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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''1999 Decipher World Championship''' was the fourth Star Wars CCG World Championship, at DecipherCon in Virginia Beach, Virginia. [[Gary Carman]] (United Kingdom) defeated [[Steven Lewis]] (United States) 2 (+19) and became the first British World Champion.<ref name="trando">[https://web.archive.org/web/20050517110350/http://trandosite.mcmail.com/wf00p2.htm History of the World Finals], [[Trandosite]]</ref><ref name="wp">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Customizable_Card_Game Star Wars Customizable Card Game], Wikipedia</ref><br />
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The constructed pool was [[Premiere - Endor]]. Qualification was more exclusive than 1997–1998 (one player per region plus Open / Wild Card / invitational seats). Trandosite records that the regional structure drew heavy criticism and was not kept for 2000. A Wild Card tournament (100+ players) put [[John Arendt]] and James Lafferty into the World Finals; Lafferty played all three days. [[Joe Alread]] won Ironman and missed the main event for the first time.<ref name="trando" /><br />
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Day 1 (32 players, eight games): [[Bastian Winkelhaus]] led, then [[Clint Hays]]; Carman finished third after a strong close. That evening Carman lost his decks and rebuilt overnight, borrowing and adjusting Markus Wuest's Light.<ref name="trando" /><br />
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Day 2 (four games): [[Yannick Lapointe]] was the early leader; Winkelhaus and Hays took early losses. Lewis was the only undefeated and met Carman (Naboo region) in the final.<br />
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Final game 1: Carman [[ISB Operations / Empire's Sinister Agents|ISB Operations]] (Outer Rim Scout) against Lewis's Clak'dor VII Operative Speeder ([[Local Uprising / Liberation|Local Uprising]]). Carman won by 22. Game 2: Carman [[Hidden Base / Systems Will Slip Through Your Fingers|Hidden Base]] inserts against Lewis [[Hunt Down And Destroy The Jedi / Their Fire Has Gone Out Of The Universe|Hunt Down]]. Lewis probed the Hidden Base (Security Precautions), Carman resolved Never Tell Me The Odds for 8 after Grimtaash stripped Torture, and Lewis won by 3 with Lateral Damage. Combined, Carman 2 (+19).<ref name="trando" /><br />
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== Format ==<br />
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* '''Environment:''' [[Premiere - Endor]]<br />
* '''Site:''' DecipherCon, Virginia Beach, Virginia<br />
* '''Field:''' 32<ref name="wp" /><br />
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== Results ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! Finish !! Player !! Dark !! Light<br />
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| 1 || [[Gary Carman]] || [[1999 Decipher World Championship Gary Carman DS|ISB Operations]] || [[1999 Decipher World Championship Gary Carman LS|Hidden Base]]<br />
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| 2 || [[Steven Lewis]] || [[1999 Decipher World Championship Steven Lewis DS|Hunt Down And Destroy The Jedi]] || [[1999 Decipher World Championship Steven Lewis LS|Local Uprising]]<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Championships]]<br />
* [[List of SWCCG tournaments]]<br />
* [[Gary Carman]] · [[Steven Lewis]]<br />
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== Sources ==<br />
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050517110350/http://trandosite.mcmail.com/wf00p2.htm History of the World Finals], Trandosite<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041026204829/http://www.trandosite.mcmail.com/iv13.htm Gary Carman interview], Trandosite (29 September 2000)<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Customizable_Card_Game Wikipedia World Champions table]<br />
* [https://swccgdb.com/decklist/view/7/isb-1999-world-champion-1.0 ISB: 1999 World Champion], SWCCGDB<br />
* [https://swccgdb.com/decklist/view/8/hidden-base-1999-world-champion-1.0 Hidden Base: 1999 World Champion], SWCCGDB<br />
* [https://swccgdb.com/decklist/view/14/operatives-speeders-2nd-at-worlds-1999-1.0 Operatives/Speeders: 2nd at Worlds 1999], SWCCGDB<br />
* [https://swccgdb.com/decklist/view/15/hunt-down-2nd-at-worlds-1999-1.0 Hunt Down: 2nd at Worlds 1999], SWCCGDB<br />
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