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This year the champion (Rich Atwater) made what is probably the most impressive semifinal comeback at the WBC or Avaloncon. He began his semifinal game by going last from tower 1 and then recruiting only a centuar in his first two turns. He came back to mutual with Jeff Cornett and advance to the final game because of his higher seed from preliminary play.
Previous champion Kevin Quirk returned this year after not being able to attend for several years. Kevin ended up finishing third in the final. Hopefully we will see Kevin again next year.
For the second time since I have been running the event, one of the semifinal games ran over the allotted 8 and a half hours. The only other time this happened, the last two remaining players were in a titan on titan battle and we were able to use the half hour left before the final to finish the battle. This year there were three players left. One player was likely to win, one had some chance to win and the third needed some very good fortune. We ended up resolving the game using blitz play. This did not sit well with anyone.
For the second time since I have been running the event, one of the semifinal games ran over the allotted 8 and a half hours. The only other time this happened, the last two remaining players were in a titan on titan battle and we were able to use the half hour left before the final to finish the battle. This year there were three players left. One player was likely to win, one had some chance to win and the third needed some very good fortune. We ended up resolving the game using blitz play. This did not sit well with anyone.
I will also need to make some notes on how the adjudication should go. In particular I would like to see a rough estimate of each player's chances made, and then a die rolled to determine the winner. I think this is a better fit with Titan than determining who is the favorite and awarding them the win. This method also shouldn't encourage players to play differently near the time limit unless they have very small chances to win.
David desJardins has posted the two player results and a record of the two player final.
The BPA Titan Yearbook may also be of interest.
David desJardins recorded the final game and has so far transcribed the masterboard play. I might get informtion on the battles later.
Fin Sem Pre Opp Opp Opp Opp Opp Game
Name Ran Ran Ran 1st 2nd 3rd Kil 1st 2nd 3rd Kil Gam Gam Numbers
Atwater, Rich 1 1 5 3 1 1 10 12 18 22 43 71 6 1 15 18 30 45 6
Strock, Dan 2 2 6 3 0 2 10 17 19 29 60 87 6 10 17 21 25 27 32
Quirk, Kevin 3 4 15 1 1 1 2 18 13 10 53 55 4 10 35 40 49
Ley, Jason 4 3 8 2 2 0 6 17 26 22 63 90 6 13 16 29 3 37 39
Fuegi, Aaron 5 5 7 3 0 0 8 4 15 10 20 38 3 23 43 7
Sutton, Brian 6 6 11 2 1 0 8 11 12 10 27 51 4 16 19 36 38
Cornett, Jeff 7 7 13 1 2 2 2 25 22 11 74 83 6 19 37 39 46 5 7
Melton, Craig 8 8 16 1 1 1 1 15 9 5 43 35 3 23 30 49
Finberg, David 9 9 3 3 2 0 7 12 17 24 38 76 6 20 26 33 40 5 8
Gross, Andrew 10 10 9 2 1 3 8 33 15 17 96 84 6 1 17 21 25 3 44
Childs, Justin 11 11 10 2 1 2 5 16 25 22 64 79 5 12 31 39 44 47
Rothenheber, Ed 12 12 12 1 2 2 3 18 21 20 66 91 6 13 16 27 32 34 9
desJardins, David 13 13 1 5 1 0 11 16 17 26 52 81 6 14 2 24 35 44 8
Koleszar, Steve 14 14 2 4 1 0 10 25 20 21 83 85 6 17 21 28 37 44 49
Beyma, Richard 15 15 4 3 1 2 5 16 20 16 53 71 6 20 30 38 41 46 9
Ackman, Cliff 16 16 14 1 1 2 4 17 26 18 71 76 5 13 24 43 47 6
Briggs, David 17 17 17 1 1 0 3 26 18 12 71 73 6 14 15 16 28 35 42
Chung, John 18 18 18 1 1 0 3 9 8 8 26 31 2 46 6
Scheifler, Don 19 19 19 1 0 1 3 7 9 9 26 29 2 22 30
Klein, Michael 20 20 20 1 0 1 2 14 15 15 50 61 4 15 18 19 7
Lingle, Larry 21 21 21 1 0 1 2 7 7 4 23 25 2 29 38
Bluett, Taerthrum 22 22 22 1 0 1 2 1 7 11 10 29 2 11 42
Wolff III, Bruno 23 23 23 1 0 1 1 7 8 5 20 28 2 35 48
Defoe, Hudson 24 24 24 1 0 0 2 13 19 16 45 58 4 20 26 31 36
Barbehenn, Robin 25 25 25 1 0 0 1 6 10 8 18 31 2 34 46
Nail, Chuck 26 26 26 0 3 2 3 18 19 21 58 72 6 12 31 41 43 48 7
Chavis, James 27 27 27 0 3 1 4 18 19 27 67 73 6 22 29 41 45 47 6
Platnick, David 28 28 28 0 3 0 4 23 17 15 60 72 5 26 34 37 43 49
Carisoza, Michael 29 29 29 0 2 4 4 18 19 20 59 74 6 11 22 24 31 40 47
Shiner, Andrew 30 30 30 0 2 1 2 25 20 22 77 91 6 10 13 15 27 3 5
Jackson Sr, Randy 31 31 31 0 2 1 1 8 12 10 29 44 4 12 36 42 48
Foy, Ben 32 32 32 0 2 0 1 10 6 7 23 31 2 14 9
Heilman, Eric 33 33 33 0 2 0 1 7 5 6 23 22 2 23 45
Gathmann, Pete 34 34 34 0 1 4 1 27 13 23 80 79 6 11 18 2 25 32 8
Shambeda, Jon 35 35 35 0 1 2 1 25 23 18 69 83 6 20 27 34 4 8 9
Gorr, Eric 36 36 36 0 1 1 1 25 15 19 71 75 5 17 19 2 39 42
Smith, Clifford 37 37 37 0 1 1 0 9 7 13 35 36 2 25 3
Ecton, Brian 38 38 38 0 1 0 2 1 7 9 14 22 2 22 4
Norman, David 39 39 39 0 1 0 2 0 2 3 3 9 1 4
Wrobel, Ed 40 40 40 0 1 0 1 3 2 3 7 10 1 33
Anner, Nicolas 41 41 41 0 1 0 1 2 6 5 9 15 1 12
Clarren, Sumner 42 42 42 0 1 0 0 9 8 7 29 31 2 1 5
Flowers, Rob 43 43 43 0 1 0 0 5 2 1 13 14 1 28
Bessler, Brent 44 44 44 0 1 0 0 3 3 1 11 12 1 36
Barno, Mike 45 45 45 0 0 3 0 10 14 2 36 37 3 26 33 45
Cornett, Scott 46 46 46 0 0 1 1 3 7 5 12 18 1 41
Shambeda, Steve 47 47 47 0 0 1 0 8 8 7 25 31 2 2 29
Lientz, Gerald 48 48 48 0 0 1 0 6 8 4 18 25 2 28 48
Bouton, Brian 49 49 49 0 0 1 0 6 4 0 15 14 1 14
Cousins, Christine 50 50 50 0 0 1 0 5 6 13 21 30 2 10 11
Sacks, Robert 51 51 51 0 0 1 0 4 2 6 13 16 1 18
Nied, Ken 52 52 52 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 5 9 1 4
Rinko, John 53 53 53 0 0 0 0 9 2 5 28 18 1 21
Jacoby, John 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 6 4 6 19 17 1 24
Thompson, Justin 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 6 2 3 15 12 1 38
Barwick, Brian 56 56 56 0 0 0 0 5 3 4 18 14 1 1
Scott, Bill 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 4 5 5 13 16 1 40
Smith, Mark 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 4 3 8 14 18 1 32
Mason, Matthew 59 59 59 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 10 8 1 23
Dunn, Joshua 60 60 60 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 8 10 1 33