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Official Announcement

K2 CHALLENGE Overpower Tournament

When:  March 14th and 15th

Where:  The Atherton Hotel, 125 S Atherton St, State College, PA 16801

Format:  Tournament Formats for both Friday and Saturday TBD

Prizes:  TBD

Hotel Rooms:  Please contact me directly, or see the above post on this same thread.

Any questions, please contact DiceK.

Shouldn't be a problem for me at all.

With such a long notice, it's probable that I could make it.  Awesome.

With such a long notice I'm a maybe...who knows I may be living there by then. Right now I'm in Los Angeles so it's a no but who knows.

I have put this on the calendar. Looking forward to it.

Is This TOURNAMENT still alive?  Look forward to battling K2 (Keffer Squared) again...

Cash Prize would bring out some old faces I imagine.

M

* OP GOD

Greetings All,

I am working with a possible venue for this event and have a question for everyone.

To refresh everyone's memory, this event is being planned for Friday March 14 and Saturday March 15.

I need to get an estimated headcount to determine if their proposed deal will work for us all as a group.  Please read carefully below and send me a private message with your response.

The Atherton Hotel in State College, PA is shaping up as our top choice for the venue. 

Please see their site here:  http://www.athertonhotel.net/

They are willing to do a package deal for us that includes both rooms and the gaming area.

I need to know how many rooms we would be able to book as a group.  In each scenario below the room rate per night would be $79.  This does not include tax; however, I think this is an excellent rate, especially given the quality of the hotel.  I don't think you'll find anything better than this in all of State College for that weekend.

Scenario #1 - We reserve 10 or more rooms (total) over 2 nights.  We would have a gaming room rate of $100 per day.

Scenario #2 - We reserve 5 or more rooms (total) over 2 nights.  We would have a gaming room rate of $250 per day. 

And just FYI, the room would be ours from 6:00AM to 11:00PM.  This is the best I've been able to find.

If anyone needs clarification, please let me know.

Please respond to me ASAP.

Regards,

Dice K.

Hi,

      Just joined the site. Haven't played in years. But my brother and I recently dusted off our cards and would like to attend. We live only 3 hours away and probably would only spend Friday night in the hotel. I was curious to what rules you are using as I have a lot of catching up on particular cards and how they play now?

Thanks,
Kevin

UPDATE:  This applies to anyone and everyone who has previously shown interest in staying the night(s) of March 14th and 15th.  Please read carefully.

To make reservations and receive the discounted rate of $79 per night, please call The Atherton Hotel directly at (814) 231-2100.  Dial Option 2 for reservations.  You will need to identify yourself as part of the Overpower Tournament. 

If anyone has any questions regarding this information, please let me know.

Thanks!

JK

My room at the Atherton is booked.  Hoping to see you all there!

some questions

1) what is the entry fee/prize situation

2) what is the format for the tournament.  since time is not as much of an issue, will there be full matches?

3) is the no proxy rule definite?  all that does is limit deckbuilding for little reason.  it's especially irksome if you allow some proxies (marvels) but not others

Breadmaster, thanks for the questions.  We appreciate it.

Please see our responses below.

Quote1) what is the entry fee/prize situation

Entrance Fee:  The entry fee for the entire weekend will be $20.  Please keep in mind that this will include both Friday's "Sealed Draft" Tournament and Saturday's "Standard Overpower Rules" Tournament.

Prizes:  This is still undetermined.  Keeping in mind that this will be a $20 entrance fee, we're interested in hearing what attending and potential players think would be good prizes. 

Quote2) what is the format for the tournament.  since time is not as much of an issue, will there be full matches?

Time:  Both of us have always enjoyed playing matches to the end.  Winning because of time constraints can be frustrating, especially for the player that just pulled a great hand and could possibly mount a comeback late in the match.  For the K2 CHALLENGE tournament, on Saturday, matches will be limited to 50 minutes.  This is DOUBLE the amount of time per match in Buffalo.  We think this will be adequate for people to finish matches.

Friday: We will be hosting a sealed booster draft tournament.  We think this will be a lot of fun.  At the end of the draft, everyone gets to keep the cards they drafted.  As to how long matches will be and what not, we'll figure that out closer to the time. 

Saturday:  Standard Overpower Tournament, with normal deck building rules, and metta/errata rulings.  The only exception is that we will allow the unofficially released Marvels set as part of the tournament.  These cards were never officially released and thus unavailable; however, since they were fully tested by the Overpower Development Team and essentially in the on-deck circle for Marvel just prior to Overpower being abandoned, we are allowing that set.  This will include the 4-Stat Galactus that Jack gave away at the Tournament in Buffalo.  To be completely fair, we will allow anyone with a 3-Stat Galactus to treat him the same as the 4-Stat Galactus that counts as 24 for deck building purposes.

I would personally love to see someone show up with a Galactus Deck!

Quote3) is the no proxy rule definite?  all that does is limit deckbuilding for little reason.  it's especially irksome if you allow some proxies (marvels) but not others

To maintain continuity, I have included Phil's comments on Facebook below.  **These are pieced together from different posts. 

The main event will be Saturday and will use normal deck building rules. Marvels will be legal in this event. Proxy cards will only be allowed for cards from the marvels set.  The only cards that can be proxied are cards that were not officially released.  Using home made cards is a slippery slope we would prefer not to go down. We do want everyone to come and have as much fun as possible though, so please let me know of any issues this policy is causing and we will do our best to help people out.  The only reason the marvels is legal is because it was designed an tested by the original overpower team.

If we were to allow people to show up with decks that had just any card proxied, we would be doing a disservice to those that have gone out and invested in the cards necessary to complete their decks. 

We stand firm on this. 

I hope that our answers above are to the point and provide enough clarity.  If we're simply muddying the waters, please let us know.

Regards,

K2

I love the rules and can't wait! For anyone who needs "The Marvels" hit me up, I can easily print them off on card stock. I'll only charge you what it costs me. Keep in mind I don't print the back as it's not necessary for game play, and you'll have to do the cutting yourself.

I am very curious what prizes interest people the most?  We want people to be striving for something that would better their collections.

This is a COLLECTIBLE card game after all.

Examples may be:

Original Art
Complete Sets
Sealed Boxes or Packs
Rare High Value Singles
Etc.

Let Us Know!

Hey guys,

What's the stance on the AnyPower Teamwork that we released in our Marvels set? Are you only allowing the Galactus, and Marvels special cards, or will that one be acceptable too?

For me prizing is immaterial, I'm looking forward to playing a variety of new people. Though, if you're able to rustle up a genuine AP teamwork and/or Avengers ID insert... I'll cast my vote for those cards. ;)

I won't hold my breath, but there it is.

Any Cards that were scheduled to be released in the Marvels Set, that were not officially released, may be used by means of a proxy.  This would include the Anypower teamwork as it was never officially released... 

Sadly, You are certainly right about not holding your breath.  Zero chance of one of those two cards being in the prize pool.   :'(

What about creating a new "promo" card?  It's been a while since megapower, and maybe the community here could create a new one-off card: An any hero special or an artifact, or maybe even a new hero card.  (Maybe give one card to everyone in attendance, and let people mail in for the extras - like the old days)..Who needs the Overpower Legion?

Also in terms of prizes, if Chuu's got another set of his comics babes power cards laying around, I wouldn't see why that wouldn't make a decent prize.

Hi teesaw,

Many people have created home made cards over the years.  This is a great way to spice things up within your play group.  But, if we are ever going to again have a nationwide or even international running of events, there needs to be consistency.  Honestly, there are plenty of people on the west coast that are not even ok with the use of the marvels.  I feel they make the game better, but if I had to give up that set for the future good of the game, I would. 

I would love to see a day when there is enough interest in the game to again run local regional tournaments and a national championship.  There could be a real legion with ratings and even possibly the legal rights to produce the game again.  This is all possible and we are taking yet another step toward this by introducing a fun, super simplistic draft format at our event.  Our hopes are that people can use this format as a stepping stone for new players to become familiar with many basic mechanics of the game.   As it stands now, I find it hard to teach new players such a complex game in the short attention span world in which we live.  If we do have a real legion in the future, we could make new promo cards and send out the venture newsletter again ;)

Finally, I feel I need to add, that the amount of deck design options in both the X-Men and Marvels formats is immense.  You really don't need to spice things up, this is a great deeply strategic game just as it is.  Just look at chess, that game never changes...

Quote from: BlueFire on January 07, 2014, 12:00:31 PM
I would love to see a day when there is enough interest in the game to again run local regional tournaments and a national championship.  There could be a real legion with ratings and even possibly the legal rights to produce the game again.  This is all possible and we are taking yet another step toward this by introducing a fun, super simplistic draft format at our event.  Our hopes are that people can use this format as a stepping stone for new players to become familiar with many basic mechanics of the game.   As it stands now, I find it hard to teach new players such a complex game in the short attention span world in which we live.  If we do have a real legion in the future, we could make new promo cards and send out the venture newsletter again ;)

I couldn't agree more

Keep those prize suggestions coming!

I will be at this event. I really loved the hologram Overpower characters. If someone could make some, they would make awesome prizes.

Good to hear from you supermartin and welcome to the forum.

We have no plans to create cards at this time.  We do however have access to genuine holo heroes.  If placing a holo hero in the prize fund interests people we may do that.  Lets just say, you were not the only one that thought they were Awesome!

Please let us know your name and if you are coming with anyone else.  As well as where you will be traveling from.

My name is Philip Keffer and I'm coming from just north of Washington DC.  I would love to invite you to the event on the Facebook page for the K2 challenge, if no one has already.

My name is Martin P Slinkosky II. I live just east of Scranton, PA. I am coming alone, but a friend from the Buffalo, NY area is trying to arrange things to come. A holo hero in the prize fund interests me greatly. I would hope that all participants get something special with their entrance fee. You may invite me via face book. I never heard about the Marvels unreleased set till now. Nice to meet you Philip.

i can print up some power card sets if they are needed for the tournament.  i'll just send them with Jack or BigBadHarve..

If you could do that Chuu, that would be great and much appreciated.

Thanks!

65 Days until the K2 CHALLENGE!

Tournament Format for the K2 Challenge:

Swiss Style Format

- Number of rounds based on time available. Likely 8 rounds.
- You will be matched with opponents of similar records that you have not already played each round.

No Top 8 for the following reasons

- All participants will get to play as much overpower as possible!
- All participants will get to play as many different opponents as possible.
- The best performing players will likely all end up playing each other by days end.
- The person that performs the best throughout the tournament will be the winner.

Tie Breakers

- The first tie breaker will be head to head match results
- If the players have not played, there will be one final game to determine the Champ.
- If 3+ players have tied, there may be a multigame play off required.

Time

- Each round will be 50 minutes plus one extra round.
- There will be a 90 minute dinner break following either round 4 or 5


**We may even find a creative way to reward players for playing all 8 rounds.

Who is gonna be judging this to confirm legality of decks? Meaning, if someone expresses a concern about the number of cards in a deck, or weather their opponent has only 1 of each OPD. I for one don't mind anyone going through my deck after we have played...

There will be a number of members at the event that know the rules very well.  My cousin and I know them fairly well and will be able to answer the majority of the questions ourselves. If we come across a rule we are not sure about, we will ask for advice from a few other knowledgeable members of the tournament.  Then we will make a final decision.  Of course the players involved will be allowed to have their opinions heard during this process.

1.)  Q: Does my opponent have a proper number of cards in his or her deck:

       A: At the beginning of each round players typically pile shuffle and or just cut each others decks.  During this time it is smart to count the cards if you are concerned about this.

2.)  Q: Multiple OPD's etc.

      A:  This has never been a problem, but since you must show your opponent the cards as you discard them every round it is quite easy to catch this kind of cheating.

If we ever feel there is a strong reason to believe a player is using an illegal deck an objective 3rd party will be asked to check that deck as well as the deck of the accuser.  If by some unlikely turn of events the 3rd party ends up playing either player at a future point in the event, that player will be allowed to look through the 3rd parties deck before the game begins.

Cheating will not be tolerated and will lead to immediate disqualification.  Hopefully this will never happen.   

From past experiences in the tournaments I hosted, nobody has really cheated.

I'm sure some of us kept the extra card in hand or played an illegal move but I haven't heard a single renege called.

As Jack mentioned, mistakes do happen.

We have all accidentally kept a duplicate in our hands at some point.  In a tournament, these types of innocent mistakes typically lead to loss of venture in the current battle because they can effect the way your opponent may choose to play.  You will often find that your opponent will just let you discard the card and there won't be a problem; however, the more competitive opponents may choose to have you lose the venture if the game is close.  This is their right and should not be looked upon unfavorably as you were the one that made the mistake.  Please feel free to get a judges opinion were you ever to find yourself feeling uncomfortable on either side of this situation. 

Deliberately cheating is an entirely different subject.   No well meaning overpower competitor has anything to worry about.   

If you are playing the famous "lock-out" deck having multiple OPD's isn't a friendly accident sense you only need to play a couple cards to win the game. In the Nationals I've seen them forfeit the current and past matches for an Illegal deck. Be sure I will be asking to look through any Lock-out decks I play.

Hey Kevin,

Sounds like you may have had a bad experience.  I'm sorry to hear that happened.  I'm also surprised I didn't hear about it, since I'm sure I was at the tournament in which it happened. 

I doubt you will be running into any lock out decks at this event, though I can't promise that it won't happen.  I do feel that it is reasonable for someone to request a deck check if they lost in the first hand of a match to something like this.  If it happens to you at the event, feel free to bring it to my attention and we will have the deck checked.  The other 45 minutes of the round should be plenty of time to make this happen.

Feel free to express any other concerns you may have.

Phil K

 

Very stupid question, since i've never played in a TCG tournament in my life -

Is there a rule that says you must play the same deck from start to finish?

In the past they would ask for your team members. But the actual deck they didn't make you list the cards in it. So yeah you could make changes to it. Hope that helps.

There are no stupid questions!

Kevin is half correct in his answer.

Being as though we are not playing for thousands of dollars (yet), there will not be any deck registration.  The rules at our event will not allow any changes to your deck.  The deck you start with is the deck you must play the whole time.  This will be both on the honor system and easily confirmed by all of your opponents and/or the feature match video camera footage. 

Kevin, did you guys really play that you could switch events etc.. between matches?  That would be insane.

Hope this helps and I'm sorry I didn't mention it before.

No what I ment was that if someone removed a card, not meaning a whole event, it would be hard to prove sense no one was writing every card in your deck down. Unless you are rain man I don't think you will remember how many 8 power cards I played exactly. Though a  camera is great for that!

Just to be clear I'm not suggesting someone cheat at the tournament. I was speaking past-tense about how they ran them in the past and weather it was possible someone could have.

I have an important question. How soon is too soon to start trash talking about winning this thing?  ;D

chuu, when you print up those power cards, do not forget to print lots and lots of 5 multi-power cards. I have the complete rules clarifications on how all special cards work and interact in a game. I will bring them. My reservation has been made!!

i can do extra sets for the 5M, 6 any-power, 7 any-power and 8 any-powers

Sounds Awesome chuu!

Way to go supermartin!

Will people be able to use them at the tournament? just wondering..

Quote from: chuu on January 10, 2014, 05:19:17 PM
Will people be able to use them at the tournament? just wondering..

No.

The only cards that may be proxy cards at the K2 CHALLENGE are at the following link:  http://www.overpower.ca/mv.php

Is there a way I can print those proxy cards to the right, useable size??

Cards are roughly 2.5 by 3.5 inch. For proxies, I usually print 4 to a 5x7 photo paper and just cut it into quarters. You can fit 9 into a letter sized paper.

Ideally, I would like them all to be in colour so they show up nicer on the videos. Not a requirement since I'm not the host. And I guess if anyone has concerns about being in video, please let us know.

Proxy cards for the Marvels should be legible and preferably in color.  The text should be verbatim to the actual card.

If you are using proxy cards, you must use deck sleeves.  We suggest all people use sleeves and they must be of uniform color and texture.

My sleeves have pretty ladies on the back!!

Quote from: BlueFire on January 11, 2014, 06:12:05 PM
The text should be verbatim to the actual card.

When we made our set of Marvels, we modified some of the text for clarity. I don't think it makes a huge difference in terms of game play between the original text from NickW's website and the ones we printed off.

We have a wiki page for the changes made between our sets:

http://overpower.ca/wiki/OverPower_Toronto%27s_Marvels_OverPower_Release

I'll probably do a summary page if anyone wants but basically:

OJ specials: removed "May be used against Battlesite" clause.
Dr. Strange AD: conformed the wording to be similar to the rest of OverPower
Spider-Man's OP: Corrected NickW's wording, the WGP card is meant to be on top of the deck after the shuffle.
Thing's "OD": We changed the code to ZY from OD and clarified when 2 cards must be discarded.

The Marvel's wording that Jack used on his cards is the most up to date.

Jack's wording will be used at the K2 Challenge.


FYI

There is a Walmart grift card scam going around Facebook.

2 questions:
1) are we going to use the mutlipower card fusion rule?
2) for battlesites only one of each coded special is allowed, even if very similar in actions

Multipower Power card Fusion rule has been a rule since the first rulebook. Apparently not..

The Fusion Rule is a standard rule so it should be known to all OP players.

I played with an old friend of mine last fall and he refused to recognize the fusion rule and the last time I played in a tournament there was no fusion rule.

Quote from: Supermartin on January 19, 2014, 10:17:17 PM
I played with an old friend of mine last fall and he refused to recognize the fusion rule and the last time I played in a tournament there was no fusion rule.

It's in the Monumental rule book, I am pretty sure.

Next time someone doesn't want to play with the fusion rule, go ahead and swap out ALL of your level 1-4 power cards for multi power cards. See how long he wants to keep playing without it.

It was first mentioned officially as of March 1996's publication of The Monthly Venture.

http://overpower.ca/wiki/The_Monthly_Venture_Issue_1#Commander.27s_Corner_2

QuoteWhat about MultiPower cards? Substitute some of the Power card values one through four with a couple of MultiPower cards. However, remember that once you have hit an opponent's hero with a MultiPower card, any subsequent MultiPower card hits against that Hero fuse for purposes of determining Spectrum K.O. Having a handful of MultiPower cards is not going to help you K.O. anyone. Some Special cards combine with other Power cards for a single attack. They cannot combine with MultiPower cards. Be aware of this and construct your Power Pack accordingly. You might want to keep two or three of a certain value and type depending on the character and the Special.

One of each coded special is allowed per battlesite. 
There are some specials that were coded wrong and were changed. 
Look up specials on the overpower.ca special look up, under tools, to see if two can not be played together.

Also, only one opd (one per deck) per battlesite.

K2 Challenge.

Will there be any challenge, for an OP GOD?

M

~ OP GOD

(Wish there would be playoffs, so I could be properly crowned CHAMPION!)

I will challenge you, OP God!!    ::)

For the 1st time in overpower history, the player that performs the best will be guaranteed to be crowned champion.

We apologize if this SCARES anyone that was hoping to only have to play their best for the last 3 rounds.

I am announcing...

A Canadian will win the K2 Challenge.

So it has been seen, So it has been written...


Marcel

OP GOD

Quote from: OP GOD on January 28, 2014, 12:37:56 PM
I am announcing...

A Canadian will win the K2 Challenge.

So it has been seen, So it has been written...


Marcel

OP GOD

Marcel, this is fantastic!  Could you please forward the Facebook invite to this person?

Regards - JK

Quote from: DiceK on January 28, 2014, 01:21:41 PM

Quote from: OP GOD on January 28, 2014, 12:37:56 PM
I am announcing...

A Canadian will win the K2 Challenge.

So it has been seen, So it has been written...


Marcel

OP GOD

Marcel, this is fantastic!  Could you please forward the Facebook invite to this person?

Regards - JK

No need! I'm already coming! 

=)

Quote from: OP GOD on January 28, 2014, 12:37:56 PM
I am announcing...

A Canadian will win the K2 Challenge.

So it has been seen, So it has been written...


Marcel

OP GOD

Maybe on some Franklin Richards created bizzaro world! But this is reality, where a Canadian will be lucky to finish second. To me ofcourse...  :P

UPDATE: The K2 CHALLENGE Prize Pool

The K2 CHALLENGE Prize Pool has been finalized. The entire prize pool list will be released tomorrow (Super Bowl Sunday) at Noon.  Stay Tuned....

***Spoiler Alert***

Devourer of Worlds (Any Character Card) will be among the list of prizes!

Quote from: HollyWood on January 28, 2014, 07:55:46 PM

Maybe on some Franklin Richards created bizzaro world! But this is reality, where a Canadian will be lucky to finish second. To me ofcourse...  :P

What if at the end of house of M, Wanda said "no more marvel" and everyone woke up as regular, non-powered citizens of the DC universe?

UPDATE: K2 CHALLENGE Main Event Prize Pool OFFICIAL LISTING


Hosts of this event will NOT be eligible for Prizes


Complete Prize List:

• Overpower IQ - Sealed Box (36 Packs)

• X-Men Overpower - Devourer of Worlds (Any Hero Card)

• 1 Booster Pack of Every Overpower Release - (Except Classic Overpower, unless we find one before this event – Please contact us if you have one!)

• DC Holo Hero - Ras Al Ghul

• Marvel vs Wildstorm Chromium Overpower Cards - 8 Card Set

• Image Overpower - 2 Starter Decks

• Monumental Overpower - 9 Pack Lot

• Original Overpower - 36 Pack Lot

• Mission Control - 36 Pack Lot

• Original Overpower / Mission Control - 18 Packs of Each

• Original Overpower / Mission Control - 9 Packs of Each

• Batman Superman DC Overpower - Sealed Box (36 Packs)

• Batman Holo Series - 10 Pack Lot

• Marvel vs Wildstorm Chromium Overpower Cards - 4 Card Lot

• Marvel vs Wildstorm Chromium Overpower Cards - 2 Card Lot


*Rules regarding Prize Pool Eligibility:

1. Players MUST complete all tournament rounds to be eligible for prizes.

2. Players get to pick their prize from the prize pool.

3. Prizes will be awarded beginning with the top tournament record and continue down.

Tie-Breakers will be determined by head to head matchup results

Secondary Tie-Breakers will be determined by a coin flip

The Champion will not be decided by a coin flip


All competing participants that complete the K2 CHALLENGE will be awarded a prize.

If we can't make the Friday game, can we come for just the Saturday tournament?

Quote from: HollyWood on February 03, 2014, 07:59:48 AM
If we can't make the Friday game, can we come for just the Saturday tournament?

Absolutely.  Yes.

The previously mentioned Prize Pool is for the Saturday Main Event.  Not participating in the Friday night Draft tournament will not affect your eligibility for the prize pool on Saturday.

Please keep in mind that we have put in a stipulation that requires completion of the Saturday Main Event Tournament (Meaning you play all required rounds) to qualify for a prize.

If you have any other questions or need further clarification, please let us know.

Quote from: teesaw on February 02, 2014, 12:34:44 AM

Quote from: HollyWood on January 28, 2014, 07:55:46 PM

Maybe on some Franklin Richards created bizzaro world! But this is reality, where a Canadian will be lucky to finish second. To me ofcourse...  :P

What if at the end of house of M, Wanda said "no more marvel" and everyone woke up as regular, non-powered citizens of the DC universe?

Then I would use my 8 Intellect  to still come out on top. DUH!

Hi guys,

Do you have a confirmed list of attendees at this time?

theOrangeOne

Hi Larry,

My cousin and I have been talking with most of the players quite a bit.

It looks like the turnout will likely be between 15-20 players.   

We are hoping for 20+ and put up a lot in prizes in the hopes of drawing a few more people.

Is there anyone you are curious about in particular?  Most groups have already booked their rooms.

Hope this event is a smashing success! Awesome prize pool and I'm sure the competition will be fierce. It would be hard to justify taking time off to travel to play Overpower, but the allure of a high level event is undeniable.

If the turnout to this justifies your effort and you hold future events, some of the California crew may try to make it out to the next one.

PS - if a lazy Spawn Any Hero deck wins, everyone owes me 50 push-ups.

Tomorrow starts the 10 day countdown until the K2.  As Onslaught said, the competition will be fierce, so be ready!

Quote from: Onslaught on March 02, 2014, 05:51:54 PM
Hope this event is a smashing success! Awesome prize pool and I'm sure the competition will be fierce. It would be hard to justify taking time off to travel to play Overpower, but the allure of a high level event is undeniable.

If the turnout to this justifies your effort and you hold future events, some of the California crew may try to make it out to the next one.

PS - if a lazy Spawn Any Hero deck wins, everyone owes me 50 push-ups.

Ill give you 100 push ups

10 Days Until the K2 Challenge

Fun Fact: Phil Miller was the 18th person to join the elite list of guests yesterday!

I would add my name to the list, but coming from Iowa on such short notice is a little difficult for me.  Besides, I am just now getting back in to the game.

Hello H22APWRD94,

Good to see you posting on the board.  At the K2 event, everyone is welcome and will have fun regardless of skill level. 

While some people at this event play semi-regularly, many will be playing in a tournament for the first time in over a decade. 

If you do decide to make the journey, feel free to call the Atherton in State college and ask for the overpower rate.  Send me a private message or post any additional questions here.

The K2 Challenge is also a facebook event.  If you or anyone else would like to be invited through facebook, please send me your names.

Phil

I am just going to try and get out to play golf with you guys in August.  I will bring a deck with me then.

Mike

Quote from: H22APWRD94 on March 04, 2014, 06:05:48 PM
I am just going to try and get out to play golf with you guys in August.  I will bring a deck with me then.

Mike

The Webb-Headed Wizard...

Don't forget we're still hoping to do a tournament in mid May.

And we'll announce our annual Toronto Tournament soon.

Now I know who H22APWRD94 is!

Long live the KLI  :D :D :D :D :D :D

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9 Days Until the K2 Challenge

Fun Fact: OverPower Legion received the shipment of DC3 cards yesterday. He has generously offered to donate a few decks to the K2 prize pool. Hopefully they arrive in time. Thanks!

 :)

8 Days Until the K2 Challenge

Fun Fact:

My beautiful wife has been a professional photographer for well over a decade. Her work is stunning.
She will be in attendance to work on her new photo essay "Overpower - Where my husbands time goes to die"

5 Days Until the K2 Challenge

Fun Fact:

We have been successful in acquiring classic overpower product. There will now be booster packs from every overpower set available at the K2 challenge!

Sorry looked through the post and couldn't find a time. My brother and I can't make Friday due to work, what time do we need to be there Saturday? Thanks!

Friday March 14th   
K2 CHALLENGE Booster Draft Tournament   
   
4:00PM-5:00PM   Meet and Greet
5:00PM-5:30PM   Welcome Players / Q&A Regarding Draft
5:30PM-6:30PM   Overpower Booster Draft
6:30PM-7:00PM   Build/Refine Deck
7:00PM-10:30PM   Overpower Booster Draft Tournament
10:30PM-11:00PM   Crown Draft Champion and Conclude the evening
11:15PM-Until   After Tournament Happy hour @ Rumors Lounge (Inside the Atherton)
   
Saturday March 15th   
K2 CHALLENGE Main Event   
9:45AM-10:00AM   Registration
10:00AM-10:15AM   Welcome Players / Q&A Regarding Tournament / Pairings
10:20AM-11:35AM   Round 1
11:40AM-12:55PM   Round 2
1:00PM-2:15PM   Round 3
2:20PM-3:35PM   Round 4
3:40PM-4:55PM   Round 5
5:00PM-6:30PM   Break for Dinner
6:35PM-7:50PM   Round 6
7:55PM-9:10PM   Round 7
9:15PM-10:30PM   Round 8
10:30PM-11:00PM   Crowning Champion / Prizes / Closing Remarks
11:15PM-Until   After Tournament Happy Hour @ Rumors Lounge (Inside the Atherton)

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3 Days Until the K2 Challenge

Fun Fact:

Thanks to Jack Truong the live streaming site for the K2 Challenge can be found at the following address.

http://overpower.ca/live.php

We will try and keep the streaming going all day Saturday in one way or another. We will likely be freestyling all kinds of things on site to make this happen. This event should be fun even if you are not able to attend. We will be testing the system Friday night, so you may be able to catch some then as well, if we get it working quickly.

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2 Days Until the K2 Challenge

Fun Fact:

When the batman holo series was released there was a small number of factory sealed sets created just for the in house employees. This even included all the alternate printings (think full set of blue lettering) as well as the other 1:72 insert. It also included the holo heroes. Just one card was left out. Now I'm not sure why, but they were left like many of you without the very rare Catwoman Whiplash.

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1 Day Until the K2 Challenge!

Fun Fact:

At the first OP Cup I won an uncut sheet of classic with 5 of each insert on it. I did not win the OP Cup, but this was a special prize for the person with the most victories total between the main event and all side events. I believe this was the only classic rare / very rare sheet ever given out as a tournament prize. In the end it was looking close, but thanks to the last tournament, I ended up with 2 more victories than the next closest contender. I did not sleep much that weekend, and had to build many weird format decks on the fly. Good Times!

As I was an exceptionally poor college student at the time, I reached out to my old buddy Keith Bursack to find out if he knew a way that I could get the sheet professionally cut. It just so happened that Keith had a sheet of his own! After doing a little research and asking for a favor or two, Keith was able to get the sheets cut at the factory. They were cut just as they would have been during the original printing. Keep in mind, this wasn't all that long afterwards.

The final step was for Keith to sell the cards on ebay. Which he did. I was then returned the cards from the sheet that didn't sell as well as some cash for my share. I still have those cards. I am very grateful to Keith for doing this, as I was able to survive through the cold winters in central PA much more comfortably.

As of today, I am yet to hear from anyone that purchased inserts during this big ebay sale in the late 90's. I would love any information people may have on the subject.

I hope you have all enjoyed these little tidbits of OP History.

See you guys tomorrow!

Don't forget to catch the live stream of our matches if you can't make it to the tournament!

http://overpower.ca/live.php

Good luck to all - sad to not be able to be out there to play

We're live again!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NkjU9isVduI

Quote from: Jack on March 15, 2014, 10:27:02 AM
We're live again!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NkjU9isVduI

Says "Starting Soon..."

starting soon still...

Looking forward to the results of this...

I wasn't able to catch the stream live, but it looks like Youtube streams automatically archive themselves for viewing. Awesome!

Maybe I am not seeing the teams correctly, but it looks like one of the decks was over 76 points. Were the sum deck rules not in effect?

Onslaught, Spawn, Scarlet Witch, old Spider-Woman? 

definitely over the sum rule...

Congrats to Dan..

I believe his team was Mr. Fantastic, Professor X, Beast and Silver Sable in Reserve.

There was one deck that was over by a point.  Since he wasn't in top contention we just let him play on.  Dan and Marcel both went 7-1 and Dan won due to his head to head victory.  Myself as well as numerous others tied for 3rd.

I played Phoenix, ghost rider, marauders, Hawkeye with the citadel and infinity g.

Marcel and Dan both played any heroes.  Exact decks will be up within a few days.

We had 17 players and most importantly everyone had a great time.

Phil

Sounds like an awesome time.  Wish I coulda participated.  Oh well, maybe next time!  Congrats to everyone.

Can't wait to see all the different decks that were used.  Seems like an awesome time, wish I could have been there, even though I wouldn't have had a chance in hell at beating most of you guys.  I remember getting regularly beaten by Sean's Avengers deck....

Thanks to Bluefire for throwing this together and thanks to Jack for putting video up to watch.

As the Orange King would say:

OP LIVES!!!

Hello everyone.

This is Dan McGlynn for those that don't know. I know I haven't replied on here in a long time, but I thought now was very fitting.

I wanted to send out a big thank-you to John and Phil Keffer along with Jessica. I personally was very impressed by the venue and the generosity that was shown throughout the tournament.
A lot of appreciation was shown to the players that had come out to the first K2 Challenge Overpower Tournament, and additional appreciation to a special someone who has put in countless hours behind the scenes to keep Overpower running and expanding. Thank you Jack!!

I had a great time with Friday night's festivities. The booster draft was fun for pretty well everyone, and just a slaughter for all  :D :D .

On a side-note, I know that the other fellas and I were talking on the way home and were trying to figure out ways to make the friday night festivities just as entertaining and unique for the upcoming tournament in October that is a very strong possibility, but still working on the date, but I won't mention anymore as that is not up to me to say.

Hopefully without forgetting anyone in particular, I want to thank and say that it was great to meet new faces, and some people I have spent time talking with, but haven't met in person. Everyone was super friendly, and I was glad I had the opportunity to meet everyone.

It would be a great privilege to see every single one of you again. I can't wait to shuffle up the cards and have some more fun in the near future.

Thank you for a very enjoyable, exciting, and memorable weekend!!

Dan

Thanks for the kind words Dan.

We were very pleased with how things went in state college this weekend. 

Thank you everyone that attended and helped make this a weekend that none of us will soon forget!

Photos and more details on decks and results to follow in the coming days as well as more video when Jack has the time.  Thanks again Jack!

I wish to repeat the sentiment - a big Thanks to Phil and John for setting up the K2 challenge. Their obvious devotion to the game, and making it fun for all participants is clear, and appreciated. The prize support was awesome, and everyone there clearly had a blast.

It was a fun weekend. I definitely hope to return next year if he repeats the event.

Between Toronto, Buffalo, and now State College - we hope to have 3 major events per year. With any luck, word of our upcoming Tournaments will reach those dormant players who have yet to learn of the OverPower resurgence!

Oh, to have a meetup with 30+ people again. Lets make it happen folks!

Up next - The Orange King's Peace Bridge tournament, part 2. That will be in Mid may - full details to be released when Larry has a location locked.

K2 Challenge Results

Round 1:

Sean ballantyne     over   Bye
John Keffer             over   Jaime Scholtens
Dan McGlynn           over   David Hodkin
Phil Keffer               over   Nick Spivak
Larry Van Etten      over   Carl Caroffino
David McMillan        over   Jack Truong
Kevin Fletcher        over   Martin Slinkosky
Ed Kowalewski       over   Phil Miller
Marcel Lojet           over   Mike Fletcher


Round 2:

Marcel Lojet           over   Bye
Nick Spivak             over   Jack Truong
Martin Slinkosky     over   David Hodkin
Mike Fletcher          over   Phil Miller
Sean Ballantyne     over   Dan McGlynn
David McMillan        over   Larry Van Etten
Kevin Fletcher         over   John Keffer
Phil Keffer               over   Ed Kowalewski
Carl Caroffino         over   Jaime Scholtens


Round 3:

Kevin Fletcher        over   Bye
Ed Kowalewski      over   John Keffer
Phil Miller               over   Jack Truong
Carl Caroffino        over   Martin Slinkosky
David McMillan       over   Sean Ballantyne
Marcel Lojet          over   Phil Keffer
Larry Van Etten     over   Nick Spivak
Dan McGlynn         over   Mike Fletcher
Jaime Scholtens     over   David Hodkin


Round 4:

David McMillan        over   Bye
Marcel Lojet            over   Kevin Fletcher
Martin Slinkosky     over   Jaime Scholtens
Mike Fletcher          over   Nick Spivak
Sean Ballantyne     over   Larry Van Etten
Phil Keffer              over   Carl Caroffino
Dan McGlynn          over   Ed Kowalewski
Jack Truong           over   David Hodkin
Phil Miller               over   John Keffer


Round 5:

David Hodkin          over   Bye
Sean Ballantyne     over   Kevin Fletcher
Larry Van Etten      over   Martin Slinkosky
Dan McGlynn          over   Phil Keffer
John Keffer            over   Nick Spivak
Mike Fletcher        over   Ed Kowalewski
Phil Miller              over   Carl Caroffino
Marcel Lojet         over   David McMillan
Jack Truong          over   Jaime Scholtens


Round 6:

Larry Van Etten    over   Bye
Marcel Lojet         over   Sean Ballantyne
Jaime Scholtens   over   Nick Spivak
John Keffer          over   Carl Caroffino
Phil Keffer            over   Phil Miller
Kevin Fletcher     over   Mike Fletcher
Dan McGlynn       over   David McMillan
Ed Kowalewski    over   David Hodkin
Jack Truong         over   Martin Slinkosky


Round 7:

Jaime Scholtens     over   Bye
Sean Ballantyne    over   Phil Keffer
John Keffer            over   Mike Fletcher
Larry Van Etten     over   Keving Fletcher
David McMillan       over   Carl Caroffino
Nick Spivak            over   David Hodkin
Jack Truong          over   Ed Kowalewski
Phil Miller              over   Martin Slinkosky
Dan McGlynn        over   Marcel Lojet


Round 8:

Phil Keffer             over   Bye
Carl Caroffino       over   David Hodkin
Jack Truong          over   Sean Ballantyne
Nick Spivak           over   Martin Slinkosky
Dan McGlynn         over   John Keffer
Marcel Lojet          over   Larry Van Etten
Phil Miller              over   David McMillan
Ed Kowalewski     over   Jaime Scholtens


Final Records and Placement.

1st.)  Dan McGlynn            (7-1)

2nd.)  Marcel Lojet            (7-1)

3rd.)  Phil Keffer                (5-3)
3rd.)  Sean Ballantyne      (5-3)
3rd.)  Larry Van Etten       (5-3)
3rd.)  David McMillan         (5-3)
3rd.)  Jack Truong             (5-3)
3rd.)  Phil Miller                 (5-3)

9th.)  John Kefer               (4-4)
9th.)  Ed Kowalewski        (4-4)
9th.)  Kevin Fletcher         (4-3)

12th.) Carl Caroffino         (3-5)
12th.) Jaime Scholtens      (3-5)
12th.) Nick Spivak             (3-5)
12th.) Mike Fletcher          (3-4)

16th.) Martin Slinkosky      (2-6)

17th.) David Hodkin          (1-7)


Deck Lists:

Dan McGlynn:             Beast, Prof X, Mr. Fantastic, Silver Sable                                              Team Overpower              Shattered Image         Any Heroes
Marcel Lojet:              Thor, Inhumans, X-Babies, Dr. Strange (3-stat)                                   Team Overpower              Dark Phoenix Saga      Any Heroes
Phi Keffer:                  Phoenix, Ghost Rider, The Marauders, Hawkeye                                  Marvel Universe              Infinity Gauntlet           Onslaught Citadel
Sean Ballantyne:       Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Black Widow                                            Avenger's Mansion         Fatal Attractions          Any Heroes
John Keffer:               Crystal, Thor, X-Man, Dr. Strange                                                         Team Overpower            Shattered Image         Any Heroes
Larry Van Etten:        Mr. Fantastic, Thing, Invisible Woman, Namor                                      Four Freedoms Plaza      Infinity Gauntlet          Onslaught Citadel
David McMillan:          Scarlet Witch, Lex Luthur, Sentinels, Bastion                                       Team Overpower            Age of Apocalypse       Any Heroes
Phil Miller:                  Beyonder, White Queen, X-Babies, Magneto (3-stat)                           Marvel Universe             The Crossing                Age of Apocalypse
Jack Truong:              Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Namor, Thing                                      Four Freedoms Plaza      Maximum Carnage      Stark Enterprises
Ed Kowalewski:        Onslaught, Spawn, X-Man, Magneto (3-stat)                                        Marvel Universe             Infinity Gauntlet          Mojo World
David Hodkin:           Brood, Wolverine, Hulk, Prof X                                                               Team Overpower          Maximum Carnage      Any Heroes
Martin Slinkosky:      Onslaught, Spawn, Scarlet Witch, Spider Woman (3-stat)                     Omniverse                    Shattered Image         Any Heroes
Carl Caroffino:          Prof X, Mr. Fantastic, Donald Pierce, Silver Sable                                   Marvel Univers              Fatal Attractions          Ship
Jaime Scholtens:      Heroes For Hire, Iron Man, Beast: The Brute, Spider Woman (3-stat     Team Overpower          Infinity Gauntlet          Any Heroes
Kevin Fletcher:         Spawn, Reavers, Marrow, Silver Sable                                                   Team Overpower          Shattered Image         Any Heroes
Mike Fletcher:           Inhumans, Invisible Woman, Scarlet Witch, Crystal                               Marvel Universe            Infinity Gauntlet          The Outback
Nick Spivak:             Jean Grey: DP, Scarlet Witch, Invisible Woman, Dr. Strange                   Marvel Universe            Infinity Gauntlet          The Outback

Awesome stuff, I posted a little breakdown of the decks in general discussion

http://www.beenhereandthere.com/SMF/general-discussion/k2-challenge-deck-analysis/

Did everyone who played have to use physical copies of their Multi 5's, Beyonders and DoW's? 

These cards are getting more and more rare/valuable and I wonder if it wouldn't have been wise to use proxies for some of these.

Was anyone who played handicapped by the fact that they didn't have a copy of one of these Ultra Rare cards that are all pretty well staples of competitive deck building?

Yes, all players were required to use real cards. 

Being as this is a collectible card game, not collecting all the cards has always been a disadvantage.

All cards were available for purchase at the event.  Yes, a few certain cards were expensive (by overpower standards).  All packs were also available to find them the old fashion way.

If a day comes when we are unable to acquire very rare cards we may revisit the proxy idea.  I highly highly doubt that this will ever happen.  We are no where near this point.  I believe by the start of the event most if not all players had the cards they wanted.

Hope to see you at an event sometime soon.

Phil

Do you mind me asking the total cost of venue fees for the event? I've been looking at hotel banquet/conference rooms in SoCal (or potentially Vegas for cheaper flights) and they seem reasonably priced, just trying to peg what my out of pocket costs would be if I tried to organize a similarly large tournament.

Onslaught - if you do one in Vegas and there's enough notice, I may be able to attend. My girlfriend has been pushing me to go to Vegas for years, and fully supports my OverPower habit. A tournament in Vegas is just the right excuse. ;)

A few more with similar minded significant others, and you just might spike your numbers!

Uh... yeah, it's a business trip.

Yea I figured Vegas is more centralized, way cheaper than flying to LA or Disneyland area in my neck of the woods, better bang for the buck on hotels, and easier to justify as a vacation that happens to include Overpower instead of going somewhere just to play. Even if you're not into gambling, there's always something to do there...

We held the event the weekend we did because it was spring break.  Other weekends were way more $.  The hotel we had the event rents rooms for over 400 a night on football weekends.

Many props go out to my cousin DiceK for pinning down the awesome venue!

That all being said, the price was as follows:

If we booked 10 or more rooms under the group rate the price for the playing space would be $100 each of the two days.
If we failed in booking the 10 rooms, the price for the playing area would be $250 each of the two days.
Both were plus tax of course.
The overpower hotel room rate for the weekend was 75 + 7 for parking + tax each night. 
A great rate honestly.

We did manage to book the required rooms, being as it only took 5 rooms at two nights a piece. That being said, we were sweating this the entire time.  You never know who will bail.
I believe we ended up booking  7 rooms for 2 nights and 1 room for one night.  The 20 dollar entry fee covered the playing room and the pizza the last night with about 35 bucks to spare.
Other than that, everything else was on us.  We did sell a few hundred dollars worth of packs and cards, which helped a little, but in the end we knew we would each be dropping a few hundred.  I think it was money well spend.  Maybe the entry fee will be a little more next year, or the prizes a little less, or both.  It is really all about the people, and in the end I believe the people all had a great time. 

Doubling attendance would certainly help  ;)

Images can be seen here:  https://www.facebook.com/events/407206729410210/

Congrats to Dan and I'm happy to read that it was a great experience for all.  :)

Here's hoping for a Vegas tournament.  ;)

i was at the k2 and played, had a great time. i urge everyone to come on out and play at upcoming events. i will be at Peace bridge and the next Toronto. you pick up a lot of cool ideas and ways to use cards in play. i traded a bunch and learned a few things. i recommend both beginner and veteran player come out to play.

Hell yea, lets plan a Vegas meetup. Its about time the west coast got to represent against some of the east/north players.

So my humble OP Minions ....

As Per my Prediction!   

* A CANADIAN won the K2 CHALLENGE ... (In Case {anyone} was keeping track) .. You could say that Canadians took 1.2.3 (but I don't want to start a RIOT here) *

Day 1

PRE-DRIVE -

4 PROS in a car talking OP, for 5 hours.  Burger Kings, Big Dreams.  Border Crossing Flawless.  Car Rides like these are what make Overpower Trips Memories, to many great moments to capture in words.  New York Fix your Roads, welcome to sweet Pennsylvania. 

ARRIVAL -

Check-in was a breeze.  Immediately greeted by Phil Miller with a Huge Smile.  Awesome to reconnect after decades, was a warm way to be welcomed before I even entered the Tournament room.  The 4 of us dropped our stuff in the room and wanted to talk and play some OP, to the tournament room we went. 

FRIDAY PRE-TOURNAMENT BOOSTER DRAFT -

When I walked into the K2 Summit Room, Goosebumps crept upon me.  This room had the smell and Instant Feel of an Epic Tournament Room.  Right away my eye shot straight to the eyes of my friend and forever OP nemesis, Phil Keffer.  The Spread of OP Cards and the Presentation was remnant of Original REGIONAL/NATIONAL level events of LORE... The first Tournament was booster draft.  Incredibly fun would love to try this format again... What would I do differently... (SO much lol)...  Located Shadowhawk Back Snap 1 of 2 cards I needed to complete my personal set of Image Overpower.  Chatted the night away Creating new memories and talking about old ones... Great late night walk with the Tech Wizard Jack... Indian Pizza, the Fuel to your late day THUNDER!  (Jack finished the tournament on a 5-0 RUN) ...

SATURDAY THE MAIN EVENT -

My deck of THOR / THE INHUMANS / X-BABIES / OLD DR STRANGE (R)  - was well crafted and ready to destroy all placed in front of it.  You could feel the happiness and excitement in the room, the Opening Ceremonies were well spoken and had some amazing surprises.  John and Phil's generosity and happiness, oozed onto even the hardest of all competitors and smiles swept across the faces of EVERY SINGLE PERSON in the room.  The Tournament was about to begin an EPIC 8 Round journey, every game counting as much as your last.  On a Personal note - I Prefer the standard 4/5 rounds of swiss then playoffs format.  It creates a unique one game to win it all attitude.  However, when in ROME.  So the Tournament pairings are set, here we go.  A Final twist... My Frienemis Phil K, presents a knock out PRIZE of a Pack of Classic.  Simple Rules - KNOCK OUT THE PERSON WHO HAS IT.  He throws it at me, Putting an even larger (if thats possible) bullseye on me.  What he doesn't know, I don't plan on giving it up.

MATCH 1 (Fletcher Challenge 1)

My First Play of the Tournament is Viking Pyre.  Several hard fought rounds later Victory is mine.

MATCH 2 (Computer Generated BYE)

Even the computer knew that I was heating up and would have won this round.  I was Guest Referee.

MATCH 3 (Freinemis Phil Keffer)

Three Hands.  Epic Draws = Epic Win.  Watch the tape for Details.

MATCH 4 (Fletcher Challenge 2)

MARROW sweet old friend.  I did not play an attack under 4 four 5 rounds.  Close Game, could have went either way a few times.  However every GREAT deck finds a way to win.  Power Pack.

MATCH 5 (DaVid McVillian)

Battle of the Undefeated.  In the Great words of the HIGHLANDER " There can be only ONE! "  There was, I entered the dinner break undefeated.

Dinner Break - Blackened Chicken Caesar (Can't wait to get another one of these next year)

MATCH 6 (Sean NO SPECIALS)

2 rounds of retreating in FEAR.   An unusual Bluff, that changed the tide of the game.  Then THOR said Enough.

After 6 Rounds I am nearing the TOP of the K2 Summit and on the other side of the Mountain I look over and who do I see sprinting up the back side?

MATCH 7 (DAN)

Discards, the deck was running cold, hard and fast.  Resiliency, a true heroic battle.  Not even THOR's Hammer could change the Game.  Proved to be a truly tragic loss, as it was later determined to be for the Championship on Tie-breakers.

MATCH 8 (The Orange King)

The King Pushed with all his might and had the Deck on the run, however, the royal family and DOW had a little something else planned.  The King was humbled to a GOD.  Great finish.

AFTER MATH

Finished 2nd in the K2 Challenge, 2nd in the Peace Bridge.  This trend has to stop!

AWESOME PRIZE SUPPORT.

Bartered my way into substituting the DOW I was supposed to win for a Multi 5 (the other card I needed for my image set - SET COMPLETE)

Another amazing night of Indian Pizza and Memories.  To say that I await another chance at the trophy next year would be a crazy understatement.  I HAVE ALREADY BOOKED IT OFF LIFE.  I will be focused and I will be on the Summit again.  This time I will be the First and ONLY ONE ON TOP!

Tournament of the Highest Caliber, run by men of the Highest Caliber.  A Yearly event not to be missed.

POST DRIVE -

Great reflection on the tournament, stop at the local store for american goodies.  Border crossing quote of the century.  Border Guard in response to sean explaining that we just played in a collectible card game tournament for Marvel characters.  Border Guard "You mean like some sort of JAKKED up Pokemon". 


I will be at the Peace Bridge tournament for all who dare challenge me.  REMEMBER.

To play me is an HONOUR. 

OP GOD

Marcel

(Thanks Jess for all the Pictures, truly captured the essence of the tournament and people)

if there is an event out west like vegas i would like to know far far in advance so i could attend :)

i doubt i would make anything out east unless it coincided with my already being in that area

what do you recommend for people that haven't really played much competitive overpower that want to get to learn all the rules and play down to a T so they won't be holding up a real tournament by being a noob.

I would recomend playing competitive overpower and looking up the rule when there is something in question or asking about a ruling on these boards.

There are many quality players who come here that are usually willing to play OP Online.

Or you could even  check the where are you from board to see if there are any players living in your region.  Where are you from?

Quote from: Tussin on March 31, 2014, 12:05:10 AM
if there is an event out west like vegas i would like to know far far in advance so i could attend :)

i doubt i would make anything out east unless it coincided with my already being in that area

what do you recommend for people that haven't really played much competitive overpower that want to get to learn all the rules and play down to a T so they won't be holding up a real tournament by being a noob.

Our next 'Eastern Conference' tournaments will be the Peace Bridge on May 16th/17th, and Toronto October 17th/18th.  Though we also do casual events peppered throughout. If your travels bring you do Toronto, let us know and we can attempt to schedule a meetup to coincide with your travels.

As for being tournament ready - the only thing that will get you there is playing as much as humanly possible. Find people online for OPO if you can't find them in person.

Though I wasn't in stout enough condition to make a summit bid, I am still pleased to see Dan running a weaker version of his deck.




Most pleased.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNIVjFfN488
Ed vs Phil Miller

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO-P9YE8GSc
Dave McMillan vs Jack Truong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwiKrydGLTc
Carl Caroffino vs Jaime Scholtens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z2FQHTgw3E
David McMillan vs Larry Van Etten

was that a proxy I spotted in larry's deck?  tsk tsk

Quote from: breadmaster on April 30, 2014, 07:20:22 PM
was that a proxy I spotted in larry's deck?  tsk tsk

Of what card?

Appreciate the video uploads as always!

Good catch breadmaster.

At 27:58 Larry uses a level 6 Any Power power card from the power balance "expansion"

Seriously Larry??

Two other people bought that card before the tournament, we had more.  They aren't expensive.

I'm going to say this was a simple oversight and he forgot to put the real one in, but only one person actually knows.

In the future, anyone that notices an illegal proxy and reports it, will win the venture for that round. 

He knew what he was doing. How could you not know what cards were in your deck?

lol, Larry probably owns like 10 Any power 6 power cards....that's why this is funny..

Quote from: chuu on May 01, 2014, 09:08:27 AM
lol, Larry probably owns like 10 Any power 6 power cards....that's why this is funny..

Hey the 'powerbalance' AP6 looks better anyway.  :D

Round 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN6kQSxVnmo
Dave McMillan vs Sean Ballantyne

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow-4MMagRLE
Nick Spivak vs Larry Van Etten

this is the best looking Anypower 6 :D

(http://i.imgur.com/2ju8DV3.jpg)

Also noticed that Larry used a Beast Activator in place of a Dark Beast for Onslaught Citadel. lol

Agreed, chuu!

Round 4:

Dan McGlynn vs Ed Kowalewski: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3AWnfW6K4U
David Hodkin vs Jack Truong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-qsaBu3T_E

basic universe for the ko!

don't see that every day

Round 5:
Jamie Scholtens vs Jack Truong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7WxuHZPpZo
John Keffer vs Nick Spivak: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm3GSdCvGDU

Expect rounds 7 and 8 this weekend, 6 wasn't recorded :-(

Sadly an epic round 6 against Sean wasn't captured. 

Sean remembers it though. 

M

OP GOD

Next time press F6 Phil...

Quote from: BlueFire on April 30, 2014, 10:22:08 PM
Good catch breadmaster.

At 27:58 Larry uses a level 6 Any Power power card from the power balance "expansion"

Seriously Larry??

Two other people bought that card before the tournament, we had more.  They aren't expensive.

I'm going to say this was a simple oversight and he forgot to put the real one in, but only one person actually knows.

In the future, anyone that notices an illegal proxy and reports it, will win the venture for that round.

The real one was in the card sleeve with the PB card, just in case someone called me out. If I remember correctly, only one player asked me about it and I showed him the real one.

that's good to hear

not that I'm against proxies anyways or anything

Quote from: chuu on May 01, 2014, 10:38:21 PM
this is the best looking Anypower 6 :D

(http://i.imgur.com/2ju8DV3.jpg)

Also noticed that Larry used a Beast Activator in place of a Dark Beast for Onslaught Citadel. lol

Good catch on the Beast Activator. That I did not realize. It has been corrected and Dark Beast is now in the deck - but how many are there.

Thanks.

Round 7
Dan McGlynn vs Marcel Lojet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sids5x2x3sw
David McMillan vs Carl Caroffino https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZZ3QRAivag

Round 8
Marcel Lojet vs Larry Van Etten https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=857CxJIUyN0
David Hodkin vs Carl Caroffino https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8617A26WFo

was there a round 9?

No.  This was a straight swiss event with 8 rounds.

Quote from: BlueFire on June 28, 2014, 10:16:55 AM
No.  This was a straight swiss event with 8 rounds.

cool
i can start watching em all now

Quote from: DiceK link=topic=1200.msg16479#msg16479 date=1389064920

Proxy cards will only be allowed for cards from the marvels set./u]  The only cards that can be proxied are cards that were not officially released.  Using home made cards is a slippery slope we would prefer not to go down. We do want everyone to come and have as much fun as possible though, so please let me know of any issues this policy is causing and we will do our best to help people out.  The only reason the marvels is legal is because it was designed an tested by the original overpower team.[/b]

If we were to allow people to show up with decks that had just any card proxied, we would be doing a disservice to those that have gone out and invested in the cards necessary to complete their decks. 

We stand firm on this. 

I hope that our answers above are to the point and provide enough clarity.  If we're simply muddying the waters, please let us know.

Regards,

K2

.  Is this still in effect for 2015?  I was willing to travel and play in Toronto cuz they allow all cards available to all players i.e. Color proxies of ALL cards allowed.  So a deciding factor for traveling for hours and renting a hotel room is if will proxies will be allowed ( I won't have money enough for BOTH buying Tiffany MP et al and travel costs despite gas prices falling.  :P   )

This event is definitely still happening!

There has been discussion about the idea of allowing a few select cards to be used as proxies.  Multi 5 is one of those cards.  While this has not been decided upon yet, I believe there is a good chance this will happen. 

Also, last year, I believe most if not all people had all the cards they needed by the start of the tournament.  We realize it is harder to borrow / find and buy certain cards, hence the above discussion.  Please contact me directly with any specific questions or concerns, Im more than willing to help facilitate everyone having as much fun as possible :)

Phil

I had discussed getting a ride from a few people associated with the Toronto Group.  I'm wondering if this offer still stands.  If anyone is willing to come through London, or if I can meet anyone in Toronto, please PM me.

How serious is the Friday Night 'just for fun' game?

I'm considering a trip out to State College and I'm wondering if people would be interested in playing around with customs.  Theoretically, if people were interested, I'd take requests for cards that people wanted printed, and bring them with me...

I know they wouldn't be allowed in the actual tournament, but any thoughts on this?

Friday night will be super easy going.  It is mainly for meeting other players and preparing for Saturday.  I feel this is the most fun part of the weekend!

Last year we did a "draft" format that we created.  All packs were provided.  It was a success and we plan to do it again.  Any number of people can draft though, so if some people wanted to just play regular games or play any other fun format, that would be fine. 

There is currently a 75$ per night room rate.  Last year there was also a $7 per room per night parking charge.  So just assume $82 per night plus tax.  I believe this rate is roughly half of what the standard rate would be, so make sure to mention the overpower tournament when you call to make reservations.  The tournament is held at the Atherton Hotel in Stage College, PA. 

Within the next week or so we plan to release more specific details about the tournament format.  This will include what proxies will be legal.

We can't wait to see you all to kick off 2015!

Phil & John Keffer

March 13 and 14th, but plan to stay until Sunday Morning the 15th.

Atherton Hotel
125 South Atherton Street, State College, PA 16801
(814) 231-2100


*** 2015 event information and Q&A can be found here: http://www.beenhereandthere.com/SMF/where-to-play/kickoff-tournament-k2-challenge-2015/

Did K2 change rankings? Will Peace Bridge DC3 tourney affect ratings, was that decided? Anyway see y'all in Buffalo in a few weeks!

The post K2 ratings have not been processed / posted yet.  I am not sure of the time frame as Jack has inherited that responsibility on top of his many others. 

As for DC3 being rated, I am sure that it will not be rated.  Only main event tournaments with standard rules are currently being rated.

That doesn't mean DC3 doesn't matter though.  Unless you want to be singing the Canadian National Anthem at the end of the night, bring a good deck ;)

Quote from: BlueFire on April 23, 2015, 11:01:52 PM
The post K2 ratings have not been processed / posted yet.  I am not sure of the time frame as Jack has inherited that responsibility on top of his many others. 

I haven't received them yet.

Thanks for posting round 1 and 2 Jack. Can you post at 1080p so I can watch on my big screen? LOL just kidding...kind of...

Quote from: chuu on April 24, 2015, 11:47:50 PM
Thanks for posting round 1 and 2 Jack. Can you post at 1080p so I can watch on my big screen? LOL just kidding...kind of...

I can encode it in 4K, won't make any difference with the source material being only 720p

We gotta get some IMAX cameras to record the matches :D

I just calculated the ratings, the official ones after K2 are listed below. Note that I did audit the scores and fixed the calculations so players that didn't attend the K2 may have had their rating changed.

• Marcel Lojet 1823
• Phil Keffer 1811
• Garion Sutton 1774
• Phil Miller 1678
• Andy Emond 1672
• Danny McGlynn 1667
• Ray Reynolds 1647
• Josh Alexander 1639
• Doug Simms 1637
• David Limberger 1634
• Nick Spivak 1627
• D'Arcy McGlynn 1618
• Clint Martin 1613
• Spencer Sutton 1611
• Keith Bursack 1606
• Patricio Baez 1605
• Jason Van Etten 1598
• Michael Sutton 1589
• Myles Head 1587
• Jack Truong 1579
• Larry Van Etten 1571
• Mark Bryson 1569
• Matt Glover 1567
• Matt Taylor 1565
• Jonathan Lewis 1565
• Sean Ballantyne 1559
• Carl Caroffino 1554
• Martin Slinkosky 1553
• Chris Vezina 1553
• David Hodkin 1552
• Henry Truong 1549
• John Keffer 1547
• David McMillan 1546
• Cory Simms 1539
• Ed Kowalewski 1524
• Patrick O'Neill 1513
• John Zachritz 1510
• Bret Reed 1449

Return of the KING!


All bow minions.

M

OP GOD

I forgot to keep a diary for this event, so are deck listings and round by round results going to be posted for this one?  The videos are dynamite but I want the big picture.

Not too sure which year you're referring to, but it's all on the wiki

https://overpower.ca/wiki/K2_Challenge

 :P. Ive been using forum postings for round by round stuff.  Eyes opened! Thanks Jack!