Bushiroad Spring Fest 2014

Recently I went to the Bushiroad Spring Fest 2014 in Malaysia.  I joined the Team League and the Buddy Challenge.  It was extremely fun, but sadly I couldn't get in the Top 8 for both the events.  They were held on 2 different days.  I'll tell you guys all about it here.

 TEAM LEAGUE

Lets talk about Team League first.  On Saturday, I went to the venue and started looking for a 3rd teammate.  If we couldn't find a 3rd teammate the my father would have to join my team.  I ended up meeting a guy I met at a card shop I usually play at so he joined my team.  Name: Lim Yi Feng.  I got a bunch of awesome promos (Exclusive for Team League).  Oh, and by the way, I'm using my OP Spike Brothers deck, my sister using her Oracle Think Tank deck and Yi Feng using a Dimension Police deck.

First round.  Check out the venue and turnout.

Here are our team's results:

First round: WON! (2 > 1)
I got seated, waited for the judge to tell us to start when suddenly a judge saw my sleeves.  I bought them from ebay.com.  He took my sleeve and asked the Chief Judge (not sure, just a guy I saw him ask) if my sleeves were legal.  Turns out only OFFICIAL Bushiroad sleeves and Ultra-Pro sleeves were legal.  Luckily for me I brought my Dungaree sleeves (my Dungaree deck).  I had to first unsleeve my Dungaree deck, then only sleeve my Spikes.  I told my sister and Yi Feng to start first cause I took quite a while.  Anyway, I was up against a Nova Grappler "Blaukluger" deck.  I ended the game with my Break Ride + Limit Break combo  and won.  Yi Feng lost, my sister won.  1 win for us.  Damn happy.

Second round: WON!! (3 > 0)
Sat down, got started and got rushed like hell.  I rush him back but kinda weak cause I used up my cards to guard.  He rode DOTE.  I ride my Break Ride, attack normally.  He whacks me hard while retiring my rear guards as well.  Anybody who plays Spike Brothers know that this clan burns out your hand very fast.  I kinda panicked when I saw DOTE but then I had all the cards I needed, so I hold out a few more turns, waiting for the turn to finish the game.  Chance came, I filled up my field, swing in with max power, win.  Just as my opponent took his 6th damage, my sister told me that I could relax cause she and Yi Feng already won.  Totally awesome!!  Feeling IMMORTAL now.

Third round: LOST...(3 > 0)
We totally got slaughtered this round.  I was up against Kagero GRADE 4!! As soon as he break rode G4 over DDD, I couldn't survive.  Yi Feng was against Shadow Paladins' Raging Form Dragon.  It didn't matter anyway, Yi Feng was gradelocked at Grade 1. (Somebody REALLY needs to tell him that running 12 grade 3s means disaster.).  My sister was the last one to lose.  She was against Dragonic Descendant..  All I can say is we lost insanely and can only afford to lose 1 more round before getting eliminated.  Feeling worried.
FUN FACT: This team became the champion for this tournament.

Fourth round: LOST...(2 > 1)
So sad...My opponent got gradelocked so I had an advantage.  He managed to break ride Transcore Dragon twice which burned a couple cards.  I saw that he got a Tetra-Drive Dragon in his drive check so I had to end it then.  Pulled off final turn, felt so happy!  ...until I realized I was the only 1 who won my match. Due to this loss, we got eliminated from the tournament.  Oh well...
FUN FACT 2: This team got 4th place in this tournament.

Not that bad, considering we went to the 4th round and the teams we lost to were in the top 4.  While on the way home, I calculated our results and decided Yi Feng isn't really that good a deckbuilder.  12 grade 3s...
Me(Yeoh Cheng Jin) = 3 win, 1 lose
Yeoh Cheng Yen (sister) = 2 win, 2 lose
Lim Yi Feng = 1 win, 3 lose

To Yi Feng, no offense bro, but running 12 grade 3s is a road to disaster...

Since we were out from the tournament, Yi Feng went home and we(me, my father and sister) went for lunch.  After that, PR TIME!!!

PR TIME!!!

After getting eliminated, participants could join the free fight going on.  As the title states, free PR(promo) cards were given out if you join the free fight.

2 matches = 1 Storm Bring Dragon

4 matches + = 1 Binary Star Twin Gunner and

                       1 Shine Spear Liberator, Reinet

I rushed through my fights as fast as I could.  Collected my PRs, then played for fun.  Met a lot of new friends, chatted with them and had a great time.  Good idea, Bushiroad.  There were also some MINI GAMES going on.  If you succeeded in completing the mini game, you'll get a Weiss Schwarz PR card.

After the finals, a lucky draw was held.  Didn't win anything, never mind.  That's it for Saturday, now on to
Sunday.

BUDDY CHALLENGE

Sunday, most people are still sleeping at 10:00 am, but I was already at Berjaya Times Square at that time.  Signed up for Buddy Challenge and collected more PRs (muahaha...).  I'm using my cheapo Dragon World deck built from intro sets and random R cards.  Oh, and by the way, the Buddy Challenge is a best-of-three tournament.  At last, the tournament started:

Round 1: WIN!! (? > ?)

FREE WIN!!! Walked around a bit with my father because 1 round is 40 minutes long.  Visited TMT's store , GTM 24, upstairs.  Big shoutout to them for sponsoring this event.  

Round 2: WIN!!(2 > 1)

Dragon VS Danger.  I lost the first match and started panicking.  My Buddy, Drum Bunker Dragon, was being abused by my opponents Hysteric Spear.  So I decided to switch tactics.  I left my center open while guarding with Green Dragon Shields.  Finished it with Gargantua Punisher.  Final match, use Systemic Dagger "Onca" to protect me + Death Rattle Dragon for more power and defense.  I  got lucky and drew my one and only copy of Million Rapier Dragon.  Double attacked, then used Gargantua Punisher!! again. Nice feeling to use G.P, makes you feel OP.

Round 3: LOST...(1 < 2)

AGAIN another Danger World user.  This guy was much more "pro" than earlier.  He rushed me and then cast Drill Bunkerr! to bring me down.  Second match, I cast MY impact and won.  Last round he called a size 3 monster and dealt me 4 damage.  He continued to deal large amounts of damage with every hit and I was soon overwhelmed.  I actually almost had him but neglected my defense for 1 shot at winning.  My aim was to get him to 4 damage, then use Gargantua Punisher to end the game.  Unfortunately, he had a counter spell and I died the next turn.

Round 4: LOST...(0 < 2)

Ancient World.  Nothing to say.  All my monsters had not enough power to even land a single hit.  I lost, due to getting hit so many times and all my monsters being destroyed.  Lets just say that to counter Ancient World, Sun Fist, Sunshine Impact is a MUST HAVE.  Maximum Skill, Breaking Flames also works.  However, I didn't have any of them so I died VERY quickly.  Too bad, I was eliminated.

MORE PR CARDSSS...

Yup, Buddyfight also had a Free Fight going on.  Once you participate in 2 or more fights, you get a Buddyfight Promo Pack Vol.1.  I played my two matches, got my PR pack, didn't get anything though.  Again, mini games were going on, got more WS PR cards.

While waiting for the lucky draw (waiting for finals to finish), I saw a guy I knew.  I first met him on Saturday and we played against each other for the Buddyfight free fight.  His name is Hariyanto Tan.  He is from Indonesia.  Nice guy, speaks fluent Chinese too.  Anyway, I played against his brother, didn't get his name.  I was kinda jealous of him having so many decks, powerful ones too.  72 pillars, Thunder Knights, Wizard...You name it, he has it.  Hope I can meet him again someday.

"Saisho Wa Guu, Jankenpon"

"最初はぐう,じゃんけんぽん"

Once the finals ended, they didn't hold a lucky draw.  They had everybody stand in front of the stage, then we played "Rock, Paper, Scissors" with a BUSHIROAD REPRESENTATIVE!!  If you lose, or draw, put down your hand.  Otherwise, continue playing until you're out.  If there are 2 people left, both players shoot for the prize.  Winner takes all.

As soon as they announced the prize for winning, my face melted.  ONE WHOLE STACK OF BUDDYFIGHT PR PACK VOL.1!!! ***Insane drooling*** UNFORTUNATELY, I didn't get a single thing...Feel free to donate PR packs to me.

STAMP RALLY

Aside from the mini games, free fights and workshops, there was also a lucky draw held by TMT/GTM 24.  You had to complete 4 challenges to get a chance at a lucky draw.  1st challenge: Take a photo on the stage in front of the big poster.

DONE!!!

Challenge 2: Participate in a mini game.  SIMPLE!!

Challenge 3: Participate in a workshop.  DONE!!

Challenge 4: Visit the shop and collect your prize.  I got a set of Cardfight Vanguard flash decks and PR cards.  Same for my sister, my father only got PR cards tho...(Binary Star Twin Gunner and Shine Spear Liberator, Reinet.)

ADMIN CHALLENGE

After a couple of sets of PRs were given out, other miscellaneous goodies were given out.  Again, no luck.
Then, the Admin Challenge started.  They will chose people to go onto the stage and battle with an admin.  I wasn't fast enough to raise my hand, so I watched other people play.  There were two tables, 1 for Cardfight Vanguard and 1 for Future Card Buddyfight.  At 1 point, Hariyanto's brother got picked to fight.  Hariyanto told me that if his brother won, he would give me a "Dragon Heart" PR card.  Oh, and did I mention that if you won, you'll get a playmat, a storage box and a deckbox? If you lost, you'll only get a storage box and a deck box.  Since his brother won, I got the PR.  Finally, they were choosing the last person to challenge the Buddyfight admin.  (I missed the Vanguard one because I was admiring the playmat Hariyanto's bro got.)
Suddenly, they chose my sister cause she was the fastest to raise her hand.  I was like: Holy ****.  If she wins I can get all the goodies...Result?? She won, and I couldn't stop admiring the playmat.

My sister playing against Admin Charles, and me watching.

Thats it, and I was totally exhausted after that.  It was like, 10:00pm by  he time we reached home and we still haven't eaten dinner yet.  CONCLUSION: Damn good tournament.  Hope next year will have the same thing.

Tags: Bushiroad, Spring, Fest, Festival, 2014, Cardfight Vanguard, Futurecard Buddyfight, Bushiroad, bushiroad spring fest 2014 malaysia

Hi there, I am just a typical 12-year old Malaysian whom is interested in Cardfight Vanguard.  I am writing this blog for anyone that is interested in buying a deck to play with.  Since I am only 12, I do not have cards from every clan so please excuse me or just leave a comment if I make a mistake.  You are also free to discuss stuff about CFV in the comments area(please do not spam).

P.S. Information about these cards/clans/skills can be found at Cardfight Vanguard Wikia.

No.1: Royal Paladins

This clan was first introduced in VGE-TD01.  This clan focuses on superior calling units to rear guard positions then powering up other units(King of Knights, Alfred).  Lately, more Royal Paladin support have been released.  This clan has an entire new build based on the Jewel Knights archetype(and liberator).  The Jewel Knights series have all the goodies ever released(Break Ride, Quintet Wall, etc)they even have a Reversed Unit.  Other than that, a Royals Mega Trial Deck has also been released(used by DAIGO in the anime)featuring Sanctuary Guard Dragon.  This card powers up similarly to Alfred.  It is pretty awesome considering this is supposed to be a Trial Deck card.  This clan also has a card that powers up by mixing cards from two different clans, try to find out by yourself (>o<).TIP: Type MLB into the website above.

The older version of Royal Paladins rely on a lot of key cards like Barcgal and Llew's skill for a superior ride.  Taking out cards like this can cause the player to be stuck at grade 2 for a while.  When you are fighting against a Majesty Lord Blaster deck, you are pretty hopeless as his key cards are easily obtained.  Perfect Guards are the way to go, always.(Quintet Wall? Nah, not so much).

No.2: Kagero 

This clan has the best Trial Deck ever! Most of the cards you need to build a Kagero deck are found in it.  Kagero focuses mainly on retiring your opponent's units. There is also a new build featuring "Seal Dragons".  I am not sure what the strategy for this build because I am not a Kagero player.  However, I always play against Kagero players whenever I play at a shop.  The traditional version of Kagero features Dragonic Overlord The End's ultimate skill to stand and attack again really spells THE END for the opponent especially when combined with Kagero's new break ride unit: Dauntless Drive Dragon.  This combo will guarantee a final turn unless your opponent's hand size is huge....... 

Kagero is one of the most consistent clan around.  Now, Kagero has broken the limits and gone up to Grade 4!! Yes,I kid you not, Grade 4! 4! 4! Okay, I may be exaggerating a bit here but this is unbelievable.  The skill is totally awesome.  Go on, read it.------------->OohLaLa!!!    Many Kagero players will definitely want to include this card in their deck.  Unfortunately, fantastic cards also come at BOMBASTIC prices.  Players with a small budget(like me)should not play this clan due to the prices of the cards(DOTE and DDD).

No.3: Nova Grappler

The most spam-tastic clan ever! This clan's main strategy is to stand units during the battle phase for more attacks.  Nova Grapplers have plenty of generations.  It all started with Asura Kaiser and Mr Invincible.  After that, the Stern Blaukluger ride chain was released.  In VGE-BT06, Beast Deity, Azure Dragon was released and had a couple of support cards just for it.  Ultra Beast Deity, Illuminal Dragon was released in VGE-BT09, a crossride form of Azure Dragon.  Beast Deity, Golden Anglet was also released to work with Illuminal Dragon's Limit Break.  The Raizers build was released in VGE-EB01.  Unfortunately the Raizers are not as good as they look.  They cause you to deplete your hand if you want to push it to the limit.  Later in EB04, a lot of reprints were err.....reprinted including Gold Rutile(A trial deck card)as a R card.  Other than that, a whole new Death Army build was released.  This build is also, sadly, not very good.  This build's strategy can be summed up with one word: GREED! You rest four units for +10k and get perfect guarded.  As if an attack from the vanguard doesn't attract perfect guards during late game.

This clan is overflowing with different builds.  I recommend all new players to play this clan as it can easily help you to understand the game more easily.  All the strategies are also really simple and easy to master.

edrerer

Retaliator upgrade kit from Taobao

I recently ordered 4 of these upgrade kits (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.25.8zQ4wl&id=26061060718) via a Taobao agent, and it cost me RM 84/- in total, including postage and packing to Malaysia.  That works out to an average of RM 21/- per kit, and you can bring the average price even lower if ordering more.

The costing was as follows:
RMB 28 (per kit) x 4 = RMB 112
+ RMB 11 (postage to agent) = RMB 123
conversion to MYR and agent commission = RMB 123 / 1.9 * 1.1 = MYR 71
+ MYR 13 (postage from agent to Malaysia) = MYR 84

If anyone's interested, the agent's contact email is fatpandataobao@gmail.com.  Delivery speed?  Well, I made the payment on November 7, and received the items on November 15.  Pretty good, but I think the main determining factor is how fast the Taobao merchant ships to the agent.

Ok, back to the kits.  I have a couple of OMW 5 kg springs fitted in my Retaliators, and they worked well for me.  On one of the blasters, I removed the AR, which resulted in a range improvement of about 10 feet.  Unfortunately, the stress on the retaining peg on the shell from the plunger tube was too much, which resulted in the pegs breaking off after about 200 shots:

The pegs look like this on a new blaster:

(image from product page)

I began to pad my plunger tubes with shoe insoles, to lessen the impact:

 but if you look at the picture closely, you'll notice another problem (more on that later).

So when I found out about these kits on Taobao, they seem to address the problem of excessive stress caused by the upgraded spring.  As listed on the product page, there's a pair of padding pieces for the pegs, another padding piece for inside the plunger tube, a stronger catch spring, and the main spring itself.

How does the main spring compare to the OMW spring?  You can see from the picture below that the Taobao spring (bottom) is slightly longer than the OMW spring (middle).  In terms of thickness and resistance, they're about the same (based on unscientific judgement).  The stock spring is at the top.

It's easy enough to fit the padding behind the retaining peg, to stop the plunger tube from crashing hard into the peg.

(image from product page)

The padding inside the plunger tube helps to stop the plunger from going too far into the tube.  If you noticed in the earlier picture, the plunger goes way more into the tube when fitted with an upgraded spring.  I've come across comments that this sometimes crack the plunger tube itself.

(image from product page)

Once fitted, these parts should theoretically prolong the life of the blaster somewhat.  The ranges I obtained with the Taobao spring (with full padding installed, AR intact) is similar to that obtained from the OMW spring (no padding, AR intact).  I've also fitted the parts into a Retaliator with its AR removed, and time will tell if it lasts beyond 500 shots.  It's still noisy as heck though.

Animal Kaiser Saturn Saw and Crashing Moon Miracle Cards

I have added a few extra cards due to a request by a certain reader.  These are the cards I have added. : Saturn Saw and Crashing Moon.   Both of these cards have 4800 Miracle and are Silver Rare Cards.  By the way, none of these are original cards.  I can't help you if you are the kind that only collect original cards.  

Nerf Rough Cut 2x4

  Ohhhhh, Yeah! Finally got my Nerf Roughcut 2x4 from Vhobby at 1 Utama.  The Roughcut was supposed to be released next year, but here in Malaysia we have already received it.  It's price is RM 90.00.  I am writing this to tell you all about it.    

  In the box, there are only three things, the blaster, 8 darts and instructions.  But wait, before I say anything more, watch this cool guy, PSYK's video first.  I think Hasbro did a good job inventing this blaster.    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaRyYxLvGB8  

  Okay, after watching the video, you should probably figure out how the gun works.  According to PSYK, he thought that it was possible to shoot one dart at a time while slam firing slowly.  However, he failed at doing that.  Well, I have done it and proven PSYK's theory right.  Just watch this video.    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRkLOR4aaOE

  Okay, that's it for now, thanks for reading.  

Animal Kaiser Ninja Trained Siegfried Barcode

This is my second blog entry and this time I am writing about the arcade game "Animal Kaiser" .  It is a very popular game here in Malaysia .  I  know a few of you who are reading this now are fans of the game .  Okay, introduction over, let's get to the good stuff.      
                                              
  First of all, here in Malaysia, our version at the moment is EVO 3, and some of you fans may be searching for the ultra rare card -------- Ninja Trained Siegfried .  Well, I know a lot of you guys have bought packs and packs of PIRATED cards just to find it .  But now, for those who still haven't found one yet, stop buying, I am giving you the barcode for Ninja Trained Siegfried right here, for free.  Of course, my card isn't original, I traded two cards with a young Malay boy for it, but it can be used just fine.

  This card was a great trade, N.T.Siegfried has 9000 strength and 6000 health.  Also, N.T.S has       " Mikiri " , which is really useful when you are low on health.  These are its attacks : Guts = Vortex Dragon , Technique = Split Blaster and Power = Lightning Shot.  I actually used this card to beat the machine ( Kaiser Coral ) .  Well anyway, here is the barcode :

Ninja Trained Siegfried Barcode.  WoOoO, Mikiri  Alert !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 Since you took the trouble to read all this, I am also giving you the EVO 2 Ultra Rare Card -----Death Scorch barcode . 7000 strength and 8000 health, extremely powerful !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!     ( Also a PIRATED card..................)

Death Scorch Barcode

 Thanks for reading.  By the way, please tell me if these barcodes helped you beat the boss animal .

Nerf Dart Tag Tournament 2012 - September 8

On the 8th September 2012, I went to the first official Dart Tag Tournament in Malaysia.  To enter, I bought a Nerf Praxis from VHobby Sunway.  

On the tournament day, I was paired up with 3 little kids.  Our team was called Enter Dragon.  One of the kids suggested it, I let them pick the team name because it doesn't really matter to me.  One of them was a freaking little *#$#$#^%^$&* jerk.  The other two were really cooperative, they worked with me all the way in every round.  

Team 'Enter Dragon'

In the last match, the little ****** fought with me for the Swarmfire.  I gave in.  But then, 10-15 seconds after the match started, the little #$@%^^&87 came running back with a empty Swarmfire.  I was shocked ! As soon as I saw the empty Swarmfire, I practically gave up all chances of winning.  I guess this shows how fast the Swarmfire can shoot.  

Empty Swarmfire

Even though I knew we were going to lose, I decided to at least have some extra fun.  So, I grabbed two Sharpshots and shot at anybody that came near.  Even though we lost, I was happy that I tried my best and had a lot of fun.  

I had extreme fun running around and tagging people.  An epic thing happened on the last round though, I saw three opposing players run out of darts and run back to their base.  I followed them and shot a dart at each of them.  I ran out of darts before I hit the third guy though.  That just shows how good I am compared to that little *******.   

Rating for this tournament :Had great fun and made a couple of friends ( And an enemy ) .  Thanks to Mr Richard Chua and Hasbro for holding this tournament.   I hope that Hasbro will hold another tournament soon because I will definately buy a Nerf gun just to get in this epic, fun and exihalirating game of Dart Tag .  

BTW: recently (in 2013) , I found out that they probably meant "Ender Dragon", a mob in Minecraft.  Oh well...