournament. I arrived a little late, but everyone was trading so it was all right I turned out I was 14 and now there wouldn't be a bye! So everyone was happy. Anyways, I traded for another Concussion Grenade(Junkin is key!). The only really high ranked player there was Chris Janiak. We started and this is how it went:
I start out against Matt Quirk(sp?) He starts with Throne Room/Swamp/Farm and I am kinda scared since I know it must be pretty good with that start and I start my usual Imp. Occupation/Eriadu/Swamp/Twi'Lek There Is No Try(he's playing sense/alter I assume). His first turn he drops a nudj from hand and gets one to swamp from reserve, then draws. We both draw a lot this game. I get a horrible hand and end up drawing about 2-3 turns and finally get enough to flip. 5th turn flip and the battling starts. He alters Nightfall, and then we battle. I get 2 destinies almost every battle and hat is enough to wipe out most of his mains. He probably Moved away/killed 5 operatives with Obi-wan(ops at both adj. sites). The game goes a while, but in the end I put down ops/buddies and drain him out. He had Obi/Luke on my planet the entire game! Thank god for Imperial Arrest Order!!! I pull it out for the 4 card win with 2 minutes before he was gonna call it!
2(+4)
My second game I play the lowest ranked light side player because every Dark Side player won. I played the Adam Nobles who had lost to Chris Janiak by 28! I wasn't surprised though... Se we start. I start Throne Room/Swamp/Farm him Ralltiir Ops. I know this games in the bag cause my decks always kill Ralltiir ops, even if that's all they can do! I get a Nudj down first turn but no revolution! Anyways, I get a revo/Goo Nee Tay/Battle Plan for the first turn that I draw up. Decond turn, deploy all the above plus another nudj and draw. Third turn he's activating 3 force per turn and I'm activating a lot more(with all the twix Yavin 4 sites out). He deploys enough troopers to flip and moves them to the swamp. I then realize that Battle Order overrides Swamp text so I deploy Han and Leia to his site. I battle, Hit 2 guys, and draw a high destiny. That clears the site but I have to lose Han. His next turn he deploys Coruscant and says he hopes I don't have another revo. My turn, Revo. Drop Obi/Saber/Electrobinocs to Ralltiir. Find a 7 on top and play On The Edge for 6. The game ends with me retrieving everything and recirculating everything else with traffic control. I drain him out. Win by 42. Good first ever game for my light deck!
4(+46)
Third Game Vs Jason Stewart's Notorious HDADTJ(only notorious to me because he beats me Almost every time with it...). I start the same with my light, him with Everything from Hunt Down and Bad Feeling. I get a revo opening hand but am too afraid to use it(I know he has 3-5 Suprises in his deck and that could hurt on the 2-0 site I had already put out...) So I get down 2 Nudjs and get Obi to a non-battleground with Binocs and I get a 1 on top for a sense. Then I deploy Revo on his Med Chamber. Surprise...Sense...Worked. Suprise Again...DoH! Doesn't work...he breaks the lock. Doesn't matter cause next turn he deploys Downtown Plaza and saves. Following Turn Deploys Vader/Tarkin and Elises for 4 to Obi-Wan. He uses his last 4 to elis so he can't battle, so he just initiate an epic duel. I draw a 7!!! and a 1 :-(. He plays focused attack and draws three crappy destinies but it is enough to beat me by 1. I cry and lose obi and 9. That's when the game turns bad. His Next turn he deploys Bane Malar and Blizzard 2 and moves over to drain at 2 sites. Then he monnoks me for 4 senses and 3 on the edges(doesn't really matter, I lost 4 7 destinies in a row from obi's 9. I lose the game after that.
Full loss: 34(it amazes me how he always uses so many card and STILL wins by so much...)
4(+12)
Then we take a lunch break where I go to Del Taco and get some AMAZING Chili Cheese Fries...
4th Game Vs. Michael Nobles who for once has a very good deck! I am always giving this kid cards and helping him and his brother on deck strategy but this game he is in a bad mood for some reason. He is playing Dantooine Ops and he starts Insurrection. I didn't see any Noble Sacrifices all game but I did see Savrip. I win easy after he decides he can't win and pcks up his reserve. I am kinda mad cause I have like 4-5 used interrupts in my hand, but I let him and just tell him not to do it becuase he'd have to leave the tournament if I had cared. I don't remember what I won by though...15 maybe.
5th Game Vs. Chris Janiak's HDADTJ. He tells me I am gonna win easy and I say that he is. I tell him my deck sucks againts HDADTJ but he is afraid of all my 7's so he never Duels(thank God!) I have him down to a 2 force per turn lock until he starts drawing and finally gets and Evader. Next turn I revolve the sites again and play On The Edge(which he Hell To Pays) to get back all my Revos. This was an ugly game, and I cancelled Visage second turn. He was having a horrible time and Vader only hit the table once, right in time for bron burs to make a suicide run and draw a 7 to kill Vader. I win by 20 or so.
8(+40?)
My last game I am paired up against Charles Clarkson who always has a good light side mains deck. Today he is using all the endor mains along with the usual Obi's and Luke's. So, I start good with a second turn flip which he meets my operatives with some good Ol' mains! They die, so do his mains. I have the advantage because my guys are cheaper, drain better, and I have Imperial Arrest Order down so he can't nabrun. He does a VERY cheap play and the tournament director says it's legal, which I assure him it's not but that's ok. He has 9 force total and I have Sunsdown out. He deploys Obi with Stick to an operative and Garindan. He initiates with 3 in reserve. He swings and hits my Op and Draws a 3 to Sunsdown. Then he plays Smoke Screen with no reserve and the TD says he can! I know he can't but there's nothing I can do so he does and I Ghhhk. The TD asks if it would make a difference and I say I woulda like to save the ghhhk but hey. Anyways, my drain are too much. Full Win by 15?
10(+55?)
I come in second place to Jason Stewart(Grrrr...)
Dan Kurycki- Who's Rating went up 26 points from this tournament(all the way up to 1891) yay...Waiting for that 1900 mark! Thanks again!