So this is a little bit late, since the tourney in question was held
February 27, but what can I say, I've been busy. On Feb 27, 1998, I ran
a Fist tourney at Pentecon 10 at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. It
was a relatively small affair; there were a total of seven players, one
of whom arrived late and missed the first round. Prizes were two unlimited-edition
Fist starters.
The contestants: (the deck descriptions may not be entirely accurate,
since it's been a while since the event and I didn't write down much of
anything about the decks played)
Ian Cyr, playing mono-Architects thugs and heavy denial
Keith Rice, playing mono-Dragon with lots of whuppin' sticks
Andrew Sacket, playing Lotus/Ascended with tricks (I think)
Peter Bakija, playing mono-Monarchs
Steve Wampler, playing mono-Ascended with Bull Markets
John Glass, playing Ascended/something (I think)
Eric Howd (late arrival), playing I'm not sure
What I had them play three rounds of semi-random pairings, with one
four-player and one three-player game each round. After that, there was
a four-player final. (We had three people in the lead after the second
round, based on my slightly-dubious points system, so I put the four losers
in what was effectively the wild-card game.) None of the rounds ever came
close to timing out on the hour time limit I was using. We started the
tourney around 8 pm and the whole thing was done well before 11 if I remember
right.
The games:
2x Stone Garden
1x Pinball Hall
1x Kinoshita House
1x Night Market
1x Garden of Bronze
1x Sacred Heart Hospital
1x Blessed Orchard
1x Fox Pass
1x Whirlpool of Blood
1x Dragon Mountain
1x Secret Headquarters
1x Arcanotower 2056
5x Test Subjects
5x DNA Mage
4x Plasma Trooper
1x Dr. April Mucosa
1x Gnarled Attuner
4x CHAR
1x Homo Omega
1x Supercomputer
4x Helix Rethread
5x Expendable Unit
5x Nerve Gas
5x Imprison
2x Orbital Laser Strike
4x Neutron Bomb
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