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Suffice to say, Hans Höh knows Vs. By contrast, his opponent is a relative newcomer, though realistically there is nobody in Europe (and few in the world) who can compete with Höh’s $10K credentials. |
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Avengers Reservist have not received as much love in Germany as Squadron Supreme, but after having gone 10-0 in the Pro Circuit, it would be foolish for anyone to ignore the archetype. |
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I would really like to write something about Hans's "comeback," but I guess that would be wrong. Hans was never gone, and he dominated the first day of the tournament! |
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"Werden die Spiele beginnen!" Let the games begin! |
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Check out an overview of Vs. System in Germany by Oliver Gehrmann! |
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Click here for the decklists of the Top 8 players in Bremen, and commentary by Tim Willoughby! |
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This is it. The final round of the Swiss, with the winner of this match likely making the Top 8 while the loser has to console himself with a lower money finish. |
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After an abortively short feature match against a Rigged Elections deck which got about the best possible draw it could have hoped for, I felt that Doom and Friends probably deserved a little more coverage than it got during the course of its game—which was to play out Boris, Personal Servant of Dr. Doom and Dr. Light, Master of Holograms. |
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At the very start of the tournament, I went through every decklist in the room, and there was one list that contained a sufficient variety of different splashed characters that I simply referred to it as ‘Doom and Friends.’ |
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Going into round six, we have a feature match with a German player who speaks largely German, a French player who is primarily aux fait with French, and myself, an Englishman who's possibly a little out of his league, as far as language goes. |
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Learn how to taunt your opponents, complain about their good fortune, and how to get some help from the judges—in German! |
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Justice League has sparked some interesting new developments in deckbuilding, and one of the very most interesting at this early stage is the decklist designed by Jerome Jesus (who made the Top 8 at $10K Munich) and a collection of French players. |
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Round three sees two of Germany’s top players with 1-1 records that belie their talent. Each has lost to Hans Höh so far, while otherwise being undefeated. |
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In the early rounds of this $10K, it was already clear that there was plenty of tech coming to the forefront here in Germany. |
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Here in Bremen is the first opportunity for players to run decks sporting cards from the Justice League set in the Golden Age format, and the room was a bustle early on with players looking to get hold of the cards they needed to complete interesting new decks. |
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The Beatles played their final gig at Shea Stadium. That was a pretty good venue. When Armstrong said his little speech about steps for mankind, he picked the right place to say it. Now, I want you to forget such trivial locations. |
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