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Ended up at 199th today out of 1016 players. Top 19%.

Went from 6-2 to 6-4 real fast there in the end. Just did not draw relevant cards against good Doffy players.

Still had a blast and my play was, with one major exception, a step above all my previous events.

I'm improving.

R10- L to Doflamingo
Apparently only running 3 Rayleigh catches up to you in this matchup. Both games against Doffy I didn't draw 8c Rayleigh until my 10 or "12" don turn and it really mattered.

10/10

R9- L to Dofflamingo
Won die roll and went 2nd. Had clean Red Hawk for a 5k body off leader ability into 6k hit + 3c Sanji into 6k swing plus Marco to cleanly kill Teach.

Great start.

Then he played a Boa... into TWO of the 1c Law blockers x_x
Opponent was great. Fun game.

9/x

R8- W to P Luffy Classic
Won die roll. They missed Luffy-taro but had Kid into double 6c Zoro then 9c Luffy followed by 9c Luffy.

Had them at 1 so pushed for game through a GGG. They bricked. Phew.

8/x

R7- W to Shanks mirror
Lost die roll but won through determination and them not drawing 10c until much later

Close game nonetheless.

7/x

R6- L to Shanks mirror
Won die roll... lost to bricks and NOT playing 2x blockers when I should have known they could just go for game. I pushed to clear a body instead.
Don't know what I was thinking.

Oh well shake it off and win the rest.

6/x

R5- W to PLuffy Ramp
Lost die roll and literally won by 1k counter!

5/x

R4- W to Shanks
Lost die roll played tight and won. Phew.

4/x

R3- W to Shanks
Tight game even though I won die roll. Very close.

3/x

R2- Loss to Nami.
I went first and had all the Sanji, Luffy, and Dragon I could ask for after a mulligan... but my opponent hit 4 triggers in life, one of which bounced my Luffy.

Close game. Still think Nami shouldn't exist in the game but no hard feelings to my opponents.
2/x

Online Regionals today...
Starting off 1-0 vs Usopp. Tight game and fun.

1/x

Getting OBS set up properly for recording Sim games and maybe even doing some webcam versus with friends.
Recording games means I can (hopefully) learn and improve... and if they're helpful I can share!

#onepiecetcg #obs #streamlabs #onepiece

Getting ready for paper testing of EB02 format!
GP Luffy proxies ready to go.

Trying to post here too and not just the bad bird site. Need to get more TCG stuff happening on Bsky!

Pics dump from my team’s trip to Peoria for One Piece TCG Regional.

Had a great time. Love this card game.

I look forward to hearing your reactions. :D

Wait... you're just now watching season ONE?
Yeah you have to watch the first 3 episodes in one sitting, really, or the first two come across as quite slow.

I think you're going to really enjoy it overall.

I work with some folks who interact with me this way. it’s awesome. Esp since it’s about tech that we love.
I have TCG teammates who trust each other enough to challenge rationales. It’s so great to have a discussion and then go “wow you made me think. I understand deeper” rather than right/wrong.

Monday they booked me for Friday morning at 7am. They hoped to squeeze me in sooner but no luck.

Tomorrow night my mom is coming up so she's here with the kids Friday morning while my wife takes me in for surgery.

Meanwhile I'm basically 70% bedridden from pain and no mobility.

This seems really good. Play cards like 7mom, 6c Nico Robin, 5c Sabo from ST13.

Hmmm. OP11 is a long way off for me so I'll pause the brewing.

So much pain. Surgery prob this week. Pic 1 is my condition: ruptured disc pressing on sciatic nerve.
Surgeon can get me in this week as soon as stupid insurance approves.

Pain is bad... all nerve pain so meds don't do much but I'm on gabapentin, hydrocodone, and tizanidine. x_x

I’m loving Shanks and PLuffy right now… but am much excite for OP10! Even if we end up not playing this cute whale card.

#onepiece #onepiecetcg

Photos from earlier in the week. Playtesting and training with the team!

Still really love the One Piece card game!

Glad you’re over here! My patience with the other platform is thinning but it’s still the dominant place for One Piece stuff.

Now I want a Happy Meal... x_x

Enjoying coverage of this event! Even with my mediocre Spanish the commentary is great.

Heading to Orlando for Bandai Card Games Festival and specifically One Piece TCG events!

Gonna have some fun and hopefully win some games. Meeting more of our crew there.

#onepiecetcg #bcgfest

Some reading to start 2025 with!

Played some (a lot) One Piece today with my friends! Also ate Indian food. Good day.

Murder is bad.

Which is why we want governments and corporations to stop committing so much.