tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732234650917415081.post4669801237214200429..comments2023-09-15T21:54:17.921-07:00Comments on Team Overload Blog: A Weekend of Locals Recap + Box Tourney ReportMiguel_Gutierrezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13054806038231704151noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732234650917415081.post-42160446828408473942012-04-23T16:01:16.441-07:002012-04-23T16:01:16.441-07:00Not sure about the pre-release. I've always li...Not sure about the pre-release. I've always liked sealed but not really interested in having product just for the hell of it. For now I'm strictly sticking to picking up singles I may need. <br /><br />I played the UWB Delver deck that Finkel ran at whatever big event he top 8'd with, with like maybe a couple changes. Side was a little different since I was just working with what I had/hadn't ordered. <br /><br />As for our locals, the top players play Inzektor or Windup, and Shiggs with his Sams. Everyone has pretty much ditched Dino, at least the team members. Everyone else though runs whatever so there's still a "decent" amount of diversity. <br /><br />I blame the low attendance of the box tourney on the lack of notice. The previous one we got the word out like a month and a half in advance to give people plenty of time to adjust their work schedules, have money for entry, and whatnot. This time it was about a week, so even just the rest of the team like Danny, Epler, Alan, and Donut couldn't make it. Team Atomic didn't show up for what ever reason. It's also unbelievable how people can't afford the $3 to play in a regular locals, let alone $10 for a box tourney. We also get no support from the playerbase in Idaho that's 20 minutes away. <br /><br />But the turnouts in general have steadily decreased for several years now; people move away, have families, lose interest, are playing something else, can't afford to keep up competitively, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732234650917415081.post-80783843619299324232012-04-23T12:55:10.359-07:002012-04-23T12:55:10.359-07:00Seems like you had a decent weekend :)
Do you pla...Seems like you had a decent weekend :)<br /><br />Do you plan to go to the Avacyn Restored Prerelease this upcoming weekend in your area?<br /><br />What deck did you use in Magic? I'm guessing some kind of control with Blue since you mentioned picking up Snapcaster and Images (veiler for images is pretty good :D).<br /><br />Also, does anyone in your locals (Yugioh) plan to use something else besides Inzektor and Six Samurai lol? It seems so boring to play Yugioh if everybody uses the same deck. I could see why it took a while to get 15 people to start that second Yugioh tourney you went to and why the Yugioh tournaments you play in have a very low turnout.<br /><br />And geezus crist, 54 people playing Magic haha. We're just lucky to get like 20 people playing in FNM in Ketchikan :P, but then again, we're a small town.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com