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		Roseville,Ca 10/26/02
		Lord of Dragons & Steven minor	

This is the third tournament I've been to, overall my record is 10-3 including this one.  their 
where 48 people mostly teens, top 4 advance of 4 swiss rounds.
			
			Lord of Dragons

3x bewd		
2x lajin		
3x magician of faith
2x rebd	
2x 7 colored	
3x Lord of D.
	
2x sum Skull	
2x wall illusions	
1x mysterious puppeteer
	
3x toon sum skull	
2x giant soldier stone   
1xman eater bug
	
1x betd				 
1x cyber jar
			   
magic & trap
	
monster reborn	
mountain		
3x flute sum D.
	
magic jammer	
change of heart	
2x 7 tools
	
fake trap		
spellbinding circle	
2x soul-x 
	
raigeki		
mirror force	
2x toon world	
			
2x solemon judement

jeremy's upwe run the gauntlet first match exchanging blows until I make a mental mistake 
that cost.  1-0 next match he feels the power of lord. D and his Dragons.  1-1 this is it I live
for these moments but oh no i draw a bad hand and couldnt make enough of it. first lose 
round 2 0-1 
i dont get to low on a lose knowing it could of went either way .  this next match was a chance to make it
up.  the next kid matt used a maha valio beat down type deck. first match a long one.  no one 
moves until he summons maha & neo and attacks, then he finds my cyber jar hiding in defence mood 
opps, on  my turn i reigeki, with lord of Dragons on the field I special summon 2rebd and
deal him a crushing life piont blow 1-0.
this match i wanted to be real keen on defence, it payed of big. raigeki, mirror force, no problem
I had 12,000 life pionts at one time , and was only dealt a just desserts, rack up an ace for me
but this match was no retribution for the  match before . I'll keep that in the back of my head
for now .1-1
next up little mickey  i made quick work of him to the point that he wanted to quit.{what!!}.
i told him that he had to stick with it and not "give up" and to "believe in the heart of the 
cards" and guess what he came back to force a final match this time i couldnt help him 
but he stood tall and i won maybe next time mickey
round 4 2-1 
with a better mood and hopes to make the final 4 my next opponent [nameless kid] wanted
just as bad to make the cut just as I. we started out i had it bad [ all magic & trap]. he pumped
up maha and cut me up first match he made a mistake though, feeling overconfident and sure
that he would sweep me, but i came back to force a final match where my defense and 
awesome powers of the dragons unleashed a devastating fury one witch he wont forget end 
result you knew it            :]LORD D[:
leaving this tournament overall 10-3 i felt at ease. coming back to win that last duel felt a
little better but losing the first match cost me the final cut , the kid got great recognition in the 
league for it to ,but failed to make the final cut also, my deck oh my it had power but never 
got to face a high offensive magic deck. the brothers ended up facing each other. one won the 
tourney 
now its time for shots out;
to my friend John who loves to game like me see u in the finals 
to my nephew Jayshawn do your chores so u can come to
thumbs up award
to little mickey : you stayed in the duel and didnt give up : you showed good resilence, next 
time you will be more experienced and learn from this 
to jeremy: good duel but dont forget  next saturday is another tournament

thumbs down:
to the nameless kid you underestimated your opponent and in the end it cost you 
next time take it one duel at a time and get the win

		see you in the finals everyone I'm out
			steven minor 
		steven23minor@excite.com