Smiley (Iron Mike) Tournament Report - 1E - Australian Continental 2013-07-05 - 03:00 PM "Yeah bitch! Ferengi!" Introduction Round 1 Earned Bye EB (+100) Superbye. Had some Thai food. Round 2 Garry Dillon FW (+65) I always love playing Garry. The Northern Overlord knows what's going on. He was playing a TNG Romulan deck. TNG Romulans scare me, with their ability to play everybody very quickly. So I decided to just run like fuck. A few lucky draws for dilemmas and swarms of Ferengi solved the missions. Round 3 Robert Dawson FW (+7) Rob and I always have strange games. Usually they feature a tightly run contest until I rush into something and get all of my guys killed. Seeing that once again he had a non-TNG Fed deck, I knew dudes would come out quickly. Opting for more safety, I sent somewhat expendable teams into my missions to beat dilemmas. I managed to slow Rob down with a well placed walls. When I encountered the final wall under my final mission, we knew I could have my guys out there in the next turn. Luckily for me, when Rob went for his final mission, he met a Friendly Fire. I then ran for a victory. Round 4 Greg Dillon FL (-25) Greg is really good at Star Trek. Like my games with Rob, I tend to make some weird game losing choices. So I decided to make cautious game choices. Unfortunately for me, Greg had dilemmas enhanced by Access Denied, which puzzled me greatly. When I was attempting my last mission and Greg was stopped by The Cloud, encountered a Gomtuu Shock Wave. No biggie, I thought. I packed up all of my final guys and rushed the dilemma. Evidently they only had one dilemma. Greg won the hell out of this game, beating me and my apparently questionable literacy. Round 5 Steve Hartmann FW (+60)View opponent's ReportView original Report Steve was hamstrung by a bad draw, and having everyone stuck on one ship wasn't feasible. That said, Steve knows how to set up a dilemma combo. I'm worried about what this deck will do when it's perfected. Mike was playing TNG Ferengi. He had a draw engine going early and my temporal shiftings did nothing to slow him down. As with other games skills gaps in my deck were a problem as Mike rolled home for the win. Closing Thoughts Playing TNG Ferengi feels dirty. I didn't battle anyone, but it just feels so cheap. Also apologies to Greg for having to explain Access Denied to me multiple times.