Preliminary results and Pool Winner!

[BigBadHarve]

Okay, the day is done and here are the preliminary results:

Breadmaster took top prize for the day with a deck design borrowed from Matt G - Beyonder, X-babies, X-men: OT and Prof X (3 stat) using Stark Enterprises as a battlesite.

That means that Ranerdar wins the pool and the pack of Megapower Promos. Ranerdar, if you'd like to PM me your address, I'll fire those off as soon as I can.

Pass the Gestalt took 2nd place, with his Beyonder, Hawkeye (3 stat), X-babies and X-man deck. Oscorp earns the Finite Power promo.

I took 3rd place myself, with my team of X-man, Thor, Scarlet Witch and Dr. Strange; earning an unopened Adam Warlock action figure. I was on a nice run, 4-0 in the swiss rounds, right into the semi-finals where my streak was promptly stopped by Breadmaster.

More results and decks to be posted later.

-BBH

[Jack]

breadmaster - Beyonder/X-Men: Original Team/X-Babies/Professor X (3 grid) [R], Crossing, Stark Enterprise
Matt G. - Captain America/Daredevil/Professor X/Dr. Strange [R], Shattered Image, Any Hero
BigBadHarve - X-Man/Thor/Scarlet Witch/Dr. Strange [R], Dark Phoenix, Any Hero
zippa_head - Iron Man/Mr. Fantastic/Dark Beast/Silver Sable [R], Fatal Attractions, Any Hero
D'Arcy - Captain America/Sabretooth/Bishop/Kingpin [R], Shattered Image, Any Hero
supercal - [H] Wolverine/Deadpool/Alpha Flight/Sabretooth [R], Eye of the Storm, Danger Room
Hot Rod - Ray/Starjammers/Ghost Rider/Dr. Strange [R], Shattered Image, Any Hero
Day Tripper - Reavers/Typhoid Mary/Heroes for Hire/Thing [R], Crossing, Any Hero
Pass the Gestalt - Beyonder/X-Man/X-Babies/Hawkeye [R], Crossing, Morlock Tunnels
bamf! - Neron/Reyes/Donald Pierce/Cerebro [R], Infinity Gauntlet, Onslaught's Citadel
Ted C - Crystal/Spawn/X-Man/Inhumans [R], Crossing, Any Hero
Jack - [H] Invisible Woman: Malice/Thing (3 grid)/Namor (3 grid)/Human Torch: Invaders, Annihilation Affair, Any Hero
Orange King - [H] Namor/Mr. Fantastic/Invisible Woman/Thing [R], Infinity Gauntlet, Onslaught's Citadel
Orange Prince - Spawn/Heroes for Hire/X-Babies/Flash [R], Dark Phoenix, Any Hero

I didn't catch all homebases used, though you can expect Marvel Universe/Omniverse for the Battlesite decks, Team OP for the Any Hero decks and the ones with [H] in front used a team specific homebase.

[breadmaster]

yep, as was mentioned, this deck was taken directly from a concept by matt g, with stark enterprises chosen after PTGestalt used hawkeyes 'quiver of arrows' against me in the last casual meet up with his beyonder deck.

if you get quiver out early enough, what this team lacks in offensive firepower will quickly turn into a devastating card advantage.  this will be best illustrated in the finals

we'll see if my nerves appear on video, as they were defenitely present (harv said he could see me shaking....yikes!)

i'd say most important for me though, was how my luck steadily built throughout the tourney.  in my first match (which is also on video i believe) against none other than matt g, i duped heavily, and consistently. 

in the quarters, after hot rod bet 4 FTW midgame, i somehow survied THREE hq's in one hand (he duped like mad this time)

in the semis i drew my ko event first hand, after not being much help all tournament.  on the other hand, hideout discovered was good to me all day, expept the finals, where neither of us had a single teammwork.

the most insane draw of the day came late in the finals.  because we both had the ko event, i had to make a decision with who to ko 2nd.  i went with professor x, as that gave me more versatility with the xmen ADs.  i had one 8 energy power card left, and with the time limits, it was unlikely to go to the power pack.  after playing professors mental bolt from xmen, i drew the 8e, the only unusable card in the deck.

it was alot of fun guys.  also, big thanks to jack for all the work he did for this.  organizing, video, and making FANTASTIC proxies on request for everyone...kudos

PS: i also won the random t-shirt giveaway, good day all around for the breadman

[Demacus]

Congratulations to Breadmaster and everyone else who had the opportunity to participate.  Sounds like it was a hell of a meet-up!

[Jack]

Teaser pic from the Final round of the tournament: breadmaster vs Pass The Gestalt:


Check out that Beyonder.

[drdeath25]

Damn you Harvey.... I think you lost on purpose so you wouldn't win the pool for me. 

[BigBadHarve]

Damn you Harvey.... I think you lost on purpose so you wouldn't win the pool for me. 

Yup. I even say so in one of the videos! 

"Damn it, if I win, I have to send Dr. D. a prize! I suppose I'd better throw the match!"

Because winning an Adam Warlock action figure is SO much better than taking that Holo hero. 

-BBH

[Hot Rod]

Because winning an Adam Warlock action figure is SO much better than taking that Holo hero. 

-BBH

This Ra's Al Ghul sitting infront of me here is awfully nice.   

BM was destined to win that tournament, you were just in his way.  If you saw what he managed to wriggle out of vs me, then you'd know that  he was "The Chosen One" and getting the action figure was the best possible outcome.   

[mattkoz]

Are those all specials placed to Hawkeye because of the Quiver of Arrows? How are there even that many?

If that were negated at some point, would you have to discard all (but one) of them?

[breadmaster]

those specials are placed on beyonder, through quiver of arrows via a battlesite

PTG had the same thing as well, but hawkeye is on the team, so he gets 2 cracks as it in case negated.

[BigBadHarve]

This Ra's Al Ghul sitting infront of me here is awfully nice.   

BM was destined to win that tournament, you were just in his way.  If you saw what he managed to wriggle out of vs me, then you'd know that  he was "The Chosen One" and getting the action figure was the best possible outcome.   

And you guys have that Batman: Detective from the last one as well. Lucky Breadman wanted the AoO missions. 

And I'm hardly in a position to argue with you about his chosen one status. His cards were a perfect storm of destruction to me from the get go. I had a small window of opportunity for a comeback, and bet 4 for the loss in that one round (thankfully taking it) but even that wasn't enough to reverse the momentum in the long run.

Are those all specials placed to Hawkeye because of the Quiver of Arrows? How are there even that many?

If that were negated at some point, would you have to discard all (but one) of them?

Yes, Quiver of Arrows allows him to place an unlimited # of specials. Very effective when played through Beyonder. If the Quiver gets negated, he doesn't have to lose the cards placed, but would not be allowed to place anything further.

-BBH

[Jack]

My 500th post.

Pictures from the event:

Match between Ted C and bamf!


Match between Matt G. and Pass The Gestalt (with John E. watching)


Background: Jack vs breadmaster
Foreground: zippa_head vs supercal


Background: theorangeking talking to Pass The Gestalt and John E.
Foreground: zippa_head during a match


Ted C and bamf! talking over their match


zippa_head looking at supercal's next hand after a match


Ted C vs supercal


Matt G. vs Jack


Pictures of the venue.


theorangeking vs breadmaster


Picture of the hot seat table.
Background: Ted C vs supercal
Foreground: bamf! vs Day Tripper
Left: Magic Players
Right: theorangeking


Foreground: Day Tripper vs breadmaster
Backround: theorangeking vs zippa_head


Background: Jason Van Etten vs supercal
Foreground: Pass The Gestalt vs BigBadHarve


Jason Van Etten vs supercal


Ted C vs Jack (we'll get an OverPower poster up there soon!)


theorangeking during his Quarter Finals match against D'Arcy


bamf! playing against supercal


Hot Rod in his Quarter Finals match against breadmaster


Pass The Gestalt in his Quarter Finals match against Jason Van Etten


Matt G. playing his Quarter Finals match against BigBadHarve


Jack showing off his new OverPower T-shirt


Recording equipment pictures


theorangeking showing off his Ron Perazza signed Beyonder


Epic camera skills captured BigBadHarve doing his signature coin flip, with coin shadow!


breadmaster vs BigBadHarve during a Semi Finals match


Pass The Gestalt vs D'Arcy during a Semi Finals match


BigBadHarve vs D'Arcy during the Third Place match


Pass The Gestalt vs breadmaster during the Finals


Check out breadmaster's Beyonder with all the specials placed.


breadmaster showing off his prize: Assault on Onslaught missions. The winner got to choose between the Ra's Al Ghul holo hero and the set of Onslaught missions.


Pass The Gestalt receiving the second place prize, the Ra's Al Ghul holo hero.


BigBadHarve showing off his prize: Sealed Adam Warlock promo hero with toy.

Videos of the event:

Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL43FFE63E91C25847

Matt G. vs breadmaster

Day Tripper vs Ted C

theorangeking vs BigBadHarve

Day Tripper vs Jason Van Etten

Ted C vs supercal

Day Tripper vs bamf!

Jason Van Etten vs supercal

BigBadHarve vs Pass The Gestalt

Quarter Finals: Matt G. vs BigBadHarve

Quarter Finals: Jason Van Etten vs Pass The Gestalt

Semi Finals: Pass The Gestalt vs D'Arcy McGylnn

Semi Finals: breadmaster vs BigBadHarve

Third Place: BigBadHarve vs D'Arcy McGylnn

Finals: breadmaster vs Pass The Gestalt

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[Onslaught]

Great job as always on the photo coverage, and I look forward to watching the videos at some point.

BBH, what brand of sleeves are you using? Are they completely opaque? I keep trying to find some white sleeves, but the backs of most that I've seen are a bit transparent.

[BigBadHarve]

BBH, what brand of sleeves are you using? Are they completely opaque? I keep trying to find some white sleeves, but the backs of most that I've seen are a bit transparent.

I'm using the Ultra-pro brand. They're somewhat translucent, not entirely opaque. I think that's the best you can hope for with white sleeves. But I've noticed that their other colours also suffer the same problem. Matt G's yellow sleeves, and his other deck with red sleeves are also somewhat translucent. Orange sleeves aren't much better.

-BBH

[Kal-el]

My old Ultra-Pro sleeves, which I probably bought in 96, were completely opaque. I bought a new set to replace them this year (also ultra-pro and also red) and they're much less opaque. They have a better feel to them, but I was a bit disappointed.