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Before we begin I like to thank Pojo
for putting this up.
Ryan Spicer Pojo Profile:
http://www.pojo.biz/board/member.php?u=34236
Ally: What is your name?
Ryan: Ryan Spicer
Ally: Where do you live currently?
Ryan:
Arlington, TX (where I first topped 8ed a SJC
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Ally: Hehe nice! What Shonen was it?
Ryan: Arlington, TX in July
Ally: How old were you when you
topped 8?
Ryan: 15
Ally: What place did you finish?
Ryan: 3rd
Ally: What deck were you running and
can you give me a basic rundown on what it was?
Ryan: I
was running an Asura swap deck, it
was right before it became popular, and I didn’t run
royal decree with it which was the most popular way
to run it at the time
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Ryan: And it was my first Shonen
Jump.
Ally:
That’s awesome! Was there a moment during the Shonen
Jump where you thought you weren't going to win?
Ryan:
Oh yea, first round I was playing a very aggressive
opponent that kept getting in my hand, but luckily I
had scapegoat and 2 swap J
other than that
not really; I did very well the whole day.
Ally:
Must have been hard for you. How tough were the rest
of the opponents you had to face? How challenging
were your opponents?
Ryan:
Umm it’s kind of hard to say, because I was drawing
very well the whole day; but I would have to say
that Jake McNeely was my hardest opponent of the
day. At the time I didn’t really know him TOO well
but no it’s no big deal when I play him but overall
the people I played were all good; but I just drew
good hands the entire day. Oh! Harry Anderson was
pretty tough too.
Ally:
What did it feel like when you topped 8? It must of
been pretty exciting!
Ryan:
Yeah, I was really excited because at the time I was
pretty new and it was my first event. I had attended
and plus I got accepted to Outphase officially. I
had been accepted prior to it by Fili Luna, but we
weren’t going to say anything to the rest of the
team until after the sjc.
Ryan: Oh
wait! I also had one regional top 8 at the time
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but I topped 8 the next two regionals after that.
Ally: What were the two regionals you
topped 8 after that and what place did you get?
Ryan: 2 Houston regionals
Ryan: 2 weeks in a row
Ryan:
I was using the same deck as I was at the jump ‘cept
I used an e-con the first time over smashing and I
used a decree lineup the 2nd time with morphing jar.
Ally: What’s it like being on Team
Outphase?
Ryan:
It’s notin’ really. It’s just igood to know that I’m
on THE BEST TEAM IN NORTH AMERICA and probably the
best everywhere else. We haven’t done too hot at
the last 2 events but it’s mostly because of the new
otk's. Expect us to get back on track! I think
were underestimated because everyone is all ‘bout
Overdose at the moment but that will pass as we come
into center stage.
Ally:
Nice! You have any helpful advice for the YGO!
duelist out there that are reading your article?
Ryan:
Umm if u want to be successful u need to practice
ALOT and don’t get mad if u lose. Take every loss as
a good thing and learn from things u could have done
better with. If there was nothing u could have done,
don’t fret its wut the game is about sometimes. If u
get mad u normally do worse and there is no point to
get mad over a game so just have fun win or lose,
and another thing u have to remember, ur deck will
work MUCH differently in a tournament, because
people tend to play more conservative, and in
testing people don’t care as much, so ur results may
not be 100% so don’t stick on ur losses.
Ally: That’s really helpful advice
Ryan!
Ally: Have you and your team had any
battles and if so with who?
Ryan:
Yes, we team warred Team Kamikazee: it was Hooman,
Jake, me, and Littao against their Carlo Perez, Ben
Saksaksaksaks (he top 8ed nats), Oscar Hopkins, and
Augustin Herrarah. Well Hooman lost, because he was
very disappointed with his loss for the crush, then
Jake lost to 2 key misplays, then I played and took
their whole team out! <3, and we have warred team
Hpnotiq after Austin and beat them with our first 2
people outta 4, and there have been some others in
between but that was before I was on so I’m not
familiar with them outside of the Havoc Vs Outphase
war which we won.
Ally: In your YGO! career, what you
say your biggest accomplishment is outside of coming
in third at Arlington SJ?
Ryan:
Getting 2nd in Austin or helping my teammate Chris
Bowling gets his top 8 in St. Louis
Ally: Did anyone teach you how to
play YGO! or you taught yourself?
Ryan:
I mostly taught myself, but after I came to Texas
from Michigan, Fili Luna started playing with me a
lot and I learned almost EVERYTHING from him as far
as playing good goes but later I started to learn
from Jake McNealy (my Jakey POOH!!)
Ally:
How would you describe yourself as a duelist?
Ryan:
Umm I would say that my play style changes ALOT thru
out the weeks and months.. i normally go thru
periods where I’m very conservative and periods when
I’m a very aggressive player. my conservative side
normally comes out when I’m preparing for something,
but when there is nothing close by I play at a in
between state where i shift from conservative to
aggressive throughout a match.
Ryan:
Once in a while I’m wrong.
Ryan: But that’s almost never.
Ryan:
But it hurts when I get smacked with that mirror.
Ally: What are the next SJC’s are you attending?
Ryan: I should be attending the SJC in Montréal or
Anaheim.
Ally:
What you think of the new forbidden list?
Ryan:
I really like it ‘cept for snatch and ring. if they
were gone I would say this is the best format we
have had yet. There is so much room for deck
building and diversity.
Ally: Why would you say there is much
room for deck building and diversity?
Ryan:
Because it has been the first one that has had a lot
of diversity, and right now it’s really up to how
good of a deck builder u are and
it
makes it so ur decks can be more personalized.
Ally: What’s your favorite Card?
Ally: And Why?
Ryan:
Thestalos, because it’s the most consistent
monarch. Most would say Zaborg, but I think Zaborg
is the most splashable monarch, but Thesty is the
best for monarch decks. I ALWAYS run three if I
can.
Ally:
Well I better wrap this up. Last question Ryan! How
well do you think you will do at the Montreal SJ in
Canada? Give me a prediction basically.
Ryan:
Umm if I am prepared I think I will do x-2 at
least, but if I’m unprepared look forward to a
through scrubbing.
Ally:
Let us hope you don’t scrub out. Thank you for your
time Ryan and I hope to do another interview with
you soon.
Ryan: Outphase is #1!
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