REPORT of RESULTS
The 3rd annual Winter Derby is in the books! This year’s event saw 142 participants, representing 14 countries (Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, The Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States) spread across nine different time zones. Over the span of six weeks, we played roughly 525 matches of Old School Magic via webcam.
The Winter Derby is conducted under the Swedish 93/94 B&R list, allowing the full range of original art/old card frame re-prints (Revised, Chronicles, CE/IE, FBB/FWB, etc.), an approach that has become very common for online play internationally. And the stakes? Mostly just glory and bragging rights, along with an invitation to n00bcon 11 for the winner.
Pairings were released in two batches over the month of January, with all participants asked to schedule and play eight individual matches in about four weeks. After the batches were completed, we cut to Top 16 and played out a single-elimination bracket. The Winter Derby Finals were played on February 8th, and featured an American, Michael Scheffenacker (4C Swedish Atog feat. Su-Chi) versus Richard Stebbing (UR Counterburn) of the UK’s Brothers of Fire.
After all was said and done, Richard Stebbing was named the Winter Derby Champion for 2019, and received the n00bcon invitation! Congratulations to Richard, to all of the Top 16 finalists, and thank you, again, to all of the players who participated. Together, you’ve helped to make the semiannual Derby series a recurring celebration of the international Old School Magic community.
(Does this sound like fun? Join our online community of Old School Magic webcam players, where we post looking for pick-up games in our Facebook group and in the #down-to-play channel on the Old School Discord!)
STANDINGS AFTER BATCH PAIRINGS
TOP 16 DECK PHOTOS
9-16th Place: Markus Lundqvist (16)
9-16th Place: Rich Shay (15)
9-16th Place: John Tschida (14)
9-16th Place: Paul DeSilva (12)
9-16th Place: Elias Gröndal (11)
9-16th Place: Guillaume Denoix (9)
9-16th Place: Pez Unholy (7)
9-16th Place: Christian Reinhard (4)
5-8th Place: Florian von Bredow (13)
5-8th Place: Ben Twitchen (3)
5-8th Place: Ed Arneson (2)
5-8th Place: Svante Landgraf (1)
3-4th Place: Laurence Boulanger (6)
3-4th Place: Tobias Mieth (5)
2nd Place: Michael Scheffenacker (10)
1st Place: Richard Stebbing (8)
ALL DECK PHOTOS
(alphabetical order by first name)
Aaron Palaian
Adam Merkado-Weiss
Aleksandar Gonzalez
Alexander Pick
Alistair Ingram
Andreas Rosén
Andrew Oliva
Andrew Walker
Andy Swaffar
Anies van Tol
Anne Joldersma
Ash Anabtawi
Ben Katz
Benjamin Burke
Blake Burkholder
Bryan Manolakos
Cam Wall
Carl Bjornstad
Carter Petray
Chris Mason
Christopher Cooper
Christopher George
Constantine Prishvitsin
Cory Hanson
Craig Winzer
Curt Christian
Dan Claric
Daniel Yann Franzén
Danny Friedman
Dave Firth Bard
David Holler
Dean Costakis
Derek Walker
Duncan Devlin
Eliot Davidoff
Eric Fletcher
Erwin Demmer
Felix Schaub
Gabe Farkas
Gordon Andersson
Henk Willemse
James Lebak
Jan Eid
Jared Doucette
Jared Miller
Jason Collins
Jason Morawski
Jason Schwartz
Jason Seaman
Jason Williams
Jeff Dehnhardt
Jeff Grasso
Jeff Liu
Jeff Watkins
Jeff White
Jeremy Chien
Jesse Laidlaw
Joe Schacher
Joep Meddens
Johan Råberg
John McNulty
John Sexton
Johnny Chop
Jonathan Laws
Josh Burgoa
Juan Espadas Carmona
Justin Iskra
Koos Cramer
Laurent Rippert
Leandro Saucedo
Levi Baumgardner
Luke Zinnen
Malte (Lukas Baum)
Marc Flore
Mark Jonovitch
Mark Price
Mats Furby
Matt Guido
Matt Shields
Matt Sperling
Matthew Simon
Max Schroeder
Michael Angelo Russo
Mike Harris
Mike VanDyke
Nick Cramer
Nick Ireland
Norton Fantenberg
Olga Dushina
Olof Robertsson
Owen Fletcher
P.J. Melies
Park Cofield
Paul Fiero
Paul Kovalov
Peter Fryland
Peter Monten
Phil Shary
Phillip Dow
Rajah James
Robin Lundh
Roger Thomas
Ryan Gresco
Ryan Rudolph
Ryan Working
Scott Bradley
Sean Duffy
Shane Chiasson
Shawn Sullivan
Stan Sterkendries
Steve McGrew
Taylor Quail
Thilo Herzog
Thomas Meddens
Thomas Ribet
Tylür Kahnle
Viacheslav Ivanov
Wilhelm Sahlberg
Will Larson
Will Magrann
Winston Wood
Zachary Dooling
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