Eric Olson Corellia Regional 5th Place 6-3-00 (tournament report)

Eric Olson Corellia Regional 5th Place 6-3-00 (tournament report) is the tournament report Eric Olson posted on DeckTech on 4 June 2000 about 2000 Corellia Regionals. Eric Olson finished 5th at the 2000 Corellia Regionals on 3 June 2000 with Ralltiir Operations and a Jedi Test (Test to 2) deck, going 5–1 for 10 (+64) and losing only to Jason Ogden; Brian Fred, whom Olson beat in round 1, won the final against Jared Lockwood.

Report info

• Author: Eric Olson (byline: Eric "Grimnok" Olson)
• Published: 4 June 2000 (DeckTech)
• Report title: Corellia Regional 5th Place 6-3-00
• Event: 2000 Corellia Regionals
• Event date: 3 June 2000
• Site: Detroit area, Michigan
• Finish: 5th
• Record: 5–1
• Points: 10 (+64)
• Dark deck: Rops
• Light deck: Test to 2

Games

Games as the author describes them; margins are as stated in the report.

Round	Opponent	Author's deck	Opponent's deck	Result	Margin
1	Brian Fred	Dark Rops	standard Throne Room	Win (opponent rated 2128)	+6
2	—	Light Test to 2	ECC Objective Dark Deal/Occupation	Win (opponent not named)	+23
3	Ed Rebman	Dark Rops	standard Profit	Win (report: 'Ed Rebman?'; opponent rated 1863)	+14
4	Casey Galvan	Light Test to 2	beatdown Court	Win (report: 'Casey Galvan?'; opponent rated 1969)	+8
5	Jason Ogden	Light Test to 2	Vader/Tarkin/Jade Hunt Down	Loss (report: 'Jason Ogden?'; opponent rated 1874)	−15
6	—	Dark Rops	Hidden Base numbers/Kessel Run	Win (opponent not named)	+28

Other results named in the report

• 1st: Brian Fred
• 2nd: Jared Lockwood

Original report

corellia-regional-5th-place-6-3-00

• Author: Eric "Grimnok" Olson
• Published: Jun 4, 2000

Obligatory road trip story: Geoff Snider and Jason Markley make the trip up from Normal, IL to my apartment near Chicago, and show up an hour late at 12:30 in the afternoon. Geoff has brought a mini tape recorder to do some interviews for an Older Code, http://starwars.cyberianet.com. Not surprisingly, they had already started recording various amusing anecdotes on the drive up from Normal. Apparently, a WB Vine Snake hit an Illinois State Trooper on I-55, and they were almost pulled over. But Geoff must have canceled the Trooper Assault, and they made it up here. After resting in my apartment for a few minutes, and reliving some of the more humorous memories of the 2 hour journey up here, we embarked on our journey to Detroit. Much humor was had on the trek to Detroit, but only Joe Alread, chief computer guy for Older Code, will determine what is suitable for publication ;) Our long journey was extended when a key exit was closed for repairs, and I ended up driving all over Ann Arbor and its surroundings, including the Univ. of Michigan campus. But we made it to the hotel with a 45 minute delay. Obligatory night before portion: By the time we had arrived, I had decided to play Rops for dark side, but I still had not figured out what I wanted to play for the Light side, so we began our playtesting. Sometime during the process, I had determined I was going to play the Snider speed Profit deck since it was more straight forward than my alternative deck, Test to 2. By around 11, we had wondered if the Indiana crew who was supposed to stay with us (Brian Fred, along with an unknown assortment of guys), were going to show up, but they eventually did. By this time, I had just wanted to get to sleep, since it was already 2 in the morning, and we needed to get up between 7:30 and 8. But I could not sleep, so Markley, Fred, and myself, decided to stay up all night to test decks. Sometime between 5 and 6 in the morning, I decided that the Profit deck relied too heavily on the opening hand, and decided to switch to Test to 2 deck, despite the Older Code interview 7 hours before. We left the hotel, and arrived at the tournament location at about 9:30. By this time, I could barely stay awake. We ended up starting the tournament around 10:30. I was hoping for an easy first game to try to wake myself up, unfortunately, this did not happen. Game 1: DS vs. standard Throne Room (Brian Fred, 2128) Going into this game, my plan for dealing with Throne Room was to only deploy the Desert to Raltiir, and hold off on the other generic sites until I could safely flip. I was able to do this, and have the right combination of Barriers/Reacts/Alters/Grabbers to withstand the first attack on Raltiir. I think I was able to keep the objective flipped for the entire game, and use his Draw Their Fire more than he was giving me an advantage. The key plays were Iggy w/ Gun capturing Melas in the Executor ending his drain there, and Premiere Vader and Obi battling with sabers on the Jungle, and Vader hit, and Ben missed, giving me a steady drain of 2 for the remainder of the game. I win by 6. 2 (+6) Game 2: LS vs. ECC Objective Dark Deal/Occupation deck. This is one of my better match ups, and I was able to get my Testing done, and use various cheesiness such as Clash, Barrier, Sorry About the Mess, Order to Engage, Scramble to win fairly easily. I win by 23. 4 (+29) Game 3: DS vs. standard Profit (Ed Rebman?, 1863) I was able to flip and again have the right combination of defensive cards to withstand his first attack. I keep the objective flipped, and eventually manage to kill Han eliminating his drain. Most of the damage came from Uncontrollable Fury and EPP Luke camping out in the Audience Chamber, and Boussh on Raltiir. In retrospect, I should have come for the beatdown with Vader on EPP Luke when he was on Raltiir because it was not necessary to drop that much power to get rid of Luke, and I missed with my swing anyway ;) I win by 14. 6 (+43) Game 4: LS vs. beatdown Court (Casey Galvan?, 1969) He starts Bad Feeling, but his objective gives me enough force to pull Yoda on the first turn, and Daughter on the 2nd turn, so it does not slow me down too much, it just gives me less cards in hand to lose to early drains. I was able to finish Test 1 only missing one draw, and with the help of Electrobinoculars, able to guarantee the 2nd test. I was able to Uncontrollable Fury Vader early on, and Weapon Lev his first You are Beaten. And I was able to Effective Repairs soon after his 2nd one, so I was getting 2 cards a turn most of the game. I was keeping keep up with his space drains with EPP Luke w/ Proficiency and Barrier/Sorry About the Mess to protect him. I get EPP Obi to the Cantina to start winning the damage race, and EPP Han and Orrimaarko with the help of Scramble, are able to clear his Audience Chamber stopping his last ground drain. Throughout the game, EPP Vader managed to Alter Projection of a Skywalker several times, but with Wise Advice, I was able to recycle them, and managed to keep one on his drain +1 site eliminating that drain. I win by 8. 8 (+51) Game 5: LS vs. Vader/Tarkin/Jade Hunt Down (Jason Ogden?, 1874) I had a Tunnel Vision in my hand on the first turn, but looking through my reserve deck every turn, I never had the opportunity to Tunnel Vision for either a Wind Chimes or a Bothan Spy, since they were all in my reserve deck, and eventually, they were all lost off the top. The 2nd Uncontrollable Fury was able to keep the game reasonably close, but he got out his space drains to keep ahead of the damage race. He got out the Hoth War Room/Responsibility of Command combo on EPP Obi to stop my drain of 3 at my Cloud City lower corridor, but by that point, the game was really over already. I lose by 15. 8 (+36) Game 6: DS vs. Hidden Base #s/Kessel Run This was a relatively easy game, and I manage to flip and get out Navy Trooper Vesden before his first insert pops, giving me a 14 total to his 5. Search and Destroy was also active most of the game until he landed some ships and Freighter Captains on my Raltiir, which I was able to get rid of. I win by 28. 10 (+64) I end up tied for 4th, and the first tie breaker after differential was head to head, but we never played each other, and the second breaker was highest win, but we were tied after that as well. I would technically lose out on the next breaker to second highest win, so I came in 5th place. Brian Fred won the final duel by 1 or 2 points after two very good games against Jared Lockwood. Since we would have gotten back late, we skipped the usual after tournament festivities, and got on the road for home. Eric Olson

See also

• 2000 Corellia Regionals
• Eric Olson
• Tournament reports
• DeckTech tournament reports

Sources

• corellia-regional-5th-place-6-3-00, stephenskilton.com
• corellia-regional-5th-place-6-3-00 (GitHub Pages)