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Redemption® Collectible Trading Card Game HQ => Playgroup and Tournament Central => Redemption® Official Tournaments => Topic started by: Gabe on May 31, 2011, 02:29:23 PM
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***ALL LOST & FOUND ITEMS HAVE BEEN CLAIMED! YAY!!!***
1) Someone left what appears to be an entire Redemption collection. If yours is missing, please PM me to describe this massive amount of cards and make arrangements to get it back to you. CLAIMED! :)
2) We found a Reyzen deck pouch. It had one card in the outside pocket in 2 in the inside pocket. No deck was inside. Please PM me if this is yours.
3) A Nokia cell phone charger (??) was found in "Mission Central" (the wooden booth by the T2 area). Please PM me if this is yours. CLAIMED! :)
Now on to the event!!!
With the assistance of Kevin Shride and many others I hosted my first Regional tournament on Memorial Day. The attendance was well beyond anything I would have expected, 80 people! More people = more fun :)! In attendance we have folks from KS, NE, MO, IA, MN and WI. Many seasoned veterans and new players alike. A few who were playing some of their first games of Redemption ever!
I'm sure there are some folks who are interested in results so I thought I'd share them as well as a little insight.
Sealed
1st - Josh Knitt
2nd - Ryan Ertner
3rd - Brandon Steele
Booster
1st - Stephen Nesfeder
2nd - Gabe Isbell & Jeremy Kemp (tie)
T1-2P
1st - Gabe Isbell, IA
2nd - Stephen Nesfeder, MO
3rd - Kris the Koala, MN & Tim Maly, NE (tie)
Top offenses were Disciples, TGT, FBTBb and of all things Red! Top defenses were a lot of multi-color, best of brigade combo and stand alone stuff.
T1-MP
1st - John Nesfeder, KS & David Carlson, MN (tie)
3rd - Tim Maly, NE
Top offenses were Disciples, TGT, FBTNb and Priests. I apologize but I didn't see enough to comment on the defenses.
TEAMS
1st - Nathan Voigt, MN & John Nesfeder, KS
2nd - Ryan Ertmer, WI & Josh Knitt, WI & Mitch Stewart, IA & Jeff Stewart, IA (tie)
I didn't see enough of the teams deck to know much. FBTNb and TGT were among the top offenses. Some stand alone and magicians were among the defenses.
T2-2P
1st - Jordan Alstad, MN
2nd - Nathan Voigt, MN
3rd - Matt Brinkman, MN
I didn't see enough of this to know much. I know Disciples did well for offense and some defenses were Brown Site tricks and Heretics.
T2-MP
1st - Jordan Alstad, MN
2nd - Gabe Isbell, IA
3rd - Mitch Stewart, IA
Top offenses were Prophets, Gold/Silver Judges, Disciples and TGT. Top defenses were Pharisees, Demons, Magicians and Philistines.
Hosting highlights:
- It's always a joy to work along side a guy like Kevin Shride. He brings fun with him wherever he goes!
- My five younger siblings who were instrumental in the setup and tear down for the event. Prepping for and cleaning up after 80 people is no small task!
- Seeing so many friends again and meeting many new ones for the first time!
- The amount of people who showed up. When I registered for this event I was only expecting attendance between 40-50. I was truly blessed by the number of people who wanted to spend Memorial Day with us playing Redemption!
I'll post a players tournament report sometime later.
Blessings,
Gabe
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80 people? Wow. Nationals is going to be great.
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great tournament with great people attending (including another attendance by cactus kory!). i was rather astonished at me and my brothers results in type 1 2 player despite showing up late and getting a bye the 1st round, going undefeated up until the last round (and getting an eventual loss to gabe) and my brother getting 2nd place. overall a great tournament for Team Mayhem. :)
props: pizza ranch for the first time. some of the greatest pizza i have tasted in my life. but...
slops: ...also made my stomach bubble on the 6 hour drive home :( also, getting no sleep at all in over 3 days XD
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The actual top Teams deck was Matt's combo deck (did they ever win a game?). So sick.
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The actual top Teams deck was Matt's combo deck (did they ever win a game?). So sick.
No. They timed out vs. Jeremy and I though. We won 3-0.
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i agree, they were pretty genius decks. did they have a special way to get alot of their pieces out quickly? gates + healing would speed it up greatly, but that is no longer an option...
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Yeah, they used Gates and the best promo ever printed (besides Ordained as a Disciple, which should go in any Disciple deck).
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Yeah, they used the best promo ever printed (besides Ordained as a Disciple, which should go in any Disciple deck).
Love?
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Yeah, they used Gates and the best promo ever printed (besides Ordained as a Disciple, which should go in any Disciple deck).
clever, didnt even think about that.
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i think the cell phone charger is JSB23's
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i think the cell phone charger is JSB23's
JSB23 never charges his phone; so I think you meant EmJayBee83's.
In fact I thought that myself because I was charging my Nokia phone in there, but I checked and I did bring my charger home with me.
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The actual top Teams deck was Matt's combo deck (did they ever win a game?). So sick.
We did not win a game, but we were able to trigger our decks in two of the three games we played. The fault behind our losses lies entirely on my side of the table. Sadly, I was not sufficiently skilled at holding up my end of the game defensively. Sorry, Wild Bill.
Suffice to say, Wild Bill and I have conducted a thorough review of our performance and found a number of tweaks with our decks that we believe will make them Nats worthy. (We even managed to convert Kevin Shride from full-throated skepticism--"Why are you even making me check these decks?"--to offering some very helpful suggestions on how to improve things--"You know this is just crazy enough to work if...".) We shall rise to fight another day.
Sorry for the double post. I am old and forgot I posted immediately above. :(
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Great first Regionals for me!
Pros: 2 AM Perkins run
Cons: 2 AM Perkins run
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3rd - John Early, MO
Something seems a bit off here... ::)
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3rd - John Early, MO
Something seems a bit off here... ::)
Lol.
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Yeah.... Gabe didn't spell my name right....
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Yeah.... Gabe didn't spell my name right....
3rd - Kris the Koala, MN
Better? ;)
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Except for the fact that I tied with Tim ;)
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Except for the fact that I tied with Tim ;)
Right... glad I post these things so you guys can catch my mistakes before I mail in the results! :)