2005 10th Dec, Des Moines, Iowa Regional Event

Digital Jedi

Digital Jedi

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Des Moines, Iowa Regional Tournament
Hosted by Pastimes

Saturday, Dec 10th, 2005

Location
Polk County Convention Complex
501 Grand
Des Moines, Iowa 50309
PH# 847.470.9636

Time
Registration begins at 10:00 am and ends at 11:00 am.
Tournament begins immediatly after registration ends.

Entry Fee
$15.00

Tournament Format
Advance Format|Swiss

Prizes for this Event are as Follows:

1st Place
U.S. Nationals Invite, Yu-Gi-Oh! Display Box, Exclusive Play Mat.


2nd Place
U.S. Nationals Invite, 12 Yu-Gi-Oh! Booster Packs, Exclusive Play Mat


3rd-4th Places
U.S. Nationals Invite, 6 Yu-Gi-Oh! Booster Packs


5th-8th Places
4 Yu-Gi-Oh! Booster Packs, Exclusive Play Mat

Additional prizes to be determined by participation.

Registration
There is no pre-registration for this event.

Side Events
Additional info from the Pastimes website:
We're going to be featuring many different types of side events as the day goes on! Come on in and play your favorite format for fun and prizes!


Tag Team Tournaments
We will be adding this format shortly


Booster Drafts
Cost: $15
Players: All ages, 4 players per tournament
Format: Single elimination, draft from three packs. Players build 20 card decks, and start with 4000 life points.
Prizes:
1st = 2 booster packs of Yu-Gi-Oh!
2nd = 1 booster pack of Yu-Gi-Oh!
Details:
We will start booster drafts each time we have 4 players who want to booster draft.


Constructed Tournaments
Cost: $5
Players: All ages, no limit on attendance
Format: Single elimination
Prizes:
Based on attendance. For every players, 1 booster pack of Yu-Gi-Oh! will be added to the prize pool.
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Additional Information Can be Obtained by Contacting:
Alan Hochman alan@pastimes.net or ygoreg@pastimes.net

Notes
This event will follow the Oct. 1st 2005 Forbidden/Limited list for Advance Format.
http://www.upperdeckentertainment.c...b_advanced.aspx

If anyone who lives in the area has any additional information regarding this event, please feel free to send me a Private Message with the details and I will be happy to add it to this post.


Sources:
http://www.upperdeckentertainment.com/yugioh/en/tournament_detail.aspx?tid=80078
http://www.pastimes.net/ygoregionals.htm
 
If anyone knnows about this event, I would appreciate if you could tell me if the location info is correct. UDE lists it as taking place at the Polk County Convention Complex while the Pastimes website lists it at the Iowa Events Center using the same address. Are these the exact same place or is thier an error here somewhere?
 
The important thing here is the address...which is correct and the same location the last few regionals and Pre-Releases have been held at. I hope to see you there.
 
I've notied that on all the UDE listings the Head Judge and the TO are the same each and every time. Not sure if that info is accurate which is why I haven't been including it in the main posts.
 
Until Alan fires me I'm the head judge for all events he runs in Iowa.....and I do so adore it that I'm able to pick my own crew of judges as well!
 
ROFL, yeah, I was just wondering about that. Like if it had something to do with you testing a few people or not.

Will Alan be showing up at this regional??
 
As you well know Alan is the PTO of a good many major events all over the midwest most any weekend, not just for UDE but for Wizards of the Coast as well.

He tries to stop by each location he holds major events in at least once a year. I'm not aware that this is one he's planning on visiting this go-around.
 
Well, I hope to meet him at this event. Just so he knows who the judge that bugged him about getting his first chance to judge at an event (CRV event btw). Heheh, plus I just want to meet the man at least once in person.

Btw John, my whole team is coming to the event as all. =)
 
I am rather looking forward to this event, mostly to meet lots of people and see all the different types of decks they play (although I will probably end up against multiple versions of the same deck (Mobius/Cyber Dragon/d.d.assailant...)
Look out for the man with an English accent!
 
I believe I met you at the last regional in Iowa...there can't be THAT many people with a distinct english accent at an Iowa regional tournament! <soft chuckle>
 
John Danker said:
I believe I met you at the last regional in Iowa...there can't be THAT many people with a distinct english accent at an Iowa regional tournament! <soft chuckle>
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I have noticed a certain sparcity of Brits in Iowa also... especially playing whilst Yugioh.

Yes, we did indeed meet. You told me about this site, and here I find myself... :)
 
english chef said:
I have noticed a certain sparcity of Brits in Iowa also... especially playing whilst Yugioh.

Yes, we did indeed meet. You told me about this site, and here I find myself... :) Nice place you have here :smile:
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Thank you...and we work hard to keep it that way.
I think the only other Brits I've met in the area came here to Cedar Rapids to work for Rockwell-Collins.

Last time we met you were playing a interesting and unusual deck (for a regional tournament that is) Have you come up with anything new to try or will you be sticking with the same deck? Not to worry....I'm not going to blurt out what it was you played ;)
 
John Danker said:
Last time we met you were playing a interesting and unusual deck (for a regional tournament that is) Have you come up with anything new to try or will you be sticking with the same deck? Not to worry....I'm not going to blurt out what it was you played ;)
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I'm quite happy to discuss that which I played last time ;)

I was running a variant on a Gravekeeper/End of Anubis deck, with a cyberstein option which tended to Backfire most of the time. That said, it was fun, I had fun and I ended up 25th (or thereabouts).

I will be trying something quite different this time, partially inspired by one of the more unusual decks I played against at the last regional. Definately not a generic CC deck at all! I will be playing a number of cards that seem underused or neglected, and hope to change some paradigms and awaken people to an alternative view (for a regional anyway). I'll probably post it on the deck forum after saturday.
 
I wish I could travel more. I would love to see some of these events you guys and John seem to attend frequently. I would like to see some the interestign deck types, that appear to circulate around your meta, in action. Perhaps when I make my first million. Okay, I still got to make my first thousnd, but at least I'm getting there. :D
 
Digital Jedi said:
I wish I could travel more. I would love to see some of these events you guys and John seem to attend frequently. I would like to see some the interestign deck types, that appear to circulate around your meta, in action.
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Des Moines, Iowa is hardly the centre of the universe... The nearest Shonen Jump tourney was around 6 hours away in chicago, and that was too far for me to make. If there wasnt anything in Des Moines I probably wouldnt even go to regionals.

In some ways I am lucky in that many of the people at my local store seem to thrive on making and playing unusual decks. Plenty of collaboration and constructive comments, and most of us are not keen on the cookie cutters either.
 
english chef said:
Des Moines, Iowa is hardly the centre of the universe...
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:D True. But I'm from NC. The one hour drive to Charlotte is like a visiting Jupiter from a financial point of view. I wonder if actual rocket fuel is cheaper then Unleaded Regular. LOL :D
 
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