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[The Mummy]

 The day started at 7.30a.m outside MFM. We all gathered and then we were off. Five cars !!!   We arrived at about 10 a.m .  11 0'clock came going to start a bit late    12 0'clock came and went   12.30 hooray round 1 . 80 players = 7 rounds . MFM players came in the following places.
61   Mike Tolley                               
57   Adam stock
56  Phil Jones
51  Shaun sellers
45 Kali Mcmorran
41 Mark Cross
40 Tom Pound
37 Will Coley
35 Karl James
33 Carl Johnson
30 Zak Horton
27 Tim Jones
25 Michael Clarricoats
23  Glyn Chudleigh
17 Tim Cox
16 Vini Gardner
14 Ping Xiao
13 Nathan Pang
12 Steven Mitchell
11 Michael Bierton
10 Josh Poet Pearce
8 Jamie Nottle
6 Willow Walsh
4 Aaron Pook
3 Gary Allen
1 Ryan Pang

So as you can see in the top 20 places are 12 mfm players   GO MFM !!!

[pangster]

Wat a rubish tourney mfm is so much better u know wat I mean vini anyway I went 7-0 no surpise I 2-0 all my oppenent part from willow lol   

[admin]

Great report Pang very eventful LOL

I manged to go 5-2 after playing an array of, well, non-tier decks LOL

Rnd 1 Karl James playing Glad Beasts 2-1 me. Game one i take after a bad choice to not Gyzarus my backrow and creature from Karl as he has a bad hand and is scared of Starlight road so early in the game. Game 2 I nobleman of Ex his War Chariots 1st turn - i think games in the bag when he is down to one back row on the field and I have Stardust and 2 cards in hand. He tops Gale summons halfs Stardust which i lose, then i draw summon summoner monk, get spellcaster, he icarus attack woot - then tops Laq GAY??? LOL

Game 3 I manage to whittle his hand down and have Synchros and alsorts to end his run of luck.

Rnd 2 Michael Tolley - Exodia 2-0 me

Game 1 he has 4 bits of Exodia but Red rchfiend and Royal Oppression end his game
Game 2 and much the same

Rnd 3 Some Guy with a gay arse burn deck. 1-2 him

Game 1 he sets back rows and burns me with slow burn. I side and own arsee with Dusts, 3rd game he sets 5 backrows and creatures. I summon attack face down mjar no useful cards in hand for me but meh.. then he continues to slow burn me with his boring arse burn deck of boring arse ness. The most helpful thing was he lost of of his games after beating me ....me bitter not at all!

Rnd 4 Some Dude using Elemental Hero Oceans etc 2-0 me

Didnt really see any attack from his deck really over the two games - things looked a bit hairy in 1st game as his Gorz is a pain for me - but after side deck i win easier

Rnd 5 Aaron Pook Blackwings 1-2

Basically 1st game is a bit of a pain and Aaron manages to take with an overwhelming field that i cant control, 3 Kalut in hand on Pooks side dont help either. Game 2 I side and get Trap dustshoot in hand - his bad hand then leaves the game open for me. Game 3 sided Nobleman of Cross out (thnx Pang) end my game fairly quickly.

Rnd 6 Ozzy Ward Zombie swarn 2-0

TBF to Ozzy he handed played the deck much and i think his hands wernt great in either of our games. 1st game i didnt see a Zombie so I assumed i was playing Lightsworn. The game ended after I Urbellum and Airbellum him down to nothing i know things are real bad when he discards a monster reincarnation to use a reincarnation to get back a ryko that i bounce with Brionac next turn.

2nd game he T sets and im worriesd about ryko with my appauling hand. Now i belive hes playing LS, and with no play i just end, he thinks i have a gorz, but to my suprise he flips up a Goblin Zombie, summons a zombie master and foolishs a wulf and attacks, to his suprise no Gorz "Damn he says i should have pushed harder"! I then summon rescue cat and go into Catastor taking out the Wulf the zombies arnt much of a problem and canrt get past the Catastor any ways. In the end i manage to clear field and drop Trooper - only to Mill Spellcaster and double dog - rekindling for game.


Rnd 7 Guy using Dragons 2-0 me

After a lot of tributing and summoning and trying to get rid of blasted Koki gay Dragons i take both games with double stardusts

so i end on a 5-2 with terrible count back i think Karl and Pook where my only good count back ending on 6-1 and 4-3 blah so i come 16th. Nevermind !! I win 5 boosters and pull awful. Got some good trades though and manged to get some great trades.

The end!

[Jamie]

This was an awesome day, but more due to the fact of going up country and all that lot, rather than the tournament as Vinis' are better in all honesty, but it was better run than some of the side events at Nationals, etc, and the judges seemed decent most of the time I had a ruling queried, and the prizes were decent atleast for the entry fee, I'll write up a report tommorow.

[Azrael]

To begin with, I was a little unsure how this would end up working. A lack of sleep the previous night was going to give me problems, I could tell, as well as having to pester my parents to drop me off in St Austell so early... still, I managed to get there, and ended up going up with Sharon Pearce (Thank-you for that by the way).

On the way up, I made a few trades (I forget what they were), and managed to convince Mark Cross to lend me two Battle Faders for the day, which was awesome (Thank-you Mark). I put them in my main Monarch Suppression deck, and moved instant fusion to the side deck.

Anyhow, once we got there, and the waiting started, I could already feel the toll my lack of sleep was putting on me. I kept my focus as best I could, as round one began.

Round 1: Harry Ollis (Pet Shop)

Game 1: Despite taking some heavy damage during this, I was able to keep control without any real problems. Prime Material Dragon was too much for him to handle in the end.
Game 2: Summoned out Light and Darkness Dragon and systematically destroyed him. He wasn't able to put up much of a fight here really.

1-0

Round 2: Daniel Whittal (Plants)

Game 1: I was really losing focus here. We clashed for a bit early on, before I over-extended myself and he set up Black Garden, messing up my attack force. I lost control and was wiped out.
Game 2: Made at least three absurdly dumb misplays, and was punished heavily for it. Never really got going here.

1-1

Round 3: Nicky Woodside (Monarch)

Game 1: She never really got going properly, and I was able to just suppress and annihilate her with Light and Darkness Dragon.
Game 2: I summoned out Prime Material Dragon, and she didn't draw any monsters. I won easily.

2-1

Round 4: Gary Allan (Blackwing)

Game 1: Didn't draw much in the way of useful cards, and was picked off before inflicting a single point of damage.
Game 2: A better hand allowed me to take control here. Aside from walking into a few Kalut's, I was able to just stay in power, and beat him down.
Game 3: Drew very little. One or two tribute cards and a hand full of high levels does not make for effective attack strategies, especially after I ended up walking into a Solemn.

2-2

Now in the previous couple of games, I started to notice something. I was focusing more, despite being tired. I still don't know why that is, but it continued to happen, as I went into the next round.

Round 5: Nick Lovelock (Monarch)

Game 1: The guy didn't seem to know what most of my cards did, and wasn't able to offer much in the way of resistance.
Game 2: Pretty much the same as Game 1.

3-2

Round 6: Tom Pound (Jinzo Returner)

Game 1: Turns out unless Jinzo swarms, it isn't very effective against decks that only run two trap cards, both of which are Royal Decree. I won without too many problems here.
Game 2: Jinzo Swarmed, and I wasn't able to counter it properly. Lost heavily.
Game 3: Jinzo Swarmed again, but I had a better defense this time. I survived it, and Chimeratech blew his field up, which was great until he played Overload Fusion. I Stopped Chimeratech with an Enemy Controller, then drew another one at the start of my turn. I thought snatching Chimeratech would let me attack until he was out, but since he had no other monsters, it didn't work. Turned out not to be that much of a problem though, since I had Call of the Haunted face down, and that was enough to finish him off in one strike.

4-2

Round 7: Willow Walsh (Six Samurai)

Game 1: My creatures proved too strong here, as she surrendered very quickly.
Game 2: Drew nothing I could summon, and lost out easily.
Game 3: I baited her with Vanity's Fiend straight away, and after I took control by other means her Reckless Greed's stopped her from drawing the stuff to come back. She surrendered again.

5-2

Not bad considering the appalling start.

Considering I had beaten Willow at the end, I was expecting to come ahead of her in the final rankings. I was feeling pretty sure of myself when the twelfth name was called, and we were both still in there, since I was sure that put me in the top 10. Then my name was read as the 11th.

*twitch*

Really, that was just frustrating. I didn't feel angry at the time (probably too tired), but on reflection, it does annoy me.

Anyhow, while everyone went to MacDonalds, I wandered off and lay down outside behind a hedge. I needed some rest, and I never liked the smell of those places...

I think once we started off home, I must have fallen asleep for a while. No idea how long for, but I think it must have saved me, since after being dropped off, I still had a long way to go. I walked up to the train station and waited there for about 20 minutes, before getting the train to Truro. Once there, my dad picked me up, and I arrived back after 11:00. Greeat.

Oh well. It was an interesting day, and before returning Mark's Battle Faders, I was able to get one of my own, which was awesome. And while I prefer MFM because it seems more organized, I will say it was lovely not to be playing in the cold, so that's one aspect of it I enjoyed anyway.