Lemartes
06-27-2016, 02:26 AM
One year ago I played Elizabeth on water at my first PTC at Scott's Valley and got 8th thanks to diversity. IT was an amazing experience so I stuck with UFS and had a blast at Worlds and at Las Vegas PTC even though I didn't make top cuts. So I didn't have terribly high expectations coming into Redding PTC. I had been slowly working on Shen for about a year and had been using the earlier iterations to teach newer players how to play.
Swiss Rounds
Round 1 Daniel Schussler playing Felicia (Draw 0-0-1)
I took game 1 rather quickly by pushing my attacks past his wall as fast as I could. He made a handful of misplays in that game that made it just a bit worse for him. I was really afraid of running straight into a Nivose but it never showed up. In game 2 I side boarded against his reversals so I felt confident, but the game just took terribly long and I couldn't push anything through. By the time we finished up game 2 we had only 8 minutes left and we couldn't finish the match so it ended in a draw.
Round 2 Bryan playing Miska(Win 1-0-1)
I felt bad for my oppenent in this match. He checked more attacks than foundations in game 1 and couldn't really get anything going to try and stop Shen. Game 2 was much better.He got a build and threw attacks putting me down to 8 rather fast but in the end Magnet Missile twice pulled it out for me.
Round 3 Danielle playing Runika (Win 2-0-1)
I was dominated in game 1. I felt overwhemled on turn 2 when she sup techinqued 2 or 3 times and just wouldn't stop hitting me. I tried to fight back and get back into it and I just couldn't get back and ended up losing pretty bad. Game 2 I sided a card or two to try and slow her down. Shen decided to check perfectly and I took the game rather handily. Game 3 I tried to keep my pace from game 2 going. I put her down to 1 on one of my second to last turn and had to pray she scurvied. My prayers were answered when she only played 1 attack. On the following turn I won with Magnet Missile and What lies Ahead?.
Round 4 Alejandro playing Kim (Win 3-0-1)
Not much to say about game 1 except the luck came to my side and he lost his. He ended up failing 2 of his check on turn 1 and had to commit Kim and I swung through as hard as Shen could on turns 2 and 3. Game 2 I was not prepared for Kim things and easily outpaced me. In game 3 He had another stroke of bad luck and I pulled through with the quick game plan.
Round 5 Brandon playing Runika (Draw 3-0-2)
Brandon opened up with offering a draw, but I felt like I wanted to play more so we played a game. A 32 minute game. He won that game with a multipled Ice slasher while he had 3 battlefist. He again offered to draw and I accepted. for me it had been an exhasuting day and I new if I took the draw I was guaranteed to make top cuts so I accepted
Top 8
Round 1 Daniel Schussler playing Felicia (Win)
Well we finally get to see what happens when we play without a time limit. IN game one I opened up with turn one with Magnet Missle and Throw it Down for 8 damage which he took and followed it up with a turn two build and turn three Trinity Gyeser. the Gyser stunned what he had left after Shen things earlier and drew me 3 cards and no attacks. So I played a Valiant I had in hand. Drew no attacks. Played a summer heat and ripped a Magnet Missile off the top for the game win. Game 2 he was so much faster than me. I couldn't keep up and ended up checking poorly on my blocks. Game 3 rolls around and we had a longer game where he kept checking attacks and not being able to seal the deal. I had gotten him down to 6 and was able to push a Magnet Missile through. He and I had both counted wrong and thought he was at 5 so he "scooped" and we realized about 10 minutes later he would've been put at 1. I had 2 attacks left in deck and he had none when we checked so I guess I would've won that??? Anyways I feel bad for him still. I had a great time playing him twice this tournament.
Round 2 Tim playing Ring Man (Win)
This was the fastest match for me in top tables. I quickly pushed 27 damage through in a few turns while he (like many others) kept checking attacks. In game 2 I checked the handful of cards I had sideboarded in to try and help me secure the win. He ended up hitting me a lot harder than I expected and won rather fast. Game 3 I tried what I did game 1 but this time I had a Golden Ticket to help me swing a lot longer. The win came at a string of good checks on my last turn after committing out for a Tenshou. I really enjoyed seeing his life Ring Man in action and it was well deserving of being second place in swiss rounds.
Round 3 Brandon playing Runika (Win)
Another replay match from swiss. I was really excited to play Brandon for real this time. He had a rocking Runika All wall, but in game 1 he didn't check so well into my attacks early game and he couldn't quite slow down the rest of my deck, I ended up winning with using a Geyser again to commit his last card and drew into the winning Magnet Missile. In Game 2 Brandon had to mull his hand and still checked bad. I didn't get enough attacks to finish the game early on so I had to play the lame game. By the time he cycled I had an idea on what I could do and I rolled with it holding a gekiken for as long as I could. Somewhere along there I jumped the gun and tried to reversal a safe attack (I was winning and tired I'm sorry!) the ruling didn't affect me too badly I burned the check, foundations and the chain blade and it had to sit in card pool. Luckily he didn't have more attacks after that. I followed that up with Tenshou or Valiant ( I don't remember) and the played gekiken into him which he blocked and I recurred to play again. He blocked again and then noticed he had 3 cards in hand, 2 cards in deck and 1 card in discard pile and ended up giving me the game. This was another match I feel bad about. He just had bad luck and I had some pretty good luck.
All in all this was a much better performance than my fist time in Scott's Valley.
Swiss Rounds
Round 1 Daniel Schussler playing Felicia (Draw 0-0-1)
I took game 1 rather quickly by pushing my attacks past his wall as fast as I could. He made a handful of misplays in that game that made it just a bit worse for him. I was really afraid of running straight into a Nivose but it never showed up. In game 2 I side boarded against his reversals so I felt confident, but the game just took terribly long and I couldn't push anything through. By the time we finished up game 2 we had only 8 minutes left and we couldn't finish the match so it ended in a draw.
Round 2 Bryan playing Miska(Win 1-0-1)
I felt bad for my oppenent in this match. He checked more attacks than foundations in game 1 and couldn't really get anything going to try and stop Shen. Game 2 was much better.He got a build and threw attacks putting me down to 8 rather fast but in the end Magnet Missile twice pulled it out for me.
Round 3 Danielle playing Runika (Win 2-0-1)
I was dominated in game 1. I felt overwhemled on turn 2 when she sup techinqued 2 or 3 times and just wouldn't stop hitting me. I tried to fight back and get back into it and I just couldn't get back and ended up losing pretty bad. Game 2 I sided a card or two to try and slow her down. Shen decided to check perfectly and I took the game rather handily. Game 3 I tried to keep my pace from game 2 going. I put her down to 1 on one of my second to last turn and had to pray she scurvied. My prayers were answered when she only played 1 attack. On the following turn I won with Magnet Missile and What lies Ahead?.
Round 4 Alejandro playing Kim (Win 3-0-1)
Not much to say about game 1 except the luck came to my side and he lost his. He ended up failing 2 of his check on turn 1 and had to commit Kim and I swung through as hard as Shen could on turns 2 and 3. Game 2 I was not prepared for Kim things and easily outpaced me. In game 3 He had another stroke of bad luck and I pulled through with the quick game plan.
Round 5 Brandon playing Runika (Draw 3-0-2)
Brandon opened up with offering a draw, but I felt like I wanted to play more so we played a game. A 32 minute game. He won that game with a multipled Ice slasher while he had 3 battlefist. He again offered to draw and I accepted. for me it had been an exhasuting day and I new if I took the draw I was guaranteed to make top cuts so I accepted
Top 8
Round 1 Daniel Schussler playing Felicia (Win)
Well we finally get to see what happens when we play without a time limit. IN game one I opened up with turn one with Magnet Missle and Throw it Down for 8 damage which he took and followed it up with a turn two build and turn three Trinity Gyeser. the Gyser stunned what he had left after Shen things earlier and drew me 3 cards and no attacks. So I played a Valiant I had in hand. Drew no attacks. Played a summer heat and ripped a Magnet Missile off the top for the game win. Game 2 he was so much faster than me. I couldn't keep up and ended up checking poorly on my blocks. Game 3 rolls around and we had a longer game where he kept checking attacks and not being able to seal the deal. I had gotten him down to 6 and was able to push a Magnet Missile through. He and I had both counted wrong and thought he was at 5 so he "scooped" and we realized about 10 minutes later he would've been put at 1. I had 2 attacks left in deck and he had none when we checked so I guess I would've won that??? Anyways I feel bad for him still. I had a great time playing him twice this tournament.
Round 2 Tim playing Ring Man (Win)
This was the fastest match for me in top tables. I quickly pushed 27 damage through in a few turns while he (like many others) kept checking attacks. In game 2 I checked the handful of cards I had sideboarded in to try and help me secure the win. He ended up hitting me a lot harder than I expected and won rather fast. Game 3 I tried what I did game 1 but this time I had a Golden Ticket to help me swing a lot longer. The win came at a string of good checks on my last turn after committing out for a Tenshou. I really enjoyed seeing his life Ring Man in action and it was well deserving of being second place in swiss rounds.
Round 3 Brandon playing Runika (Win)
Another replay match from swiss. I was really excited to play Brandon for real this time. He had a rocking Runika All wall, but in game 1 he didn't check so well into my attacks early game and he couldn't quite slow down the rest of my deck, I ended up winning with using a Geyser again to commit his last card and drew into the winning Magnet Missile. In Game 2 Brandon had to mull his hand and still checked bad. I didn't get enough attacks to finish the game early on so I had to play the lame game. By the time he cycled I had an idea on what I could do and I rolled with it holding a gekiken for as long as I could. Somewhere along there I jumped the gun and tried to reversal a safe attack (I was winning and tired I'm sorry!) the ruling didn't affect me too badly I burned the check, foundations and the chain blade and it had to sit in card pool. Luckily he didn't have more attacks after that. I followed that up with Tenshou or Valiant ( I don't remember) and the played gekiken into him which he blocked and I recurred to play again. He blocked again and then noticed he had 3 cards in hand, 2 cards in deck and 1 card in discard pile and ended up giving me the game. This was another match I feel bad about. He just had bad luck and I had some pretty good luck.
All in all this was a much better performance than my fist time in Scott's Valley.