Date: 8/28
Entry Fee: $5
Place: Primetime Sportscards in Zion, IL
Attendance: 39
Decklist
17 Monsters
3 D.D. Warrior Lady
2 Shining Angel
1 CED
1 BLS
1 Reflect Bounder
1 Witch of the Black Forest
1 Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer
1 Breaker the Magical Warrior
1 Tribe-Infecting Virus
1 Magical Scientist
1 Sinister Serpent
1 Yata-Garasu
1 Jinzo
1 Sangan
17 Magic Cards
7 staples
3 MST
2 pre-negators (no confiscation)
1 Painful Choice
1 Premature Burial
1 Heavy Storm
1 Snatch Steal
1 Mirage of Nightmare
6 Traps
1 Waboku
1 Torrential Tribute
1 Imperial Order
1 Call of the Haunted
1 Ring of Destruction
1 Mirror Force
Before the tourney, I paid my $5 to enter and bought the Bounder that you
see in the decklist. I also decided to go over to the dark side and actually use
Waboku, and it surprisingly paid off for me. Anyway, let's get to it.
Round 1
vs. Alex Gonzalez (Warrior/Chaos/control)
Duel 1
This kid's deck is good, with all the Dons, DD's and his exiled, all of
which he can fetch with RotA. He went first and fetched a DD with RotA, set it,
and ended. I used Change of Heart, summoned Tribe, hit him for 3100, killed off
DD, and ended. He somehow killed Tribe and hit me for 500. I Prematured Tribe,
cleared his field, attacked directly, and set Waboku. He summoned Scientist,
paid 1000 for Senshi, and attacked into Waboku. He didn't pay and ended, then I
just attacked his Scientist for 1300. I don't remember how it ended, but I think
it involved me summoning a bunch of monsters.
Me 8000/7500/6700/5700/4700
Alex 8000/4900/3300/2300/1000/0
Duel 2
He killed me with opening hand Duo and such. His only damage was from the
Duo and his own Premature.
Me 8000/6100/2800/0
Alex 8000/7000/6200
Duel 3
This was a total massacre. He ended up Yata-locking me, and although I was
going to play it out, it only lasted for a few turns because he got BLS
out.
Me 8000/7800///0
Alex 8000/7000/6200/5400
Result: L, 1-2
So far: 1-2
Round 2
vs. Jason (n00b)
Duel 1
Before the tourney, I had an opportunity to scout Jason. His deck was about
70-80 cards, all in cool-looking sleeves. Cool sleeves didn't save him,
though.
Me 8000/7000/6000/5000
Jason 8000/7000/6500/6200/3300/0
Duel 2
This was also a massacre, but I honestly can't and don't want to remember
this match.
Me 8000/7900/6900
Jason 8000/4600/5600/3700/1800/0
Result: W, 2-0
So far: 3-2
Round 3
vs. Geoff (beatdown/Exodia)
Duel 1
This guy is one of the saddest excuses for a duelist in the history of
dueling. He has this gay little n00b posse consisting of a couple of
8-year-olds, and they told me I was going to be defeated. In the several matches
I've played against Geoff in the past, he's only beaten me in 1 game, and that
was because of my mistake. Anyway, this game went on forever with my Spirit
Reaper and Sinister Serpent hitting him a bunch, and he ended up losing all of
the pieces but the head.
Me 8000/7000/6900/6600/6400/4300/3300
Geoff 8000/7700/7100/6500/6200/5900/5600/6100/4000/4500/1500/2000/0
Duel 2
I attacked his face-down Nimble with my DD early on and removed it. He said
I couldn't do that, and that Nimble's effect still happened. Josh overruled him,
and Geoff quit the tourney right there, giving the guys he hadn't played yet
automatic wins. It's a pity, too; he'd already beaten Carlos, and he could have
take Jason easily. He would have got 4th in the group. Not that it would have
meant anything...
Me 8000/7200
Geoff 8000/forfeit
Result: W, 2-0
So far: 5-2
Round 4
vs. Josh (Chaos)
Duel 1
Before the match, I told him I needed to beat him or I'd be screwed. He
said he needed to win at least one game against me, or he was screwed. So I
offered to throw the first game if he'd throw the next 2. He didn't agree, and I
ended up beating him 2-1 anyway.
Me 8000/6500/4900/4100/3100/2500/3500
Josh 8000/7000/5500/5200/3200/1400/0
Duel 2
I think he Yata-locked me, but I had him on the ropes for a while before
that.
Me 8000/7000/6600/5800/5600/5400/3700/3500/2300/0
Josh 8000/7000/5600/4200/2400/2100/1900
Duel 3
I won by blowing up CED. That brought him straight from 2800 to 0.
Me 8000/6400/4900/3900
Josh 8000/7000/8000/6600/5800/4200/4900/3400/3200/3000/2800/0
Result: W, 2-1
So far: 7-3
Round 5
vs. Carlos (n00b)
Duel 1
This guy's deck was like Jason's, but with fewer crappy tributes and no
sleeves. He knew the rules better, too.
Me 8000/7000/4000
Carlos 8000/5000/3900/2800/0
Duel 2
Not a chance.
Me 8000
Carlos 8000/6400/1150/0
Result: W, 2-0
So far: 9-3
So I got 2nd in my group behind Josh (9-2), but Bill acidentally counted my
record as 9-2, and since I beat Josh head-to-head, that meant that I got 1st.
That didn't make my path to victory any easier, though.
Quarterfinals
vs. Enrique (control)
Duel 1
I drew the worst hand ever, and he got Blowback and Jinzo out in the same
turn. Can you say 0wned?
Me 8000/3300/900/0
Enrique 8000/7200
Duel 2
In the face of elimination, I never back down, especially not against
Enrique. I swear, every time he beats me in the first game, I win the
match.
Me 8000/7000/6600/5200/3500
Enrique 8000/6600/3700/300/0
Duel 3
Can't remember this one at all.
Me 8000/7000/6500/5800/5000/4900
Enrique 8000/6400/2500/0
Result: W, 2-1
So far: 11-4
Semifinals
vs. Mitch (Chaos/beatdown/other stuff)
Duel 1
Mitch has always run a pretty weird deck, yet he's been one of Primetime's
elite for qutie some time now. I don't see how he can be considered elite when
he runs Stone Statue of the Aztecs and Gear Golem AND Goblin Attack Force AND
Slate Warrior AND Needle Worm all in a Chaos deck. Seriously, since when does
that work? Alas, he caught me off guard this time...
Me 8000/7000/5200/1900/1800/400/0
Mitch 8000/6800/5100/3300/4300/2600
Duel 2
CED got him this time, I think.
Me 8000/5500/4500
Mitch 8000/6700/3600/1900/0
Duel 3
I had him topdecking, and I had Jinzo, BLS, and Sinister all in face-up
ATK. He had nothing in hand and nothing on the field. He drew Painful. I gave
him Change of Heart, and he gets and removes my BLS. Can you say game
over?
Me 8000/7200/6900/4600
Mitch 8000/7700/5400/2500/0
Result: W, 2-1
So far: 13-5
Finals (or so I thought...)
vs. Matt (Chaos)
Duel 1
I can't remember, so I'll let you guys fill in the blanks by looking at the
life totals again.
Me 8000/6500/5000/3500
Matt 8000/5900/1000/2000/500/0
Duel 2
CED dealt him 5700 damage, then I finished him off.
Me 8000/7000
Matt 8000/2300/0
Result: W, 2-0
So far: 15-5
So I though I had own the tourney, then I found out I had to run the
gauntlet against the junior champ, who I had swept once before. Maybe I could do
it again...
The REAL Finals
vs. ? (Chaos)
Duel 1
He lets me go 2nd, I have an opening hand Duo. XD Anyway, some stuff
happened and I won with BLS, despite his Amazoness Swordswoman.
*coughn00bcough*
Me 8000/7000/5800/4300
? 8000/7200/6200/3300/2500/0
Duel 2
I told him I drew the worst hand ever. He said go ahead and play yur worst
hand ever, you're going first. And what did I have? Another Duo in my first
hand. Boy, am I sneaky. XD
Me 8000/7000/6400
? 8000/5800/3000/0
Result: W, 2-0
Final Record: 17-5
After the tourney, I found out that Cody had recently quit. To Cody, if you
are reading this: we had some good times, man. Keep on truckin' and such.
Anyway, with my $15 store credit, all I could get for my post-ban deck that
I'm making was a Solemn Judgment. Sure, it was 1st edition, but $15? I ordered 1
Torrential Tribute, 1 TER, and 2 Ryu Senshis over the internet for $14.50, and
that includes S&H. Maybe I should shop around more...
Pr0ps
-me for winning (3rd win ever)
-my opponents for some good duels
-Robbie for deciding to (finally) make his comeback next week
Sl0ps
-none, bitches
Shout Outs
-Robbie and the gang at X-Fire
-RIP: Cody, James, Luke, and any other Primetime duelists who have quit
recently.
-Bill (Keep holding tourneys, I'll keep coming.)