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Jaegers Worlds 2005 Tournament Report

First I would like to say I'm sorry but my spell check is not working I have read throuh this twice but I might not have caught it all so if you see words one or two letters off this is why.


Thursday


We left early Thursday morning I think we were at the airport at 8 AM and our flight out was at 10:30 and I think we got to the T&C around 2, we ate at the restuarnt down stair and the meals were about $10 each which I thought was kinda high but not unreasonable.
It was the breakfest I thought was expensive I mean come on 3 peices of toast should not cost me $2.75 anyway my little brother decided to go swimming so my mom went with him. I still had no idea what deck to play. I had it narrored down to Blaziken and Metagross I had played Blaziken for a long time so I decided I would test my Metagross deck so I play tested for most of the night. I had alot of fun talking to all these different people from around the world. I was talking to this guy from Austria who both he and his son had won invites so they both came and I play tested with him for a while. I also got to meet people from several other countries that was really cool. I ended up playing 6-7 or games I played against Rock Locks, Zapdos, Cacturine EX, Blaziken/Rachiu and I only lost one to a Rock Lock deck. Tired but feeling a little better about my decks I went to bed.

Friday

Got up about 6:45 we went down to eat breakfest and then I went over to watch some practice games before we left for Sea World. We end up taking a taxi serves recommend by the hotel we got to Sea World just a little bit after it opened we spent the alot of the day going all over the place we rode some rides and watched some shows that were really great, I was really impressed with all the trainers and how well they had these shows coreographed. We stayed till about 3:30. As we were waiting for our cab to pick us up we saw the world largest peanut and the company had sent them out here and they were handing out bags of peanuts and asking triva questions then held this paper airplane contest were the three that went the farthest got these foam peanut stress balls, now I'm not the best paper airplane maker so my first idea was to just take my paper wad it up into a ball and throw it but it as started to make a paper airplane it turned more into just a sheet of paper folded over and over again so when it was my turn I just threw it went so far then one of the judges made the coment I don't know if a Ninja Death Star counts as a paper airplane but they said that I was one of three farthest so they gave ti to me then they just handed one to everybody. When we got back to the hotel I was sunburned so badly we had sunscreen with us but we never put it on since it was overcasted when we left. I went down stairs and signed in I waited in line for proablly half an hour but we got some really cool stuff, a Bookbag, Binders, Packs, Water Bottle, Shirt, limited edition cards and I'm proablly forgeting alot of stuff but it was great I returned the stuff to my room and decided to wait on opening my packs till later, so I went back down and met up with our gym leader and his family his kid already won an invite so we hung out with him till the grinders started since he was grinding but shortly after the first round started the rest of us left to go the welcome party nintendo was throwing their was all sorts of food there Hotdogs, Hamburgers, Ribs, Corn, Cake, Cobler, Desert Cookies, and tons of other stuff, we were sitting at a table with a family from Ecuador their english wasn't great but they were really nice and we managed to carry a conversation. After filling up on all the great food I decided to try my Metagross deck in a side tournament. The format was an 8 person side tournament, single elmintation the prizes were

1st 7 packs
2nd 5 packs
3-4 4 packs
5-8 none

Round 1 Me(Metagross) Vs. (Sorry can't remember) Rocklock

I had some experience playing and playing against Rock Lock so I knew what to do as soon as he got a Larvitar going I brought it up with Metal Reversal and then either 1HKO'ed it with a Strength Charm or kill it in 2 hits I managed to kill 2 this way and I was guessing he only play 3 but he did play a Pokemon Retrevier to get 1 back and he had a Pidgeot out about midgame so that woried me a bit, I think I tried to ATM Rock it but he had anthor Rare Candy ready, he only got one Dark Amphy built up so I just simply Metal Reversaled it up and killed it in a couple shots, and with combenasion of me being able to stop 60 damage a turn with 4 Metals and a Belliosum conbined with hitting him for a hundred a turn with Extra Comment Punch I was able to overwelm him.

Game 2 Me (Metagross) Vs. ???(Metagross/Gengar EX)

I think I started with a Beldum, so I began to call for familly and then he KO'ed my Beldium with Metang so I brought up my Beldium with an energy evoled to metang attached a Scramble and 1HKO'ed his metang with a small hand and only a couple small basic I was able to win in a couple of turns with a Metagross EX and a Strength Charm.

Game 3 Finals Me(Metagross) Vs. ???(Turn 2)

He gets the turn 2 Medicham and KO's one of my pokemon in a couple of turns but I bring up a Beldium evolve to Metang and attach a scramble but flip tails on the attack but next turn I attach an energy and evolve to metagross HL and KO that and it just goes down hill from their for him, I think I KO'ed a couple more meditates and maybe anthor cham but he could not get powered up fast enough.

So I won a side tournament with Metagross and it play tested really well so I was leaning more towards it but I decided I would decide in the morning.


Saturday

After much considering I decided to go with Metagross since I felt it could handle the format better then Blaziken. This is the list I used.

Pokemon(23)

Dunsparce x3
Jirachi x1(DX)
Beldium x4
Metang x3
Metagross x2(DX)
Metagross x1(HL)
Metagross EX x2
Pidgey x2
Pidgeotto x1
Pidgeot x2
Oddish x1
Belissiom x1

Trainers(23)

Stevens Advice x4
Celios Network x4
Rare Candy x4
TV Reporter x3
Rockets Admin x2
Warp Point x1
Switch x1
ATM Rock x1
Island Cave x1
Magnetic Storm x1
Strenth Charm x1

Energy(14)

Metal x4
Scramble x2
Rainbow x1
Psychic x7

If anyone has any questions or comments about how I ran it or why I used a certain version of a card feel free to e-mail me at jay2007@iowatelecom.net

I was a little nervoius but I was trying to make sure that didn't bother me I started thinking about what all my friends were doing back home and the time seemed to go by faster.

Round 1 Jaeger(Metagross) Vs. The UK Nats Champ. (Rouge)

This was the most rouge deck that I have ever seen it ran Zapdos EX/Moltres EX/ Deoxys EX/Rayquaza Star he goes first with a Seviper and hits my Beldum for ten a couple turns pass and he gets a turn 3 Zapdos EX on me KO's my Beldium and I bring up a Jirachi, I Wishing Star then he KO's that I manage to fight my way back in it with a Metagross and a Scramble I eventually get a Pidgeot out and then we spend a couple of turns trading stadiums his Battle Frontiers and my stadiums, I eventually win out and then about midgame I make the mistakes that costs me the game I have a Metagross with one energy benched, Pidgeot active against one of his lengendary birds with I think forty damage on it at least enough to be KO my Metagross when I hit it for seventy and it has 3 energy all I have to do is bring it up attach my energy and use Super Conduncy but without thinking I used Super Conduncy on Pidgeot since I thought I might need it later I relized it the second I took my hand off of it. I didn't want to lose my injured Pidgeot so I retreated for Metagross attach an energy and do forty a couple turns later were tied at 1-1 I have a Metagross Ex active with 3 metals on it against his Wobbifuet with 1 energy he has a benched Moltres Ex with 40HP left. I asked for the ruling but safeguard stops me from Metal Reversing up his Moltres for the game but I do have 1 Warp Point left all I have to do is Warp Point switch for Pidgeot and then free retreat for Metagross EX it doesn't matter what he brings up I'll just Metal Reversal up the Moltres EX for the win, I Quick Search I don't see it I check agian and again I proablly checked 5 times I check my discard its not there, my hand nothing then I relized where it was, I looked one prize card thats where it was I wanted to yell out a couple words so bad but I kept my mouth shut left with no other choice I retreat for Pidgeot attach an energy and clutch he has 4 card hand he draws top decks a Moltres EX grabs
2 energys attachs a third KO's my Pidgeot. I asked him if he top decked that Moltres EX and he says yes I asked him if he had any thing else in his hand and he reveals it to show nothing and then I flip over my last prize card to reveal the Warp Point that would have won me the game.

0-1

I felt horrible, I made a mistake that cost me the game but I couldn't change that so I started concentrating on the next round and I knew I proablly would have to win the next three rounds to stand a chance on tie breakers.

Round 2 Jaeger(Metagross) Vs. Poem(Israil)TA Walren/Delcatty/Fossils

I'm pretty sure he said he was from Israil. I started with a God hand of Beldum,Rare Candy,Rare Candy, Pidgeot, Stevens, Stevens and something else all I needed was an energy and I could be set up really fast. He starts with a Skitty benched and a couple of fossils, I Stevens get no energy next turn still no energy I burn a Rare Candy so I can play Stevens again still no energy I eventually get an energy and a Pidgeot going but I already played
3 Rare Candies all of my Pokemon were Rare Candied up. I knew if he played an ATM Rock I would be in serious trouble so all I can do is my best to prepare for one, while at the same time powering up a Metagross Ex I finally get it going with several Metals. He returns all the energy he played on TA Walrien and the rest of his Pokemon so he can KO my Pidgeot but then I just KO'ed it with Metagross EX since TA Walren already had 40 on it from clutch and I just kept bring up his TA Speals and TA Selios as soon as he played them and then I picked off the Delcattys for the win. What really hurt him was my ablitty to get around his fossils every turn and his weakness to metal.

1-1

Alright I was feeling a little better my biggest fear was going to Worlds and loseing every round but I knew I wasn't out of hot water yet my next match would draskly affect if I could make top
32 or not.

Lunch Break

We got an hour for lunch so we decided to eat at a outdoor vendor since we figured that would be the fastest the line was pretty long but right behind me was Crema the guy who took 4th last year in the 11-14 and then moved up to the 15+ this year so I talked to him for a few minutes while we were waiting line, he was really cool. We finally got our food then went back to the hotel room and ate and had plenty of time to make it back to the tournament before the next round.

Round 3 Jaeger(Metagross) VS French National Champion(4 Connors)

Man this is like my third National Champion, I don't know about the guy from the second round but I'm guessing you had to win Nats. to get an invite from Israil anyway he was playing Four Connors it was Grumpig,Glaile,Macargo,Lanturn. He starts with Spoink, I don't remember much from the start but I do remember that I KO'ed something then he scrambles his grumpig then KO's me on weakness. It was the Grumpig that did 50+30 more if it was attacking an EX. Then he plays down Slugma and pretty soon it turns into a Macargo but by this time I have a Metagross EX ready with a few Metals on it and I know that if I KO his active Grumpig he'll just bring up a Macargo and Scramble and hit me for 70-80 even with the Metals so I Metal Reversal up the Macargo since were still tied on prizes on his turn he evolves his Slugma into a Macargo so I know I'm going to get Scrambled no matter what so I KO his Macargo with Extra Comet Punch, he brings up Macargo and Scrambles like I knew he would I Heal Dance 20 off then I KO his second Macargo with Extra Comet Punch and he couldn't catch up after that I just kept hitting him for hundard every turn. I know he burned a third Scramble with a Lanturn but since I had 3 or 4 metals on Metagross EX compined with a Heal Dance I took it pretty easly I do think he got a alot of damage on Metagross EX but I won before he could KO it I think the final prize count was he had 3-4 left so I would have been in a little trouble if he could have KO'ed the Metagross EX.

2-1

Allright I'm doing better this next game will really decide alot, I have to play my hardest if I want to come out with a win.

Round 4 Jaeger(MetaGross) VS US(Rock Lock)

I absoultly hate playing against Rock Lock but after play testing against it on Thursday and Friday I knew what to do, I start with Dunsparce against his Larvitar with the 3 coins and I'm just thinking o crap this could be over before I get a turn but luckly he doesn't have the energy so my turn I SAR and get set up a little faster then he does and start killing his Larvartars with Metagross EX I knew a F/D Tryanatar with a Scrample could be really bad for my Metagross Ex I KO 2 of his Larvatars and think alright he proablly does a 3-2-3 line or a 3-3-3 line either way two down one to go but he plays a Pokemon Retriever and get a Dark Tryanatar with Spinning Tail and Scrambles it and uses Spinning tail I think I hit it for 50 with Extra Comet Punch and without thinking about the Double Rainbow he quick Searchs and gets it and KO's Metagross EX I think the prize count was 4-4 or 3-4 my lead I eventual KO the TTar and use compinations of Metal Reversal and Extra Comet Punch to pick off his bench I was very careful on how many Rare Candies I used. I knew without Dark Amphrous the ATM Rocks would be almost Pointless so I quickly got rid of any Mareeps or Dark Flaffys and Dark Ampharous he brought into play and with Extra Comet Puch hitting for a hundred a turn I KO'ed the Pidgeot he brought active and with such a small hand size I was able to KO the rest of his pokemon I think the final prize count was like 0-1 or 0-2 so it was really close.

3-1

Allright I recovered from a first round loss I knew if I won my next match I stood a good chance and making Top 32.

Round 5 Jaeger(Metagross) VS US(Turn 2 Pow Cham)

I played against this on Friday night so I new this game could go either way. He start with Wobbuffet but he has the swoop grabs the Jirachi and gets the turn 2 cham and KO's something in a few turns then I make a huge mistake I bring up Beldium, Candy Metagross(HL) attach a Scramble and hit the 2 heads I need to KO the Medicham EX so were tied on prizes I believe or I'm head one I don't remember and then he sends up Mediatce I power up and kill it in a couple of hits so I only got 3 prizes left against like his Cham and benched Jirachi he brings up cham pows up my Jirachi plays an Aqua's Hideout and starts to kill my bench and Admins me down I draw nothing. Anytime I throw an energy on Jirachi its eithered Powed to the bench or
ER2 he eventually picks off anything on my bench with energy on it and with no way to retreat or switch Jirachi he picks off my bench for the win. I do rememeber I got a nice Warp Point off so I could use powers but their was nothing I could grab with Quick Search that would matter.

3-2

Darn I was doing so good now I have to win the next three to get in for sure and people have been talking and they figured out some 5-3 will make it on tie breakers so if I win at least two more I might still make it.

Round 6 Jaeger(Metagross) VS. US(Turn 2 Pow Cham)

Pretty much the same as the last game he has a Wobbuffet start but has a swoop I forget what I start with but he gets a turn 2 Cham on me and KO's something so I bring up evolve to a Metagross I believe, KO the Cham then he does the POW, Team Aqua's Hideout and just Energy Removial 2 or Pow any energy back. I finally got 2 energy on a Jirachi and hit him for 50 but he then KO'ed hit and I had nothing else that could KO the Cham he did have like 2 in play each with 50 damage on them and a Jirachi and I'm sitting their like alright if I can get a TV Reporter and then a energy and a ATM Rock I could win, I get the TV Reporter and the energy with it but no ATM Rock so he picks off my bench for the win.

3-3

Darn it now I have to win the next two just for a chance to make top 32 all right no mistakes now.

Round 7 Jaeger(Metagross) Vs. Japan(Dark Steelix)

This guy spoke almost no english but we managed to comunicate by pointing at the cards and their effects I believe he started with an Onix I forget what I started with. We both got Pidgeots out really fast he got a Dark Steelix powered up with alot of Darks and Metals and between all of his healing and Mioltics it was nearly impossible to KO the Dark Stelix but I finally got 80 or 90 damage on it then I played an ATM Rock to KO the Onix and return his Rare Candied Pidgeot but he had anthor Rare Candy in his hand waiting I remember looking at the clock and their was less then 8 min left and we were still tied at 5-5 and he was geting anthor Dark Stealix built up I knew it was unlikly that either of us were going to win by taking all 6 prizes with such little amount of time left and I also knew it was unlikly that I could KO his second Dark Steelix so I concentrated more on being up on prizes when time was called so I begun to Metal Reversal up his Benched Febas's and knock them out and between my Metals and Benched Bellisiom I was able to keep my Metagross EX alive untill time was called. So I win
3-5 on prizes. Let me be very clear on this I did not stall turn any point of this match we both Played our turns like normal, my turns were about the same length as his and if they were any longer it was not by much.

4-3

Allright it will all come down to this next game. I was nervous but I was ready I was sitting over in the parents area with my mom and William Hungs family he was so exited he made top 32 since he was
6-1 but we wished each other luck since if he won he would not have to play as tough of people and if I won I stood a shot at making top 32.

Round 8 Jaeger(Metagross) Vs. Somethingelse(Ludicargo+Rhydon)

I muligan twice but finally start with a Dunsparce, he starts with Rhyhorn active and like anthor one benched with somthing else benched I draw a Beldum so I play it down and then I SAR and switch with a Jirachi. His turn he evolves into a Rhydon attaches a Double Rainbow and then KO's the Jirachi I do remember I eventualy KO'ed his Rhydon and then I got a Metagross EX going with like 3 or 4 metals on it with a Belliosum benched I do remember when I was building up the Metagross EX he got out a Heal Dance Ludicolo with like 2 waters a Scramble and a Double Rainbow or two and he could not flip heads. He would need like 4 out of
8 toss to be heads to KO me and he kept geting like only 2 of them but I eventually got my Metagross EX going with 3-4 Metals and a benched Belliosum and I kept KOing everything with Extra Comet Punch I do remember at the end of the game Metagross EX either had alot of damage on it or he KO'ed it and I had to take my last prize with something else. I don't remember what the exact prize count was but I know he didn't have more then 3 prizes left.

5-3

Alright I'm 5-3 and some 5-3 will make it in I hold my breath for about ten minutes while everybody waits to see who made top 32 they finnaly show the overall standings and as the computer flips through each page I'm just waiting to see my name and then I see it I got 45th I had so many fixed feelings a part of me knows thats really good but anothor part of me is really disapointed that I didn't make top 32. Since we hadent eaten forever we went to the local resturant and I had a Cheeseburger and frys it was really good and I ate till I was full then we
went back to our room and went to bed.


I would simply like to thank all the Judges, Translators, all behind sceans people, and everybody else involed this was an absoutly an amazing event. I would also like to thank Nintendo for sponsoring this entire thing and paying for everything if it wasn't for you I don't know if we would have been able to go. And lastly to everybody I met out there I had a blast talking and hanging out with you I hope you did do.

Once again my email is jay2007@iowatelecom.net and my screen name on the boards is also Jaeger so you can PM me if you have any comments or questions or if you want to talk about something I will do my best to get back to anyone who sends me a message.