Steven Horton Anderson, In (9-25-99) (tournament report)

Steven Horton Anderson, In (9-25-99) (tournament report) is the tournament report Steven Horton wrote for the Corellian Engineering Corporation fan site about the September 1999 Anderson tournament in Anderson, Indiana, on 25 September 1999. Horton went 4–2, 8 (+57), and finished 4th with Hidden Base on the Light side and an Ominous Rumors deck on the Dark side. Chad McCory, whom he calls the Corellia regional winner, beat him in game five and won the tournament.

Report info

• Author: Steven Horton
• Published: Corellian Engineering Corporation fan site (undated; on its report index by 14 October 2000)
• Event: September 1999 Anderson tournament
• Event date: 25 September 1999
• Site: Anderson, Indiana
• Finish: 4th
• Record: 4–2
• Points: 8 (+57)
• Light deck: Hidden Base
• Dark deck: Ominous Rumors with Lateral Damage

Games

Game	Opponent	Author's deck	Opponent's deck	Result	Margin
1	Brian Berryhill	Light Hidden Base	Dark balanced beatdown (Ice Plains and Security Precautions start)	Win	+9
2	Steve Mellinger	Dark Ominous Rumors	Light HB with weird ships	Win	+27
3	Justin Stauffer	Light Hidden Base	Dark mains (Fondor and Security Precautions start)	Loss	−11
4	Daniel Spaid (as "Daniel Spade")	Dark Ominous Rumors	not recorded	Win	+15
5	Chad McCory	Dark Ominous Rumors	Light HB Beat-Down	Loss	−14
6	"Andrew something"	Light Hidden Base	Dark Biker Scout deck	Win	+31

Other results named in the report

• Chad McCory won the tournament.
• "Chris" took fifth.
• Brian Berryhill finished 2–4.
• Justin Stauffer dropped before game 6.

Original report

Anderson, In (9/25/99)

• Author: Steven Horton

Steven Horton Anderson, IN (9-25-99) Game 1: My LS vs Brian Berryhill's balanced beatdown DS Brian saw that I started with HB, so he opted for an Ice Plains/Security Precautions start instead of his usual Ice Plains + Defensive Perimeter with Combat Readiness. He had trouble getting force early on, except for one each from my systems. I got pretty well spread out in space and managed to take over both the Downtown Plaza and, later, the Ice Plains. He never got the Defensive Perimeter out. I ended up using both my smoke screens during the game. One time I tracked a five, battled a walker + 2 pilots with Han, Leia and Obi-Wan, played Smoke Screen for the first destiny, and drew the tracked five for 11 attrition to clear the site. It was a pretty close game because towards the end, he swarmed all my systems with TIE Scouts as a desperation measure. He managed to get some big drains in before I was able to hammer one scout for it, five cards, and the game. I never had to flip HB. Win by 9. 2 (+9) Game 2: My DS vs. Steve Mellinger's HB with weird ships I got set up pretty quickly, and, as would happen in all 3 games with this deck, my opponent had to read both the objective and Ominous Rumors. I Lat Damaged and beat down some ship (can't remember)... He flipped by mid game and I probed and got the system on the third try, making him lose only five. I also Gravity Shadowed a Red Squadron X-Wing, drawing a two and waxing it. By the end of the game I was draining nine a turn. Win by 27. 4 (+36) Game 3: My LS vs. Justin Stauffer's bizarre mains deck I have never seen an opponent get such an amazing draw. He started with Fondor (Fondor???) and Security Precautions. On his first turn, he puts out Tatooine: JP and the Audience Chamber from reserve and draws up. On my first turn, I put out EPP Luke at his Chamber, figuring that it's interior so he can't hurt me with walkers. I draw up. His next turn he draws. On my turn I drain for 2 and make my big mistake of the tournament. I put out Orrrrrrimaaaaaarko to back up Luke at the Audience Chamber. His next turn, DLOTS with saber, Dr. Evezan, You Are Beaten, hit Orri, I lose Ori and like six force. It just went downhill from there. After Luke runs away on my following turn, I get pounded by walkers at Tatooine: JP. I can't draw ships for the life of me, and can only draw characters that are useless against DLOTS and Dr. E, since I can't draw my clash of sabers. He gets several phat drains set up and I can't do much of anything, so I'm forced to flip HB. Then, for the next seven turns or so, I drain for three or four in space, he probes, misses. His drains get cancelled, he probes, misses, and moves ships. I battle but can't get rid of the ships because I have to battle him at probed systems. I start to make a small comeback when he finally probes my HB (Hoth) and makes me lose like eight force. The phat drains come back and finish me off. Lose by 11. 4 (+25) Game 4: My DS vs. Daniel Spade's deck I didn't write enough about this game, so I'm not sure what he started with or what his deck was like. All I wrote was that I got a drain of four set up at Kashyyyk on the 2nd turn, and that I beat down the Spiral with a Lateral Damage for a whole bunch of cards. Win by 15. 6 (+40) Game 5: My DS vs. Chad McCory's HB Beat-Down I was really nervous before this game because I was playing the Corellia regional winner. At this point I was in 2nd and he was in 1st, but even if I beat him, I'd have to play him again in game 6 and win that game to win the tournament, as he was the only undefeated and had double my differential. I got off to a terrific start, getting a drain at Kashyyyk early once again, catching him off guard since he didn't know I was draining for 4 instead of 2. I got Tarkin on a ship at DS Kessel making my ships there extremely cheap. I probably drained him for sixteen force before he mounted any sort of comeback. I probed his HB first try on his deploy phase, and although he lost like eight from security precautions, it ended up hurting me in the long run because I couldn't survive against his ships unless I was battling at probed systems. He had S-Foils and Organized Attack and slowly but surely set up drains with X-Wings, Red Squad X-Wings, and Gold Squad Y-Wings, and whittled my ships away. After me being up by 20+ cards, he started to mount a comeback, and there wasn't anything I could do about it. At one point he drew up a huge hand full of doubles, and I couldn't find my Monnok anywhere. Even Lat Damage didn't do enough against him. Eventually he outlasted me and I lost by 14, my biggest loss of the day. 6 (+26) This knocked me pretty far down the charts since there were so many 3-2 players at this point and I had a pretty bad differential. In fact, because of some weird lopsided wins and the fact that Stauffer had to drop out and leave before game 6, I had to play someone who hadn't won a game all day. Game 6 vs. Andrew something's Biker Scout deck I got the most amazing draw I've ever seen in my life. Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie, the Spiral, a system, a Clash of Sabers, and another red card. He started with the Ice Plains and no starting effect. On my first turn I got out a system and drew up. Obi-Wan. That was pretty much it right there, as I hammered him repeatedly, taking over his Ice Plains with Wyron Serper leading the way. This one wasn't even close, folks. Win by 31. 8 (+57) 4-2 (+57) was good enough for fourth place, and I got a Falcon out of the prize support. I gave most of it except for the Falcon and a few other cards to that Andrew guy. All in all, a great tournament. Chad McCory ended up winning the tournament. Chris took fifth. Brian didn't do too well, ending up at 2-4. Thanks to the guys that ran the tournament, and everyone I played. Nobody was a jerk, and everyone got treated with respect. This was the best I've done at a tourney in months.

See also

• September 1999 Anderson tournament
• Steven Horton
• Thomas McManus Anderson, In (9-25-99) (tournament report)
• Tournament reports
• Corellian Engineering Corporation tournament reports
• Corellian Engineering Corporation (fan site)

Sources

• Anderson, In (9/25/99), Corellian Engineering Corporation fan site (OoCities mirror)
• Anderson, In (9/25/99) (Internet Archive)