Edward Pigman (jindrak) Tournament Report - 1E Sealed - Deep Space 9 Regional 2012-04-22 - 11:00 AM Sealed DS9 regional. Introduction This marked my 3rd 4th and 5th 1E games ever, so the learning curve was still pretty steep. Tried to play as well as possible considering I know about 50% of the rules. Round 1 Michael Moskop FL (-29)View opponent's ReportView original Report This game was an uphill battle. My first mission I hit the higher the fewer and went to negative points. both Mike and I took till time to get our missions done, but I only managed to get 71 points by the time the round ended. Good game as we are both green as grass when it comes to 1E. We both knew this was going to be difficult since Ed and I were the relative newbies to 1E. We went to time due to a million rules questions from both of us, but I was able to complete my last mission at the buzzer to make it a full win. Round 2 Jason Beyer FW (+81) This was a come from behind victory that came down to 1 random pick. Jason pretty much ran the board the whole game- attacking my ships and making me scurry home and spend eons docked and repairing. But when I grabbed a really key personnel with telepathic alien kidnappers, he stalled out in a big way. This actually let me come from 25 points to win the game. Jason was honestly robbed in this one. Round 3 Corbin Johnson FL (-100)View opponent's ReportView original Report This one was my karma for snaking Jason. Corbin stole, kidnapped, relocated, killed and phased out pretty much every key personnel in my deck. I was left with skill holes for pretty much all my missions, so I packed it up when it become evident I wasnt going to get much more done. Ed did exceptionally well for playing his 5th game of the one of the most complicated games ever made. I felt like I was playing a seasoned veteran. He made no mistakes and just got screwed by my atmospheric ionizaitions, thine own selfs and a mysterious orb. Hang in there man! If you keep playing this, you could seriously win worlds or continentals where luck is less of a problem. Ed even asked me for some help with his constructed deck before the tournament and I could tell that he is pumped to start playing some constructed 1E sometime soon. Now if we can just get Jason and Mike Moskop a baby sitter and something for their wives to do... and a Job with with weekends off! We would have an awesome playgroup! We also need to get Jon Carter a transporter or shuttlecraft!