mind-games-aka-k-now-go
Title: mind-games-aka-k-now-go
Author: Cortney "dope5tar" Haggerty
Date: Aug 16, 2001
so im sittin at mind games around 300, trying to figure out what the heck to play. i took my closed EPI dark deck (senate/if the trace was correct) and tried to make it good for constructed. after a half hour of sleeving/desleeving, i give up and decide to make phobos podracing/hologram/hunt down. light side, i decide to play podracing profit. id been toying with it since the denver open when i saw bigfatcoolguywhosenameicantremeber playing it. shockingly enuf, it is very very similar to the podprofit deck in the top ten.
ten people show up, an epic turnout for slc. after about 5 minutes of me screamin tryin to get people to fill out the damn command cards, we get started.
GAME ONE.
my ls vs greg ashbys maulish hunt down.
greg is always fun to play cuz he is so laid back. he starts the destiny 5 podracer (?!) and starts to race. early game is quite boring, i win the race and TT visage. he puts vader w/ls at ds db and i put luke w/ls in front of him. i have run whiny @#$% run, courage and resilience in my hand. he duels, wins and i resilience. this is the first time he has seen that card, and he is in shock. i gently assure him that yeah, it is that good. then we fight, we cut each other and i lose a couple. he gets vader to the palace and i stick some bush in vaders face. i spring han w/chewie protector,luke w/ls and ax lando. greg deploys maul w/ls and mara w/ls to the audience chamber and moves vader over. i break leias cover and move her to the arena for profit damage. my chamber crew then play tag w/the ds beater crew, me running back and forth between the ac and palace. at this point, it is obvious that i will drain him out,so i try to track for on the edge. i try trackin from the top instead of the bottom like i normally do, and i fuk it up. luke dies. aint no thang tho, cuz i finally i get quigon w/ls and first strike. i fight w/lando,han,chewie and qui. i exclude mara, cut both jedi, too close for comfort maul, etc etc and kill him w/battle damage.
FW +18
props: greg for bein cool to play even when hes gettin worked by profit.
slops: luke falling over the edge. dumbass.
GAME TOO.
my ds vs zachs sorta hidden mains.
zach starts a horde of combo effects. at this point im praying he is flippin hb, cuz i have maul, his ship and sec precautions in my opening hand. i get the holotable out and race (he has no racer). he tries to TT, but i have holonet. he deploys melas to the home1 db. i get greedy and deploy mara there. he barriers, so i have to back her up w/vader w/ls. on his turn he drops obi (no circle)and jedi luke(no obsession). he fights, i cut luke, he cuts vader, obi misses mara, he cleans me off the db and loses melas for the phat dstiny i drew. on my next turn i win the podrace, retrieve my lost pile and watch his other jedi luke go to tthe lost pile. so now that the game is firmly in my grasp, i lose to visage off the top. vader w/ls. duh. his turn, he drains me for 1, lose another to visage. he draws an ooc. 1 in 3 chance to get vader. if he does, it will be a long game. he does. lucky mother@#$%er. so i settle in and start draining at the holotable. i get the uc spy droid to quigons loc to block the drain, i get visage goin again and squeak out the win by 6. jeez.
FW +24
props: winning w/o vader.
slops: having to win w/o vader.
GAME THREE
my ds vs jakes rtp.
i love playin jake. he beat me at states, so i had to get him back. he starts echo base garrison. i have no alter but i am praying for an emperor in my opening hand ( i have 3). yay! i got one. i drop him to the yavin 4 db (since rtp gives away so much force). we both lose one from visage and i say go. after i recirculate, i go get a force lightning. jake sets up the lift tube hoo ha, and gets 8d8 from reserve and plops him in front of the emperor. i zap him. jake is like "really?" and i say yeah, droids are ability zero. and so 8d8 begins to get buried in the lost pile. muahahah. we race w/some varied shenanigans, but i win in the end. i had some fairly low destinies stacked on my racer, so they go to the top of my reserve deck at the end of my turn ( i had activated/drawn everything). i draw some and finally get a circle and focused. in my brightness and wisdom, i try to circle obi. we tie cuz im an idiot, despite drawing an extra destiny. duh. at any rate, im winning the drain/survive visage damage race, so i sit back and win by 8.
FW +32
props: teaching 8d8 a lesson. hee hee.
slops: not circling obi. duh, i suck.
GAME FO.
my ls vs caseys maulish hunt down.
this game was horrible. i mean it. i had beaten casey earlier this week w/it, and at the time i said "well, i beat you tonite, but ill lose on wednesday." nobody told me i am a prophet. jeez. anyways, i get monnocked 2nd turn used, lose quigon,i did it, and lando w/ax, i lose the race, fail to hack choke vader like 5 different times, qui gon loses the duel to maul, and im pretty sure luke gets turned to end the game. ugh. however, if nathan loses big, casey has a good chance of taking first, so i let him put cards back in his deck before i draw up. he is rated way higher than me, so i wont hurt me too bad.
FL -3.
props: caseys deck for being superior to mine.
slops: my epp guys for never hitting vader, despite having really good destiny.
nathan ends up wiping the floor with jason to win the tournament undefeated at like +100 or some @#$%. im runnin the store, and its like 5 till 10. im sposed to go to a movie w/my girlfriend at 1000 down the street. after i finally kick everyone out at like 1015, i go over to the theater. the fukin doors are locked. i pound and scream, to no avail. so star wars costs me yet again. star wars strikes back, lol.
well i got off work 5 minutes ago, so ill do a quickie props/slops.
props.
me, for running the store and the tournament.
nathan, for being undefeated.
nathan, for having a very very cunning dark deck. look for it hopefully on his page, jawa tosser.
adam and brad, for coming.
adam and brad, for taking a whuppin and not complaining.
slops.
epps chokin in the last game.
whoever left the pizza box.
the ghetto plex, for locking the damn doors on me.
anyways, im not getting paid to be here, so im out.
lates,
hag
decktech
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