Well, it was shockingly enough for me to say that I went to Columbus, OH for the 2012 YGO North American World Championship Qualifier. In the front surface of everything, it was a great time! Behind it all was a mixture of pro's and con's that made the trip the way it was. Time to explain most details of the entire trip.
I was chilling with friends when I got the call from my friend that changed my entire weekend. I was asked to take his spot for the trip due to personal reasons. I had to see if I could come up with the money to go cause if I couldn't, then I wouldn't know what to do for everyone. Luckily, we got paid and I got about $300 to go on this trip! I started getting ready by writing the decklist, making copies, and what not. We left at around midnight Thursday. After a few breaks and breakfast, we made it to the Convention Center at around 12:30 PM.
Next, it was me trying to earn my 2012 WCQ invite by winning a 16 player flight in the Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ) I was quite confident that my Machina Gadget could beat the primary meta decks and reign supreme. Each time I entered, I got a Duelist Pack and 2 Starstrike Blast packs!
LCQ #1
Pack Pulls: Glow-Up Bulb (Holy shit! Why is it banned?)
Round 1: vs Rabbit
Game 1: He never set backrow and I Veiler'd the first Rabbit that came out. Over much?
Game 2: I misplay by not bringing out Fortress in Main Phase 2. He ends up Tour Guide'ing me to death the next turn.
Game 3: I love forcing negations with Soul Taker. So awesome! In the end, I came out on top.
Won 2-1
Round 2: vs Chaos Dragons
Game 1: I love Veiler'ing Tour Guide. It makes everything great! Aggro Fortress ftw!
Game 2: I got YGO'd. Chaos Dragons can do too much.
Game 3: I got YGO'd again. =[
Lost 2-1
Off for another try! I had time for it. Too bad it was my last chance to get an invite.
LCQ #2
Pack Pulls: Glow-Up Bulb (AGAIN!) Naturia Cherries, and Eccentric Boy
Round 1: vs Rabbit
Game 1: Nothing was done for like 5 turns at some point. I eventually draw a Gadget and then outplayed him the rest of the way. Macro Cosmos sucked.
Game 2: I responded to everything! He got nothing and Gadgets were beating him to death!
Won 2-0
Round 2: vs Inzektors
Game 1: Chain Disappearance on Dragonfly? Nice! After I Solemn Judgment his Leviair, I won the game.
Game 2: Royal Decree screwed him bad since I actually sided out traps. It made me not scared at all to aggro for game.
Won 2-0
Semifinal: vs Chaos Dragon
Game 1: Steelswarm Roach was quite effective! It forced him to destroy it after I attacked Ryko with it! Went for game and I Warning'd his Battle Fader for the win!
Game 2: Future Fusion huh? Fossil Dyna prevents everything! No Five-Headed Dragon for you! Good game.
Won 2-0
Final: vs Rabbit
Game 1: Feeling really nervous, I just did everything I did before against Rescue Rabbit. VEILER THE DAMN BITCH! Two of them in a row! Nice win in the end!
Game 2: Feeling even more nervous about this! I didn't even side out Veiler since I felt good about it. In the end, I just had every out to his stuff and Maestroke gave me the sweetest win all weekend!
Won 2-0
With that, I GOT MY INVITE! I also took home a Hieratic Dragon Regional mat and since I registered for the WCQ, I also got an Inzektor mat and a pack of 80 WCQ sleeves! It was the most amazing and most relieved feeling ever to know that I came to get my invite, and completed the mission! Now I have to get ready for the next day to try and kick some more ass!
Everything going good until...The power went out in 90% of Ohio. We couldn't check into our hotel room since the power was out and we had no way in. Some places in Ohio got power back, but our hotel never got power. In the end, I had to sleep in the car with 4 other guys, and I was in the middle of 2 of them in the back seat. Not to mention it was hot and very uncomfortable! In the end, I got ZERO sleep and I was up for like over 24 hours straight after a while. No matter, I was to get ready to play in the main event!
After walking around the really nice looking room that the main event was in, I decided to FINALLY charge my phone and playtest for a little bit before it all started. I went to buy stuff from people and got more cool stuff.
NOW we go for the REAL event! How far will I go? We'll find out!
WCQ Report
Round 1: vs Chaos Dragons
It was the dude that got 3rd place at YCS Dallas with HERO beat. It didn't stop me!
Game 1: NO gadgets or Gearframes drawn. I still survive the game with just a Tragoedia!
Game 2: Better, but he opened with 2 Effect Veilers and stopped stuff. I lose eventually.
Game 3: Drew really bad! Why isn't my deck showing up? Spirit Reaper in the end raped me. =[
0-1
Round 2: vs T.G.
Game 1: Very close game here going back and forth, but he had a Horn of the Phantom Beast on his Tengu to plus like crazy and win.
Game 2: Had more control despite Skill Drain. I love the ability to Xyz! After winning this game, time ran out and it was ruled a draw.
0-1-1
Round 3: vs Dark World
Game 1: Thought I'd win this one with beatdown, but he drew into one card and got everything to go his way. Oh well.
Game 2: Responses to everything lead to me winning this one. God I hate Grapha sometimes!
Game 3: Prohibition on Grapha! YAY! I take this one home after a Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror came out!
1-1-1
Round 4: vs Wind-Ups
I start to get really really tired this round. I determined whether I'd drop by winning or losing.
Game 1: He had complete control after I misplayed and Veiler'd too early. Factory and Rabbit is such a bitch.
Game 2: I figure out how to beat the deck and win with Gadgets!
Game 3: I start to fall asleep here. I dropped my hand trying to stay awake and he just had everything to win at that point. I drop here.
1-2-1 Drop
After that, I start going to the vendors and buy whatever I thought was a good buy and sold whatever good things I had in my binder. At the end of the day, I bought way too much! Oh well! We go to our hotel and THE POWER IS ON! We go swimming and relax our stress away in the spa! =] After that we pretty much chilled at our hotel room and playtested so that the others can try and get their 2013 invite. That and I ate a shit ton of chips and White Castle chicken rings! =D After that I fell asleep on the floor and we woke up at like 11 AM.
Sunday I just bought from vendors and sold them a bunch of stuff. Now my binder is pretty much raped and nothing to trade. After watching the press conference for the voice actors, I decided to eat, then walk around to see more eye candy that was walking around the convention center all weekend! Gigity gigity goo!
After a relaxing day at the convention center, we go to our hotel only to find out we lost power AGAIN! So we decided to say fuck it and drive back home.After 12 hours in the car together including breaks and what not, I finally made it home right when I was supposed to wake up for school that morning. Did I go? HELL NO! I skipped like a bastard!
And there you go folks. My experience at Nationals 2012 in Ohio. Hopefully I'll get another chance next year to go if I'm even still playing YGO by then!
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