Hayes Hunter DPC Phoenix Epilogue (tournament report)

Hayes Hunter DPC Phoenix Epilogue (tournament report) is the tournament report Hayes Hunter posted on DeckTech on 11 October 2001 about 2001 Phoenix DPC. Hayes Hunter finished the Swiss of the 25-player 2001 Phoenix DPC in first place with Watch Your Step and Hunt Down And Destroy The Jedi, going 5–1 (10 (+91)), and beat Clint Hays in the semifinal; he then gave Jonny Chu the first-place prize money instead of playing out the final. The report also covers the next day's Phoenix Open, which he ran, and a 10 October 2001 Gamer's Edge tournament that he won 4–0.

Report info

• Author: Hayes Hunter (byline: Hayes "Hayes" Hunter)
• Published: 11 October 2001 (DeckTech)
• Report title: DPC Phoenix Epilogue
• Event: 2001 Phoenix DPC
• Event date: 7 September 2001
• Site: Phoenix, Arizona
• Players: 25
• Finish: 1st after Swiss
• Record: 6–1
• Points: 10 (+91)
• Light deck: WYS SOLID
• Dark deck: HDADTJ SOLID

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	Chris Schaut	Light WYS SOLID	Senate	Win (Schaut rated 1865; 'He's from New York')	FW +29
2	John Hawkins	Dark HDADTJ SOLID	WYS	Win (Hawkins rated 2070)	FW +17
3	Tim Guzman	Light WYS SOLID	HDADTJ	Win (Guzman rated 1935)	FW +23
4	Chris Denoma	Dark HDADTJ SOLID	WYS	Win (Denoma rated 2030; running total printed '8(+22)', a typo for +92)	FW +23
5	Clint Hays	Light WYS SOLID	Senate	Win (Hays rated 2226)	FW +22
6	Clint Hays	Dark HDADTJ SOLID	MYWHL (Julien Riviere's deck)	Loss (report: 'Clint Hays' (Julien Riviere's) (2226) MYWHL')	FL −23
Semifinal	Clint Hays	Light WYS SOLID	Senate	Win	FW +17

Other results named in the report

• 2nd after Swiss: Josh Bader
• 3rd after Swiss; won semifinal: Jonny Chu
• 4th after Swiss; lost semifinal: Clint Hays

Side event: 2001 Phoenix Open

The report also covers 2001 Phoenix Open (8 September 2001). Hayes Hunter ran the Saturday open after the 2001 Phoenix DPC; after six rounds John Hawkins was first and Jonny Chu second, and Chu won both games of the final.

Side event: October 2001 Phoenix tournament

The report also covers October 2001 Phoenix tournament (10 October 2001). Hayes Hunter won the 10 October 2001 monthly tournament at the Gamer's Edge in Phoenix, going 4–0 with Watch Your Step and Martin Falke's Senate deck; Justin Beal was second.

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

Round	Opponent	Author's deck	Opponent's deck	Result	Margin
1	Jonathan Dunn	Dark Martin Falke's Senate (second version)	HB Operatives	Win (Dunn rated 1785)	FW +19
2	Robert Dayton	Light WYS SOLID	Maul Hut / JP Start	Win (Dayton (1644) drew up to give the full win)	FW +22
3	Robert Dayton	Dark Martin Falke's Senate (second version)	TIGIH	Win	FW +7
4	Justin Beal	Light WYS SOLID	Droid AOBS	Win (timed win; Beal rated 1751)	TW +21

Discrepancies

Where this report disagrees with other sources, the wiki keeps the other record and notes the difference here.

• Hayes Hunter gives his two wins over Robert Dayton as FW +22 (Dayton drew up) and FW +7; Dayton's own report gives those games as losses by 7 and by 24. (see October 2001 Phoenix tournament)

Original report

dpc-phoenix-epilogue

• Author: Hayes "Hayes" Hunter
• Published: Oct 11, 2001

Flat out, this is going to be the @#$%tiest TR I will ever do (even if it is a double). I can’t even remember the witty, attention catching phrase that came up on the ride home for a title. I’m tired and have a headache but I need to document my games so I’m posting brief details of them, and even briefer (is that a word?) details about the time surrounding them. To attempt to make up for that I will post the decks I used (as best I can remember). I am also going to copy and pasting this to Note Pad, then copy and pasting it to Decktech (instead of editing out all the punctuation then manually adding it all back in) so sorry if the tabs show up. 9/6: Thursday. School. Drive up to Phoenix with Enrique Huerta. Spend the night at Girard’s place in the middle of nowhere. He has funny dogs. 9/7: Friday. DPC day and only 25 show up for it. Gay. Rating is 2261. Decks are WYS SOLID and HDADTJ SOLID. Unknown Type: Home One: Docking Bay Kessel Tatooine (old) Tatooine: Cantina Tatooine: Docking Bay 94 Tatooine: Mos Espa Docking Bay Characters (18) Chewbacca, Protector Dash Rendar x2 Han With Heavy Blaster Pistol x2 Lando With Blaster Pistol Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight x3 Melas x2 Mirax Terrik Phylo Gandish Ralltiir Freighter Captain x2 Talon Karrde Theron Nett Wedge Antilles Starships (5) Millennium Falcon Outrider Pulsar Skate Red 10 Red Squadron 1 Interrupts (17) A Step Backward x2 As Good As Gone Control & Tunnel Vision x3 Dodge x2 Heading For The Medical Frigate Inconsequential Barriers Lost In The Wilderness Off The Edge x2 Run Luke, Run! Sorry About The Mess The Bith Shuffle & Desperate Reach Too Close For Comfort Effects (10) Battle Plan And Draw Their Fire Beggar Don’t Do That Again Goo Nee Tay x2 I’ll Take The Leader - Admiral’s Order Insurrection And Aim High Menace Fades Squadron Assignments Your Insight Serves You Well And Staging Areas Weapons (2) Luke’s Lightsaber X-wing Laser Cannon Devices (1) Anakin’s Podracer Unknown Type: Watch Your Step/This Place Can Be a Little Rough Unknown Type: Blockage Flagship: Bridge Carida Endor: Landing Platform (Docking Bay) Executor: Docking Bay Executor: Holotheatre Executor: Meditation Chamber Tatooine: Cantina Characters (18) Admiral Ozzel Darth Maul x2 Darth Maul, Young Apprentice Darth Vader x2 Darth Vader, Dark Lord Of The Sith Dr. Evazan & Ponda Baba Emperor Palpatine x2 Grand Admiral Thrawn Grand Moff Tarkin Grotto Werribee Janus Greejatus Lord Vader x2 P-59 Prince Xizor Starships (4) Chimaera Maul’s Sith Infiltrator Zuckuss In Mist Hunter x2 Interrupts (17) Evader & Monnok I Have You Now Imperial Command x3 Maul Strikes x2 Prepared Defenses Sniper & Dark Strike x2 They’re Still Coming Through! x2 Vader’s Obsession We Must Accelerate Our Plans. x3 Weapon Levitation Effects (10) Battle Order And First Strike Crush The Rebellion Do They Have A Code Clearance? Imperial Arrest Order & Secret Plans Lateral Damage x2 Mobilization Points No Escape Visage Of The Emperor x2 Weapons (3) Maul’s Lightsaber Vader’s Lightsaber x2 Unknown Type: Hunt Down And Destroy The Jedi/Their Fire Has Gone Out Of The Universe Game One WYS Vs Chris Schaut’s (1865) Senate WYS doesn’t lose to senate, as far as I’m aware. FW +29 2(+29) Highs: Seeing Chris again. He’s from New York. Lows: Me no know. Game Two HDADTJ Vs John Hawkins’ (2070) WYS I got excellent draw. I got lots of force, and applied much pressure forcing him to delay flipping. Vader + Cantina + Stick = drain. 2x ZIMH + 2x Lat Damage = beats. FW +17 4(+46) Highs: Playing John. He is an excellent player. Lows: None. Game Three WYS Vs Tim Guzman’s (1935) HDADTJ The game was actually pretty even because he got a pretty good start, in comparison to mine. Eventually Vader went Lost in the Wilderness, and that basically sealed it. Edges help differential. FW +23 6(+69!) Highs: Tim is the man. He smells like a doctor. Lows: This @#$%ing headache. Game Four HDADTJ Vs Chris Denoma’s (2030) WYS Much like John’s except no racing. Fitting that I beat him by 6 more cards. Vader just likes to drain. FW +23 8(+22) Highs: Chris is a really cool guy. Check out his and John’s site www.CCGHookup.com Lows: Philosophy papers I should be writing. Game Five WYS Vs Clint Hays’ (2226) Senate He never got the combo, and Vader found his @#$% beaten by swarming smugglers. Lost in the Wilderness mighta been played, and Dodge was a pain in his ass. FW +22 10(+114) Highs: Playing (and beating) Clint for the first time. Lows: None, it was a good game all around. Game Six HDADTJ Vs Clint Hays’ (Julien Riviere’s) (2226) MYWHL You’ve seen the deck lists. This deck was designed to rape mains and toys and that’s exactly what it did to me. That, coupled with the fact that I didn’t flip for 6 turns because I couldn’t draw a Vader, or I couldn’t get a battleground for him to go to means an easy win for him. I drew up when Clint had 10 cards on his racer, 12 in his hand, and 6+ cards in his lost pile. FL -23 10(+91) Highs: It only took about 7 minutes to play. Lows: AFA should only work if they occupy a battleground. I finish in first. Josh Bader from Colorado got second. Then Chu was one differential ahead of Clint for third. Chu beats Josh by one card, cause he’s that damned good, and I play Clint. Semi Finals WYS Vs Clint’s Senate Same as before. Vader got his @#$% smacked, and I just controlled the board (Menace Fades, Battle Plan, Goo Nee Tay, etc). I didn’t care about differential, so I just played to win. FW +17 The prize money was weak and Chu and I discovered that even if he won first he and Clint weren’t going to break even (plane tickets, hotel etc). We both knew that our light decks would win, but his light would have won by more (probably) so rather than forcing him to risk losing any more money I agreed to give him the first place cash. That night we all just kinda hung out. I got Juz into L5R. Helped Jay Webb Build decks for the open. 9/8: Saturday. I had to get my lazy @#$% out of bed at 8:00 to run the open. After 6 it was John Hawkins in first and Chu in second. Chu won both games of the final. I played in a Raw Deal tourney and sucked cause the deck I borrowed was ass. Went to Hooters with Juz, Clint, and Jay Webb. [Scene Missing] [Scene Missing] Went to bed at 4am. 9/9: Sunday. Up at 12 to run tourney at 1. No one comes. Screw around for a bit. Go to lunch with Juz and Enrique. Play L5R. Go home. Epilogue (sort of) 9/11: Terrorist attacks. 10/3: DecipherCon is cancelled. 10/5: I quit SW. 10/7: I return. 10/10: Wednesday. A monthly tournament at the Gamer’s Edge in Phoenix. Haven’t played since DPC Phoenix. Been busy juggling Katie and Allie, so I build my dark in the car on the drive up with Enrique, Justin Beal, Bobby Dayton, and Pat Gimber. I get to ride in the trunk of the Blazer. Suck. Bobby has to piss like a racehorse since he drank like 1.5 liters of Dr. Pepper before we left. Much laughter ensues as we declare that pit stops are determined not by the one with weakest bladder, but by the one with the strongest, as dictated by the code of man. Rating is 2278. Decks are WYS SOLID and Martin Falke’s second version of his Senate, both with slight modifications. Game One Falke Senate Vs Jon Dunn’s (1785) HB Operatives Lots of senators, lots of squabbles and yet I don’t flip for 230597823048 turns. Literally. Third turn I get Maul in his ship to Kirdo III, which is good. I beat up EPP Luke with Palp (who he failed to kill), Dr. E & Ponda, IG with Gun and an I Have You Now for eight, I think. Then Thrawn + Chimaera + Lat damage on lone Wedge in ship seals it. FW + 19 Highs: I like John. He silly. Deck fun. Lows: Kinda non-interactive. Game Two WYS Vs Robert Dayton’s (1644) Maul Hut/ JP Start Bobby is seriously one of the best players I have encountered out here. If he was more competitive I’m sure he could easily be rated at least 2000. We’ve played this match up a couple times in testing, so we knew each other’s decks to a t (what does is that supposed to mean, anyway?) and we both knew I was going to win. To be a great sport, he drew up to give me the full win. Mad Props for that, bud. FW + 22 Highs: Its cool playing Bobby. Lows: Playing one another hurt our "team" from Tucson. Game Three Falke Senate Vs Robert Dayton’s (1644) TIGIH Again, I know his deck inside and out and I know how to beat it, but I play like a complete @#$% wipe. DTF/ First Strike did more damage to me than anything all game. Eventually Vader took Luke and hid on the Executor DB, and ZiMH drained at Kashyyyk for the win. FW+ 7 Highs: Bleh. Lows: I suck at this game. Game Four WYS Vs Justin Beal’s (1751) Droid AOBS I can satisfy Battle Plan and he can’t. I am activating more than he is. We skirmish, but I always come out on top. We waste a lot of time trying to figure out how much he can lose by and still come in second as I play with my Edges, and time is called and I find myself with the timed win. My 21 cards to his 2. TW + 21 Highs: None. Lows: I’m stupid. I lose points now. I win, Beal grabs second, Enrique ran the thing, but would have gotten third, and Bobby and Pat scrub out hardcore. We attempt to eat at Jack in the Box, but they are out of shakes so I opt for nothing. After 5 minutes of watching them eat I want food and settle for spicy Doritos and a coffee coollatta thing from 7-11. Many odd things are said on the way home, the end result of which being that Bobby is a flaming homo. Mad Props to: Bobby for being a great sport and an excellent playtest buddy. Props to: Kiki cause he’s always driving and running tournaments, unselfishly. See you all at "A World Champioship" in Virginia Beach this November. I forget if there is anything else I have to say. Good night. -Hayes "Hayes" Hunter

See also

• 2001 Phoenix DPC
• Hayes Hunter
• Tournament reports
• DeckTech tournament reports

Sources

• dpc-phoenix-epilogue, stephenskilton.com
• dpc-phoenix-epilogue (GitHub Pages)