Gary Gulfin
"Terminator Strikes"
Snack R' Us
436 North Kuakini,
Honolulu,HI 96817
Numbers of
participant: 24
Unsanction tournament
November 28, 2003 Friday (4:00
PM)
Fee: 2 dollars with free snacks
1st place: 15 dollars gift certificate
2nd place: 10 dollars gift certificate
3rd place: 5 dollars gift
certificate
Hello there again guys and gals! First of all I would like
to say "Belated Happy Thanksgiving ". In this tourney, the store management
allow us to play with Japanese and English cards and ruling will be
English.Prior to the tournament, I find out that my friends are in there Ryan
and Ray. My brother Neil join the tournament too. This time in a new place and
new setting. Some participants thinking that we're a newbies. This was our first
tournament in this respective store. Watch out! coz I'll invade your champion's
throne and the last laugh will be mine. My brother and I play our English cards
in this tournament and we want to show to them that we can match Japanese cards
now. Without further ado, Here's my "Terminator Strikes"
deck:
Monsters:
3 Mechanical chasers- TP3
3 Cannon soldiers
3
Mystic tomatoes
1 Witch of the black forest
1 Sangan
1 Tribe infected
virus
1 Breaker
1 Needle worm- TP3
1 Fiber jar
1 Sinister
serpent
1 Exiled force
1 Cyber jar
Spells:
1 Pot of greed
2
Mystical space typhoon
3 Limited removal
1 Graceful charity
1 Dark hole
1 Raigeki
1 Heavy Storm
1 Scapegoat
1 SORL
1 Wave motion
cannon
1 Snatch steal
1 Premature Burial
1 Nobleman of crossout
1
Forceful sentry
Traps:
1 Imperial order
1 Call of the haunted
1
Mirror force
1 Negate Attack
1 Magic cylinder
1 Torrential tribute
1
ROD
As I survey this metagame, Mostly participants play hand disruption
deck: Drop off, Confiscation, Delinquent duo and Forceful sentry. Hmmm.... Am I
toast?
Terminator Vs kid (Hand disruption deck)
1st Match 2 out
of 3
Me:8000-7800-6400-Win
Opponent:8000-6150-4400-2000-0
Round one
We're taking turns with our fiber jars which makes the game
slower but in the end I win with my cannon soldier tributing scapegoat 2000
direct damage. One kid trying to coach him. I say "No coaching pls" This is a
real tournament." Oh boy!
Me: 8000-Win
Opponent: 8000-5150-0
Round two
I remember that Mechanical chaser and cannon
soldier kill his life points for 3 turns with one limiter removal attach. 6500
life points damage. Rise my machines Rise! We shake each other hands for
sportmanship.
Terminator Vs Justin ( beatdown/hand disruption deck
)
2nd match 2 out of 3
Me: 8000-7200-Win
Opponent:
8000-6000-4600-2200-0
Round one
He play mostly traps: drop
off. He can't stop the adrenaline of my machines and with the help of mystic
tomato I can able to search cannon soldier, WOBF and Sangan and even another
mystic tomato. Needle worm kick ass in here too. 5 cards discard in his deck to
the graveyard. It's like free discard cards. I love that monster.
Me:
8000-Win
Opponent: 8000-6150-0
Round two
His friend
was looking on my back and I say to him that he need to move on the front. I
don't want somebody looking on my cards. Advise to all: Don't let anyone look on
your hand during the tournament.If somebody know your cards, they can make some
gestures creates your opponent the upper hand. Cheaters never win. I feel bad of
scolding him but I want a fair and clean game. I win with my mechanical chaser
and cannon soldier attach with limiter removal. We shake each other hands and he
tell me that it was his first time dueling with machine deck. After the duel,
everyone wants to challenge me. Geez! They really want to challenge my skills.
Sorry I'm still in the tournament.
Terminator Vs Jay -Store Champion
(Hand disruption deck)
3rd match 2 out of 3
Me:
8000-6200-4800-Win
Opponent: 8000-6600-5200-4200-3200-1400-0
Round
one
Some kids says me that I will loss this game. Just
because he's a store champ he can't be defeat. Hmmm.....With my experiences,
skills and determination. We'll see about it. Everybody were watching on
our duel and chanting with the store champ. Wow! They have their own fans club.
Anyway, My beloved needle worm rocks this round. He attack needle worm and
discard 5 cards: Raigeki, Harpies,Monster reborn,Drop off and Nobleman of
crossout.and with the follow up with my breaker and cannon soldier attach with
limiter removal. Game over!
Round two
Me:
8000-win
Opponent:8000-6000-0
Round two
One kid tells me why I keep in
track with the score by using pencil and paper. Dah! I want a clean and fair
game. I want to track my opponent's life points just in case the calculator
shutdown.They never experience a dueler like me. Have you notice that sometimes
our scores in the calculator suddenly disappear. You don't want your opponent to
guess what score he/she have. They can add some life points.What are they NIMBLE
MOMONGAS.
"No coaching pls!" a sweet reminder from
me. I know everyone like to participate but this is a tournament not a fun
play.
I defeat him with my mechanical chaser
and cannon soldier with limiter removal for 3 turns. My machines are in
steriods. A short silent after the duel. Whose eating their words now?
Few break:
My brother didn't not make it to
the final. The store champion defeat him before dueling me. My brother tells me
that the game was tight and they both have one wins. My brother's warrior deck
works very well but that's life ,you need to accept ups and downs. My revenge
was over after defeating the store champ. My friend Ray makes to the final. The
store management tells me that I need to bye. Finally I can rest my mind for a
while. As I observe with Ray and his opponent duel. Each of them, have a tight
game with both one wins. I notice that his opponent play the mirage of nightmare
wrongly. I know that many people debates with this card. Next time I will bring
my card lists "Frequently answer and question" which my friend give me some
copies. Anyway, His friend tells me why I just tell them now. I say "I thought
he knows the card very well." "That's why you need to know what cards are you
playing or else you will be screw up." Unsuccessfully my friend Ray lose the
game. It's up to me to beat him with this game.
Finals
4th match 2 out
of 3
Terminator Vs Ray's opponent (beatdown/life points gainer mixed with
hand disruption)
Round
one
Me:8000-7200-5600-3200-2400-800-0
Opponent:8000-7000-5600-4200-2350
Win
I defeat with my opponent's Jinzo, Bazoo and Tribe infected
virus.Time for my side deck: I remove all my machines,mystic tomatoes and
limiter removal. Replace with Gemini elves, Spear dragon, 3 Nimble Momongas (
play with fire versus fire),yata and fairy lily.My machines needs a good rest.
Round two
Me:8000-6900-6200-5200-3900-3200-2900-2200-1500
Win
Opponent: 8000-6900-4100-3200-2200-1100-0
This duel
was remarkable. I just keeps paying imperial order and witch of the black
forest keeps attacking his life points. Unluckily he keep drawing some traps and
spells and no monster so I have the upper hand.
Round
three
Me:8000-7200-5800-6800-7800-7200-3600-5200-600-Win
Opponent:8000-7200-6500-6300-6100-7100-6800-3300-1500-0
A lot of arguments in this round, I'm tracking my opponent's life points through
pencil and paper and he never adds some addition 1000 life points gain with the
nimble momongas. Hayyyy... That's why I need to write it in the paper so that I
can track our life points. Everybody were overwhelm especially the store owner
too while watching our game. It's was a tight game alright! Magic cylinder saves
me.
It's suppose to be round robin.Ray's opponent forfeit the
game and decide to be in the third place and I automatically on first placer and
Ray will be on second placer. All the participants and store owner congratulate
me for begin a new champion in their store and request to let me play again next
Friday. I say to them politely "I'm thinking about it." Each of the winners get
the gift certificates and a photos taken by store owner. I haven't spent my 15
dollar gift certificate and my brother and I decide to save and earn some more
certificates for the upcoming Dark Crisis inorder for us to buy one box and
that's our goal. Anyway, I forget to post my tourney report this november
wherein I won last November 8,2003 Saturday at Toyriffic, Kapolei. I misplaced
my scoring track sheet . I got back my throne as a champ in Kapolei. I won 35
dollars store credits and still the same save the certificate for the upcoming
new set. I couldn't wait for vampire lord to be in my hand. Until then, Enjoy
playing Yugioh!
It's all in your strategies how you
play the game of YU-GI-OH! eventhough you have the cheapest cards in your deck.
Just be careful on your move and take time. Don't be in hurry. Focus and believe
in your deck coz you're the one who building it. Keep smiling! FUN is the key
word for YU-GI-OH!
Props:
To all my machine monsters "Rise of the
machines"
To upperdeck for making limiter removal unrestricted
To my
self-confidence and pride
To Pojo for letting my tourney report posts.
To
the store owner
To my brother Neil and friends thanks for the support.
Slops:
Cheaters never win!
ggulfin@aol.com