Asia Plus 2012 Main Event Report

Team Formation

Leader: Johann (Dark World)

Player 1: William (Hero)

Player 2: Me (Mermail)

As we won one of the pre-qualifiers, we are automatically seeded into Top 8 of the main event. So i got to get a full 10hrs+ of sleep before heading down to the event itself. We didn't really change in terms of our deck from the build we had during the pre-qualifiers. Only major changes was mine whereby i overhauled my entire trap lineup to adapt better to the popular lineups (DW, Hero, Mermail).

Top 8: VS Tian Yu Di: Soon Hai (Inzektors)

OO

Game 1: His Centipede with Hornet destroyed my Sphere, which net me enough cards to rush him next turn with 2 Megalo, Moulin, and friends.

Game 2: He opened with D Fissure and set 2. My entire hand was dead, except for Diva which ate Warning. He then summoned Gulf equip Gigamantis and punched me. I drew and end turn. He equiped Zekcaliber and punched me, setting 2 more before ending. I topdeck into Heavy Storm and proceeded to win as all the OTK cards in my hand became live. 

Team Score: *OO (Johann's game was discontinued i think?)

Top 4: VS DOTE: ??? (Agent Angel)

OO

Game 1: No idea what he was playing, as he only summoned Kycoo to attack my Slinde. I then proceeded to OTK him the next turn with Undine + Offering + Salvage

Game 2: Didn't know what he was playing so i just sided some random Dust Tornadoes. He opened with Earth taking Venus. Everything was blur after that. But i made a Revise Dragon and detached Marksman to destroy his Ryko and proceed to win.

Team Score: O*O (William's game was discontinued)

Finals: VS Mangoes are Plants!: Samuel (Wolflord!)

OO

Game 1: Sort of one-sided as i slowly gained advantage with Undine and friends. He didn't have any delicious mills or enough Lightlords for Judgement Dragon. 

Game 2: Again it was sets and passes by Samuel while i took the offensive and slowly poked him. Ending with a field of Catastor and Dragoons, he summoned Judgement Dragon and cleared my field and summoned Garoth to attack me, leaving 1450 left. I then summoned Diva into Infantry to normal summon my  in-hand Marksman into Gungnir and destroyed both of them and attacked for game.

Team Score: XOO

Results: 1st! 

Was really tensed during the finals as William was losing in his third game. But his imba lucksack powers is too strong + his opponent make mistakes, so we were able to clinch the first place! Really thankful for my teammates for being able to bring this team to the top. Hong Kong here we come! Gonna get that Mermail Playmat and play Mermails for life lolol.

Also a big shoutout to Team Aequus for clinching 3rd today! You guys did great! We then proceeded to have some awesome food.

PS: We were charged $4.90 for "Gummy Bear" DAFAG?!?!?!!? Guys?

Aftermath of EP12

After 2 days, $150 and a few hours of effort, this is all the pulls i got from EP12. 

Needless to say.....my pocket has a huge hole and my wallet feels really empty. But at least i got my 2 Tour Guides :)

Asia Plus Mini-Qualifier Report (15/9)

(Our team name was Koi, cause some small kid in our team was drinking it and apparently he didn't have much creativity in choosing team names...Tell him HK Dim Sum or something, but noo...)

Team consisted of:

Johann (Dark World)

William (Hero Beat)

Me (Mermail)

Round 1: VS Marcus (Skill Drain Rabbit)

OO

Game 1: He set 2 backrow and end turn. I Storm-ed and went to OTK with Megalo and Diva

Game 2: Game went back and forth, until i had a Gungnir and 1 hand, while he had 2 hand. He exceeded for Radiant Photon Paradios and attacked my Gungnir without activating the effect...yeah... Misplay on his part

Team Score: OXO

Round 2: VS Yong Siang (Skill Drain Rabbit)

XX

Game 1: Died to Cosmos

Game 2: Died to D-Fissure, not to mention making 3 biggest misplays that were all dammm retarded. 

Team Score: OOX

Round 3: VS Calvin (Mermail)

XOX

Game 1: Failed to OTK him, then he OTK me back :(

Game 2: Took a while to set up, but drawing an Undine allowed me to drop Megalo and Moulin Glace with addtional help from Salvage.

Game 3:  Forgot the small details, but he eventually controlled me with Bahamut Shark and Gaioabyss. I stalled for 2 turns with Tragoedia but he drew Compulse and hit for game. Only after the game i felt retarded cause i could have went to Black Rose him but i didn't have the balls, cause i kept thinking about Tragoedia's atk too much

Team Score: OOX

Finals: VS Aim (Geargia Karakuri)

OO

Game 1: He couldn't get the Karakuri stuff going, so i rushed him with Storm + Megalo + Diva after Turn 3.

Game 2: He opened with Banisher + 2 set. My starting hand was Seahorsemen, Storm, System Down, MST  and 1 more and i drew Dark Hole. I slowly gained advantage over him, making a Revise Dragon with something and Marksman, detached Marksman to blow his set Geargiarmor and gained control of the game. He couldn't draw into any outs.

Team Score: O_O

Results: 1st!

My internship starts next Monday, so i can happily go into internship in peace, HAHA! Quite burden today, so thanks to my awesome teammates who carried me throughout. And so, we are seeded into Top 8 of Asia Plus! Hope we can win the 3 more crucial matches so we can go to Hong Kong! 

It was also really nice to see Andrew and Amir come down for our mini-qualifier. Haven't seen Andrew for almost a year? Anyways, hope you found all the insane bullshit techs you need for your event!

Long Overdue Tournament Report (2nd Sept)

Deck used: Mermail

Round 1: Amo (BF)

OO

Game 1: He started with a Rai-Oh and a set m/t. Cleared both and OTKed during my first turn, lolol.

Game 2: Thought he playing Hero Beat, so sided standard stuff, turned out he was playing BF. Close enough. A lot of Snowman + Water Art at work here.

Round 2: Baha (Hero Beat)

XOO

Game 1: Lost too much card advantage and died to Photon Thrasher
Game 2: Was losing until topdeck Reborn, took his Bubbleman, draw 2 and got Diva, which gave me the win.
Game 3: Time was called during side-decking, so i took out the useless stuff. He kept setting monsters and i didn't dare to rush him since it became sudden death. After both of us passing a few turns, i just rushed him and won. All his sets were Maxx C and Veilers , lol

Round 3: Kenneth Plant (Hanzo Mermail)

XX

Game 1: Was controlling the board well until he topdeck Hanzo and proceed to derp the following turn.

Game 2: My mistake of not knowing Big Eye's full effect, causing me the game.

Round 4: Poh Choon (Hero Beat)
OO

Shared

3-1 (Proceed to Top 8)

Top 8: Plant again (Hanzo Mermail)
OO

Revenge is so sweet.

Top 4: Johann (Agent Angel)

OO

Top 2: Nian Jie (Offering Machina Gadget)

XX

Results: 2nd

Had a really fun time playing Mermails, since it was the first time i'm playing with this deck and there were a lot of combos and stuff that i didn't know, which i subsequently learnt through the two mirror matches with MrSackPlant. Having made it at least into Top 4, i got approval to play this deck for Asia+ by my teammates, lololol. But still considering what decks i am more comfortable with playing. 

Team Tournament Report (27/8)

Since my real Asia Plus teammates were busy with their studies today, i teamed up with Zippy and ChickenNoodle for the Team Tournament today.

Team:

Zippy (Agent Angel)

Me (TGAA)

ChickenNoodle (Infernity)

Round 1: Team ?? (Baha, Calvin and Alex)

Zippy: Win by default 

Me: Lost

Chicken: Won

Round 2: Team KFC (Junjie, Wei Ann, Sherwyn)

Zippy:  Lost

Me: Won

Chicken: Lost

Round 3: Team Oppa Gangnam Style (Zalro, Pokekid, Jia Rui)

Zippy: Win

Me: Win

Chicken: Lost

Round 4: Team Stackers (Yong Siang, Daniel, Zan Hao)

Zippy: Won

Me: Lost

Chicken: Lost

2-2 (Made it into Top 8)

Top 8: Team SCB (Sam, Ball-Snow, Clarence) 

Zippy: Lost

Me: Lost

Chicken: Discontinued

Bottom 4: Team Oppa Gangnam Style again

Zippy: Won

Me: Won

Chicken: Won

5th/6th: Team Anti-Meta? 

Zippy: Lost

Me: Won

Chicken: Lost

Conclusion: 6th (Took the 3 Water SD)

Really awesome how i can play back my favorite deck again, haha! The feel and everything is still there, and the build i came up with is alright i guess. Good testing today, will be very useful when my team and i are preparing for Asia Plus.

World Championship Qualifiers Report (23/6)

Really tired and stuff, so i'm gonna skip the details.... 6 rounds of swiss does that to a guy.

Deck used: Inzektor
Format: 6 Rounds of Swiss, Cut to Top 10


Round 1: Sean Tan (Inzektor)
OXO

Round 2: Zan Hao (Inzektor)
OO

Round 3: Daniel (Hanzo Hieratic)
XOO

Round 4: Hong Rui (Hanzo Hieratic)
OO

Round 5: Asia Champ Jeff (Inzektor)
XOX

Round 6: Soon Hai (Chaos Dragons)
*Shared*


5-1, 8th in Swiss (Proceed to Top 16)


Thoughts at this point: 
- Was really comfortable with my side against Hieratic variants. They turned out to work quite well.
- Should have sided more for mirrors.....
- I'm so going to play Chaos Dragons after this.


Top 16: Wolflord Master Samuel (Inzektor)
XX


Results: Top 16




Thoughts at this point: 


I guess i was kind of indecisive on how i felt at that point. It felt great to be in the Top 16, which i have never gotten into for past World Championship Qualifiers, but sad at the same time that i expected more from myself. All well, gonna put that aside and hope for the best at the next events: Asia Plus and Top Shop Qualifiers 2012!

Brace yourselves

So i didn't make it for both seed qualifiers this week. So the only chance left is the actual event, so......

Double Seed Qualifier Report

Finally found time to sit down and type this out.

Deck used: Sword Inzektors

Saturday - Delightful Times (Yishun)

Round 1: VS Cassandra (Machina Gadget)

OO

Game 1: She had little to no backrow throughout the whole game so i just did the usual stuff and made Tiras and Crimson Shadow to control.

Game 2: Early Decree together with her bad hand gave me the upper hand. Dropped Cyber to contact fuse and dropped BLS to seal the game.

Round 2: VS Jonas Tai (Masked Heroes) *I got downpaired*

XOO

Game 1: Got rushed so bad.... 

Game 2: He got greedy and changed his Bubbleman into a Vapor and got DPrison-ed. Subsequently owned with Decree + 3k attack Tragoedia

Game 3: Decree + Trooper + 3k Tragoedia

Round 3:  VS Cheng Zi *I got downpaired again...*

XOX

I lost but he let me up since my score was better. Big thanks to him!

Round 4: VS Yew Loong (Rabbit Laggia)

Didn't play as he confirm can get into Top 8 so he gave me the win since my tie-breakers were quite bad.

4-0 (Get into Top 8)

Top 8: VS Yew Loong (Rabbit Laggia)

XOO

Game 1: 2 Laggia's says hi :x

Game 2: Decree too strong

Game 3: Stormed him and did Damsel + Hornet + Mantis stunt on him

Top 4: Wesley (Inzektor)

XOX

Game 1: Died badly....

Game 2: Heavy Storm-ed then alot of chaining happened, with him using 2 Compulse and 1 Transmigration and me Solemn-ing it and other bunch of stuff. But thanks to him Compulsing my Zenmaines, i got to drop my DAD for the win!

Game 3: Close game. Mistake on my part to rush him, hitting a Swift Scarecrow. Next turn died...

Conclusion: Top 4  (FUUUUUUU!)

Sunday - JCube (This one will be super short since i scrubbed, LOL)

Round 1: Melvin (Masked Heroes) XOO

Round 2: Sherwyn (Hieratic) OO

Round 3: Calvin (Hanzo Hiero) XOX

Round 4: Ball (Hanzo Hiero) XOX

Round 5: Keith (Dark World) OO *He let me win*

3-2 (11th Place, aka Scrubbed)

Sian, only 2 more qualifiers left! Need to top one of them! Don't want to go through 6 rounds of hell....

Tournament Report (12/5)

So i have a new nickname now, its called Soldier Boy.....

Deck used: Inzektor

Format: Swiss of 4 Rounds. Cut to Top 8



Round 1: VS Ball-Snow (Inzektor)
XOO

Game 1: All useless backrows, couldn't get my Damsel/Centipede onto field.
Game 2: Damsel + Giga-Mantis OTK
Game 3: Forgot what happened.



Round 2: VS Jordan (Inzektor)
XOO

Game 1: Was controlling the board until he lucksacked BLS on me.
Game 2: Turn 1 Crimson Shadow controlled the game. Dropped Heavy Storm on Turn 3 and OTKed with Damsel + Gigamantis
Game 3: Crimson Shadow followed by Volcasaurus for game.




Round 3: VS Deavin (Chaos Dragon)
OO

Game 1: He keep setting stuff for me to bomb....
Game 2: Cleared his board with BLS.



Round 4: VS Samuel (Lightsworn)
OO

Game 1: Herp Derp Inzektor combos on him.
Game 2: Thunder Break-ed his JD and it went downhill from there. He made Stardust to try to counter, but i made Acid Golem to beat through.


4-0 (Proceed to Top 8 with Full Win Curse)



Top 8: VS Alvin Putra (Arrive Hero Beat)
OXO

Game 1: Usual Inzektor stunts on him. Warning-ed his Miracle to seal the game.
Game 2: He over-extended and killed me.
Game 3: Best game in my entire Inzektor career. Herp Derp-ed with Lavalval Chain + BLS + Damsel :)




Top 4: VS Sam (Malaysian Champ Tour Guide Inzektors)
XX

.....nothing to say, not at Luck Level "Sam" yet.


Results: 3rd/4th. Took the Starter Deck 2012 to put for my friend's tournament.


Finally, the 2 months of scrubbing has ended! Hope that's a good sign for the upcoming WCQ!

Tournament Report (28/4)

LOL, after so long, decided to stop being lazy and post something before this blog dies again.

Deck used: Geargia Karakuri
Format: 4 Round Swiss, cut to Top 8


Round 1: VS Jun Cai (Inzektor)
OXO
Game 1: 2nd turn Storm + Burei/Bureido flood field and Limiter Removal
Game 2: Cannot get over his Crimson Shadow plus my hand was jank
Game 3: He died to his own Acid Golem


Round 2: VS Jeff (Asia Champ Hero Beat)
OXO

Game 1: Hand of 4 Karakuri, luckily his hand wasn't that good either so i beat him down.
Game 2: Lost to a field of Absolute Zero and Ailus
Game 3: Forgot what happened


Round 3: VS Mango (Inzektor)
OXX

Game 1: Died to Inzektor stunts
Game 2: Storm + Burei/Bureido flood field
Game 3: Hand of 2 E-Tele and 2 Psychic Commander. Made Zenmaines to try and stall but his hand too good.

Round 4: VS Sam (Malaysia Champ Hiero)
XX

Game 1: He turn 1 Storm me then died to all the hiero stunts.
Game 2: Hand of 2 E-Tele and 1 Psychic Commander again. Tried to stall but he Card-Car D 2 times and PoD 3 times before he Heavy Storm-ed and chionged me to death.


Result: 2-2 (Scrubbed)


Quite a fun deck to play with, even though a lot of mistakes. Rather play this than boring Inzektors anyday, unless really sick and tired of scrubbing like a dog.

Fuck the 2 E-Tele and 2 Commanders. Seriously...

That's all for today, bye!

JCube Tournament Report (25/2)

Deck used: Inzector

Format: Swiss of 4 Rounds, cut to Top 8

Round 1: Kenneth (Verz)

XOX

Game 1: Starting hand of 3 Hornets not funny...Plus he had everything...

Game 2: Damsel bombing all his stuff and rush for the win.

Game 3: Topdeck Prohibition and killed me.

Round 2: Shaun Lin (Empty Jar)

XOO

Game 1: Lost due to unfamiliar matchup. Clarence said god gave me 2 chances but i didnt notice until after the game ended, LOL

Game 2: Rush him as he depleted all his cards

Game 3: Same as Game 2

Round 3: Yew Loong (Offering Gadgets)

OXO

Game 1: Rushed him before he can get Offering out.

Game 2: 2nd turn Offering = Dead.

Game 3: Topdeck Dark Armed for the win

Round 4: Clarence (Dirty Zenmai)

OXO

Game 1: Stopped all his Zenmai stuff and rushed him

Game 2: Zenmai loop dropped my hand and nvr topdeck any Inzectors...

Game 3: Same as Game 1

3-1 (Advance to Top 8)

Top 8: Stark (Junk Doppel)

OO

Game 1: CotH my Damsel back and he had no Veiler, so GG.com

Game 2: Was losing until i topdecked BLS + my inhand Veiler allowed me to gain back control.

Top 4: Sam (Inzector)
XOX

Game 1: 3 Hornet again....Plus he Card Car D 2 times together with massive backrow.

Game 2: Forgot what happened

Game 3: Forgot what happened

Let Vishal take what he wanted and i just took the VE06 and sold it to Xiaomei...

Results: 3rd/4th

Good day is good :)

Luckily the last few days of bad luck didn't hinder me today.

First win of 2012!

Deck used: TG Agents

Format: 4 rounds of Swiss, cut to Top 8 (There were only 16 ppl.)




Round 1: Shaunewbiez (Inzecter Agents)
OXO

Game 1: Opened with Venus + Gantetsu and just slowly poked him to death, stopping his Damsel and Centipede with Raigeki Break and Warning

Game 2: He threw a Maxx C when i attempted to Venus call balls, but i just chionged and died to massive disadvantage.

Game 3: Forgot what happened here...



Round 2: Winson (Junk Doppel)
XOO

Game 1: Lost to Quasar...nuff said.
Game 2: Controlled with Banisher + other delicious stuff.
Game 3: The game went back and forth until i topdecked a Hyperion...



Round 3: Samuel (Dragonlords)
OXO

Game 1: Hyperion Daigusto OTK
Game 2: His turn to rush me with Light Pulsar + other stuff...
Game 3: Hyperion Daigusto OTK



Round 4: Xiaomei (Rabbit Ragia)

Let her win to avoid the full curse....




Top 8: Winson (Junk Doppel)

Shared. I went up.




Top 4: Plant (Lavals)
XOO

Game 1: He chiong me with Rekindling...

Game 2: Stalled abit with 2 Ball hand and eventually made 2 Gantetsu in fear of Rekindling. Manage to draw Reborn to get Raiou and he didn't top draw stuff to fight back. Was told later on that i could actually win that turn but i stress so make mistake =_=

Game 3: He got Rekindling early due to Gold Sarco, but didn't use it. Had to set my Warwolf and let his Flamvell Helldog eat in order to get my Striker. He then Trishula-ed me, removing my BLS and Venus from grave. Luckily...i topdeck-ed Hyperion and made Catastor with Striker + Venue in hand ftw.



Finals : Xiaomei (Rabbit Ragia)
OO

Game 1: Rushed her but failed due to Gorz. She made Zenmaines with Tour Guide and i was forced to atk everything and she got rid of my Wyvern. I made my own Zenmaines and stalled abit until i summoned Honest and attacked with Honest, Zenmaines and Gantetsu for game.


Game 2: Ragia + Dolkka in 2 turns.... Luckily draw Book of Moon and cleared with Dark Hole. Managed to control with Venus + Gantetsu. Made a big mistake further on by leaving my Venus , Ball and Earth on the field for her to eat with Guaiba. She made Ragia after that, but i topdecked Honest for game.



Result: 1st!


Got my very own Emeral (Shared with Winson of course..)


Still, its such a great way to start 2012!

New Year Resolutions!!

It's the start of a brand new year for everyone! Which means another year of YGO for not only me, but for every player out there. Now, for the usual yearly ritual of laying out my new year resolutions! (YGO and Non-YGO related)


1) Get fit, macho-man fit.

2) Good results

3) Scrub less in locals (Always here to stay every year, since i never achieve this.)

4) Top 8/4/2/1 for Asia Qualifier/Worlds Qualifier

5) Stick to one deck more (Not changing decks every 2-3 weeks. Not funny at all)



Well, here they are, at least what i can think of at the moment. Hope i can achieve them all :)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to all readers out there!!


Hope everyone will be successful in another year of YGO!

Mini Tournament Report @ Ani-Play (30/12)

Deck used: Insane Tech TGAA

Format: Swiss of 4 rounds. Cut to Top 8



Round 1: VS Sherwyn (Inzektors)
OXO

Game 1: Rush him with two Hyperions.
Game 2: We were in topdecking mode, but he topdecked a Damsel, so...
Game 3: Raioh and massive backrow controlled the game.



Round 2: VS Kitty (Dragons)
OO

Game 1: He had no Future Fusion, so things were in my favor a little. Managed to rush him after he Solemned my Hyperion and i used Call of the Haunted to bring it back for game.

Game 2: Topdecking 2 Hyperions is too strong.



Round 3: VS ??? (Machina Offering Geartown Gadgets)
OXO

Game 1: Controlled, MST'ing his Offering. Managed to win with Daigusto Phoenix + Gantetsu
Game 2: Second turn Offering rush me.
Game 3: Topdeck Dark Hole and PoD into Call of the Haunted for Hyperion.



Round 4: VS Alvin PUTRA (Hero Beat)

I gave him the win so both of us can go up. We shared, plus i wanted to avoid the full win curse.



3-1 (Proceed to Top 8)



Top 8: VS Alvin PUTRA (Hero Beat)
XOX

Uhm....Sorry boss? But its ok, since we shared and all.




5th/6th : VS Ying Jun (Inzekter Agents)
XX


7th/8th: Rolled die with Shaun, lost and took the 3D Thunder End Dragon....



Result: 7th/8th


Liking all my techs :)


Thats all for today!

Lookback at my 2011

Well, it's just a few days before the start of a brand new year! So this is the best time to sit down and start thinking about all the things that happened during this year. Everything, from achievements to laughter to losses, this the best time to reflect on all those things.


Well, here's the list of major events for 2011 and my thoughts on them.

Asia Qualifiers 2011

Deck used: Whirlwind BF

For this qualifier, we had to go through a tough fight of 7 swiss rounds. Adding to the fact that everyone woke up quite early for registration, you can be sure that all of us had a tough time. I only managed to get a subpar score of 4-3, winning all 3 matches again Six Samurais and losing 3 mirror matches. Needless to say, wasn't really proud of my performance, but i felt that i did my best and I was very comfortable with playing Whirlwind BF at that time.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Open Series #2 (Hosted by Cardmasters)


Deck used: Graveyard BF

I was really proud of myself when i actually won this event. Although this wasn't an official event, it was still considered quite a big one, with almost 50 participants and a PS3 up for grabs. Since this event was using the March Banlist (The asia qualifier was still using the old banlist), it was difficult for everyone to choose what type of decks to pilot for the fresh and new format. Regardless, I was able to climb all the way to the top and get myself my very first 1st place for a big event!

Singapore Worlds Qualifier 2011

Deck used: Six Samurai

Wasn't really planning on using Six Samurai, but I was playing with it for a few weeks by then and it was really growing on me. I was playing the Japanese build, which focused on control and making of use Royal Oppression. Sad to say, i scrubbed with a miserable score of 1-4 for the final standings.

Asia Plus Team Qualifier 2011

Deck used: Agent Angels

For this qualifier, there were actually 4 rounds of Pre-Qualifiers that allowed direct seeding into Top 8 for the main event. My team, consisting of Johann (awesomehazelnuts), Vishal (avengingknight) and myself took part and won the very first qualifier! So, we were directly brought forward to Top 8 for the main event. Sad to say, we lost on the actual day during Top 8 to the eventual runner-up for the entire event. Still, I believed that we tried our best and we can only hope for the better next year, if 2012 isn't the end of the world :)

Top Shop of Asia: Singapore Qualifers

Deck used: T.G. Agents

This, hands-down, had to be the biggest highlight of my entire year! It was a brand new official event whereby local card shops choose their representatives to fight it out to become Asia's number 1 card shop. I was representing Thousand Taste Trading and i managed to clinch 1st place after the dust cleared.

I had to face many strong opponents along the way, such as Vishal, my teammate for Asia Plus and Jeff, agreed by majority as the strongest player in Singapore. As a player, achievements were of much importance to me. Hence, being the very first official event i topped ever since i started playing competitively in 2009, it was really a huge accomplishment for me.

I then proceeded to travel to Taiwan for the Asia Plus Championships, together with William, Nian Jie, Daniel, Anthony and DS, accompanied by the distributor. Sad to say, I scrubbed badly at the main event. However, i had much fun and it was all very valuable experience.




So, that's the sum-up of my year for 2011. Here's hoping that 2012 will be an even better year for me! Especially since the Asia Championships 2012 will be held in Singapore!


Hope 2012 will be great for everyone! Happy New Year!

Tournament Report @ Ani-Play (26/12)

Deck used: Inzecters

Format: Swiss of 4 Rounds. Cut to Top 8.


Round 1: VS Vishal (WWBF)
OO

Game 1: Controlled with Raioh
Game 2: Imba hand with Damsel + Gigamantis for combowhoring.



Round 2: VS Poh Seng (GK)
XX

Game 1: Forgot how i died.
Game 2: Greedy and used Storm without opening Trap Stun first. Died to Sin Cyber End



Round 3: VS Hong Rui (Hero Beat) *SHARED*
XX

Game 1: Super Poly too strong.
Game 2: Same thing, except he's backrow killed me while i didn't draw any sided stuff.



Round 4: VS Alvin PUTRA (Hero Beat)
XOX

Game 1: Died to Raioh beat with my imba hand of 2 damsels, 2 pot and some unimportant stuff
Game 2: Rush him with Damsel and other good stuff
Game 3: Top deck Miracle + Honest sealed my fate.


Alvin gave me the win since i was sharing with Hong Rui, as i wanted to pull his score up.


Results : 1-3


Bad sidedeck choice of Trap Stun over Royal Decree costed me in this tournament. Besides that, I think most of my plays were correct. Still quite confused about some rulings regarding Inzecters so need to familiarize with them more if i wish to continue playing them.


Anyways, had 1 round of pack war after that and i won myself 4 out of 6 foils in the box lol.


Everytime i go to Kit's Shop, always go home with good stuff even though i scrub.

Mini Tournament Report @ Ani-Play (23/12)

Deck used: Inzecter

Format: Swiss of 3 Rounds. Cut to Top 8




Round 1: VS Banana (Dark World)
OO

Game 1: Raioh controlled before i used Damsel + Gigamantis to rush him.
Game 2: Raioh + Dimensional Fissure too strong!!



Round 2: VS Sherwyn (Zombie Plant)
XOX

Game 1: Ate Trishula + other good stuff.
Game 2: Rush him with Damsel + Gigamantis + Heart of Clear Water
Game 3: Slatemate until he removed all 3 Hornets with Chain D.


Round 3: VS Sunny (Six Samurai)
XOX

Game 1: Shien + Kizan + Mass backrow. Couldn't do anything, not to mention eating 1x Tori
Game 2: Slowly grinded with Damsel and Centipede.
Game 3: Side deck error of not puting in Trap Stun costed me the game.


Result: 1-2 (12th/20)


Got a lucky draw pack of PTDN and pulled Dark Armed. Proceeded to get some good stuff from others. Looks like the Top Shop win really used up all the luck i had for the entire year, lololol.


Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all readers!!!

Thank you for all of your continual support (even though this blog is dead most of the time)

Reflection after Asia Plus

Sorry that there will not be any blog post about my trip to Taiwan, since DS has already uploaded the whole story, lol.


Basically, it was a really good experience for me, meeting players from all parts of Asia. I felt kind of bad for scrubbing so badly during my event, since i was pretty confident of myself to get into at least Top 4. Nevertheless, I had a lot of fun during this trip, almost like the holiday which i deserved from all the school work and exams i had :)


This just made me more fired up for the next coming event, which is Asia 2012. So for now, its going to be schoolwork and more locals.

Off to Asia Plus tomorrow!

Typing this post out before i head out to Changi Airport to ton all the way until 5am, lol.


Pretty much settled on the decks that i will be winning for both the "Challenge the Champ" section and the actual tournament. Props to Andrew and Lauren for knocking some sense into me.


It's going to be one heck of a experience for me, since its my first time representing Singapore for such a event. I'll try to post updates on each day (The whole trip is 4 days), provided that there is Wifi available at the hotel (Which there should be).


Overall, I'm pretty stressed out at the moment, thinking of all the tough opponents i'll be facing at Taiwan, especially Sam :(


Thanks to all who wished me good luck! I'll try my best to bring the trophy back to Singapore!


That's all for now!

Signing off (Going to Changi Airport..)