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Kris Sonsteby (LORE)
Tournament Report - 2E - North American Continentals Day One
2014-07-12 - 10:30 AM
You Get a Piece of It... You Can Rename It
Introduction
North American Continentals returned to The Land of 10,000 Champions following a five year hiatus, and I went to war with a retooled version of Motion Picture Medics. When the dust settled, my only losses in the most competitive locally held 2E tournament to date were to a pair of old friends with insider knowledge.

Round 1	Ryan Heiberg	FW (+100)
Hayseed was experimenting with Dominion, but had a first turn Surprise Party destroyed shortly before losing a trio of All-Stars due to Aid Legendary Civilization. Once Necessary Execution de-staffed his Defiant on the ground, the remainder of the match was decidedly one-sided. FW 100-0.


Round 2	Barry Windschitl	FL (-100)View opponent's Report View original Report
The Genius was rocking Borg assimilation, and wiped out an entire away team via Abduction, Reborn, and Unrelenting. Armed with the skills to pass Telepathic Deception from my personnel plus a Knowledge & Experience to side step anything I could toss to get them back, there was simply no slowing him down. FL 100-0.
Kris was running his TOS ALC deck, and I was able to hit him hard with a near-complete wipe-out of his away team. After this, it was not much of an issue to solve a space and planet mission for the win with K&E, and get around the corner with OWtB. Good Game Bro.

Round 3	Amber Van Breemen	FW (+55)
The Glamazon was looking to Starfleet, but lost Amanda Cole to a Secret Identity shortly before Ardent Predator chewed through her remaining Exobiology. With a skill shortage for both her space mission and my primary wall, I methodically worked around a double shot of Moral Choice to button up the victory. FW 100-45.


Round 4	Steve Nelson	FW (+5)
The Full Nelson was dealing Romulan, but had a Getting Under Your Skin destroyed early thanks to a dialed in Matt Decker. Despite cruising through missions, the lack of bonus points would come back to haunt him late as I eventually churned through Investigate Alien Probe while he was stuck on 95 points. FW 100-95.


Round 5	Nathan W	FW (+70)View opponent's Report View original Report
The Alabama Slamma was piloting DS9, but dumped his lone Biology to the ALC bomb and never recovered. After Scotty knocked out a fully loaded Medical Teams mid-game, Driven powered me through an Optical Delusion at Find Lifeless World to notch the win over my remote protege. FW 100-30.
Kris was playing TOS-ALC-ACE with a Telepathic Deception lockout. Scumbag. My deck has 1 Bio and 1 Exo I think (DS9 needs more skills -- ones with Command stars!). I tried to play the game too cute, and it cost me. Losing 2 personnel on Med Teams to a Scotty right when I needed them didn't help. I think I had 1 mission with the other 2 crop dusted when he finished me off. It was a very bad match-up for me, one I'm glad I didn't have to face again. FL: 30-100.

Round 6	Mike Harrington	ML (-10)
The Natural was co-chairing TOS, and kept his ships staffed throughout via Emergency Transporter Unit. Crop dusting missions nearly cost him the match as time expired, but he luckily tagged both of my Anthropology with random selections at IAP to slam the door on my upset bid. ML 45-35.


Closing Thoughts
Following a humbling second round loss, three straight wins made my final match largely inconsequential as the top two tables were all but guaranteed spots in the Elite Eight. And given the strong showing by the other ten members of The Frozen Chosen, my work would surely be cut out for me no matter who was on deck.