Author Topic: Kentucky Tournaments (Read 52805 times)

crustpope · « **Reply #200 on:** April 19, 2011, 02:10:12 PM »

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...

Rawrlolsauce! · « **Reply #201 on:** April 19, 2011, 02:13:37 PM »

Quote from: crustpope on April 19, 2011, 02:10:12 PM

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.

soul seeker · « **Reply #202 on:** April 19, 2011, 03:57:33 PM »

Quote from: crustpope on April 19, 2011, 02:10:12 PM

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...

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.

Prof Underwood · « **Reply #203 on:** April 19, 2011, 04:24:13 PM »

Quote from: crustpope on April 19, 2011, 02:10:12 PM

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...

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

disciple_drew · « **Reply #204 on:** May 23, 2011, 06:05:37 PM »

Thank you Proof for the details. I've posted these at

www.TheKingdomColumn.webs.com

Prof Underwood · « **Reply #205 on:** May 24, 2011, 12:58:00 AM »

Quote from: disciple_drew on May 23, 2011, 06:05:37 PM

Thank you Prof for the details.

You're welcome. Glad to help your project along. Keep up the good work

Prof Underwood · « **Reply #206 on:** July 09, 2011, 01:39:48 AM »

Quote from: uthminister [BR] on March 10, 2011, 09:42:27 AM

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.

Quote from: Crashfach2002 on April 18, 2011, 04:15:22 PM

Quote from: Mr.Hiatus on April 18, 2011, 03:06:50 PM
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)

Red Dragon Thorn · « **Reply #207 on:** July 09, 2011, 01:47:52 AM »

Hmmm... I wonder if I could get a plane out there fast enough...

crustpope · « **Reply #208 on:** July 09, 2011, 02:10:03 AM »

Yeah...I wish I could be there but I'd rather be with my family right now. I hope you enjoy the weekend.

Prof Underwood · « **Reply #209 on:** July 09, 2011, 02:16:06 AM »

Quote from: Red Dragon Thorn on July 09, 2011, 01:47:52 AM

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

Quote from: crustpope on July 09, 2011, 02:10:03 AM

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.

uthminister [BR] · « **Reply #210 on:** July 09, 2011, 03:59:21 PM »

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...

Prof Underwood · « **Reply #211 on:** July 14, 2011, 09:54:54 AM »

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...

Prof Underwood · « **Reply #212 on:** July 14, 2011, 09:55:41 AM »

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.

galadgawyn · « **Reply #213 on:** July 14, 2011, 01:40:46 PM »

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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!

crustpope · « **Reply #214 on:** July 14, 2011, 01:46:25 PM »

Congratulations Jon!

Prof Underwood · « **Reply #215 on:** July 14, 2011, 02:09:00 PM »

Quote from: galadgawyn on July 14, 2011, 01:40:46 PM

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.

slugfencer · « **Reply #216 on:** July 17, 2011, 03:32:15 PM »

Congrats on your little one!

Prof Underwood · « **Reply #217 on:** October 20, 2011, 11:21:05 PM »

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

Prof Underwood · « **Reply #218 on:** July 25, 2012, 02:50:41 PM »

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.

My recap is here.

Prof Underwood · « **Reply #219 on:** July 25, 2013, 04:34:15 PM »

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.

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.

New Raven BR · « **Reply #220 on:** July 26, 2013, 06:38:54 AM »

Quote from: Prof Underwood on October 20, 2011, 11:21:05 PM

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

Prof Underwood · « **Reply #221 on:** March 26, 2014, 07:54:07 AM »

2014 Update:
Nats in NYC was awesome last August. My recap can be found here. 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.

Prof Underwood · « **Reply #222 on:** March 27, 2014, 12:44:54 PM »

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)

Prof Underwood · « **Reply #223 on:** July 02, 2014, 02:58:05 PM »

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

Prof Underwood · « **Reply #224 on:** July 02, 2014, 03:08:45 PM »

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

News:

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