Festival of Friendship 2019 Old School at Barracuda [28 Players]
On Sunday, we hosted the inaugural Festival of Friendship: a non-proxy, charity Old School tournament celebrating old cards, booze, and, of course, friendship. We weren’t sure how it would go, as all the Romancing The Stones events have been 100% proxy. However, when the doors of Barracuda opened at 11:00, we had 28 players ready to sling some power and do shots of Malort. Everyone’s $20 entry went towards Austin Pets Alive (Austin’s biggest no-kill animal shelter), and got them breakfast tacos, stickers, and a Sage of Lat Nam. In addition, we were delighted with a surprise Erhnamgeddon cake courtesy of Mark Brothers!
After our customary 5 rounds of Swiss, our Top 4 was Patrick Vincent, Brian Tweedy, Rob Connolly,
and Winston Wood. They battled it out, and Patrick Vincent and his Trolls emerged victorious to
take home the oversized Chaos Orb!
We were thrilled with the entire event, and can’t thank players enough for making the drive locally, from San Antonio, and from Houston! After such a successful outing, we’ve decided this will not be the last you see of the Festival of Friendship . . .
Pics
The scene:
No finer way to start the day…
…I speak, of course, of Chicago’s finest…
…Which, of course, is best in a group
And of course, our champ is here
We even had a father and son pairing!
Special feature: The world’s most powerful Kird Ape (40)
Decklists
Patrick - Troll Disco
Winston Wood - Troll Disco
Matt Jordan - Goblins
David Row - Grixis Dreams
Billy Palmer - Sapphire Djinn and Juice
Stuart Ziarnick - Rubber Banding
Elliot Wood - Bantamegeddon
Simon Christie - Atog Sting
Brian Hockey - Mono Black
Rob Connolly - Mono Black
Nick Steger - UW Fliers
Chris Taylor - Troll Disco
Naji Norder - UR Counterburn
Dan Ersch - UR Control
Mike O’Malley - Mono Black
Daniel Groh - Ernhamgeddon
Kyle Larson - Pixie Beats
Ian Files - Goblins
Kai Schafroth - Mono Black
Gregory Lystra - RUG Zoo
Joseph Amaya - RBW Pile
Brian Tweedy - The Deck of Lat Nam
Michael Antuzzi - Jund Pile *Winner: Best Brew*
James Locatelli - White Weenie
Mark Brothers - Bantamegeddon
