Chris Clarke (ZodoJats) Tournament Report - 2E Standard - Australian Continentals Day One 2011-07-02 - 10:00 AM Maquis Ih'valla Introduction I figured it was time to reveal a broken deck to the world, so here are the results. Round 1 Earned Bye EB (+100) I actually tried to throw away my super bye right at the start. Others expressed interest in throwing away theirs too, but somehow the pairings were decided without me being in the mix. Given that there were an even number of players and an even number of bye-earners, I didn't want to create a Round 1 bye for someone else, so I tried to convince the other bye players to give up theirs along with me but they decided against it in the end. Oh well, I wanted to play as many games as possible. Round 2 Daniel Waller FW (+100) Daniel was playing a regular Voyager solver. I had a solid start, getting out the a staffed Defiant by turn 3, and Kira + DtF going turn 4. Most voyager personnel are cost 3 or so, so I started playing double Stalling For Time every turn, plus Reide and Defiant. He never got out more than four or five personnel all game and didn't attempt Caretakers. When he tried just drawing seven, I played Organized Terrorist Activities to put it all back and continued the pressure. Meanwhile I slowly worked through my missions (a couple of times I attempted with 5 and he drew one or two and lucked into Polywater, no matter). Once I'd got through all the missions he had zero personnel. FW 100-0. Round 3 Steve Hartmann FW (+100)View opponent's ReportView original Report Steve was playing a very solid Bajoran solver. It aims to abuse Bajoran Dukat with the new Sisko, combined with traditional Basso and Covenants to micro team later missions. I actually quite like the deck. So do the Maquis :D. I again got the Defiant out early-ish (maybe turn 4?). I stalled early with Stalling For Time and Cascade Viruses, then got the engine going. I also had Dukat out to counter his own Dukat, not that it really mattered as he was Cascade bait anyway. He did get one attempt I believe, where I *think* I played Hard Time/Dal Rok against his crew of six (I may be confusing this particular bit with another game). He could possibly have still solved, but I Alarming Rumors-ed his Covenant. From that point onwards, I just started hitting missions while keeping the lockout. At the end of the game, he still had zero personnel in play, having never reached above about two after his initial attempt. FW 100-0. I kinda lost this one. Not much else to say. Chris is an awesome player and builds awesome decks. I hope one day I will give him a better challenge but today was not that day. Round 4  Smiley FW (+100) Mike was playing his trusted Klingon Baht'Qul deck that he has had success with in Sydney before. Unfortunately, Stalling For Time loves past Klingons, as you can keep all the other past guys off the table so they are very expensive. Once again I got the Defiant out around turn 4 and then did Stalling For Time and Casscade Virus ad nauseum. I don't think he ever left his headquarters. A few mission attempts later I got the win with again zero personnel on table at the end. FW 100-0. Round 5 Matthew Townsend FW (+70) Matt was playing another Klingon Baht'Qul deck, although he was going for the much easier Protect the Escapees to start off with. I made two annoying mistakes this game, but it didn't really matter in the end. The first (and stupidist) was naming Koloth with Stalling For Time instead of Kor, which allowed him to get six personnel out and attempt a mission. Then came my second mistake. I went with Hard Time/Dal Rok, being kinda greedy and not wanting to put any dilemmas under. I probably should have just done Caretaker's/WNOHGB which I knew would hit, but anyway, I randomly selected the exact two personnel with both dilemmas that left him with 31 strength off four personnel, and so he one attempt solved against me. Gah! There was around a 15% chance of those random selections happening, but oh well, a chance is a chance. I wasn't too bummed though, because I knew I'd have him from that point onwards. The engine was going by then and a turn or two later he had zero personnel in play and would have none in play at the end of the game too. FW 100-30. Round 6 Lee Clarke FW (+100) Lee was playing a TOS weenies (with Damage blow-em-up for fun). We'd obviously tested this matchup beforehand, so it was no surprise how it went. An opening hand Cascade Virus, and then downloading a second with Amaros, meant I was soon double Casscading every turn combined with putting his hand back. He got one attempt off, and I killed off his Gold Stars, stranding him. After I solved ALC and put back Bashir, he had no one on table and wouldn't have anybody else on table for long for the rest of the game. FW 100-0. So at the end of every one of my games all my opponents had no personnel in play, and most had no dilemmas under and nothing in hand. This deck is crazy.