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December 12, 1999. I arrived in Boston early in the morning and my good fried Mo picked me up at the airport. Mo had to work all day so I spent the day making deliveries with him and meeting some interesting people. That night, Mo and I talked and laughed but only played a couple games of OP before we started building him a new deck. He wanted to use Beyonder, Xaos, Scarlet Witch and the old Magneto. It's a very interesting deck concept. It was late before he finally decided what cards he would put in the deck and we were both tired so we didn't play test it. He got a phone call about 1:00 AM and I fell asleep before he got off the phone
December 13. Morning came way too soon. We arrived early for the tournament (a first for Mo) but there were plenty of guys there waiting for us. The Bertrands must have been the first ones there as the drive was better than before and they arrived around 10:30. The tournament started at 1:00 and it got off to a good start for me. My Beyonder, White Queen, X-Babies and old Magneto (in reserve) was ready to go. First up was Justin (League of America). It was a close game for about four hands but discards caught up with him. I was 1-0 and ready to play my next game.
Round two was against Ty Bertrand. It was a close game for a while but when my KO event came up, he KO'd Spawn and that proved to be his downfall. His discards started coming and I quickly took advantage of them, winning a pretty easy game. 2-0 and on a roll.
Next up was Howard Bertrand and all I could think about was the last game I had played against Howard. He should have won but he made a big mistake and I was able to take advantage of it and win.
The very first hand, I had about as perfect hand as I could have. The KO event came up and he KO'd his Scarlet Witch to get the +5 to venture total. This caused him to discard a SW negate. I placed my Magneto 11 Any Power and a couple other cards and he placed a couple. I didn't want him to concede so I only ventured 2 and he ventured 1 and stayed in. I got to go first and I played a Morph activator for my Power Mimic, which I played on his Spawn. I don't usually like to play it in the first hand but Howard was playing Any Character's and I didn't think he could defend it. He couldn't and he quickly conceded. I then beat him in 4 or 5 hands. 3-0 and ready to play the last of the Bertrands, Derek.
Derek was playing 4FP and after the tournament, I asked him why he switched to it. He said he was so he could beat me. It worked as he ventured 6 for the game when he got his event "No cards with an Energy icon may be used to attack this battle". Derek went to 4-0 and I was 3-1.
The top eight players  went on to play a double elimination bracket. My first game was against Ty and although it was close, I pulled off another win. Beating him twice in one tournament was very good for me and I was hoping someone would knock him out for me so that I didn't have to play him again. Three wins against him in one tournament might be asking too much.
Next was Lord Tim O'Leary. His deck was a Strength deck and he really was never in the game. It went 5 or 6 hands but I had control the whole time. He was playing Any Characters and I never lose to Any Characters in a tournament.
I played Mike Dow next and he was playing Any Characters, also. While I was beating Mike, Ty was putting Derek out of the tournament. The finale four players was myself, Ty, Mike Dow and Lord Tim. I had beat all of them in the double elimination bracket and the draw came down to me and Mike again. After I beat him in the first game, Mike said he'd do better the next time against me because he would know my deck better. He was wrong. I beat him in two hands. I still haven't lost to Any Characters in a tournament.
Ty beat Lord Tim and now he would have to beat me two straight games as I was undefeated.
Ty beat me in two straight games. I was very disappointed and I could hardly believe it happened. Later, Mo told me that I didn't play near as aggressive in the two games as I usually play and that really made the difference. Looking back at it, I think he was right.
Ty's only two loses for the day came from me and my only loses came from Derek (one) and Ty (two). It was a great tournament with some great players and people.
Thanks, Mo for all you did for me.
Now all I can say is, OP CUP 3 will be for me!