Monday, July 29, 2019

5th Annual Singles Tournament - July 28th, 2019

The official rogue's gallery

Look at these 32 beautiful faces!  (Well, 31...somebody had to take the picture!)  You can see the hope and optimism brimming from them all, united in their quest to bury the other 31...to win the biggest single's tournament in the land!

Whooooo-doggy, 31 one of them went home losers!  But one, JUST ONE, hoisted the trophy and claimed the title of SINGLES CHAMP!  So...who won?  Let's start with the final four!

One year we'll figure out how not to stand in the light...

Ryan's Obi-Wan Kenobi tore through the Emperor's Throne room with relative ease, even defeating Darth Maul in the sweet 16 (JD) and elite 8 (Kaleb).  On the flip side of the board, Rob's Yoda took a long and hard haul across the Carbon Freezing Chamber, securing his second straight final four with Yoda.  That included an impossible come-from-behind victory over Ryan's Jango Fett of all people, and an EPIC elite 8 battle with Curtis' Obi-Wan that ended on a Force Push.

On the prequel side of the tournament, newcomer Troy came out of NOWHERE to ride his Emperor Palpatine all the way to the final four on the Kamino Platform.  Nobody ever saw the Emperor go so deep in the tournament before!  On Geonosis, it was Grant's Count Dooku turning his middle of the board starting point into a butt-whippin' station!  Improbably, he had to get through Troy's other elite 8 character (Obi-Wan) to do it.

Ryan's well timed Force Balance against Rob won him a spot in the finals against Troy's Emperor, who continued to surprise those still left in the building with his tenacity as he sent home Grant.

Who won...?

Your 2019 Singles Champion!
TROY!!!  The rookie to the single's tournament took his knowledge gained from the underground games in North Village and turned it into a decisive win!  And with the Emperor!?!?!  THAT'S INSANE!  Poor Troy has to undergo ACL surgery tomorrow - he's going to wake up from anesthesia and think it was all a dream!

Thanks to everyone who turned out, helped behind the scenes, brought their copy of the game, etc.  We couldn't do it without you!!!  Enjoy the final brackets and these other pics from the day...




Oodles of Odles with love from their home planet

Rachel wins for Best Dressed and Most Likely
to Cause Nightmares

Shawn was runner-up for Best Dressed.
Ryan won for Biggest Troll.


Duelers as far as the eye can see!


Congrats to Miles - youngest Dueler ever!


Riley sneaking that smile before declaring
victory over her nemesis Joel!


That's Aly's "I'm having fun" face!



The Committee for Getting Jasmine W. to Play - Annual Meeting.
The Honorable Chairperson Jocelyn presiding.



Rematch from last year's final!



Elite 8 - Geonosis



Elite 8 - Carbon Freezing Chamber



Elite 8 - Emperor's Throne Room



Elite 8 - Kamino Platform



Rob doesn't care - he'll Force Lift everyone!!!



Prequel Boards Final



Original Trilogy Boards Final



The Final Two


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