Mera: What's your
name?
Hintze: Kyle Hintze.
Mera: How old are you?
Hintze: 18.
Mera: Where do you live?
Hintze: STL, Missouri.
Mera: What made you pick up Yu-Gi-Oh?
Hintze: I watched the show when It first came out,
sent a letter in, won a drawing they did, and got
free cards.
Mera: Can you name your credentials?
Hintze: 7th at SJC Indy 06, 3rd at SJC Minneapolis
07, 4 regional t8's out of 6.
Mera: What team are you on?
Hintze: Team Outphase.
Mera: How did Outphase come together?
Hintze: Jake Mcnealy, Jason Halloway, and Chris
Bowling all played at the same card store in Texas
and decided to make a team.
Mera: Can you explain the sucess of your team?
Hintze: We don't usually come up with something new,
but we can all play very well.
Mera: How many members does Outphase currently have?
Hintze: 10 Members.
Mera: Who from your team will be representing Team
Outphase at nationals?
Hintze: Everybody, some of us will also be attending
canadian nats to cheer on Chris Pittao our Candian
team member.
Mera: What do you plan on accomplishing this year?
Hintze: For team Outphase to win Nationals.
Mera: What are your views on the current banned
list?
Hintze: I like it, their is no real CC deck which is
good.
Mera: Who do you think is the best team?
Hintze: Overdose has credentials over everybody, but
of course Team Outphase is.
Mera: Has this game changed you in any way?
Hintze: I'm sure It has, but nothing I've noticed.
Mera: What was your best Sjc experience?
Hintze: In Houston when I joined Team Outphase.
Mera: What was your favorite feature match?
Hintze: When my Teamate Marc Glass won SJC Columbus
in the finals.
Mera: What is your favorite thing about Yu-Gi-Oh?
Hintze: A reason to travel, meet new people, and the
competition.
Mera: Can you explain to everyone how you do so
good?
Hintze: A lot of practice.
Mera: How long do you plan on still playing this
game?
Hintze: Until It's no longer fun.
Mera: How do you prepare for events that make you so
prepared and ready unlike many others?
Hintze: Relax, playtest a little and make sure I am
comfortable with my deck.
Mera: Can you explain why some people are calling
you a cheater off a match on metagame agianst Austin
In Minneapolis?
Hintze: I have Ring, Heavy, Limiter, Premature, and
Metamorphisis in my hand. I did not play storm first
incase it was Scapegoat or he wanted to sakuretsu,
Mirror Force, or Torrential Tribute. I start to do
some math since he took the Card Trooper damage. I
figure out I have 28 cards left in my deck and 22 of
them are for game, but I need to keep my Card
Trooper. So I thought at first that since I have
ring, my Card Trooper would be safe. Then I think
maybe he plays decree, Dust Tornado, Mystical Space
Typhoon or a face down heavy. If he does I could
lose my trooper and possible game. So I play Heavy
Storm In Main Phase 2, to make sure that I have game
next turn no matter what.
Mera: So basically, you were worried what he has
face down? You wanted to make sure your trooper was
safe from being killed?
Hintze: Not just that, But I needed my ring for
damage, and by playing heavy I made sure I could do
both.
Mera: Did you even need DMOC off the top?
Hintze: No, it just happen to come off the top. I
really wanted Jinzo.
Mera: When he had 2 in hand and that f/d. Did you
try to read what he would have in his hand?
Hintze: During the two games, he told me what he was
playing. He played 3 bottomless trapholes, and only
16 monksters. Since he did not play one the turn
before, I knew he would have to draw one.
Mera: You didn't expect him to have 3 Spell or Trap
card's which he all set?
Hintze: He was playing a wierd form of DDT. When he
did set all three, I figured two of them were
bluffs.
Mera: Even if you didn't draw Dmoc, you still would
of had game correct, since the other face down's
were bluffs and one was a ring?
Hintze: Yes, before and after he set all 3 I had
game. The Ring Of destruction I played did enough
damage. He did have call down also. Since I had
Limiter, Metamorphasis and Premature Burial In my
hand I did not even need to draw. I would pump
trooper, premature Dasher and Metamorphasis him into
Ryu Senshi, (If I did not dump malicious off
trooper) and then attack with Card Trooper and play
Limiter.
Mera: You took every percaution and made sure you
could protect your trooper, which made you go for
that one for one with heavy. You would of had game
it looked, even if you did not draw DMOC with
Dasher's effect from the Graveyard. It also looks to
me, on your turn you tried to examine his graveyard,
and tried to make a read from playing your previous
2 games with him. You ended up top decking a DMOC
you did not need at all. You made it clear, why you
did what you did. It may seem like a weird move to
people watching. You were the one playing the match.
You tried to make the reads and figure out what was
happening so you can set up a perfect play without
having your opponent mess it up. You wasted what
people may say a a card which should not have been
wasted, but it's clear you just wanted to make sure
everything was save for the right set up.
Hintze: Yeah.
Mera: Well, Outphase is a good team, and hopefully
this will not hurt Outphase's reputation. This just
seems to be a big misunderstanding.
Hintze: I'm good friends with the kid that I beat.
he knows I did not cheat. The people who started
rumors a bout me, are mainly the people I never got
along with. It's just depressing they would go this
low.
Mera: Things happen. Do you have anything else you
would like to say before this interview is over?
Hintze: I would like to thank Shane Scurry and Paul
Levatin for loaning me the cards in order for me to
be able to play the deck. I want to thank all my
team mates that have had my back this entire time.
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