Hello, all! We'd like to thank everyone for coming; we had a blast!
Some interesting tournament notes:
1) The first oust in the entire tournament was credited to 7 year old Connor Bell. In fact, he was one card shy of getting 1 GW and 7 VP and not only qualifying, but also sitting at the final table in 5th place. 2) Overheard: "I give my procurer +1 intercept and attempt to block." 3) Overheard: "Can we whittle him down a bit?" "Actually, I'd rather you just die." 3) Reform Body successfully saved a Tzimisce from a horrible PTO death. 4) Some tables graciously offered to make blatant errors so that I could correct them since I was *that* bored.
Also, there was a place on the deck registration sheet where each player could indicate a small bribe to the head judge. Here are some bribes which I got:
1) Not as much scorn as usual 2) The empty set 3) A bananana and some pringles 4) 10 billion dollars 5) sqrt(pi) 6) 25 Rolling with the Punches 7) Three-fiddy 8) Two hours of completely non-bar-confirmed legal advice and/or research (not guaranteed under statute or administrative law in any state) 9) 12 days of Christmas full of jail time and used tampons 10) Jill Endress 11) Dan Murdock 12) 1 fishstick
Here are the results of the Great Lakes Qualifier for 2005. With 41 players in attendance, 2 previously qualified, and 1 who chose not to qualify, we had 38 players and thus 10 qualifying spots. Total tournament rankings were as follows. A star (*) indicates a qualifying player. Congrats to them! (A plus (+) indicates a previously qualified player, and a minus (-) indicates a player who did not wish to qualify.)
Tournament: Great Lakes Qualifier 2005 Date: 23 April 2005 City: West Lafayette, IN
Rank Name GW VP TP Final GW Final VP *1 Jay Kristoff 1 6 150 1 5 *2 John Bell 2 10 168 0 0 *3 Will Kristoff 2 8.5 180 0 0 *4 Chris Berry 2 7 144 0 0 *5 Corey Brindley 1 6 144 0 0 *6 Nick Smith 1 6 126 *6 Jon Morris 1 6 126 *8 Karl Schaeffer 1 5.5 138 *9 Mark Loughman 1 5 150 *10 Niel Paananen 1 4 124 11 Brad Cashdollar 1 4 120 12 Daniel Decker 1 4 112 +13 Norman Brown 1 3.5 144 14 Izaak Kemp 1 3 114 +15 Peter Charnley 1 3 112 16 John Flournoy 1 3 108 17 David Wilson 1 3 102 17 Jon Sushinsky 1 3 102 19 David McCarty 0 3 126 19 Connor Bell 0 3 126 21 Jill Endress 0 2.5 138 22 Paul Bowles 0 2 114 23 Eric Simon 0 2 108 23 Steph Turner 0 2 108 25 David Barasch 0 2 84 26 David Setty 0 1 94 27 Eric Schacter 0 1 90 27 Kevin Aldrich 0 1 90 29 Jason Hartley 0 1 82 30 Peter Thumberg 0 1 78 31 Aaron Miller 0 0.5 82 32 Dave Pennington 0 0 76 33 Bear Weber 0 0 72 33 Rick Irvine 0 0 72 35 Matt Heslin 0 0 66 37 Andrew Strack 0 0 66 37 Megan Bailey 0 0 64 39 Jason Scott 0 0 64 39 Cody Goodrich 0 0 60 39 Chad Schlesingr 0 0 60 -DQ Eric Foss 0 0 144
The final table was arranged as:
Chris Berry (ani/dom) -> Will Kristoff (Ahrimanes) -> John Bell (Malk DEM S&B) -> Jay Kristoff (Legacies of Pander) -> Corey Brindley (Cailean is angry)
1x Jimmy Dunn 4 CEL POT for Pander:2 1x Lena Rowe 3 aus obf pre Pander:2 1x Rex, The Necronomi 3 pot pro vic Pander:2 1x Christine Boscacci 2 dom vic Pander:2 1x Mitchell, The Head 2 obt pot Pander:2 1x Angela Decker 1 pre Pander:2 1x Basil 1 obf Pander:2 1x Feo Ramos 1 aus Pander:3 1x Huang, Blood Culti 1 pro Pander:2 1x March Halcyon 1 for Pander:2 1x Olga Triminov 1 vic Pander:3 1x Royce 1 dom Pander:2
| | Also, there was a place on the deck registration sheet where each player | could indicate a small bribe to the head judge. Here are some bribes | which I got: | | 1) Not as much scorn as usual | 2) The empty set | 3) A bananana and some pringles | 4) 10 billion dollars | 5) sqrt(pi) | 6) 25 Rolling with the Punches | 7) Three-fiddy | 8) Two hours of completely non-bar-confirmed legal advice and/or | research (not guaranteed under statute or administrative law in any state) | 9) 12 days of Christmas full of jail time and used tampons | 10) Jill Endress | 11) Dan Murdock | 12) 1 fishstick
> 1) The first oust in the entire tournament was credited to 7 year old > Connor Bell. In fact, he was one card shy of getting 1 GW and 7 VP and not > only qualifying, but also sitting at the final table in 5th place.
That was one scary kid. My first response was, "Aww, cute!" Until I heard how he was ousting people left and right. Never had to sit with him, thank goodness.
Hey, Jay! Only 4 Change of Target? Man, it seemed like you had one ready at all times. Well done. Though I'm not certain how you avoid constantly appearing to be the biggest threat on the board.
Again, Ankur, great job.
--tying Dave Pennington for 32nd place was something of a high point. We'll make the finals next year, Dave. Until then - courage.
> | 1) Not as much scorn as usual > | 2) The empty set > | 3) A bananana and some pringles > | 4) 10 billion dollars > | 5) sqrt(pi) > | 6) 25 Rolling with the Punches > | 7) Three-fiddy > | 8) Two hours of completely non-bar-confirmed legal advice and/or > | research (not guaranteed under statute or administrative law in any state) > | 9) 12 days of Christmas full of jail time and used tampons > | 10) Jill Endress > | 11) Dan Murdock > | 12) 1 fishstick
> So which of these did you actually accept?
> Enquiring minds want to know!
I accepted all of them. Unfortunately, none of them actually paid up. Well, there might have been slightly less scorn than usual, but it was hard to tell. I do still want 25 rolling with the punches though. :)
> That was one scary kid. My first response was, > "Aww, cute!" Until I heard how he was ousting people > left and right. Never had to sit with him, thank goodness.
I was afraid too.
>> 1) Not as much scorn as usual
> Didn't come through with that one, did they?
<sniff> Nope. <outright bawling>
> Hey, Jay! Only 4 Change of Target? Man, it > seemed like you had one ready at all times. Well > done. Though I'm not certain how you avoid > constantly appearing to be the biggest threat on the > board.
Well, he had lots of little targets?
<ducks>
> --tying Dave Pennington for 32nd place was something > of a high point. We'll make the finals next year, Dave. > Until then - courage.
Here's a fixed version of the report. One small mistake at the end.
Hello, all! We'd like to thank everyone for coming; we had a blast!
Some interesting tournament notes:
1) The first oust in the entire tournament was credited to 7 year old Connor Bell. In fact, he was one card shy of getting 1 GW and 7 VP and not only qualifying, but also sitting at the final table in 5th place. 2) Overheard: "I give my procurer +1 intercept and attempt to block." 3) Overheard: "Can we whittle him down a bit?" "Actually, I'd rather you just die." 3) Reform Body successfully saved a Tzimisce from a horrible PTO death. 4) Some tables graciously offered to make blatant errors so that I could correct them since I was *that* bored.
Also, there was a place on the deck registration sheet where each player could indicate a small bribe to the head judge. Here are some bribes which I got:
1) Not as much scorn as usual 2) The empty set 3) A bananana and some pringles 4) 10 billion dollars 5) sqrt(pi) 6) 25 Rolling with the Punches 7) Three-fiddy 8) Two hours of completely non-bar-confirmed legal advice and/or research (not guaranteed under statute or administrative law in any state) 9) 12 days of Christmas full of jail time and used tampons 10) Jill Endress 11) Dan Murdock 12) 1 fishstick
Here are the results of the Great Lakes Qualifier for 2005. With 41 players in attendance, 2 previously qualified, and 1 who chose not to qualify, we had 38 players and thus 10 qualifying spots. Total tournament rankings were as follows. A star (*) indicates a qualifying player. Congrats to them! (A plus (+) indicates a previously qualified player, and a minus (-) indicates a player who did not wish to qualify.)
Tournament: Great Lakes Qualifier 2005 Date: 23 April 2005 City: West Lafayette, IN
Rank Name GW VP TP Final GW Final VP *1 Jay Kristoff 1 6 150 1 5 *2 John Bell 2 10 168 0 0 *3 Will Kristoff 2 8.5 180 0 0 *4 Chris Berry 2 7 144 0 0 *5 Corey Brindley 1 6 144 0 0 *6 Nick Smith 1 6 126 *6 Jon Morris 1 6 126 *8 Karl Schaeffer 1 5.5 138 *9 Mark Loughman 1 5 150 *10 Niel Paananen 1 4 124 11 Brad Cashdollar 1 4 120 12 Daniel Decker 1 4 112 +13 Norman Brown 1 3.5 144 14 Izaak Kemp 1 3 114 +15 Peter Charnley 1 3 112 16 John Flournoy 1 3 108 17 David Wilson 1 3 102 17 Jon Sushinsky 1 3 102 19 David McCarty 0 3 126 19 Connor Bell 0 3 126 21 Jill Endress 0 2.5 138 22 Paul Bowles 0 2 114 23 Eric Simon 0 2 108 23 Steph Turner 0 2 108 25 David Barasch 0 2 84 26 David Setty 0 1 94 27 Eric Schacter 0 1 90 27 Kevin Aldrich 0 1 90 29 Jason Hartley 0 1 82 30 Peter Thumberg 0 1 78 31 Aaron Miller 0 0.5 82 32 Dave Pennington 0 0 76 33 Bear Weber 0 0 72 33 Rick Irvine 0 0 72 35 Matt Heslin 0 0 66 35 Andrew Strack 0 0 66 37 Megan Bailey 0 0 64 37 Jason Scott 0 0 64 39 Cody Goodrich 0 0 60 39 Chad Schlesingr 0 0 60 -DQ Eric Foss 0 0 144
The final table was arranged as:
Chris Berry (ani/dom) -> Will Kristoff (Ahrimanes) -> John Bell (Malk DEM S&B) -> Jay Kristoff (Legacies of Pander) -> Corey Brindley (Cailean is angry)
1x Jimmy Dunn 4 CEL POT for Pander:2 1x Lena Rowe 3 aus obf pre Pander:2 1x Rex, The Necronomi 3 pot pro vic Pander:2 1x Christine Boscacci 2 dom vic Pander:2 1x Mitchell, The Head 2 obt pot Pander:2 1x Angela Decker 1 pre Pander:2 1x Basil 1 obf Pander:2 1x Feo Ramos 1 aus Pander:3 1x Huang, Blood Culti 1 pro Pander:2 1x March Halcyon 1 for Pander:2 1x Olga Triminov 1 vic Pander:3 1x Royce 1 dom Pander:2
|> | 1) Not as much scorn as usual |> | 2) The empty set |> | 3) A bananana and some pringles |> | 4) 10 billion dollars |> | 5) sqrt(pi) |> | 6) 25 Rolling with the Punches |> | 7) Three-fiddy |> | 8) Two hours of completely non-bar-confirmed legal advice and/or |> | research (not guaranteed under statute or administrative law in any state) |> | 9) 12 days of Christmas full of jail time and used tampons |> | 10) Jill Endress |> | 11) Dan Murdock |> | 12) 1 fishstick |> |> So which of these did you actually accept? |> |> Enquiring minds want to know! | | I accepted all of them. Unfortunately, none of them actually paid up.
oooo. That's a shame. Especially if you were hungry, because then you could've had a banananana-pringle-fishstick split.
| Well, there might have been slightly less scorn than usual, but it was | hard to tell. I do still want 25 rolling with the punches though. :)
Surely you could've found someone to hit you 25 times?
| And, I can't spell banana.
It's not that bad. You know how to start spelling it. You just don't know how to stop.
> Ankur Gupta wrote: > |> | 1) Not as much scorn as usual > |> | 2) The empty set > |> | 3) A bananana and some pringles > |> | 4) 10 billion dollars > |> | 5) sqrt(pi) > |> | 6) 25 Rolling with the Punches > |> | 7) Three-fiddy > |> | 8) Two hours of completely non-bar-confirmed legal advice and/or > |> | research (not guaranteed under statute or administrative law in any > state) > |> | 9) 12 days of Christmas full of jail time and used tampons > |> | 10) Jill Endress > |> | 11) Dan Murdock > |> | 12) 1 fishstick
Ankur- Good tourney. Good judging. 7 year old was awesome. Thank you for not accepting bribe #10. -Bear
> <Ankur comments:> >> 1) The first oust in the entire tournament was credited to 7 year old >> Connor Bell. In fact, he was one card shy of getting 1 GW and 7 VP and >> not only qualifying, but also sitting at the final table in 5th place.
> That was one scary kid. My first response was, > "Aww, cute!" Until I heard how he was ousting people > left and right. Never had to sit with him, thank goodness.
I just wanted to thank everyone at the tournament for making Connor's time such an enjoyable one. In fact, he had so much fun, he hasn't shut up since =). He's been wanting to play for some time, but I'd always feared some people might take offense or take advantage of him - but reality was quite the opposite. When he got the first oust, at least half the tournament was clapping for him (some even with a standing ovation!). I received compliments about his play and his behavior all day long, all of this coupled to convince me to take him to Atlanta, Georgia next month. Thanks again to Ankur and everyone else that made his day (week/month?) and allowed a Dad to be more than a little proud.
