p-o-w-s-at-vancouver-open
Title: p-o-w-s-at-vancouver-open
Author: Michael "Tweedledee" Fortman
Date: Aug 15, 2001
We received word from Doug Taylor (Red 4) our local Starwars guru that there would be a Starwars gathering of sorts at his place with the top players from Endor being there to playtest so of course Team P.O.W. would be there to show our stuff.
The Next step involved making decks and testing them out against the Meta and Net decks so we built a few and tested them against them. For light the deck we figured we should beat would be Bottomly’s WYS and the Brangus Deck or HDPodracing. Well altogether my decks sucked. I built a Hdracing deck w/numbers that could not beat WYS or Hiddenbase, and I built a YMSYL deck that I had played in a previous tourney that killed space decks and had a good chance against wys. So for dark my deck was still up in the air. For Light side I still had a RST racing deck put together but I felt that it was not solid enough. So I built what everyone else builds you guessed it WYS but w/ Harvests. So playtesting proceeded and I felt that the WYS deck was good but I didn’t like playing it so back to the drawing board.
I really wanted to play Mains and good interrupts to go with it but I also wanted a fast start to go with it so was born my Throne Room Mess. It started Throne room w/ Scrambled Transmission, Don’t Do that Again and Your insight serves you well. It ran 9 Twix’s, double of the Slave Quarters for 3po and a Heavy Sense and Alter Package. This deck was a beast in Playtesting, so I felt I had a chance with light and dark I would decide @ Doug’s house the day before the tourney.
Friday Comes around and I Go watch American Pie 2 (let me tell you this movie is freaking hilarious you should stop reading this and go watch it) After the movie I go back to my house and see a few cars lined up down the road so I figured my roommate was having a party. When I start to open the front door I see a Sobe bottle cap and the message on the cap says "Stifflers Mom" this cap was taped to the front of my door kind of weird. So I enter my house to see a drunken orgy going on so of course I have to join in the festivities.
The rest of the night consisted of me drinking two "Stifflers Mom" (drink my roommate made up for the night and was well named) a few shots of JD, a couple of Icehouses, half a Mickey’s 22 and Half a bottle of Sangria. Needless to say I was in Prime Starwars playing mood. I crash around 5:00am and wake up around 10:00 to the sounds of Sexy @#$% w/ Black tank top and Black shiny Bra (this was her name for herself during the night) puking in my toilet. So I get up go get my haircut come back take shower load up cards and go to get team P.O.W.
Stop 1 newest member of team P.O.W. Greg’s house we gather his stuff up load it in back of my car and call Mike Peralta up and he is still sleeping (he was also at wild orgy @ my house but hell I was up @ 10 so why should he be sleeping @ 1 PM) so I do the most tactful thing and tell his mom to wake him up. So we finally pick up Mike get gas have Mike get directions from the e-mail and hit the road around 3 PM. The drive to Doug’s house was uneventful until we get close to Doug’s house and Mike forgot to write down what exit to take off the freeway so after getting lost for around 15 min almost getting in a car wreck we finally arrive at Doug’s around 5 PM. This would start Starwars night from Hell.
Notable players at Doug’s for testing were John Hawkins and Chris Denoma (the founders of speed deal and the Brangus deck despite what you have heard), Doug Harvilla (who didn’t go but tested with us anyway) Joe Olson (who didn’t bring any decks because he is scarred to loose to me and left early anyway) Peter Sundholm (the wookie a really great guy to play against and probably one of the nicest) Our "State Champ" Nick Jones (well not really notable but he was there) and of Course Doug Taylor and his son Andrew (7 or 8 year old Starwars player that is pretty good for his age. Well needless to say playtesting went on all night with My light loosing only to Speed deal played by Hawkins and Brangus played by Denoma (these guys are damn good players and have some new tech that just rocks but I wont spoil any of it incase they decide to perfect it for worlds) and my dark was still up in the air with both decks loosing once each.
5:00 am up for 19 hours start trip to Canada
6:30 am up for 20.5 hours get breakfast at some random store
8:00 am Border crossing into Canadia that’s right Canadia
(Canadia is no place to live you cant read roadsigns the speed limit is too slow and they have flashing green lights, there a too many hookers (maybe that’s a good thing) and there are to many McDonalds)
at the boarder crossing Hawkins said he forgot his ID which could suck so we decide to play it cool
Canadian: Citizenship?
Us: USA
Canadian: Where you Going?
Us: Vancouver
Canadian: Why?
Us: Card Tourney
Them: How Old are You?
Us: 20,19,21,21,22
Them (looking at us suspiciously) Any guns knives drugs underage porn?
Us: No
Them : Is this your car?
Me: yes
Them: Is it in your name?
Me yes
Them: (looking at us suspiciously again) Pass along (in the words of Don Kitzman "These are not the Droids were looking for")
Well needless to sy Doug Taylor gets stopped by the border patrol for being a Petaphile (he has around seven kids under 18 in his car) and Chris (don’t remember last name) got pulled over also don’t know why..so affter about half an hour we are on our way again…
8:30 up for 22.5 hours head to Hyperlight in Vancouver.
10:00 am up for 24 hours arrive to tourney scene.
Fill out deck lists there are about 44 people which around 30 are from Washington and Oregon so this was definatly held in the wrong local.
Team P.O.W.’s Decks:
Me : Light : Throne Room Mess a.k.a. Stiffler’s Mom
Dark: HD racing no numbers a.k.a. Stiffler’s Dad
Mike P. Light: Quiet Mining Colony High Destiny
Dark : Build the Death Star
Greg: Light: Agent’s in the Court Racing Mains
Dark: Hunt Down
Game One:
My Light Vs. Joe Olsons AOTBS (new Dark Surgeon)
He starts Secret Plans, Mob Points, and Insurection so he activates about 5 force the entire game. Well first turn I drop three twixes and deploy threepio and shmi to hut.
His turn Coracaunt DB and vigo move Xizor over
My turn think about deploying Jar-jar and Obiwan but draw up instead.
His turn draws
My turn Recoil in fear drop another 3 twix’s draw
His turn Emperor and 4lom to Xizor @ DB
My turn draw a few and save
His turn draws a few and saves
My turn revo Coracaunt deploy Corran Horn (he misses force lightning) Leia w/ gun, Han w/ gun, Chewi Protector, Quigon w/ Whacker and Battle. Cancel 4-loms game text Shoot Vigo and Miss Shoot Vigo again and hit, Whack Xizor and draw a 4,5,3 for destiny. I clear the site plus a few and I loose Coran Horn and Chewi. His turn he draws. The nest few turnes I pu down Jedi Luke w/ Stick and Jarjar at the other couracaunt site while he cancels revo puts out deathstar and presences my throne room and puts Aurra Sing down. I counter w/ EPP Obi and we clear site. He no Escapes Aurra re-deploys her and draws. I deploy another Obi and hack aurra he draws a zero I draw a four, he looses aurrra and a few. His turn zuckuss comes down and I miss the hack and draw a site so zuckss stays and I loose obi so he wins the battle at the throne room. Well next turn he puts the emperor at throne room and my turn.
This is where I screw up I still have about 25 cards or so to his about 10 so I should get the win no problem right. WRONG I decide to alter Presence on the throne room and deploy twass and a bommar monk to the slave quarters to increase my damage. Well on his turn he puts ig-88 and dengar down and cant battle. My turn I look at my hand I have a nabrun leids some other crap but no characters. I look at cauracaunt sites and oh damn they are interior (at the time I thought they were which lost me the game) so I threepio my nabrun leids away an no characters so I decide to battle at slave quarters so he cant do any more damage to me. I battle, first mistake, the monk does not participate in offensive battles ,second mistake, so he captures twass shoot the droid an shmi so I loose all plus 14. Well His turn he battles the droid and I loose droid and 6. He drains me out two turnes later for a win by 3.
FL -3
0(-3)
props: having the early lead and killing over half his characters
slops: playing like a schmoe , fogetting crap , not getting honor out for all his drains and loosing the game.
Game 2
My Dark Vs. Some Canadians TIGIH B-wings and Eloms
Well he starts a racer and first turn I subulba him I draw a seven get out my holotable and Coward and draw his turn he move luke over and draws. My turn I deploy Vader w/ stick pick up luke and draw. His turn drops 2 eloms but cant battle. My turn I hit racer him and win the race deploy emeperor to arena move vader over retrieve 11 he looses 11. His turn he deploys another elom and moves two over to vaders site. My turn mara w. stick to lone elom and Darh Maul to vaders site. Battle w/ mara hit elom draw a 6 so it is the elom and 8 I think. His turn he puts bwing and lando in falcon at Kessel. My turn I put down zuckuss in MH battle he looses lando and I loose 1 or 2. Well game ends soon after. Well when the game finishes I start talking to the kid and suffle my whole deck together before I count the differental. So me and him go through and take out all the cards I have used and decided on a win by 24.
FW +24
2(+21)
Props: deck working good
Slops: shuffling deck together I NEED SLEEP
Game 3
My Light Vs. Seattle kids Bring Him
Well He starts mob points so no extra force for him. I only get one twix in my opening hand but I do get threepio. Well he gets out emperor and he senses two of my recoil in fears before I get to use one. When I get to use it I only get two more twix’s out of it. Finally I get some things set up invade the Throne room w/ Corran Horn and Twass. Get our quigon and saber give luke to vader, get monk at slave quarters and start draing there. Every thing is going well until he Much anger in him, responsibility of command’s corran horn..which cuts one of my drains to nothing. Well when all is said and done I forget to get out honor again and I loose by 10 or so.
FL -10
2(+11)
Props: none I sucked this game
Slops: my sac package did not work and I forgot to get honor which could of won me the game.
2:?? Up for at least 28 hours lunch time.
Well the only place to eat in canadia is McDonalds that is untill we find a sub shop where we can get 3 sadwiches for $9.99 what a deal. Well of course we are in Canadia so it is in Canadian so It only costs us $7.50 after tax..damn Canadia is cheap. We get back to the tourney and john hawkins is playing game after game with his Speed Deal deck and everybody keeps loosing to it. Im telling you Hawkins and Denoma are Tech. Well onto game 4
Game 4
My Dark Vs. Peter Sundholms Hidden Base.
Played this last night and I lost(or was it this morning? Anyways) I win race he gets honor I cant get no escape I cant find ship I loose by 16.
FL -16
2(-5)
Game 5
My Dark Vs. Another Canadians Pod Profit
Well this game win the race because he used a step backwards which let me use subulbas game text again to win the race so he looses 11 and I retrieve 11. The game ended when he had undercover leia at a site with Vader. He deploys obiwan w/ stick and battles. I duel obi and win I hack at leia and draw a six he has no destiny left and he looses.
FW +14
4(+9)
props: winning the race and dueling obi
slops: not getting enough sleep
Game 6
My Light Vs. Greg of team P.O.W.’s Hunt Down
Well this sucks I always play greg. Well I invade Executor and have jedi’s everywhere I win by 6.
FW +6
6(+15)
Props: winning
Slops: playing team P.O.W. and not sleeping
Well the tourney is over I played like a schmoe but I find out that Denoma is in the final and I gave him a ride to Canada. I need sleep I don’t want to stay for the final duel. So after everything Denoma and hawkins get a ride back with Kilby and Kitzman. But not before Hawkins had Mike Peralta sign his Cantina.
John Hawkins, "I’ve never heard anybody talk about beer and parties all the way up to a starwars tourney before."
Peralta, "Cool @#$%..Cool @#$%.."
So we left Canadia around 7:00
7:00 pm up for 33 hours leave Canadia
8:30 pm up for 34.5 hours arrive at border crossing
Them: Citezenship?
Us: Jedi umm..I mean U.S.A.
Them: Where were you?
Us: Vancouver
Them: Why?
Us: Card Tournament.
Them: What Kind?
Us: Starwars
Them: Oh..You bring anything back
Us: No
Them: Have anything to Claim?
Us: Canadia sucks..ehhh..
Well the last one wasn’t real but I wish it was.
10:00 pm 36 hours up stop at store get lots of Mountain Dew and Chocolate to keep us up. Switch Drivers
11:30 pm get to Doug’s to pick up Stuff..Damn I Have to Drive again
1:00 am up for 39 hours finally arrive home alive and get to sleep..
Props:
Doug Taylor for letting us stay at his place
Eric the Tourney Director for running a smooth Tourney
Hawkins and Denoma for being really cool and Tech Guys.
(go visit their site ccghookup.com )
Team P.O.W. for being cool
Andrew Taylor for being the coolest little Starwars playing Kid
Mountain Dew and Chocolate for giving me about .5 hours of energy
All the cool players that were at the tourney and Playtest night
Stiffler’s Mom
Slops:
Canadia
Canadia Border Patrol
Canadia Road Signs
Canadia Money
Canadia tournys when most of the people were from U.S.A.
Well I guess canadia cant be all that bad.
Team P.O.W. for sucking
Thanks for the read and rating
Mike Fortman