The 1st Bleach TCG Squad 1 Regionals concluded last night at XP, and I must congratulate cruboy for winning the event! ^_^

The win gave him the title of Squad 1 Captain for the year, some cool prizes including packs, a tin, and a shirt, and of course the bragging rights associated with being a taicho (captain), hehehe. I lost to him in the finals, which gave me 2nd place and the title of Squad 1 fukutaicho (lieutenant). I also got some packs and a tin, which are always awesome. Everyone seemed to have fun, as the atmosphere was very casual and there were always jokes flying around even during matches.

The event was Sealed, and I opened the Soi Fon-Yamamoto starter set, but by now everybody knew that the strongest starter set was the one with the 6-drop Hanataro that gained you 3 life everytime he depleted. I managed to beat one of these decks during round 1, thanks to some lucky draws that enabled me to make some early damage to offset the life gain. Alas, cruboy’s deck didn’t fail him in the finals, and my worst fears unfolded when Hanataro hit play on turn 3 and started turning back the admittedly miniscule damage my weenies were dealing.

And that is how cruboy became old man Shigekuni Genryusai Yamamoto – 1st Division Captain (squad and division being the same thing, depending on how you translate the Japanese term goteijusantai, hehehe).  As Chojiro Sasakibe – 1st Division lieutenant, it is now my duty to pose as another old man serving his captain, and to take his place should anything happen to him (oh wait, that only applies in beauty pageants, hahaha!).

I’ll see you guys in the next Regionals! ^_^