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..)

5 more days to Taiwan!

Very short post here, since i'm preparing for exams tomorrow.


Sooooo excited, yet soooo stressed at the same time.


I'll try to keep updating about the events and stuff happening there (If there is Wifi)


Decks i'm expecting:


- Inzecter
- Agents
- DW
- Cosmos Ragia


That's all for now. I'll get another post up once my exams are done :)

JCube Tournament Report (3/12)

Deck used: TG Agent (Anti-Inzecter)


Format: 4 round swiss. Cut to Top 8



Round 1: David (Infernity)
XOO

Game 1: Ate all the Infernity stunts and just died.
Game 2: Veiler and friends helped to stall while i slowly beat him down.
Game 3: Time was called, with my LP higher. So i just made 2 Gantetsu and he scooped.




Round 2: Jess (Agent Angel)
XOO

Game 1: OTK failed and died to Hyperion + more stuff.
Game 2: Trishula + Hyperion + friends OTK.
Game 3: Leeching the Light for the win!




Round 3: Mango (Inzecter Wind-Up)
XOO

Game 1: Died to all the Inzecter + DAD
Game 2: Massive hatred against Inzecters.
Game 3: Control with double Warning + Chain Disappearance. Kycoo + 2 ball beatdown for game




Round 4: Akira (Inzecter)
OO

Game 1: Veil-ed his Summon Priest. Then Trishula + Hyperion and friends appeared!
Game 2: Almost the same thing as Game 1



4-0 (1st in Swiss. Proceed to Top 8)



Top 8: Ying Jun (TG Agents)
OXX

Game 1: Rushed him with Trishula and Venus.
Game 2: He rush me back.
Game 3: Controlled early game, but died to Core Destroyer + Catastor. 100% Despair.




Bottom 4: Akira (Inzecter)
XOO

Game 1: No agents. Keep stalling with TG's but soon lost.
Game 2: Veil-ed his Priest 2 times, resulting in alot of advantage.
Game 3: Beatdown with Warwolf, Gantetsu and Striker, since his backrow were all not useful in that situation.


Shared with Vishal later on.



Result : 5th/6th (Starter Deck 2011)




Note to self: Never challenge the Full Win Curse ever again...

Have to admit that the new build i'm playing is really good against Inzecter, was just eating them here and there. Quite satisfied with today's performance, although i didn't win the Lavalval Chain..

Oh well, time to look forward to Taiwan, since i can't go locals next week due to exams...

Top Shop Singapore Qualfier Report

Deck used: TG Agents

Format: Swiss of 4 Rounds, cut to Top 8.



Round 1: Zexuan (Six Samurai)
OXO

Game 1: Faster rush him with Hyperion and Trishula
Game 2: Got double Gachi, but Gateway and United gave him too much advantage.
Game 3: Was in a standstill, until i topdraw a Hyperion...



Round 2: Jeryl (Dark World)
OXO

Game 1: First turn Gachi and Hyperion following = Grapha loop useless.
Game 2: Drag + Card Destruction + more delicious stuff...
Game 3: He got bad hand, so i just slowly poke for game.



Round 3: Wei Ann (TG Agents)
XX

Game 1: He Tori me, then it went downhill from there.
Game 2: Bad hand, so he OTKed me.



Round 4: Guan Ji (Machina Gadget)
OXO

Game 1: My shuffling skills gave him a bad hand, so i just rushed him.
Game 2: Forgot how i lost.
Game 3: Really too imba hand + Topdraw Heavy Storm :D



3-1 (Proceed to Top 8)



Top 8: Calvin (Dark World)
OXO

Game 1: Forgot how i won
Game 2: Grapha beat me down
Game 3: He bad hand, so i poked with Venus and Hyperion for game.



Top 4: Vishal (Whirlwind BF)
OO

Game 1: First turn Venus into Gachi, followed by double Hyperion for game.
Game 2: Snowman + sided stuff gave me alot of advantage.



Finals: Jeff (Junk Doppel)
XOO

Game 1: First turn Venus into Gachi, but proceed to eat Trishula + Brionac + Sorcerer...
Game 2: Chiong him second turn with double Hyperion + Trishula
Game 3: Stalled for awhile, before chionging him with Wyvern + BLS + Hyperion + Gachi



Results: 1st!!!


YAH! Achievement unlocked! Have to admit that my hands today were really good/lucksack. Finally, my official tournament scrubbing spree is over! Looks like losing last week @ Asia Plus was all in the preparation for the win today.


Taiwan, here i come!!

Asia Plus Tournament Report

First of all, grats to William's team (Nian Jie, Daniel and William) for winning!


My team scrubbed straight away at Top 8...


Everyone was using the same thing, except Vishal was using Evols.


Just died to Royal Tribute by some guy....


Oh well...next Saturday win Top Shop Singapore Qualifier can alr :D

Asia Plus Pre-Qualifer (AMK) Report

Entered with Vishal and Johann.


Team Chieflion:

Leader: Johann (Nordic Dark World)
Member A: Vishal (Whirlwind BF)
Member B: Me (Agent Angel)


I have no idea what are the team names of all of my opponents, so i'll just write down the members instead :D


Round 1:

Kenneth (Infernity) VS Johann - (Win)

Yi Jie (Agent Angel) VS Vishal - (Lose)

Soon Hai (Machina Gadget) VS Me - (Win)


Personal score: XOO

Game 1: Lost to Hope + Gadget spam
Game 2: Trap Dustshoot + Pulling the Rug allowed me to counter his stuff
Game 3: Seven Tools + MST gave me the chance to do my combos.



Round 2:

Wee Min (DW) VS Johann - (Win)

Wesley (Junk Doppel) VS Vishal - (Discontinued)

Poh Seng (Gravekeepers) VS Me - (Win)


Personal Score: OO

Game 1: Had some debates over a ruling, with the judge passing the wrong judgment (I don't blame him, since it was kind of confusing), leaving me guilty for the whole game. Regardless, manage to beat down with Venus + stuff.

Game 2: Stalled awhile since he set 5 first turn. Summoned Christia and Heavy Storm'ed, revealing all useless spells. Venus beat him down after that.



Finals:

Potato (Lightlords) VS Johann - (Win)

Guan Ji (Machina Gadget) VS Vishal - (Lose)

Cassandra (WWBF) VS Me - (Win)


Personal Score: OO

Game 1: MVP is really Tragoedia. Controlled the game with it being so huge. She made Scrap Dragon to clear my Tragoedia, but i had another in my hand. I discarded Christia to take Scrap Dragon next turn for game.

Game 2: Early Christia controlled the game, even though she had Light Imprisoning Mirror. Think she made a mistake not clearing my Christia and i top-deck Earth to kill her next turn.



Results : 1st!


And so, we got into Top 8 for Asia Plus :D

Hope we can win all the way to Taiwan!!