From: PojoProfLupin@aol.com
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 6:35 PM
To: hpccg@pojo.com
Subject: PROF LUPIN POJO STAFF MEMBER: Tournament Report 12/8/01

Matthew Kang - Professor Lupin
Golden Memories - Mastic, NY
Saturday, December 8, 2001

3 Round Swiss, Top 2 final(1 round)
Players: 4(well, 5, but, he withdrew :/)
Prize: 12 packs

Hey, 
Prof. Lupin here, and I got a tourney report for ya ;p Well, I was really 
psyched for the tourney, and I prepared my deck pretty well. Its 
coincidentally the deck I discovered the day the TCG came out in the US: 
Beatdown, but now Beatdown QC: Special. You'll see why its Special ;/ This 
deck is incredibly fast and forms an awesome wall against Potions and 
Quidditch, which I knew people would play. I won't tell you exactly what's in 
it, but you'll see how it does. To be honest, I knew my big competition was 
my best friend Mike. I taught him everything he knows, though I think I 
taught him too much. He's a great player, and its always a close game with 
him. My other friend, Tyler, is great too, but not quite at the peak of his 
skills. They both have bought a box of QC, while I've only bought 14 packs, 
needless to say, I'm at a huge disadvantage resource wise.  The other player, 
Zane, doesn't have much cards but has adequate playing skills. Me, well, 
during only when the Base Set was out, my friends called me the Angel of 
Death. Nowadays they've been really getting close to beating me, Mike even 
winning to me a few times. Enuf blabbing, let's get to the tourney:

Round 1: Me Vs. Zane
This was probably the fastest and easiest game I ever played before, though I 
did get hit a little. He started with a weak Quidditch and CoMC 
offensive(those were his types ;p), which I got rid of quickly, thanks to 
Gaze Into The Mirror and Stream of Flames(both great cards, I recommend using 
them). Before I knew it, I got Reubus Hagrid out with 2 Cunning Foxes and a 
Mountain Troll. 16 damage total. With the fact that I had 2 Steelclaw in my 
hand, I think you know what happened. I don't think I ever did that much 
damage in one turn. 48 damage total, if my math is any good. He practically 
cried, but was a good sport about it. That sorta boosted my confidence and I 
needed it, being that I was playing Mike.

Round 2: Me(1-0) Vs. Mike(1-0)
Mike, very cocky, makes fun of my strange deck choices. I felt pity for him 
afterwards though ;p He put in a really strong Quidditch offense, and me 
without a Gaze in sight (excuse the pun). I was oddly defensive, using 
Streams to get those wolves out of there. Then I realized halfway through the 
game that he had no defense against Creatures. I felt a bit stupid, but then 
I ranked on him with a Charms Exam on his 12 card hand, plus 2 Mountain 
Trolls and 2 Guard Dog (Hagrid out too ;/). That shut him up.

Round 3: Me(2-0) Vs. Tyler(1-1)
I knew I had already made it into the finals, but I just wanted to get to the 
finals with a perfect record. Tyler used a Potions/Quidditch/Trans. deck. He 
got annoying when he Fouled a lot, but I completely shut him down with Gaze 
Into the Mirror. He finally solved it 3 turns later, after I already had 2 
Guard Dogs out with a late game Hagrid. Then I played Gaze Into the Mirror 
again. At a point in the game during my turn, Tyler looks at his hand, grins 
in a secretive sorta way and shows Mike his hand. Mike, sort of stupidly 
says, "Awesome hand!" which is not wise to say, especially when the other 
player has a Charms Exam in his hand. I easily Charms Examed him, which made 
Tyler really pissed at Mike since he had 2 Malevolent Mixtures and a Draught 
with 8 Potions lessons in play, but that's another story. My Guard Dogs and 
Mountain Trolls, resurrected with Halloween Feast, got him in the end.

Finals: Me(3-0) Vs. Mike(2-1)
Okay, this was it. I had an okay starting hand, lacking lessons. It took me 
some time to start up, and Mike already had a good hold on me with 2 wolves 
out and some Quidditch spells. When he played Into the Forbidden Forest, I 
thought I was done for. But I came through with some lucky Incarcifors draws, 
and I turned the tables with a Mountain Troll, Guard Dog, and Cunning Fox 
with Hagrid out. I won by only 10-15 cards, but I was happy. 

Winner: Me 4-0
I got my 12 packs and I got some good cards, but none that could help my deck 
much. I liked the competition, though it was so few. If anyone that lives in 
Suffolk county, NY that plays HP and that would like to compete, call Rich at 
(631) 281-0554. 

Props
To Mike and Tyler for not killing each other in the car
To Rich for holding the tourney while teaching people how to play LotR =/

Slops
To the stupid kids at the store saying HP is gay(bet ya in 2 weeks they'll be 
playing it ;/)

Thanks for reading,
Professor Lupin