All I need is 5 points
Tournament Report-Betazed Rebellion 3/31/01
by Brian Harcourt
Round one vs. Paul (aka Plex)
Ironically, Paul and I were playing with a very similar spaceline.
I believe only 3 missions were not duplicated. It made for an interesting
game as we built our crews and went on the attempts. It all came down to
how many dilemmas were under each mission, and whether or not the person
dared to attempt any of the missions that were duplicated. Since my main
missions were ones that were duplicated, I made sure to pass whenever I
got the chance, and only put a wall or two that I knew I'd be able to pass
with ease when I attempted. Things got off to a good start, I was
speedily reporting Androids and personnel for free, and tented for The
Traveler: Trancendence as early as possible, which had a big impact on
the speed of my deck. He started off by attempting Investigate Sighting
II, gaining 10 points from Barclay's Protomorphosis Disease. He then
got stopped by a Maglock, and that left me with a chance to go in and solve
the mission,
I did so and the score was 40-10. I then proceeded to complete Explore
Typhon Expanse II and Covert Installation II for the win.
Final score=100-10 Round one 2(+90)
Round two vs. John
John was playing a Dominion deck, I'm assuming it was based on battle,
with Founders and white-support personnel, but I never got to battle against
him because he never wormholed me to the Gamma Quadrant during our game.
I reported personnel for free and ships, got a crew ready fairly quickly,
played Senior Staff Meetings on IS2 and ETE2 in order to minimize the effect
that the dilemmas would have on my crew. I then proceeded to attempt Covert
Installation II for the win; as it turned out, Hide and Seek stopped my
one Engineer in the crew and gave John the chance to gain some points before
I completed CI2 the next turn. He attempted and completed Intelligence
Operation with HQ:Secure Homeworld for 40 points, makes me wish I had used
a different dilemma combo there instead, which I think in retrospect would
have given me
the full 100-0 win. I didn't, so he earned 40 points. The next
turn I completed CI2 for the win with my unstopped Engineer and personnel.
Final Score=100-40 Round two 4(+150)
Round three vs. Steve (aka Kor)
Steve was playing a HOTE/DRGS/62nd Rule Ferengi mission deck. I'm not
going to go into how it works because, frankly I'm still confused by it;-)
But, to make a long story short, he got off to a good start, downloading
Barry Waddle, tribbles, etc at an incredible speed. I was matching him
for speed, but he was getting more points off of missions after HOTE went
into effect. I barely managed to squeeze out 10 points after completing
four missions. Steve won in the end with a 100-10 win for him, that
pretty much sealed his victory of the Tournament.
Final Score(10-100)
Round three 4(+60)
Round Four vs. Chris (aka Brak)
Chris had a Fed AMS which operated on getting out as many AMS for his
missions as soon as possible and start attempting, in order to gain as
many points from only 2 missions, 3 at the most. I started
attempting missions, before I knew it was 60-0 me. He was able to complete
one mission and gain 50 points from missions and a Cytherians trip. I ended
up winning after completing Covert Installation 2.
Final Score=100-50.
Round four 6(+110)
Round five vs. Jason
This had to be the most interesting and fun game of the entire tournament.
It all came down to the last turn, it could have easily gone either way.
I got off to a slower start then usual, which gave Jason time to start
cargo runs to his Nor. He was playing a Fed mission solver using a Nor
and Cargo Bay for cargo running draws to help speed up his deck.
All that I can really remember from this game has to be the last 10 minutes,
when we were both close to winning; he had 95 points and I had 65. My next
mission was going to be Compromised Mission, he knew I would be able to
pass it, even with the Q-flash swap. He went into the Gamma Quadrant;
yes we had a little of everything in this game, I hope he remembers more
about it then I do to write a report ;-). He beamed his entire crew
down, attempted, many got stopped by a hide and seek, one was stopped by
Altonian Brain teaser, and one was killed by a Berserk Changeling.
That gave me the final opportunity to complete Compromised Mission after
having Fightin' Words
out, Temporal Rift on my ship(I had already discarded STP before, and
no AU door in hand), killing off my personnel with Aphasia, regenerating
them and reporting them once again. Needless to say, I was thankful
when he couldn't get past Berserk Changeling.
I solved Compromised Mission for the win and took 2nd place in the
tournament.
Final Score=100-95.
Total cumulative score=8(+115)
I received a 100,000 Tribble clone foil and 2 packs of Mirror, Mirror.
I was happy with it,
it was a very-well run tournament and everyone had a good time as far
as I could see.
I'd like to thank Chris Brennan(Rom) for holding the tournament, and
for rushing over to
answer our rules questions, even when he was having trouble finding
a way to get around people to get to us;-)
Thanks again Chris, you definitely deserve a good rest this weekend;-)
Good tournament to all, and to all a good night.
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