For the second year in a row, thirty-two pillars of the Epic Dueling community came together in a demonstration of civility and camaraderie to extol on the virtues of fellowship and sportsmanship oh who the heck am I kidding - they came TO DO BATTLE!!!
Thirty-two duelers, 128 entries...and only one winner! So who achieved the impossible, who stood on the massive pile of crushed dreams and light sabers...?
BRANNON WON!!! In a shocking evolution in the singles tournament, three of the final four spots were captured by dark side characters, including two places for Darth Maul, whom Brannon used to vanquish every foe in his path. Congrats to Brannon!!! Maul becomes the first dark side character to win the singles tournament.
It was a crazy and well-balanced Duel as there were eight unique Duelers in the elite eight, also a first in tournament history. It was also the first time since the first singles tournament that the same character played against itself, happening three or four times on the day.
Congrats to the final four as well! Joel, playing in his first tourney, took Count Dooku all the way through the Emperor's Throne Room to win that region before getting quickly destroyed by Brannon's Maul. JD appeared in his third straight final four, also using Darth Maul to lock down the Kamino Platform region. He faced Rob and Yoda out of the Geonosis Arena, but sadly, he was denied a spot in the final match for the third straight year when Yoda outlasted Maul the first time before falling to Brannon in a classic back and forth match. Here are the results, as well as a whole batch of pictures from the day. Enjoy!
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| Winners: Best Dressed Duelers |
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| Riley and JD taking Joel and Alex R to school |
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| Two previous winners doing battle in the first round!?! |
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| A bumper crop of Duelers. So beautiful. |
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| Oodles of Odles, two of which made the Elite 8! |
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| Delacy and Grant, radiating intensity. |
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| Good Sportsmanship Award: Riley |
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| The Committee to Convince Jasmine to Play Epic Duels, led by Chairwoman Jocelyn |
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| Marital Strife! (Courtney won!) |
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| It was a rough day for Alex, but we wish him well on his adventures overseas and hope to Duel with him again in the future... |
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| No words necessary. |
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| This one was over before it started - ouch! |
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| ...and then there were two! |
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| The oldest and youngest duelers...proud father of a fantastic padawan. |
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