(Mar. 17, 2019  10:42 PM)Shindog Wrote: First of all, a big shout out to JoJo, Alta, Infinite.Zero, UltimateMaster, Justj11., RacingCheetahz, and Kingz_hero_ for all of your help at the tournament.  

There are a few logistic things about this tournament want to share 1st:

1) Alhambra Park-
This is now the second tournament I have hosted at Alhambra Park.  I like to share some of the pros and cons
 
Pros:
- free parking vs $10 at Grand park 
- generally speaking bathroom is cleaner (not a guarantee)
- reservable covered area (also a con to be discussed in the cons section below) that will only be ours to use for the day.  
- does attract some participants who for one reason or another cannot make it out to Grand Park

Cons:
- reservable covered area is not free and the larger picnic shelters have to be reserved way in advance (up to a year on some dates).  The sizes are for 24 ppl and 60 ppl.  If I do reserve these shelters I plan to charge a venue fee of $2.  Covered areas will become a must when we hit full summer.   
- lighting at night is not really sufficnet to play

I still plan to test out Alhambra Park and will attempt again to reserve a picnic area for my next tournament.  This does mean I would have to set a participant cap.  

On to the tournament.  

Mitchjett and I prepared very similar combos to play in First stage (LC used whenever possible)

Shindog:        
pP.0C.Xt+ (Actually saw play 1st stage)
hS.0C.Xt+ (Actually saw play 1st stage)
hS.10P.At
B3.OOW.Br
aH.Ω.Et
czS.OOW.Br

Mitchjett:
pP.Ω.Xt+  (Actually saw play 1st stage)
hS.0C.Xt+ (Actually saw play 1st stage)
B3.OOW.Br (Actually saw play 1st stage)
aH.Ω.Et

I ended up 5-0 and Mitchjett 3-2 and we both advanced.

Decks for Finals

Mitchjett:
Quarter finals semifinals and 3rd place match-(LC)pP.Ω.Xt+, B3.OOW.Br, hS.10P.At

Shindog:
Quarter finals and semifinals -(LC) pP.0C.Xt+, hS.10P.At, B3.OOW.Br
3rd place match- (LC)pP.0C.Xt+, cR.7P.Ds’, B3.OOW.Br

I don’t remember much of my quarter finals except facing hK. 

Semifinals against Alta 
All I remember here is I was able to set up the situation for me to be on hS.At against his hS.Br for the game.  And I lost...  

3rd place match against Mitchjett:
I pretty much just used cR.7P.Ds’ for this match.  And Mitchjett countered with B3.OOW.Br.  We both got stubborn for some reason and just stuck to our picks. I scored zero KO or Bursts and won by out spinning B3 over all....huh?  

My personal take away:

cR layer- I now kind of see it as a czA+aK effect for this layer.  It just the way I look at it. The combination of tossing B3.Br into the wall/ridge and CR being smooth enough (out side of the hard hitting spots) allow me the OS B3.Br with cR.Ds’ I think.  I dunno for sure.  

Ω vs 0/OOC on pP.Xtend plus- still hard for me to decide which is better. I have seen videos showing Ω being better in in pP mirror match but my own testing wasn’t as conclusive. 

Thank you everyone for coming out.

(Mar. 18, 2019  7:15 PM)Kei Wrote: Did anyone use Xtreme Dash or other similar Attack Drivers at this tournament? Other than Destroy', of course.

And how did you feel about pP as a Layer generally speaking? At A NEW BEYGINNING I really hated the mirror match since it felt so random based on who's Dead Armour came off haha.

(Mar. 18, 2019  7:32 PM)7sukuyomi Wrote:

(Mar. 18, 2019  7:15 PM)Kei Wrote: Did anyone use Xtreme Dash or other similar Attack Drivers at this tournament? Other than Destroy', of course.

And how did you feel about pP as a Layer generally speaking? At A NEW BEYGINNING I really hated the mirror match since it felt so random based on who's Dead Armour came off haha.

Yes, when I faced Alta pP vs pP even when his ring came off first he still won xD  Maybe bc I'm a kid with weaker launch strength...

(Mar. 18, 2019  7:15 PM)Kei Wrote: Did anyone use Xtreme Dash or other similar Attack Drivers at this tournament? Other than Destroy', of course.

And how did you feel about pP as a Layer generally speaking? At A NEW BEYGINNING I really hated the mirror match since it felt so random based on who's Dead Armour came off haha.