DecipherCon 1999 Enhanced Sealed Deck

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DecipherCon 1999 Enhanced Sealed Deck was a Star Wars CCG sealed side event at DecipherCon 1999 (Cavalier Hotel, Virginia Beach, Virginia). Decipher scheduled it as SW.20 Enhanced Sealed Deck (ECC+EPP) on Saturday 13 November from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 14 November from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.[1][2] It is a different event from the unofficial 1999 Decipher World Championship ECC Sealed, which World Championship players held late that night after the awards ceremony,[3] and from the DecipherCon 1999 Squadron Members Sealed Deck that began about midnight.[4]

Francis K. Lalumiere wrote that an ECC sealed event drew 176 players, "the biggest tournament in Star Wars CCG history", ahead of the 152 at Origins constructed.[5]

  • Date: 13 November 1999 (Saturday heat); 14 November 1999 (Sunday heat)
  • Site: Cavalier Hotel, Virginia Beach, Virginia
  • Format: Enhanced Format Sealed Deck
  • Players: 176 per Lalumiere;[5] 162[6] and "160+"[7] per Decipher photo captions

A score sheet is not preserved.

Ryan Patterson names the staff as himself, Alex Alcalde, "Lars M.", Jim Haskell, Josh Clark and Marcus Certa, with help during the day from Jim Van Fleet and Winfried Summerfield; Jeff Alexander joined them after his shift.[8][4] Deck building started three hours late, at 2 p.m. Not all 176 command cards had been entered, and after the second pairings the staff found that the software had the event as a Swiss tournament rather than sealed deck. While they fixed it, Certa brought in Jeremy Bulloch and Shannon Baksa to sign for the waiting players.[4] Forty-eight players were left for the last game, and play ended after 8 p.m., nine hours after it began.[8][9]

Results

Martin Akesson played the event.[10]

Finish Player
1st Mark Schaffer (written "Mark Schafer")[8]
Martin Akesson[10]

Tournament reports

Photographs

Decipher's Saturday photo album shows the Enhanced Cloud City tournament. One caption places it in the 11th-floor lounge, another in the Cavalier's penthouse lounge.[6][11]

  • The tournament in the 11th-floor lounge. Photo: Decipher.
    The tournament in the 11th-floor lounge. Photo: Decipher.
  • Players in the penthouse lounge. Photo: Decipher.
    Players in the penthouse lounge. Photo: Decipher.
  • "Enhanced Cloud City, anyone?" Photo: Decipher.
    "Enhanced Cloud City, anyone?" Photo: Decipher.

Discrepancies

  • Players: 176 in Lalumiere's Day 3 wrap-up,[5] 162 in the sat58 photo caption[6] and "160+" in the sat68 caption.[7]
  • Players: 176 per Ryan Patterson and Alex Alcalde, as in Lalumiere's count;[8][9] "over 150" per Jeff Alexander.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ DecipherCon 1999 – Event Schedule: Saturday, Decipher. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  2. ↑ DecipherCon 1999 – Event Schedule: Sunday, Decipher. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  3. ↑ day-one-world-championships, DeckTech (Matt "Old Skooler" Lush, 16 November 1999). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 DeciperCon '99 Report No.2, Jeff Alexander, Corellian Engineering Corporation fan site (GeoCities; OoCities mirror). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 DecipherCon '99 — Day 3 Wrap-up, Francis K. Lalumiere, Decipher. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 DecipherCon 1999 photo sat58, Decipher. Caption: "The 11th floor lounge is a great setting for the 162! player Enhanced Cloud City tournament." Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 DecipherCon 1999 photo sat68, Decipher. Caption: "Between rounds of the 160+ player Enhanced Cloud City tournament, Marcus Certa sings Broadway show tunes." Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 DeciperCon '99 Report No.1, Ryan Patterson, Corellian Engineering Corporation fan site (GeoCities; OoCities mirror). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 DeciperCon '99 Report No.4, Alex Alcalde, Corellian Engineering Corporation fan site (GeoCities; OoCities mirror). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 world-championships-by-martin-akesson, DeckTech (Martin "Mart" Akesson, 9 January 2000). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  11. ↑ DecipherCon 1999 photo sat67, Decipher. Caption: "The Enhanced Cloud City tournament draws players to the Cavalier's penthouse lounge." Preserved copy: Internet Archive
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