Blades of Summer (Draft) - Printable Version

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|Host=Dark_Mousy

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|Champion=Hitsugiya

|RunnerUp=Axel Phantom

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'''Blades of Summer''' is a MFB Standard format [[World Beyblade Organization]] tournament hosted by Dark_Mousy. It took place in Goldsboro, NC on Saturday, August 12, 2012.



==Ranking==

{|class="wikitable" align="center" style="width:100%;"

!style="width:20%"|Position

!Participant

!style="width:30%"|Win/Loss

|-

!1st

|Hitsugiya

|8-1

|-

!2nd

|Axel Phantom

|7-2

|-

!3rd

|Dark_Mousy

|7-2

|-

!4th

|DefStamina88

|5-4

|-

!5th

|EpicLibra7

|4-2

|-

!5th

|Wombat

|4-2

|-

!6th

|Stormscorpio1

|3-3

|-

!6th

|Chibiterasu

|3-3

|-

!6th

|SoulEater57

|3-3

|-

!7th

|smallfry9730

|2-4

|-

!8th

|Solcreus

|1-5

|-

!8th

|Blader125

|1-5

|-

!9th

|Ladybug

|0-6

|-

!9th

|Mih

|0-6

|}



==Tournament Report==

===Preliminaries===

Since the tournament was run in block round robin format, the fourteen participants were divided up into two blocks of seven, with the top two players in each block advancing to the finals.

 Block 1: Dark_Mousy, DefStamina88, Wombat, smallfry9730, Chibiterasu, Blader125, Ladybug

Block 2: Stormscorpio1, Hitsugiya, Axel Phantom, EpicLibra7, SoulEater57, Solcreus, Mih.



====Block 1====

As this event was one of the first tournaments immediately following the release of Ronin Dragooon LW160BSF, the left-spinning Warrior Wheel saw heavy use in the combo MSF-H Dragooon Dragooon BD145MF. Dark_Mousy dominated the block using primarily this combo, going undefeated with a 6-0 record and most notably defeating DefStamina88’s MF Twisted Aquario 230CS and Chibiterasu’s Flash Escolpio S130MF 3-0. The other player to advance was DefStamina88, who earned a 5-1 record using MF Twisted Aquario 230CS, Flash Byxis S130RF, and MF Meteo L-Drago CH120EWD, with notable victories against Chibiterasu’s Flash Scorpio S130MF and Wombat’s Salamander Leviathan BD145MB. As for the rest of the players in the block, Wombat finished with a 4-2 record, Chibiterasu with 3-3, smallfry9730 with 2-4, Blader125 with 1-5, and Ladybug with 0-6. 



====Block 2====

Similarly to the first block, Axel Phantom was able to dominate with MSF-H Dragooon Dragooon BD145MF, advancing with a 5-1 record with his only loss being to SoulEater57. Hitsugiya also had a record of 5-1, using several Flash Attack combos and MF-H Duo Aquario 230MB in addition to Dragooon. As for the rest of the players, EpicLibra7 was 3rd place with a 4-2 record, primarily using MF-H Diablo Gasher H145R2F, Stormscorpio1 and SoulEater57 were tied with scores of 3-3, Solcreus had a 1-5 record, and Mih went 0-6.



===Final Round===

Being the top four players in the first stage, Dark_Mousy, DefStamina88, Hitsugiya, and Axel Phantom advanced to the final stage, which consisted of another round robin between the four of them. As DefStamina88 did not own Dragooon himself, he could not do much to compete with the MSF-H Dragooon Dragooon BD145MF custom used by the rest of the finalists and finished in 4th place with a 0-3 finals record. At some point during the finals, Hitsugiya developed Salamander Salamander B:D, a combo he found could counter the Dragooon and used to defeat Dark_Mousy’s MSF-H Dragooon Dragooon BD145MF. Axel Phantom quickly picked up on this knowledge and also defeated Dark_Mousy with Leviathan Leviathan B:D, leaving Dark_Mousy with a 1-2 finals record and 3rd place overall. As both Hitsugiya and Axel Phantom likely expected the other to use Dragooon, they both ended up using their B:D combos in the final match, which Hitsugiya won by outspin to take first place overall. 



==Final scores and Winning Combinations==

*1st Place – Hitsugiya (8-1): Salamander Salamander B:D, MSF-H Dragooon Dragooon BD145MF, MF-H Duo Aquario 230MB, MF-H Flash Scorpio S130R2F, MF-H Flash Orion W145MF

*2nd Place – Axel Phantom (7-2): MSF-H Dragooon Dragooon BD145MF, Leviathan Leviathan B:D

*3rd Place – Dark_Mousy (7-2): MSF-H Dragooon Dragooon BD145MF, MF-H Duo Aquario 230SD

*4th Place – DefStamina88 (5-4): MF Twisted Aquario 230CS, MF Meteo L-Drago CH120EWD, Flash Byxis S130RF

*5th Place – EpicLibra7 (4-2): MF-H Diablo Gasher H145R2F

*5th Place – Wombat (4-2): Salamander Leviathan BD145MB, Salamander Leviathan BD145CS, Death Aquario 230MB, Jade Capricorn AD145WD, Phantom Aquario AD145RF

*6th Place – Stormscorpio1 (3-3):

*6th Place – Chibiterasu (3-3): Flash Scorpio S130MF, Twisted Aquario 230CS

*6th Place – SoulEater57 (3-3): 

*7th Place – smallfry9730 (2-4): Twisted Aquario 230RB

*8th Place – Solcreus (1-5):

*8th Place – Blader125 (1-5): Twisted Tempo 145CS

*9th Place – Ladybug (0-6): Cyber Cetus T125RF

*9th Place – Mih (0-6):



==Gallery==

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==Trivia==



==References==

[[https://worldbeyblade.org/Thread-Blades-of-Summer-August-12th-2012-Goldsboro-NC-USA?page=2&highlight=Blades|Blades of Summer tournament thread]]

[[http://challonge.com/Bladesofsummer1|Block 1 Challonge bracket]]

[[http://challonge.com/Bladesofsummer2|Block 2 Challonge bracket]]





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