So, some random changes I had made to my deck made me realize something. Many different One-Off's aren't dependable. That, or my deck failed against Jutsu that deal 1 damage to my ninjas. I was surprised that it happened so often, but lo and behold, it did. Even adding some changes from R&R didn't make much of a difference.
The good news is that we got a new player at our place and we're hoping to give him cards and get him started. Yay!
David didn't show up because of homework. Boo!
Wins: 2
Losses: 1
Draws: 0
Total Wins: 17
Total Losses: 8
Total Draws: 0
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Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Tournament 5 & 6 notes
Tournament 5 (R&R Release Event)
So, the release event for R&R was a great way to play for a day. I must say, that draft type tournaments are a lot of fun! I recommend for groups of players get together, buy boxes and draft it amongst themselves for fun.
That tournament wasn't too bad. I believe in that one I was 2/2 with what I had made. I had gone with a Wind/Earth theme that quasi worked. I didn't pull a Second Hokage (boo!). It was fun to make smaller sized decks and see what lady luck dealt us.
So, if I'm right,
Wins: 2
Losses: 2
Draws: 0
Total Wins: 13
Total Losses: 7
Total Draws: 0
Tournament 6 (Ninja Academy Level)
So, this was a very very interesting day. I hate to admit it, but I'm too competitive for some of my poor friends. Like anyone else, I want prizes, I won't lie. I also want a Genin Pin. Won't lie about that one either.
Odd little side note, I started playing a fun game with my Lightning/Wind deck that gave me a handicap. Once I was aware that we were actually playing, I was allowed to switch over to the deck I prefer to play competitively. Everyone was ok with it, I had asked before hand. On to the matches. I will also dub this deck to be Mental Tide because it's shorter to type.
Me Vs. Andy (Mental Tide Vs. Mental Earth/Wind)
The first Game was with my Lightning/Wind which failed miserably. 0-1
Once aware of actually playing, I brought out the Tide. Second Game went my way. Part of the thing that I like about this deck is stalling with Suzume, Hisame, and Sakura. It slows a people down a lot. 1-1
The third game also went in my favor. Andy was trying to get the flavor of a mental deck and what to do and not to do and seeing how my deck works. In all fairness, it wasn't a fair match up for him. However, I apologized for being a jerk and gave him some cards and promised to help him out with other cards as a peace offering. 2-1
However, I learned something amazing in these matches. One of my opening hands I had 2 Sakura's and a Temari. At first I was angry as all get out, but then I looked at Sakura [Kunoichi Pride] and just amazed myself with her ability mixed with her chakra/draw engine. Once that sunk in, I found a new piece of synergy with this deck that I was not aware of because I just net-decked it and played it through and through and changed things to what I like to do. Also, further synergy presented itself. Using Sakura's Decision and then injuring Sakura/Hisame also works really well with Tide. Simply Amazing.
Me Vs. David (Mental Tide Vs. Mental Hybrid Earth/Wind)
So, David and I always have to face each other off for Spot 1 and 2 at tournaments. It gets a little annoying and fun to face each other over and over again. It's funny, because our moves are so streamlined. We look at each others chakra piles, and know the cards that the other has and we just sit back and wait to see what will happen. I had made one major mistake and didn't pay attention to his support ninja's when I made a crucial attack and I thought that would've cost me the game. However, a second Tide saved my hide. I almost decked myself out, but I lucked out. Also, we had run out of time, and David offered to give in for second place, so I can at least win my first ever Ninja Academy Event. Thanks David, I guess you can have the rest now =P.
So, if I do a little bit of math...
Wins: 2
Losses: 0
Draws: 0
Total Wins: 15
Total Losses: 7
Total Draws: 0
This does not match up with what I have in Gamers Round Table. I gave up on believing what that thing says. Something happened were our earlier records got mixed up because David and I both have David as a first name. Oh well.
So, the release event for R&R was a great way to play for a day. I must say, that draft type tournaments are a lot of fun! I recommend for groups of players get together, buy boxes and draft it amongst themselves for fun.
That tournament wasn't too bad. I believe in that one I was 2/2 with what I had made. I had gone with a Wind/Earth theme that quasi worked. I didn't pull a Second Hokage (boo!). It was fun to make smaller sized decks and see what lady luck dealt us.
So, if I'm right,
Wins: 2
Losses: 2
Draws: 0
Total Wins: 13
Total Losses: 7
Total Draws: 0
Tournament 6 (Ninja Academy Level)
So, this was a very very interesting day. I hate to admit it, but I'm too competitive for some of my poor friends. Like anyone else, I want prizes, I won't lie. I also want a Genin Pin. Won't lie about that one either.
Odd little side note, I started playing a fun game with my Lightning/Wind deck that gave me a handicap. Once I was aware that we were actually playing, I was allowed to switch over to the deck I prefer to play competitively. Everyone was ok with it, I had asked before hand. On to the matches. I will also dub this deck to be Mental Tide because it's shorter to type.
Me Vs. Andy (Mental Tide Vs. Mental Earth/Wind)
The first Game was with my Lightning/Wind which failed miserably. 0-1
Once aware of actually playing, I brought out the Tide. Second Game went my way. Part of the thing that I like about this deck is stalling with Suzume, Hisame, and Sakura. It slows a people down a lot. 1-1
The third game also went in my favor. Andy was trying to get the flavor of a mental deck and what to do and not to do and seeing how my deck works. In all fairness, it wasn't a fair match up for him. However, I apologized for being a jerk and gave him some cards and promised to help him out with other cards as a peace offering. 2-1
However, I learned something amazing in these matches. One of my opening hands I had 2 Sakura's and a Temari. At first I was angry as all get out, but then I looked at Sakura [Kunoichi Pride] and just amazed myself with her ability mixed with her chakra/draw engine. Once that sunk in, I found a new piece of synergy with this deck that I was not aware of because I just net-decked it and played it through and through and changed things to what I like to do. Also, further synergy presented itself. Using Sakura's Decision and then injuring Sakura/Hisame also works really well with Tide. Simply Amazing.
Me Vs. David (Mental Tide Vs. Mental Hybrid Earth/Wind)
So, David and I always have to face each other off for Spot 1 and 2 at tournaments. It gets a little annoying and fun to face each other over and over again. It's funny, because our moves are so streamlined. We look at each others chakra piles, and know the cards that the other has and we just sit back and wait to see what will happen. I had made one major mistake and didn't pay attention to his support ninja's when I made a crucial attack and I thought that would've cost me the game. However, a second Tide saved my hide. I almost decked myself out, but I lucked out. Also, we had run out of time, and David offered to give in for second place, so I can at least win my first ever Ninja Academy Event. Thanks David, I guess you can have the rest now =P.
So, if I do a little bit of math...
Wins: 2
Losses: 0
Draws: 0
Total Wins: 15
Total Losses: 7
Total Draws: 0
This does not match up with what I have in Gamers Round Table. I gave up on believing what that thing says. Something happened were our earlier records got mixed up because David and I both have David as a first name. Oh well.
Monday, January 15, 2007
Step 2: Become Genin - COMPLETE
Ninja Academy Level Tournament: 3
I believe there were only 6 people at this tournament, so we used the round robin style. In other words, everyone played everyone once. To save on time instead of doing best of 3, it was only one game matches. :-( I hate doing those, because 1) someone might get lucky and beat my deck because of my bad start and 2) I might get lucky and beat someone else because of their bad start. I don't think it's a fair representation of someone's deck / playing if it's only one game per match. Anyway, I can't remember much about the specific matches, but it wasn't that bad.
End Result: 1st place
Wins: 5
Losses: 0
Draws: 0
Total Wins: 13
Total Losses: 1
Total Draws: 0
*~*~*~*2/3 wins towards getting my first genin pin! *~*~*~*
Ninja Academy Level Tournament: 4
There were quite a few people at this tournament, just like last saturday. There were probably at least 15 people there, so we played swiss rules (random match ups until the final round). I really can't remember much from this day either, even though it was just a few days ago. I will start bringing a notepad and writing things down to make writing about it later easier. I was happy that Dave got the BYE at first, cuz I was thinking "sweet, that's like a insta-win, right?"...but alas. As you may have already read, Dave - like myself - was undefeated at this tournament. But unfortunately, because he had a BYE and not a win, he did not place as high as those that had one more win than him when it was time for the final round. LAME. Oh well, I guess that kind of how I felt last week.
This night was AMAZING for me though. Every match was quick and easy to win. As a prize, I got some sweet saske card covers and a booster pack from Curse of the Sand. I usually think "A booster pack? psh...what a lame prize." Tonight though, my faith in booster pack prizes was renewed, because when I opened my pack I discovered that I'd actually won a Fourth Hokage! For those of you who don't know, the Fourth is one of the highest (if not single highest) selling Naruto card. Later, a player asked if I'd trade my End of the Demon for another Fourth, so I jumped on that deal. All in all that night I walked away with: my third win (GENIN PIN IN THE MAIL!), 2 Fourth Hokage cards, and saske card sleeves. :-D
End Result: 1st place
Wins: 5
Losses: 0
Draws: 0
Total Wins: 18
Total Losses: 1
Total Draws: 0
*~*~*~*3/3 wins towards getting my first genin pin! *~*~*~*
DING DING DING DING DING *cues the balloons to start falling* *dances around with balloons falling all around him* YAY!
I believe there were only 6 people at this tournament, so we used the round robin style. In other words, everyone played everyone once. To save on time instead of doing best of 3, it was only one game matches. :-( I hate doing those, because 1) someone might get lucky and beat my deck because of my bad start and 2) I might get lucky and beat someone else because of their bad start. I don't think it's a fair representation of someone's deck / playing if it's only one game per match. Anyway, I can't remember much about the specific matches, but it wasn't that bad.
End Result: 1st place
Wins: 5
Losses: 0
Draws: 0
Total Wins: 13
Total Losses: 1
Total Draws: 0
*~*~*~*2/3 wins towards getting my first genin pin! *~*~*~*
Ninja Academy Level Tournament: 4
There were quite a few people at this tournament, just like last saturday. There were probably at least 15 people there, so we played swiss rules (random match ups until the final round). I really can't remember much from this day either, even though it was just a few days ago. I will start bringing a notepad and writing things down to make writing about it later easier. I was happy that Dave got the BYE at first, cuz I was thinking "sweet, that's like a insta-win, right?"...but alas. As you may have already read, Dave - like myself - was undefeated at this tournament. But unfortunately, because he had a BYE and not a win, he did not place as high as those that had one more win than him when it was time for the final round. LAME. Oh well, I guess that kind of how I felt last week.
This night was AMAZING for me though. Every match was quick and easy to win. As a prize, I got some sweet saske card covers and a booster pack from Curse of the Sand. I usually think "A booster pack? psh...what a lame prize." Tonight though, my faith in booster pack prizes was renewed, because when I opened my pack I discovered that I'd actually won a Fourth Hokage! For those of you who don't know, the Fourth is one of the highest (if not single highest) selling Naruto card. Later, a player asked if I'd trade my End of the Demon for another Fourth, so I jumped on that deal. All in all that night I walked away with: my third win (GENIN PIN IN THE MAIL!), 2 Fourth Hokage cards, and saske card sleeves. :-D
End Result: 1st place
Wins: 5
Losses: 0
Draws: 0
Total Wins: 18
Total Losses: 1
Total Draws: 0
*~*~*~*3/3 wins towards getting my first genin pin! *~*~*~*
DING DING DING DING DING *cues the balloons to start falling* *dances around with balloons falling all around him* YAY!
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Tournament 3 & 4 Notes
For this deck I used the Tide of Blossoms original, and slightly modified. I point to the link because I also have notes in there as well.
Tournament 3 (1/12/2006)
Even though this was just on Friday, I sadly don't remember much of anything at the moment.
Wins: 3
Losses: 2
Draws: 0
Notes that I do remember:
- Mission-less metagame.
- Based on jutsu-pump and removal
- Opponents had a lot of chakra
- I had not enough negation
And, I'll quote what I posted at another website.
So, the changes I made were the inclusion of
- Suzume [Kunoichi Education]
- Exhaustion of Stamina
- Shikamaru Nara [Smarty Pants]
From here on, I will dub it "Exhaustive Tide". That's the best name I can come up with, not as cool as the original name.
Tournament 4 (1/13/2006)
This TournamentI remember better. I forgot to take notes on my notepad yet again. Oh well, eventually I will remember.
Match 1: a Bye, which made me cry and I'll get to that in a bit.
Match 2: Exhaustive Tide vs. Mono-water-esque
My earlier assumptions were correct. I had not played against this player before, but I felt confident with what I had and was eager to test it out. The main note I have is that I recognized Mono-water and recall what the cards are and how much chakra is needed for them and capitalized with Exhaustion and mounted a large counter offensive. This sealed the match in my favor.
Match 2: Exhaustive Tide vs. Wind/Splash?
There are a few hands this deck has that are just amazing. The hand with Sasuke and Temari are just too good. And with that I was able to set the pace for the rest of the match. A later use of Tide and then a Baki cinched the match in my favor as well.
Match 3: Exhaustive Tide vs. Lightning-Naruto+Harem+Sexy Jutsus
I had lost before to this deck. It was the reason why I made sure to include negation this time around. Also, this opponent also had a large abundance of chakra when he plays which led me to use Exhaustion. This paid off as well. At a key point, I used Exhaustion and was able to mount a large offensive and take the match.
So, at this point, I have not lost. However, I have 3 wins and one Bye, this is lower than the 2 players with 4 wins no loss. This made me default to third place it seems. On a positive note, David won his third Academy Level Tournament and this has led to his first Genin pin. He uses a Mental Hybrid that usually wins everything he comes up against and I always fall second place. Congrats to David though!
The other important things to note for this Tournament are as follows.
The post where the quotes come from are here. Hosted by Narucards
Wins: 3
Losses: 0
Draws: 0
Total Wins: 11
Total Losses: 5
Total Draws: 0
Tournament 3 (1/12/2006)
Even though this was just on Friday, I sadly don't remember much of anything at the moment.
Wins: 3
Losses: 2
Draws: 0
Notes that I do remember:
- Mission-less metagame.
- Based on jutsu-pump and removal
- Opponents had a lot of chakra
- I had not enough negation
And, I'll quote what I posted at another website.
After playing for the first time with your original build, I realized a few things about how I play, and how people played around me.
First, I hardly ever had a small hand count due to Sakura's Decision and conservative play. Then, in the middle game, I realized that I attack less and wait for a few more turns before mounting further attacks. I think you intended to wait a while doing some blocking to draw into tide, then use The Third, or Baki and make a big sweep late game.
Lots of pump jutsus and some jutsu negation were used, but like I mentioned before, hardly any missions were played so on the first day I found that Lone Avenger was a dead card.
Also, one of the other people I play with is my buddy David (yeah, both have the same first name, pour tournament organizer gets us confused all the time XD). He runs a mental hybrid and I didn't feel too confident with the original build to defend against him. Against most people, I did well and understood it better after playing different types of decks. The first day also showed me that I let people get away with too many jutsus. I felt that the best way to attack this was to use Exhaustion and Sharingan Eye as well as Wind Scythe.
So, the changes I made were the inclusion of
- Suzume [Kunoichi Education]
- Exhaustion of Stamina
- Shikamaru Nara [Smarty Pants]
From here on, I will dub it "Exhaustive Tide". That's the best name I can come up with, not as cool as the original name.
Tournament 4 (1/13/2006)
This TournamentI remember better. I forgot to take notes on my notepad yet again. Oh well, eventually I will remember.
Match 1: a Bye, which made me cry and I'll get to that in a bit.
Match 2: Exhaustive Tide vs. Mono-water-esque
My earlier assumptions were correct. I had not played against this player before, but I felt confident with what I had and was eager to test it out. The main note I have is that I recognized Mono-water and recall what the cards are and how much chakra is needed for them and capitalized with Exhaustion and mounted a large counter offensive. This sealed the match in my favor.
Match 2: Exhaustive Tide vs. Wind/Splash?
There are a few hands this deck has that are just amazing. The hand with Sasuke and Temari are just too good. And with that I was able to set the pace for the rest of the match. A later use of Tide and then a Baki cinched the match in my favor as well.
Match 3: Exhaustive Tide vs. Lightning-Naruto+Harem+Sexy Jutsus
I had lost before to this deck. It was the reason why I made sure to include negation this time around. Also, this opponent also had a large abundance of chakra when he plays which led me to use Exhaustion. This paid off as well. At a key point, I used Exhaustion and was able to mount a large offensive and take the match.
So, at this point, I have not lost. However, I have 3 wins and one Bye, this is lower than the 2 players with 4 wins no loss. This made me default to third place it seems. On a positive note, David won his third Academy Level Tournament and this has led to his first Genin pin. He uses a Mental Hybrid that usually wins everything he comes up against and I always fall second place. Congrats to David though!
The other important things to note for this Tournament are as follows.
How did this fair for me? Very well actually. Today, I ran into a different variety of decks. This build helped me stop a Mono-Water deck, a Sand/Wind based deck, and a Naruto/Harem/Sexy deck. The earlier notes I made before hand about how people play helped me a lot to better make changes. I was pretty happy with stopping mono-water. I think after seeing the second place finisher for GenCon SoCal, I was very nervous in that match up. However, I later found they didn't run it exactly like it or as close to it.
Finally, Suzume was useful for me to keep people from making attacks. They weren't too happy with a mental defense with her, especially when stacking in Shikamaru, or Sakura, or Hisame, heck, even Kabuto or Hayate! I found that the goal would be to grow her to her 3 support if the situation happens and then I swap her in with the group that has the attacking Baki. At best, higher attacking ninja's don't even have 1 mental except for the Super Rare Third Hokage and Fourth Hokage (I think?). However, none of those scenarios occurred. Mainly, Suzume and Sakura were good enough to stop/prevent most to all attacks, which is what I wanted. Shikamaru was put in just in case I ran into a mental attacking deck and didn't feel comfortable or safe with just Suzume + Sakura + Hisame.
The post where the quotes come from are here. Hosted by Narucards
Wins: 3
Losses: 0
Draws: 0
Total Wins: 11
Total Losses: 5
Total Draws: 0
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Tournament 1 & 2 Notes
So far, alongside David, I've gone to two tournaments. I tried running a Tempo-esque deck. I was lacking on some of the key cards (or rather, cards that I feel are key) but I wanted to test it out against decks that weren't David's and see how well it played. I dubbed it "Pretend Tempo" because it wasn't complete.
Tournament 1 (1/05/2006)
Match 1: Pretend Tempo vs. Rushed Mental
I played against a kid that made a deck on the spot with mental cards. I was kind of peeved at hearing this, seeing as how David's is a mental hybrid and I hate breaking my deck down to counter it. Thank goodness for sideboards. I was able to hold off a good number of his attacks. Having to depend on Ibiki to make an attack makes the mental deck particularly weak against a 10 mental group. This saved me. I won this match.
Match 2: Pretend Tempo vs. Mono-wind-Sand
This match caught me completely off guard. This guy played a deck based on the sand ninja and Lord of the Land of Wind. However, this growth mechanic allowed him to always have a lot of chakra and abuse me with Gaara's cards. However, he was succeptible to bad starts. The first game, he pounced on me. The second game, Tide of the Deadly Combat and the Third [Village Governor] saved me. For the last time, he had to go, so we rolled a die to see who won the third game. I got really lucky.
Match 3: Pretend Tempo vs. Mono-water/Steam?
This match went very well in my favor. I was able to hit my best Turn 0,1 and 2 Ninjas. This was of great help. At this point, it was requested that matches only be 1 game to move things along. I was able to get my first game in quickly. Having Baki helped me out a lot.
Match 4: Pretend Tempo vs. Mental Hybrid
*Sigh* I had to play David. I dislike David's deck. I mulligan'd to 4 cards in hand and then I scooped simply because I dislike playing mental matches, oh well.
Wins: 3
Losses: 1
Draws: 0
Tournament 2 (1/06/2006)
Match 1: Pretend Tempo vs. Mental Hybrid
I got the joy of playing David again. He pounced on me first game, I pounced on him second game, then were asked to move things along, so we flipped a coin for it and I got lucky.
Match 2: Pretend Tempo vs. don't remember
Very hazy about what was in this deck. I won though.
Match 3: Pretend Tempo vs. don't remember again.
I forgot what the basis for this deck was, but I got trounced.
Match 4: Pretend Tempo vs. Lighting/Sexy Jutsu
I was a bit, surprised that someone was running this type of deck. However, this was the point of David and I going to tournaments just to see and get a feel for what people run. I got trounced in the late game and lost.
Wins: 2
Losses: 2
Draws: 0
Total Wins: 5
Total Losses: 3
Total Draws: 0
Tournament 1 (1/05/2006)
Match 1: Pretend Tempo vs. Rushed Mental
I played against a kid that made a deck on the spot with mental cards. I was kind of peeved at hearing this, seeing as how David's is a mental hybrid and I hate breaking my deck down to counter it. Thank goodness for sideboards. I was able to hold off a good number of his attacks. Having to depend on Ibiki to make an attack makes the mental deck particularly weak against a 10 mental group. This saved me. I won this match.
Match 2: Pretend Tempo vs. Mono-wind-Sand
This match caught me completely off guard. This guy played a deck based on the sand ninja and Lord of the Land of Wind. However, this growth mechanic allowed him to always have a lot of chakra and abuse me with Gaara's cards. However, he was succeptible to bad starts. The first game, he pounced on me. The second game, Tide of the Deadly Combat and the Third [Village Governor] saved me. For the last time, he had to go, so we rolled a die to see who won the third game. I got really lucky.
Match 3: Pretend Tempo vs. Mono-water/Steam?
This match went very well in my favor. I was able to hit my best Turn 0,1 and 2 Ninjas. This was of great help. At this point, it was requested that matches only be 1 game to move things along. I was able to get my first game in quickly. Having Baki helped me out a lot.
Match 4: Pretend Tempo vs. Mental Hybrid
*Sigh* I had to play David. I dislike David's deck. I mulligan'd to 4 cards in hand and then I scooped simply because I dislike playing mental matches, oh well.
Wins: 3
Losses: 1
Draws: 0
Tournament 2 (1/06/2006)
Match 1: Pretend Tempo vs. Mental Hybrid
I got the joy of playing David again. He pounced on me first game, I pounced on him second game, then were asked to move things along, so we flipped a coin for it and I got lucky.
Match 2: Pretend Tempo vs. don't remember
Very hazy about what was in this deck. I won though.
Match 3: Pretend Tempo vs. don't remember again.
I forgot what the basis for this deck was, but I got trounced.
Match 4: Pretend Tempo vs. Lighting/Sexy Jutsu
I was a bit, surprised that someone was running this type of deck. However, this was the point of David and I going to tournaments just to see and get a feel for what people run. I got trounced in the late game and lost.
Wins: 2
Losses: 2
Draws: 0
Total Wins: 5
Total Losses: 3
Total Draws: 0
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Hello World
Hey everyone, I'm David. As Dave has already said, I'm a geek just like him and besides playing in semi-local (Rockford = 2 hrs away) tournaments, I feel the need to run my own tournaments locally in Peoria. Sure, I can afford to waste gas money and time driving 2 hrs to play this silly card game, but can the average person / kid playing Naruto? Def. not. Anyway, on to the tournaments...
Ninja Academy Level Tournament: 1
I did pretty well in my first tournament in Rockford on Friday (Jan. 5th, 2007). I played 4 games in all (the last of which was vs. Dave himself) and I was able to leave undefeated in 1st place. There was a pretty good Naruto player there named Michael who beat Dave (correction: he beat Dave in the first out of 3 games. Dave, however, beat him once (out of pure luck) and then won a die roll to break the tie). [You'll soon find out that Dave has uncanny luck]. I was supposed to play Michael, but unfortunately he had to leave early so he forfeited to me. :-( He had an impressive sand / Gaara deck, but I imagine Dave will give you more detail on that when he talks about his experience at the tournament. I used the mental hybrid deck I've coined "Mental Breakdown" (deck list coming soon!) I left feeling pretty happy about my deck because with all honesty I did not expect my "lousy mental deck" to do well.
Eat that Bandai forum writers!
End Result: 1st place
Points Awarded: 12 + 4 = 16
Total Wins: 4
Total Losses: 0
Total Draws: 0
Total Points: 1516
*~*~*~*1/3 wins towards getting my first genin pin! *~*~*~*
Ninja Academy Level Tournament: 2 (premier? o_O )
The next day (Sat. Jan 6th, 2007), Dave any I arrived at this tournament a few minutes late. They started without us and in order for us to catch up, the Meijin asked Dave and I to play each other. In our first game, I won (and without using any mental cards!) In our second game, Dave won (I didn't draw anything that useful until it was too late). By that time, the Meijin came up to us and informed us because of the number of people at the tourney and time constraints, we are only playing best of 1 instead of best of 3. To break the tie we had, we agreed to just flip a coin. My luck ran out, so Dave won that match. I felt pretty down about this, but there wasn't much I could do about it. I figured the only way I could make myself feel better about it would be to not lose any more games. Thankfully, I was able to keep my resolution and end in second place. The first place winner was undefeated that day and as a result I was unable to play him. He used an interesting-looking Naruto lightning/mix deck taking advantage of sexy / harem jutsu. He beat Dave pretty badly earlier that night, so I just had to see how I could do against him. I challenged him to a game and he accepted. I beat him, but I don't think it was a fair judge of my deck vs his because he didn't seem to have drawn any of the cards that he needed. Oh well, maybe I'll get to play him in a tourney next time!
End Result: 2nd Place
Points Awarded: 12? (It hasn't been officially listed as of today)
Total Wins: 8
Total Losses: 1
Total Draws: 0
Total Points: 1528?
Ninja Academy Level Tournament: 1
I did pretty well in my first tournament in Rockford on Friday (Jan. 5th, 2007). I played 4 games in all (the last of which was vs. Dave himself) and I was able to leave undefeated in 1st place. There was a pretty good Naruto player there named Michael who beat Dave (correction: he beat Dave in the first out of 3 games. Dave, however, beat him once (out of pure luck) and then won a die roll to break the tie). [You'll soon find out that Dave has uncanny luck]. I was supposed to play Michael, but unfortunately he had to leave early so he forfeited to me. :-( He had an impressive sand / Gaara deck, but I imagine Dave will give you more detail on that when he talks about his experience at the tournament. I used the mental hybrid deck I've coined "Mental Breakdown" (deck list coming soon!) I left feeling pretty happy about my deck because with all honesty I did not expect my "lousy mental deck" to do well.
Eat that Bandai forum writers!
End Result: 1st place
Points Awarded: 12 + 4 = 16
Total Wins: 4
Total Losses: 0
Total Draws: 0
Total Points: 1516
*~*~*~*1/3 wins towards getting my first genin pin! *~*~*~*
Ninja Academy Level Tournament: 2 (premier? o_O )
The next day (Sat. Jan 6th, 2007), Dave any I arrived at this tournament a few minutes late. They started without us and in order for us to catch up, the Meijin asked Dave and I to play each other. In our first game, I won (and without using any mental cards!) In our second game, Dave won (I didn't draw anything that useful until it was too late). By that time, the Meijin came up to us and informed us because of the number of people at the tourney and time constraints, we are only playing best of 1 instead of best of 3. To break the tie we had, we agreed to just flip a coin. My luck ran out, so Dave won that match. I felt pretty down about this, but there wasn't much I could do about it. I figured the only way I could make myself feel better about it would be to not lose any more games. Thankfully, I was able to keep my resolution and end in second place. The first place winner was undefeated that day and as a result I was unable to play him. He used an interesting-looking Naruto lightning/mix deck taking advantage of sexy / harem jutsu. He beat Dave pretty badly earlier that night, so I just had to see how I could do against him. I challenged him to a game and he accepted. I beat him, but I don't think it was a fair judge of my deck vs his because he didn't seem to have drawn any of the cards that he needed. Oh well, maybe I'll get to play him in a tourney next time!
End Result: 2nd Place
Points Awarded: 12? (It hasn't been officially listed as of today)
Total Wins: 8
Total Losses: 1
Total Draws: 0
Total Points: 1528?
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