Geometric-sama
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No one's posted anything yet, so I thought I'd start it off. :) We had our States on Saturday, so I thought I'd give a quick rundown.
I've only been playing half a year, so my goal for this season isn't winning, just learning. I went to States playing Flygon ex d with Nidoqueen d - a build I put together in about ten minutes a couple of days before, having forgotten that the tournament was coming up - and came 4th out of 13 Masters (yeah, we don't have many players here).
Swiss rounds
Round 1 against Mr_Spiegel - he played a Delcatty/Magneton-y deck, from what I recall. He goes to my uni, so he was the only person I'd tested my deck against; I knew I could take him, and did pretty easily. I'm pretty sure I took that match 2 games to 1. 1-0
Round 2 against Sephiroth555 - he was playing Mightyena and Shiftry. His Psychic resistance was a bit of a problem for me, especially as I couldn't get a Queen set up properly to hit his Darks. We took a game each, then time was called when I was up 4-5 on prizes in the third game. 2-0
Round 3 against PezzA - PezzA has a reputation of being a tool. :P He was playing something involving Rayquaza ex d and Mew ex HP; I can't remember what it was, but I do remember pwning his Mew ex with my Flygod, it was KOed from the bench without ever being active. I don't actually remember anything much about this match. 3-0
Round 4 against Neo-Lionheart - Neo is the defending National champ, he won Cities and I'd never beaten him before, so I figured it was going to be a hard match. He was playing Destiny. We had a game each and finished the second just as time was called, so went to sudden death. I drew a Lickitung d DF in my opening hand and Delta Minded the Latias d on his bench three times to take the match. He couldn't draw enough energy to power the Latios ex d he had active. I was pretty happy to beat him - it makes me the only person who's beaten him in a Premier tournament in a while (I know he was previously undefeated this season, and obviously he won Nats). 4-0
I finished the Swiss rounds on top and we went to Top 4. Unfortunately, I choked.
Top 4
Round 1 against Joey - he was using Dragonite DS/Blaziken PK/something else (Delcatty PK I think?). I managed one game but lost 2 games to one. 4-1
Round 2 against PezzA again - this time I couldn't pull off the win and lost 2 to 1 again. 4-2
I'm pretty satisfied with that record, though, considering it's only my second tournament, and I'm hoping to do better next year. I was a little disappointed to choke so badly in the top 4, it means I won't be able to go to Nationals, as they're interstate and I can't afford to go without the travel award. It was nice to get the boosters though since I really can't afford to buy cards these days - I pulled no exs in 17 packs, but I did get a Vaporeon*.
I've only been playing half a year, so my goal for this season isn't winning, just learning. I went to States playing Flygon ex d with Nidoqueen d - a build I put together in about ten minutes a couple of days before, having forgotten that the tournament was coming up - and came 4th out of 13 Masters (yeah, we don't have many players here).
Swiss rounds
Round 1 against Mr_Spiegel - he played a Delcatty/Magneton-y deck, from what I recall. He goes to my uni, so he was the only person I'd tested my deck against; I knew I could take him, and did pretty easily. I'm pretty sure I took that match 2 games to 1. 1-0
Round 2 against Sephiroth555 - he was playing Mightyena and Shiftry. His Psychic resistance was a bit of a problem for me, especially as I couldn't get a Queen set up properly to hit his Darks. We took a game each, then time was called when I was up 4-5 on prizes in the third game. 2-0
Round 3 against PezzA - PezzA has a reputation of being a tool. :P He was playing something involving Rayquaza ex d and Mew ex HP; I can't remember what it was, but I do remember pwning his Mew ex with my Flygod, it was KOed from the bench without ever being active. I don't actually remember anything much about this match. 3-0
Round 4 against Neo-Lionheart - Neo is the defending National champ, he won Cities and I'd never beaten him before, so I figured it was going to be a hard match. He was playing Destiny. We had a game each and finished the second just as time was called, so went to sudden death. I drew a Lickitung d DF in my opening hand and Delta Minded the Latias d on his bench three times to take the match. He couldn't draw enough energy to power the Latios ex d he had active. I was pretty happy to beat him - it makes me the only person who's beaten him in a Premier tournament in a while (I know he was previously undefeated this season, and obviously he won Nats). 4-0
I finished the Swiss rounds on top and we went to Top 4. Unfortunately, I choked.
Top 4
Round 1 against Joey - he was using Dragonite DS/Blaziken PK/something else (Delcatty PK I think?). I managed one game but lost 2 games to one. 4-1
Round 2 against PezzA again - this time I couldn't pull off the win and lost 2 to 1 again. 4-2
I'm pretty satisfied with that record, though, considering it's only my second tournament, and I'm hoping to do better next year. I was a little disappointed to choke so badly in the top 4, it means I won't be able to go to Nationals, as they're interstate and I can't afford to go without the travel award. It was nice to get the boosters though since I really can't afford to buy cards these days - I pulled no exs in 17 packs, but I did get a Vaporeon*.