New Era Outlaw
08-19-2007, 10:55 PM
TOURNAMENT RESULTS
2007 Duelist Kingdom Champion: Rajiv Tripathi
Runner-Up: Bal Ghany
3rd Place : Jeremiah John
4th Place: Rishi Tripathi
"Best of the Rest" Brawl Champion: Cliff John
Condition: The duelists ranked from 9th to 16th place must face off in a series of Elimination battles until only one is left.
Special Challenge Winners:
Special Challenge #1 - Win first!!
Winner: Theon Morales
Special Challenge #2 - Attack of the 50-foot Jinzo!!
Condition: Inflict the most damage to your opponent's lifepoints upon winning the duel.
Winner: Komal Maharaj
Score: 11,400 Damage inflicted
Special Challenge #3- The Band of Brothers Challenge
Condition: Win your match with the most monsters of the same Attribute on your side of the field OR be the first to win a match with 5 monsters, all of the same Attribute.
Winner: Marc Polo
Score: 5 Dark Attribute Monsters (Dark Necrofear, Dark Ruler Ha Des, 3 Giant Germ)
Special Challenge #4- Starve your Graveyard
Condition: [i]Win your match with the least number of cards in the graveyard OR be the first to declare a match victory with NO cards in your Graveyard.
Winner: Sunil Ramkarran
Score: 1 card.
Special Challenge #5- Don't rely on higher powers!
Condition: Win your match with as few monsters of level 5 or more as possible, OR be the first to win your match using NO monsters of level 5 or more.
Winner: Jeremiah John
Score: 0 monsters of Level 5 or more.
Surprise Challenges
Dungeon Challenge
Condition: Decipher the mystery of Pegasus' Dungeon.
Winner: Chris Gittens
The Correct Answer: Last Day of Witch
The 'X' Challenge
Condition: Be the first to declare victory.
The Catch?: Absolutely NO monster with ATK equal to or more than 1200 can declare an attack.
Winner: Rishi Tripathi
Duel Puzzle Winners
Brent Hinds
TOURNAMENT REPORT
....well, this was a pretty good tournament, I must say.
There were 44 people in attendance, a good few of them new to the dueling scene.
We had a bit of a late start due to a few hiccups along the way, but everything went pretty much according to plan.
As stated before, there were many new duelists, many familiar faces, and many who had dusted their decks to go out with a bang before they had rode off into the sunset. If anything, this tournament was about new beginnings for many duelists, as well as the closing chapter for some.
The tournament kicked off with the 5 round swiss format, where duelists fought in 5 rounds to determine which 8 would move on to the quarter finals. Looking around, I had noticed a wide variety of decks....of course, there were the Monarchs, but I have also seen Gadgets, Six Samurai, Fairy, Fiend and Machine decks out in full force as well. It was good to see so many duelists with so many differing styles of play there.
The first round kicked off with a simple special challenge- whoever won first won a Special Challenge prize. Theon Morales managed to pull it off in about 2 minutes into the round, so it was pretty much over rather quickly. The second challenge, resurrected from the previous year's tournament, was the odd "Attack of the 50-foot Jinzo!!" challenge, where duelists had to show no mercy and wpie the floor with their opponents upon beating them. A lot of hopeful duelists attempted to seize this prize (someone scored over 8000 using several Harpie Ladies), but, in the end, Komal triumphed, inflicting 11,400 damage in the end. In the third round, duelists had to have a group of monsters of similar attribute on the field when they declared victory. A bit of a tough one, but Marc Polo, with his legion of Dark Fiends (summoned with a Return from the Different Dimension), emerged victorious.
In between the third and the fourth rounds, we had a duel puzzle challenge, where one duelist had the chance to solve a puzzle set before him to win a prize. This puzzle was based on one we had gotten online from Pojo.com, (number 51, to be precise). Joel Gayah was up for the challenge, but, despite his best efforts, could not whittle down his opponent's LP to zero.
The fourth round focused on winning without filling up your Graveyard. The duelist who won with the least cards in his Graveyard would be declared the Challenge winner. Sunil managed to make it out with 1 card in his Graveyard.
The next Duel puzzle involved Brent Hinds, who got a somewhat simple puzzle to figure out, and totally clobbered the Koitsu placed on his opponent's side of the field with KA-2 Des Scissors, causing over 5000 damage, and taking a prize for his troubles.
The last round focused on making people rely on monsters that didn't require Tributes (YEs, Monarchs....I'm looking at you.) Jeremiah won this one quite easily....he just clobbered his foe to death with a sole D.D. Warrior Lady.
I then dropped a bombshell on the duelists by having the X Challenge Round- duelists had to face whoever was sitting in front of them (not for rankings) and win. But...there was a catch. They couldn't declare an attack with any monster with 1200 ATK or more. So, a few suffered, a few made it through, but Rishi ended up winning the tournament (although many have complained that this was because he dueled his brother, and accused him of throwing the match so that they'd win the prize and divide it amongst themselves.) Personally, I think of that as just heresay, because the match looked legitimately won to me.
We then broke for lunch, where hot wings, chicken roti and cake were seeling like hot cakes.
The hot wings were a hit, and then some.
After another duel puzzle involving Chris Gittens, who had earlier solved the riddle in the Dungeon and won himself a Last Day of Witch booster package (unfortunately, he made a key mistake in his deductions and lost the puzzle), we then proceeded to the quarter-finals, and the "Best of the Rest" Brawl Challenge simultaneously.
As duels flew by and only the strong survived, the following duelists made it to the final match-ups:
Championship Match: Rajiv Tripathi vs. Bal Ghany
This match was pretty intense, as each duelist pondered their moves. In the end, the Gadgets proved to be too overwhelming, combining fast retrieval with sheer persistence.
"Best of the Rest" Brawl Championship Match: Rio Charles vs. Cliff John
Two well-known veterans of the game, Rio faced off against Cliff, Rio using insects and Doom Dozer, and Cliff making use of Monarchs. Rio attempted to kill Cliff's strategy cold by using Mask of Restrict against him. However, it was to no avail, as, in the final round where they each had one round win apiece, Cliff managed to emerge on top.
After the Championship Match, the champion had to face off against on last threat....myself.
Tournament Master Match: Rajiv Tripathi vs. Ryan Rodriguez
Rajiv had come so far in the tournament....it was his first ever tournament victory, and his Gadgets seemed invincible. But, I was determined to make him earn his additional prize this time, and sent my Toons after him. In the first round, Toon Gemini Elf was consistently beating on his lifepoints and whittling down cards from his hand. He attempted to do the same with Trap Dustshoot, and promptly dismissed Jinzo and Cyber Dragon from my hand. However, it was to no avail, as Exiled Force and other cards kept removing his defenses, and TGE was constantly attacking his Life Points. In the next round, he fared a lot better, turning a one-sided duel around by using Brain Control on my Toon Gemini Elf, nuking Jinzo with Shrink (and robbing Brain Control from my hand) and causing some serious damage in the end. In the last round, I attempted to beat him down with Elemental Hero Wildheart, but neglected to destroy his Drillroid with Ring of Destruction afterwards- a mistake that cost me the duel as Cyber Phoenix soon came down and effectively destroyed my chances of winning. Rajiv won, but it was a very fun duel that I won't soon forget.
The next tournament is planned for next year, but, I am positive it would be a lot better next time around.
I wish to thank my family and my friends for helping out, and making this tournament a success.
Until next time....
2007 Duelist Kingdom Champion: Rajiv Tripathi
Runner-Up: Bal Ghany
3rd Place : Jeremiah John
4th Place: Rishi Tripathi
"Best of the Rest" Brawl Champion: Cliff John
Condition: The duelists ranked from 9th to 16th place must face off in a series of Elimination battles until only one is left.
Special Challenge Winners:
Special Challenge #1 - Win first!!
Winner: Theon Morales
Special Challenge #2 - Attack of the 50-foot Jinzo!!
Condition: Inflict the most damage to your opponent's lifepoints upon winning the duel.
Winner: Komal Maharaj
Score: 11,400 Damage inflicted
Special Challenge #3- The Band of Brothers Challenge
Condition: Win your match with the most monsters of the same Attribute on your side of the field OR be the first to win a match with 5 monsters, all of the same Attribute.
Winner: Marc Polo
Score: 5 Dark Attribute Monsters (Dark Necrofear, Dark Ruler Ha Des, 3 Giant Germ)
Special Challenge #4- Starve your Graveyard
Condition: [i]Win your match with the least number of cards in the graveyard OR be the first to declare a match victory with NO cards in your Graveyard.
Winner: Sunil Ramkarran
Score: 1 card.
Special Challenge #5- Don't rely on higher powers!
Condition: Win your match with as few monsters of level 5 or more as possible, OR be the first to win your match using NO monsters of level 5 or more.
Winner: Jeremiah John
Score: 0 monsters of Level 5 or more.
Surprise Challenges
Dungeon Challenge
Condition: Decipher the mystery of Pegasus' Dungeon.
Winner: Chris Gittens
The Correct Answer: Last Day of Witch
The 'X' Challenge
Condition: Be the first to declare victory.
The Catch?: Absolutely NO monster with ATK equal to or more than 1200 can declare an attack.
Winner: Rishi Tripathi
Duel Puzzle Winners
Brent Hinds
TOURNAMENT REPORT
....well, this was a pretty good tournament, I must say.
There were 44 people in attendance, a good few of them new to the dueling scene.
We had a bit of a late start due to a few hiccups along the way, but everything went pretty much according to plan.
As stated before, there were many new duelists, many familiar faces, and many who had dusted their decks to go out with a bang before they had rode off into the sunset. If anything, this tournament was about new beginnings for many duelists, as well as the closing chapter for some.
The tournament kicked off with the 5 round swiss format, where duelists fought in 5 rounds to determine which 8 would move on to the quarter finals. Looking around, I had noticed a wide variety of decks....of course, there were the Monarchs, but I have also seen Gadgets, Six Samurai, Fairy, Fiend and Machine decks out in full force as well. It was good to see so many duelists with so many differing styles of play there.
The first round kicked off with a simple special challenge- whoever won first won a Special Challenge prize. Theon Morales managed to pull it off in about 2 minutes into the round, so it was pretty much over rather quickly. The second challenge, resurrected from the previous year's tournament, was the odd "Attack of the 50-foot Jinzo!!" challenge, where duelists had to show no mercy and wpie the floor with their opponents upon beating them. A lot of hopeful duelists attempted to seize this prize (someone scored over 8000 using several Harpie Ladies), but, in the end, Komal triumphed, inflicting 11,400 damage in the end. In the third round, duelists had to have a group of monsters of similar attribute on the field when they declared victory. A bit of a tough one, but Marc Polo, with his legion of Dark Fiends (summoned with a Return from the Different Dimension), emerged victorious.
In between the third and the fourth rounds, we had a duel puzzle challenge, where one duelist had the chance to solve a puzzle set before him to win a prize. This puzzle was based on one we had gotten online from Pojo.com, (number 51, to be precise). Joel Gayah was up for the challenge, but, despite his best efforts, could not whittle down his opponent's LP to zero.
The fourth round focused on winning without filling up your Graveyard. The duelist who won with the least cards in his Graveyard would be declared the Challenge winner. Sunil managed to make it out with 1 card in his Graveyard.
The next Duel puzzle involved Brent Hinds, who got a somewhat simple puzzle to figure out, and totally clobbered the Koitsu placed on his opponent's side of the field with KA-2 Des Scissors, causing over 5000 damage, and taking a prize for his troubles.
The last round focused on making people rely on monsters that didn't require Tributes (YEs, Monarchs....I'm looking at you.) Jeremiah won this one quite easily....he just clobbered his foe to death with a sole D.D. Warrior Lady.
I then dropped a bombshell on the duelists by having the X Challenge Round- duelists had to face whoever was sitting in front of them (not for rankings) and win. But...there was a catch. They couldn't declare an attack with any monster with 1200 ATK or more. So, a few suffered, a few made it through, but Rishi ended up winning the tournament (although many have complained that this was because he dueled his brother, and accused him of throwing the match so that they'd win the prize and divide it amongst themselves.) Personally, I think of that as just heresay, because the match looked legitimately won to me.
We then broke for lunch, where hot wings, chicken roti and cake were seeling like hot cakes.
The hot wings were a hit, and then some.
After another duel puzzle involving Chris Gittens, who had earlier solved the riddle in the Dungeon and won himself a Last Day of Witch booster package (unfortunately, he made a key mistake in his deductions and lost the puzzle), we then proceeded to the quarter-finals, and the "Best of the Rest" Brawl Challenge simultaneously.
As duels flew by and only the strong survived, the following duelists made it to the final match-ups:
Championship Match: Rajiv Tripathi vs. Bal Ghany
This match was pretty intense, as each duelist pondered their moves. In the end, the Gadgets proved to be too overwhelming, combining fast retrieval with sheer persistence.
"Best of the Rest" Brawl Championship Match: Rio Charles vs. Cliff John
Two well-known veterans of the game, Rio faced off against Cliff, Rio using insects and Doom Dozer, and Cliff making use of Monarchs. Rio attempted to kill Cliff's strategy cold by using Mask of Restrict against him. However, it was to no avail, as, in the final round where they each had one round win apiece, Cliff managed to emerge on top.
After the Championship Match, the champion had to face off against on last threat....myself.
Tournament Master Match: Rajiv Tripathi vs. Ryan Rodriguez
Rajiv had come so far in the tournament....it was his first ever tournament victory, and his Gadgets seemed invincible. But, I was determined to make him earn his additional prize this time, and sent my Toons after him. In the first round, Toon Gemini Elf was consistently beating on his lifepoints and whittling down cards from his hand. He attempted to do the same with Trap Dustshoot, and promptly dismissed Jinzo and Cyber Dragon from my hand. However, it was to no avail, as Exiled Force and other cards kept removing his defenses, and TGE was constantly attacking his Life Points. In the next round, he fared a lot better, turning a one-sided duel around by using Brain Control on my Toon Gemini Elf, nuking Jinzo with Shrink (and robbing Brain Control from my hand) and causing some serious damage in the end. In the last round, I attempted to beat him down with Elemental Hero Wildheart, but neglected to destroy his Drillroid with Ring of Destruction afterwards- a mistake that cost me the duel as Cyber Phoenix soon came down and effectively destroyed my chances of winning. Rajiv won, but it was a very fun duel that I won't soon forget.
The next tournament is planned for next year, but, I am positive it would be a lot better next time around.
I wish to thank my family and my friends for helping out, and making this tournament a success.
Until next time....