2001 San Diego Comic-Con Open
2001 San Diego Comic-Con Open was a constructed Star Wars CCG Open tournament at Comic-Con in San Diego, California, in July 2001. Michael Girard won it, going 10–0.[1]
- Dates: 20 July 2001[2]
- Site: Comic-Con, San Diego, California
- Format: Premiere - Tatooine
- Winner: Michael Girard
- Players: 77[2]
The month comes from the players' DeckTech posts of 26–30 July 2001, which describe the event as just played; the exact days are not given. The event was played before Coruscant was tournament legal.
Results
Results below come from players' own DeckTech deck posts. Each row cites the post that gives it. A Dark or Light cell shows — until the deck page is linked.
| Finish | Player | Dark | Light |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st (10–0) | Michael Girard[1][3] | Hoth: Ice Plains (5th Marker) | Watch Your Step |
| 2nd | Matt Berta[4] | Hunt Down And Destroy The Jedi | — |
| 3–1 record | Kyle Ishimaru[5] | Court Of The Vile Gangster | — |
| 5–3 record | Alan Jern[6] | — | — |
| AJ Neilsen[6] | — | — | |
| Dan Mochizuki[6] | — | — | |
| Nick Boll[6] | — | — | |
| Tim Guzman[6] | — | — | |
| 5th | Alfred Dong[2] | — | — |
| Travis Frazier[2] | — | — | |
| Eric Bruen[2] | — | — | |
| Justin Beal[2] | — | — | |
| Joseph Floyd[2] | — | — | |
| Jordan Harrison[2] | — | — | |
| James Lafferty[2] | — | — | |
| Wayne Waitman[7] | — | — | |
| Christopher Kroutil[7] | — | — | |
| 4th | Paul McKelvey[8] | — | — |
| 13th | Shane Watner[8] | — | — |
| Caleb Smith[8] | — | — | |
| Brandon Allen[8] | — | — | |
| Tim Leung[8] | — | — | |
| Peter Nordstrom[8] | — | — | |
| Erik Stepnitz[8] | — | — |
Girard posted both of his decks as the ones he used to go 10–0 through the Open.[1][3] Berta took 2nd; he lost to Girard's Watch Your Step deck after winning the podrace and having Girard down to 7 Life Force.[4] Ishimaru's Dark deck went 3–1, losing only to a podracing deck.[5]
Tournament reports
Players' own reports from this event.
- Alan Jern ComiCon 2001 Scrub Report (tournament report) — by Alan Jern, 5–3
- Alfred Dong The Bull at Comic-Con 01 (tournament report) — by Alfred Dong, 5th, 6–2
- Michael Girard San Diego ComiCon Open by Girard (tournament report) — by Michael Girard, 1st, 10–0
- Tim Guzman Guzman at Comic-Con 2001 (tournament report) — by Tim Guzman, 7th, 6–2
Side events
- 2001 San Diego Comic-Con Coruscant Pre-release (21 July) — Pre-Release, 21 July 2001
- 2001 San Diego Comic-Con Coruscant Pre-release (19 July) — Pre-release (sealed), 19 July 2001
See also
- 2000 San Diego Comic-Con Open
- List of SWCCG tournaments
- DeckTech decks
- Decklists
- Premiere - Tatooine
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Watch Your Phil - ComiCon winning Light deck, DeckTech (Michael "Dvader" Girard, 26 July 2001). Preservation copies: Stephen Skilton; GitHub Pages.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 the-bull-at-comic-con-01, DeckTech (Alfred "ThaBraHmaBuL" Dong, 25 July 2001). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cake or Death - ComiCon winning dark deck, DeckTech (Michael "Dvader" Girard, 26 July 2001). Preservation copies: Stephen Skilton; GitHub Pages.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Phobos' 2nd place ComiCon Open HD Podracer, DeckTech (Matt "Phobos" Berta, 29 July 2001). Preservation copies: Stephen Skilton; GitHub Pages.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Court of the Vile Who Owns Tatooine, DeckTech (Kyle "Psyokid" Ishimaru, 30 July 2001). Preservation copies: Stephen Skilton; GitHub Pages.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 comicon-2001-scrub-report, DeckTech (Alan "DrObiwannabe" Jern, 22 July 2001). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 san-diego-comicon-open-by-girard, DeckTech (Michael "Dvader" Girard, 22 July 2001). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 guzman-at-comic-con-2001, DeckTech (Tim "Info Broker" Guzman, 27 July 2001). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages.