Jovad Cruz Gencon Top 8 Report - Naruto

FutureKage · #1 08-20-2012, 03:52 PM

Some games may be mixed up between rounds i tried my best to bring accuracy to it.

Round 1 earth/wind
gm 1 i hit kns, sakara, and chikaru and win shortly after a secret book on a shika decision.
gm 2 Resengan is OP that is all i remember from this game
1-0

Round 2 Lightning/Fire Rush
gm 1 he gets early battle rewards but fourth/hydro makes this a blowout for me about turn 4
gm 2 I am able to keep the br count low early and win during the late game
2-0

Round 3 Wind puppets
very nice guy i sat next to him last round
gm 1 this game was won with 4th and pump then ov on another team
gm 2 hit sakara/ kakashi and this guy scoops in the middle of me deciding who to rasengan
3-0

Round 4 Eon Hill (Ink/Animals)
Very enjoyable games to play, such a nice guy
gm 1 This game seemed to take extremely long i forget how it ended but i won this game
gm 2 He gets out susano and has no jutsu kiba out but on my turn a monster research into gamaken rids the kiba off the field allowing me to play jutsu and win the game.
4-0

Round 5 Jose Valenzuela (Fire/lightning)
i cannot remember games one and two
gm 3 we end up in time and i am up one battle reward and have a ferocious punch for his tp4 fireball jutsu and win in time
5-0

Round 6 Kevin Perron (Fire/Lightning/Naraka)
Kevin was the nicest player i played the whole tournament and i was savagely massacred by him game one and game two lost after at least putting up a fight
5-1

Round 7 Jeremy Weis (Wind/Fire Cruz Control)
gm 1 a situation came up where i believe he tried to use karin and heal a healty ninja came up that shifted the game but i couldnt prove it

the whole game he has advantage then turn 7 i got into naruto 4 tailes injure all his ninja he swings gets to nine, next turn i dig for a lightning card and get it go into six tailes only to lose to sasori puppet mode putting in play a sakura.
gm 2 I lose in time with advantage my way
5-2

Round 8 Lightning/Fire Rush
gm 1 win with 4th hydro and he just cannot recover
gm 2 he mulls 2 4 and is unable to apply pressure before the late game
6-2

So I made top cut in 10th place. My teammates that i rode with, Peter and Ben also make Top 16 so that was great news. I was also happy to see Alex Blandin, Ryan Severin, Destin, Stephen, and Kevin Perron make the top cut. Wasnt happy i had to play my teamate though.

(I may be a tad wrong with some of these)
Top 16 was
1. Thomas Veazie (Lightning/Wind)
2. Kevin Peron (Fire/Lightning/Void)
3. Nick Brady (Fire/Lightning)
4. Alex Blandin (Lightning/Wind)
5. Jason Malenfant (Fire/Lightning/Void)
6. Jeremy Weis (Fire/Wind)
7. Benjamin Lodise (Fire/Lightning)
8. Peter Szczawinski (Earth/Wind)
9. Destin Earsery (Fire/Lightning/NVS)
10. Jovad Cruz (Lightning/Wind)
11. Travis Hansen (Fire/Lightning)
12. Stephen Garret (Lightning/Wind)
13. Saul Pena (Lightning/Wind)
14. Jose Valenzuela (Fire/Lightning)
15. Ryan Severin (Lightning/Wind)
16. Eligio Morales Jr. (Mono-Lightning)

Top 16 Ben Lodise Fire/Lightning
gm 1 i hit a good curve and after him missing turn 1 drop i am able to rush in there by turn 4
gm 2 he starts off gets alot of br's early i stabalize and have full advantage but lose to hidan because he is broken
gm 3 i win with rasengan and being able to reanimate my field a bunch

Top 8 Kevin Perron
gm 1 i get off to a good start then slowly fall when tp3 naruto hits the board and starts offing ninjas and i lose
gm 2 I lose this one after a better fight than game 1 though

Kevin and Jason straight up had the best deck in the tournament, It was a great meta call to have naraka in there. They both were extremely friendly people. I am happy to make top 8 of the event to finish off a solid year for naruto 2/2 topping events and making a deck that shaped the meta.

Congrats also to stephen after losing round 1 came back to make top cut then get 2nd place. (Even if it was with Steve control lol jk)

Pros:
Making top 8
Team MKE putting 3 people in top cut (Myself,Peter, and Ben)
Meeting Genre, Eisenbud, Severin, Blandin officially all for the first time
Cruz-Control
Getting an ipod
Stephen and all of team Chicago always good to see you guys

Cons:
Rodney gettting incorect ruling on neji vs. kns
not getting past top 8
Getting paired against my teamate in top 16
Jimmy Dean getting a round one loss for being 3 min late and signing up at 9:03

If i forgot anyone or if you wish to know what changes i made for the event let me know

MJM · #2 08-20-2012, 04:25 PM

Pics or it didn't happen.

BANKAI · #3 08-20-2012, 04:34 PM

Tons of fun! So proud of my team! I really feel like jaraiya...yall have surpassed me in a sense. We got this next time. 6 players top cut. PS Tanks is a hater! lol