LOTR Worlds Event 2010

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The LOTR Worlds event 2010 will be held at

Date:  August 13 - 15th.  

Location:  Philadelphia Airport Hilton
4509 Island Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States 19153
Tel: 1-215-365-415
http://www1.hilton.com/en US/hi/hotel/PHLAHHF-Hilton-Philadelphia-Airport-Pennsylvania/index.do;jsessionid=3B0B09715FE421EEE5CD663714A78C7E.etc82?brand id=HI&brand directory=/en/hi/&xch=656599625,WMJXTWGJTAHI2CSGBJC3MQQ



Details:

Time: Friday 11 am (same time as SW Worlds 2000 format tournament)
Entry Fee: FREE
Prizes: Movie block rares and promos.
# of Games: 4 unless we get more than 16 players or people want to play a 5th game.
Time Limit: 55 minutes per game (we are all a bit rusty)
Tournament Director: James Barnes with Chris Schoenthal as a back-up for rulings

Format: Movie block
Sets 1-10 are legal with the cards on the x-list (posted below) banned. All sites must come from sets 7-10

X-list:
0P2 Bill the Pony
0P5 Horn of Boromir
1R40 Elrond, Lord of Rivendell
1R45 Galadriel, Lady of Light
1R80 Ottar, Man of Laketown
1U108 No Stranger to the Shadows
1R139 Savagery to Match Their Numbers
1R195 Relics of Moria
1U234 Ulaire Nertea, Messenger of Dol Guldur
1C248 Forces of Mordor
1R313 Sting
2R32 Flaming Brand
3R38 Aragorn, Heir to the White City
3R42 Horn of Boromir
3R67 The Palantir of Orthanc
3R68 Saruman, Keeper of Isengard
3U106 Bill the Pony
3C108 Frying Pan
7U49 Steadfast Champion
7C96 Gondorian Captain
8C1 Aggression
10U2 Memories of Darkness
10R11 Galadriel Lady Redeemed*
10C91 Mordor Fiend

*Note: Galadriel Lady Redeemed was not added to the x-list until after set 11 came out, but after consulting with multiple players from that era is was deemed best to go ahead and ban her for this event.

If you want to play but don't have any cards anymore you are welcome to borrow a deck from one of the many that will be there.



There will be a sealed event with a starter given with packs drafted on Thursday and maybe a fun draft again on Saturday.  The buy in for these will be cheap.

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Banned list

0P2 Bill the Pony
0P5 Horn of Boromir
1R40 Elrond, Lord of Rivendell
1R45 Galadriel, Lady of Light
1R80 Ottar, Man of Laketown
1U108 No Stranger to the Shadows
1R139 Savagery to Match Their Numbers
1R195 Relics of Moria
1U234 Ulaire Nertea, Messenger of Dol Guldur
1C248 Forces of Mordor
1R313 Sting
2R32 Flaming Brand
3R38 Aragorn, Heir to the White City
3R42 Horn of Boromir
3R67 The Palantir of Orthanc
3R68 Saruman, Keeper of Isengard
3U106 Bill the Pony
3C108 Frying Pan
7U49 Steadfast Champion
7C96 Gondorian Captain
8C1 Aggression
10U2 Memories of Darkness
10C91 Mordor Fiend
Galadriel Lady Redeemed

[ket_the_jet]

C1G...I'm about 80% on going to that one. Let me know when the event list gets posted and I'd love to show you guys how the game is played.
-wtk

[Thranduil]

Stickied.

[Kenddrick]

Won't be going, but this event has my FULL SUPPORT.

Now, that gives me incentive to get back on the PC.

[CategoryOneGames.com]

This will be a great event even if all the players playing are all SW players that are there for SW Worlds.  I know that we will have about 6 or so that have said that they want to play for sure.

I would love it though if we got more LOTR players there just to play LOTRs. 

[chompers]

Really exciting to see ... would love to make it .... bit far to travel though ....

  for the effort!

[Jerba]

I'm tentatively planning on this. My vote goes for holding it on Friday if possible.

[ket_the_jet]

Whoa! I say not Friday because there's no way I am taking off work to play cards.

I understand not wanting the Rings times to compete with the Star Wars times...
-wtk

[jcb213]

If you don't have it on Friday you will lose the 8-10 SW players who are planning on playing.

[Jerba]

I'm just saying Friday because I'll have family in town and I have better things to do than play cards. I won't be playing SWCCG this year. I just don't have time to keep up on games anymore.

[chompers]

Compromise will have to be made to make this work ....

ST Nationals in Australia each year is a four day event .... Thursday to Sunday.

The events on Thursday and Friday are in the evening to attempt to accomodate those that work but also recognise that players have travelled interstate to attend and have no work commitments. The less popular events are held at the beginning (and in this case I think that is where LOTR would go given this appears to be an event for Star Wars).

Those that work might be able to attend by taking half a day off, or simply arriving after work. Just my 2 cents.

[CategoryOneGames.com]

Basically we would have to have the main event either on Friday evening or Sunday.

We will likely do a sealed event on Thursday/Friday/Sunday or a combination of them if people want to do so. 

Saturday is basically out since all the SW players will be playing then.  I'm also guessing that Sunday will be tough.

Friday is the best day for it over this weekend.  Hopefully that doesn't drive too many people away but having it Friday will give us the best turnout of already participating players. 

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Updated with event info.

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Hope we got some guys from here coming to the event.  I"m getting really excited and I know there will be lots of extra decks there for anyone that needs one.

[TheHobbit13]

Ah man I was really close to being able to go... I am in Boston on those dates and I wish I could go but the times conflict with another CCGs Nationals.   A few people who play Redemption (the other CCG) play LOTR, so I can get a few games in at least  .

[ket_the_jet]

I went from 80% "going to attend" to 80% "not going to attend."
-wtk

[Witchkingx5]

why that? If I were in the US, I'd go for sure (if my parents allowed, naturally )

[ket_the_jet]

I'm not going to take off a day of work to play the game if it is on a Friday. If it was on a Saturday, I would be much more inclined.

I'll check on a few updates between now and a little closer to that time, but if I were to drive up to Philly, I would want to hang out with my old college roommate and go to Grace Tavern or a Phillies game.
-wtk

[jcb213]

Sorry about having it on Friday.  Unfortunately that is the best time in terms of conflicts with Star Wars events (and it is Star Wars worlds weekend after all).

[chompers]

Its great that this event is being held but LOTR deserves better than being a support event. This is why a PC should be pursued (SW and ST both have world events and have a PC). Deicipher do not have to endorse the PC, it just limits what we can do which based on some opinion on this website should please some people.

[legolas3333]

Ok I will try to come, my family and I will be in the area that week, so it's on Friday, right?

P. S. If I come it will be with my little bro, he's 13 if there's an age limit

[Jerba]

LOTR deserves better than being a support event.

Sorry I can't help but laugh. This is an event that LOTR players weren't even willing to create or host, the SW players had to do it! They can fit it into their schedule on Friday so they can play it. I think that its better than it deserves. Overall, we really have no right to complain. They were nice enough to invite us. If we can't make it, we can't make it.

I wish I could make it but I have family in town and just can't quite make it to Philly that day. I'm bummed but such is life.

[ket_the_jet]

Got to agree with Jerba on this one. Every time I see Steve posting about a potential event only for the inevitable, "Hmm...no responses" post, I laugh a bit.

And no, I don't care how you think a Player's Committee would change all this because it wouldn't.
-wtk

[jcb213]

Ok I will try to come, my family and I will be in the area that week, so it's on Friday, right?

P. S. If I come it will be with my little bro, he's 13 if there's an age limit

There is no age limit, anyone is welcome to come and play.

[CategoryOneGames.com]

Yes please do come.  I'll try to do a sealed deck event on Saturday sometime too.  Hopefully. 

If you need decks for the event we have lots of extras there for people to use on Friday.

[sonofstev]

They got 16 people! Awesome.

Movie Block was the best possible choice for this, really.

[HawkeyeSPF]

@ Cat1Games - If you get a chance, could you ask the LotR folks there if they collect the promos? I've got the Online League promos 0P62-0P67 and the hard-to-find dAgent promos 0P123-126 and 128-129 available for sale. Thanks!

[sonofstev]

Brian Fred is well on his way to winning LOTR Worlds with a mixed Fellowship + Elf Allies / Dunland deck that he hadn't touched in several years. It turned out to be Movie Block legal. I remember playing against that Dunland deck. They are sick in Movie Block.

[sonofstev]

Brian Fred wins!

[Witchkingx5]

Could you post kinda Decklist or something like that? Or could Scott possibly write a tournament report?

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I'll post a wrapup, and matchups and so forth sometime early this week.  I just got home, have my anniversary Monday and Sons birthday on Tuesday, so it might not be up till Wednesday but it was a blast. 

[Jerba]

16 players isn't bad for riding the coat tails of SW! Thats very impressive. Wish I could have made it. Maybe next year. How did you do Scott?

[jcb213]

Brian Fred's deck was actually the a standard Man/Elf free peoples with Southron Archery.  This isn't exact, but it was something like this:

Frodo, Tired Traveller
Ring (I forget which one)
Legolas, Greenleaf
Glorfindel, Revealed in Wrath

Aragorn, Ranger of the North x4
Faramir, Son of Denethor x2
Boromir, Son of Denethor
Derufin
Arwen, Fair Elf Maiden
Sam, Great Elf Warrior (he would have played Son of Hamfast but didn't realized he wasn't x-ed)
The Last Alliance of Elves and Men x3
Anduril, Flame of the West x2
Aiglos
The Tale of Gil-galad
Armor
Shadow Between
Elrond, Herald to Gil-galad x3
Vilya
Secret Sentinels x2
Sting, Bane of the Eight Legs
The Tale of the Great Ring
Citadel of the Stars
Stone Tower
Noble Leaders
There and Back Again

Desert Lord x4
Elite Archer x4
Southron Bowman x4
Southron Marksmen x3
Haradrim Marksman x3
Seasoned Leader x4
War Towers x4
Rallying Call x2
Ithilien Wilderness
Whirling Strike x2
Ships of Great Draught x2

The free peoples is exact (it's the same one that he ran at worlds in 2004 and is one of the best (if not the best) in movie block).  The shadow may be off a few cards because I didn't note the exact number of each card he played, but it's pretty standard Southron Archery.

[TheHobbit13]

Do you know how many shadow kills/site nine wins he had?

[legolas3333]

I went to the worlds, the only thing that surprised me was that so many people were running 6 or more companions, and I was the only one with shotgun enquea, I must have killed a companion virtually every time I played him.

[Witchkingx5]

so why did you loose? shotgun enquea taking off the main comp every time... but why, why if you played your Rank and File deck, didin't you play Greed instead? As I told you, this card can do lots of more damage than enquea and works just great with Uruks! But if you palyed with another Deck, nevermind.

[legolas3333]

Well I put the single copy of greed I have in it, but in 3/4 games I drew both enqueas first, also my freeps was pretty weak, cycling Rohan with gandy splash, I did go 2-2 both wins were shadow kills, I should've won a third game, but the guy survived Uruk swarms at sites 4, 6 and 9 and I misplayed the swarm at six where I could've killed him, I thought he had PATHS so I killed two companions with rank and file but turns out he didn't so he had 4 companions (including aragorn, rotn) at site 9

[Witchkingx5]

Yeah, Rohandalf is a pretty weak Deck. You should have played your Elves. They also cycle well, but are more powerful.

[spideyguy0]

Here's the deck I played at the event. I placed 2nd beating Olaf Schroeder in the first game, Ryan Freeman in the 2nd, and James Barnes in the 3rd before losing to BFred in the last game. The FP side is what I used to play way-back-when and the Shadow was a list that James Barnes built that he found on DeckTech (I was borrowing his cards, major props). I had to make some last minute changes at the event cause I thought Stables was a King Block site 1 and that I could always pull a horse because of that (not touching this game in 4 years will make you think weird things). I would've played 4 horses and only 1 Defiance if I'd known that.

Frodo, Resolute Hobbit
The One Ring, Answer to All Riddles
Legolas, Greenleaf
Eowyn, Lady of Ithilien

Eowyn's Sword, Dernhelm's Blade
Brego x2
Aragorn, Elessar Telcontar x2
Aragorn's Bow x2
Ranger's Sword
Elven Bow x4
Gil-Galad, High Elven King
Glorfindel, Revealed in Wrath
Arwen, Queen of Elves and Men
Asfaloth, Elven Steed
The Tale of Gil-Galad
The Saga of Elendil
Elrond, Herald to Gil-Galad x2
Vilya
Knife of the Gladhrim
Aiglos
Double Shot x4
Gwemgil
Defiance x3

4 Enquea, TotO
4 Nelya, TotO
4 Cantea, TotO
1 Toldea, MoDG
1 Attea, WoW
2 Out of Sight and Shot
4 Bent on Discovery
4 Gates of the Dead City
4 Between Nazgul and Prey
4 All Blades Perish
1 Ithil Stone

I really don't remember too many game details but against Ryan I corrupted his (I think) Isilduer the turn that time was going to be called. I went first against Barnes and there wasn't a single stop for either of us the entire game. I finished the game with nothing in the dead pile and maybe 3 total wounds across my fellowship. The game lasted about 10 minutes since neither of us really played minions. Against BFred his threats and archery killed me off on site 6 or 7. I had managed to kill his Greenleaf but he had too many companions out that he would've won anyway.

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Final Standings

Brian Fred - 12 with wins against Bill, Chris, Scott, Casey
Casey Anis - 10 +37
Chris Schoenthal 10 +27 (spelling of last name off the top of my head)
James Barnes 10 +26
Ryan Freeman 10 +23
Scott Church 8 +28
Jan Westenguard 8 +20
Jim Li 8 +18
Micah W. 7 +26
Raul Schumann 6 +28
Daniel W. 6 +23
Thomas Shumann 6 +20
Walter Schumann 5
Olaf 4
Bill Kafer 4 drop - 2 game drop
Kyle Krueger 4 drop - 2 game drop