Regionals 2013: the Aftermath

(Note: Google helped me fix the problem I had, the post should be visible work now.)

What can I say: Regionals were awesome!

Just want to say congrats to our Regional Champion 2013: Jono Ritzao

Anyway, for those of you who want to see the top 20, here they are:

1st	Jonno Ritzau
2	Scott Modra
3	Tom Harrison
4	Andrew Johnson
5	Patrick Diaz
6	Brad Nyburg
7	Zac Duce
8	Chris Hanson
9	Lex Estella
10	Craig Stern
11	Tommy Nguyen
12	Michael Wang
13	Khadn Kennedy
14	Jarod Wiseman
15	Ash Webster
16	Jesse Stewart
17	Chris Welsh
18	Dylan Singh
19	Matt Nyburg
20	Dan Nellar

Let's me be the First to say that there are a lot of names I don't recognize. Who are half these people? "They took our Jerbs (Oceanic) Invites!"

Still good luck to them, they obviously were able to exploit the hell out of the metagame win them on their own merits.

Anyway, you probably noticed that "Chad Manning" is not in first place, or on the list... Just checked it twice, I'm not there...

As a Silver Lining, here is 3 things that contributed/lead to my failed Regionals '13 campaign. Hopefully my stuff-ups can serve as reminders to those Lucky Bast- Gentlemen who are heading to Oceanics.

1. Limit your Main Deck to Forty: Okay, I admit it; I thought Darkworld's draw power would allow me to have a few extra copies of 'staples' like MST and Dark Bribe. Unfortunately, AJ's Atlanteans first up managed to lock down my drawing, and then I drew nothing but those extra copies of MST and Dark Bribe.
2. Leave your Siblings/Friends at Home: After losing to AJ's Atlanteans, I was paired up with Fallon, My sister using my own "Troll-face" Final Countdown deck. I lost to that deck. They were grounded due to them being messier slobs then what I am, until I managed to talk our mother down to a more 'Reasonable' Punishment. Big mistake.
3. Prepare for Everything: I prepared for Wind-Ups, Mermatlanteans, Dino Rabbit, and like an idiot, I had nothing set aside for the Stall Decks I would face if I managed to screw up and lose my first two duels. So I drew to Watts, got beaten by an 'Effect deck', and was only redeemed by a Bi

Now to Sportsmanship, I want to give an Honorable Mention  to AJ. On the Competitive->Aggressive continuum,  he was calmly competitive. Able to play the game and still exchange pleasantries, offering the customary "Good Game" and otherwise being a gracious winner.

Dishonourable mention to Jackson, who uttered profanities in a torrent that would even make a sailor shake his head. When he won, he sung his Victory Song of "You suck...", when he lost, he sung his Sourpuss Song that had the same lyrics as the first. No-one should act like this IRL, but for computer gaming it's all good.

SUMMARY:

I discussed the Regionals, congratulated the champion, did a postmortem on my results, and acknowledged good and bad sports. I don't know about you, but I had a fun day, and look forward to next year!