Dark Towers Recap Part 1

[Jayson"Phonics"]

Just going with the names probably of who played

1. Blair Thompson - Dude Love - #33
2. Rafael Vargas - Booker T - #384
3. Rob Kuzmiak - RVD - #725
4. Zach Jacobs - Stephanie McMachon #7
5. Craig Brandegee - Sable
6. Andy Sullivan - Edge - #435
7. Mike Acharya - Eddie - #624
8. Matias Higuera - Billy & Chuck - #164
9. Joe Rivera - Flair - #295
10.Ian Acharya - Big Freak - #
11.Dennis Farrell - Booker T - #
12.Ethan Gavurin - Test - #
13.Alex Cheli - BoD - #
14.Tom Scott - Los G's - #1274
15.James Kandziolka - Two Man - #155
16.Matt Gagliano - Big Poppa - #
17.Bill Stephans - Rey - #1363
18.Sherman Siino - Rhyno - #952
19.Cuyler Lani - Rock - #
20.Justin Cantor - Evolution - #
21.Alex Gellene - Crippler - #
22.Jack McLeod - Nidia - #
23.Buddy Henschel - Rikishi - #454
24.Taylor Sheridan - Gail and Molly - #
25.Brian Blair - Jeff Hardy - #
26.Rich Leary - Christian - #
27.Lucas Higuera - Eric - #
28.Mateo Higurea - Deadman - #
29.Kevin Nguyen - The Game - #
30.John Windish - DA - #
31.Me - Goldberg - #69
32.Brian - Big Freak - #1002
33.Ray - Edge - #458
34.Flamer - Matt - #829
35.Scott - Team Angle - #558
36.Hillary - Two Man - #

[Jayson"Phonics"]

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[ATruGambit]

may as well throw my recap out there.

Round 1
Me VS 10.Ian Acharya - Big Freak
Big Freak has a ROUGH time against Edge, or anybody that has a 0 fort backlash reversal t obe hoenst. i went first, got fort out and started with 3 oversells in my opening hand. he clutched with always on tops to try to apply and i just oversold both his clutches. he never saw any more fort the entire game and it ends with an edgacution
Pin Fall Win

Round 2
Me VS Matias Higuera - Billy & Chuck
This was a CLOSE match. he played rules and had rico to sit on, i jsut kept trying to push actiosn through until eventually i got off 2 turn the tides and started my comback. last turn of the game comes down to hi mwith 0 and me with 2 cards left and i go for the pin with a suicide lariat and get overshot. BAH. the optional count out rule was not in effect adn i needed the pin to progress into the top 16 so it wasny an awful paly, but it still cost me the match. heh..
Pin Fall Loss

Round 3
Me VS Dennis Farrell - Booker T (country)
This was MESSY. i go firt, i blank his bookerman and go to town on him, i get out enough fort to real predictable and begin removing every 0 he has from the game, then his if your not cheating your not tryings, he has pay per view and wrestlemania but just conceeds because with no 0's and no fort he knows he cant do a thing.
Submission Win (Pin Fall)

Round 4
Me vs Scott MAckie - Team Angle
i'm sorry man. i'm sorry. i won. i'm not goign into details
Pin Fall Win


Round 5
ME VS Rob Kuzmiak - RVD - #725
This game was lost in the prematch. i forgot that he won the flip so his prematch resolves first and i ended up gettign broken for 1. he made me drop a runing lariat and it left me 1 fort short for the entire game. i ended up with 11 instead of 12 which woudl have given me a 360 clothesline which woulda given me 22 fort which opens up almost everything for me.
Pin Fall Loss

I didnt make top 16 because there was another edge that was 4 and 1. but overall the day went well and it was a good environment to paly in
Round 4
Me vs Scott MAckie - Team Angle
i'm sorry man. i'm sorry. i won. i'm not goign into details
Pin Fall Win

[Jayson"Phonics"]

Now for the actual results as I went through them. Went with Goldberg again as I made a few changes *really horrible ones in the end* and wanted to see how they work for the world qualifiers next week.

Round 1 - Mike Acharya - Eddie Guerrero

Big Shock he plays Hell in the Cell. He plays nothing else really that bothered me. Out of a 7 opening hand size he draws 2!!!! count them.....2 just bring its. The chances of that are mind boggling. We spent about 5 turns of draw go etc. Since I kept stuffing his initial moves. But I ran out of options when I had to walk into a rechazo but the bad part is by then all 6 base moves had over turned so I was dicked. He won out with a move and about 4 high risks. Roll out of the way.....going back in.
Pin Loss 0-1

Round 2 Rich Leary - Christian
Pretty one sided as he only put out one shades so I squashed his pre and then his hand. So he couldn't you think you know me so I just threw moves at him left and right until he cried.
Pin Win 1-1

Round 3 Bill Stephans - Rey Mysterio

Ugh...It's back to Brian....I mean basics Rey Rey. For some odd reason, the boy doesn't pack the 619 or the Bronco Buster. It was a rather back and forth match as I couldn't seem to draw any Simplies. But he constantly kept overturning reversals galore on me but I accumilated a lot of stun value. Eventually he killed my hand as I kept reversing his moves and he continued his turn. I got a turn after he got about 50 or so fort as I kept stopping him on overturn. I got to Don't mess with the champ twice to get some recovery going as I was wearing thin on arsenal. Of the four cards I drew off that....two nerve holds and a backslide and i think either an inside cradle or something useless. So, his turn...dips into the back to basics for a drop toe hold.....nerve hold...he continues his turn....goes for I think the atomic drop....another nerve hold, he gets steamed.....goes back again this time for clothesline....now I am pissed cause a turn earlier I had hurricane clothesline in hand but ditched it to get a jackhammer. So I backslide'ed him. So he had no hand left finally. I went, From the mind, recovered my ringside basically and got she got legs just to recover the rest since i took about 30 damage the last few turns. Looked around saw all 3 escape moves in the ringside and too fast so I went and hit the normal jackhammer thinking it would just be enough till I realized she got legs upped it by like 20 damage so I jackhammered him for 29 for the win *Put you through the ring goes into this deck*
Pin Win 2-1

Round 4 Matt Gagliano - Big Poppa Pump

Ugh, assumed Premiere Raw Steiner got Premeire Smackdown. Phew. Squash his pre then his hand. Wham bam thank you for trying.
Pin Win 3-1

Round 5 Andy Sullivan - Flunder Edge
Blah, he flunderdogs me up to about a 15 superstar value so he draws about 30 cards. I manage to bleed out all 3 escapes and his you think you know me. I manage to whiddle his hand down some to about maybe 15 or so and at the same time get mine up to about that much. Unforutantely, he plays big slide as an action and drew back up to about 25. I stop about 5 moves as he was stuck at 4 fort, which whiddled my hand down and this is where I fucked up huge. I should have played get off my program as an action to draw my third card so I can reverse his next move. I forgot and on his turn whaled at me. When it was over I looked at his hand all he had was one oversell. Had I drawn that one, his move would have been stopped, I would have jackhammered him then sat back on overturn then would have recovered what I could and maybe turn the match around.
Pin Loss 3-2

By high water Scott and I made the top 16

TOP 16 James Kandziolka - Two Man Power Trip

Ugh another face Two Man power Trip. He got off two shoot headlocks off on me. I raw turned him some but he face platned my Twisted Smile...oy, but that was his only reversal, try it next turn he does it again lol. But I pushed through about 11 fort through then sat back on my reversals to stuff his moves. But he uses look into my eyes to go get his uniques reversals so I had to bleed those out. He tries a simply....ah shit then I realize he only has out 2 types but at that time I had about 18 fort out and he cut that in half. I sustain his assault enough to where I had 3 coons in hand and he was down to just an iron will i think so I took the countout to move on

TOP 8 Rafael Vargas Booker T

One of the changes I made beforehand cost me this match. He ego boosts for overhand chairshot then can you dig it for the spinning t kick to get his fort. I premiere raw his hand down some enough to get 11 fort out but that was about it as he had action hate out his ass. 3 No chance in hells, 3 kissings and tell me. Only one I didnt bleed out was Tell me you didn't just say that. He reversed Who's next twice and believe the hype 4 freaking times. Now the mistake I alluded to earlier was I took out Chase off Manager for Beg for Mercy as I noticed I would have all 4 types out so I thought I'd try it. But taking out chase off manager cost me this one as his last reversal in hand was a manager so I would have made a comeback as at the time he was like 4 fort short of being able to hit the bookend. Cause all 3 escapes were used and he had no more grapple reversals left. That last move would have given me enough fort to hit him with Goldberg's Spear as a reversal as he only had 8 cards left as his ring area looked like mine in terms of actions played so he was left thin on cards. He ends up winning on a countout stratusphere.

so I topped 8 again in a big tournament which had about 13 of the top40 players in the world there. I think really good prize support is ony for top 4 there oh well, we do plan on going more often though.

[CRASHER]

what the hell I never do these.. but it was worth a try here....

round 1.. nidia
for all the hating I talk of Divas... man I own this bitch... I beat them all often and savagely

First turn Shoot headlock... then World's Greatest Suplex which he OVERSELLS !!!
he mod clutches.. I oversell... and YOU CAN'T SKIRT MY 3 I'S WITH ONE FORT FUCKER !!!!!!!!!

(man I needed that... fucking C-rag divas )... then it was pure squash mode.. I think Brian or Ray just saw me massacare this deck and love all of it

Round 2... Test
Man you could see the saliva foaming at my mouth of a guy with a 2 handsize and my aresnal of non-backlashable follow-ups... oh did I mention I got smart mark in my opening hand and discarded it for underrated Let's just say smart mark laughs at his testicles.. I take two, then recover them and laugh at him... man that too felt good .... Test's main problem is that everything he wants to do.. (Discard and recover) team Angle does BETTER

2-0 !

Round 3... Rafael's Booker T
I broke away his clutch and apply that I saw him using heavily in his last match.. like I was saying how I recur better then test... with him having rules out he squashes the 8 actions I play better then I can get them out.... just never got enough steam going but it was a good heavyweight battle that I felt no shame in losing....

2-1

Round 4... Ray and Edge
Now this I felt shame in losing... if it could go wrong in this match it DID... I fucking hate real predictable... and if Laflamme thinks I killed him he shoulda seen this match....
yeech.. I hate playing Ray man

2-2

Round 5... Laflamme, V-1:uuhhhhhhh
Man not only was i pissed now from the last match... but only two of us played each other and IT WAS BOTH ME GODDAMMIT !!!!! ... This is the same deck that tore me to shit on Thursday... but I was not only thinking better but I drew as many reversals as he drew 0F moves which was NONE.. dude I am sorry.. and if I had done that to anyone who wasn't in the store (well except Bojangles at this point, but that's another story)... I'd have basked in it... esp after the ass kicking and brain farts I had playing him on Thursday

... 3-2 and made the cut.....

.... and played that damn Booker T again... it's a good deck and I need to do certain things FAST.. and I never got my reach for the ropes or oversells at the right time... or when I did get his hand down to 2 cards I'd not get the offense when I needed it *sigh*... this deck needs banned pretty badly... which I am changing now

all in all.. the top store in NJ... stomped some people got told twice they HATED my deck and mauled a 3MW deck that I forgot to glass ceiling and got that cool promo.. that's a solid little night ... not to mention making the cut... again it goes to show the caliber of player in our store again

[ATruGambit]

so we're all i nagreement. we want to go on back there some time soon right? heh maybe find a palce to eat thats open at about 12

[CRASHER]

ATruGambit said:

so we're all i nagreement. we want to go on back there some time soon right? heh maybe find a palce to eat thats open at about 12

Yeah as much in agreement that your new banner rules the universe !!!

Well now that I actually remember how to get to that Friday's again (exit 41 ) we can always do that... and take 287 right to 78 instead of doing that turn-off for route 24

[VivaLaFlamme]

Jayson"Phonics" said:

Hey flamer, you might like this, I can get Smart marks for 25 cents each and leave a mark for 75 each ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

You can get me 3 marks and 6 smart marks do It

[Jayson"Phonics"]

Never said I was gonna get you any, just gonna wave it in front of you

[VivaLaFlamme]

Realy now? You dont know how much of a bad mood im in right now. thats thew worst fucknig thing you could do. and the next time i see you if you wave it in my face, I will personalyl make sure you have a new one. Ive had it with this shit. People jsut LOVE putting words into my mouth that I never fucknig said.

[CRASHER]

alright you two.. knock it off now, keep it off the board we don't wanna make a bad impression on the Dark Tower folk on uor dysfunctionality

I feel soooo Wally Cleaver doing that

[yrallee]

Again, I'm the only one who didn't win several matches, but I do count it as a semi-successful night because I did have two good matches.

1 - vs. Alex Cheli - BoD - We were amused for a couple minutes since it was an All About the Tin match..
Anyway.. I played the tag belts, kept the higher SSV and went first. First turn I think I Fan Apped into one of the shiny-make-your-next-manuever-irreversable-cards, got fort.. played Stomp a Mudhole. Then I realized he might have a backlash and made the mistake of not trying to find out, ended my turn.. not sure what he did to win, but the rest of the match while not a squish wasn't pretty.
0-1

2 - Taylor Sheridan - Gail and Molly
Didn't get past 4 fort.. took the Molly Go round and Gail's finisher down to zero aresnal and then got hit with some 1 or 2d manuever to get pinned. He was the only person who was annoying because he has people watching and was gloating after hitting certain moves and after pinning me.
0-2 yay..

3 - Tom Scott - Los G's
I think it was a close matchup, but I ended up losing. woo
0-3 but he wants a custom face card for these guys, so it looks like business is about to pick up

4 - John Windish - DA
Talk about a close one... Prematch was something like PPV main even, Bionic, Vince and Product Endorsements.. he had PPV, break and some face prematch so Products didn't activate. I dont' remember too many details, but I know I drew a lot of red and that annoyed him.. He got down to 5 or 6 cards kept recovering iron wills and that 15F Undertaker reversal.. not cool.. I hit him with something I was sure would win having forgotten about PPV.. he pops it.. recovers 8.. all of a sudden the time limit is up and we're forced to flip a coin. Thank you whoever told me that tails always wins in this situation.
1-3 though I don't really count this as a win, I'm sure I would have lost if the match played out.

5 - Jack McLeod - Nidia
I was surprised to not be facing a team.. then I was annoyed because I realized I didn't have control hate in the deck. Not a complete squish, but I just wasn't prepared.
1-4

Bleh.. I would've been happier getting an actual win or getting the fake win and a real one.. but there's no need to complain. I like the atmosphere at Dark Tower and it's nice to have a/c. The entry fee is worth the $5 since it gets you a pack or specific. I'll definitely go back.. don't know if I want to play at greg's after this.

[ATruGambit]

yeah hilary!
Tails never Fails is the sayin at gregs for coin flips. heh..

[VivaLaFlamme]

Realizing I was the only one who hadnt done this..lol.

round 1: Billy Idol (rob Kuzmiak)-RVD
He couldnt get anythingf started. I whaled on him early on, he couldnt stop shiznit..but I had worried about undermine so I held back. Eventually he started ripping managers and shyt off the top of hisd deck,a nd eventually made a comeback fromONE card. He Beat me but he really seemed to like my decks engine.

0-1

Round 2
Country- Booker T-Dennis Farrel

When ig ot to two fort I had 6 cards in my hand, and I mattituded him..I was deebating whether or not ot remove bookerman...which I eventually Decided to. I bbeat the snot out of him, tried to hit count out but couldnt he got wrestlemania off, and he as wlel made a comeback. I forgot to dont try his Wrestlemania. Blah.

0-2

Round 3: Nidia-Jack Macleod

I jsut tore through him.. I felt sorry. hhe kept overtutning my +s so he never got ot use chin. I finished him with end is near top rope hangmans (he sustained it to 7, forgetting about the text), from the top rope, hangmans (see above), side effect.

1-2

Round 4: Crippler-Alex Gellene

He lsot sderies on Sac, and on top of that I broke him. he almsot conceded. He turned up into a chancery, then I went to shoot headlock he stopepd with no holding. he went for a rolling headlock which met an untimely demise of elbowe mattitude. removed his 5 fort. After that he said he was screwed. Roar, Headlock Takedown for 8. suicide lariat, layin for divin and diving, team for diving suicide, suicide dive, diving x3, matts legdrop

2-2

Round 5: Scott-team Angle

...

2-3

Next tiem i go if ever, im so getting marvel. I have no luck pulling shit with Raw Deal. lol. Maybe ill ge tlucky and pulla 30$ card and be like Booya!

[VivaLaFlamme]

ATruGambit said:

Tails never Fails is the sayin at gregs for coin flips. heh..

Exactly! This is why Greg called me tails for like 2 motnhs at gregs when I palyed yugioh...EVERY coin flip I called Tails and every coin flip I won..Tails Rules All