DecipherCon 2002

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DecipherCon 2002 was Decipher's third company convention, held 31 October–3 November 2002 at the Chesapeake Conference Center in Chesapeake, Virginia.[1][2] Hundreds of players took part in over 100 tournaments, roleplaying adventures, and seminars.[1] It hosted the first Players Committee Star Wars CCG World Championship. Angelo Consoli defeated Greg Shaw.[3][4]

Main tournament hall, 31 October 2002
Chesapeake Conference Center, 2002

Venue and dates

  • Dates: 31 October–3 November 2002 (Thursday–Sunday)
  • Site: Chesapeake Conference Center, 900 Greenbrier Circle, Chesapeake, Virginia 23320[2]
  • Master of ceremonies: Mark Tuttle[5]

The Conference Center is 12 miles from Norfolk International Airport. The main hall held over 150 gaming tables (over 600 seats). Other rooms ran design seminars, booster draft, and demos.[2][6]

DecipherCon 2001 was cancelled. For many players this was the first DecipherCon since DecipherCon 2000 in Kissimmee.[6]

Tuttle opened the convention at 10:00 on 31 October in the Presidential Ballroom. Warren Holland spoke.[5][6]

Star Wars CCG World Championship

Full results and lists are on 2002 World Championship. The constructed pool was Premiere - Original VS3. The Players Committee ran the event. The purse was $10,000.[3][4][7]

Two Day 1 heats ran Thursday 31 October and Friday 1 November at 2:00 PM: six games of Swiss constructed, top 20% to Day 2. Day 2 on Saturday 2 November started at 10:00 AM; Decipher's schedule gave six games of Swiss, but the Players Committee's wrap-up says the field played eight rounds of Swiss before the cut.[8] The top 8 played single elimination from 6:00 PM. Pre-qualified Day 2 seats went to Regional, Open, and Mini-Open finishers and to returning champions Matt Sokol and Bastian Winkelhaus.[7][9]

Day 1A on Thursday had 45 players (9 qualified) and Day 1B on Friday had 54 (11 qualified); Day 2 had 52 players, 20 of them qualified at DecipherCon and 32 on the Road to Worlds.[8] The finals began around 9–10 PM, and the final ended at 5:30 AM on Sunday 3 November. Jim Colson announced the places at the Sunday awards, with places 3–4 and 5–8 tied; the Players Committee later published the order 3rd–8th, with ties broken by Swiss placement.[8][10][4]

Place Player Prize
1 Angelo Consoli $5,000 + trophy
2 Greg Shaw $2,500
3 Brian Fred $650
4 Brian Terwilliger $650
5 Hayes Hunter $300
6 Johnny Chu $300
7 Brian Rippetoe $300
8 Bastian Winkelhaus $300

Consoli posted the Dark No Money, No Parts, No Deal! Watto 60 that won. Shaw posted Dark Hunt Down And Destroy The Jedi and Light There Is Good In Him. Kyle Krueger posted a Day 1 Light Jedi Council Chamber list (It's a Kyle deck). Keith Watabayashi posted the Day 2 Light There Is Good In Him also played by Brad Reinhold.[3]

Star Wars side events

The Players Committee schedule listed these Star Wars events besides Worlds (fees as printed):[9]

Date Time Event
31 October 20:00 Secret Squirrel sealed ($15)
31 October 23:00 Episode I ONLY constructed
31 October Open 8-Man Sealed Player's Choice ($15)
1 November 09:00 Highlander constructed
1 November 18:00 NO Episode I constructed
1 November 21:00 Death Star II / Endor Draft ($10)
1 November Open 8-Man Sealed Player's Choice ($15)
2 November 12:00 Special Edition Draft ($15)
2 November 18:00 A New Hope ONLY Theme constructed
2 November Open 8-Man Sealed Player's Choice ($15)
3 November 09:00 Episode I Sealed ($10)
3 November 14:00 Secret Squirrel sealed ($15)
3 November Open 8-Man Sealed Player's Choice ($15)

The Players Committee's wrap-up gives the attendance of the events that ran: on Friday a Jedi Knights Super Sealed Deck (8 players), Young Jedi Secret Squirrel (8), Star Wars Death Star II/Endor booster draft (8), Star Wars Highlander (4) and Star Wars Secret Squirrel (14); on Saturday a Special Edition booster draft (10) and an "A New Hope" theme tournament (4). On Friday night Scott Lingrell ran a non-sanctioned playtest tournament for the new Classic format; Drew Scott won it and $35.[8]

Photographs

Decipher posted a photo gallery during the weekend.

  • DecipherCon 2002 banner
    DecipherCon 2002 banner
  • Chesapeake Conference Center, 2002
    Chesapeake Conference Center, 2002
  • Chesapeake Conference Center, 2004. Photo: RailbirdJAM
    Chesapeake Conference Center, 2004. Photo: RailbirdJAM
  • Main tournament hall (31 October)
    Main tournament hall (31 October)
  • Arthur Wright
    Arthur Wright
  • Star Wars CCG awards
    Star Wars CCG awards
  • Star Wars CCG World Champion trophy
    Star Wars CCG World Champion trophy
  • Warren Holland at the awards
    Warren Holland at the awards

Trip reports

Decipher's Daily News ran through the weekend (Kathy McCracken and Marcus Sheppard):

TheForce.net posted the PC schedule and qualifier list (20 September 2002) and the World Championship results (3 November 2002).[7][3]

Other games

The same weekend held World Championships for the LOTR TCG, Star Trek CCG, Young Jedi, and Jedi Knights. The Players Committee ran the Jedi Knights (23 players) and Young Jedi (28 players) World Championships on Saturday;[8] Jason Killby won Young Jedi ahead of Jeremy Baker, Dale Hanak and Vincent Serret, and Jeffrey Kahan won Jedi Knights ahead of Justin Beal, Brian Muller and Bradford Bedlion.[11][1][12] Mathieu Brochu won the LOTR TCG title. Franklin Kenter won Star Trek; Evan Lorentz was the Star Trek CCG World Championship head judge.[13] Lorentz and Tim Ellington were billed for the Star Trek CCG Design-a-card Seminar.[14] Jason Killby won Young Jedi. Jeffrey Kahan won Jedi Knights.[4][12]

Decipher inducted twenty-one players, product champions, and retailers into a new Hall of Fame. Star Wars CCG names on that list include Bastian Winkelhaus, Brian Hunter, Joe Alread, Jim Colson, and Yannick Lapointe.[15]

See also

Sources

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 DecipherCon 2002, Decipher (Wayback 9 November 2002)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Chesapeake Conference Center, Decipher (Wayback 4 April 2002)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 World Championship Results announced, theforce.net (3 November 2002). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Star Wars Players Committee 2002 World Championships, Kathy McCracken, Decipher Daily News (3 November 2002)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Have fun ... that's what it's all about!", Kathy McCracken, Decipher Daily News (31 October 2002)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 And So It Begins: Day One Wrapup, Marcus Sheppard, Decipher Daily News (31 October 2002)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Star Wars CCG Explodes at DecipherCon 2002, theforce.net (20 September 2002). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 DecipherCon 2002, Andrew Howard (Tournament Support Advocate), swccgpc.com. Internet Archive capture 24 April 2003.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Event schedule: Star Wars, Young Jedi, Jedi Knights, Decipher (Wayback 23 October 2002)
  10. ↑ Until Next Time: Day Four Wrapup, Marcus Sheppard, Decipher Daily News (3 November 2002)
  11. ↑ November Updates (2002), Josh Radke (3 November 2002), swccgpc.com. Internet Archive capture 23 April 2003.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 DecipherCon 2002 Awards Ceremony, Kathy McCracken, Decipher Daily News (3 November 2002)
  13. ↑ DecipherCon 2002 photo PANA0035, Decipher (2002). Caption: "Star Trek CCG World Championship, Day Three Head Judge Evan Lorentz". Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  14. ↑ DecipherCon 2002 event descriptions: non-tournament events, Decipher (2002). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  15. ↑ First Annual Decipher Hall of Fame Awards Announced, Decipher Daily News (3 November 2002)
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