From: Desperate4aname@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 11:22 PM
To: pojo@pojo.com
Subject: WCSC Report
Well as I promised here is my report on the WCSC

We got up at 4:00am had breakfast and arrived at 7:00am.
I had signed up to help staff the event so I went in to the staff meeting while everyone else gathered if the hallway. we go over a few things and I decided to go hand out deck registration sheets and pens to help get the people out side set up. I got to see many locals already waiting and many friends including Martin Morino who was making terrorist threats to crash a paper airplane into the convention center.

Soon after we were all given jobs to get started I offered to help out with deck checks ( don't ask why I like doing that I just do ). So we open up and me Lance and Strike start to do the deck checks before we start. I spent a while doing that and then we got new jobs Strike helped judge the main event Lance walked away and said watch my donut I will be right back, well before I could leave I got stuck registering people for the side events and the Professor draft I think that was the worst job I could get but hey someone has to do it (I am horrid at spelling names). The line for the side events was all the way across the room three people wide luckily Lance offered to help sign up the professors soon after he came back. I was stuck doing that till the Professor draft started.

Well, This was fun what a group of people. We all sat around for a few minutes till they figured out the pairing my pod was:

1. Kim Carrey
2. Ismael C.
3. Joe
4. Matthew
5. Richard ( Think that was his name sorry if I have it wrong)
6. Me
7. Judoalex13

I had the late pick so I saw no one went for fire yet and knowing you can build a strong fire deck if uncontested I went for it and took a Blaine's Growlith. Well, from there my deck just took off I had a great start then on my pack I got to open a Blaine's Arcanine! I was told I had just won the tourney from then on I fire was counter drafted so I lost a Blaine, Blaine's Rapidash, Blaine's Ninetails and a few lesser cards but I was still OK I had a good deck.

4 Blaine's Growlith (Stoke)
2 Blaine's Growlith (Blaze)
1 Blaine's Arcanine
3 Blaine's Ponyta (agility)
1 Blaine's Rapidash
1 Rocket's Moltres
2 Blaine's Doduo
2 Blaine's Dodrio
1 Koga's Pidgey (Messenger)
1 Lt. Surge's Pikachu (Quick Attack)

1 Mistys Wrath
2 Blaine's Gamble
1 Sabrina's Gaze
1 Warp point

17 Fire

I thought it was a great draft deck!

Round 1. Ishmael C. ( A local to my tourneys we drove him here with us )

Turn one Stoke
Turn two add energy Misty's Wrath and I evolve to KO his Brock's Mankey.
Turn three I fire storm for the win.
Well, if this was any sign I was sure I could make top 8.

1-0

Round 2. Matthew ( Another local to my tourney's )

Two Poliwags just dominate me no a lot I could do.
I did get a Warning from DMTM for not flipping for Mine field Gym.

1-1

Round 3. Richard ( I hope this was your name)

A close battle he was able to disable my Arcanine with poison and took some prizes.
I had my Dudrio ready to fight his Brock's Onix for what I though would give my the win but he played Pewter City gym so I had no resistance and he KOed it. I lost soon after.

1-2

What I though I could win this what happen? I still think I had one of the best decks.


Round 4. My Dad Mel ( Hmm he goes to my tourneys too )

A turn two Arcanine finish this game off easily.

2-2

Round 5. Joel C.

I don't remember what happen here??? but I won.

3-2

I got 12th place and I will get my prize via mail ( I hope )
My dad went 2-3.


Well, I lost out on the top 8 on tie breakers soon after I find out my sister Stephanie did the same thing taking tenth place in the 11-14 with my Gator deck:

4 Totodile
4 Croconaw
3 Feraligatr
3 Cleffa
1 Non-holo Suicune
1 Pichu
1 Elekid
1 Tyrogue

4 Misty's Wrath
4 Professor Elm
4 Double Gust
4 Trash Exchange
3 Focus Band
3 Secret Mission
2 Healing Field
1 Time Capsule
1 Lucky Stadium ( I play Narrow but my sister play this )

16 Water

She went 5-2 with a loss to a Gator and a Giovanni's Nidoking deck.
But the highlight of the day was my sister beat Martin Morino with a Tyrogue.
He told everyone it was just luck but we later found out it was his foult for scooping up his Entei and leaving only a Cleffa.

After all of this I find out there is a draft at the Marriot but my dad had to leave so me and Ismael spent about an hour tring to get a ride home after the draft we got Matthew a local guy to take us home after so we where set. We went back to Jack in the Box for dinner adn then headed over to the Marriot. After about a half hour of trying to find a parking spot we got in the hotel.

Because the Master Trainers where not there yet I decided to give my No Energy Deck a try:

4 Elekid
2 Igglybuff
4 Zubat
4 Dark Golbat
4 Dark Crobat

4 Professor Elm
3 Misty's Wrath
4 Bosses Way
4 Master Ball
3 Bill
4 Hyper Devolution Spray
4 Super Scoop Up
2 Rocket's Minefield Gym
1 Pokemon Breeder
1 Erika's Perfume
3 Double Gust
3 Pokemon Center
4 Focus Band
4 Nightly Garbage Run

I will have a full article on this deck and the first 3 on www.teamrocketsgym.com they have the rights to every think but the deck list.

I went 1-1 and than I played Martin Morino but he quite as soon as the Master trainers came.
He had all of his Enteis in play and energy only on a half dead Magcargo. With the prizes 3-2.

Well, they didn't get started till after 10:00pm so we just did sealed play we all got 4 each of Gym 1 and 2, 1 pack of Neo 1, 1 pack of LC and one pack of Neo 4.

I got crap! I hated my cards I ended up with a horrid deck:

3 LT. Surge's Pikachu ( 2 Quick Attack, 1 Charge )
1 Lt. Surge's Raichu Holo
1 Lt. Surge's Voltorb ( Spin Ball )
1 Lt. Surge's Electrode
1 Erika's Jigglypuff
1 Gerafarig (Tail Bite)
1 Blaine's Rhyhorn (Overrun)
1 Blaine's Ponyta (Hind Kick)
1 Cyndaquill (Quick Attack)
1 Erika's Bellsprout (Careless Tackle)
1 Koga's Pidgey (Messenger)
1 Blaine's Doduo
1 Stantler (Stomp)
1 Rattata (bite)

1 Secret Mission
1 Heal Powder
1 Moo-Moo Milk
2 Sabrina's Gaze

14 Lighting
2 Fighting
1 Fire

Well those of you there most likely had seen my deck I had totally bent it up and had started to eat it =/

I went 2-2

Well, in all I had a lot of fun and got to see a lot of friends from the Internet.