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Redemption® Collectible Trading Card Game HQ => Playgroup and Tournament Central => Redemption® Official Tournaments => Topic started by: Prof Underwood on November 16, 2007, 10:30:42 AM
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We held our first tournament of the year (unofficial) in October and had only Booster and T1 2-player events. It was a fun tournament, and we are looking forward to our first official tournament in December, which will be a district level. The results from our October tournament are below.
Booster:
Prof Underwood
Michael Saucedo
Nathan Schiro
T1 2-player:
Nathan Schiro
Prof Underwood
Michael Saucedo
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There will be a District Tournament here at Oakdale Christian Academy on December 7th and 8th.
I will be putting together a schedule soon, and would welcome input regarding anyone planning to attend and what categories they prefer to play. Just to let everyone know, the Booster Draft will be old school (ie. no FooF) if that affects anyone's decision.
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Redsfest is that same weekend and Laurie and I were thinking about going. I may split the weekend between you and Redsfest so it would help me to have a calendar, and I'll make my decision from there. Thanks.
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If you could do Type 1 2-player Friday evening or Saturday morning, that would be great because I may have to go to Indianapolis for a church interview for a 2nd time that Sunday on Dec. 9 (if it progresses that far.) If that is the case, my wife and I could probably come for Friday night and Saturday morning for it. Don't know if this helps or not.
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Basic schedule along the lines of:
Fri 7pm = Booster & Closed
Sat 9am = 2-player T1 & T2
Sat 12pm = Lunch
Sat 12:30pm = multi-player T1 & T2
Sat 3:30pm = awards
Sat 4pm = done
Further input is welcome :)
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Just to let you know Mark I did get my car today so Michael will be taking off after I get off work tonight. I get off my shift at 1am so hopefully we will be there by 3 or 3:30am. Thanks again for housing us.
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The results are in after a great tournament :)
Booster
1st - Nathan Schiro
2nd - Doug Fargo
3rd - Tina Ehret
Closed
1st - Matt Feneley
2nd - Michael Saucedo
3rd - Mark Underwood
T1 Single
1st - Mark Underwood
2nd - Brian Reid
3rd - Michael Saucedo
T2 Single
1st - Matt Feneley
2nd - Doug Fargo
3rd - Tina Ehret
T1 Multi-player
1st - Brian Reid
2nd - Nathan Schiro
3rd - Mark Underwood
T2 Multi-player
1st - Michael Saucedo
2nd - Jon Greeson
3rd - Michael Davis
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Just making the official announcement here of our next tournament which will be Jan 26th. We welcome anyone who would like to join us.
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Just making the official announcement here of our next tournament which will be Jan 26th. We welcome anyone who would like to join us.
Where? Is it on Friday? I have never attended a tourny before and I am in TN. I'm interested.
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Where? Is it on Friday? I have never attended a tourney before and I am in TN. I'm interested.
Jan 26th is actually a Saturday, and we would be glad to be your first tournament. There will probably be a couple of other people here for their first tournament as well.
We are at Oakdale Christian Academy in Jackson, KY 41339, which is in the Southeast part of the state. I hope that is close enough that you can join us.
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Where? Is it on Friday? I have never attended a tourney before and I am in TN. I'm interested.
Jan 26th is actually a Saturday, and we would be glad to be your first tournament. There will probably be a couple of other people here for their first tournament as well.
We are at Oakdale Christian Academy in Jackson, KY 41339, which is in the Southeast part of the state. I hope that is close enough that you can join us.
oh man.
I won't be able to go if it's on Saturday. I am busy all day saturday.
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OK, here's some details about our tournament Sat Jan 26th
Basic schedule along the lines of:
Sat 9am = 2-player T1 & T2
Sat 12:30pm = multi-player T1 & T2
Sun 2:00pm = Booster & Closed
Cost is the same as usual: $5 for each open event, $10 for each closed event.
Booster is traditional style (ie. no FooF).
Everyone is welcome to attend :)
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The results are in after another great tournament :) We had playgroups from 3 states (KY, WV, KS) facing off this time and everyone took home something. For those keeping track of the 18 placing positions, WV took 9, KY took 7, and KS took 2. Of the winners, KY took 4, and WV took 2. Top player of the tournament honors go to Tina E. and Brian R. who both came in 1st, 1st, and 2nd in the 3 events that they played.
Booster
1st - Brian R.
2nd - Tina E.
3rd - Nick F.
Closed
1st - Mark U.
2nd - Dawn D.
3rd - Michael D.
T1 Single
1st - Brian R.
2nd - Nate S.
3rd - Nick F.
T2 Single
1st - Tina E.
2nd - Tim S.
3rd - Michael D.
T1 Multi-player
1st - Mark U.
2nd - Brian R.
3rd - Nate S.
T2 Multi-player
1st - Tina E.
2nd - Nick F.
3rd - Scott ?
It is also interesting to me that this is the 3rd tournament in a row that we have hosted and someone has pulled a GoYS out of a pack in either Booster or prizes. It is the 2nd tournament in row that we have hosted and someone has pulled a Michael's Sword. In fact, we had over half a dozen ultra-rares pulled at this past tournament. So if you want some good pack-pulls, this is the tournament to come to.
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That is some SWEET pulling.
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Just wanted to announce on here that we will be having a District level tournament in a couple weeks (April 4th-5th), and we would love for anyone to come join us. We are going to be running the event with the same pairings as Nats '08 so that we can all get some practice at the categories we plan to play there.
That means:
Closed Deck and T2-2p on Fri evening,
T1-2p and T2-mp on Sat morning, and
Booster (old style) and T1-mp on Sat afternoon
We will also have some doughnuts etc. available for brunch on Sat and a full supper in the dining hall Sat evening. It would be nice if you chipped in a few bucks for the food, but if that is going to keep you from coming, then don't worry about it. I'd rather have your presence than your $5 :)
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What time will you start running the events on friday evening?
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What time will you start running the events on friday evening?
At this point the plan is to start at 7pm on Fri evening.
I don't recognize your user name, where are you coming from? It is possible that I could adjust the time slightly if it would make a difference for you.
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Hey Mark! Just wanted to let you know that there is a possibility of 5 of us coming from Indianapolis for the Disctrict. There is 3 for sure now plus I talked to the old group in Huntington, WV and all 3 of them should be coming. We will probably be leaving early Friday afternoon since it wil be spring break around here. Looking forward to seeing all of you again!
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well this stinks case it's too far for me to travel at the rate i'm in :'( :'( :'(
we don't have the money for gas,and the entry for any of those categories
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We'll be glad to have you and your new Indy group joining us Brian. We're also glad to have our pals from WV come join us again. I'll try to remember to get that borscht recipe before they arrive :)
We regret that New Raven won't be able to join us this time, but perhaps you can make it for our next tournament (probably in July).
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Thanks for the info. Not to be pesky but what times are you planning for the Sat. events? I have talked to Travis, Rod, Jacob, and Matt and all are interested in coming but I don't have any definite answers yet. I don't think any of us would be able to make it for the Fri. night events (because of work, Bible study, etc.) but we might want to drive down late Fri. instead of leaving at 5:00 A.M. on Sat.
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We plan on starting at 9am on Sat morning with the T1-2p and T2-MP events. We will try to get in 4-5 rounds of T1-2p and 2 rounds of T2-MP. This should finish up around 12:30pm.
Then the plan is to start T1-MP and Booster around 1pm. We will try to get in 2-3 rounds of both of these and finish up around 4pm. Then we'll do some awards, some door prizes, and head to supper at the cafeteria at 4:30pm.
As for coming late Fri night, that is not a problem at all. Just let me know ahead of time so that we can put away the china roll out the red carpet :)
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This past weekend was another great tournament here in the Bluegrass. We were honored to be joined by 2 playgroups from OH, and a brand new playgroup from IN. Each playgroup came away with some victories and there was a spread of 6 different people finishing first in a category. There were really close games and in the Type 1 events, really close overall finishes.
Thanks to all who came, and hopefully we'll see you again pretty soon!
T1-2p
1st - Jon Greeson
2nd - Mark Underwood
3rd - Jon Pequinot
T1-MP
1st - Jon Pequinot / Mark Underwood
3rd - Nate Shiro / Brian Reid
T2-2p
1st - Mark Underwood
2nd - Michael Saucedo
T2-MP
1st - Michael Saucedo
2nd - Rod Stewart
3rd - Allen Collins
Closed Deck-2p
1st - Brian Reid
2nd - Nate Schiro
3rd - Michael Q.
Booster-MP
1st - Jacob Stroh
2nd - Jon Greeson
3rd - Rebeccah Collins
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I would also like to announce the upcoming KY State Tourney. I'll let Ben give more details, but we're excited about it and look forward to having a lot of you come join us.
Florence, KY--May 3, 2008
KENTUCKY STATE TOURNAMENT. Host: Ben Huntsman, notaboutme7@yahoo.com. Location: Grace Fellowship Church, 9379 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042. Type: All. Closed Deck 2-player ($10.00), Closed Deck Booster Draft ($12.00), Open Categories (FREE). Starts: 8:15.a.m.
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This is a knife to the heart!!! The State tournament on the very day I'm loading up the truck to move!!! AND it's only 40 MINUTES away. That could have been the State win I needed. Arrrrggggghhhhh. You guys are just celebrating my move; aren't you?
Seriously, have fun guys and may a new king be crowned. ;)
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I would also like to announce the upcoming KY State Tourney. I'll let Ben give more details, but we're excited about it and look forward to having a lot of you come join us.
Florence, KY--May 3, 2008
KENTUCKY STATE TOURNAMENT. Host: Ben Huntsman, notaboutme7@yahoo.com. Location: Grace Fellowship Church, 9379 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042. Type: All. Closed Deck 2-player ($10.00), Closed Deck Booster Draft ($12.00), Open Categories (FREE). Starts: 8:15.a.m.
unable to make it as usual :'( stupid money problems
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I'd just like to say that KY State was a great tournament and thank Ben (czary) Huntsman for hosting it.
I enjoyed seeing many familiar faces from tournaments in the past (including some that I haven't seen in quite some time). There were some really fun games, and a wide variety of different decks. The big surprise was the addition of our reigning T1-2p champion Gabe (briangabe) Isbel and Jeremy (princeofthisgame) from as far away as Iowa.
I'll let Ben give the rundown of all the categories, but I will mention that Gabe lived up to his reputation. That is not only because he won all 3 categories that he competed in, but also because he did it with humility and grace.
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To give the Oakdale perspective on KY State, we unfortunately did not have as much success as usual (probably due to the high level of the competition). Michael Saucedo placed 2nd in T2-mp, and I placed in few events, but the rest of our group finished out of the top 3 in all events. This was disappointing since it was likely the final tournament for a couple of our students who are graduating or moving away. However, we still had a fun time (which is more important than winning), and those of us who are remain look forward to trying again soon (OH state and hopefully East Central Regional).
Our players were also pleased with the cards that they were able to get out of packs from the Booster Draft. There were also a lot of cards given to "the Storehouse". It was nice to see my players giving back to the overall Redemption community that way. It was also cool to see things come full circle as we move from a newbie playgroup that has benefited from the generosity of others (Ken Locklin, John Michaeliszn, Brian Reid, and Schaef) to now being a playgroup that is sharing with others who are just starting out.
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Chief Captain Chimchar 4tw!
Unfortunately, despite drafting Job Overcomes AND Book of Jashar for my blue Hero, and Eleazar + Elazar's Sword x2, I couldn't pull off an upset in booster draft.
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We had 20 people in attendance, also a day that made history, the first tournament in a few years that did not have Brian Reid or Jon Greeson. Most of my play group did not show up (only 4 out of 20+), even after I told them over and over about it, meaning that redemptions popularity has declined for my play group. As a result, I will not be hosting anymore tournaments.
I will thank Prof Underwood, who encouraged me to host the tournament in the first place. Gabe Isbell, was really an answer to prayer, as he brought a laptop, and coordinated the tournament tracker. Allen Collins and Caleb lewis who helped me set up and/or put stuff away. The church that I used. I also thank everyone who showed up, as that was my reward for the work of planning the tournament.
Overall, Gabe came in first the most; other winners included: Mark Underwood, Josiah Stoh, Caleb Lewis, Jon Pequinot, Ben Huntsman, Michael Saucedo, Rod Stuart, Hannah Huntsman, and Allen Collins.
Schaef said he would most likely come by himself, but he brought his baby son with him, who was most most assuredly the star of the tournament.
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Final round I got to play my first ever game vs Schaef. Unfortunately it was tainted by him drawing all his defense in the first 3-5 turns. At that point we figured out that the deck he borrowed from Prof Underwood was "stacked". There was some miscommunication and the deck didn't get shuffled.
I would just like to say that I did tell Schaef that the deck was sorted and needed to be shuffled. Unfortunately, he thought that I was joking. It just goes to show that even when communicating in person, sometimes things just don't come through clearly. It's amazing that we can communicate at all on a board like this with only the written word :)
This also brings up another interesting observation from the tourney. Everyone else seems to play better with my decks than I do. Michael placed 2nd in T2-mp with my deck and Schaef placed 2nd in T2-2p with my deck. The best I could do with those decks was a 3rd place in T2-2p. I need to get people to borrow my decks more often and then teach me how to play with them :)
The three of us struggled to a 4-4-4 tie by the time I completely decked out. Mark had the first chance to get to 5 but my Burial stopped him. I was able to get a Lost Soul from Doug to end the game 5-4-4.
Gabe is being kind by saying that I was stopped by his Burial. That is true, but leaves out my major blunder that I attacked the wrong person. I think that is the reason why Gabe is so successful. He just didn't make mistakes. I know that I learned a lot at the tournament and hopefully I'll make less mistakes next time :)
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We are extremely excited to announce that the East Central Regional will be held here in KY this year.
Jackson, KY--July 11-12, 2008
EAST CENTRAL REGIONAL TOURNAMENT. Host: Mark Underwood, markundy@hotmail.com. Location: Oakdale Christian Academy, 5801 Beattyville Rd., Jackson, KY 41339. Type: All. Closed Deck 2-player ($10.00), Closed Deck Booster Draft ($15.00), Open Categories ($5.00). Starts: 7:00p.m.
In memory of Brian Reid, we will be honored to waive tournament fees for members of his West Virginia and Indianapolis playgroups.
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What time does it start on the 12th?
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What time does it start on the 12th?
That is a good question. And the answer is 9am :)
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If i can get my license by then, I might come down.
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me and some of my friends are coming ;D
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If i can get my license by then, I might come down.
me and some of my friends are coming ;D
Glad to have you guys come and join us.
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Since it looks like we may have some players coming to East Central Regionals that we haven't had the pleasure of joining us for tournaments before, I think I will follow Travis' tradition of doing pre-registration.
Please PM me the following information if you plan on attending and I will put your name in a drawing for a prize of some sort :)
Name:
Phone number:
Days you plan to attend:
Categories you will be playing:
If you are bringing some other people who are not on the boards, I would appreciate it if you could put their information as well.
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What is your schedule?
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What is your schedule?
We will be using the Nats schedule. So that means:
Friday 7pm, Sealed Deck and T2-2p
Friday (when that is done), TEAMS event
Saturday 9am, T1-2p and T2-mp
Saturday (after lunch), Booster Draft and T1-mp
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Rod Stewart and I will defiantly be attending.
I have offered some of Ben huntsmans crew a ride from northern Kentucky(Southern OHIO ;D). it looks like I got three comming with me so i have room for 1 maybe 2 more if they are small.
If you aren't far out of the way along I 75 between Dayton and Lexington pm me and ill see how much room I got left.
Jacob Stroh.
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Rod Stewart and I will defiantly be attending.
I have offered some of Ben huntsmans crew a ride from northern Kentucky(Southern OHIO ;D). it looks like I got three comming with me so i have room for 1 maybe 2 more if they are small.
If you aren't far out of the way along I 75 between Dayton and Lexington pm me and ill see how much room I got left.
Jacob Stroh.
Glad to have you guys as always. Please remember to PM me your pre-registration to get entered in the fabulous drawing :)
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OK...It looks like I will be bringing a crew with me to your regional tournament Mark!
I will PM you with our pre-registration info in the next couple of days... ;D
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OK...It looks like I will be bringing a crew with me to your regional tournament Mark!
I will PM you with our pre-registration info in the next couple of days... ;D
Sounds great! We'll look forward to seeing you guys :)
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OK Mark, can I get a breakdown of the rule we will be using for teams at the tournament this weekend. I am looking for game play rules (what is shared, rules on having duplicate characters in a shared territory) and deck building rules (one SoG per deck or per team)...etc. Steven and I will be competing in the teams competition and will be getting together tomorrow to put our decks together so if you reply by them that would be awesome!!!
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what time do you think the tourny will be over? ???
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I think it should be a foregone conclusion by now that I will be unable to attend this weekend. If there is anything still that I can do, let me know.
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OK Mark, can I get a breakdown of the rule we will be using for teams at the tournament this weekend. I am looking for game play rules (what is shared, rules on having duplicate characters in a shared territory) and deck building rules (one SoG per deck or per team)...etc. Steven and I will be competing in the teams competition and will be getting together tomorrow to put our decks together so if you reply by them that would be awesome!!!
Glad to have you guys participating. Most of the rules for the event can be found here. (http://cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/index.php?topic=10334.msg154735#msg154735) There are a few options that haven't been finalized for Nats yet. However at Regionals, we will be playing with shared fortresses, LoB, and LoR. Everything else (turns, territory, artifact piles, etc.) will be separate.
Deck building rules will be the same as T1, but remember that only 1 of each dominant may be played per team per game. So you can both have SoG in your decks, but only 1 of you can play it each game.
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what time do you think the tourny will be over? ???
We should finish around 4:30 - 5:00pm on Saturday.
I think it should be a foregone conclusion by now that I will be unable to attend this weekend. If there is anything still that I can do, let me know.
We'll miss having you join us, but will look forward to seeing you and your crew at Nats next month :)
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Great...thanks Mark!!!
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My wife and I will be moving to Kentucky in the fall and look forward to getting in on some tournament action.
We are going to be in the area visiting Asbury and places to live and their is a slight possibility we may make it to one of the events at regionals.
If we can it will probably be the last event on saturday. T-1 multi
Robm
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Welcome to the Bluegrass State. My wife and I are graduates of Asbury College. So if you're deciding on a place in the Wilmore area, we can give you the scoop if you need advice :)
We'd also be glad to have you join us on Sat for an event, so I hope it will work out for you.
P.S. For anyone driving to the tournament and using internet maps to get here, the last mileage is usually wrong on the web for some reason. After you turn onto Hwy 52, it is about 5 miles to Oakdale Christian Academy, and you can't miss us on the left side of the road.
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Amen to that, that was the longest one mile I ever drove to get to the academy. :)
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+1 Here, here....my first time, I told Laurie, "I'm going to give it one more mile and we're going to turn around." :D The school was a mile on the button from me saying that (I had already traveled 4 miles of the 1 mile and was quite confused.) I don't get lost and couldn't understand when I had made all the correct turns. Boy, that was an adventure!
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East Central Regionals was another awesome tourney thanks to all of the great people who came to participate. The usual contingent from Northern KY (AKA Ohio) showed up, and we were glad to have our first visitors from Virginia and Tennessee as well. We had 4 players who were competing in their first Redemption tournament ever. My impression was the everyone really enjoyed themselves, and I was glad to have 12 different people placing.
Sealed Deck:
1st - Dylan Roe
2nd - Andy Wills
3rd - Ben Holeton
T2-2p:
1st - Rod Stewart
2nd - Travis Brown
3rd - Mark Underwood
T1-2p:
1st - Ben Holeton
2nd - Mark Underwood
3rd - Travis Brown
T2-mp:
1st - Allen Collins
2nd - Rod Stewart
3rd - Jacob Stroh
Booster Draft:
1st - Steven Shyers
2nd - James Taylor
3rd - Rebeccah Collins
T1-mp:
1st - Mark Underwood
2nd - Jonathan Pequinot
3rd - Rod Stewart
TEAMS:
Travis Brown & Steven Shyers
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Here's a little rundown of my tournament experience:
T2-2p:
This is not an event that I feel very confident playing, but I had success at OH State, so I was a bit hopeful. My first game was against Jacob Stroh, who was trying out a game for another player. It didn't seem to work very well for him and I think he is going to try his own deck idea for Nats.
7-0 win
Second round I played Rod Stewart, who I also played in that round at OH State. He has a devastating orange defense (yes orange can be good) and consistently demolishes my banding offense. The question is how many LSs do I rescue before everyone is dead, and can I completely lock him out of my sites. The answer this game was only 2 LSs for me, and "no" to the lock-out.
2-7 loss
T1-2p:
First round I played against Ramone from Virginia. He has only been playing for a few months, but is learning quickly. We had a fun game and he played SoG/NJ early to keep things close at first. But his offense didn't seem to show up until too late.
5-3 win
Second round I played against James Taylor who was also from Virginia and has been playing for a couple years. Ramone was a great encouragement to me as he asked me to demolish his friend James (I assume so that he could catch him in the tourney). I suppose his moral support was just what I needed as I jumped to an early lead and kept going.
5-1 win
Third round I played against Ben Holeton. He said that he had just built his deck the night before and hadn't been to tournaments in around 4 years. However, it must have been like riding a bike, because it came right back to him. He went undefeated through the tourney and won all of his other games 5-0. Thankfully our game was closer, but it still came down to who drew SoG/NJ first.
4-5 loss
Fourth round I played Steven Shyers. This was a rematch of my only loss at the OH state tourney in this category. I was not looking forward to the game as I remembered Steven's deck from the last tournament and it was basically the same as the one Ben had just beaten me with. And I knew that Steven is a tough player with any deck. However, it turned out that Steven had changed offenses since last tournament and it didn't seem to work as well for him this tournament.
5-3 win
T1-mp:
This has traditionally been my favorite event as well as the one in which I've had the most success. This year has been a little down for me though as I went into the tournament #11. The favorite was Jonathan Pequinot, who went into the tournament #2 and who had finished 1st place at OH State.
My first game was with Rod Stewart and Ramone. I played a speed deck (to show our new player how annoying they are) and raced to a quick victory, 5-2-1.
My second game was with Jonathan (who won his first game) and Andy Wills (who was playing in his first tournament ever). I knew Jonathan was playing a speed deck, and doubted whether Andy's deck would have enough MASK qualities to help me slow Jonathan down enough. However, I had to try. I was successful at slowing the speed deck considerably, however in this end he still basically decked out while we had half our decks left. This one ended in a close loss, 5-4-4.
The final round was between Jonathan (with 2 wins), myself and Rod Stewart (with 1 win apiece). I knew Rod had a pretty strong defense and so I thought that MASK had a good chance to prevail. However things did not go well at the start. The evil dominants seemed to be focused on me despite my deck being slow. I was CM'd twice early on and also fell victim to Falling Away. Rod also caused my defense against the speed deck to be severely hampered by causing me to discard evil cards on multiple occasions.
But this was one of those games where I really saw the providence of God being responsible for my victory. I drew David's Harp very early so the multiple CMs only cost me a turn. I also drew the Hopper at a time when there were no available LSs. I also drew Harvest Time when there were no available LSs from the player who couldn't defend them. Finally, I drew SoG and NJ when I had to get an entire new hand due to Hur. This not only gave me 2 more LSs, but also left none available for Jonathan's speed deck. And due to my DoN of his GoM, he didn't even get cards out of the deal. Of course I had no control of being able to draw all those cards right when I needed them, and I give all credit for my success to God. 5-3-3.
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The stars were out in Kentucky with Rod Stewart, James Taylor, and James Brown in attendance...that is hilarious!!! Thanks for the great tournament Mark...it was not only good to finally see where you live and work, but what a beautiful area it was and not nearly as remote as I pictured it being... :D
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Great meeting all my Kentucky/Ohio/Virginia friends. I had a lot of fun. thanks, mark for hosting!
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Same here, thanks for hosting a great tournament Mark!
Ahh..yes, life is good being a star. 8).................. :D
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I had a great time at the Kentucky regional!
Unfortunately, I am still recovering from the 5:00 a.m. finish to the events on Friday night :)
Thanks for hosting!
Rod
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I know it's been a while, but I am pleased to announce that we are hosting a district level tournament next weekend here at Oakdale. It seems like the I haven't seen all you OH guys in forever (ok, since Nats), so it's time you make like the Price is Right and "Come on down!". Yeah, that means you Matt Archibald, Rod Stewart, Jonathan Pequinot, Travis Brown, and the brothers Stroh. And as for you Ben Holeton, you can make like the Jeffersons and "move on up" from TN to join us as well.
Of course I hope that my fellow Kentuckians will join us as well (you know who you are Rob & Laine Mulye and the brothers Huntsman), as well as any of the guys from WV, Indianapolis, and Virginia who have joined us before. And any of you out there that haven't had the opportunity to play here in the past, this is your chance.
Jackson, KY--December 12 - 13, 2008
District Tournament. Host: Mark Underwood, markundy@hotmail.com. Location: Oakdale Christian Academy, 5801 Beattyville Rd., Jackson, KY 41339. Type: All Closed Deck Events ($10.00) and Open Deck Events ($5.00) Starts: 7:00p.m. on the 12th and 9:00a.m. on the 13th.
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I just wanted to let anyone know who was planning on coming to our tournament tonight or tomorrow that we have gotten a decent amount of snow around here over the last 24 hours. The roads are pretty clear really, but please be careful as you travel :)
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As far as I know, none of us Ohioans can make it down there. :'( Have fun anyway! Hope you guys can make it up here sometime (if we ever get to host tournaments again).
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We've missed you guys from Ohio. Most of my playgroup is pretty new this year, so we could really benefit from having some experienced players join us. Hopefully you'll be able to make it to one of our 2 tourneys in the spring semester. Meanwhile, here's the results from our most recent tourney.
I was most pleased to see some people place for the first time (Charles Henry and Elvis Arnold) and some people place their highest ever (Andrew Wills 1st in Closed and Doug Fargo 2nd in the main event of T1-2p). There were a lot of really close games, there were some sweet cards pulled out of packs in Booster, Closed, and prizes, and I think everyone had a lot of fun.
Closed Deck:
1st - Andrew Wills
2nd - Mark Underwood
3rd - Drew Wills
Booster Draft:
1st - Mark Underwood
2nd - Andrew Wills
3rd - Charles Henry
T1-2p:
1st - Mark Underwood
2nd - Doug Fargo
3rd - Michael Saucedo
T1-mp:
1st - Mark Underwood
2nd - Charles Henry, Drew Wills, Elvis Arnold
T2-2p:
1st - Mark Underwood
2nd - Charles Henry
T2-mp:
1st - Mark Underwood
2nd - Charles Henry
3rd - Andrew Wills
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Looks like we missed a fun tourney.
Merry Christmas!
I wasn't able to get anything set up for a district in January so it looks like I might be shooting for one in February then.
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I wasn't able to get anything set up for a district in January so it looks like I might be shooting for one in February then.
I noticed that it wasn't showing up, but we'll just look forward to joining you whenever you get it ready. Remember I can provide supplies for the Closed Deck / Booster Draft if you need them.
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any tourneys coming up?
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I'm not sure at this point. The only people to host tourneys here in KY this year are Rob Mulye (in Lexington) and myself (in Jackson). We both held multiple tourneys in the fall, but both had a lack of attendance, which meant that we're both a bit strapped for cash at this point.
Our playgroup here at Oakdale is also down this year with the loss of all of our best players. Robert Harrelson, Tim Schiro, and Tina Ehret all graduated. Nate Schiro, Doug Fargo, and Matt McNally moved away. And Michael Saucedo has decided to focus on other things this year (like the basketball team). At this point, the only people playing are brand new players, and even they can't play much of the time due to grade restrictions.
At this point, I would guess that I'll probably do a local in the spring. Districts are just more expensive this year, and I don't have any T2 players here. Locals have the same prizes, and for my new players, that is what will be the most exciting and helpful for them anyway. So I would guess a local with T1-2p, T1-mp, and either Closed or Booster. That would only cost less than half of the cost of a District, for the same prizes.
Rob has talked about doing more tourneys this spring, but I don't know when they'll be. Our other KY host, Ben Huntsman, hasn't been heard from in a long while. But perhaps he has something planned.
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If you have a tournament then as long as I am free, I am coming down! I have a redemption itch that I need to scratch
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Hey Mark, When are you planning on doing a KY State tournament and is there any plans to go for the regional there this year?
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Hey Mark, When are you planning on doing a KY State tournament and is there any plans to go for the regional there this year?
That's a good question Matt. Last year Ben Huntsman hosted the State tourney and I hosted the Regional. But Ben hasn't been on the board since last Nov and hasn't hosted a tourney all year. I'll send him an email, but I'd be surprised if he's planning to host a big tourney this year.
Rob Mulye has hosted several small tournaments this year, and I would be glad to help him host a KY state tournament if he wanted to put one together. But I'm not sure if he has a location available. His tournaments have been at his house, and it would be a bit small for that size of a tournament.
If neither of them does it, then I'm not sure what I would do. It would be difficult for me to be able to do both a KY State and East Central Regionals. And at this point, I don't have anyone in my playgroup who really has much of a chance for placing in the RNRS, and none of them are planning on making it to Nats this year. So the drive for hosting a big tourney is not as strong this year. I would be doing it more to help out Cactus so that the State and Region didn't go empty. But I'm not sure how important that is for Cactus.
I guess basically that was a really long "I don't know much" :)
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I've got a fever and the only prescription is more Redemption...
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I've got a fever and the only prescription is more Redemption...
:laugh:
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Hey all Rob Mulye here,
Simple answer "I don't know when I will be able to host." My wife and I have also moved to Nicholasville to be closer to Asbury Seminary where I go to school. I would like to be able to host in a couple of month, right now we just don't have the money. I have the space to host locals and district but I don't have the tables or chairs for it anymore. One possibility would be to see if I could rent out a room at Asbury Seminary for a tourney.
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Hey all Rob Mulye here,
Simple answer "I don't know when I will be able to host." My wife and I have also moved to Nicholasville to be closer to Asbury Seminary where I go to school. I would like to be able to host in a couple of month, right now we just don't have the money. I have the space to host locals and district but I don't have the tables or chairs for it anymore. One possibility would be to see if I could rent out a room at Asbury Seminary for a tourney.
Woah, woah, woah! You go to the seminary? C'mon, That is the PERFECT Location for a state or a regional! and since both Mark and I are both VERY familiar with that area, I am sure we can help out lol. I wouldn't spend a lot on the room though. If they are going to charge you an arm and a leg to rent some space then dont worry about it.
I wonder if one of the local churches would let you do it for free like the Wilmore FMC or UMC?
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My wife and I have also moved to Nicholasville...right now we just don't have the money...I don't have the tables or chairs for it anymore. One possibility would be to see if I could rent out a room at Asbury Seminary for a tourney.
I didn't know you guys moved. Welcome to Nich, the town where I grew up! As for tables and chairs for locals or districts, I wouldn't worry about that. It would be pretty easy to just hang out up in the Grille or Student Center at either the college or seminary. That probably wouldn't cost anything.
As for a bigger tourney like KY State, you would probably need a bigger place that would be set up just for the tourney. WFMC might be a possibility. I am a member there and have a ton of connections. I might be able to swing that for minimal money as well. But I would need to know that you wanted to do it, and when so that I could go ahead and start working on booking it.
Speaking of WFMC, I know that you guys were looking for a church when you were in Lex. Now that you're in Nich, I would highly recommend checking out WFMC. In order of importance: God is present. It is full of people who love God and love each other. The preaching is sound and scriptural. There are limitless opportunities for you to get involved in ministry. And the music is phenomenal.
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Hey Mark,
Yeah Laine and I would like to host states. I will see about reserving a room at asbury, maybe it would be free, idk.
I guess when do you think would be a good day for it?
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You may not realize this (being new) but it is usually much preferable to have tournaments at the state and Regional levels be 2 days. You will normally get a larger turnout at a higher level so you have to have more rounds. Unless you run 3 categories at a time (which most people don't want to do) then you'll end up with a very longggg day. You can normally run 2 categories at the same time on a Friday night and the other 4 on Saturday.
As far as dates go - the window for state tournaments is normally from the end of May to the beginning of July. Late June usually works pretty well though I would try to make sure that Mark's 20 kids could make it. Not just the biological ones of course. :)
I'm happy to hear that there might actually be a KY state! If you're up to it, then I'd say try to host the Regional as well. I know you're new to this but you would have experienced people joining you who could help. I also don't think your region has anybody else trying for it so its you or nobody.
P.S. I'm a Dayton Ohio guy who would like to come down some time.
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Plus, if it's near Asbury College's reunion weekend...then I would be down under the guise of "attending" the reunion.
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Yeah I know It needs to be two days.
I'm thinking it will be one of the friday/saturdays in June.
As of the preferred weekend- I am open to suggestions. I'm going to be relying a lot on Mark because his group is the closest and I know he is willing to help. (I only have 4 locals under my belt as hosts, but I have attended both district and states before.)
I am also hoping to host a district before then- maybe in April or May. It also depends on when other people are having tournaments.
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hey all,
I am hoping to host a district at Asbury Seminary on April 24th and 25th. Is that a good weekend for people or is there a better weekend around then??
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That one works fine, I was thinking of hosting a district around then, I would just push mine back a week to the beginning of may
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I am hoping to host a district at Asbury Seminary on April 24th and 25th. Is that a good weekend for people...
I think that weekend looks good :)
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It sounds like the 24th and 25th of April is a good time for a district. I will probably sent in the application sometime next week. Thanks for everyones input I look forward to the future KY and OH tournaments and meeting some of you Ohio folks.
Blessing,
Rob
P.S. I am particularly excited because I have women packs to use in my booster draft.
Also, any thoughts on what weekend states should be??
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where's mideast regs gonna take place?
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Hey all,
I am not sure yet but I may need to switch the weekend that I was planing on have a district tournament. I will let you all know a soon as I can.
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Hey all,
I am suppose to go on a retreat 24-26 of April now, so I need to switch my tournament date. Would the 17-18 of April be better or May 1-2? If the earlier day I need to send in tomorrow because it is 6 weeks away.
Thanks
Rob
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is anyone in kentucky having a east centeral regional tourney?
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On sunday? Pleeeeaasssseeee......?
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Hey all,
I am suppose to go on a retreat 24-26 of April now, so I need to switch my tournament date. Would the 17-18 of April be better or May 1-2? If the earlier day I need to send in tomorrow because it is 6 weeks away.
Thanks
Rob
Hey, Do yours on the 17/18 and I will do a district up here the following weekend (your original date). Go ahead and send it in. If you fax it and use a credit/check card then its alright if it is a few days late.
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I am suppose to go on a retreat 24-26 of April now, so I need to switch my tournament date. Would the 17-18 of April be better or May 1-2? If the earlier day I need to send in tomorrow because it is 6 weeks away.
Actually I don't think either of those weekends works very well for us. April 10th would work well, but it might be too late to apply for that. If so, just do it whenever you can, and hopefully we can make something work :)
is anyone in kentucky having a east centeral regional tourney?
I'm still thinking about that Raven. I'll post here if I decide :)
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cool.
i hope it's pretty close t where i live
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Actually I don't think either of those weekends works very well for us. April 10th would work well, but it might be too late to apply for that. If so, just do it whenever you can, and hopefully we can make something work :)
I think I'm going to push having a district back till May 15-16 because will be focusing on papers earlier in May.
I would love to come to tournaments that other people may be having though.
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May 15-16th is after the students leave school for summer, and before the summer school students return. So I won't have any students with me at that time. However, I might be able to come with Andy and Drew Wills depending on their schedule, and depending on whether my wife will let me.
May 16th is our 11 year anniversary, so it depends on when we're celebrating :)
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If you guys are still holding a District at Asbury, you can count me in! I could play Redemption and visit my folks all in the same weekend! Plus, I love any opportunity to stop in Mayberry, er, I mean Wilmore :)
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May 15-16th is after the students leave school for summer, and before the summer school students return. So I won't have any students with me at that time. However, I might be able to come with Andy and Drew Wills depending on their schedule, and depending on whether my wife will let me.
so is that the date for the mideastern regionals?
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so is that the date for the mideastern regionals?
Nope, Rob is talking about a district in Wilmore/Nicholasville.
East Central Regionals would probably be in early to mid-July if they are in KY. And they would probably be here in Jackson. But at this point, that is a big "if" :)
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that's kinda out of the way just for a district
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If you guys are still holding a District at Asbury, you can count me in! I could play Redemption and visit my folks all in the same weekend! Plus, I love any opportunity to stop in Mayberry, er, I mean Wilmore :)
Yeah I will be holding a district. Its sounds like it will be best if I host on the 1st and 2nd of May. I will hopefully be sending in for that this week.
Sorry about changing my mind so many times over when to host. I just started volunteering for the youth group at the Rock/la Roca UMC in lexington so some of my weekends will be taken up with youth events there. Hopefully I can get some of the kids there interested in playing Redemption and then that could be a possible location to host. Tips on how to introduce/ teach redemption are welcomed.
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Hey all,
I have started a blog about Redemption at Asbury. I will uses this site to list info on tournies that my wife Laine and I will be hosting. It also has info on other tournies in the are, stats on how my decks are doing, links to my favorite redemption sites, etc. Check it out. Tips and imput are welcome! I'm just learning how to do things on their as I go.
http://asburyredemption.blogspot.com (http://asburyredemption.blogspot.com)
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i thought it was a podcast or video blog but i guess i just got my hopes dashed :-\
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hopefully i will be able to take some video when we have tournaments and post that up. Any other suggestions are welcomed as well!
sorry to disappoint you raven...
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well now you have a suggestion from me :laugh:
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It is now official that I will be hosting Kentucky's first District tournament for 2009 on May 1st-2nd.
I will soon post the schedule for the tournament once I know about how many people plan on attending and which categories they are interested in.
Future details will be at the Asbury Redemption site http://asburyredemption.blogspot.com (http://asburyredemption.blogspot.com)
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oh no.
mideast is in ohio again :'(
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oh no.
mideast is in ohio again :'(
Midwest Regionals was in Illinois last year. You should be happy that it's so much closer to you this year, even if you do choose not to go. ;)
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Raven where do you live?
Your welcome to come to my district in Nicholasville/Wilmore on May 1-2.
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Hendersonville TN
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3 and half hours to us... not to bad
You should host down there some time! :)
I'd give us an excuse to go see Nashville. My wife has never been to Tennesse.
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i would but i have problems about it which is my mother thinks i'm addicted to redemption whenever i mention wanting to start a playgroup and they doubt and say nobody will be intrested and it just irritates the crud out of me!
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Well..they're wrong... ;)
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I wanted to announce that we will be having a Closed Local tournament here at Jackson, KY on April 11th. We will only be doing 3 events this time (T1-2p, T1-mp, Closed Deck).
Despite it being "closed", I would be glad for people to join us, however it is right before Easter, so keep that in mind. If you do decide to come, please let me know ahead of time for planning purposes :)
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I have to go to my sisters baby shower on that day so I cant come :( sorry
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We might be able to come if we have the day off of work. I will know next monday and then I can let you know.
What time will you be starting and what will the schedule of events be like?
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I'll be in Florida then...
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We might be able to come if we have the day off of work. I will know next monday and then I can let you know.
What time will you be starting and what will the schedule of events be like?
The schedule is still flexible at this point. We could do something on Fri evening, Sat morning, and/or Sat afternoon. My leaning would be towards having the T1-2p starting around 9:00am on Sat, taking a break for free food around 11:00am, and then returning for one of the other events around Noon.
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I have to go to my sisters baby shower on that day so I cant come :( sorry
Rachel's Pregnant? You haven't told me...I don't think? Sheesh, we need to talk more!!!
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I have to go to my sisters baby shower on that day so I cant come :( sorry
Rachel's Pregnant? You haven't told me...I don't think? Sheesh, we need to talk more!!!
Yeah, she is having as girl. and lol, I didnt know you were on your 4th until you posted it here.
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The schedule is still flexible at this point. We could do something on Fri evening, Sat morning, and/or Sat afternoon. My leaning would be towards having the T1-2p starting around 9:00am on Sat, taking a break for free food around 11:00am, and then returning for one of the other events around Noon.
Hey Mark,
We will be coming out to your tourney this weekend! Just let us know when events are going to start. We can also pick up the packs from your november district if you have them.
Rob
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We will be coming out to your tourney this weekend! Just let us know when events are going to start. We can also pick up the packs from your november district if you have them.
I'll have you packs from Nov :) Do you think you'll be coming Fri (eve) or Sat (morn)?
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We can come either friday night or saturday. If you want one of the events to be on friday night then we will come then. We probably won't be able to get there until around 7pm.
Is this going to be an official tourney because I haven't seen it on the cactus website?
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I'm pretty sure Tyler, me, and Cliff are coming to the tourny May 1st and 2nd. :-*
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I'm pretty sure Tyler, me, and Cliff are coming to the tourny May 1st and 2nd. :-*
Awesome. I just got the package for the tourney and I am really looking forward to it. Are you guys coming friday or saturday?
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Friday, and we'll stay all day Saturday. :-*
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Who do you expect to show up to your tourny?
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Who do you expect to show up to your tourny?
I am expecting at least 3 players from Ohio, maybe more.
Friday, and we'll stay all day Saturday. :-*
What event's are you guys most interested in playing?
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Personally I love type 1 categories, but I've been known to pick up sealed deck every now and again. The other guys love type 2. Is Proff Underwood and his group going to be there?
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how many type 2 players do you expect to be there? Iwould hate for it to just be tyler and me
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how many type 2 players do you expect to be there? Iwould hate for it to just be tyler and me
My wife and I play type 2 as well.
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We can come either friday night or saturday. If you want one of the events to be on friday night then we will come then. We probably won't be able to get there until around 7pm.
Is this going to be an official tourney because I haven't seen it on the cactus website?
I think we will be playing Fri night and Saturday, and would be glad for you guys to stay with us. We'll make sure we don't start without you Fri evening :) The tourney is an official closed local.
how many type 2 players do you expect to be there? Iwould hate for it to just be tyler and me
I am hoping to be able to be there, and might play T2 as well. No one in my playgroup would be in that category though. We're running on fumes these days :)
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I think we will be playing Fri night and Saturday, and would be glad for you guys to stay with us. We'll make sure we don't start without you Fri evening :) The tourney is an official closed local.
We will be there on friday then, around 7.
I am hoping to be able to be there, and might play T2 as well. No one in my playgroup would be in that category though. We're running on fumes these days :)
Cool. Let us know if you can make it and how many will be coming. We could have a big turn out with folks from GA and OH.
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Cool. Let us know if you can make it and how many will be coming. We could have a big turn out with folks from GA and OH.
I'm not completely sure that I'll be able to make it, and I would be very surprised if I could bring more than 2 other people with me. This has just been a really rough semester for my playgroup here. I have not been able to put the time and energy into it that I normally do, and the students have really started to lose interest.
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I'm not completely sure that I'll be able to make it, and I would be very surprised if I could bring more than 2 other people with me. This has just been a really rough semester for my playgroup here. I have not been able to put the time and energy into it that I normally do, and the students have really started to lose interest.
Well I hope this weekend will be a great time of Redemption playing!
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Hey all,
I was thinking of just having my tourney on May 1st and 2nd at my home. Right now we are suppose to have the second day in the asbury student center. But the tables we have at home would be better suited for the event.
Would it be ok with everyone that is planning on come to just have it at our home. We would probably provided lunch and dinner at our home then.
Also who is still planning on attending so I make sure we have enough chairs and food?
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I suspect that you would have room at a home for a District level tourney. Of course I haven't seen your home. And I'm still unsure whether I'll be able to make the tourney myself anyway. But I thought I would at least let you know that your idea isn't crazy :)
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Thanks Mark. Yeah I have three tables that should have room for 4-6 people each. So I should have plently of room to set up in my living room and kitchen for it. If you did come I would clean the house and have the cats outside.
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georgia guys are still planning on making it and im planning on bringing soda's
any suggestions on what flavors? Coke flavors all i can get...
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georgia guys are still planning on making it and im planning on bringing soda's
any suggestions on what flavors? Coke flavors all i can get...
I like Barq's Root Beer and Cherry Coke!
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k. :)
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Lemme know if i can help out with dinner too.
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May District **updated Schedule*** I switched T1 Mulit and Boosters for those that have a long way to travel home on saturday. :)
May 1st -at our home
6:00 Deck Check-in and Sealed Deck Creation ($10 for Sealed and $5 each for open categories)
Closed Deck-2 Player Or Type 2-2 Player
6:30-7:15 Round 1 6:00-7:15pm
7:15-8:00 Round 2 7:15-8:30pm
8:00-8:45 Round 3 8:30-9:45pm (if needed)
8:45-9:30 Round 4 (If needed)
May 2nd ***Also at our home
8:00am-8:30 Booster Deck Creation ($15)
Booster Draft
8:30-9:30Round 1
9:30-10:30 Round 2
10:30-11:30 Round 3
Lunch -11:30-12:00
Type 1-2 Player or Type 2-Multiplayer
12:00-12:45 Round 1 12:00-1:15 Round 1
12:45-1:30 Round 2 1:15-2:30 Round 2
1:30-2:15 Round 3
2:15- 3:00 Round 4 if need 2:30-3:15 Round 3 if needed
T1-Multiplayer
3:15-4:15 Round 1
4:15-5:15 Round 2
5:15-6:15 Round 3 if needed
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Lemme know if i can help out with dinner too.
Your welcome to bring stuff if you want. I think my wife bought some chips and stuff for snacks. We have food in our pantry that we are willing to share!
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maybe we could get everyone to bring a little something and we'd have it made. Like a mexican night or something. Just running some ideas
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maybe we could get everyone to bring a little something and we'd have it made. Like a mexican night or something. Just running some ideas
Mexicans my favorite!
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Hey all,
Looking forward to our tourney on Friday and Saturday. For those of you that are coming could you give me a heads up on what categories you are playing, if you haven't already. PM me or email me at rob.mulye@asburyseminary.edu.
Also were planning on providing burgers, corn, beans, etc for lunch on saturday.
See ya then!
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Hey all,
Not to quadpost but I am looking to complete a few collections and thought those of you may want to bring these cards to trade so I can trade for them. Even if it is just the common cards that is ok.
Check out my trading post for details!
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How'd it go?
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It was a fun weekend and a very long one. ;D
Thank you to everyone that came out.
We didn't finish until 2am on Friday night and then until 9pm on Saturday with a late start.
Results are posted on my website below!
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I wasn't able to go because of some inconveniences, but what happened to the other GA players?!?!? Did they not show up?
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i had an opportunity to sacrifice my wants for my needs and had to miss out on some awesome fellowship for other things. Im sure you understand rob being a married man and all.
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Hope to see you GA guys at KY States on June 20th.
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unfortunatly ill be out of town for a wedding.
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But me and Eric will be there.
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It's been a while since we've held a tournament here at Oakdale, but the time has come. I am glad to announce that I plan on hosting the
KY State tournament for 2010,
and I would appreciate input from those of you who are interested in attending.
Date:
July 17
Definite categories:
Fri (6-9:30pm) T1-mp 3 rounds
Fri (9:45-done) T2-2p / TEAMS 3-4 rounds
Sat (8:30-1pm) T1-2p 5 rounds
Sat (1-5pm) Booster 3 rounds
Sat (5-6pm) Awards
Sat (6-done) ? Sealed or T2-mp
Sun (2-5pm) ? Sealed or T2-mp
Possible categories:
T2-mp and/or Sealed (Instead of not offering these at all, I'm leaning toward putting one at the end on Sat, and the other on Sun afternoon. That way people can take off at the normal time if they like, or they could stick around to play the others if they really wanted to.)
Costs:
$5 per open category
$20 for Booster (7 packs + TexP)
$5 for food on Sat (doughnut breakfast, pizza lunch)
$10 for Sealed (if we do it)
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Unfortunately, I probably wont be able to make it to the tournament. Neither date is good for me and I need to focus on other things this summer as well.
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Unfortunately, I probably wont be able to make it to the tournament. Neither date is good for me and I need to focus on other things this summer as well.
Ouch, I was counting on you coming and bringing a group with you. You'll be missed :(
How about you uthminister, would you be able to come/bring down a group?
Crashfach, would you be able to come/bring up a group?
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I'm pretty sure our church college group is doing something July 17th. I'll have to check and make sure though. Also I have to keep tabs on the South East Regional, as I'm going to co-host it. But I'd love to come and meet you guys up there!
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That will be a little sketchy, but I am about 60% sure I can make it with a group...
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I'm pretty sure our church college group is doing something July 17th. I'll have to check and make sure though.
Just let me know as soon as you find out please :)
That will be a little sketchy, but I am about 60% sure I can make it with a group...
We'd love to have you. Is the 17th more likely for you than the 3rd?
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Neither is any better than the other...
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Your tournament is not listed on the official website list. Are you still having it?
Not sure if I could make it but if I can ride with Travis or others then it is more likely.
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Your tournament is not listed on the official website list. Are you still having it?
Not sure if I could make it but if I can ride with Travis or others then it is more likely.
Yep, just put the paperwork in the mail room here at school during lunch break today.
I'd of course love to have you come down again, and I'm sure Travis wouldn't mind having another passenger to split gas money with :)
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I can't make it July 17th, I am out of town that weekend visiting my girlfriend. So this will be the first year in 4 or 5 years that I haven't attended a state tournament, wow.
Kirk
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I can't make it July 17th, I am out of town that weekend visiting my girlfriend. So this will be the first year in 4 or 5 years that I haven't attended a state tournament, wow.
Just bring her along :)
If not, then we'll miss you :(
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Hi Mark,
Please note me as tentative for the KY State tournament. Need to see if I can join/setup a carpool for it. At this point, I am looking at coming to the Friday and Saturday activities but coming home Saturday night.
Thanks!
Rod
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Please note me as tentative for the KY State tournament. Need to see if I can join/setup a carpool for it. At this point, I am looking at coming to the Friday and Saturday activities but coming home Saturday night.
Great to hear from you Rod. We'll of course be glad to have you :)
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KY State Tournament 2010 Results
Closed Deck
1st - Mark Underwood
2nd - Dana Shreffler
3rd - Ian Kratzer
Booster Draft
1st - Ian Kratzer
2nd - Mark Underwood
3rd - Drew Wills
Type 1 - 2 Player
1st - Mark Underwood
2nd - Andrew Wills
3rd - Drew Wills
Type 1 - Multi-Player
1st - Mark Underwood
2nd - Andrew Wills
3rd - Dana Shreffler / Ian Kratzer
Type 1 - TEAMS
1st - Andrew Wills / Mark Underwood
2nd - Drew Wills / Ian Kratzer
3rd - Dana Shreffler / Ragan Rogers
Type 2 - 2 Player
1st - Mark Underwood
2nd - Andrew Wills
3rd - Drew Wills
Type 2 - Multi-Player
1st - Mark Underwood
2nd - Drew Wills
3rd - Andrew Wills
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Prof's Tournament Report (part 1):
Well, we had a much smaller turnout than normal due to a glut of tournaments recently (EC Regional, MW Regional, Cincy District, etc.) that kept our OH guys from being able to come join us. Also there was a GA State tournament the same weekend that kept our TN guys from being able to come join us. And with the other KY playgroup moved to NY (Robm), that meant it was just our Oakdale group. The downside was that I lost a lot of money on this tourney. The upside was that my playgroup (which is still pretty newbish) had the chance to actually win some events (which they hadn't done at the EC and MW Regionals). So there was still a good time had by all despite the numbers being down.
Ragan Rogers played in her first tournament ever and ended up placing 3rd in TEAMS with Dana Shreffler.
Dana Shreffler played in his 2nd tournament ever and ended up placing 2nd (Sealed), 3rd (TEAMS), and 3rd (T1-mp).
Ian Kratzer played in his 2nd tournament ever and ended up placing 2nd (TEAMS), 3rd (T1-mp), 3rd (Sealed), and even became the state champion in Booster Draft in his 1st try at the event.
Drew Wills who is still very young despite having played for a while now placed 3rd (Booster), 3rd (T1-2p), 2nd (TEAMS), and even beat his dad to place 2nd in T2-mp.
Andrew Wills who is the only other adult to play Redemption at my school placed 3rd (T2-mp) and 2nd (T2-2p) while playing T2 categories for the first time ever. He also placed 2nd (T1-mp) and 2nd (T1-2p), and became a state champion in TEAMS.
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Prof's Tournament Report (part 2):
I won't go into the details about every event, but here are some of my thoughts that stood out in my memory:
T1-2p:
I was playing a defense heavy deck this tournament, and we had 3 rounds. My first round was against Drew Wills who quickly jumped to a lead before my defense got a chance to set up. He got to 4 LSs and I was pulling out some desperate stuff. I finally was able to lock him out and then waltz in for the win. The 2nd round was against his dad, Andrew Wills. He didn't really threaten much on offense, but he actually almost shut down my "invincible" offense late in the game, but I squeaked by for the win again. The final round was against Ian Kratzer. He gave me problems on offense and defense, but I was able to get the 3rd win to take the category.
T1-mp:
The first of 2 rounds, Andrew Wills jumped out to a huge lead and held one to win big. He got to 3 LSs when I was still at 2. That meant that the only way for me to come back and win the event was to win the last round before he got more than a single LS. He didn't draw any heroes for a looooong time to start the game which helped me a lot. Also he had to burn his SoG early taking the only available LS as I was about to save it. But he did end up taking LS #2. However, on my last turn, I drew a bunch of cards, played FA to knock him back down to 1 LS, attacked and took LS #3 for myself and played SoG/NJ to win the round and the tournament. It was intense.
T2-mp:
None of us had ever played this event before, and afterward, I don't think any of us want to ever again.
Booster:
The draft here didn't go as well as it had at my previous tournament (ie. no Mayhem's this time). I went with an American flag theme and drafted Red, White, and Blue brigades (and added Silver later). On defense, I just went with Brown. It turned out that I didn't get much defense, but I felt like my offense was strong enough to be able to get to 5 first. Once again, the packs that I opened didn't really have anything great in them, but some awesome stuff got passed to me. The best card that was passed to me was Wall of Protection. And the TexP pack that was opened by the guy to my right had half a dozen cards or more with either gold or silver borders. It went around the table and had 11/15 cards picked out of it before the last one (Herod's Dungeon) was chosen.
The first round went well. I was able to bluff my way into making my defense seem more powerful than it was, and I was able to win the game. However, Ian Kratzer also had a good game and got to 4 LSs. The second game I needed to either win again or at least get to 4 LSs myself. But the wheels came off the cart that game. 1) I only drew 1 EC the entire game (which Ian killed). 2) I only drew 1 LS each turn which stopped me from spreading them around 3) Ian was sitting on my left that game and figured out that my defense was weak, so he took all those LSs. 4) I got to 3 LSs, but Ian was at 4, so I had to take another before he won the game. Unfortunately, on my turn I again drew 1 LS and no ECs. So Ian walked in for the victory in that game and therefore also won 1st place in the overall tournament. Although disappointed that I didn't win, I was really happy for him to win his first event ever :)
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Prof's Tournament Report (part 2):
T2-mp:
None of us had ever played this event before, and afterward, I don't think any of us want to ever again.
Ha ha! This is awesome....and interesting since you are FORCED to play with defense in type 2 Multi...does defense make a difference? or might it be that you played this category late at night (as it is often played) and the time made the category rough...?
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Ha ha! This is awesome....and interesting since you are FORCED to play with defense in type 2 Multi...does defense make a difference? or might it be that you played this category late at night (as it is often played) and the time made the category rough...?
Yeah, I actually thought T2-mp would be more fun than T2-2p (because the dreaded combo decks wouldn't work well in a multi-setting) and maybe even more fun than T1-mp (because people would have to have defense). But I was disappointed.
The first round, one of my opponents couldn't draw an EC or site access for many turns, and therefore just handed out LSs like candy and sat there during his turn. My other opponent drew some defense, but I was able to snipe it in the territory and walk in on him for the rest of the LSs I needed. I ended up winning 7-2-0 or something silly like that.
We decided to play a 2nd game for fun just to see if it was a fluke that the event was that boring. That game I couldn't draw a hero or site access for many turns, so it was my chance to just sit out the game for a while. Meanwhile, the other 2 player's defenses were totally shutting down their offenses (and getting bigger each turn with experience credit). Finally an ET+AoCP cleared the table, and everyone started getting LSs quickly. We basically just went around the table getting LSs at that point, and we ran out of time with the game 4-3-3 with Drew Wills in the lead.
Both rounds had someone just sitting there doing basically nothing for at least half the game. Both rounds lacked interesting battles. Both rounds felt completely like the draw determined the winner. It just wasn't much fun.
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Mark, there is an outside chance that I will be there for your tournament on the 25/26th. If I do I will be coming down for both days but I would really like to be done on saturday with enough time to get home at a decent hour. I will have to talk my wife into it but she did something really dumb recently so i have a decent chance of getting this as a way for her to make it up to me.
I will keep you posted
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Mark, there is an outside chance that I will be there for your tournament on the 25/26th. If I do I will be coming down for both days but I would really like to be done on saturday with enough time to get home at a decent hour.
It would be GREAT for you (or any others from North Kentucky) to come join us for this tourney. Since we're not doing the T2 events or Sealed, we should be able to get everything done before supper :)
At this point, here's the tentative plan:
Fri evening
7:00pm TEAMS
Sat morning
8:30am T1-2p (4 rounds - with a 1hr break for Brunch)
12:30pm Booster Draft (2-3 rounds - unlimited,prophets,patriarchs,apostles,kings,angel wars,priests,TEXP)
12:30pm T1-mp (2-3 rounds)
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If I come I will need a teammate for teams. so let me know if someone needs a teammate. I can bring the teams Decks.
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If I come I will need a teammate for teams. so let me know if someone needs a teammate. I can bring the teams Decks.
We actually have several players right now who could easily pilot a TEAMS deck that you bring well. Of our top players, I expect that TEAMS will shape up something like this:
Andy and Drew
Michael and Ian
David and Myself
Brian and Crustpope
Then there's probably another 1 or 2 teams that could compete as well. But of the 4 teams listed above, I'd put all their chances of winning about equal.
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dont worry, I will remember to pack plenty of site access in my decks.... ;)
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Speaking of upcoming tournaments....
I am putting in for a KY State tournament on the weekend of April 16th and a East Central Regional tournament on July 9th. The State probably needs to stay where it is. But does anyone have any input regarding the Regional? I could move it a week or so either way if it would make it a lot better for a bunch of people.
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Speaking of upcoming tournaments....
I am putting in for a KY State tournament on the weekend of April 16th and a East Central Regional tournament on July 9th. The State probably needs to stay where it is. But does anyone have any input regarding the Regional? I could move it a week or so either way if it would make it a lot better for a bunch of people.
ok April 16th is my birthday so I am not sure whether I can come to that one or not. We are actually celebrating my birthday two weekends earlier on the 2nd (yeah the day of MY tournament which is why my wife owes me big time) I dont think I can come to both. It will likely be one or the other. most likely it will be the district but I am not sure yet.
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I had to move my tournament from April 16th because I had a scheduling conflict so I will not be at that one. However, the July 9th tournament could be a distinct possibility...but I will need more time to be sure.
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Mark I will be able to make it to the Ky State but not the District. My April will be very busy (mine on the 1/2 Yours on the 15/16 and travis's on the 23rd.
I will be coming down right after I get of of school and I should be able to make it there by 6:30. I will be playing everything I will be eligible for. I probably WILL need a teammate so if anyone REALLY wants to WIN pair them with me! I dont know Brian the guy you had me paired up with on the list but if he has an email and he (or anyone else) still wants to pair up have him contact me at matthew.lee.archibald@gmail.com
Will there be type 2 categories offered? If not do people want to play type 2 in their down time? I know it is not AS popular down there but maybe there are a few diehards?
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Mark I will be able to make it to the Ky State but not the District. My April will be very busy (mine on the 1/2 Yours on the 15/16 and travis's on the 23rd.
That does sound like a busy (and fun) month. We'll look forward to seeing you in April for the KY State tournament.
I probably WILL need a teammate so if anyone REALLY wants to WIN pair them with me!
We'll see how TEAMS goes at the District tourney in a couple weeks, and I'll try to get you a good partner from there :)
Will there be type 2 categories offered? If not do people want to play type 2 in their down time? I know it is not AS popular down there but maybe there are a few diehards?
There will be a T2-2p tournament at the KY State tourney, but no T2-mp.
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Mark, unfortunately our budget got destroyed last month due to some unforseen expenses, as a result all unnecessary travel has been cut from the budget so I will not be able to come to the tournament this month. I hope this does not put you in a bind this year.
I am kinda depressed about it, especially since 1100 dollars of the budget were blown on purchases made by my wife....grrrr
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I will not be able to come to the tournament this month. I hope this does not put you in a bind this year.
We'll miss you at KY State, but it does mean that the rest of us will have a better chance to win. I'll have to shout out an "Are you kidding me?!" at some point during the tournament in your memory :) And don't worry about putting me in a bind. I think the guys from TN are coming, and possibly even the guys from GA. Plus my own playgroup is decent size these days, so we'll still have a good turnout.
I am kinda depressed about it, especially since 1100 dollars of the budget were blown on purchases made by my wife....grrrr
I've met your wife, and I know how much you love each other. She's worth way more than $1100. Don't sweat it :)
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District Tourney Report (Spring 2011)
We had one of our best tournaments in a long time, with a dozen players, and many great games. We held 4 different events, and had 4 different people finish in 1st, 4 different people finish in 2nd, and 4 different people finish in 3rd.
TEAMS:
In the first round, the favorite (Mr. Wills and his son Drew) had the random bye, and the other 2 top teams both won convincingly. In the second round they had to face off. Ian and Michael both played Angel/Brown decks. David and myself both played Red/Pale Green "Christmas" decks. Our offense was just too much for them to handle early and we ended up winning big. The final round we had to play the Wills duo (who had also won their 2nd round game). They got to a blazing start partly due to a LOT of dominants early. Before we knew it, we were down 4-1, and our defense was paper thin. Somehow we kept pulling off amazingly close blocks, and held them off while our offense came charging back. Finally it was all tied up 4-4, and they wouldn't have been able to stop our next RA. But it was their turn, and we just didn't have enough juice left in the tank to stop them. So the Wills duo was victorious. David and I came in 2nd, and Ian & Michael placed 3rd.
Booster:
Only a few participants in this one, but everyone was glad that they did. Chris drew a Haman's plot and a TxP Gomer to play it on. Michael drew an Emperor Nero and a Wrath of Satan. I drew a Michael. I started off trying for Red and White on offense, but no red heroes ever seemed to come, so I ended up switching to Silver late in the draft and that worked out pretty well. My defense was pretty serious actually with brown and grey. The first game I had all my offense early, and kept taking Chris's LSs before Michael had a chance at them. I won fast, with Michael in 2nd with 3 LSs. The last game my offense didn't show up and neither did my defense. Michael kept taking LSs from me and Chris, and he won quickly, with Chris in 2nd with 4 LSs. Overall Michael had more LSs taken so he came in 1st, I came in 2nd, and Chris came in 3rd.
T1-2p:
After 2 events, I hadn't won 1st in either, so I was really hoping to turn things around this event. Thankfully things worked out, and I went undefeated to take 1st place. 2nd place was expected to be either Michael or Drew, and Michael pulled it off. His only loss was a bad one to me. In a surprise upset, Chris won 3rd place instead of any of the other top contenders (Drew-4th, David-5th, Ian-8th). Considering that Chris had never placed in a tournament event before, I was really impressed that he did it twice in this tournament. I was also very proud that my daughter Alecia came in 9th (ahead of a couple people) in her first tournament ever :)
T1-mp:
This has traditionally been my best event, in spite of the fact that my students love to all gang up on me in it. This time was no exception as I was able to win enough to take 1st in this event. It was not too surprising that several top contenders tied for 3rd place (David, Ian, and Michael), but what was very surprising was that Kayleb came in 2nd. He's never placed in a tournament before, so I was really impressed with his strong finish here. I was also very proud that my daughter Alecia again came in 9th (not last again) in her first time ever playing multi-player at all.
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Your daughter deserves congrats from us guys and gals in AL. So congrats to her for not last in her first tournament!(isn't she nine?) If so that's far better than my preformance when I was that age.(Well she beat more people out than my first tournament I got 2nd to last.)
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Your daughter deserves congrats from us guys and gals in AL. So congrats to her for not last in her first tournament!(isn't she nine?) If so that's far better than my preformance when I was that age.(Well she beat more people out than my first tournament I got 2nd to last.)
Thanks. And she's actually only 7 :)
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Wow. Just wow. I started when I was 7 too. And I bet your one proud dad.
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That is fantastic! I cant wait until Micah can play!
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The youth movement is underway... ;D
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Hey Mark, how hard would it be to get your kids down here the second weekend of May? Turns out I completely forgot about a family graduation on the 7th.
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Hey Mark, how hard would it be to get your kids down here the second weekend of May? Turns out I completely forgot about a family graduation on the 7th.
Totally impossible, since that Graduation is that weekend. But we might be able to do the last weekend of April.
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and GA State is June 4 (unofficially)
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and GA State is June 4 (unofficially)
Thanks, but all our students will be gone between the 2nd weekend of May (Graduation) and toward the end of June (start of summer school).
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I just asked off for the whole weekend of regionals there. I'll see if I can get Chris McCravy, ELarge, and I'm sure RTSmaniac will be with me. We will be coming with the TN boys.
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I just asked off for the whole weekend of regionals there. I'll see if I can get Chris McCravy, ELarge, and I'm sure RTSmaniac will be with me. We will be coming with the TN boys.
Yeah, I guess the GA guys will come to Knoxville & then we'll all head up there together!
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KY State 2011 Tourney Report
Well I've been saying all year that the playgroup here in KY has been getting better, and it showed up very clearly in this tournament. Last year, we had a very small turnout, and I won every category. This year we had 17 players (14 from KY), and I only won 2 events, and didn't even place in one.
We started with T1-2p on Fri (since some of our players had soccer on Sat), and we had 5 rounds BECAUSE WE HAD TO (did I mention the awesome turnout?). There was a critical game in the 2nd round when I played Michael Saucedo (Alfonso), and he got an early random discard of my SoG. That ended up being the difference in the game, and since he dominated the rest of his matches to go undefeated, he took 1st place. Thankfully I never lost again and so I ended up in 2nd. And Rebekah Collins ended up taking third place honors back to OH with her (finishing just ahead of her dad who came in 4th). Speaking of daughters, my own daughter Alecia played in her 1st state level event and had a lot of fun despite losing every game. But she had a great attitude, and due to a lot of close losses leading to a decent differential, she didn't come in last.
Then we stayed up WAY too late at night playing Booster starting at around 11pm. We had 7 players, and after a couple rounds the top table all had winners, and whoever won the game was going to win the tournament. I liked my chances with a solid deck of 8 angels (including CotH) and 8 silver GEs, in addition to some decent blue, and a reasonable defense. However, the seating arrangement turned out to be more critical. Michael was to the right of a guy with no defense, who kept drawing single LSs. And Michael also was able to stop my CotH a couple times BTN due to some impressive blocking. So he won the game and the event. Chris Lewter came in 2nd place, which was his highest showing ever. Matt "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" Archibald took another 3rd place honors back to OH, and I didn't place at all. The most amazing pack of the Booster was a Disciples pack that I opened. It had a Destruction of Nehustan (which I took), an Unholy Writ, the Di LS that underdecks NT LSs, a huge numbered hero, a Saul/Paul (which I took), a Storehouse, a J-Tower, a Pierced Heart ultrarare, and other stuff.
After a meager few hours of sleep, we started again early Sat morning with some Bagels and TEAMS. Thus far in the tourney, Michael had been unstoppable, so I was glad that we were teaming up for TEAMS, and with the 1st place TEAMS from our last district busy with soccer, I liked our chances. However, it wasn't meant to be. We tried the strategy of having a defensive player and an offensive player. I handled the defense and Michael handled the offense. Although this worked well in the 3rd game, it didn't work so well in the first 2 games. Both games the offense deck just didn't draw out the way that it was supposed to, and so despite my very successful blocking, we weren't able to take LSs ourselves very quickly. We ended up winning the 1st game in the long run, but the 2nd game we timed out with us behind the team of Matt and Kayleb Matthews. They went on to be undefeated, and therefore came in 1st place (which was Kayleb's highest finish ever). We took 2nd, and the team of David Eom and Brian Jones finished in 3rd (Brian's highest finish ever).
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KY State 2011 Tourney Report (cont.)
So at this point we were halfway through the tournament, and I hadn't won a single event. Despite personal disappointment, I was extremely proud of how well everyone else was doing.
T1-mp has traditionally been my strongest event, so I was really hoping to turn things around Sat afternoon. I was able to win my first game, and be in the lead in my timeout second game, so going into the championship round I had 5 VP and 9 LSs. However, the top table also had Matt, Allen, and Brian, who all would pass me for 1st if they won the game. Needless to say it was a super close game. Allen was able to get to 3 first, but couldn't clinch it due to a Judah's Sin sitting in a territory on Judas Iscariot. He ended up using SoG solo to block me from taking LS #3, and therefore got to 4. Meanwhile Brian also got to 3 pretty easily, but never drew his SoG. He also took a 4th one in battle and therefore was tied with Allen. Matt had the worst draw ever and couldn't get a single hero to attack with for about 5 turns (despite having MANY in his deck). He even played Mayhem at that point, and still couldn't draw a hero. It was just too much to come back from and so he ended up with only 2 LSs. I'd like to end this by saying that I got to 5, but I didn't. Instead I got hammered all game by everyone. I think that all the CM's were played on me. I think that all the Burials were played against me. Thankfully an early GoYS protected me from the FA's. I had heroes get wiped out when other players attacked each other. It was just brutal. I was just happy to end up with 3 LSs, which was enough to give me enough points to barely hold onto 1st overall for the event. Brian came in 2nd (his highest finish ever), and Rebekah came in 3rd (after winning her 3rd round game).
Our last major event was Sealed Deck. I was paired up with Michael first round, and the packs that we both opened ended up having a lot of stuff to help my deck, and I felt like it was actually a really good deck for Sealed. However the first game, Michael just tore me apart. My opening draw had 3 LSs and no ECs. He walked in for 1 LS, and then played SoG on his only available LS so I had nothing to take. His second turn he played AotL on the only EC that I drew, and got LS #3. He then CM'd my attacker, so I was still at 0. His third turn he walked in again for LS #4, and I knew it was over at that point. I finally broke through a couple times before handing over #5. I won my last 2 games, and Michael lost his last one, but the differential was too much in his favor, plus he had the head-to-head win. So Michael won a 3rd event of the tournament, I came in 2nd, and Drew Wills came in 3rd.
The last event was really just an afterthought. There are only a couple players in KY who even have a T2 deck, and neither of us really enjoy the T2-2p category. But we played anyway, and it was a decent game. Andy Wills defense set up REALLY quickly, and it was clear that if I even tried to attack, that he would destroy my territory, deck, and probably hand. So I had to wait forever until I finally drew ET+AoCP. Thankfully my defense held out as I almost always had just barely enough to stop his constant attacks. He did break through once, but I was able to Falling Away. Then after I wiped the table with the AoCP it suddenly went from being an intense stalemate to being an intense race. Thankfully I had the lead and so I was able to finish first, with Andy in 2nd.
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T1-mp
Matt had the worst draw ever and couldn't get a single hero to attack with for about 5 turns (despite having MANY in his deck). He even played Mayhem at that point, and still couldn't draw a hero. It was just too much to come back from and so he ended up with only 2 LSs.
This was one of the most lopsided multiplayer games I have ever played. With 11 disciples in a deck, I got boat out first turn (along with 5 lost souls) and I didnt see a single disciple for 5 turns, playing mayhem on my 3rd turn to try to draw them out. When I got a hero all the lost souls had been hoovered up by then. I must have gont 8-9 tunrs before winning a LS. playing SoG solo to get to two.
I was second going into that round and I fell to 6th or 7th. It was brutal.
The highlight of my multiplayer tournament came when Mark played feast of trumpets with gifts up to draw 8 billion cards and after everyone was done drawing and revealing, I played FA on a shuffler and then played Sog/NJ on the shuffler to suck up all the LS's....that is the second time I have been able to do that in high level tournaments and I love it every time!
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The highlight of my multiplayer tournament came when Mark played feast of trumpets with gifts up to draw 8 billion cards and after everyone was done drawing and revealing, I played FA on a shuffler and then played Sog/NJ on the shuffler to suck up all the LS's.
In fact it was even meaner than that. I thought for sure I would get a LS with a hand stuffed with cards and a bunch of LSs available on the table. If I remember right I was even able to attack with a TGT hero while someone else had TGT up, while there was only 1 EC down on the table at the time.
But then Matt had to hurt David by Falling Away his only LS (the shuffler). Then he had to hurt me by rescuing it with SoG/NJ to make all the LSs go away. But at that point I was still feeling good since I had Harvest Time in my hand and played it. But then Matt had to hurt me AGAIN by playing Burial on that LS. And then I had to hurt myself because I had all those cards in my hand and couldn't put them all down, so I had to toss some. Overall it was a devastatingly sneaky play by Matt, and was a beautiful thing to behold.
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Dang! I'm sorry I missed all the fun! I will definatly be there for Regionals though!
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lol I forgot about the burial too. Yeah, that was a pretty devious way to balance a huge momentum swing there. but if we had let you take advantage of all those cards we would have been bored for the next half hour instead of timing out in the end....so I was just looking out for everyone to make sure they got their moneys worth of redemption playing.
Also, I have been impressed with the quality of play by rebecca and allen, especcially allen. He has gotten a lot better playing quickly...but I though it was poetic justice that he had to play your daughter a couple of times... ;D
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especcially allen. He has gotten a lot better playing quickly...
Anyone awesome enough to have that name is a total boss who is going to win constantly.
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Also, I have been impressed with the quality of play by rebecca and allen, especcially allen. He has gotten a lot better playing quickly...but I though it was poetic justice that he had to play your daughter a couple of times... ;D
It is good to hear that two of my former proteges are continuing to compete and doing well. I miss being a part of tournaments with you guys.
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Also, I have been impressed with the quality of play by rebecca and allen, especcially allen. He has gotten a lot better playing quickly...but I though it was poetic justice that he had to play your daughter a couple of times... ;D
I totally agree that Allen and Rebecca have really become great players over the last several years. In their 4 events they placed 3rd & 4th (T1-2p & T1-mp), 4th (TEAMS), and 5th & 6th (Booster). Considering there were so many players, I'm impressed with them consistently being at the top like that.
As for my daughter, my favorite story of the tournament was when Allen told me about her sitting on his LS. Where do kids come up with ideas like that? That was just crazy! I appreciate everyone's patience with her as she begins to learn not only the rules of the game, but also some of the unwritten rules of etiquette for playing a strategy game :)
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Thank you Proof for the details. I've posted these at
www.TheKingdomColumn.webs.com (http://www.TheKingdomColumn.webs.com)
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Thank you Prof for the details.
You're welcome. Glad to help your project along. Keep up the good work :)
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I had to move my tournament from April 16th because I had a scheduling conflict so I will not be at that one. However, the July 9th tournament could be a distinct possibility...but I will need more time to be sure.
I just asked off for the whole weekend of regionals there. I'll see if I can get Chris McCravy, ELarge, and I'm sure RTSmaniac will be with me. We will be coming with the TN boys.
Yeah, I guess the GA guys will come to Knoxville & then we'll all head up there together!
Where is everybody? I was expecting a big group from the South (TN & GA) and the North (OH), and no one's here. If anyone wants some easy RNRS points, come to KY tonight, and you can beat up on myself and only a few of my guys. This is your chance.
I'll give more details later, but so far:
TEAMS:
1st - Kayleb & Isaiah
2nd - Drew & Ian
3rd - Andy & Mark
Booster:
1st - Mark
2nd - Ian
3rd - Andy & Drew (tie)
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Hmmm... I wonder if I could get a plane out there fast enough... ;)
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Yeah...I wish I could be there but I'd rather be with my family right now. I hope you enjoy the weekend.
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Hmmm... I wonder if I could get a plane out there fast enough... ;)
We'd be glad to have you, but I think you already got enough RNRS points at the MW Regional :)
Yeah...I wish I could be there but I'd rather be with my family right now. I hope you enjoy the weekend.
Thanks, and I totally understand you not being here with all that you're dealing with right now. I'm just a disappointed that all the other people who talked about coming didn't make it either.
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Well, here I am still in Ohio while yall are down there haveing a great time playing Redemption. My birthday was yesterday so I spent lots of time doing yard work including cutting up two trees. Trust me when I say I would have loved to have been there with you guys. Growing up and having responsibilities... ::)
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After an extra large KY State tournament this year, I had some high expectations for EC Regional. There were 6-10 people talking about coming up from TN/GA including some really tough players. There were also a handful of people talking about coming down from OH including some really tough players. And you never know whether a few more people might just show up unexpectedly. But for a variety of very legitimate reasons, none of these travelers ended up making it. So EC Regionals ended up being pretty small. We still had a good time though, and I'll summarize things below.
We started off with TEAMS:
Kayleb / Isaiah had teamed up at MW Regionals without much success, but they decided to stick together and give it another try. It turned out to be a good move as they went undefeated and took first place. Drew / Ian (another pairing from MWRegs) also had a lot more success by finishing 2nd. Meanwhile Andy / myself struggled mightily as we came in pretty unprepared and felt good to be finishing 3rd. I was proud of my daughter Alecia and her teammate Brian as they came in 4th.
Next we played Booster:
It was one of the worst drafts that I’ve had. I was excited to pull a Prince of this World from my Priests pack, but that was about it. My only other card of monetary value was Glory of the Lord (and who wants that), my only other card of play value in Booster was Asahel (from the TxP pack), and my offense was spread over about 5 brigades. Needless to say, I didn’t have high hopes, but it turned out that no one else had a very good draft either. I ended up winning both games and the tournament. Ian Kratzer came in 2nd and the father and son of Andy and Drew Wills tied for 3rd.
After a decent amount of sleep and some breakfast, we got started with T1-mp. The 1st round was won by Brian Jones, with several of us tied for 2nd place in a 5 person game. The 2nd round was won by myself, and Drew finished in 2nd place alone (after playing Falling Away on my daughter Alecia right at the end to knock her out of the tie for 2nd). So that made the placement: myself in 1st, Brian in 2nd, and Drew in 3rd.
To Be Continued...
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And now for the rest of the story...
The next event was T1-2p. I decided to try once more with the herolite, defensive-heavy 63 card deck, and played it every round. It had taken me to 3rd place at the MW Regionals with some stiff competition there and had never lost a game. After playing it some more, I felt like I was getting faster, and would therefore have less timeouts, and perhaps have a shot at winning it all.
My first round I drew the bye, which was not at all a good way to start. My differential isn’t normally high anyway, so getting a diff of 0 for the first round, was not going to help. My second round I played Drew (who is becoming quite good), and I needed every bit of defense that I had. He still broke through twice (more than anyone ever has) and got to 4 LSs before I was able to come back to win it at the end. My third round was against Ian at the top table. He was ahead of me in differential, and was in a great position. If he won, he was guaranteed 1st place, and as long as he took 2 LSs, he was guaranteed 2nd place. In addition, he had something very unexpected in his deck which made it impossible for me to win the game. So we timed out with me ahead 3-2, giving me enough points to finish in 1st place, and Ian in 2nd. Brian ended up in 3rd. Meanwhile, I was proud of Alecia for having a great attitude despite losing all her games. It has been so fun for me to have her participating in tournaments with me, and I look forward to doing that more.
After that event ended, we were ready for Sealed Deck. I got the “F” deck, which I always seem to get, and which never seems to have enough offense for me. But the main problem was my opponent’s lack of LSs to rescue. In my first game against Ian, he had too long of a drought, and I lost 5-3. My second game was against Alecia (our only head-to-head matchup of the tournament), and this time she drew tons of LSs and very little defense. I won 5-4, and she was a great sport about it. My last game was against Drew, and the drought came back. He won pretty easily 5-3, which dropped me to 3rd place overall. Ian went undefeated and took 1st place (his best finish ever), and Drew took 2nd.
Our last event was T2-2p. This event was mainly scheduled for the benefit of all the T2 lovers down in GA and up in OH, as none of us really play T2 here in KY. However, we didn’t want the prizes to go to waste, so we played anyway. Drew made some changes to a deck that his dad had built for a previous tournament, and they obviously were the right ideas. He went undefeated and ended up in 1st place (his best finish ever). The critical game was between him and me in the 2nd round (since he dominated in the 1st and 3rd rounds). I had the lead 5-3, and half of the 3-liner saved. I was making a rescue attempt, and was down by 3 points of offense. I had 4 points of offense in the GEs in my hand, but he had a handful of cards, and I didn’t want to waste my GEs just for numbers when he could just play a single EE and get higher. So I just died, and waited for a better opportunity. Amazingly, the “better opportunity” never came as he stormed back to take 4 more LSs and win the game. Afterwards, he admitted that he didn’t have any EEs in his hand during that critical battle, and I would’ve won the game if I’d just played my cards. Arrrghh! I did win my other games though and pulled out a 2nd place, and Ian ended up coming in 3rd place in his first attempt at T2 ever.
Overall, it was a fun tournament. My playgroup played really well, and many of them had their best finishes ever. And out of 6 events, we had 5 different people finish in the top spot of something. I do hope that next year, things will work out better for other playgroups to join us, but beware. KY Redemption is getting stronger.
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But for a variety of very legitimate reasons, none of these travelers ended up making it.
I wanted to go join you guys but I knew that I couldn't do both your Regional and Nationals this summer. So I had to weigh an easier trip to KY vs. a small chance of going to Nats (given the due date). It turns out that the choice really wasn't up to me anyways!
My second son Zachariah Wyatt Pequignot was born on July 7th 3:30 P.M. (29 days early) at 7 pounds 7ounces! So I missed seeing you down there but I was pretty happily occupied that weekend. On the other hand, things are looking much more promising to be able to go to Nats. Thanks for the talk we had; the wife and child are doing really good (he is gaining weight like a full term child)!
It was fun to see several of the players children playing alongside their parents. I can't wait to get to do that with my children. Lord willing, we'll all meet again!
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Congratulations Jon!
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My second son Zachariah Wyatt Pequignot was born on July 7th 3:30 P.M. (29 days early) at 7 pounds 7ounces! ...the wife and child are doing really good
Congratulations, Jon. That's about as legitimate an excuse to miss my tournament as you could possibly have :)
I'm glad that things are going so well, and I do hope that we'll get to meet up on the way to Nats.
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Congrats on your little one! :)
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Forgot to announce this earlier, but we had our first tournament of the new season at the end of September. For the first time, one of my students hosted the tournament, and he did a great job running a T1-2p local. There were a lot of great games, and a few surprises along the way.
The final standings were:
1 - Prof Underwood
2 - Drew Wills (best finish ever)
3 - Brian Jones
3 - David Eom
5 - Isaiah Johnson
6 - Ian Kratzer
7 - Alecia Underwood
8 - Wyatt Marcum
9 - Kayleb Matthews
10 - Stevie Stedman
11 - Caleb Stanley
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We just hosted the 2012 EC Regional tournament and it was a great one. We had 23 players from 4 different states, and everyone had a wonderful time of fun and fellowship.
Results are here. (http://www.cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/official-tournaments/ec-regional-2012-planning-thread/msg488247/#msg488247)
My recap is here. (http://www.cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/official-tournaments/ec-regional-2012-planning-thread/msg488248/#msg488248)
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2013 Recap:
It has been a fun year for our playgroup. We only hosted local tournaments this year (which is smaller than normal), but our players continue to improve as demonstrated by their showing at the EC Regional tournament this summer. We brought 10 players and took many of the top spots as described in my recap. (http://www.cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/official-tournaments/tn-is-on-the-map!!!/msg512591/#msg512591)
Overall, we now have 7 players "leveled out" including 3 alumni (Michael Alonzo, David Eom, and Brian Jones) and 4 current players (Drew Wills, Andy Wills, Kayleb Matthews, and Caleb Stanley). We also have several players who are getting close (Ian Kratzer, Stevie Stedman, Wyatt Marcum, and Alecia Underwood). We're hoping to be bringing up to 15 players to Nats next month despite it being 12 hours away, which is pretty incredible to me.
Reviewing the past:
As I look back at where we were when this thread started 6 years ago, I am amazed at how this game has become such a big part of life here at Oakdale Christian Academy, and at how much our playgroup has become such a big part of the life of Redemption. Back then we had only been going to tournaments for about 1 year, and I think were hosting our 1st booster draft and 1st district level tournament. At this point we've held multiple state and regional level tournaments and have even assisted in hosting a national level tournament.
Back then even our top 3 players were hardly a blip on the national scene. At this point we have a National Champion (Sealed) and 3 other players who placed in the top 20 in T1-2p of last year's Nats. We also have at top 5 TEAM and a top 3 player from Type-A. As a playgroup we have also contributed greatly to the game. We have 1 player who serves as an Elder and all of the leveled out people assist in play testing. We have 1 player who helped get ROOT off the ground and has helped run that for years. We have 1 player who created the TEAMS category in it's present form. And we have 1 player who created and manages the Hall of Fame.
I regret that the above sounds like bragging, as I really am just trying to encourage everyone. There is nothing special about our playgroup. We started with just a few people, and none of us had great cards or any clue what we were doing. So all that has happened with us could just as easily happen to any other playgroup out there in the next 6 years. God has simply blessed us greatly, and all the glory goes to Him.
Looking to the future:
I'm feeling a bit more reflective I guess as I'm looking ahead and seeing that my involvement is probably going to diminish greatly over the next couple years as I begin a Master's Degree program. However I hope that our playgroup will continue to grow stronger and keep contributing to the Redemption community as others within our group step up to more leadership.
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Forgot to announce this earlier, but we had our first tournament of the new season at the end of September. For the first time, one of my students hosted the tournament, and he did a great job running a T1-2p local. There were a lot of great games, and a few surprises along the way.
The final standings were:
11 - Caleb Stanley
no relation
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2014 Update:
Nats in NYC was awesome last August. My recap can be found here. (http://www.cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/official-tournaments/prof-underwood%27s-2013-nats-experience/msg514307/#msg514307) To sum it up, we had 14 players there, and 12 of them placed in the top 10 of something.
Since Nats though Redemption has had to take a seat on the back burner of my life. I am currently working on a Master's Degree and it seems to fill almost all my free time. So I've turned over the leadership of the playgroup to some of the other guys here at Oakdale including Stephen Coates, Jason Waugh, and Andy Wills. This has been of limited effectiveness due to their schedules all being pretty restrictive as well. The result is that our group that once met weekly has probably only met 10 times in the last 7 months.
We have had 4 more players "Level Out" of our mastery system this year. They are Jason Waugh, Biruk Fisseha, Isaiah Johnson, and my oldest daughter Alecia Underwood. I'm super proud of all these players. They have really improved over the last couple years and have become formidable players.
My student, Kayleb Matthews did host a local tournament a little over a month ago, which was a lot of fun. And he will also be hosting the KY State tournament in a few weeks (April 11th-12th). We are hoping to see friends from surrounding states there. I'll put up more information about that in another post below.
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KY State tournament for 2014
Date: April 11th-12th
Location: Oakdale Christian Academy
5801 Beattyville Rd. Jackson, KY 41339
Lodging: Provided freely if you let me know in advance
Categories:
Fri (7-midnight) T1-2p 4-5 rounds
Fri (midnight-done) Booster 2-3 rounds
Sat (8:30-1pm) TEAMS 4-5 rounds
Sat (1-5pm) T1-mp/Sealed 2-3/3-4 rounds
Sat (5-6pm) Awards
Additional category:
T2-2p will also be held at some point. If there is enough participation it will be held at the same time as T1-2p. Otherwise it will probably be added to the end of the schedule and will only have one or two rounds.
Costs:
$5 per open category
$10 for Sealed
$15 for Booster (7 packs + TexP)
$5 for food on Sat (pizza lunch + snacks)
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We had a great KY State tournament this spring. Unfortunately none of our fellow players from surrounding states joined us, but our playgroup had a lot of fun. The tournament was clearly dominated by Kayleb Matthews who won 3 events and placed 2nd in a 4th event. We had a dozen different players place in at least one event, and for some of them, it was their first time to ever do that. It was also the first time there was a truly competitive T2 event made up of only KY players in the 8 years that I've been hosting tournaments here. This was also the highest level tournament ever hosted by one of my students (Kayleb). So there was a lot to celebrate!
Tournament Results:
T1-TEAMS:
1st - Kayleb Matthews / Biruk Fisseha
2nd - Mark Underwood / Alecia Underwood
3rd - Drew Wills / Isaiah Johnson
Sealed:
1st - Kayleb Matthews
2nd - Kyle Waugh
3rd - Ian Kratzer
Booster:
1st - Kayleb Matthews
2nd - Jason Waugh
3rd - Mark Underwood
T2-2p:
1st - Jason Waugh
2nd - Kayleb Matthews
3rd - Isaiah Johnson
T1-mp:
1st - Katrina Underwood
2nd - Alex Aton
3rd - Wyatt Marcum
T1-2p:
1st - Mark Underwood
2nd - Isaiah Johnson
3rd - Drew Wills
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We also had a small impromptu local tournament earlier this summer. We celebrated the return of Brian Jones, who was a former student of mine, and has now joined on staff here at Oakdale. It was also the first win for Jason Waugh who is also on staff here. I expect that both of these guys will have a bright future in Redemption.
Tournament Results:
T1-2p:
1st - Brian Jones
2nd - Jason Waugh
3rd - Katrina Underwood
T1-TEAMS:
1st - Mark Underwood / Brian Jones
2nd - Alecia Underwood / Katrina Underwood
T1-mp:
1st - Jason Waugh
2nd - Katrina Underwood
3rd - Mark Underwood
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Big changes for the Oakdale playgroup:
8-9 years ago, Prof Underwood started the Redemption playgroup (http://www.cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/official-tournaments/how-did-you-learn-about-redemption-word-of-mouth-or/msg527584/#msg527584) at Oakdale Christian Academy. We started out as a small group of students and me, and we had very little idea of how to compete in Redemption or host tournaments. But we had a lot of fun together and started to meet some amazing people.
We started hosting with only a simple local tournament featuring only T1-2p, and only attended by the few people in our local playgroup. But after a while we were hosting EC Regional tournaments featuring all 7 events, and attended by players from 5 different states. Along the way we were helped significantly by other great hosts like Ben Huntsman, Stephen Schaefer, Travis Brown, Matt Archibald, and Chris Fachman. We were also helped to get cards from people like Ken Locklin and John Michaliszyn. And early on we were taught competitive strategy by Brian Reid (RIP) and Jonathan Greeson.
Over the years there have been many great players who have joined the Redemption community through the Oakdale connection. Early students like Nathan Schiro, Robert Harrelson, and Michael Saucedo would certainly have made more of a splash on the national scene if we'd been more of a part of it back then. More recent students like David Eom, Kayleb Matthews, Caleb Stanley, Isaiah Johnson, and Biruk Fisseha have certainly made a name for themselves by placing highly in big tournaments over the years. And staff kids like Drew Wills, Alecia Underwood, and Ian Kratzer, have also developed into big-time players. We have had a National Champion (Ian Kratzer in Sealed), and more than twenty top 10 Nats finishes over the years.
But the time has come for my family to leave Oakdale. (http://www.cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/prayer-forum/transitions-for-prof-underwood%27s-family/) And so the time has come for me to turn over the playgroup into the very capable hands of those who remain. Fellow staff members Brian Jones, Stephen Coates, Jason Waugh, and Andy Wills are going to be great leaders of this playgroup going forward. And I'm sure that our experienced players like Drew, Kayleb, Caleb, Ian, Stevie, Kyle, Kyla, and Wyatt will be excellent mentors for our newer players who are just beginning to learn the game.
Hopefully I will be starting another Redemption playgroup wherever my family ends up. And in that way Redemption will actually grow as a result of this transition. But I will always have a special place in my heart for the playgroup here. I hope to be able to return for tournaments here in the future as well. It's a great place, and full of great people, and great memories.
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So do you know where you are heading? I hope it isn't too far away! If you or Oakdale needs some cards for cheap please let me know!
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So do you know where you are heading? I hope it isn't too far away! If you or Oakdale needs some cards for cheap please let me know!
I don't know where we'll end up yet. I'm applying to jobs in KY, IN, and FL currently, but we'll just have to see where God leads.
As for cards, I suspect that Brian Jones (http://www.cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/profile/?u=1964) will be the main person leading up the group here, and I know that he could use a large number of cards for a really great deal. I'll let you two work that out :)