las-vegas-grand-slam-5-6-00
Title: las-vegas-grand-slam-5-6-00
Author: Chris "Vespa" Hines
Date: May 10, 2000
I can honestly say that this was the most fun I have had in awhile. The Vacation Village was awesome in its support for this tournament and I have to give Samantha Wrobel a lot of credit. Coffee, soda and water were all provided at no charge to my players. The room was perfect and there was plenty of room.
YJ Report
28 people entered this tournament including two females who hailed from Phoenix, Arizona. I ran the tournamnet by myself. It seems the YJ Council Member had some paperwork issues to take care of and he couldn't make it. My fellow Tournamnet Directors wanted to play so I let them. It was kind of hectic, but I enjoyed the chaos. The tournament started a little late, 10:15 instead of 9:30 but I vowed to make up time. There was very good competition. I saw Gungan decks, tank decks, Amidala decks, Senators, and just about everything else. At the end of the three hour tournament one player stood out...
1. TIM GUZMAN 10(+83) Las Vegas
followed by a host of others
2. Zachary Erwin 10(+82) San Diego
3. Pat McLemore 10(+79) Las Vegas
4. Joey Cole 8(+95) Las Vegas
5. Brad Bedlion 8 (+38) Las Vegas (NV State Champ)
6. Andrew Cole 8 (+32) Las Vegas (brother to Joey above)
7. Jennifer Ekstrom 8 (+25) Phoenix (one of two female players)
8. Keith Melcic 8 (+22) Las Vegas (his first YJ Tournament!)
Note the range between the differential of Tim and Pat .. 4 points!!!
Prizes were packs of YJ Council, MODM, some Darth Maul figures (0000) and some other miscellaneous prizes. Everyone went away happy with the unique experience.
Thanks to everyone who showed up for YJ
Onto Star Wars ...
I had 52 players from all over the Southwest and a few players from Michigan as well. I want to thank Brad Bedlion and Robert Corbett for helping me run this tournament. They helped make it a smooth running affair. The tournament started at 1:15 p.m., 45 minutes late. Several rounds were delayed by players who had wandered off and forgot to be back quickly. The tournament ended at 9:45 p.m. Unfortunately I did not get to see all of the games that were played. Listed below is a rough breakdown of the decks that were played minus the top eight. Check out www.decktech.net for Josh Martin's in-depth report of the whole tournament. Thanks to Decipher for the uncut sheets, everybody loved them. The rest of the prize support was provided by me. Several rulings were made but nothing outside of the unusual. One hypothetical questions was asked and I did not have an answer for it.. Does a converted (to the DS) Master Luke still retain his game text???
here is the breakdown of the deck types (placing 7-52)
DS Ralltiir Ops: 8 DS Mains: 11
Court: 8 MWYHL: 7
HDADTJ: 6 Throne: 7
LS Mains+: 5 DS Space: 5
LS Space: 3
HB : 4
Sienar: 3 Profit: 4
Mystery: 3 LS Ops: 2
#'s : 2 RTP: 1
CCT: 2 LS Sabacc: 1
TDIGWATF: 1 Hoth: 1
Endor Ops: 1 Tosche: 1
DS Ops: 1 ISB 1
The final results:
1. James Lafferty 10 (+103) San Diego
2. Ryan Schueller 10 (+196) Riverside (Won the Final Confrontation)
3. Kyle Craft 10 (+90) Colorado Springs
4. Tim Guzman 10 (+79) Las Vegas (2nd good Tourney placing)
5. Eric Bruen 9 (+117) Sunland
6. Ben Van Buskirk 9 (+70) San Diego
7. Christopher Hood 8 (+70) Las Vegas (up and coming filmmaker)
8. Brandon Gravo 8 (+54) Henderson
Light Side Wins :75
Modified LS Wins :5
Dark Side Wins :70
Modified DS Wins :6
Everybody was a good sport and I saw a lot of politeness on the part of the players.I was really impressed with the turnout and I am glad to have run this most esteemed tournament. Everybody loved the location, except Girard who lost his hotel reservation and he didn't have a confirmation number.
Regionals is next and I plan to make it another FUN affair. See you on the circuit my fellow SM's
Chris Hines
GOLD 8 - Las Eisley