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Host: Mark ("Prof") Underwood
Address: 5801 Beattyville Rd.  Jackson, KY 41339
Categories: Type-1 2-Player ($5.00), Type-2 2-Player ($5.00), Type-1 Multi-Player ($5.00), Type-1 Teams ($5.00), Type-2 Multi-Player ($5.00), Sealed Deck ($10.00), and Booster Draft ($15.00).
Housing: FREE including the use of our shower facilities.
Food: FREE snacks Fri night, FREE lite breakfast Sat morning,
          Lunch on Sat for $3.00 (half a pizza and a soft drink).


Friday Evening  //
                  7:00P.M.      TEAMS                    AND     Type 2, 2-player
                  Afterward     Sealed Deck
                 
Saturday Morning  //
                  8:00A.M.     Type 1, 2-player     AND     Type 2, Multi-player

Saturday Afternoon  //
                  Afterward     Type 1, Multi-player     AND     Booster


As always we offer our out-of-state friends on the message boards an opportunity to pre-register for our tournament and put their name in a drawing for prizes (packs and/or singles usually). Feel free to pre-register anyone coming with you if they don't have an account on the Redemption Message Boards. All you need to do to pre-register is to post on this thread for each person pre-registering including:

Name:
Redemption Message Boards Name:
Events You Will Be Playing In:
Favorite Kind of Pizza:
Favorite Drink:

You mean 11th & 12th...

I requested leave for this. Depending on who is going I am either riding with Rex, or renting a car and hopefully bringing Jay and Clift, and possibly another.

I requested leave for this. Depending on who is going I am either riding with Rex, or renting a car and hopefully bringing Jay and Clift, and possibly another.

This is awesome news, Tyler.  I'll look forward to seeing you guys in a couple weeks!

Not sure if Chris will be able to make it, but I will be there unless something comes up with my oldest son and maybe a few from the church.

Awesome, Josh.  It'll be great to see you guys again and play some games together!

Hey Mark,

We will not be able to come down. Although we are not "busy" on the 11th VBS wraps up on the 10th and we leave for camp on the 12th. I appreciate you hosting and maintaining a strong Redemption community in southern Ohio  .

Mark, here is pre-registration for myself and my son. I'll have others for sure by Wed. if they are coming. And also, whats numbers looking like? Thanks. Josh

Josh Swinson
Knoxyouthpastor
Sealed; I can be a bumper so either, but I'd rather do T1; Booster
Meat
Mt. Dew

Isaiah Swinson
N/A
Sealed; T1; Not Sure, probably Booster
Cheese
Sweet Tea

Sorry Mark but R and I both work this Friday and Sat.

Saw your pending move...are you still bringing a group thru here for Nats? My prayers for you finding where God wants you next. If you need a sleepover if interviewing in Cincy area you are welcome at my home. allen

Mark- Sorry not to get this to you sooner, but here are two more that are coming...Oh & I'm dragging Chris with me too. 

Megan Bernin
N/A
Teams; Sealed; T1; Booster
Cheese


Meleena Livesay
N/A
Teams; Sealed; T1; Booster
Cheese


I hope you know the info for Chris. Anyway...see you in a few hours!!!

Not sure if its too late to join the drawing, but Justin and I are 15-20 minutes away...we were going to surprise everyone, but as we had a flat tire incident awhile back were getting there a bit later than anticipated.

At the time we are both planning to play both t2 events, I'll play booster and Justin willlay either t1 or booster, whichever helps best for numbers.

Pizza is Hawaiian and pop is mt. Dew.

See you all soon!

GA/AL isn't making it at all.

RESULTS

Sealed Deck:
1st - Jordan Alstad
2nd - Luke Marshall
3rd - Joshua Swinson

Booster Draft:
1st - Chris Fachman
2nd - Meleena Livesay
3rd - Justin Alstad

T1-2p:
1st - Jordan Alstad
2nd - Luke Marshall
3rd - Mark Underwood

T1-mp:
1st - Brian Jones
2nd - Caleb Stanley
3rd - Alecia Underwood

T1-TEAMS:
1st - Mark Underwood / Brian Jones
2nd - Jason Waugh / Kyle Waugh
3rd - Caleb Stanley / Stevie Seidman

T2-2p:
1st - Jordan Alstad
2nd - Justin Alstad
3rd - Chris Fachman

T2-mp:
1st - Justin Alstad
2nd - Joshua Swinson
3rd - Chris Fachman

T1-2p (continued):
Round 3 was another tough match up as I had to play again Brian Jones.  After losing with my offense-heavy deck, I decided to switch to the defense-heavy.  I was able to shut Brian down, but unfortunately his defense is quite strong as well, and we ended up with a timeout win for him.  So after losing that game, I switched back to my offense-heavy deck.

Round 4 was against Jason Waugh, who has greatly improved over the course of this year.  He was playing a really unique deck and had me locked down for most of the game.  But their was a key battle where I was able to completely change the game all at once, and after that I was able to get to the win pretty easily.

Round 5 was against Drew Wills, who is another tough player in my playgroup.  We both knew that the winner of our game would have a chance to place if they also won the next game.  So we were both very motivated, but I got the better draw and was able to get the victory.

Round 6 was against Caleb Stanley, who has won some tournaments here at Oakdale before, and is always a tough opponent.  Strategically my defense-heavy deck would've been the smarter choice for this game, but the offensive-heavy deck hadn't lost again yet, so I stuck with it.  Early in the game another opportunity to tear the Haman's Plot arose, and this time I decided that it was indeed worth it.  That slowed down Caleb's offense enough and his defense never really showed up to stop me.  So with that victory I was able to work my way back up to 3rd place.  My biggest disappointment was that I never had the opportunity to play against Jordan Alstad, who ended up winning the event.

Booster:
We had 9 players in the Booster event.  The best deck that I checked in looked really good with CotH, PotW, Fallen Angel, Haman's Plot, and something else decent that I can't remember.  But it ended up finishing in 6th place.  Meanwhile, my fellow host from TN, Chris Fachman, piloted his way to victory in that event.

T1-mp:
We had 11 players in this event, and it was the only time all tournament where tempers finally got a bit raw (probably due to lack of sleep in the previous 24 hours).  The first round went quickly (other than a break for pizza), and had Brian Jones, Caleb Stanley, and myself all winning our games.

Round 2 was pretty sloppy.  Early in the game Caleb Stanley played SoG/NJ to take the only soul available to me as I was going for my 1st soul.  This was a hasty decision that would cost him later as he didn't have GoYS out, and ended up getting Falling Away played on him, and costing him 2nd place in the game.  Meanwhile, Brian Jones DID have GoYS out, and played the early SoG/NJ to get to 4 LSs.  The next mistake was by Wyatt Marcum who had the only LS available for Brian to take but went for a battle challenge against me to draw cards and pulled out a 2nd available LS.  The next mistake as by me forgetting that Brian was at 4 already and blocking Wyatt with TAS to create a 3rd available LS so that one would get all the way around the table for me to try to take.  But of course it never got around the table because Brian broke through Wyatt's defense and got the fast win.

Round 3 was also pretty sloppy.  This time Brian and I were joined by Alecia Underwood and Jed Wills.  They both targeted Brian and I mercilessly, and caused us all sorts of problems.  The artifacts in this game also really shut things down.  For a long time, the 4 artifacts up were Confusion of Mind, Hezekiah's Signet Ring, and 2 Darius' Decree.  Nazareth was also down, so things went really slow for a while.  There was one point when Jed tried to put a LS in Brian's LoR before taking either the GC or EC out of battle, which I pointed out wasn't legal, and also that he should ask for help before tossing souls.  I played CM on the hero, and no soul was earned (frustrating Brian, but not effecting the outcome of the game).  The game ended up timing out, and on the last round I took my 3rd LS.  My only chance to win was to get SoG/NJ.  I had each of them individually at times during the game, but they were underdecked before I could ever get them together.  So at the end of my turn, I said, "I am discarding my hand and playing Mayhem" while at the same time doing those actions.  Brian tried to play SoG between me discarding my hand and playing Mayhem, but I pointed out that it was slapjack and that I was clearly responding to my own action.  This also frustrated Brian, but also didn't affect the outcome of the game.  After shuffling my deck and drawing 6 cards, I was disappointed to see that I did NOT get SoG/NJ, and my chances of winning were over.  In the end, my daughter Alecia had the most LSs (with 4) for a timeout victory.  But overall Brian Jones still came out as the top player in the event.

Thanks Mark for the great tournament. Our crew had a good time. Keep us posted on your transition in the next few weeks.