John Anderson Atlanta Georgia 10-27-01 Pre-Release (tournament report)

John Anderson Atlanta Georgia 10-27-01 Pre-Release (tournament report) is the tournament report John Anderson posted on DeckTech on 29 October 2001 about October 2001 Buford tournament. John Anderson played Light Side at the Reflections III pre-release booster draft at Galactic Quest, Georgia, on 27 October 2001, going 1–3 before dropping.

Report info

• Author: John Anderson (byline: John "Alpha Blue" Anderson)
• Published: 29 October 2001 (DeckTech)
• Report title: Atlanta Georgia 10-27-01 Pre-Release
• Event: October 2001 Buford tournament
• Event date: 27 October 2001
• Site: Galactic Quest, Georgia
• Record: 1–3
• Points: 2 (−30)
• Light deck: Reflections III booster draft deck (full list in report)

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	—	Light Reflections III draft deck	Tatooine Aliens (Jabba's Palace)	Loss (opponent unnamed ('Some person'))	−7
2	—	Light Reflections III draft deck	Tatooine Aliens (Jabba's Palace)	Loss (opponent unnamed)	−14
3	Mike Kessling	Light Reflections III draft deck	Tatooine (Jabba's Palace)	Loss	−17
4	—	Light Reflections III draft deck	Tatooine (Audience Chamber start)	Win ('Joseph? kid from Savannah' (a child: no name recorded))	+8

Original report

atlanta-georgia-10-27-01-pre-release

• Author: John "Alpha Blue" Anderson
• Published: Oct 29, 2001

Pre-tourney Jank: I was really pumped when I heard about Reflections III pre-release near me.I printed the directions off MapQuest and off I went. I had a few tense moments on the highway when I thought I had passed the exit, but I didn’t, MapQuest’s directions are just shroud in ambiguity. I got there early, as I always do, to play some pickup games, around 10:30. Guess what? No-one was there! So I drove to McDonalds’ to get a Mr. Pibb, and I went back. By that time, some kids from Savannah were there and I played a quick game with him. (His TR is: http://decktech.net/swccg/treports/reportdetail.php3?deck=3082). He had his Watto deck versus my RST and I lost my Deactivate the Shield Generator right off the top for that bluffing shiznap. I was screwed then, but I only lost by seven. Then more and more showed and I saw Paul Myers and Landon Sommer. Paul and I tried to play a quick game, but Stephen Michael kicked us out of the gaming room because we were about to begin! I paid my twenty bucks and bought four packs of R3 at $3.99 a pack. Significant pulls included Jedi Obi, HOT Leia, EJP Lando Foil, and Queen’s Royal Starship Foil. I had shifted around my work schedule, figuring on starting at 11:30 and playing four rounds, finishing around 4:00. Boy was I wrong! We started at 12:00, drafted and built decks for an hour or so. I was chosen to be light, so I whipped out my LS locations and sat down to draft. I was at a table with the two kids from Savannah, I played one of them earlier (see above), and a really weird collector person. He was pretty freaky! The DS player to my left (his right) opened a pack and Qui Gon Jinn AI Foil was staring back at him. He was pretty mad he had to pass that to me, but I was enthrolled. I did pull two Yoda’s (R3), new Chewie, Falcon combo, and some combat jank. Before we get into the games, here’s my deck: Start: (2) Tatooine: City Outskirts An Unusal Amount of Fear Your Ship? Don’t Do That Again A Close Race Ounee Ta He Can Go About His Buisness Characters: (14) Chewie, Enraged Yoda, Master of the Force x2 Qui Gon Jinn Horace Vacil Baragwin x2 Ishi Tib B’omarrr Monk Beru Lars Talz Rebel Pilot Worrt Yarkora Starships/Vehicles: (3) Han, Chewie, and The Falcon Cloud Car x2 Weapons/Devices: (3) Jar Jar’s Electropole (7) Blaster Rifle R2 Sensor Array (6) Effects: (3) Yarna d’al’ Garna (6) Echo Base Sensors (5) Sando Aqua Monster Interrupts: (8) Dune Sea Sabacc (5) Surprise Assault Path of Least Resistance (5) Fall of the Legend (5) A Few Maneuvers (6) Fall of a Jedi (6) Darth Maul’s Demise ( 6) Weapon of a Fallen Mentor (6) Locations: (7) Dantooine Tatooine (Old) Bespin: Cloud City Tatooine: Marketplace Tatooine: Lars Moisture Farm Hoth: Echo Command Center (War Room) Naboo: Theed Palace Generator Core (n) indicates random card with high destiny On to the games! Game 1: My LS (duh!) vs. Some person’s Tatooine Aliens Sorry guys, I’m really bad with names. In fact, I forgot the next game too! Oh well, there’s nothing YOU can do about it! lol. Anyways, he starts Jabba’s Palace. I grab Quiggy with my opening hand and Yoda. He grabs a site with JP and saves. I drop Quiggy to the Outskirts (bad move, I should’ve put him at JP) and Yoda to the Naboo: TPGC. Lord Maul comes and kills Yoda, and he drains for a bundle the whole game. Qui God lives forever, but eventually dies. I really didn’t do to much in this game. FL 0 (-7) Highs: Quiggy and Yoda Lows: Maul, Jabba’s Palace, forgetting names. Game 2: vs. Tatooine Aliens (again!) He starts Jabba’s Palace, another one!, and pulls a site and drops two TIEs to his Bespin: Cloud City. I got nothing in my hand except Falcon and Surprise Assault. So, I drop the Falcon to beat up his TIE’s, and get this, I draw two zeroes! He loses the TIE’s. Anyway, I forget to pay for the Falcon and it gets POOPed. He drops two more TIEs to CC and says go. I have no clue what to do, I try and use Tatooine: City Outskirts game text, but no one is there. He drains with the two TIEs and I play Surprise Assault. He’s like, !@@#$%%^^&**%#@#$#% and get this, I draw two zeroes! Again! I lose two. The game goes downhill from there. FL 0 (-14) 0 (-21) Highs: none Lows: did you read the game? Lunch Break: I run to Blimpies and grab a sub and I sit down with Paul and Landon and eat. My game lasted a really short time, so I go into the store and watch this freaking hillarious movie about all the times Galatic Quest has been on TV. It shows the store owner looking like a fool, and is good to bring my spirits up. Game 3: vs. Mike Kesslings Tatooine He starts Jabba’s Palace. Anyway, he looks sort of ticked that he’s playing a scrub, and he comes off as a loser. I drop Quiggy and some scrubs and he whips my @$$ around. I have Yoda in my hand, but I can’t find Naboo: TPCG. I say a curseword and he’s like, ’Quite a mouth?’. Oh well. He drains for a bunch, and Aurra Sing with rifle hits the table. I lose like the scrub I am. FL 0 (-17) 0 (-38) Highs: none Lows: I’m probably going to get a low rating from Mr. Troop 1023 himself. Who the @#$% cares? Game 4: vs. Joseph? kid from Savannah that I drafted with’s Tatooine. Now here’s something different, he starts with the Audience Chamber. I drop my Worrt and eat several of his guys, Han, Chewie, and the Falcon is at Tatooine, Yoda is at Naboo, Quiggy is at the Audience Chamber, I have scrubs everywhere draining for bunches, I beat up some of his kids. This was a short game an I win. FW 2 (+8) 2 (-30) Highs: winning Lows: beating him up so fast, he didn’t get a good hand or something. Anyway, I have to drop now, they want to play six rounds, and I have to be at work. Its an hour drive, so I tell Kyle (store manager/owner) that I have to, he’s sorta disappointed, but I have to go. Results: (from what I can gather) Tim Joens- 2nd place Will Gilchrist- 3rd place Damian Loback- 4th place Sorry for the lack of placings, I dropped. You’d know that if you actually read the report. *smack* Highs: Going to the tourney Pulling some cool kids People there. Lows: Dropping Losing so many times! Thanks for reading, John Anderson

See also

• October 2001 Buford tournament
• John Anderson
• Tournament reports
• DeckTech tournament reports

Sources

• atlanta-georgia-10-27-01-pre-release, stephenskilton.com
• atlanta-georgia-10-27-01-pre-release (GitHub Pages)