vancouver-british-columbia-20-5-01
Title: vancouver-british-columbia-20-5-01
Author: Cole "Rabid Wookie" Roche
Date: May 22, 2001
So even though I am a two-hour drive from the tournament I still get to sleep in because it doesn’t start until 12:30. For this tournament, because I feel like being un-original I am playing a tweaked version of Raveling SYCFA TIEs for dark and my Profit Mains for light which has gone un-defeated for the past 3 tourneys.
So, when I get to Hyperlight I buy a pack of R2, get some pathetic garbage not woth talking about, so I’ll shut up. Ok, on to the junk that people read.
Game One: Vs. Ellis Kwok
My TIE Shoot-em Up vs. Hidden Base X-wings Flip.
He starts with DODN/WA, YISYW, and something else. I start Secret Plans, TINT/OE, and Mob. Points.
I get a great starting hand, with Sienar Fleet Systems, Sullust, 3 TIE Interceptors, Emperor’s Shield, Main Course and All Power To Weapons.
I grab Wakeelmui and play SFS there. I grab DS War Room and deploy it and deploy an Interceptor to the DS Docking Bay. I draw up and get a TIE gun, Fighters Coming In and Relentless Pursuit. So next turn I can hold a system with just one of my TIEs. And I’m activating a ton.
On his turn he deploys Mantellian Savrip, Kessel, and five X-wings to Rendezvous point and moves them to Sullust.
On my turn I deploy The Shield and one Interceptor with TIE laser. I battle, shoot down one of his X-wings and play All Power To Weapons. He doesn’t play Organised Attack, so I’m happy. He ends up forfeiting Chewbacca of Kashyyyk from hand. Damn! I am so stupid I forgot about Savrip!
So on his turn he deploys two systems from hand and one from deck. He then deploys Haven to Sullust. He brings out Independence and Defiance and five X-wings. I take a beating for about 14 force and he just forfeits some scrub from hand. Then he moves his ships to Kessel and Kiffex.
So, things are looking very bad for me, but I battle him a few times and make him lose to his own Draw Their Fire and retrieve when I deploy the TIEs. I shoot down almost all of his X-wings and at this time I am draining him for 2 at Kashyyyk and he is draining me for 3 at Kessel and 2 at Kiffex, but I am canceling the Kessel drain with Dreaded Imperial Starfleet with my Interceptors.
So we are draining for the same amount but he has more life force. We drain each other for a few turns, not wanting to spread out for fear of getting beaten down. When I have only 3 force left in my Life Force and he has six I FINALLY realize I can make him lose 8 force by controlloing Sullust and cancelling Haven. So I do that and win by 4 force.
FW by 4
Highs: Playing Ellis. He’s great fun to play against.
Lows: Me being a stupid scrub who is blind and doesn’t read his cards properly.
Ugly: See above.
Game Two: Vs. Ellis Kwok again.
My Profit Mains vs. his Abyssin Court weird thing.
He starts All Wrapped Up, Secret Plans, and You Cannot Hide Forever. I Start with Aim High. That’s right. Just one effect.
For his 2 aliens that he gets he chooses Mighty Jabba and Fett with gun. I get another great draw: Ben, his sabre, his Journal (tech), Master Luke, Chewie Protector, two Tunnel Visions, and a Sense. God draw.
So, I activate my 6 force and Tunnel vision for a Blaster Deflection. There is nothing else in there I want so I save the other Tunnel Vision. I lose a force to Court. On his turn, he deploys Chall Bekan and Boelo to Audience Chamber. I deploy Ben, Luke, Chewie, and battle him in the Audience Chamber. I chop Chall, choke Jabba, and draw a 5 to his 1. I clean out the site.
Now he deploys some Abyssin scrubs to the Cantina. After I release Han I spread out and drain him to death in about 3 turns. Nothing else of interest happens.
FW by 27
4 Viectory Points +31 Differential
Highs: The insane starting hand I got.
Lows: None
Ugly: See "Highs"
Game Three: Vs. Kevin Wan
This will be a cool game, because Kevin is a great opponent and he’s hilarious. Plus, he fears me!
OK, so it is my TIEs vs. his MWYHL training Luke to Test 6.
This game was pretty un-eventful, but by turn three I had tracked one of my systems and I overloaded Luke’s Lightsaber, blowing Luke to bloody little chunks and giving Yoda some stew-making material. That slowed Kevin down a bit. On my turn before he completes Test 5 I deploy CHYBCoward and cancel his retrieval. After he stacks a 7 on Test 5 he brings a Super Falcon with Corran aboard and battles me. Hmmm... since I just lost my Flawless marksmanship of my deck to a drain, I’ll have to draw a 6, and even if I do he will still play A Few maneuvers, since he has a ton of them in his deck. So I got that sh!t pounded out of me and that pretty much ends the game.
I get in a few more drains and I finally lose from Test 6 eating me alive.
FL by 9
4 Victory Points +22 Differential
Highs: Blowing Luke up! "Hey Yoda; why is my lightsaber shaking like this?" "Touching my things you should not be, now give it back!" Ok, I will admit, that made less than no sense. In fact, it made anti-sense!
Lows: Losing something like 25 force from one battle
Ugly: Uh... Me? lol
Game Four: My Profit o’ Doom vs. Vincent Lee’s Hunt Down Dueling 7’s. This game was over on my second turn pretty much. He deploys Darth Vader with his Lightsaber and Lietenant Cabbel. I deploy Ben. Surprise surprise! He plays Circle. I play Armed and Dangerous to grab Ben’s Stick. So we both have sabers and I’m 7 to his 6. We draw destiny. I draw 3 and 4. He draw..... 2 sites! So, Vader bought the farm and then Ben got to beat on Cabbel. He loses another 9 force. Now he deploys Back Door, Fprest Clearing, and some other drain-two site and starts draining me like mad. I go and free Han and then I finally outdrain him, but not after taking quite a beating in force loss.
FW by 9 force
6 Victory Points +31 Differential.
Highs: Obi spanking Vader for being bad.
Lows: Getting drained for so much.
Ugly: Him blind-dueling Obi and drawing 2 zeros.
So Kevin Staley takes first place. I come in fourth and I get the random draw for the foil Sense, so I’m happy. Can’t remember what anybody else came in, sorry.
Props:
-Roxanne for being the TD and for providing us with a place to play.
-Mr. Sagan for letting me borrow one of his Harvests and not beating me for forgetting to give it back, AGAIN.
-Kevin for being the hilariously disturbed person he is.
-My mom for giving me a ride to the tourney.
-Anyone I forgot, please, I beg forgiveness.
Slops:
-Kevin for not turning his hat sideways to say "Tech"
-Me for being the stupid scrubby chump that I am.
-Brian for having to work and not coming to the tourney. ;)
And now, my own section:
Things to think about-
-Cheating is tech. jk
-"Gooey" can be said in many different way meen many different things.
-It’s impolite to grab things.
-Any deck with Tech M’or or Rebel Tech is totally teched out.
-Jawas are the evil.
-There is a common thread between Obi-Wan Kenobi, Gandalf and Jesus. They all died and were re-born in an even more powerful form.
Thanks for taking the time to read this. It is my first Tournament Report, so if I have done anything wrong just let me know. Later.