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Wednesday- Day 1
Well I was flying solo this year. Eric Largent, Clift and Crysel were both busy so I had to represent for Georgia. Plane ride was great, coming in was fine, I called John Mich and he told me to get on the Logan Express for Anderson Station. Me being a shuttle noob got on the first Logan Express I saw and drove out to Framingham, a good 30-45 mins out of the way only to realize this is 4 different routes for Logan Express, and I was on the wrong one. So they turned me around and brought me back to the airport, then I got on the right shuttle and met up with 2 fellow Redemption players, 3liner and a bag of chips, and the other board name I can't remember right now. Anyway we got on a shuttle to Hampton Inn where I met up with Chris Bany, Kevin Shride, Ron Sias, and a couple others. Soon as I got there Kevin and Chris were going to the church so I went with them. Saw everyone and hungout for a while, then got a ride back to my hotel.
Thursday- Day 2 Type 2 2 Player
I was coming off a very strong year in type 2 2 player. With a different version of my deck I swept TN state, and EC regionals, I also swept SE regionals, so I was feeling pretty confident. I also figured everyone would be playing Crimson or Philly lockout and I know I can defeat those defenses easily. I modified my deck for orange and figured I would do very well. I will post my deck lated btw, but I will give a brief analysis of it. Philly lockout, Abom, Water Jars, Israelite Archers, hurt your territory and make you draw, and TGT with 2 Salome and 2 Mary Mother of James. The one thing I was worried about was Jacob/RTC.
Round 1- Scott ? from Craig Fountain's playgroup
I didn't have too much set up early and he RA with Ira and plays 3 enhs to kill my EC, so it's 1-0. By turn 4 I had Abomb in his territory but no heroes as of yet. He RA I drop SoG/NJ for the block, 1-2. I now have an entire hand of defense with Abomb in his territory but no way of making him draw. He RA Jacob plays Obediance and gives me a panic demon. 2-2. I still have no heroes so I drop Mayhem to make him discard High Priest's Palace with 30 Pieces in it and fix my hand a bit, it didn't work. I got nothing good out of it. I temporarily locked him out with my silver sites so I got to sit and wait. I finally get Martha and start with the Abomb-ing. I Meeting the Messiah an Assyrian, and d/c another EC, then go out with 2 Archer's and d/c his 2 Assyrian Archers. He Unknown Nation's Uzzah for a block. I rescue next turn and d/c something else. Next turn he SoG/NJ so 3-4 him. A few more Meeting the Messiah's and killing off his other guys was game. My TGT ladies walked in for the next 4 straight. 7-4 win. He was playing blue/PG splash orange.
Round 2- Alex Olijar
I drew no lost souls opening hand through turn 6 so I got to set up my defense perfectly, which is a bad bad thing for my opponent. He also did not draw many lost souls so I Woman at the Well him. He plays SoG/NJ for 2-0, RA and does AotL, 3-0. He didn't have much of a hand so I kept Generous Widow-ing him and that really hurt him. I locked him out and he eventually activated Temple Veil but he was playing Teal/ Tribal Elders/Prophets, and had no N.T. heroes. So that was a deck error on his part so I locked him out. I Judge's Seat/Abombed the rest and TGT walked in pretty much. 7-4 me. Don't remember his defense.
Round 3- Craig Fountain
He seemed to be playing ANB reset with Jacob RTC and gray false peace defense to set him up again. Great idea but Phillie's rock ANB reset. He got tons of lost souls from Jacob/RTC. He jumps out early 3-0 I believe, but I almost lock him out, so he ANB reset when he could, and that was about it from his offense. He drops SoG/NJ for 5 but I had him locked out. He RA with Benaiah once against my 12FG with a counter and played ANB for numbers, but it was one too short.   It was funny b/c Craig is a good guy and can joke about himself, which he did plenty after that play. I played my deck out for the most part, and would attack with TGT out but with a gold guy with initiative and play Ambush the City, then walk in with TGT. I Meeting the Messiahed and pretty much walked in. I got FA and never saw SoG/NJ but it didn't matter. 7-5 win me, close good game.

I was really rooting for ya! Man what a bummer. I was wondering why you wasnt calling as much after round 4. Wish i could have been there.

Throughout most of the game I had no heroes, with 4 Meeting the Messiah's, 2 Repentance and Restitution, 2 Bringing Fear... not a nice hand without heroes.

Sounds like a rough shuffle. Maybe you should have played Jacob+RTC like everyone else. Oh well, Im sure youll show em at Wild Bills Type Two tourney this Feb.

Betrayal is not giving him Pigpin back...

Eric "LOL" Largent

Wonshot is the name of our top hunter in our guild (maybe server too). He's a baller.

Eric "Lifeanddeath 4eva" Largent