Stadium Challenge West Update

[Professor Dav]

Hey all,
Thought I'd update you on the WCSC attendance etc.

As of 2:30pm PDT, we are about to enter round 4 (we've already had lunch, YAY!)

Attendance is:
15+: 67
11-14: 33
10 & U: 16

Current Standings (top 8 after round 3)

10 & U
Josh G. 3-0
Alonzo G. 2-0-1
Patrick W. 2-0-1
Brandon D. 2-1
Bo A. 2-1
Rachael B. 2-1
Kaitlyn L. 2-1
Reed W. 2-1

11-14
Peter W. 3-0
Catherine S. 3-0
John. B 3-0
Kevin L. 3-0
Kevin N. 2-1
Lindsey M. 2-1
Stuart B. 2-1
Ashley W. 2-1

15+ (Top 16 after round 3)
Chad H. 3-0
Nick E. 3-0
Ryan W. 3-0
Paul A. 3-0
Armando G. 3-0
Matthew Y. 3-0
Kevin T. 3-0
Marina C. 2-0-1
Lars S. 2-0-1
Paul J. 2-0-1
Chung L. 2-0-1
Jeffrey L. 2-1
John J. 2-1
Ali W. 2-1
Karl B. 2-1
Edwin T. 2-1

Players are enjoying themselves immensely, especially the young group when they realized that even the last place players would be walking away with prizes!!!

More as we get further along.

Prof. Dav

[Master Professor Birch]

Great update, Professor Dav!!! You seem to be getting better and better with each "Major Event". Now, live updates. What will Pokemon USA, Inc come up with next???

Have fun guys and enjoy your day out WEST!!!

Master Professor Birch

[Jay-C]

NICE!!!

Decided to jump on the PokeGym Forums to see if there is any up to the minute news on the WCSC and what do I come across......a live update by Professor Dav.

Sadly my brother and I could not make it up there with the rest of the guys, but I am glad to see that after 3 rounds some of the TEAM LA players are in the top 16 in the 15+ division. Way to go guys!

I look forward to seeing more updates from you throughout the day Professor Dav. And again really nice job in keeping us informed of whats going on in the WCSC.

:clap:

[Professor Dav]

Update to the WCSC after round 5:

10 & Under Top 4 Finals:
Josh G. 3-0-1 vs. Rachael B. 3-1

Patrick W. 3-0-1 vs. Reed W. 3-1

11-14 Top 8!
John B. 5-0
Kevin L. 4-1
Mike C. 4-1
Andrew K. 4-1
Ross C. 4-1
James G. 4-1
Stuart B. 4-1
Lauren L. 4-1

15+ Top 16 after round 5
Armando G. 4-0-1
Paul A. 4-0-1
Ryan W. 4-0-1
Matthew Y. 4-0-1
Chung L. 4-0-1
Chad H. 4-1
Nick E. 4-1
Kevin T. 4-1
Kory S. 4-1
Zhen H. 4-1
Jerry D. 4-1
Matt D. 4-1
Marina C. 3-1-1
Lars S. 3-1-1
Jeffry L. 3-1-1
Nick S. 3-1-1

More to Come!

Prof Dav

[psycodad]

thanks Dave

[Professor Dav]

10& U Update:
Rachel B. def Josh G.
Reed W. def Patrick W.

So, for all the beans:

Rachael B. vs. Reed W.

11-14 Update:

John B vs. Lauren L.
Mike C. vs. James G.

Andrew K. vs. Ross C.
Stuart B. vs. Kevin L.


15+:
Still in final round of Swiss.

Prof. Dav

[Jay-C]

Keep up the fight TEAM LA !!!!!

[Professor Dav]

5:35pm Update!

10& Under Final Results:

1st Place: Rachael B.
2nd Place: Reed W.
3rd Place: Josh G.
4th Place: Patrick W.

11-14 Current:
5 minutes left in round 1 of single elimination.

15+ First round elimination Pariings
Zhen H. vs. Chris S.
Armando G. vs. Eric V.
Paul A. vs. John J.
Matthew Y. vs. Kory S.
Chung L. vs. Jeffrey L.
Ryan W. vs. Jerry D.
Chad H. vs. Matt D.
Nick E. vs. Kevin T.

[Cyrus]

HOLY CRAP!!! O_O

Chad, Matt, and Kevin: big names of the region...all squared off in the same 4-person block?!

This will be good, folks! Even better than the John Kettler/Daniel Reyes or Dana Lynch/Colin Moll battles that went on at SSC! =O

[SomethingElse]

15+ First round elimination Pariings
Zhen H. vs. Chris S.
Go TRUK! :D

[Cyrus]

Oh yeah! Go Toyz ;x

[Professor Dav]

11-14 Update!

John B. def. Lauren L.
Mike C. def. James G.

Andrew K. def. Ross C.
Stuart B. def. Kevin L.

Current Pairings:

John B. vs. Mike C.

Andrew K. vs. Stuart B.


None of the top 8 players in the 11-14 age group had previously earned invitations or travel, so this one is a hotly contested group!

Prof. Dav

[Kenshin's Garde]

This is awesome! Thanks for keeping the updates so current! These will definatly be amazing games. I wish I could be there! Keep up the good work. I appreciate the update of the finals!

[Professor Dav]

Update as of 7:35 PDT

11-14:

Top 4
Mike C. def. John B.

Stuart B. def. Andrew K.

Top 2
Stuart B. def. Mike C.

15+
Chris S. def. Zhen H.
Eric V. def. Armando G.
Paul A. def. John J.
Kory S. def. Matthew Y.
Chung L. def. Jeffrey L.
Ryan W. def. Jerry D.
Chad H. def. Matt D.
Kevin T. def. Nick E.

Top 8 Pairings:
Chris S. vs. Paul A.
Chung L. vs. Chad H.

Eric V. vs. Kory S.
Ryan W. vs. Kevin T.

More news, as it breaks.

Prof. Dav

[Nick15]

Hey folks, just FYI... Zhen H is a Bay Area player too. ;) He managed to rank first (5-1-0) before the Top 16 cut. :D (So keep an eye out for him...)

[Rocketman]

Matt & Jerry, congrats for making top 16........You guys broke my hart and both lost in the 1st round!!!!!!!
Oh well, I was hoping for you to play in the finals.
Thanks for the updates, Dav! I bet you even got a SB close by!
Rick

[nikePK]

C'mon TRUK GOOOOOO TRRUUUUUUKKKK!!!!!!!!!

[Professor Dav]

Ok, that's it for updates, Kim is taking his laptop away. :(

So, you'll have to find someone else to update you on how the top 4 shake out, or I'll post it when I return home tomorrow afternoon.

Bye!

Prof. Dav

[Pokeplayer]

Hello all....

Well, it's late and I have to say it was a wonderful experience to Judge the 15 older group...

There was cooperations, sportsmanship, all around good play...Players helping out all over...

Chrisbo ran a tight ship and Well BDS ran a great tourny as head judge....

I for one really enjoyed the event....Well run

My son went 3-2 in 11-14 and my daughter went 2-2 in the 10 under....more important she made a great friend and even went shopping, swimming and out to dinner with her new friend and familiy while I had to finish up the 15 older finals......

We had at least 6 persons from Wash State attend today......

Stuart B. from the Renton League won his age group...

Way to go STUART!!!!!!!!!!!!! ...of course I yelled a big way to go..............

I have to get to bed and get some sleep for the long drive back tomorrow.....

Pokeplayer

[ToysRUsKid]

umm finished 4th rofl .. Dude, Pat, I TOLD U WERE DESTINED !! OMG!!

FOURTH, 4-2 =P. #16, Pulled a AJ :P.. Trash all day in swiss except last game which my Blaze just smashed Beutifly/Dustox hahaha, he was a poor sport about it too ... ill do report tommarow morning after i wake up @ 1pm ;p.

I heard Chad got 2nd =D. YES, HE ACUALLY GOT IT. HE DIDNT LOSE IN T8 =O !!!! . hahaha. I had trash all game in T4, which was a total suprise since I RARELY get good hands in T4, but yah, i dont care got invite =D.

~truk going to bed; x

[SuperWooper]

O.O - Where was Wesley? OMG no Wesley in top eight in 11-14?
=(

Yay, now me and him can have a pity party! ^^

[nikePK]

heck yeah Truk!!! Way to be Chris, you are da man! Cya at Worlds bro!

[HoennAsh]

Good Job Stuart with your win. I'll see ya soon at our league. GL at Worlds.

[Jay-C]

:confused: So what were the final standings for the 15+ group :confused:

[yoshi1001]

Sorry about the poor audio quality, folks. There is a very thin line on the distince between the Cell phone earbud and the computer microphone between clipping and distortion and inaudibility, and I wasn't able to hit it. I should be able to adjust some levels and next time should sound much better. I didn't realize there was that much distortion until this morning when I played it back.

[bulbasnore]

Quick congratulations to all the winners, especially those whose fine efforts have come short of the big prize this tourney season, but who finally attained that trip or invite.

To all the competitors -- you were exceedingly cool with your opponents and worked well with the judges. For all the staff, I have to say this was one of the highlight team experiences in my life. The TO & HJ had worked out the organization of the event very well in advance and this made the hectic day go VERY well. Public thanks to my 11-14 assistant judg,e LC -- thanks man, not only were you strong technically, but you handled the communication and responsibility aspects of judging with poise & endurance.

Speaking of endurance -- all the staff came from far away... and are likely to still be getting home. The distance of the staff for this event is perhaps a reflection of the scarcity of these events in the Bay area (local TOs/Judges wanted to play). So, you may find that communications from staff may not pick up 'til tomorrow night. I need to duck my head down and finish something for school, too. So, we're not ignoring you, just travelling or syncing up with real life.

You can see a quick 1Mb video pan of the room here:
http://mal-centurion.pepperdine.edu/wcsc-start.mov

I have some more video I may put up late this week.

Thanks and congrats to all involved!

[SteveP]

It appears that two 10-under players ID'd to make it to the Top 4, then lost in the semi-finals. It's kind of fitting, if you ask me. Anyway, congrats to Rachel in that age group.

I expected GLBlaine and BDS would run a great event.

[yoshi1001]

Does anyone know what deck won each age division, because I kinda owe someone 7 HL packs.

[Gengar]

Does anyone know what deck won each age division, because I kinda owe someone 7 HL packs

Im pretty sure for 10- it was LSD, 11-14 was Gardy, and 15+ Rambo ;o Congrats to all winners

-Gengar

[Gym Leader Blaine]

Does anyone know what deck won each age division, because I kinda owe someone 7 HL packs.

I could not tell you which ones one, since Dave took all the deck list back with him. Sorry :o

[Professor Dav]

:confused: So what were the final standings for the 15+ group :confused:

Top 4:
1st: Eric V.
2nd: Chad H.
3rd: Kevin T.
4th: Chris S.

Prof. Dav

[Gym Leader Blaine]

Now that I have gotten caught up at work and have uploaded all of the tournaments from this weekend’s event, I just wanted to take a minute and say thank you to everyone that help and came to the stadium.

Thanks go to the Judging staff that helped out with running such a great event, and did such a wonderful job keeping things moving along.

Thanks go to all the players that came out. It was great to meet a lot of you guys and everyone was having a lot of fun.

Thanks go to PUI for letting us run the event, and most of all Dave for updating the boards through out the day with what was happening. :thumb:

[GreatFox]

Sorry about the poor audio quality, folks. There is a very thin line on the distince between the Cell phone earbud and the computer microphone between clipping and distortion and inaudibility, and I wasn't able to hit it. I should be able to adjust some levels and next time should sound much better. I didn't realize there was that much distortion until this morning when I played it back.Yay... and sorry for not calling in with more updates after round 6. That last round took alot out of me. I had planed to ask Prof. Dav if he wanted to be interviewed durring the top 16 but didn't seem to find the energy (no pun intended).

But I sure hope you all enjoyed what reports I did call in for! :D

Hope to do it again next year!