Sasha Markovic
Age: 26
Occupation: Software Engineer
What hero did you play in sealed, and what was the most important card in your pool?
Bravo and Drone of Brutality.
What hero are you hoping to play in the top 8?
Katsu.
What was your best experience so far in this tournament?
Meeting so many cool people and making new friends.
Which hero most represents you?
Rhinar after eating some Texas BBQ!
Nicholas Marino
Age: 23
Occupation: Unemployed
What hero did you play in sealed, and what was the most important card in your pool?
Bravo and Pummel, with Unmovable in a close 2nd.
What hero are you hoping to play in the top 8?
Rhinar or Bravo.
What was your best experience so far in this tournament?
Defending Sasha's huge turn 1 crush attack.
Which hero most represents you?
Guardian as I like to play conservatively and directly.
Brendan Patrick
Age: 25
Occupation: Operations Manager/ Exotic Dancer
What hero did you play in sealed, and what was the most important card in your pool?
Bravo and Heartened Cross Strap .
What hero are you hoping to play in the top 8?
Katsu.
What was your best experience so far in this tournament?
Cartilage Crush + Dominate + Goliath Gauntlet + Heartened Cross Strap + Sloggism for 14 Dominate Lethal.
Which hero most represents you?
Bravo
Josh Woods
Age: 29
Occupation: Billing Company Technical Support
What hero did you play in sealed, and what was the most important card in your pool?
Bravo and I'd say defense reactions were most important so Unmovable .
What hero are you hoping to play in the top 8?
Dorinthea or Bravo.
What was your best experience so far in this tournament?
Very close games, great community. Also very well run event.
Which hero most represents you?
Dorinthea, very deliberate and reactive.
Jackson Wray
Age: 16
Occupation: Employee at Reaper Games Store
What hero did you play in sealed, and what was the most important card in your pool?
Bravo and Staunch Response was the most important card in my pool .
What hero are you hoping to play in the top 8?
I'm hoping to play Bravo.
What was your best experience so far in this tournament?
The final round because of the intense pressure.
Which hero most represents you?
Bravo, I'm a large individual who holds little secrets.
James Teeple
Age: 30
Occupation: Waiter.
What hero did you play in sealed, and what was the most important card in your pool?
Warrior and Warrior's Valor.
What hero are you hoping to play in the top 8?
Warrior.
What was your best experience so far in this tournament?
Besides the Drone of Brutality playoff, I'd say it was the Warrior's Valor (R) + Razor Reflex (R) combat turn.
Which hero most represents you?
Warrior, reactions are the best.
Kyle Glass
Age: 22
Occupation: Student/Gamer
What hero did you play in sealed, and what was the most important card in your pool?
Bravo (I call him Fabio). I open 5x Unmovable, which made me quite hard to budge.
What hero are you hoping to play in the top 8?
I think if you're confident enough to play Ninja your deck must be insane. Other than that I actually like Guardian control .
What was your best experience so far in this tournament?
Playing 5 defense reactions in a row.
Which hero most represents you?
Rhinar and I seem like we have the same IQ.
Kade Cantergiani
Age: 22
Occupation: Student
What hero did you play in sealed, and what was the most important card in your pool?
Bravo and Staunch Response Blocked big against "Dominate" and "Intimidate" plays
What hero are you hoping to play in the top 8?
Dorinthea or Bravo.
What was your best experience so far in this tournament?
Learning more complex interactions and gameplay decisions the more I played.
Which hero most represents you?
Bravo