2001 Decipher World Championship

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DeckTech billed this championship as FreedomCon. For the convention, see FreedomCon.
2001 World Championship

Bastian Winkelhaus at FreedomCon 2001 (crop of the DeckTech medalists photo)
Organizer DeckTech at FreedomCon (not recognized by Decipher; counted by the Players Committee)
Dates 15–18 November 2001
Venue Sheraton Oceanfront Hotel, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA (FreedomCon)
Format Premiere - Reflections III
Players 48
Champion Bastian Winkelhaus
Runner-up Martin Akesson
Previous / Next 2000 · 2002

The 2001 Decipher World Championship was the 6th Star Wars CCG World Championship. Play was 15–18 November 2001 among 48 players at the Sheraton Oceanfront Hotel, Virginia Beach, Virginia.[1][2] DeckTech billed it as the World Championship at FreedomCon, after Decipher cancelled DecipherCon 2001.[3][4]

Bastian Winkelhaus of Germany defeated Martin Akesson of Sweden, winning both final games with a Dark Tatooine Occupation deck ("All Your Base Are Belong to EUROPE") and a Light Quiet Mining Colony deck.[2][5][6] Monica Jones, Decipher's vice-president of marketing, wrote on 9 November 2001 that Decipher would not recognize FreedomCon as the World Championships.[7] The Players Committee counts the win as the 2001 title.[5] As FreedomCon champion, Winkelhaus received a Day 2 bye for 2002, as did Matt Sokol.[8]

The constructed pool was Premiere - Reflections III.

Results

The final eight played these Dark and Light decks.[9][10] QMC is Quiet Mining Colony. LSC is Lightsaber Combat. Players called the Dark Tatooine Occupation deck All Your Base. Winkelhaus posted that list as All Your Base Are Belong to EUROPE. It starts no Objective and uses two copies of the Effect Tatooine Occupation.[10][9] Bastian Winkelhaus won both final games; the two semifinal losers, Hayes Hunter and Brian Hunter, are listed together as 3–4 because no third-place match is recorded and later accounts differ on their order (Hayes Hunter's deck page records him as 3rd).

Place Player Dark Light
1 Bastian Winkelhaus Tatooine Occupation[10][9] Quiet Mining Colony[9]
2 Martin Akesson Tatooine Occupation[10][9] Lightsaber Combat[9]
3–4 Hayes Hunter[2][11] Hunt Down And Destroy The Jedi[9] Watch Your Step[9]
3–4 Brian Hunter[2][11] This Deal Is Getting Worse All The Time[9] Watch Your Step[9]
5–8 Scott Lingrell[12] My Kind Of Scum[9] Rebel Strike Team
5–8 Andy McClure[12] My Kind Of Scum[9] Plead My Case To The Senate[9]
5–8 Kevin Shannon[12] My Kind Of Scum[9]
5–8 Brad Reinhold[12] Hunt Down And Destroy The Jedi[9] Lightsaber Combat[9]

Top 8 bracket

In the quarterfinals Akesson beat Brad Reinhold, Winkelhaus beat Kevin Shannon, Brian Hunter beat Andy McClure, and Hayes Hunter beat Scott Lingrell.[13] Winkelhaus then beat Brian Hunter. Akesson beat Hayes Hunter.[13] Winkelhaus won both final games. His Quiet Mining Colony beat Akesson's Tatooine Occupation deck. His Tatooine Occupation deck beat Akesson's Lightsaber Combat.[13]

Other finishes reported by players

Records and places that players gave in their own tournament reports; no full Day 1 or Day 2 standings were published.

Finish or record Player Dark Light
3–4 record Matt Scott[14] — —
missed the top 8 behind Brad Reinhold by 2 or 3 differential Brian Rippetoe[1] — —
in the top 8 after 6 games; missed the cut Steven Turner[1] — —
Dropped after Day 1 game 6 Jeremy Oakes[15] — —
Advanced to Day 2 Steve Baroni[15] — —
20th (Day 1) John Veasey[16] — —
Advanced to Day 2 Steve Harpster[16] — —
Advanced to Day 2 Greg Shaw[16] — —
Advanced to Day 2 Jeff Holmes[16] — —
5th after Day 1 Chris Gogolen[17] — —
15th Evan Fitzgerald[18] — —
11th Tim Guzman[19] — —
Dropped from Day 1 at 2–5 Bill Kafer[20] — —
qualified for Day 2 (Day 1; lost only his last 2 games, to Tim Guzman) Mike Merletto[21] — —
2–6 record Sean Vess[22] — —
did not qualify for Day 2 (Day 1) Andy Klema[23] — —
3–5 (Day 1) Henry Jicha[24] — —
3–5 record Justin Warren[25] — —
2nd (Day 1) Paul Myers[25] — —
2–4 record Don Kitzman[26] — —
Did not make Day 2 Mike Gemme[27] — —
Did not make Day 2 Justin Desai[28] — —
5–3 record Brian Fred[29] — —
5–3 record Steve Brentson[29] — —

Other published decklists

Players outside the top 8 posted these lists as the decks they played at FreedomCon.

Stage Player Dark Light
Outside the top 8 Alex George Let Them Make The First Move —
Outside the top 8 Chris Gogolen Set Your Course For Alderaan Rebel Strike Team
Outside the top 8 comando — Watch Your Step
Outside the top 8 Evan Fitzgerald Bring Him Before Me —
Outside the top 8 Michael Gemme — Quiet Mining Colony
Outside the top 8 Tim Guzman — We'll Handle This

The Alex George Dark list is probably Matt Scott's (see Discrepancies).

Side events

Cancellation of DecipherCon 2001

Decipher had scheduled DecipherCon 2001 for the same dates and hotel, with a $50,000 cash purse across its games.[3] On 3 October 2001 Warren Holland cancelled the convention, citing September 11 airline-safety concerns. Decipher donated the $50,000 championship purse to September 11 relief.[30][4] On Radio Free Decipher two days later, Holland said the decision was purely about the safety of players, staff and volunteers. Many would travel from around the world, and military alerts in the Norfolk area were high. He said the license and finances played no part.[31] The roughly 300 players already qualified across Decipher's games would choose the charities to receive the prize money. Decipher had held back web ticket sales for some time before deciding.[32]

Decipher's Star Wars, Young Jedi, and Jedi Knights licenses ended 31 December 2001. Tournament support moved to the volunteer Players Committee.[33]

Tournament reports

Players' own reports from this event.

Players named in tournament reports

Players these reports name who are not in the event's results above.

Discrepancies

Where a source disagrees with the record on this page, the page keeps the record and notes the difference here.

  • The hub lists the Dark Let Them Make The First Move list as Alex George's (2001 Decipher World Championship Alex George DS). Matt Scott's report, also posted from Alex George's account, says Scott wrote it under a friend's name, and its Dark losses to Bastian Winkelhaus and Chris Praskac match that deck page: the list is probably Matt Scott's.[14]
  • Alex George writes that he had not been to a tournament since September 2001 and that Matt Scott 'had just been to FCON' and played the decks he copied; the Worlds hub and its deck page list Alex George as a Worlds player.[37]
  • Justin Desai's report counts 65 players on Day 1 ('65 people in all means 14-15 make it to day 2'); the hub gives 48 players.[28]
  • Brian Fred writes that Matt Scott 'went 4-4' in the Worlds tournament; the hub lists Matt Scott with a 3–4 record from his own report.[29]

Photographs

See also

Sources

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 the-circle-is-now-complete, DeckTech (Bastian "Death Star" Winkelhaus, 23 November 2001). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 FreedomCon home page, decktech.net (after the event). Preserved copy: Internet Archive, 1 December 2001
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 DecipherCon 2001, TheForce.Net (15 June 2001). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Special message from Decipher CEO Warren Holland, TheForce.Net (3 October 2001). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Awards and Hall of Fame, starwarsccg.org (World Champions list: "2001 - Bastian Winkelhaus def. Martin Akesson, held at FreedomCon - Virginia Beach, VA"). Preserved copy: Internet Archive, 17 August 2023
  6. ↑ Star Wars Customizable Card Game, Wikipedia. Preserved copy: Internet Archive, 17 September 2004
  7. ↑ Decipher's Statement About Freedom Con, TheForce.Net (9 November 2001; statement by Monica Jones, Decipher V.P. Marketing). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  8. ↑ The Hyperspace Lane to the World Championships, TheForce.Net (9 February 2002). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  9. ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 9.15 At long last, Hayes' FreedomCon TR, Hayes Hunter, DeckTech (11 March 2002). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 All Your Base Are Belong to EUROPE, DeckTech (Bastian "Death Star" Winkelhaus, 21 November 2001). Preservation copies: Stephen Skilton; GitHub Pages. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 allstarz97's post, "SWCCG Worlds Day 3 Standings History", forum.starwarsccg.org (28 May 2020). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 SWCCG Worlds Day 3 Standings History, forum.starwarsccg.org (28 May 2020; players' recollection of the 2001 top 8). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Post by rhendon, "SWCCG Worlds Day 3 Standings History", forum.starwarsccg.org (28 May 2020). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 freedomcon-day-2, DeckTech (Alex "george3785" George, 20 November 2001). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 kashyyyk-in-virginia-beach-part-ii, DeckTech (Jeremy "JerUNH" Oakes, 26 November 2001). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.7 16.8 veez-at-freedomcon-11-15-17-2001, DeckTech (John "jpvz" Veasey, 27 November 2001). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 freedom-con-day-1-2, DeckTech (Chris "CGogolen" Gogolen, 30 November 2001). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 papalorax-goes-to-worlds, DeckTech (Evan "Lorax" Fitzgerald, 4 December 2001). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 guzman-part-2-freedomcon-report, DeckTech (Tim "Info Broker" Guzman, 7 December 2001). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 mr-scrub-goes-to-virginia-day-1, DeckTech (Greg "TychoCelchu" Shaw, 9 December 2001). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages.
  21. ↑ va-beach-2001-worlds-part-1, DeckTech (Brad "Admiral Twk" Reinhold, 20 November 2001). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 i-like-men-and-hobbits-va01-rightone, DeckTech (sean "Cyryn" vess, 20 November 2001). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 freedomcon, DeckTech (Scott "CRingwell" Lingrell, 21 November 2001). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 jewish-mother-va-beach-11-15-11-18, DeckTech (Mike "OQrygg" Merletto, 26 November 2001). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages.
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 freedomcon-you-cant-handle-the-tooth, DeckTech (Justin "hoostino" Warren, 28 November 2001). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 dpc-dan-goes-to-freedomcon-2001-complete, DeckTech (Don "Chef" Kitzman, 2 December 2001). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages.
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 freedomcon-the-only-report-yeah-right, DeckTech (michael "Deck" Gemme, 3 December 2001). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 h2o-at-fcon-beer-toe-sex-and-cards, DeckTech (Justin "H2O" Desai, 7 December 2001). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages.
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 fcon-by-brian-fred-the-way-i-remember-it, DeckTech (john "comando" matrix, 16 February 2002). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages.
  30. ↑ DecipherCon Cancelled, TheOneRing.net (3 October 2001). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  31. ↑ Broadcast 99 - Radio Free Decipher (05 October, 2001): Warren Holland on DecipherCon and 9/11, Player's Council, YouTube (uploaded 13 May 2022), at 01:46. Preserved copy: Internet Archive; watch-page snapshot (Wayback 1 January 2025). Transcript: Radio Free Decipher/Episode 99 transcript.
  32. ↑ Broadcast 99 - Radio Free Decipher (05 October, 2001): Warren Holland on DecipherCon and 9/11, Player's Council, YouTube (uploaded 13 May 2022), at 17:15. Preserved copy: Internet Archive; watch-page snapshot (Wayback 1 January 2025). Transcript: Radio Free Decipher/Episode 99 transcript.
  33. ↑ Decipher Star Wars index, decipher.com (Wayback 3 December 2002)
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 mr-scrub-goes-to-virginia-day-two, DeckTech (Greg "TychoCelchu" Shaw, 11 December 2001). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages.
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 freedom-con-its-worlds, DeckTech (Andy "RexBanner7" Klema, 29 November 2001). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages.
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 myers-goes-to-freedomcon, DeckTech (Paul "lbmyers1" Myers, 13 December 2001). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages.
  37. ↑ mansfield-oh-11-24-feel-good-rock, DeckTech (Alex "george3785" George, 25 November 2001). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages.
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