quick fast stadium report!

it's going to be some time before i do a real write up, but since the articles we're doing for wotc won't be up for a few days at least i figured i'd just fill people in on what went on. i'll put in a few pics and some details, but the majority of what we have wotc gets first shot at. anyways, here we go.

in general, the event seemed to run pretty smoothly. it was designed to be a smaller event, with less turnout than the sts programs. the exhibit hall it was held in was just the right size, there were plenty of tables and room for people to play. the decor was similar to the sts's, and there was a lot of staff on hand consisting of workers chosen by the TO and several professors as well.

main tournaments

there were 61 players registered at the start of the 10 and under tournament, and 192 players registered at the start of the 11-14. a lot of familiar names and places, but also some new players.

deck contents are not complete, deck lists will most likely be posted at wizards.

top 8 for ten and under....
1--jonathan brooks--feraligatr/baby support
2--michael renyolds--dark tyranitar/slowking
3--thomas donegan--kingdra/umbreon/erika's bellsprout line
4--brianna bonham--steelix/slowking
5--brandon labar--blaine's arcanine/blaine's rapidash
6--alayna callahan--dark gengar/misdreavus/misty's psyduck
7--daniel mermelstein--typhlosion/baby support
8--benjamin sauk--dark espeon/slowking

deck contents are not complete, deck lists will most likely be posted at wizards.

michael renoylds, jonathan brooks, brianna bonham, and thomas donegan advanced to round 2, and jonathan and michael advanced to the final round, with jonathan brooks ending with the win.

top 8 for eleven to fourteen.....
1--eric brooks--feraligatr
2--brendon ashton--
3--tom liesegang--kingdra/espeon
4--alex turkawski--crobat/murkrow
5--drew holton--feraligatr
6--bryson bonham--umbreon
7--colin brown--crobat
8--brian o'leary--feraligatr

eric brooks, tom liesegang, drew holton, and colin brown moved on to round 2, and eric and drew moved on to the final round, with eric brooks ending with the win.

professor rochester draft

there were 34 players registered for the first ever professor rochester draft. the event began around 2:30 as the players heard the rules and began drafting. drafting ended at around 5:30, and the top 8 finished at around nine pm.

deck lists were obtained for the top 8, they will be posted on wizards as soon as possible.

top 8 for professor draft.....
1--patrick pruyn
2--ryeland barnard
3--kris alvarez
4--gregory sauk
5--chrissy zawadzki
6--bob callahan
7--chris labranche
8--frank moore

patrick pruyn, chris labranche, bob callahan, and gregory sauk advanced to round 2 of the top 8, with bob callahan and gregory moving on to the last round. gregory sauk was the winner of the professor rochester draft, and won a trip to judge at worlds. interestingly enough, he was one of 26 people to take the test on the site--and also one of the 3 that passed it.

side events

side events again were popular, with booster and modified constructed tournaments running all day, and unlimited and sealed deck tournaments running at a schedule.


we will have more in depth coverage later on. look for deck lists, interviews with players, professors, and judges and more on wizards. keep reading down for the zeo particular coverage. :D

zeo specific

we meant to play...we really were going to just go and play this time. but, we got there, and the staff shirts were just so cool......oh well. put away the cards, pick up the camera and the notebook and let's do some reporting!

you'll see most of what we got later on, but for now here's a quick rundown of zeo at the eastern stadium....

there was indeed a promo. promo 13 was handed out at the event to people who came up and asked for it. we had an initial rush of people when we walked in....the first east coast sts is where we launched the first zeo promo way back when and there were several people waiting for us to arrive with the new one. in case you are wondering what it looks like, you can go take a look at it .....

by clicking here.....

we spent most of the day getting info and interviews, but we still had time to hang out with each other. ech, vash, myself, gloom, nova, marril, peep toad, scoundrel, and vash's little brother all had a pretty good time just talking to each other. marril gave us a ton of cards he made. we did manage to squeeze in one booster draft over in the side events and that was a lot of fun.

once the professor draft was over, we went out for dinner. lumaga and firefighter095 joined us at the sizzler, and it was a nice ending to the day.

then we went back to the crowne plaza for some much needed rest and relaxation. after hours play is always nice. we watched dmtm finish up a small draft, then played the much anticipated team battle. it was a lot of fun!

double the fun....

then we went upstairs and woke up poor mtm who'd very kindly offered to let us crash in his room. in the morning, it was off on a tour of airports as we dropped off the mt's one after another. the end of another fun event.

i have a lot more to say, and a lot more pictures, including ones of our friday tour through manhattan, our lunch in chinatown, dinner at gasho and friday night fun draft. stay tuned for those. eep...guess i should do the writeup from the wcsts????



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