austin-texas-10-16-99
Title: austin-texas-10-16-99
Author: Jeremy "Degenx" Losee
Date: Oct 30, 1999
something back. This was the first tourney I've been to in over 8 months due to work, so I expected to feel
the full wrath of many of the different strategies. This was also my first tourney in a new region, having just
moved from Tattoine to Dantooine. Picking decks is always hard, especially against unknown players.
Having no feel for the local game, I decided to have fun with my decks. I took a Dark Tatooine Occupation
and a Light DOS to Jedi Knight Ph.D.. My goal was to have fun and finish at 3-3 for the day. This was the
annual Halloween Tourney where costumes were encouraged. I took a pass on that. The decision on who
would win costume of the day was never in doubt, thanks to Chris Gregg, errr Queen Amidala or Queen
Gregg. While not nearly as revealing as his Slave Leia from last year, he made a lovely queen. My wife was
impressed with the boots and dress, but couldn't get over the eyebrows. Pluck'em next time, Chris. This also
was a sendoff to Matt Lush before Worlds. He was sporting the full Pimp Daddy look with a great jacket
and a fly hat. Best of luck at Worlds, Matt. All stuff aside , lets get to the games.
Game 1 DS Vs LS HB/ RFC Kessel Runs/ Wise Advice
I had started with Combat Readiness to Pull The System and Jabbas Palace first turn, but changed to
Security Precautions on Jabbas Palace. I dug for the Audience chamber and put out Jundland Wastes.
Monnok first turn netted 2 Bulk Cruisers and revealed a lack of characters. On his turn, he deployed
several systems (Ralitir, Kessel, ...). This gave me more than enough force to deploy some big blue from my
hand. Blizzard 2, pilot and some little alien Named M’iiyoom Onith as a passenger. He deployed Boshek to
Kessel and proceeded to fortify it with tons of ships. Every turn from here out, Onith eats every character in
sight. Obi, Han, Wedge. They all went while setting up a steady drain on with a Presence of the force, And
ETE on the wastes. Feeling pretty good I decide to invade space and probe. I know the base is Kessel. I
put out Vaders Shuttle, Ozzel and some other pilot and move to probe. Only he hasn't flipped yet. This is
going to hurt. Next turn, he cleans the sight out and I lose a few cards. After losing every character things
are looking bad. He plays a Kessel run on Boshek at Corillia, moves to Kessel. I draw destiny: Dag Cave.
Goodbye Boshek. Now it's down to a drain race. He flips and I start looking for any ships or battle order.
No luck till at the very end, vader and tarkin probed Kessel ending the game. Full win 2(+15)
Highlights: Drawing 0 on a Kessel run to lose the ship and Boshek.
Lowlights: Trying to probe before the flip.
Game 2 LS MWYHL vs DS Ice Plains/Combat Readiness3rd Marker(?)/Broken Concentration
That summed it up right there. Broken concentration was rough. Luckily he had a hard time drawing sites.
That let me stay in the game for some time. While struggling with DOS as she plodded through tests,
Ben/Saber was always thinking with his stomach, only to be found later By Luke, Kal fal And Orimarrko
who knocked Vader off of Hoth. Unfortunately U-3PO joined the party and that was that. Never a sorry
about the mess when I needed one. Eventually DOS trained and flipped, but he was too spread out. This
game was close as I searched for an on the edge, Vader landed at the Hut with Bossk In hounds tooth and
time ran out. I had 11 to his 14 (2 +1)
Highlights: It was a good game. I was amazed that I was able to survive that long. Unfortunately, training
that far loses too many cards to come back from.
Lowlights: 4 lost Grimtaashs netted me 0 cards. This was a well balanced deck.
Game 3 DS vs Endor Bunker
This game was the one I hate to play. The kid has no deck protectors and a bunch of Ewoks. Now that's not
saying that those are bad but the combo can kill. The power of the dark was too much too fast as the
Tempests took over Endor with the force he gave. FW by 40 4(41)
Highlights: Trampling General Solo
Lowlights: Playing a newcomer and demolishing him. With differential being so important in todays
tourneys I Had No Choice.
Game 4 LS Battle Order vs HDADTJ(Presence Of The Force, Epic Duel, VOTE)
This game hurt from the start. Vader first turn, I draw my only DOS in my opening hand and am losing to
VOTE every turn. I had 2 Transmission Terminated, just couldn't find them. Going to plan B, I train EPP
Luke because of the decipher rulings on MWYHL. Obi/saber deploys to Executor moves to holotheatre to
cancel visage. Next turn he is lost in a battle with Djas Puhr. While Luke trains away, Vader and Tarkin
chill in the Cantina having a cold one, admiring Vaders saber and sharing a few steveweisers. VOTE is
redeployed, canceled with Trans Term instantly. Chewie and Epp Han roam the executor till they bump in
to U-3PO. I really need to put 2 SATM in this deck. He slowly drains thanks to test 1, I slowly train. Webb
goes undercover in the Cantina. By luck I stone pile Bubo. Here I made the second major mistake. Alters
should have been +8, but I let it go at +4. The first mistake will be in the Lowlights. Hindsight is 20/20.
Luke flips with a 6 on test 5. I retrieve some with On the Edge but he spreads and I'm losing too many too
fast. Time is getting close, I draw my last 3 in the final minute to make sure he gets the full 2 points.
FL(-19)4(+22)
Highlights: Luke Trains to Test 5 with a 6. That's twice I 've trained to test 5. Too bad both have been
losses.
Lowlights: I started Battle Order. Had I actually read my text, I should have made him pay for every force
drain. I never did the whole game. That could have slowed it to that crawl I needed to win. Two mistakes
from the rust of an 8-month layoff and I pay. It was a good deck though and still probably would have won.
Game 5 LS Battle Order vs A Lot of ties
This Kid impressed me. While not having the card wealth that a lot of player do, he built a cool tie deck that
really pushed me. He managed to Talon roll the Falcon with Epp Han and Chewie aboard. He played a lot
of interrupts that boosted his ties. Man I hated those. I trained DOS to test 5 with a 6 on it and decided to
exact revenge. With Han and Chewie aboard the Spiral drawing 6’s they cleared the spacelanes, chased off
the Executor and saved the day. Still a young kid learning but he was fun to play. FW(+22) 6(+44)
Highlights: Him talon rolling the Falcon. DOS To test 5 and actually winning.
Lowlights: None.
Game 6 DS vs LS Nudji/Revolver/Farm....
I could see this one coming. I changed my usual start, went with Jabbas Palace and BFHI to try to slow him
down. Deployed DS my first turn with the Audience Chamber. I didn’t really have any strong characters in
hand to start and that hurt. Down Came Obi/Lightsaber Pro/Obis Saber. Not good. EPPs blitzed me,
attritioned off walkers and ruled Tatooine. I managed to put up some minor resistance but not enough.
FL(-16) 6(+28)
While not a sterling day, I made a few mistakes but I had fun while doing it. It’s been awhile since I can say
that about SWCCG. Brian is a great TD who went out of the way to make sure we had excellent prize
support, (Something we lacked in Utah). i look forward to the next tourney in the area. I met the infamous
Chris Gregg, dress and all. Maybe eyeliner would help. Next year? All in all it was a good day full of good
agmes and learning experiences. I posted some stats below from Brians post if anyone is interested
about what was played. I wish Matt the best of luck at Worlds. Thanks--Degenx---
Here are the final statistics and standings:
Number of Players: 20
Number of Games: 59 (1 bye in game 1)
LS Wins: 33 (56%)
DS Wins: 26 (44%)
Games called on time: 3
Largest Margin of Victory: 42
Smallest Margin of Victory: 3
Brians deck poll revealed the following 40 decks in play:
Light Side
Revolution/Nudj/Force Choke (x7)
Hidden Base (x4)
Jedi Training (x3) - 2 trained to 5, 1 trained to 2
Ewok Swarm (x3)
Operatives (x1)
Tatooine Mains and Toys (x1)
Hoth Main Power Generators (x1)
Dark Side
Hunt Down and Destroy (x4)
Mains Beatdown w/SAC (x3)
TIE Wakeelmui Retrieval (x3)
Jabba's Palace Aliens (x2)
Operatives (x2)
Trooper Assault (x2)
Endor Operations (x2)
Tatooine Occupation (x1)
ISB Operations (x1)