Locals Report : 11/28/11

So I had decided that I wanted to play a different deck this week, as I have been playing agents since the structure deck was released. Unfortunately, due to me missing a few cards, I had to stick with agents again this week, however, I got everything ready to go for next week.



Also, GZ finally got their Turbo Packs in, so prize support went from AWESOME to sorta lame. Normally we do: 5$ per entry, which all goes back into prizes. Normally 1 entry = 1 of newest packs, top 2 get all the loot with random packs being given to anybody who didn't make top 4. I like this system, as it rewards the players who do well, and provides a means for new/inexperienced players to grow. Fortunately, My team is in the category of more experienced, and since there is 4 of us, our odds of getting goodies is better then anyone else.

HOWEVER - this week, we are forced by the store people to play for turbo packs. and they charged us 5$ per pack, so that means... exact same formula as before, except for lamer prizes, ZERO entry packs, and less chance of packing goodies. Scott (guy who runs our tourneys, best player at our locals) manages to convince them to let us play for half/half. So half turbo packs, half PHSW. So its not too bad, but I would have preferred the regular way of doing it. It's still better then most places, as ALL of the entry fees go back to the player base. I have heard of some places that take well over 40% of the fees.

Round 1 - Jonathan - Scrub Watts Stall? (I think. Not even sure what he was trying to accomplish.)

Game 1 - I lose the dice roll. He goes first, sets one monster, and activates Swords of Revealing Light.

 I summon Earth, get Venus, set 2 BR, end. He passes his next turn. I draw mst for his swords, venus into 2 shine balls make trish, go into hyperion, GG?

Game 2 - Summons some watt in attack, no back row. I get out a first turn Hyperion, run into it, he uses Honest, which I Herald for the lulz, giving me 2 bullets for next turn. He cant recover, and I wreck face next turn.

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Round 2 -Marc (Scraps)

 Idk why he even showed up. He's actually a decent duelist but He has been absent from YGO since before GENF, and only came back for one night to hang out with his buddies. He did nothing but badmouth the game. Time to serve this ass.


Game 1 - I win the dice Roll. Maxx "C" gives me a bunch of plusses when he does a Summoner Monk play, going into beast, then SCD, then when I mirror force his SCD, I get another +1 cause of his eff. Woo. This allows me to easily Hyperion the rest of the game.

Game 2 - Almost the same thing happened, except I opened up with no offense. My opening hand was 2 crows, herald, shineball, Earth and Maxx C. He had a foolish and Chimera. I shut out all of his plays with my hand-traps. GG.

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Round 3 - Travis ( Blackwings)

This matchup scares me, as Travis is really good.

Game 1 - I lose the dice Roll. I open up terribly and lose almost immediately. Bora says fuck off to setting shineballs for defence.

Game 2- I somehow pull a win out of my ass by lucksacking topdeck mind control, taking his Kycoo and attacking directly with my own Kycoo. Overlay for Utopia. Next turn he draws Blizzard. No BWS in grave cause of Kycoo. Lol.

Game 3 - Drew terribly and tried to stall a bit till I drew a Hyperion, but I lost out too early. DAD is too good. Next draw after I conceded : Hyperion. Go figure.

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Game 4 - Alex ( Agents, My teammate, and we both only had losses to Travis, so winner of this makes top 4. No complaints really. )



Game 1 -  I lose the dice roll. I Honest his Kristya which he got out with Valhalla with my Earth, He Heralds my Honest, I Herald his Herald, Lulz ensue.Set bottomless, He msts. Valhalla brings Kristya back out, and I cant recover.

Game 2 - I try to make a Decisive Armor play, but he shuts down my Venus with Herald. He topdecks Hyperion, and he MSTs my only out to it (D Pris)

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So I go 2-2 which is pretty lackluster for me.Oh well, next week, I have my surprise deck ready to woop shit, take names, etc.  for next week.

Oh, and Alex beat Scott in the top 2 by topdecking Hyperion, so we got 7 PHSW, and 5 Turbo Pack 6s. We pack... garbage. Honestly, the best thing packed was a rare Stardust, and it wasnt even by Alex.

We got a Wind-up Kitty, which Phil wants for his Wind-ups, but other then that, garbage.

I didn't expect much anyways. I never do in YGO.

Upcoming Archtypes Part 2

Sorry for the lack of posts folks, school has been keeping me busy - not to mention LoL, MW3, Arkham City, and WWE 12 have been taking up all my spare time. It like Mondays are my only day for YGO. Ah well.

I didn't comment much on YCS Kansas, cause quite frankly, it was never of any interest to me. Chaos winning surprised me, but any deck with tour guides in it autowins. I'm really not a fan of Konami catering to the players who are willing tos spend 1000$+ on decks.

Seeing Genex Neutron played in Karakuri was pretty cool, showing that you could theoretically tech in BLS into the deck if you so choose to ( light: 2 Neutrons, 2 CyDras, veiler perhaps, dark: Genex Birdman, gorz, TGU engine). Granted that the pilot of that deck learned to play. I'm sure he wasn't aware he made the error, I just think that A) the players, B) the officials, and C) the damn reporter should have seen it. Also, DARKHOLEWTF!?!?!11.

W/E, I digress.

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Anyways, this is the 2nd part of my series on upcoming archetypes.

Lavals

This archetype seems very fun, and from all the play testing, seems consistent. It focuses heavily on RFP and milling. This deck seems like it can have lots of different variants -  however the most talked about seem to be Pure Lavals, Flamvell Lavals and Lavalsworn. The fact that these guys are abuse-able with Rekindling (which IMO, is THE best revival card available), makes these guys a force to be reckoned with. The seem like they wouldn't be able to handle this format however. so far I wouldn't recommend them for the competitive scene, however, I'm in the process of trying to make them viable.

Gishki

 

The new ritual archtype, Gishki can be fairly versatile, being able to search through its Deck quickly for the cards needed for their combos and whatnot. I haven't gotten alot of hands on with them, but from what I have, they seem quite decent. My sole complaint so far is that TKRO eats this deck up. Another thing that was brought to my attention is the fact that they rely solely on themselves - you wont see anything splashed into them, or them splashed into anything else. Seems kinda meh.

(In)verz

I know I was going to mention Steelswarm, however, they kinda suck. at least until these guys are legal for play. In case your unaware, Steelswarm is a sub-archetype of this one. Thus, all Steelswarm monsters are supported by Verz support cards. Expect a corny name-change when they finally hit TCG. Essentially, the Steelswarm virus corrupted all of the DT/HA  monsters. This apparently makes all the mosnters have 50+ ATK and 50+ DEF, and have similar effects. Again, like Gishki, excluding Steelswarm Roach, these guys are specific support for each other - not much splashing. However, from everything released so far, these guys will have tonnes of different approaches - VerzTributes, VerzXYZ, etc. Many different playstyles indeed.

Ninjas

 Ahhh ninjas.The decade old archetype that desperately needed a touchup on. The new support that is coming out for these guys is ridiculous. I am really liking the new support for these guys. Im thinking this is what I'll attempt to play come Feb when ORCS is legal. HANZO is too good. Although they dont generate as much advantage as Inzecters, these guys are pretty badass. Ninjitsu Art of transformation makes this deck super fun alone. The variety this deck will have is ridiculous. I am probably most excited for these guys for next pack.

Anywho, I hope you enjoyed this series, just made it to name a few possibilites for the formats to come. Inzecters are most likely to succeed in being top tier. Ask DN. Le Sigh.

 

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This Monday, I am done procrastinating. I am going to do a locals report, regardless of how shitty I do.  I have been holding it off far to long.

-Ygofactor

Upcoming Archtypes Part 1

So with the 5Ds era past us, and the Zexal one incoming, I thought I'd take a minute to discuss whats upcoming in the Archetype department, and also in Support for past archetypes. We are already 2 booster packs in, and a 3rd has most of its OCG setlist revealed.

In my honest opinion, this looks like one of the best eras yet. The release of XYZ monsters has drastically changed the way the game is played, much like when sycnhros were first introduced.

So looking at the first 3 sets of this generation, as well as the Hidden Arsenal archetypes , the next format is really shaping up.



Evols
I went over this before, but...
My personal favorite upcomer as of right now, the majority of this archetype (so far) is tournament legal on Tuesday. This archetype revolves around "Evolving" from a reptile, to a dinosaur, and finally, a big ass dragon. They show swarm, stun, and beatstick capabilities. I feel this deck needs a tuner to be completely competitive, however, it is extremely fun, escpecially for the local scene.

Inzecters

Holy balls, these guys are ridiculous. The looping capability this deck has is incredible. Played against this on DN a few times, and got slaughtered by the advantage this thing pulls out. When I first read these guys, I was like "Dragunity ripoff, will be about as played.. meh". Changed my mind. They can swarm super easy, and are all targets for DAD. I think of all the upcoming archetypes, this one shows the most potential to be top-tier (or at least tier 2) with the exception of the next archetype. Seriously, if you haven't yet, play around with these fuckers for a bit. My only complaint is that Veiler and SIM shut this deck completely down if timed properly.

 Wind-ups

 

 

Okay, so these guys are probably going to be the ones that shine the most. For some reason, they remind me of Blackwings, which I dont understand, cause they are nothing alike aside from the swarming. Maybe its the searcher, maybe its the ridiculous amount of support, IDK. These guys have a nifty little loop with one of their XYZ boss's (Zenmaighty?) and Wind-up Rat to swarm like a boss. I personally see this as an archetype that will constantly have support, so its hard to say where this will take us.

Photons

 

 To be honest, I dont see this archetype as a whole seeing much play. The idea behind them seems good (2k light beaters?) however, it seems very inconsistant. The only reason I figured I would mention them is 1) They are the main Zexal Characters archetype, and 2) Their support they give other archetypes is pretty badass. I got pwned by Photon Booster and Photon Lead last week at locals, and I see much more decent support coming out in the future. Maybe ORCS will have some decent s/t support for other lights. 

Also, GEPD in dragons. When the new structure deck comes out, I think he'll see more play, seeing as hes a light 3k beater who can easily be SSed by REDMD. With a situational effect that *COULD* come in handy.

This will conclude part 1 of this series. Next time, I'm hoping ill get  to touch up on Ninjas (YAY), Lavals, Steelswarm, and Gishki. 

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Also, I know I said I was going to do locals reports - Im still on it. I have shitty memory, and I want them to be detailed, so I need to find a means to record the duels, so I can actually report on them. And writing while doing it is time-consuming, and not to mention focus-consuming. Ill test something tonight at locals.

-YGOFactor

Back From Vacation - What did I Miss?

So, after 2 full weeks of going YGO-less, I gotta say I'm glad to be back. I didn't miss a whole hell of a lot, but the big news from what I can tell is Billy Brake winning his 2nd back-to-back YCS (Congrats on that).

Also in teh newz - DW did a whole fuckload if nothing at that very YCS. I still say Dark Smog will make this deck a lot  more consistent - I honestly don't want Dark Worlds to become like Dragunity - Overhyped as shit.

2 weeks, and that's all I see. Slow 2 weeks apparently.

Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend the sneak peak for tomorrow, as my work sucks, and scheduled me during it. This being said, 2 of my team members will be appearing at what is bound to be a lackluster sneak, considering my locals thought it would be a good idea to have their sneak at the same time as the bigger one in Fredericton, and everyone from my locals will mostly be going to that one. I guess I'll just have to wait till the set actually comes out on the 15th, or trade to get my Evol stuff with someone who will be attending.

ah well. I'm hoping if I can start doing Tourny reports starting monday, if I have the materials ready. We'll see.

Now that I am back, and my vacation is over, its time to get back to whats important - College, Work, Gaming, and YGO. Life is grand.