1997 Decipher World Championship
1997 Decipher World Championship was the second Star Wars CCG World Championship, at the Marriott Hotel in Norfolk, Virginia.[1] Philipp Jacobs (Germany) defeated Michael Riboulet (United Kingdom) in the final. It was the first Worlds final for either country.[2]
The constructed pool was Premiere - Cloud City. Cloud City had just hit the shelves. Defending champion Raphael Asselin made the final twelve (12th). Asselin later said he lost a game by 2 to Gavin Palmer on a DS-61-4 passenger / Devastator ruling.[3]
Jacobs barely made day 2, rebuilt Saturday night, and in the final opened with a 23-Force win on Dark Mains & Toys against Riboulet's manipulator. Riboulet's Light was a Dagobah deck Jacobs had beaten the previous round. The prize Jacobs named was a 10-day trip Washington–Las Vegas–Los Angeles.[1][2]
Joe Alread called Riboulet's manipulator "a truly great deck....that I had never seen before." Trandosite treats 1997 as the birthplace of that strategy.[2]
Format
- Environment: Premiere - Cloud City
- Site: Marriott Hotel, Norfolk, Virginia
- Field: 52 (Wikipedia Round 1 count)[4]
Final twelve
As listed on Trandosite: Philipp Jacobs, Michael Riboulet, Paul Todd Feldman, Gavin Palmer, Joe Alread, Enriue Pascal (Trandosite spelling; likely Enrique), Bastian Winkelhaus, Reiner Zetsche, Thaddeus Chenoweth, Michael Krause, Yannick Lapointe, Raphael Asselin.[2]
Results
| Finish | Player | Dark | Light |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philipp Jacobs | Mains & Toys | Dagobah turtle |
| 2 | Michael Riboulet | Dagobah manipulator | Dagobah Miner's Guild |
See also
Sources
- History of the World Finals, Trandosite
- Philipp Jacobs interview, Trandosite (24 August 2000)
- Raphael Asselin interview, Trandosite
- Wikipedia World Champions table
- Mains & Toys: 1997 World Champion, SWCCGDB
- Dagobah turtle: 1997 World Champion, SWCCGDB
- Dagobah Miner's Guild: 2nd at Worlds 1997, SWCCGDB
- That one time I played in the Star Wars card game world championship, Ars Technica (5 December 2015; Texas regional winner at Norfolk, 64-competitor recollection)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Philipp Jacobs interview, Trandosite (24 August 2000)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 History of the World Finals, Trandosite
- ↑ Raphael Asselin interview, Trandosite (21 September 2000)
- ↑ Star Wars Customizable Card Game, Wikipedia