milwaukee-wi-12-18-99
Title: milwaukee-wi-12-18-99
Author: Ryan "XjedeyeX" Fojtik
Date: Dec 20, 1999
well, i get up early only to find that in fact im not going shopping this
morning, so i quick get my cards, (its like 1 and the thing starts at 1 so i
gotta leave at about 1230) and put together some decks ive been talking
about..
DS is hunt down/force advantage- plenty of characters, First Strike,
prescense of the force, no dulling, but starts the epic duel for the fakie
effect (i usually just assume people duel when im playing vs hunt down until
they prove to me otherwise), and some big blue type stuff like walkers, etc..
has all the specific counters (torture, search and destroy, sec precautions,
CHYBC, etc.) and actually doesnt bother with crush given that theyre not
going to revo all the sites i have in there anyway, and a couple are immune
anyway..
LS is force advantage starting obi's hut with a bunch of stuff to go against
various DS including mains and toys and destiny adders (only 3 of these),
landing claws, and undercover spies, along with bacta/redemption and all
kinds of nasty junk..
so the tournament has 9 people (wow, not too many) and only 3 of them are
above 1700, two of which are named fojtik (me and my bro--1950s), speaking of
which, my brother is using 2 of my decks, and im not too happy about that
when i find out hes altered them slightly to fit his 'style'.. anyhow, we
start..
First Game vs Eric Butzlaff (1500 something)
It becomes perfectly apparent hes duelling when he starts hunt down, and Op
enforcement, expecting me to come with toshci station vs. his hunt down, but
i surprise him by laying an Op enforcement of my own, and the game starts.. I
get a bunch of 2/0 sites, and he gets this weird look on his face like
'ohmygod, i cant beat revos', but luckily for him, im not playing any..
anyway, he comes down to toschi station after i play it on my turn, and
respond by putting up a bothan and EPP leia to the executor to whack visage..
he drains for 1 at toschi (vader w/saber) and lets me go.. i realize i cant
drain at the executor without flipping huntdown back (leia is there) so i lay
the lower corridor with luke and obi there, and stare at the courage of a
skywalker in my hand.. at this point i should say that there are over 25
cards that are 5 or 6 destiny in my deck, so i think im doing fine here.. so
he pciks up vader on his turn after draining, and i drain, while he doesnt
lay vader on his follwing turn (assuming he doesnt have enough duel cards?)..
so he comes down next turn with EPP vader (after deploying some stuff at obis
hut and moving it over), and duels luke.. i add a destiny, but somehow pick a
0,4,1 which just isnt enough, and luke goes to the dark side and obi goes
down.. so i lay a bothan undercover at obis hut, and put up another ben at
the cantina, with LSaber proficiency.. so im draining for 5, hes draining for
1, its not gonna work, and his walker cant follow into the cantina to fight
ben.. he picks up vader again, and i lay civil disorder on my following
turn.. battle order is in play, so were both paying for drains, but its
hurting him more because i activate about 20 and he has about 15 or so, so im
winning the generation battle.. so he finally comes down with vader and some
scrubs, initiates battle, duels, but picks a 6,1 when i pick a 5,6.. i dont
even have to use the glancing blow i have, and the swing and a miss wasnt
necessary as he didnt have his last focussed attack.. this is game over, as
he loses 9, his guys get cleared, and he gets drained out before he can pick
up and deploy another vader...
FW by 21 2 (+21)
Game 2 My DS Hunt Down vs. Tom ?? (1530) Train to 5
This is an uneventful game, as in the middle, he says something to the effect
of 'wow, you dont seem as tough as your reputation'.. its like 'thanks'..
anyway, he starts the training, and gets it going quickly, but unfortunately,
hes got counter assaults and cheese, which just simply doesnt win vs big
blue... he tries a few EPP skirmishes, but to no avail, his stuff gets
cleared, i prevent his drains and retreival with CHYBC, and ive even got
secret plans at the end, which doesnt even matter since he couldnt retreive
when he flips anyway.. he cancelled visage twice in the game, but the
constant AAA, visage, search and destroy made short work of his deck.. my
drain of 5 was enough to easily stop him.. i dont think he ever drained all
game..
FW by 25 4(+36)
Game 3 DS Hunt Down vs. Aaron Fojtik (1950s) LS Hidden base/ Numbers
Ok, this is my hidden base numbers deck, which essentially contains a bunch
of 3 destiny alien character/pilots, a bunch of spies and undercovers, and a
copy each of the EPPs.. Im not fearing numbers at this point, as ive got 3
torture, and visgae/search and destroy on my side.. he deploys a spy early to
the executor, so vader and DS-61-3 pay him a visit, and beat him up for 10...
he flips HB after i get my battlegrounds set up, and eventually i take care
of kiffex with a couple DSSDs, and 2 pilots.. to make a long story short, i
lose about 20 from numbers (i NEVER saw a torture.. my last 3 cards were
tortures, they never came up for destiny, so i couldnt track them, and he inst
erted at the end so i could activate really)... and it takes me forever to
find my ships (i lose 4 off the top out of 4 cards lost total for one #s),
and i miss his hidden base after probing 5 out of 6 systems.. still, it was
close, and visage was cancelled in the middle.. if id ever been able to find
search and destroy or AAA the game wouldve been mine.. As it was, if id been
able to probe his hidden base the game wouldve been mine.. if id been able to
find a TORTURE, the game wouldve been mine.. and i played 3 twi lek, 3
torture, and one each of those effects, so its not like it shouldve been that
hard.. this was one of those 1 in a million games...
FL by 10, 4(+26)
Highlights:Some decent battles, strategy, playing against my bro again
Lowlights:Losing to a deck i had ALL the possible counters for and really
shouldnt have lost to.. Probing 5 sytems and missing the base
Game 4 My LS Force Advantage vs. His CCT/Beatdown Heavy Character
Ok, giving my brother a deck with 23 characters in it is not the best thing
in the world when youre playing beatdown.. so i start my usual, he starts
CCT/Prescense on Obi's Hut.. So he gets vader to Obis Hut 2nd turn, and when
i ignore it with a spy+undercover, he deploys myoom with the chamber text and
decides he really wants to protect her with vader.. At this point ive got
enough force to jump, but he cant scan, and i want luke (for a destiny adder)
i draw a few instead of deploying, and he fortifies the hut with a walker and
tramples my spy, moves vader and co. over, and puts myoom in the walker..
well, i didnt get luke on my draw, and hes gonna be activating enough to pop
my hand now, so i lay a bunch of EPPs, including lando, shoot vader, and
clear the site.. well, the following turn, he responds with some more
characters, another vader, walker, tramples the hnmenthe i have, and
initiates for free with BO (haha) and nails two of my characters with a 6
destiny (i would see this 3 times during the game, totally untracked.. i
guess he plays 5 masterful moves in that deck).. anyway, so we trade battles,
and i end up leaving him alone on the hut to drain on CC.. well, he puts up
two ability 4 aliens to CC to stomp Melaas, and picks a 6, so i lose 2 or 3
and melaas, while he loses nothing (i pick a 1 and theyre immune despite the
huge destiny in my deck.. )... so he ends his turn.. well, to make a long
story short, i have both a frozen assets and a beggar in hand, and he alters
the beggar, but has no more for the FA (after i grapple his alter) and i lay
EPP luke, Han, Nabrun Orrimarko over, and initiate, play dont get @#$%y, draw
a 5,5,6, i have power 29, he has power 6 (3 destiny, 3 power), and both of
his guys end up shot.. so he loses 23 to battle damage, and one to DTF, as
well as 2 to civil disorder on his following turn.. at this point he has
about 5 cards in his deck, he gets off one last drain for 3, and i end the
game 2 turns later after his own battle order stuffs him..
FW by 22 6 (+48)
Highlights: REVENGE!!! plus it was nice to see the old school EPP tricks happe
n again.. plus i waited ALL game like a good little fella to get the jump,
and didnt waste it on clearing the site with vader, and losing both my EPPs..
Lowlights: Having to win on EPP 'cheese'..
I got third cause my dark got smeared.. dissapointing.. got a chewie (again)
in an endor pack, and a leia in my prize support..
ryan fojtik