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The '''Players Committee advocates''' (also called Player Advocates / the Advocate Council on early PC sites) were volunteer leaders named by Decipher and later by the PC to support organized play, rules, design, tournaments, and community liaison after Decipher's print end-of-life.
The '''Players Committee advocates''' (also called Player Advocates / the Advocate Council on early PC sites) were volunteer leaders named by Decipher and later by the PC to support organized play, rules, design, tournaments, and community liaison after Decipher's print end-of-life.


== First team (Decipher announcement, archived 11 June 2002) ==
'''Origin (Decipher call for volunteers):''' Decipher's Star Wars Announcement page invited players to '''volunteer for the players' committee''' (contact listed on that page) alongside Decipher and Lucas Licensing contacts, and linked the '''01.25.02''' "The Star Wars Players' Committee" announcement.<ref name="deciphercall">[https://web.archive.org/web/20020601152726/http://decipher.com/starwars/announcement122801.html The Star Wars Announcement], decipher.com (Wayback, 1 June 2002)</ref> The Player Advocates / Players' Committee structure therefore begins in Decipher's public call for volunteers and the January 2002 committee announcement&mdash;not as an independent later invention. Details of that handoff also appear on [[History of the Players Committee]].


Decipher's "The Star Wars Players' Committee" page introduced the first team of Star Wars Player Advocates and their support roles:<ref name="pc1">[https://web.archive.org/web/20020611042314/http://decipher.com/starwars/playerscommittee1.html The Star Wars Players' Committee], decipher.com (Wayback, 11 June 2002)</ref>
== First team (Decipher announcement, 25 January 2002) ==
 
Warren Holland (Chairman &amp; CEO, Decipher), in a letter dated '''25 January 2002''' on Decipher's "The Star Wars Players' Committee" page, announced the '''first team of Star Wars Player Advocates''' selected from volunteer emails after the license announcement. The page states Advocates would meet Decipher in Norfolk the following week, receive the volunteer email list, work with Game Players Network on communications, handle prize shipping after '''30 April 2002''', and teased a forthcoming virtual-card pool.<ref name="pc1">[https://web.archive.org/web/20020611042314/http://decipher.com/starwars/playerscommittee1.html The Star Wars Players' Committee], decipher.com (Wayback, 11 June 2002; letter dated 25 January 2002)</ref>


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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! Role (as listed)
! Role (as listed)
|-
|-
| Michael Girard
| [[Michael Girard]]
| Player support
| Player support
|-
|-
| John Arendt
| [[John Arendt]]
| Tournament support
| Tournament support
|-
|-
| Joe Helfrich
| [[Joe Helfrich]]
| Rules support (listed with Greg Anderson)
| Rules support (listed with Greg Anderson)
|-
|-
| Greg Anderson
| [[Greg Anderson]]
| Rules support (listed with Joe Helfrich)
| Rules support (listed with Joe Helfrich)
|-
|-
| Eric Olson
| [[Eric Olson]]
| Gameplay support (listed with Doug Taylor)
| Gameplay support (listed with Doug Taylor)
|-
|-
| Doug Taylor
| [[Doug Taylor]]
| Gameplay support (listed with Eric Olson)
| Gameplay support (listed with Eric Olson)
|}
|}


The same page states those six would meet Decipher in Norfolk to discuss turning the game over to players, and that Advocates would contact volunteers for tasks such as tournaments and rulings.<ref name="pc1" />
Person stubs for each of the six are linked above. Contemporary GPN interviewed Doug Taylor (Game Play Design) on '''19 April 2002'''.<ref name="gpn">[https://web.archive.org/web/20030120211736/http://www.gameplayersnetwork.com/card/features.asp?gm=starwars&id=84 Interview With The Advocates, Part 1: Doug Taylor], Game Players Network, Duane Bruun, posted 19 April 2002 (Wayback, 20 January 2003)</ref> [[Josh Radke]] appears soon after as Player Relations &amp; Marketing Advocate (Virtual Card Set #1 announce, 5 March 2002) but was '''not''' on this first six-person list.<ref name="vs1">[https://web.archive.org/web/20020610072829/http://www.decipher.com/starwars/playerscommittee/virtualcardset1.html Virtual Card Set #1 is Away!], decipher.com (Wayback; signed 5 March 2002)</ref>


== Advocate Council on swccgpc.com (2002) ==
== Advocate Council on swccgpc.com (2002) ==
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! Role (as listed)
! Role (as listed)
|-
|-
| Greg Anderson
| [[Greg Anderson]]
| Rules Advocate
| Rules Advocate
|-
|-
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| Volunteer Coordination Advocate / Shadow Squadron Leader
| Volunteer Coordination Advocate / Shadow Squadron Leader
|-
|-
| Andrew Howard
| [[Andrew Howard]]
| Tournament Support Advocate
| Tournament Support Advocate
|-
|-
| Eric Olson
| [[Eric Olson]]
| Card Design Advocate
| Card Design Advocate
|-
|-
| Josh Radke
| [[Josh Radke]]
| Player Relations Advocate
| Player Relations Advocate
|-
|-
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| Marketing Advocate
| Marketing Advocate
|-
|-
| Doug Taylor
| [[Doug Taylor]]
| Card Design Advocate
| Card Design Advocate
|}
|}


Contemporary homepage news (Wayback capture 6 November 2002) notes '''Josh "Red 84" Radke''' as PC Player Relations Advocate welcoming '''Andrew Howard''' as Tournament Support Advocate, replacing former Tournament Advocate '''John Arendt'''.<ref name="swccgpc2002home">[https://web.archive.org/web/20021106101746/http://www.swccgpc.com/ The SWCCG Player's Committee], swccgpc.com (Wayback, 6 November 2002)</ref>
Contemporary homepage news (Wayback capture 6 November 2002) notes '''[[Josh Radke|Josh "Red 84" Radke]]''' as PC Player Relations Advocate welcoming '''[[Andrew Howard]]''' as Tournament Support Advocate, replacing former Tournament Advocate '''[[John Arendt]]'''.<ref name="swccgpc2002home">[https://web.archive.org/web/20021106101746/http://www.swccgpc.com/ The SWCCG Player's Committee], swccgpc.com (Wayback, 6 November 2002)</ref>


== Advocate Council updates (2004-2005) ==
== Advocate Council updates (2004-2005) ==
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! Role (as listed)
! Role (as listed)
|-
|-
| Greg Anderson
| [[Greg Anderson]]
| Rules Advocate
| Rules Advocate
|-
|-
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| Marketing Advocate
| Marketing Advocate
|-
|-
| Doug Taylor
| [[Doug Taylor]]
| Card Design Advocate
| Card Design Advocate
|}
|}
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! Role (as listed)
! Role (as listed)
|-
|-
| Greg Anderson
| [[Greg Anderson]]
| Rules Advocate
| Rules Advocate
|-
|-
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| Tournament Support Advocate
| Tournament Support Advocate
|-
|-
| Scott Lingrell
| [[Scott Lingrell]]
| Card Design Advocate
| Card Design Advocate
|-
|-
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| Marketing Advocate
| Marketing Advocate
|-
|-
| Doug Taylor
| [[Doug Taylor]]
| Card Design Advocate
| Card Design Advocate
|-
|-
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! Name / handle (as listed)
! Name / handle (as listed)
! Role (as listed)
! Role (as listed)
! Later name resolution (org chart only where proven)
|-
|-
| Advocate (as labeled)
| Advocate (as labeled)
| Lead Advocate
| Lead Advocate
| Later org charts name [[Scott Lingrell]] as Lead Advocate with forum handle '''advocate''' (see 2021 / 2024 sections). The 2014 page itself does '''not''' print that legal name.<ref name="orgchart2021" /><ref name="orgchart2024" />
|-
|-
| Shewski
| Shewski
| Design Advocate
| Design Advocate
| ''Unresolved'' on this page (not on checked org-chart Advocate header rows)
|-
|-
| imrahil327
| imrahil327
| Tournament Advocate
| Tournament Advocate
| [[Chris Schoenthal]] (Tournament Advocate on 2021 and 2024 org charts)<ref name="orgchart2021" /><ref name="orgchart2024" />
|-
|-
| raith
| raith
| Marketing Advocate
| Marketing Advocate
| ''Unresolved'' on this page (not on checked org-chart Advocate header rows)
|-
|-
| darkjediknight11
| darkjediknight11
| Communications Advocate
| Communications Advocate
| [[Keith Brown]] (Communications Advocate on 2021 and 2024 org charts)<ref name="orgchart2021" /><ref name="orgchart2024" />
|-
|-
| LukesBionicHand
| LukesBionicHand
| Rules Advocate
| Rules Advocate
| ''Unresolved'' on this page (not on checked org-chart Advocate header rows)
|-
|-
| ShadowLeader
| ShadowLeader
| Collecting Advocate
| Collecting Advocate
| ''Unresolved'' on this page (not on checked org-chart Advocate header rows)
|-
|-
| DougRed4
| DougRed4
| Historical Advocate
| Historical Advocate
| ''Unresolved'' as a legal-name identity from the org charts cited here (see note below)
|}
|}


'''Note:''' '''DougRed4''' matches the early email handle used for Doug Taylor on Decipher's first-Advocates page (dougred4@aol.com); this page does '''not''' treat that as proven identity continuity beyond the handle string without a primary statement equating them on the 2014 page.<ref name="pc1" /><ref name="swcabout2014" />
'''Note:''' '''DougRed4''' matches the early contact local-part used for [[Doug Taylor]] on Decipher's first-Advocates page ('''dougred4'''); this page does '''not''' treat that as proven identity continuity beyond the handle string without a primary statement equating them on the 2014 page, and the PC org charts cited below do '''not''' list DougRed4 / Doug Taylor on the Advocate header rows.<ref name="pc1" /><ref name="swcabout2014" /><ref name="orgchart2021" /><ref name="orgchart2024" />
 
== PC organization chart Advocates (2021) ==
 
The public PC organization chart PDF (CreationDate '''8 July 2021'''; Wayback capture of https://res.starwarsccg.org/orgchart/orgchart.pdf on '''5 October 2021''') lists a Lead Advocate and six role Advocates with legal names and forum handles.<ref name="orgchart2021">PC Organization Chart PDF, CreationDate 8 July 2021; [https://web.archive.org/web/20211005193353/https://res.starwarsccg.org/orgchart/orgchart.pdf Wayback capture 5 October 2021] of https://res.starwarsccg.org/orgchart/orgchart.pdf (only CDX hit for this path in the check used here)</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Name
! Role (as listed)
! Handle (as listed)
! Role contact (as listed)
|-
| [[Scott Lingrell]]
| Lead Advocate
| advocate
| ''(personal address on chart; omitted here)''
|-
| [[Greg Zinn]]
| Rules Advocate
| Gergall
| rules@starwarsccg.org
|-
| [[Matt Carulli]]
| Special Projects &amp; Multimedia Advocate
| quickdraw3457
| multimedia@starwarsccg.org
|-
| [[Jared Napolitano]]
| Marketing Advocate
| Jnapolit31
| marketing@starwarsccg.org
|-
| [[Chris Kelly]]
| Design Advocate
| chriskelly
| design@starwarsccg.org
|-
| [[Chris Schoenthal]]
| Tournament Advocate
| imrahil327
| tournaments@starwarsccg.org
|-
| [[Keith Brown]]
| Communications Advocate
| darkjediknight11
| communications@starwarsccg.org
|}
 
Also on the same chart ('''not''' labeled Advocate on the Advocate header row): Casey Anis &mdash; Legal (handle spideyguy0); Chris Gogolen &mdash; PC Store Manager (handle gogolen). Mentioned here only as related org-chart roles; this page does not inflate them as Advocates.<ref name="orgchart2021" />
 
== PC organization chart Advocates (2024 / current) ==
 
A later public org chart PDF (CreationDate '''6 May 2024'''; live https://res.starwarsccg.org/orgchart/orgchart.pdf as of the snapshot used for this page) again lists Lead Advocate [[Scott Lingrell]] and six role Advocates.<ref name="orgchart2024">PC Organization Chart PDF, CreationDate 6 May 2024; live [https://res.starwarsccg.org/orgchart/orgchart.pdf https://res.starwarsccg.org/orgchart/orgchart.pdf] (snapshot used for this page)</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Name
! Role (as listed)
! Handle (as listed)
! Role contact (as listed)
|-
| [[Scott Lingrell]]
| Lead Advocate
| advocate
| ''(personal address on chart; omitted here)''
|-
| [[Greg Zinn]]
| Rules Advocate
| Gergall
| rules@starwarsccg.org
|-
| [[Jared Napolitano]]
| Marketing Advocate
| Jnapolit31
| marketing@starwarsccg.org
|-
| [[Chris Kelly]]
| Design Advocate
| chriskelly
| design@starwarsccg.org
|-
| [[Mike Kessling]]
| Production Advocate
| Kessling
| production@starwarsccg.org
|-
| [[Chris Schoenthal]]
| Tournament Advocate
| imrahil327
| tournaments@starwarsccg.org
|-
| [[Keith Brown]]
| Communications Advocate
| darkjediknight11
| communications@starwarsccg.org
|}
 
=== Turnover vs 2021 Advocate row ===
 
* '''Present 2021, absent from 2024 Advocate header row:''' [[Matt Carulli]] (Special Projects &amp; Multimedia Advocate).<ref name="orgchart2021" /><ref name="orgchart2024" />
* '''Added on 2024 Advocate header row vs 2021:''' [[Mike Kessling]] (Production Advocate).<ref name="orgchart2021" /><ref name="orgchart2024" />
* '''Continuous on both Advocate header rows:''' Lead [[Scott Lingrell]]; [[Greg Zinn]] (Rules); [[Jared Napolitano]] (Marketing); [[Chris Kelly]] (Design); [[Chris Schoenthal]] (Tournament); [[Keith Brown]] (Communications).<ref name="orgchart2021" /><ref name="orgchart2024" />
 
Wayback CDX for this PDF path showed only the '''20211005''' capture in the check used here; the May 2024 file is cited from the live res.starwarsccg.org URL plus its PDF CreationDate.<ref name="orgchart2021" /><ref name="orgchart2024" />


== Gaps ==
== Gaps ==
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* Exact start/end dates for most Advocate terms beyond the dated captures above.
* Exact start/end dates for most Advocate terms beyond the dated captures above.
* Full mid-2005 to ~2014 named roster (council.htm trail goes cold in checked IA samples; about pages often omit names).
* Full mid-2005 to ~2014 named roster (council.htm trail goes cold in checked IA samples; about pages often omit names).
* Legal names behind 2014 forum handles (except where independently sourced).
* Legal names behind remaining 2014 forum handles '''not''' proven by the org charts cited here: Shewski, raith, LukesBionicHand, ShadowLeader, DougRed4.
* Post-2014 / present-day Advocate lists (not yet cited here; check current [https://www.starwarsccg.org/ starwarsccg.org] contact/about if publishing a modern roster).
* Continuity of 2014 roles into 2021/2024 for handles that changed (e.g. Design: Shewski on 2014 About vs [[Chris Kelly]] / chriskelly on org charts)&mdash;do not invent overlap without a dated primary.
* Whether every Decipher "support" label maps 1:1 onto later "Advocate" titles (roles evolved; cite each era's own wording).
* Whether every Decipher "support" label maps 1:1 onto later "Advocate" titles (roles evolved; cite each era's own wording).
* Person stubs not yet created for every mid-era name (Colson, Robinette, Velasco, Carr, Brownell, Kolnik, and unresolved 2014 handles).


== See also ==
== See also ==
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* [[History of the Players Committee]]
* [[History of the Players Committee]]
* [[Players Committee]]
* [[Players Committee]]
* [[Doug Taylor]] &middot; [[Josh Radke]] &middot; [[Michael Girard]] &middot; [[John Arendt]] &middot; [[Joe Helfrich]] &middot; [[Greg Anderson]] &middot; [[Eric Olson]] &middot; [[Andrew Howard]]
* [[Scott Lingrell]] &middot; [[Greg Zinn]] &middot; [[Matt Carulli]] &middot; [[Jared Napolitano]] &middot; [[Chris Kelly]] &middot; [[Chris Schoenthal]] &middot; [[Keith Brown]] &middot; [[Mike Kessling]]
* [https://www.starwarsccg.org/ starwarsccg.org]
* [https://www.starwarsccg.org/ starwarsccg.org]
* [https://res.starwarsccg.org/orgchart/orgchart.pdf Current PC organization chart PDF]


== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020611042314/http://decipher.com/starwars/playerscommittee1.html Decipher Players' Committee announcement] (Wayback, 11 June 2002)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020601152726/http://decipher.com/starwars/announcement122801.html Decipher Star Wars Announcement (volunteer call)] (Wayback, 1 June 2002)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020611042314/http://decipher.com/starwars/playerscommittee1.html Decipher Players' Committee announcement] (Wayback, 11 June 2002; letter 25 January 2002)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030120211736/http://www.gameplayersnetwork.com/card/features.asp?gm=starwars&id=84 GPN Interview With The Advocates, Part 1 (Doug Taylor)] (posted 19 April 2002)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020610072829/http://www.decipher.com/starwars/playerscommittee/virtualcardset1.html Virtual Card Set #1 is Away!] (Wayback; signed Josh "Red 84" Radke, 5 March 2002)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20021106101746/http://www.swccgpc.com/ swccgpc.com homepage] (Wayback, 6 November 2002)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20021106101746/http://www.swccgpc.com/ swccgpc.com homepage] (Wayback, 6 November 2002)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20021209221742/http://www.swccgpc.com/council.htm council.htm] (Wayback, 9 December 2002)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20021209221742/http://www.swccgpc.com/council.htm council.htm] (Wayback, 9 December 2002)
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090706043114/http://www.starwarsccg.org/about/ starwarsccg.org about] (Wayback, 6 July 2009)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090706043114/http://www.starwarsccg.org/about/ starwarsccg.org about] (Wayback, 6 July 2009)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141009180158/http://www.starwarsccg.org/about/ starwarsccg.org about] (Wayback, 9 October 2014)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141009180158/http://www.starwarsccg.org/about/ starwarsccg.org about] (Wayback, 9 October 2014)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20211005193353/https://res.starwarsccg.org/orgchart/orgchart.pdf PC organization chart PDF] (Wayback, 5 October 2021; PDF CreationDate 8 July 2021)
* [https://res.starwarsccg.org/orgchart/orgchart.pdf PC organization chart PDF] (live; PDF CreationDate 6 May 2024 for the snapshot used here)


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Note: This page lists sourced Players Committee (PC) Advocate / Player Advocate names and roles from dated primary or archived pages. It does not invent biographies, exact term dates, or legal names behind forum handles. Uncertain spans are labeled. Parent narrative: History of the Players Committee.

The Players Committee advocates (also called Player Advocates / the Advocate Council on early PC sites) were volunteer leaders named by Decipher and later by the PC to support organized play, rules, design, tournaments, and community liaison after Decipher's print end-of-life.

Origin (Decipher call for volunteers): Decipher's Star Wars Announcement page invited players to volunteer for the players' committee (contact listed on that page) alongside Decipher and Lucas Licensing contacts, and linked the 01.25.02 "The Star Wars Players' Committee" announcement.[1] The Player Advocates / Players' Committee structure therefore begins in Decipher's public call for volunteers and the January 2002 committee announcement—not as an independent later invention. Details of that handoff also appear on History of the Players Committee.

First team (Decipher announcement, 25 January 2002)

Warren Holland (Chairman & CEO, Decipher), in a letter dated 25 January 2002 on Decipher's "The Star Wars Players' Committee" page, announced the first team of Star Wars Player Advocates selected from volunteer emails after the license announcement. The page states Advocates would meet Decipher in Norfolk the following week, receive the volunteer email list, work with Game Players Network on communications, handle prize shipping after 30 April 2002, and teased a forthcoming virtual-card pool.[2]

Name Role (as listed)
Michael Girard Player support
John Arendt Tournament support
Joe Helfrich Rules support (listed with Greg Anderson)
Greg Anderson Rules support (listed with Joe Helfrich)
Eric Olson Gameplay support (listed with Doug Taylor)
Doug Taylor Gameplay support (listed with Eric Olson)

Person stubs for each of the six are linked above. Contemporary GPN interviewed Doug Taylor (Game Play Design) on 19 April 2002.[3] Josh Radke appears soon after as Player Relations & Marketing Advocate (Virtual Card Set #1 announce, 5 March 2002) but was not on this first six-person list.[4]

Advocate Council on swccgpc.com (2002)

The early official PC site at swccgpc.com published an Advocate Council roster.[5]

Name Role (as listed)
Greg Anderson Rules Advocate
Jim Colson Volunteer Coordination Advocate / Shadow Squadron Leader
Andrew Howard Tournament Support Advocate
Eric Olson Card Design Advocate
Josh Radke Player Relations Advocate
Jason Robinette Marketing Advocate
Doug Taylor Card Design Advocate

Contemporary homepage news (Wayback capture 6 November 2002) notes Josh "Red 84" Radke as PC Player Relations Advocate welcoming Andrew Howard as Tournament Support Advocate, replacing former Tournament Advocate John Arendt.[6]

Advocate Council updates (2004-2005)

Later council.htm captures show roster changes while keeping several continuing Advocates.[7][8]

Snapshot ~June 2004

Name Role (as listed)
Greg Anderson Rules Advocate
Jim Colson Volunteer Coordination Advocate / Shadow Squadron Leader
Mitch Velasco Tournament Support Advocate
(Vacant) Card Design Advocate
(Vacant) Player Relations and Marketing Advocate
Jason Robinette Marketing Advocate
Doug Taylor Card Design Advocate

Snapshot ~August 2005

Name Role (as listed)
Greg Anderson Rules Advocate
Jim Colson Volunteer Coordination Advocate / Shadow Squadron Leader
Michael Carr Tournament Support Advocate
Scott Lingrell Card Design Advocate
Kevin Brownell Player Relations and Marketing Advocate
Jason Robinette Marketing Advocate
Doug Taylor Card Design Advocate
Nick Kolnik Marketing and Tournaments Advocate

Mid-era gap (after ~2005 into early starwarsccg.org)

Public named Advocate Council lists are thin after the 2005 council.htm captures in the sources used here. The swccgpc.com / starwarsccg.org "Who We Are" / about pages from 2008-2010 describe the PC historically but do not publish a named Advocate roster in the archived HTML checked for this page.[9][10]

Current Advocates block (~October 2014)

A starwarsccg.org About page capture lists a "Current Advocates" section. Several entries use forum handles rather than legal names; the Lead Advocate slot is labeled only "Advocate" in the archived markup (appears placeholder). Bios on that capture are mostly empty "About..." stubs.[11]

Name / handle (as listed) Role (as listed) Later name resolution (org chart only where proven)
Advocate (as labeled) Lead Advocate Later org charts name Scott Lingrell as Lead Advocate with forum handle advocate (see 2021 / 2024 sections). The 2014 page itself does not print that legal name.[12][13]
Shewski Design Advocate Unresolved on this page (not on checked org-chart Advocate header rows)
imrahil327 Tournament Advocate Chris Schoenthal (Tournament Advocate on 2021 and 2024 org charts)[12][13]
raith Marketing Advocate Unresolved on this page (not on checked org-chart Advocate header rows)
darkjediknight11 Communications Advocate Keith Brown (Communications Advocate on 2021 and 2024 org charts)[12][13]
LukesBionicHand Rules Advocate Unresolved on this page (not on checked org-chart Advocate header rows)
ShadowLeader Collecting Advocate Unresolved on this page (not on checked org-chart Advocate header rows)
DougRed4 Historical Advocate Unresolved as a legal-name identity from the org charts cited here (see note below)

Note: DougRed4 matches the early contact local-part used for Doug Taylor on Decipher's first-Advocates page (dougred4); this page does not treat that as proven identity continuity beyond the handle string without a primary statement equating them on the 2014 page, and the PC org charts cited below do not list DougRed4 / Doug Taylor on the Advocate header rows.[2][11][12][13]

PC organization chart Advocates (2021)

The public PC organization chart PDF (CreationDate 8 July 2021; Wayback capture of https://res.starwarsccg.org/orgchart/orgchart.pdf on 5 October 2021) lists a Lead Advocate and six role Advocates with legal names and forum handles.[12]

Name Role (as listed) Handle (as listed) Role contact (as listed)
Scott Lingrell Lead Advocate advocate (personal address on chart; omitted here)
Greg Zinn Rules Advocate Gergall rules@starwarsccg.org
Matt Carulli Special Projects & Multimedia Advocate quickdraw3457 multimedia@starwarsccg.org
Jared Napolitano Marketing Advocate Jnapolit31 marketing@starwarsccg.org
Chris Kelly Design Advocate chriskelly design@starwarsccg.org
Chris Schoenthal Tournament Advocate imrahil327 tournaments@starwarsccg.org
Keith Brown Communications Advocate darkjediknight11 communications@starwarsccg.org

Also on the same chart (not labeled Advocate on the Advocate header row): Casey Anis — Legal (handle spideyguy0); Chris Gogolen — PC Store Manager (handle gogolen). Mentioned here only as related org-chart roles; this page does not inflate them as Advocates.[12]

PC organization chart Advocates (2024 / current)

A later public org chart PDF (CreationDate 6 May 2024; live https://res.starwarsccg.org/orgchart/orgchart.pdf as of the snapshot used for this page) again lists Lead Advocate Scott Lingrell and six role Advocates.[13]

Name Role (as listed) Handle (as listed) Role contact (as listed)
Scott Lingrell Lead Advocate advocate (personal address on chart; omitted here)
Greg Zinn Rules Advocate Gergall rules@starwarsccg.org
Jared Napolitano Marketing Advocate Jnapolit31 marketing@starwarsccg.org
Chris Kelly Design Advocate chriskelly design@starwarsccg.org
Mike Kessling Production Advocate Kessling production@starwarsccg.org
Chris Schoenthal Tournament Advocate imrahil327 tournaments@starwarsccg.org
Keith Brown Communications Advocate darkjediknight11 communications@starwarsccg.org

Turnover vs 2021 Advocate row

Wayback CDX for this PDF path showed only the 20211005 capture in the check used here; the May 2024 file is cited from the live res.starwarsccg.org URL plus its PDF CreationDate.[12][13]

Gaps

  • Exact start/end dates for most Advocate terms beyond the dated captures above.
  • Full mid-2005 to ~2014 named roster (council.htm trail goes cold in checked IA samples; about pages often omit names).
  • Legal names behind remaining 2014 forum handles not proven by the org charts cited here: Shewski, raith, LukesBionicHand, ShadowLeader, DougRed4.
  • Continuity of 2014 roles into 2021/2024 for handles that changed (e.g. Design: Shewski on 2014 About vs Chris Kelly / chriskelly on org charts)—do not invent overlap without a dated primary.
  • Whether every Decipher "support" label maps 1:1 onto later "Advocate" titles (roles evolved; cite each era's own wording).
  • Person stubs not yet created for every mid-era name (Colson, Robinette, Velasco, Carr, Brownell, Kolnik, and unresolved 2014 handles).

See also

Sources

References

  1. ↑ The Star Wars Announcement, decipher.com (Wayback, 1 June 2002)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Star Wars Players' Committee, decipher.com (Wayback, 11 June 2002; letter dated 25 January 2002)
  3. ↑ Interview With The Advocates, Part 1: Doug Taylor, Game Players Network, Duane Bruun, posted 19 April 2002 (Wayback, 20 January 2003)
  4. ↑ Virtual Card Set #1 is Away!, decipher.com (Wayback; signed 5 March 2002)
  5. ↑ Advocate Council, swccgpc.com (Wayback, 9 December 2002)
  6. ↑ The SWCCG Player's Committee, swccgpc.com (Wayback, 6 November 2002)
  7. ↑ Advocate Council, swccgpc.com (Wayback, 3 June 2004)
  8. ↑ Advocate Council, swccgpc.com (Wayback, 29 August 2005)
  9. ↑ Who We Are / about, swccgpc.com (Wayback, 25 September 2008)
  10. ↑ about, starwarsccg.org (Wayback, 6 July 2009)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 About, starwarsccg.org (Wayback, 9 October 2014)
  12. ↑ 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 PC Organization Chart PDF, CreationDate 8 July 2021; Wayback capture 5 October 2021 of https://res.starwarsccg.org/orgchart/orgchart.pdf (only CDX hit for this path in the check used here)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 13.8 PC Organization Chart PDF, CreationDate 6 May 2024; live https://res.starwarsccg.org/orgchart/orgchart.pdf (snapshot used for this page)
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