Michael Josem Asia-Pacific Championships Sydney 16-7 (tournament report)

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Michael Josem Asia-Pacific Championships Sydney 16-7 (tournament report) is the tournament report Michael Josem posted on DeckTech on 16 July 2000 about 2000 Australasian Continental Championship.[1] Michael Josem finished 2nd at the 2000 Asia-Pacific (Australasian Continental) Championship in Sydney, going 6–0 in the Swiss rounds with an Imperial Decree deck and EBO, then splitting the two-game final with winner Ben Isaacs (+26, −31).

Report info

  • Author: Michael Josem (byline: Michael "Joz" Josem)
  • Published: 16 July 2000 (DeckTech)
  • Report title: Asia-Pacific Championships Sydney 16-7
  • Event: 2000 Australasian Continental Championship
  • Event date: 16 July 2000
  • Site: Sydney, Australia
  • Finish: 2nd
  • Record: 7–1
  • Points: 11 (+130-odd) before the final
  • Dark deck: Imperial Decree with ISB retrieval and bounty hunters
  • Light deck: EBO (built with Stuart Jones)

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 Robert Blandford Dark Decree / ISB with bounty hunters EBO Win ('by about 10 force'; report spells 'Rob Blanford (1763)') +10
2 Stuart Jones Light EBO — Win +20
3 Luca Costanzo Dark Decree / ISB with bounty hunters EBO Win ('by 29 or something') +29
4 Jared Brown Light EBO Court with bounty hunters Win (full win 'by high twenties') +28
5 Stuart Lauder Dark Decree / ISB with bounty hunters Bothawui Operatives Win (timed win (1 point); author says Lauder stalled) +16
6 Luca Costanzo Light EBO Court Win (full win 'by 27 or so') +27
Final G1 Ben Isaacs Dark Decree / ISB with bounty hunters Sabacc deck Win +26
Final G2 Ben Isaacs Light EBO Sabacc deck with Search And Destroy and First Strike Loss −31

Other results named in the report

Side event: 2000 Australasian Continental Championship Death Star II Sealed

The report also covers 2000 Australasian Continental Championship Death Star II Sealed (15 July 2000). A Death Star II sealed deck tournament run by Kev on the Saturday of the 2000 Australasian Continental Championship while unqualified players played the qualifier; Michael Josem played Light.

Side event: 2000 Brisbane Grand Slam

The report also covers 2000 Brisbane Grand Slam (2000). Michael Josem recalls playing Robert Blandford at the Canberra Grand Slam earlier in 2000 and losing.

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

Round Opponent Author's deck Opponent's deck Result Margin
? Robert Blandford — — Loss ('from memory he beat me during that game') —

Discrepancies

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

Original report

asia-pacific-championships-sydney-16-7

  • Author: Michael "Joz" Josem
  • Published: Jul 16, 2000
G'day, I thought that given that I've got far too much time on my hands, writing a tournament report seemed like a good idea. We (Luca and I) left Melbourne Friday evening on the train, slept sporadically, and arrived in Sydney at about 6:30am Saturday morning. Having won the state championships a month or two beforehand, I had already qualified for day two, while Luca needed to play. While the 'unqualified' players were qualifying, Kev ran a DS2 sealed deck tournament which was alright. Playing DS2 sealed deck was incredibly boring - Each player has plenty of characters and starships, and it's just a battle of attrition. Fortunately, I was given light, and between 2xA Few Maneuvers and General Solo, Dark Side stuff died awfully quickly, while my dudes lived. And Hobbie in his personal X-Wing is huge... About half-way through the tournament, after I'd finished my game, I looked over to see Stuart Jones finishing up his game, so I wandered over to see how he went, and this arrogant prick (otherwise known as Stuart Lauder) yells at me for deck scouting. I say uh, "ok," turn around, and go over the other side of the room. After this, the insignificant lowlife goes and complains to Kevin, the SM. Not only does he have the audacity to lie, and be deceitful, but he is somehow convinced that I have some sort of inclination to see what he is playing. It never ceases to amaze me how self-important some people are. Why the hell would I care what he was playing in a tournament I wasn't even playing in? Unfortunately, he beat Jones, and managed to qualify for day 2 in 16th position. But anyway, that night we went off to find out where we were staying, had a 30 minute walk there, and Stuart Jones and I worked together on a light deck. We ended up with a version of EBO, and already had our dark decks sorted. Game 1, Dark vs Rob Blanford (1763) Rob's a good player, even if i do harass him about being a little slow :) We played at the Canberra Grand Slam earlier this year, and from memory he beat me during that game. Anyway, he was playing EBO, I started with Decree, got some stuff down and happening on the Hoth planet setting up Decree, and sent Bosssk (barriered), Zuckuss, 4-LOM and IG-88 and Ozzel to fight somewhere, and killing stuff, but on the following turn Zuckusss got Laser Cannoned and Bossk was beaten down for +5 force or so. Fortunately, with decree set up and my retrieval happeninng with ISB, I was able to take the win by about 10 force. Game 2, Light vs Stuart Jones (1898) This is not a game I want to be playing. All I can say is that I got a miraculous draw, and Stuart got a poor one, and after force choking the force choker, I was able to get a couple of drains of 9 in, and EPP Obi + EPP Luke combined to hurt some more, but not until after EBO was cancelled. The drains of 1 did him in still, and I was able to win by 20. 95 times out of a hundred, the dark deck should win this matchup, I think, but some fortunate cards went off the top of the reserve deck. Game 3, Dark vs Luca Costanzo (1770) Great, I've travelled 800km to play guys I can play any day of the week. Unreal. Luca's also playing EBO, Decree is started again, and is in trouble. Fortunately for me, Luca also deployed Yavin4 system, and the Yavin4 dockingbay reduces his drain there. It seems to me that the way to beat EBO is to outdrain it, and to set Decree up. But either way, I was able to win by 29 or something, 'cause he could drain for very little, and although EPP Luke/EPP Han/EPP Leia made an appearance to turn decree off, it wasn't until EBO was gone, and an endless supply of forfeit 6 dudes who don't get hit by weapons is a hard thing to outfight, especially when you have an opponent who's tracking destiny. Game 4, Light vs Jared Brown (1785) Never having played Jared before (except that I might've played against him in the sealed deck the previous day), I wasn't sure what to expect. I was able to set up EBO pretty quicikly, but Zuckusss, Boba and Bossk made an appearance against a couple of my X-Wings. Fortunately for me, he declined to attack me, so on my turn I deployed an extra x-wing or two, 2 X-Wing Laser Cannons, battled, made Boba and Zuckuss lost, power pivoted Bossk, and made him lose +18 force. After that, Jared didn't have much chance, and it was just a matter for me to force drain and spread out. EBO rocks vs Court 'cause Arconas don't get hammered by Nemet/Arnet, although S+V is kinda nasty. Full win by high twenties. Game 5, Dark vs Stuart Lauder (1833) He was playing Bothawui Operatives, with a copy of Artoo in Red 5 or two, some Luke Skywalkers, Red Leader in Red 1, Gold Leader in Gold 1, and nothing else for space. Naturally, I started Battle Plan, and he barely drained all game. Soon, I had Decree in effect, and after altering Maneuvering Flaps a bunch of times, I was safe to go down to the farm even though I had no walker. No EPPs allowed my guys to be outside anyway, and with the -1 from ISB and the Decree, he could only drain where he had Ithorians. Naturally, Tempest 1 + Igar + someone went to go kill one, and IG-88/4-LOM dealt with the other. After that point, aware that he was unable to win the game, knowing he was beaten, Stuart knowingly decided to stall the game out to prevent me from getting the 2 points. How does someone justify themselves when they behave like this? Now, technically, Stuart played within the rules. He moved his speeders over to the Farm so as to force me to battle (which takes longer than draining), killing one of my ISB dudes who would simply get retrieved + replaced, and had to do it merely long enough to stall the game out. In hindsight, it didn't matter as I was able to go on and remain undefeated and thus get into the final, but Stuart's decision to stall the game out was typical of his mentality. It makes no difference to him whether I get 1 point or two - it's just such a small-minded and spiteful thing to do. It's also unfortunate that there are such scum playing this game. Though he may well have been to worlds, both him and I are fully aware that he will never amount to anything significant or worthwhile. Timed win by 16. Game 6, Light vs Luca Costanzo (1770) Luca was also playing Court, but my drains in space were just too big. He might've come to try and fight in space, but X-Wing Laser Cannons tends to eliminate Bounty Hunter ships very quickly. Full win by 27 or so. As it turns out, Luca's only two losses for the day were to me, which was rather unfortunate. As he remarked on the train on the way home, he lost 2 games and ended up in 6th, while Ben Isaacs lost two games and ended up with a trip to worlds. Of course, I'm rather biased here, since I have now developed a distinct distaste for finals, but they are rather silly :). On that subject, wouldn't it be a better idea to simply play an extra round rather than have a final? The top 2 players play each other at the 7th game, and if the top player wins that, he'll probably still be in first place. On the other hand, if the lower player wins it, then effectively the 8th and final game becomes the decider anyway. It might be something to look at in the future :) The scores before the final: Me: 11 + 130-odd Ben Isaaccs 10+a lot Stuart Jones 8+ Marcus Cheong 8+ Wai Bien Wong 8+ Luca Costanzo 8+ .... Game 1, Dark vs Ben Issaacs (1656) He's playing some sabacc deck, so I twilek for TBHTP early, grab his first sabacc, monnok him once netting a couple of cards, and really just do as little as possible to win. I made a couple of mistakes here, and probably could've pushed the differential as high as 28 or 29, but it wasn't to be. He also did well to force me to deploy as much as possible, but i ended up winning by 26. Game 2, Light vs Ben again I got a dodgy draw, played badly, he played well, and beat me by more force. I made mistakes here and there, and probbaly could've been 5 or so force better off, but I was simply out-played and beaten by 31. It was just so frustrating to see my 4th final end in a loss again, especially after doing so well the previous 7 games. It was so frustrating to think that his Dark Deck, with Sabacc, was probably the only deck there that day that could beat my light deck by more than 26 force. It was so frustrating to see him effectively net 5 force every time he played sabacc (retrieved 3 with Lando, and stole one of my ships), making him 4 force better off and me 1 worse off. It was so frustrating to see him deploy Search And Destroy and First Strike (which was bad to my Arconas), and to establish steady drains for 2 + 2. It was frustrating to see that rogue deck, unique to the tournament and difficult to meta against, beat me. It was so frustrating to see months of preparation and effor go down the drain. It was so frustrating to end up in second again. Anyway, I've no doubt that Ben will do a fantastic job in Florida come October, and I wish him all the best. It would be cool if a Sabacc deck wins worlds. For myself, I think I've got one more tournament. It's sorta sad to say this, but I think that come July 30, I'll have to significantly reduce how much I play and pay for this game. Realistically, though this game is still fun most of the time, my priorities have changed over the 4½ years I have been playing this game, and it is simply too expensive to continue buying new sets. I can no longer justify myself paying $5 or $6 for a pack of cards, the vast majority of which I will never use. Josh Martin's got it down sweet. And besides, playing NetSet is much more fun, doesn't require weeks of preparation, and is quick and easy, but still requires a similar depth of thought. Props: Stuart Jones for helping with decks and stuff Luca for putting up with me on the train both ways Kev for running the event Wai Bien for coming along Ben Isaacs for winning Terry Lyons for being the good guy Adam Amy for being overly inebriated at the start of the second day Dono, Dave, Keith, Mark, and John for having a sense of humour Rob Blanford for being slow Slops: Stuart Lauder for being Stuart Lauder Ben Isaacs for beating me :) Channel 7 for showing the rugby on Saturday night rather than the footy Have a good one, Mike J ---- joz@swccg.com For the hippest, funkiest and downright coolest SW:CCG website out there, check out http://www.ilovekev.com now! NetSet...the most addictive game ever made...find out more at http://netset.mjosem.com --------------------------------------------------- 333: Half brother of the Beast. --------------------------------------------------- For sale: One premiere, black bordered, limited, uncut SW:CCG sheet with uncommon cards on it. 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References

  1. ↑ asia-pacific-championships-sydney-16-7, DeckTech (Michael "Joz" Josem, 16 July 2000). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages.
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