Whicker
06-19-2005, 02:28 PM
The night before I stayed at Matt’s (Venom) house and we stayed up practically all night testing and pwning people at Halo. That was definitely not a good thing for me because although I planned to sleep in the car on the way there… I can never go to sleep. Matt was able to sleep about half the way there though.
We arrived at the mall about… an hour early x_x. We waited around and finally headed inside. I met up with all my friends and FINALLY Savannah shows up with all the Jirachis I need. I finally have my deck complete (I’m playing Spin Tail Tyranitar).
After a delay of about…. 3 hours….. The tournament begins.
Round 1 vs. Tom C. (Blaziken)
He didn’t get much. All I remember is that his one evolution was a Firestarter Blaziken that was easily taken care of.
1-0
Round 2 vs. Roy R. Sr. [old man] (Exploud)
He gets a pretty good Exploud set up but I end up getting a Sand Damage Tyranitar with a 2 fightings and a dark and just run through everything he has.
2-0
Round 3 vs. Cassie M. (Walrein/Magcargo)
She gets an extremely fast start to this one. By turn 4 or so she has 2 Swamperts, 1 Walrein, and a Magcargo on the bench. The Swamperts and Walreins all full powered and she was working on another Mudkip on the bench. She finally takes some action (to my advantage) and KO’s my Jirachi with Walrein. I am then able to Scramble my energyless Tyranitar and begin to Spinning Tail. She gets two straight tails on Sheer Cold so I’m able to get three Spin Tails off. I use my other to Spin Tail once and then I Rock for 5 prizes. I had killed her Sparce on the third Spin Tail so that was game.
3-0
Round 4 vs. Anthony G. (Salamence)
This was a pretty good match. He gets out two regular Salamences early and keeps me at a disadvantage through Dragon Wind. I’m eventually able to get off a couple of Tyranitars powered up so his Dragon Winds were useless for stalling. It eventually turned to the better for me when he couldn’t get a Salamence EX on the board.
4-0
Round 5 vs. Devin J. (Rocklock)
He starts with a Larvitar and no energies. Because of this, he passes two or so turns to me. This gives me a huge advantage at the beginning and I’m easily set up early enough to beat him before he gets anything going.
5-0 (WOOO, only undefeated)
Round 6 vs. Johnny K. [patriarch] (Rocklock)
I don’t remember too much from this match. However, I think I was a bit too aggressive with my Candies so a single Rock was able to screw me over.
5-1
Top 8:
1. Johnny K. (Rocklock)
2. Jordan D. (Tyranitar
3. Rich A. (Blaziken)
4. Clay C. (Blaziken)
5. Michael W. (Dark Slowking)
6. Devin J. (Rocklock)
7. Brian D. (Medicham)
8. Gilbert V. (Speed Drag)
Top 8 vs. Brian D. (Medicham)
(Yeah I know, worst matchup possible -_-)
Game 1:
He gets Medicham swarm early. He gets 2-3 Medicham out before I get anything powered. And because of that, I cannot use Jirachi or Pidgeot to get setup. It was pretty much all downhill from there.
Game 2:
He gets a really bad start here. I have 2 Tyranitars powered and ready before he even sees a Medicham. I’m pretty much allowed to Spin Tail my way to win. Nothing fancy here.
Game 3:
This one was a close one. We both pretty much go at the same pace in our setups. When it was all said and done, it was his tech Dark Hypnos that allowed me to beat him in the end. I needed 3 prizes and he had 3 on the bench with 40 damage each after 2 Spin Tails. I was then able to send up Sand Damage T-tar and Rock to win.
Top 4 vs. Clay C. (Blaziken
Game 1:
AHHHHHHHHH Lone Pidgey start -_-. I get the Pidgeot out like turn 4 but those free turns were enough to have him Bex all my Tyranitars.
Game 2:
My opening hand is:
Pidgey
Pokemon Retriever
R Energy x2
Dark Energy x2
Scramble Energy
He gets:
TURN 2 BEX
GG
We arrived at the mall about… an hour early x_x. We waited around and finally headed inside. I met up with all my friends and FINALLY Savannah shows up with all the Jirachis I need. I finally have my deck complete (I’m playing Spin Tail Tyranitar).
After a delay of about…. 3 hours….. The tournament begins.
Round 1 vs. Tom C. (Blaziken)
He didn’t get much. All I remember is that his one evolution was a Firestarter Blaziken that was easily taken care of.
1-0
Round 2 vs. Roy R. Sr. [old man] (Exploud)
He gets a pretty good Exploud set up but I end up getting a Sand Damage Tyranitar with a 2 fightings and a dark and just run through everything he has.
2-0
Round 3 vs. Cassie M. (Walrein/Magcargo)
She gets an extremely fast start to this one. By turn 4 or so she has 2 Swamperts, 1 Walrein, and a Magcargo on the bench. The Swamperts and Walreins all full powered and she was working on another Mudkip on the bench. She finally takes some action (to my advantage) and KO’s my Jirachi with Walrein. I am then able to Scramble my energyless Tyranitar and begin to Spinning Tail. She gets two straight tails on Sheer Cold so I’m able to get three Spin Tails off. I use my other to Spin Tail once and then I Rock for 5 prizes. I had killed her Sparce on the third Spin Tail so that was game.
3-0
Round 4 vs. Anthony G. (Salamence)
This was a pretty good match. He gets out two regular Salamences early and keeps me at a disadvantage through Dragon Wind. I’m eventually able to get off a couple of Tyranitars powered up so his Dragon Winds were useless for stalling. It eventually turned to the better for me when he couldn’t get a Salamence EX on the board.
4-0
Round 5 vs. Devin J. (Rocklock)
He starts with a Larvitar and no energies. Because of this, he passes two or so turns to me. This gives me a huge advantage at the beginning and I’m easily set up early enough to beat him before he gets anything going.
5-0 (WOOO, only undefeated)
Round 6 vs. Johnny K. [patriarch] (Rocklock)
I don’t remember too much from this match. However, I think I was a bit too aggressive with my Candies so a single Rock was able to screw me over.
5-1
Top 8:
1. Johnny K. (Rocklock)
2. Jordan D. (Tyranitar
3. Rich A. (Blaziken)
4. Clay C. (Blaziken)
5. Michael W. (Dark Slowking)
6. Devin J. (Rocklock)
7. Brian D. (Medicham)
8. Gilbert V. (Speed Drag)
Top 8 vs. Brian D. (Medicham)
(Yeah I know, worst matchup possible -_-)
Game 1:
He gets Medicham swarm early. He gets 2-3 Medicham out before I get anything powered. And because of that, I cannot use Jirachi or Pidgeot to get setup. It was pretty much all downhill from there.
Game 2:
He gets a really bad start here. I have 2 Tyranitars powered and ready before he even sees a Medicham. I’m pretty much allowed to Spin Tail my way to win. Nothing fancy here.
Game 3:
This one was a close one. We both pretty much go at the same pace in our setups. When it was all said and done, it was his tech Dark Hypnos that allowed me to beat him in the end. I needed 3 prizes and he had 3 on the bench with 40 damage each after 2 Spin Tails. I was then able to send up Sand Damage T-tar and Rock to win.
Top 4 vs. Clay C. (Blaziken
Game 1:
AHHHHHHHHH Lone Pidgey start -_-. I get the Pidgeot out like turn 4 but those free turns were enough to have him Bex all my Tyranitars.
Game 2:
My opening hand is:
Pidgey
Pokemon Retriever
R Energy x2
Dark Energy x2
Scramble Energy
He gets:
TURN 2 BEX
GG