2022 Retro League

The 2022 Retro League was the first season of the Retro League, the Players Committee's league on GEMP. It was free and ran five events from February to October. More than 60 players from Australia, North America and Europe played at least one event, with an average of over 40 per event. Steve Sanders was the tournament director. Jared Napolitano opened the season thread and the event threads; he also ran registration and prize support. Steve Sanders sent the kick-off and pairings emails.

Format

• Format: various, one per event: Premiere - A New Hope, Premiere - Hoth, Premiere - Death Star II, Premiere - Jabba's Palace Sealed Deck, Premiere - Reflections II

Each event was six games of Swiss, one game a week against an assigned opponent, scored by strength of schedule. Games used 45-minute timers per side, and a player who timed out lost the game. League points were 3 for a win and 1 for a loss, plus 4 for an event winner and 2 for the runner-up.

Events

Event	Dates	Format	Players	Winner
Event 1	11 February – 30 March	Premiere - A New Hope	33	Paul Todd Feldman
Event 2	early April – mid-May	Premiere - Hoth	41	Andy Talaga
Event 3	late May – mid-July	Premiere - Death Star II	55	Charles Hickey
Event 4	late July – early September	Premiere - Jabba's Palace Sealed Deck	46	Jared Napolitano
Event 5	18 September – 1 November	Premiere - Reflections II	43	Andrew Bethell

Players are registrations for each event. Each event page has its full standings.

Final standings

Paul Todd Feldman won the league.

Place	Player	GEMP handle	Points
1	Paul Todd Feldman	DRTORCH	86
2	Andy Talaga	andytalaga	80
3	Lynden Pater	ideatrack	76
4	Sebastian Grenda	Sebek0202G	72
5	Ryan Jellison	sac89837	68
6	Tony Petersson	Tonyduva	68
7	Scott Atkins	scottrick	66
8	Paul Atkins	fat_lenny	66

GEMP handles not given in the posted standings are from the 2022 participant list emailed by the organizer. Matt Blackstock's handle is from the 2026 Retro GEMPC player list.

Full standings (61 players)

Place	Player	GEMP handle	Points
1	Paul Todd Feldman	DRTORCH	86
2	Andy Talaga	andytalaga	80
3	Lynden Pater	ideatrack	76
4	Sebastian Grenda	Sebek0202G	72
5	Ryan Jellison	sac89837	68
6	Tony Petersson	Tonyduva	68
7	Scott Atkins	scottrick	66
8	Paul Atkins	fat_lenny	66
9	Timo Dusel	dillen	66
10	Kevin Jaap	Eweuge	64
11	Jason McSherry	Mick6448	64
12	Alex Prodoehl	partymcfly	62
13	Anthony Howard	batmouse	62
14	James Thorn	seitaer	62
15	Mark Billings	techmo_r	62
16	Brad Kippel	Bkippel	62
17	Matthew Tennyson	tennymf	60
18	Joe Wessels	jwesselss	60
19	Jeremy Christoffel	swtrmptguy	58
20	Steve Sanders	leverandon	56
21	Chris Madaio	DarthCrumb	54
22	Wyatt Hanks	DSx61x4	54
23	Clayton Moore	Cmoore89	52
24	Craig Atkins	fatty	52
25	Matt Manning	Mantron	50
26	Jared Napolitano	jnapolit31	50
27	Andrew Bethell	COTVG	50
28	Adam Radic	AdamCFC	48
29	Kevin Bing	DarkDeal44	48
30	Andrew Thomas	andyt563	48
31	Charles Hickey	Teacher	46
32	Daniel Drentlaw	Jugovski	44
33	Thomas Santosuosso Jr.	tjs625	44
34	Derek Jackson	DJJackson	42
35	Vladimir de Baghy	bluesteel	42
36	Bill Bisco	billbiscos	42
37	John Carr	jpc	42
38	Trevor Brown	KidVader	40
39	Will Tarbox	SWCCG2Moon	36
40	Michael Gutman	SithSev	34
41	Edward Szwabowski	Nrabbit	32
42	Dan Yardley	yard5	26
43	Christopher Bing	NienNunb	26
44	David Vejil		22
45	Casey Johnson	Maul1985	20
46	Harry Gianakon	peluchin	20
47	John Imsdahl	Minnesota	19
48	David Burnett	D-Burn	19
49	Jonny Chu	mryellow	16
50	Simeon Mirzayantz		16
51	Apollo Chu	fiercer	14
52	Kevin Standridge	laforge27	13
53	Benji Chu	deathus	12
54	Matthew Fendt	mwfendt	12
55	Christopher Kroutil	ckroutil	10
56	Thomas Krantz	Powermind	10
57	Peter Hansen		10
58	Matthew Simpson	hustlertwo	10
59	Garrett Ryan	Citizen	8
60	Eric Dickie		8
61	Matt Blackstock	mgblack	4

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