2000 Decipher World Championship
2000 Decipher World Championship was the fifth Star Wars CCG World Championship, played 5–7 October 2000 at DecipherCon 2000 in the Doubletree Resort and Conference Center, Kissimmee, Florida. Matt Sokol (United States) defeated Yannick Lapointe (Canada) in the Final Confrontation.[1][2][3]
The constructed pool was Premiere - Death Star II. Wikipedia and Star Wars Insider 52 list 72 Day 1 players. Francis K. Lalumiere, writing from the floor on 5 October, put 170 competitors in the main hall for Day 1. Sokol was player 36 on Day 1. He lost the first final game and won the second; combined score 2 (+5) to 2 (−5).[2][1][4][5][6]
Format
- Environment: Premiere - Death Star II
- Site: DecipherCon 2000, Doubletree Resort and Conference Center, Kissimmee, Florida
- Dates: 5–7 October 2000 (Thursday–Saturday); the convention continued through 8 October
- Field: 72 Day 1 (Wikipedia / Insider 52); 58 Day 2 (Decipher results page)[1][7][4]
Day 2 was eight games (4 Light / 4 Dark). Twelve advanced to Day 3. Day 3 reset those twelve for four games (2 Light / 2 Dark); top two played the Final Confrontation.[8]
The last Day 2 slot was Dominic Gaudreault 10 (+70). Martin Akesson 10 (+69) missed by one differential. On Day 3, Kevin Shannon's Game 2 Dark vs Steve Brentson was a Modified Win by 14 (+1 victory point). A full win there would have moved Shannon past Sokol on the cut math; that example is on Tournaments#2000 World Championship — Sokol, Shannon, and a modified win.[8]
Day 2 (twelve advancing)
From the Decipher Day 2 page, the twelve who appear on Day 3, with Day 2 totals:[7]
| Day 2 | Player | Points (diff) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clint Hays | 14 (85) |
| 2 | Kyle Craft | 14 (65) |
| 3 | Martin Falke | 13 (54) |
| 4 | Yannick Lapointe | 12 (75) |
| 5 | Raphael Asselin | 12 (67) |
| 6 | Brian Rippetoe | 12 (62) |
| 7 | Steve Brentson | 12 (47) |
| 8 | Matt Sokol | 12 (6) |
| 9 | Paul Todd Feldman | 11 (52) |
| 10 | Kevin Shannon | 10 (111) |
| 11 | Gary Carman | 10 (99) |
| 12 | Dominic Gaudreault | 10 (70) |
The remaining Day 2 field (through 58th) is on the Decipher results page.
Day 3
| Finish | Player | Points (diff) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yannick Lapointe | 8 (47) | advanced |
| 2 | Matt Sokol | 6 (23) | advanced |
| 3 | Kyle Craft | 6 (2) | |
| 4 | Kevin Shannon | 5 (29) | Game 2 Dark vs Steve Brentson: Modified Win by 14 |
| 5 | Dominic Gaudreault | 4 (28) | |
| 6 | Martin Falke | 4 (10) | |
| 7 | Raphael Asselin | 4 (4) | |
| 8 | Clint Hays | 4 (−17) | |
| 9 | Brian Rippetoe | 2 (−19) | |
| 10 | Gary Carman | 2 (−38) | |
| 11 | Paul Todd Feldman | 2 (−39) | |
| 12 | Steve Brentson | 0 (−30) |
Final Confrontation
The match was played in a closed room. The audience watched on a large screen next door, with commentary by Joe Alread, Kyle Heuer, and Kendrick Summers. Jean-Luc Simard's Decipher report and Sokol's Decktech report are the play-by-play sources.[6][9]
Game 1: Sokol Hidden Base (X-wings / Numbers) against Lapointe Bring Him Before Me. Sokol's Light list went in at 59 cards; he added Civil Disorder at registration and the deck had no Luke. Lapointe won by 20.[6][9]
Game 2: Sokol ISB Operations (walkers / Sandwhirl) against Lapointe's Super Falcon list. Sokol needed at least 21 Force of differential. An Abyssin Ornament left him on 25 Life Force; Lapointe drew his last card. Combined: Sokol 2 (+5), Lapointe 2 (−5).[6]
Team Albany built the ISB list overnight after Day 2. Sokol later won the Sunday team constructed event with that group.[9][2]
The Player's Council posted the original Decipher streaming video of both games:
Watch the Final Confrontation (1 hour 21 minutes). Convention, guests, side events, and the surviving official photographs are on DecipherCon 2000.
Published constructed lists from Decipher Deck Designs (Sokol also on SWCCGDB):[2]
GEMP import
GEMP Importable deck files. Import in the GEMP deck builder.
| Finish | Player | Dark | Light |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Sokol | Download | Download |
| 2 | Yannick Lapointe | Download | Download |
| 7 | Raphael Asselin | Download | Download |
| 11 | Paul Todd Feldman | Download | Download |
See also
- DecipherCon 2000
- Championships
- GEMP importable decklist
- List of SWCCG tournaments
- Tournaments#2000 World Championship — Sokol, Shannon, and a modified win
- Matt Sokol · Yannick Lapointe · Raphael Asselin · Paul Todd Feldman
Sources
- Decipher Deck Designs index (Wayback 7 December 2000)
- Yannick Lapointe Light, Decipher Deck Designs (Wayback)
- Yannick Lapointe Dark, Decipher Deck Designs (Wayback)
- Raphael Asselin Light, Decipher Deck Designs (Wayback)
- Raphael Asselin Dark, Decipher Deck Designs (Wayback)
- Paul Todd Feldman Light, Decipher Deck Designs (Wayback)
- Paul Todd Feldman Dark, Decipher Deck Designs (Wayback)
- DecipherCon 2000 Day 2 (Wayback 26 October 2000)
- DecipherCon 2000 Day 3 (Wayback 3 March 2001)
- Jean-Luc Simard, Final Confrontation (Wayback 17 November 2000)
- Francis K. Lalumiere, Jabba's Palace Sealed (Wayback 7 January 2001)
- Final Confrontation video, Player's Council
- Matt Sokol Decktech report (11 October 2000)
- Yannick Lapointe Decktech report (11 October 2000)
- Matt Sokol interview, Trandosite (25 October 2000)
- Wikipedia World Champions table
- Hidden Base: 2000 World Champion, SWCCGDB
- ISB: 2000 World Champion, SWCCGDB
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars Customizable Card Game, Wikipedia
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Matt Sokol interview, Trandosite (25 October 2000)
- ↑ DecipherCon 2000 schedule, Decipher (Wayback 9 October 2006)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars Insider 52 (2000)
- ↑ Mighty Jabba Sails Across the Atlantic, Francis K. Lalumiere, Decipher (Wayback 7 January 2001)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Matt Sokol, 2000 Star Wars CCG World Champion!, Jean-Luc Simard, Decipher (Wayback 17 November 2000)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 DecipherCon 2000 Day 2
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 DecipherCon 2000 Day 3
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 sokols-dcon-2000-report, Matt Sokol, Decktech (11 October 2000)