wenatchee-washington-12-1-01

Title: wenatchee-washington-12-1-01
Author: Dennis "PCGSAlucard" Jeffris
Date: Dec 4, 2001

Being fairly confident in myself (not a wise thing), I went up against my competitor from last tournament - Earl. His Dagocheese destroyed me in the last tournament, but this one I thought I was ready for it. Unfortunately, I forgot to add in ships with hyperdrive (shut up) and I could not get to Dagobah. I could not get Occupation or the Fighters Coming In drains going quickly. His clouds were even being set up slowly, but I struggled to get my damage going. Unfortunately, I eventually lost this match by 3 cards. :’-(

With my ego being shoved back in my face, I was ready to play again without my own @#$%iness getting in my way. My next match was against Paul, who unfortunately thought the tournament was an Episode I tournament, and brought 2 Senate decks. I was to fight off against his dark side senate deck. Surprisingly, this deck was very strong and put up a good fight, but unfortunately he did not have any space support so I could spread out and increase the damage to surprising amounts, so not even his blocking of drains would stop it. I won this match by a fair margain.

My next match was, strangely, against Paul once again. We switched decks and I played against his light side senate deck. This match was more difficult for me, because he had some of those Naboo fighters in the deck. Fortunately, I had 3 copies of SFS Laser Cannons so I blew the hell out of him and tore him apart in a single turn. This deck made me lose around 10 force, so I felt pretty confident in myself (another mistake).

Now for the playoffs to get rid of the weaker top contenders. Me and Jason were paired off again, and once again, I played my Hidden Base deck. The same result this time, but it was a little more difficult due to his ability to set up the deal much faster. Fortunately, Hidden Base objective drain-blocking saved the day and I came up victorious yet again.

Now it was time for the championship match. Like it usually goes, I was paired up against Ian for the final victory. This match was my Hidden Base again against his Walkers. We both started our shakily, but we both went into a groove and stayed there for awhile. He never got off a Walker Garrison drain, but his direct damage started piling up. Unfortunately for me, he got Prepare For A Surface Attack right before the tournament, so he put that in his deck. This is what killed me. I could not stop his drains. Eventually, his direct damage and small drains started to eat through into my reserve deck and he took away the victory by a few force. The game lasted at least an hour and half, and was an excellent game. Possibly the best one we ever had. Congrats, Ian.

For some reason, the championship match was for 1st or 4th place. I know how that’s how it was supposed to be, but it seemed odd. Oh well, it was all fair and good. We split the jackpot anyways, cause I wasn’t gonna let him go away with a few special edition packs (if I won) for going undefeated :-P. The final results were:

1st - Ian
2nd - Earl
3rd - David
4th - Dennis (me)
5th - Jason
6th - Paul
7th and down to 13th - everyone else - thank you for coming!

Mad props to:

Gary for being gracious enough for letting me and Ian play past your closing time.
Jason for being kick @$$ and bringing awesome prizes and being neato for letting me borrow some cards (I still have them).
Ian for taking away the victory and splitting prizes with me cause I’m all poor and sad (and letting me stay at his house).
Ryan for not being able to make it because of poor road conditions. We missed you! (and because you make it sanctioned) :-P
Earl for eating me alive because of his Dagocheese again.
Paul for being a good sport with the Episode 1 decks and not doing bad at all with them (keep them for limited deck format).
Everyone else for coming - it was a blast!

---Remember our next tournament at Wenatchee Sports Cards on December 29th---