I made it to Richmond, hurricane Ian be damned. Traffic was fantastic, but most of Friday was wet. Went down with my buddies Andy and Dan. From my house to the lunch spot in Richmond, it was a little over 2 hours of driving. INSANITY!
It turned out we were staying at the same hotel as the Legacy Pit crew, ran into them on the elevator from parking garage. Guess I made the correct call on where to stay.
We were testing (read screwing around) some Friday night and made a new friend from Argentina of all places, who went by Chuck because it was easier to pronounce. He was working in DC, but still. He was running Doomsday, and was trying to be a U/R Aggro killer.
Had an absolutely BANGER of a dinner at Cafe Rustika. The wait was a bit much, but everything else was perfect about it.
Disappointed with only having 1 of things- 1 vendor who wasn't even setup by around 1. 1 artist- RK Post. I am sure they aren't cheap or whatever, but ugh.
No clue how the stream came across, but in the big venue it was nearly IMPOSSIBLE to hear announcements. The PA was AWFUL.
My only goal was to have a better record than the two other I went with.
There was some confusion from a mid-night email about if masks were to be require but we brought them just in case. Turned out- still needed them. The other guys didn't get the same email I got- weird.
Round 1 vs Goblins lost die roll
Ugh. I got wasted out game 1.
Game 2 I managed to Fury away his threats and clock him. Everything was clicking
Game 3 Just did goblin things, and made a a HUGE mistake by bottoming a Dead//Gone on my mulligan to see a turn 1 Lackey which was pretty much the game for me. That was the only Lackey I saw and entirely forgot about. Crap.
Round 2 vs U/R aggro won die roll
Game 1 He didnt do much, but I roll him up with a Chalice on 1.
Game 2 He was VERY frustrated and it showed. He got me down to 6, but I nuked his board and kept control. Felt good.
Round 3 vs U/R aggro lost die roll
Game 1 Got Murktide'd even though I controlled the board until that point. Guess it doesn't matter does it?
Game 2 All I have written down is UGH. Looks like another huge Murktide.
Round 4 vs U/R aggro lost die roll
This last match killed my soul. Up a game, after losing the the die roll, and all I had to do was find a mana source and I could finish him off in game 2. Yet, my deck just shat the bed. Turn after turn. I wound up finding two more Leylines and spells I couldn't cast. My opening Leyline held him off for SO long, but I couldn't get there. It was so depressing I dropped and walked back to the hotel. Wound up napping a bit. It was awful. Just sucked monkey butt.
Things I learned:
#1 This was my first big constructed tournament ever. Seriously.
#2 Not sure big tournaments are really my thing. Sure I knew people there, had a pretty good time outside of the event... the reason for being there is not exactly my jam at this point in my life.
#3 Every match was fairly run over by the die roll. How suckie is that? I know it isn't completely true, but can't argue with the result I saw.
#4 I should have kept playing for the fun of it, but at the moment... good god. Three straight rounds of R/U aggro was not what I wanted from life.
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