[Day 1 Info] GP Columbus!

[Peter_Rotten]

Give us some loving! Those of us at home are desperate for some information.

How many people? 883
GPTrials?
Hulk or not?
Standings?
Links to other sites with info?

Bring it home!

Here is SCG thread that may get some updates soon. (http://www.starcitygames.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=301415)

coverage up @ MTG.com (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgevent/gpcol07/welcome)

[Eldariel]

That isn't normal, they're experiencing some technical difficulties most likely. Usually the coverage is at most one round behind. The fact that there've been no updates makes me think the laptop denounced its contract or something. It wouldn't be the first time either. But we'll find out later, I guess. Hoping they'll get the Columbus-coverage online at some point though :/

[Peter_Rotten]

Updates containing no actual updates deleted.

[SpatulaOfTheAges]

Jack:

Jack(IBA) 1-1
Krieger(krieger) - 2-0
Anwar lost the first round and I don't know about the second.

[MattH]

Jack(IBA) 1-1
Not to stir up trouble, but I thought Jack was banned from sanctioned tournaments for awhile yet?

[SpatulaOfTheAges]

Jack was temporarily unbanned, I believe.

I know Jack is playing some Hulk-variant. I'm not sure about Krieger or Anwar, though I think they both have the cards for it and had been testing it.

[Peter_Rotten]

Jack was temporarily unbanned, I believe.

I know Jack is playing some Hulk-variant. I'm not sure about Krieger or Anwar, though I think they both have the cards for it and had been testing it.

Damnit man, am I going to buy you the lobster dinner and all you're gonna do is show me cleavage? You're such a tease.

Do you know what they played against?

[Slay]

Jack's got some weird controllish form of Hulk. I think he's playing green.

[SpatulaOfTheAges]

Jack:

Anwar 1-2 :( Blue Death?
Jack 2-1 Flash(or Rock-Flash-Hate-Hulk-Flash)
David Geirheart 3-0 Flash
Krieger Flash
Caboose 2-1

[Peter_Rotten]

Have they given u any info about the Flash turnout or the mix of decks?

I just deleted a bunch of posts to keep this thread as streamlined as possible. And yes, I just used "u." And I also started two sentences with a coordinating conjunction. Put that in your brother's pipe and smoke it.

[foursquare]

On other GP news, Olivier Ruel is coming back strong he's 5-1 at GP Strasburg.

[Peter_Rotten]

Unconfirmed from SCG's forums:


I talked to a few people on the phone and all I have so far is that attendnace is 800+. 1st round didnt start until around noon e.s.t.

[kabal]

Wizards has coverage up @ MTG.com (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgevent/gpcol07/welcome) now...

[Peter_Rotten]

883 ppl! Wow!

[Phantom]

883 ppl! Wow!

How does that compare to the other GPs?

[Peter_Rotten]

How does that compare to the other GPs?

The Euro Block tourney had maybe 1200 players. So our attendance is good for a Legacy GP but not that great for a GP.

[SpatulaOfTheAges]

The Philly GP was less(~500) but the Lille was more(~1000), I believe.

[Drkdstryer]

The Euro Block tourney had maybe 1200 players. So our attendance is good for a Legacy GP but not that great for a GP.

But for an AMERICAN GP this attendance is amazing. I want to say there have been like 2 or 3 American continent GPs - ever - that have broken 1000 players. Almost 900 is a very good GP.

[Barook]

*The motherfuckers are the people that say Legacy is trash.
Like... Wizards!? :confused:

But, wow, 883 people is definitely alot, especially after the whole Hulk Flash desaster.

Btw: Is it just me or is BDM really incompetent at covering the GP? I do get that impression when i read stuff like this:


Legacy is a tremendously popular casual format because relatively inexpensive decks like Goblins, Threshold, and White Weenie have all been successful in the format.


And who the fuck gives a shit about some weird casual format who is played by some nerds who will never ever get laid?

edit: I'm talking about that stupid thing called Harem, of course.

[SpatulaOfTheAges]

Dave:

Dave (Deep6er) 4-0 Hulk
Alix (ObFreely) 4-0 Hulk
Dominic (Happy Gilmore) 4-0 Hulk
Jesse (Mad Zur) 2-2 Slivers
Calosso (calosso) 3-1 Slivers

PS, I thought the Harem thing was cool, Mr. Grumpy Pants.

I think that the anti-hype hype and the large attendance have created a killing field for the people smart enough to play Hulk. But we'll see.

[Kyachi]

Also this part:


"relatively obscure cards like Imperial Seal"

[Peter_Rotten]

@ Rotten: Probably both.

But seriously, the fact that he said imperial seal was legal was actually disgusting. The other mistakes aren't terribly big deals, but I believe that Imperial Seal being legal would make a pronounced difference, especially in a format dominated by combo at the moment.

Kronicler

Let's get over it. He said it and we'll probably forget about it once there is another update.

Deleted a bunch of stuff to keep us as reasonably focused as possible.

[Nihil Credo]

The thing I blame BDM the most for is not taking a picture of the two dudes playing "Harem". It could help so many people suffering from low self-esteem.

Edit: It seems Deep6er might be in need of such a photo right now.

[SpatulaOfTheAges]

Jack 4-1 Hulk
Anwar - Out
Alix 5-0 Hulk
Dave 4-1 Hulk(lost to Smennen playing Hulk(featured match))
So Smennen 5-0 Hulk
Torgor 4-0 last reported w/ Wombat?

[Peter_Rotten]

Dave 4-1 Hulk(lost to Smennen playing Hulk(featured match))
So Smennen 5-0 Hulk

I would LOVE the details of that match. What builds they were playing, any trash talking, play mistakes, game results (did Smenny win 2-0 or 2-1?), etc.

[Phantom]

I think that the anti-hype hype and the large attendance have created a killing field for the people smart enough to play Hulk. But we'll see.

As soon as I heard the attendance figure, I just thought "Wow, Hulk is going to rape, and hulk hate decks are probably going to run into too much randomness."



Jack 4-1 Hulk
Anwar - Out
Alix 5-0 Hulk
Dave 4-1 Hulk(lost to Smennen playing Hulk(featured match))
So Smennen 5-0 Hulk
Torgor 4-0 last reported w/ Wombat?

Looks like that might actually be happening.

[Tacosnape]

Dave 4-1 Hulk(lost to Smennen playing Hulk(featured match))
So Smennen 5-0 Hulk
Torgor 4-0 last reported w/ Wombat?

I am somewhat saddened by Smennen not getting crushed.

Wombat? Seriously?

Also, to Phantom: Agreed completely. A good rule is the larger the tournament, the better off you are playing the "Best deck."

[SpatulaOfTheAges]

Dave lost 2-0, I don't know about builds. Jack's loss came from Goblins, LOLZ.

Wombat, seriously. I imagine he fed off of Fish and Goblins.

[SpatulaOfTheAges]

From Dave:

Jack 4-2 (lost to Landstill)
Dave 4-2 (lost to Goblins w/ MD Leylines)
Dan(nitewolf) 4-2 Hulk
Jesse (Mad Zur) 3-3 Slivers
Dominic(Happy Gilmore) 5-1 Hulk
Zohar(powergamer) 5-1 (didn't catch deck)
Caboose 3-2-1 Fish
Allan(URABAHN) 3-3 Landstill
Turpyn(T is for Tool) 4-2 (didn't catch what he was playing)
Brian (wastedlife) 5-1 TES
Machinus 4-2 Hulk
Tom Smart 4-2 BHWC Landstill
JimP(JRP) 6-0 BHWC Landstill

Dave vs Smennen - Dave is playing Kiki w/ Petals + Confidant and Deed, Smennen is playing Disciple build with some accel suite. Game 1 Dave is on the play and Smennen has the turn 1 kill, but Dave stops him from going off. He gets a Confidant in play and gets Wipe Away off of him, then draws Duress for the turn. Forgetting that Smennen is playing Disciple kill, he holds off for Wipe Away, and that's all she wrote.

Game 2 he keeps trying to draw Therapy but they're having a good-card-party-on-the-bottom-and-you're-not-invited.

Top tables are mostly Hulk-flash and Hulk-flash-hate. It sounds like a lot of Landstill mainly, which makes sense, since it has the same kind of match-up against Hulk as Fish and beats Fish.

[Nihil Credo]

Jon Sonne vs. Antonino De Rosa (Machinus Goblins vs. Bigger Fish) feature match is up.

Edit: Pairings and standings have also started being posted.

Edit2: Deep6er vs. Smmenen (Rock Flash vs. Disciple Flash) feature match is up, with some ugly-ass mugshots to boot.

[Peter_Rotten]

Friendly Phil at #105 after round 6 (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgevent/gpcol07/stand6).

[SpatulaOfTheAges]

Scott Scheur(overlord) is 29.

I know Jack won his next round, then my phone died.

[264505]

How does that compare to the other GPs?

The last GP in the US was the extended one in Dallas and it had like 780 something, definitly under 800 so this is a really good turnout.

[Peter_Rotten]

... then my phone died.

NO!!!! Help me Spat-Kenobi, you're our only hope!

[SpatulaOfTheAges]

Sorry. And I'm out for errands, so you'll have to rely on Wizards.

[Peter_Rotten]

Here are some names I recognize at the end of the 6th round:

15 points
Diablos 98th place
Eisel, Nick 77th place

12 points
Mr. Nightmare - 239th place
quicksilver - 233rd place
Watcher (Shane Flannigan) 211th place

[Drkdstryer]

Zohar(powergamer) 5-1 (didn't catch deck)

Zohar is playing Flash; I'm not 100% what kill. I think Disciple kill.

[GreenOne]

Round 7: Willy Edel vs. Gadiel Szleifer is covered up on wizards' site right now

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgevent/gpcol07/welcome#1

[xsockmonkeyx]

Pinder is 6-1 after round 7. w00t!!

[Drkdstryer]

Pinder is 6-1 after round 7. w00t!!

So is Zohar (powergamer) and Eisel. As far as I know they're playing Menedian's build of Hulk.

[Peter_Rotten]

Round 7 updates of ppl I know:

18 points
Eisel, Nick - 18th place
Stolze, Philip - 62nd place
Hammer, James (Pinder) - 66th

17 points
Scheurer, Scott 71st
Kaddy!!!!! - 72nd

16 points
Machinus - 78th place
Alix Hatfield - 81st place
Rusiecki, Jonathan (Mr. Nipples) - 88th (he won his 8th round and is in Day 2)

15 points
Smenny - 123rd (still enough to make day 2)
Diablos 127th place (still enough to make day 2)
quicksilver - 154th place
IBA - 159th
Gearhart - 165th
Bryant (wastedlife) 197th
Scrummdog - 212th

12 points
Watcher (Shane Flannigan) 301st place
Mr. Nightmare - 302nd place
Mulletus - 320th

[Awesomator]

Pinder is 6-1 after round 7. w00t!!

What did Pinder bring to the GP?

Trying to Find out Ben Lukas' (Force of Will) record if anyone can find it.

[Phantom]

What are the requirements for making the second day?


Trying to Find out Ben Lukas' (Force of Will) record if anyone can find it.



Lukas, Ben S 394th place 9 points after 6

[kirdape3]

Be in the top 128. Most likely, it's 7-2 with having some byes (so your tiebreakers are silly good).

[CynicalSquirrel]

What did Pinder bring to the GP?

Trying to Find out Ben Lukas' (Force of Will) record if anyone can find it.

291 Lukas, Ben S * 12 69.04%

Looks like the pros are having a lot of success. PV (Paulo Vitor Damo Da Rosa) from magic-league is currently in 3rd, so we're all rooting for him there. Lukas didn't do quite as well as far as representing magic-league though.

[SpatulaOfTheAges]

Jack:

Jack is 6-2
Jon(Mr. Nipples) is 7-1
Alix(ObFreely) 6-1-1
Dominic(Happy Gilmore) 7-1

Most Sourcers are still in, except for Mad Zur and Anwar.

The highest Sourcer I see is Happy Gilmore. LoLz.

I lied about errands, I guess.

Nick Trodeau got DQed for trying to change the results slip when he lost to John(Shaq-Fu). Shaq-Fu is playing Hulk, and he was X-2 I believe.

The top tables are a lot of Hulk-Flash, Gro, Thresh, not much Fish, some Landstill.

Scott(overlord) is playing U/B Landstill
Zohar is as well.

[AngryTroll]

SWEET...I bet anything Pinder is playing Meathooks.

[Peter_Rotten]

What's his last name so I can check on his status myself?

[Awesomator]

Figured fish would get eaten by randomness. 12 points means 4-3 record for Ben?

[AngryTroll]

Don't know...what about Chris Lennon? I know he flew there all the way from Portland to represent the West Coast.

[Nihil Credo]

345 Lennon, Chris W 12 57.00%

[xsockmonkeyx]

Chris is 4-3 :/

Pinder (James Hammer) was in 66th last I checked.

They both played slivers.

EDIT i think Mr. Nipples was in 83rd

Colosso ~158

Hanni~550

[Peter_Rotten]

If Pinder makes day two, I will allow him to open an artichoke thread.

[Awesomator]

lol with his record I think he's already in. You'll make the thread and never lock it?

[xsockmonkeyx]

If Pinder makes day two, I will allow him to open an artichoke thread.

Im gonna hold you to this :tongue:

[SpatulaOfTheAges]

Mr Nipples, Jon Rupolishname, is 83rd and won his 8th round. He's in day two.

Edit:The last round of the day should be beginning now. A lot of Legacy names are still up in the air. Excitement!

[Awesomator]

Anyone know what Jeff Folinus (Gekoratel) brought to the GP?

[EliasV]

He's tearing down the house with Gobbs + Maindeck Leylines.

[Awesomator]

Very nice that's what I was hoping he was playing. Damn wish I could have gone.

[MattH]

Holy shit, Tash is doing very well. 12th place after round 7. UPDATE: 42nd after round 8. Ian Degraff at 21st (60th after round 8), Demars at 24th (69th after round 8).

Looks like Gadiel is making up for his embarrassing performance at GP: Philly.

Mattiuzzo, Richard L at 102nd - Go Shockwave! Also Vroman at 175th.

Analynn P Bustamante (95th), John Kelly (660th), and Robin Mannas (147th) are local Austin people.

Menendian back up to 77th.

WTF? Monoblack control is UNDEFEATED at 7-0? And Elves went 7-0-1? Not doing a lot to dispel the "legacy is casual format" notion here, guys.

[xsockmonkeyx]

Round 8 is up!!!

37(th) Hammer, James * 21pts (7-1-0) 56.2153%

Pinder is in!!!

more:
23 Lodovichetti, Dominic f * 21 67.1875%

40 Kadilak, Matt J * 20 58.2093%

44 Rusiecki, Jonathan * 19 65.8333%

49 Hatfield, Alix * 19 64.0625%

77 Menendian, Stephen M * 18 68.2292%

83 Stolze, Philip 18 65.0680%

101 Folinus, Jeffrey S * 18 61.3095%

111 Gearhart, David D 18 58.9286%

117 Elgin, Jack 18 57.9762%

139 Cook, Bryant A * 18 51.3393%

154 Diefendorf, Brian * 17 57.8373%


EDIT: Volt (Chris Lennon) is at 5-3. Not a bad showing at all.

[SpatulaOfTheAges]

Jack:

Day Two after 9th round:

Jack - In
Zohar(powergamer) - In
Mr. Nipples - In
ObFreely - In
Happy Gilmore - In
wastedlife - In
Kaddy - In (Hanni-fish w/ sb into Flash)

Caboose - Out
Calosso - Out
Deep6er - Out
T is for Tool - Out
Diablos - Out
Machinus - Out

Machinus, Diablos and Deep6er miss out on tie-breakers(all 6-3).

Togor w/ Wombat got Womated out (4-1-3)

[Peter_Rotten]

Round 8 updates of ppl I know:

21 points
Eisel, Nick - 14th place
Hammer, James (Pinder) - 37th (damn, looks like we're having an artichoke thread)

20 points
Kaddy!!!!! - 40th

19points
Rusiecki, Jonathan (Mr. Nipples) - 44th
Alix Hatfield - 49th place


18 points
Smenny - 77th
Stolze, Philip - 83rd place
Gearhart - 111th
IBA - 117th
Bryant (wastedlife) 139th

17 points
Scheurer, Scott - 152nd
Diefendorf - 154th

15 points
Diablos 201st place
quicksilver - 215th place
Scrummdog - 267th
Mulletus - 278th

12 points
Watcher (Shane Flannigan) 356th place
Mr. Nightmare - 367th place

edit: look above at Spat's post for more recent info

[Peter_Rotten]

Ugh! There's an Elf deck that went 7-0-1? WTF... Wait to the kiddies swarm your local with that jank. :frown: :jank:

[Awesomator]

LOL mono green elves?!? how do you even win a game in this meta with Elves! Merfolk would have had a decent shot though.

[Cerryl]

I seriously hope that Elves makes Top 8.

[Peter_Rotten]

LOL mono green elves?!? how do you even win a game in this meta with Elves! Merfolk would have had a decent shot though.


I know there will be a deck tech in the morning with Richard Feldman who was off to a 7-0-1 start with an exciting little elf number. Stay tuned for that one.

So we don't know if it's mono-green or not.

[Peter_Rotten]

Also, look at the last picture of the WotC coverage. I didn't know Matt Pinfield played Magic.

[Awesomator]

I really doubt that it is Mono Green. I wish someone played merfolk, island walk all over fish and thresh haha.

[Phantom]

It appears that Flash is indeed dominating. The last 10 undefeated (7-0) decks were:

Thresh
Burn (huh?)
Flash
Flash
MBC
Goblins
Flash
Fish
Flash
Flash

That's nuts. We'll have to see if it continues day 2...

[Peter_Rotten]

It appears that Flash is indeed dominating. The last 10 undefeated (7-0) decks were:

Thresh
Burn (huh?)
Flash
Flash
MBC
Goblins
Flash
Fish
Flash
Flash

That's nuts. We'll have to see if it continues day 2...

Yes, but 4 of the Flash decks had to play each other.

[Cabal_chan]

How certain can we be that the Elf deck isn't a stompy variant that just runs a few mana elves?

[juventus]

David Raczka is 26th! at 7-1


gogo!

[Peter_Rotten]

David Raczka is 26th! at 7-1

UmK. Who is that?

[Phantom]

Yes, but 4 of the Flash decks had to play each other.

Yeah, but still, anytime half of the top X is a single deck, that's pretty amazing. Especially when the other top decks appear to be hate decks (I'm assuming here that they all made allowances in their builds to Flash). I'm not saying anything is definitive yet, but it sure looks amazing.

Also, would it be too much to ask WoTC for the Elf vs. Burn matchup report we've all been waiting for.

[Bardo]

How certain can we be that the Elf deck isn't a stompy variant that just runs a few mana elves?

Did I just read that the Elf deck was being played by Richard Feldman? How odd.

[juventus]

UmK. Who is that?

Rochester guy, he top 8'd with lands.dec at the Rochester GPT. He's a damn good player.

[sammiel]

I almost wish I'd gone just for the hell of it, but god flash is hella gay and I couldn't get anything built in time except angel stax or bgw control. Good luck to any sourcers who made day 2!

[TeenieBopper]

Grats to all the people who made day 2!

[Peter_Rotten]

Round 9 updates of ppl I know and names I recognize:

In for Day 2
24 points
Adrian Sullivan - 15th

22 Points
Alix Hatfield - 32nd place

21 points
Eisel, Nick - 37th place
Stolze, Philip - 48th place
Hammer, James (Pinder) - 64th
IBA - 69th (figures, huh?)

20 points
Kaddy!!!!! - 80th
Diefendorf - 81st

19points
Rusiecki, Jonathan (Mr. Nipples) - 93rd
Smenny - 102nd


No Day 2 for you :frown:
19points
Scheurer, Scott - 169th

18 points
Diablos - 151st place
Gearhart - 152nd
quicksilver - 170th place
Bryant (wastedlife) - 191st
Scrummdog - 201st
Mulletus - 203rd

15 points
Mr. Nightmare - 299th place

12 points
Watcher (Shane Flannigan) - 383rd place

[Kronicler]

In for Day 2
...
Hammer, James (Pinder) - 64th


Artichoke Thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Grats Pinder, and grats to everyone who made day two! Can't wait to see the MBC deck and the Elves deck, along with just how many slots hulk flash will hold in the top 8 tomorrow.

Kronicler

[SpatulaOfTheAges]

Dominic Lodovichetti(Happy Gilmore) - 24 points - 10th
Zohar Bahgat(power gamer) - 24 points - 19th

[moxpearl]

Kudos to all who made day 2.

I've never played in a two day event, but why did so many people (like 15) intentionally draw in round 9? And most of them ended at 19, just enough to make top 128. Sure, it guarantees you a Day 2 spot, but it also puts you potentially 2 more points away from a top 8. Are people more interested in getting some prize money, pro points, and amateur prize rather than giving yourself some shot for the top 8? Or, is even 2 losses generally not going to cut it for the top 8?

[kabal]

It would seem that Robert Vroman (Vintage fame) is going to day 2. Curious if he is playing Stax, as that is what he typically plays in Type 1.

[TheAardvark]

From the sounds of it, Feldman is playing a Trinity Green-style deck splashing black. He finished Day 1 at 8-0-1.

Interesting.

[Lego]

I'd like to see Paul Cheon's deck from the Round 9 feature match. Shadowmage Infiltrators are hot :)

[TheDarkshineKnight]

Gogogogo Pinder! Represent West Coast Legacy foshizzle! :P

[Caboose]

Trudeau put on his cheaty face for sure. I hear he crossed out the results slip and wrote in a win. One less Landstill deck at Worlds, I guess :rolleyes:

[Citrus-God]

Trudeau put on his cheaty face for sure. I hear he crossed out the results slip and wrote in a win. One less Landstill deck at Worlds, I guess :rolleyes:

Danm... when and how was he caught?

[Michael Keller]

Good luck to everyone who made day 2...

And for those who didn't..you're still awesome

[Caboose]

Danm... when and how was he caught?

Like round 6-ish? I guess his opponent complained the next round when he realized he was still at the same points. Trudeau allegedly claimed he remembered winning the match, but could not recall any details. Trudeau was DQ'd, and the opponent had to keep the fake match loss. That sucks hardcore.

EDIT: This isn't another Caboose vs. Chris Ripple thing. I'm not trying to tarnish Trudeau's name, but it's relevant information. I frankly don't care one way or the other.

[Disagree]

78 Mannas, Robin(Antimegas) * 21 49.36%

Grats on day 2!! Hope you make it buddy :D

Also grats to everyone else who made it :) hope you all do well.

[Citrus-God]

Like round 6-ish? I guess his opponent complained the next round when he realized he was still at the same points. Trudeau allegedly claimed he remembered winning the match, but could not recall any details. Trudeau was DQ'd, and the opponent had to keep the fake match loss. That sucks hardcore.

EDIT: This isn't another Caboose vs. Chris Ripple thing. I'm not trying to tarnish Trudeau's name, but it's relevant information. I frankly don't care one way or the other.

I never thought a guy like Nick Trudeau would do such a thing... that may have explained his success forever....

[AngryTroll]

Well, I'm looking forward to tomorrow. I want to see the list for that Elf deck. Seriously....that's awesome. The Newb way down deep wants to see it...but he's the one that went 8-0-1 with it, so he clearly knows something I don't. I love it when the newb in me gets to play a deck that is good.

That "Bigger Fish" Deck sounds cool, and I really hope Pinder keeps kicking butt and taking names tomorrow with Meathooks. Good luck to all the Sourcers that made day two!

[Arrowni]

I cannot tell for sure but the elf deck sounds like a deck that was played in the Starcitygames Legacy tournament. I also like to see that Stephen agrees with me and its not playing the s_ckass version of the Hulk Flash that I have criticized so harshly. Other than that, I would love to see the goblin build.

[Lukas Preuss]

Nice... Markus Seine is there representing Western Germany. And has 24 points after round 9. :)

[Nihil Credo]

Knowing Richard Feldman, his list probably did use Trinity Green as a starting point, but then was added an entirely new layer thanks to some 8-12 cards no-one would have ever thought of putting in the deck.

Richard Feldman is concentrated awesome. Go Richie!

[Pinder]

Nice... Markus Seine is there representing Western Germany. And has 24 points after round 9. :)

I played him round 9, actually. He was one of my 2 losses. Quadruple Wasteland in a row game 2, followed by Crucible. Wasn't pretty.

Hell of a nice guy though. He told me his one loss was actually to someone else playing CounterSliver. Despite the loss, it was actually one of the most fun matchups I'd had all day.

[kabal]

I guess his opponent complained the next round when he realized he was still at the same points. Trudeau allegedly claimed he remembered winning the match, but could not recall any details. Trudeau was DQ'd, and the opponent had to keep the fake match loss. That sucks hardcore.


I hope his opponent took him out back and feed Trudeau his balls for that fake match loss.


I never thought a guy like Nick Trudeau would do such a thing... that may have explained his success forever....

Exactly ... Good riddance to bad rubbish

[xsockmonkeyx]

Pindah, youre my hero!

Take 'em to the cleaners today :wink:

[SpatulaOfTheAges]

I also like to see that Stephen agrees with me and its not playing the s_ckass version of the Hulk Flash that I have criticized so harshly. Other than that, I would love to see the goblin build.

You know that that "suckass" build is in the number one spot, right?

Edit: To clarify a question on another board and raised earlier in this thread, Jack's unbanning had something to do with tugging at Andy Heckt heartstrings because Jack is joining the army, and this tourney is a couple week before he goes for his exam.

[Peter_Rotten]

... Jack is joining the army...

:shock:
Wow. Good luck to him.

On a different note, should we have a separate thread for Day 2?

[kabal]

:shock:
Wow. Good luck to him.

On a different note, should we have a separate thread for Day 2?

I think there should be a new thread, since day 1 stuff doesn't matter anymore. Except maybe some deck lists of the people who didn't make day 2?

[MattH]

You know that that "suckass" build is in the number one spot, right?

Edit: To clarify a question on another board and raised earlier in this thread, Jack's unbanning had something to do with tugging at Andy Heckt heartstrings because Jack is joining the army, and this tourney is a couple week before he goes for his exam.

Thank you for answering this; a lot of people were wondering.

[TheAardvark]

Knowing Richard Feldman, his list probably did use Trinity Green as a starting point, but then was added an entirely new layer thanks to some 8-12 cards no-one would have ever thought of putting in the deck.

Richard Feldman is concentrated awesome. Go Richie!

I would agree 100%. He's also the best writer that SCG has...but that's neither here nor there.

Thanks again for clearing up Jack's situation, Spat, because I was wondering the same thing. I must say, Andy Heckt allowing him to play amazes me, and seems like a class act, which I certainly don't expect from anyone in his position. As far as Jack joining the Army...if that's what he wants to do, more power to him.

I just want to see the T8 and see how it plays out. I mean, I don't expect there to be like 8 Flash decks, but I do think that there will be probably 3-4, which is still somewhat problematic. I think a bigger issue will be seeing how many FoW are in the T8. I say 28. 32 is a good possibility, but I expect something slightly different (Goblins, etc.) to sneak in.

We'll see, I guess.

[Arrowni]

You know that that "suckass" build is in the number one spot, right?


Yes, that one exactly! LAME.


(I'm hoping that some miracle works and stops those lists from top 8ing just to save some face, but lets face it, I'm screwed. Flash IS the best deck in the format)

[IndyTerminator]

Okay, I went to the GP yesterday with Aluren.

First round I got paired against Ewokslayer with U/b Hulk Flash with the Kiki kill. Brian got unlucky with his Brainstorm in the first game and got stuck on one land which gave me enough time to go off. The second game I had to mulligan to five with a pretty bad hand. Brian steamrolled me. The third game I started off with a hand that had two cabal therapies in it. He dazed my first therapy but could not stop the second(naming Flash). Next turn I extirpated his flashes but I still had nothing in my hand. Once I started to get creatures done it was already to late. So we drew that round.

The next round I was paired against Faery Stompy. I had easy control of the first game but screwed up the combo and got a game loss. The next game I had to mulligan to 4 or 5 and wasn't even in the game.

Third round I was paired up against Hulk Flash with the disciple kill. First game I kept a hand without Force of Will and lost. The second game(pretty fuzzy) I had a therapy the first turn but he dazed it. He won the next turn and then I dropped.

Bad beats, but I had a good time. I'm glad to see that Ewokslayer made it to Day 2 along with the rest of the Sourcers. It was great seeing them. I floated around the tables all day. It was a sea of Hulk Flash and Fish. There were a few goblin decks doing very well before I left during Round 8. Gabe Walls I believe was playing some R/g Loam deck with Devastating Dreams. All the other pros I saw were playing Hulk Flash and Fish.

Good luck to all of the Sourcers left.

P.S - I let one of my friends borrow CRET Belcher for the Legacy Side Event(First place was a English Mana Drain). We weren't able to get him a sideboard but he ended up beating everyone except for Affinity with Force. He got Belcher out turn 2 but only hit for 16 and he died next turn. Second game he got Empty the Warrens out first turn for 8 goblins but lost with the Affinity player at 3 because of double Plating. He did not run into any Forces or Flash decks during the event. I was surprised he did so well because he had no sideboard with maindeck Burning Wishes. Oh well.

[Anarky87]

Just as an FYI, since we're including Sourcers who made Day 2, I also did playing 4c Landstill going 7-2 and ending up in 75th place. I guess there had to be one honest 4c Landstill player going to day 2, eh?

[Phantom]

Just as an FYI, since we're including Sourcers who made Day 2, I also did playing 4c Landstill going 7-2 and ending up in 78 place. I guess there had to be one honest 4c Landstill player going to day 2, eh?


Congrats!

Do you have any thoughts on the event or meta or Flash or anything?

[Anarky87]

Congrats!

Do you have any thoughts on the event or meta or Flash or anything?

The event was solid, excellently run, and everyone I played against or talked to was super friendly and polite and I had fun chatting with other Sourcers for the first time face to face.

Made my comments about Flash in the Day 2 thread.

[ForceofWill]

as most of you know I left my cards in MA. played goblins. I was Jacks goblin loss round 2. It was very funny.

[Mulletus]

I went to a trial and lost to corupted angel on the first and 3rd turns respectivley. So I decided I better change the deck I was going to play. Survival couldn't cut it. So I watched Kaddy play and copied his deck. Fish with the entire flash combo as a sideboard. I think it was the second time I ever played blue in a tourney. I went 6-3 and ended in 203rd. I think if i played my survival deck i would have made day two, I would have stomped the decks I played. Considering I only played flash once, I should have stuck with my 'beat the hate' strategy.

[cdr]

Dave Price did acceptably with Survival; there's a good chance he would have made day 2 if he had recieved his bye. I think it was a fine deck to play.