Thursday, June 16, 2011

Good Card, Bad Card #56

"Get To Know Your Trek Players"
*These are not intended to be a factual statements*

Name: Jared Hoffman
Resides: Mount Vernon, Ohio
TrekCC Handle: Mugato
Motto: "Would you like a snack?"
Motto #2: "Going to the bathroom? I'll come with you."
Occupation: Serving The Lord
Family: Wife, Barbara; Wife, Nikolette; Wife, Margene; 14 children
Favorite Deck: Borg/Back to Basic cheese, Klingon/TT
Fun Facts: Graduated BYU, Did 3 years of missionary work in Southeast Asia (missionary work is also how you end up with 14 kids). Was sent home for violating Rule #71 of 167 'Do not sleep in the same bed as your companion' (those 167 Mormon rules are real), Owns 340 acres of land in Utah


I'm writing today's GCBC from my porch. I was in the kitchen, then I thought about how nice it was outside. This reminded me once on a Sunday, while watching football, I see my buddy going into the bathroom with his laptop. I said, "What are you doing?". To which he replied, "What does it look like? I'm taking a sh*t."  Genius this guy I thought. This was an epiphany for me. Up until this point my brain hadn't adapted to wireless Internet yet. I was a free man now, free to surf the Internet while doing #2. God bless America! So instead of being in a warm kitchen sweating like a fat guy, I'm out enjoying the air on a nice, cool summer evening.

Two sets to go. Here's Energize. Things are starting to get foggy on me now. It's tough to remember the impact of the first expansion in 2E. I remember the first 2E Worlds, where I needed to win in the last round (No bracket that year, just a final confrontation) where I attempted, and my opponent got two to draw/spend. He had to stop one. I was playing Klingon and had a Relentless, so I thought I was golden. Back then, there wasn't much that could've stop me. Then my opponent play Chula: Pick One to Save Two and I became a sad, sad person.

Good Card: Picking up the Pieces

Why: This card saw tons of play back in the day. TNG speed, with geology missions, was 80% of the decks in my meta back then. This dilemma would pretty much seal the deal on one attempt. Even today, I find myself dusting this baby off and finding it still works great. Hell, against Klingons sometimes you can use it as a wall. Unless they have that dirty bastard Duras hanging around....

Bad Card: Assassination Plot

Why: Still waiting on somebody to use this card in a tournament. Come on, somebody step up to the plate and do something with this card. Speaking of never played cards, at the Richmond Regional (also where Neil had that Duras) a kid played the Borg Diamond ship. I gave the kid some credit for being the first person I ever see use the ship..... then proceeding to beat him 100-0.

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