Super Trainer Showdown Qualifier
West Dundee, Illonois
9-23-00

Well, everybody knows about the qualifer so I don't have to explain it.  I
was in the 11-14 age division and in the third flight.Before I tell you any
thing else let me share my deck with you. 

Total Lockdown v1.3

2 Ericka's Dratini
2 Mr.Mime
3 Chansey
2 Scyther
1 Movie Promo Mewtwo

3 Bill
4 Professor Oak
3 Computer Search
4 Item Finder
4 Energy Removal
2 Super Energy Removal
3 Gust of Wind
2 Switch
3 Scoop Up
2 Nightly Garbage Run
2 Lass
1 Plus Power
1 Energy Retrieval
1 Goop Gas Attack

7 Psychic
4 Full Heal
4 Double Colorless

I chose this deck because I wanted to play an original deck that would do
well against some of the top decks.  It's an active stall that should be easy
to figure out how it works.  Now, about the trip. I live in Oshkosh,
Wisconsin, which I'm sure nobody knows where it is, but it was about a
three-hour drive to West Dundee.  I had to wake up at quarter after five.  I
left at 6:20 and got there at about 9:20 and waited in a huge line for two
hours until I could get registered!  I finally got registered at about 11:20.
 I didn't have deck check until 1:15, so I had some time to kill.  I first
got some lunch at Mickey D's, then played a few fun games in the Pokemon
League Zone.  I then headed over to deck check at 1:10.  We had to arrange
our cards in this order:  Pokemon/Trainers/Energy.  After deck check we stood
by the entrence to the area where we going to play, waiting for the flight
ahead of us to be done.  After they were done we sat down and listened to a
wizard's employee tto give us the rules and stuff.  Then(finally), we got
started.

Round 1 vs. girl with a psychic/grass

I was nervous since this was my first sanctioned tournement.  I start out
with Scyther and Mewtwo.  She has Jynx and some other guys weak to psychic. 
I Bill/Oak/Search to get a psychic on Mewtwo and two psychic in the discard
pile. I then retreat Scyther and do the absorb thingy.  She does nothing.  I
then proceed to mow down six pokemon in seven turns:) 

Record:1-0

After that match I felt a lot better!  I at least got one win and I did it
convincingly.  It wasn't against a very good trainer, but I still won!  I
shuffled my deck for about 10 minutes then chated to the person next to me
for a few minutes.  On to round two!

Round 2 vs. Wigglytuff

I play a Wigglytuff this round.  It had Electabuzz, Scyther, and Chansey
besides Jiggly/Wiggly.  Let's begin!

I don't know exactly what happened this game, but I remember it was a long,
pushing, time limit game.  He never got a full bench and it was back and
forth the whole time.  I used Mewtwo to take a couple prizes and Chansey to
take a few more.  We were tied at the end of the game at two prizes a-piece
when there was about 5 minutes left.  I didn't have the resourses to take two
prizes, but he might.  Since I'm ahead on cards I try to deck him.  I stall
with Chansey and Mr. Mime.  I successfully stall and he decks within like 30
seconds of time:)

Record 2-0

I am going to round three! 

Round 3: vs. Kyle with Wigglytuff

I play another Wigglytuff with Dodrio and Scyther, and Clefable

This was another long game.  I know it was a lot like the first game where we
were tied at 2 prizes without much time.  I let Mewtwo die so I can kill
Scyther with Dratini.  I have a bench of a Mr. Mime with 20 damage on it, two
Scythers each with 30 damage and a healthy Chansey.  I 'm hoping to draw an
energy, or scoop so can retreat Dratini since I need two energy to retreat
because he had rocket's training gym.  I draw a Bill.  Use it to get a Finder
and a N.G.R.  Darn, can't finder for a scoop ths turn.  I attack his Clefable
for 30.  I think I'm going to win next turn.  He puts Jigglypuff down and
attaches a D.C. to him.  Retreats Clefable and sends out Puff.  Gusts out
mime and pounds it.  I'm stunned.  I shake his hand and say good game.  I'm
kinda mad because had I gotten one more card I would have won.  Oh, well:(

Record 2-1

I watch the rest of the matches and Kyle won this flight.  He gave me 4 of
the packs he had won and gave them to me.  I think that was pretty nice of
him.  I had a good time and got 4 packs for getting to the third round.  All
in all it was fun and I had a good time.  I f I had to do it over I would
play a different deck.  I could have whooped with wiggly, but I thought there
would be at Least one Trapper deck.
    Well, that's it.  Thanks for reading and have fun!
Nick Williams
Mrsnick86@aol.com