Subject: us open tourney report Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 14:49:33 -0400 From: "daryl" To: Report on the us open grinders David Bryant here. Yes the whole of team tko made the long arduous trip to ohio from Florida to make nationals. 2 members were already qualified,so off we went.I had the pleasure of playing in 3 different opens. Well Crosby and I spent a good deal of time in the van on the way up perfecting the Dreadnaught deck, Better known as "The Hellsynchi Bomb". Ya baby! After about 15 hours of playtesting different versions vs the field, we came up with the best one. And If you have seen that dark ritual pile elsewhere on the dojo, It sux. As you can tell, me having made it to the final 4 and it not.In fact if i had drawn a land in any of 3 turns early 3rd game i woulda been representing in nationals with 'da bomb!The problem with the other version is there is no control,aura or disenchant, and emerald charm(to my dismay) canbend you over the table and have there way with you you need sinks and leaks, and let me tell you about the 1 spike tech,ripped every opponent with it. So let me talk serios for a second, I have some public apologies to make, and some serious warnings to give. First game in my third open, I played Mike Florres.(i think i might have misspelled last name but you all know who he is)This Punk bold faced lied to a judge before we started to play and said that I picked up his deck and turned it over and looked at the bottom, absolute bullshit!!! I had friends watching my match that can testify.John tatum, andrew pacifico and joseph crosby. The judge comes over and asks me if I am 100% sure I didn't do that and see any cards in his deck. I wholeheartedly assure him that I did not. Then he says he thinks I did and gives me a game loss next game no sideboard. Why even ask me if you are going to give me(not him or both of us a warning for failure to agree). I am raging mad at this point. This is the last openand I am gettting dicked. Florres did this because it was his last chance. I am sure of it. So on to the second game, Guess what good old florres is playing, oh maybe pros bloom, a deck designed to win first game. So i losefair and square the second game. But thats the end of it. Well there ends my warnings, here starts the apologies. After the match I almost came across the table on mike. I got up and walked away, then lost it. Islammed my notebook on the ground and ran back to the table and yelled very vehemently thatI was going to find mike outside the room when he left and kick his fat ass.Then I was asked to leave the building by the judge.Which I did so, but not before I called out to the other open competitors that florres was playing bloom. I figured that if he was going to cheat me out like that then some one should at least getforehand knowledge of what he was playing. Because I sure as hell did not!!!!!! So my apologies begin: I apologize to DCI, I know I was out of place in my temper and am glad I did hold some semblense of control and not phisically assault him,It's just a game, even if it is a $25,000 GAME.Next I apologize to the coordinators of origins. I should not have caused a scene. I apologize to my teamates, I did not get to spend the rest of the weekend representin jacksonville tech with ya,(as i was ejected from origins)although jamie duguid did represent and win the irc tourney with extended helynchi bomb!!!! And last and I apologize to all players in general, no matter how your opponent conducts him/herself, there should NEVER be any threat of phisycal confrontation in the game. Oh and on a side note, how did mike long not get ejected for haveing a cadaverous bloom on the floor under him andthe whole crowd saw him play it off as if it dropped out of his deck when he tutored. Can you say cheater?! well heres the helsynchi decklist for all youplayer haters hehe 4 pandemonium 4dreadnaughts 4 impulse 4 mana vault 3 mox diamond 3 portent 3 brainstorm 3 power sink 3 argivian find 2 enlightened tutor 2 intuition 2 mana leak 1 force spike 3 abeyance 4 gemstone mines 4 city of brass 4 adakar wastes 3 islands 2 ancient tombs 2 city of traitors sideboard: 3 elephant grass 4 warmth 3pyrobalsts 2hydroblasts 3 steal enchanments PROPS: ANDREW PACIFICO: way to make top 8 nationals! wish I coulda benn there dude! JOSEPH CROSBY: forever helsynchi partners in crime hehe JAMIE DUGUID: for representind extended bomb baby JOHN TATUM: for being the subtle mgee that he is SLOPS: MIKE FLORRES: for ...... aw whatever..I'm tired of thinking about you , you dirty ass bastard ANDREW PACIFICO: for making the first 2 week long porn flick with buxom mgee's sister, shall we call her undisclosed mgee JOSE CINTRA: for being the latest bastard on earth a record number of times and for in sisting i put verdant force in the bomb because"they would take a point every upkeep" whatever ALL MISCELLANEOUS MGEE'S THAT HAVE YET TO EARN A MGEE NAME: dont worry you'll get one MGEE NAME LIST: PACIFICO= SASSY MGEE CROSBY=SLACK JAWED MGEE BRYANT=FATTY MGEE TATUM=SUBTLE MGEE DUGUID=CHEERLEAD MGEE CINTRA=SLEEPING MGEE GORA=NATE MEE (AS IN EXTREMMELY DUMB) BARBIE=BUXOM MGEE CHRIS JOHNS=NINJA OR RAINBOW MGEE DAVENPORT=APPRENTICE MGEE DAVE CROWLEY= MONTERRAY MGEE BERT=APATHETIC MGEE FLORRES="JUDGE, JUDGE I'M NO GOOD SO PLEASE GIVE ME A FREE WIN CAUSE I REALLY NEED IT, I'LL BLOW YOU AFTER THE MATCH IF YOU DO!"MGEE WELL THANKS FOR LISTINING FATTY MGEE AKA BRYANTof5cBRYANTfame