Spellfire:
OK, these are the guys
I played in the first round of the Wold Championship (which I quit afterwords
because I had a game at 5pm, and it took over 4 hours just to finish the
opening round!). Pictured is Greg Kilberger (the Points Guy with
a funky Spellfire hat made of cards!) and Kevin Sandersfeld.
These are the gentleman
I played in the opening round of the Sealed Deck tournament. On the
left is Charles Cantrell, and on the right is Mike "Lamma of Death" Rittle.
OK, he didn't call himself that, but I still think it sounds funny...
Here are some of the opponents
from a pick-up game or two, who faced the wrath of the immortal Popporatzi
deck (fighting quite well, I should note). Left to right is Ken
McKinney and Zachary "Welcome to my Underground Lair" Henkel. Yes,
he playes as animatedly he smiles :)
Speaking of fun games,
here is another, playing using the One Deck (slightly modified since JenCon
9-'99). Playing with me (left to right) are Johan Bayer, Phil "DemonDog"
Cornett, and Faith. Searching his cards behind Faith (or is that
her bag...) appears to be Kevin Curtis.
Speaking of that game,
here we can see an event that occured during it. I believe it had
something to do with Phil giving Faith money for something. I believe
here is where they are arguing over the price. Maybe I should of
held this for blackmail... *Ouch*
And here are some other
Jokers from around the con. The name of the gentleman on the left
escapes me, but the guy with the tounge is Bryan "Tokkon" Grube, and the
guy on the right trying to swipe a few more cards is Shane "Bluntaxe" Reeves.
Here, we see some of the
people who frequently visited the SF area. The big headed man is
James McCoy (World Champ '98), the bleached and tattooed man is our own
beloved Jim "The Unclean" Butler, and the gentleman hiding behind him and
ignoring the photographer is Johan Beyer, the Man from Columbia.
More faces that many Spellfirers
should know. To the left is Mike Lipe (husband), central is Robin
Lipe (wife), and the man with the folded hands is the one and only Tony
"Wytefang" DuLac. They all look so calm here, don't they...
The Moo World Order was
also in attendance. Here we see Brenda "Faith" Reeves working on
here moves on one Bill "War Party" Blanton. Phil Cornett watches
with glee in the background...
In a more festive moment,
we see War Party throwing his hands up (maybe at what Dave said).
Next to him is that Dave, being Dave "Wierd Pete" Davis. This, like
much of the weekend, was during the wait for another game to start.
Oh course, Brenda (Faith)
found more ways to get in trouble. This is her sitting on Mike Huebbe's
(The Ogre) lap. Boy, talk about Blackmail material. However,
they didn't pay, which is why it is up on this site. War Party Bill
and Bryan (Tokkon) can't even bear to look at where their hands (mercifully
out of the picture) were. *Ouch Again!*
Here, we see the true muscle
behind Spellfire for many years. Seated at the table (far end to
close), you have Mike "Tired, Late Judge" Heubbe again, Jim "The Bleached
and the Beautiful" Bulter, Dori "The Barbarian" Hein/Olmsedahl, and Bill
"Golem Boy" Olmsedahl at the Spellfire Seminar. Behind them supporting
peace is Anthony T., the man who won the Master's Tournament. Lotta
power between them all...
Of course, the Con also
let us see who deserved to be the world champion, and this was the finals
of the World Championship. Seated around left to right, we have Bob
Carmichael, Tony "Chaoslord" Novello, Mike "Gib Ekim" Postulat, and Bo
Novello. Tony became the first 2 time Spellfire World Champion.
Netrunner:
Hard runs are what keep
runners together. The one thing me, Jeff, and Bryan (shown left to
right as we prepare to severly beat Jeff) can fully agree on is Netrunner.
Here we are, wearing our nifty shirts we got for playing, ready to get
into the second half of the National Championship. Some corp was
going to pay!!!
We weren't the only nuts
out there. Here you see some others. On the left is Jason Erdmann
(I faced him both in Sealed and Constructer format; He was the only one
I faced both ways), and the red shirt next to him belongs to Rob Konitzer,
NR enthusiest who has a fun Rent to Own deck. Standing behind him
with his head cut off is Scott Dickie, He did a great job judging
for us. Here, we're playing Saturday in the Sealed portion of the
National Championships.
This is a scene from a
pick-up game I was watching. The gentleman sitting on the right (Drew Hope) was having lots of fun with a Playful AI.
He'd get up to 10 dice rolling, and used the rest as bits. He gained
10 bits on that single AI! That was amazing, as was watching him
roll for approximately 5 solid minutes...
Here, we see some of the
Thrilled Combatants from Sunday's Constructed portion of the National Championship.
Here, the runner (on the right, I need a name) is thrilled to break into
Bryan's big subsidary data fort, which had Securtity Net Optimization,
a Code Corpse (Transmuted, no less!), Liche, Wall, and Zombie Protecting
it. I'd be thrilled too!
Completely pumped and drained
by adrenaline (or maybe Ludicrine!), Jason Erdmann falls back after winning as a runner with no bits left and no cards in his hand. Rob Konitzer,
never one to pass up a good oppertunity, kicks the man while he's down.
I took advantage with this picture too. Jason and I played often, and every match, particularly the final match WAS a killer...
Here is the final picture,
that of Rick Cripe getting the award for winning the Nation Championship.
Signed Art by Doug Schuler, and the card it is on was the prize.
Second Place was Jason (see above), and Third was myself. All three
of us got automatic berths into World Domination. Yeah!
Planescape:
This is from the first
round of Project PSC-1A3, the Planescape (AD&D) game I played.
Pictured is the one guy who got into the second round with me (who I can't
remember the name of for the life of me!). He played a female half
elf ranger, while I played a female Hill Dwarf Fighter/Psionicist.
Great game. Thanks Game Base 7!
This was the group that
played in the second round of Project PSC - 1A3, the Planescape game I
played. I don't have most of their names, but you can see Mike Stone,
the GM, on the right. He did a good job.
Other Stuff:
There were some amazing things at the Con.
Here, for instance, what started as just a fun thing to do to waste time
became a big project. What you see is Cardland, a city of cards donated
from many CCGs. It took over 19 tables and the space between them,
took three days to build, and then demolished for charity. All had
fun, and it goes to prove that even gamers can lend a helping hand...
This is just a fun pick-up game Jeff picked up
at the con. It is called Beer, and it's a silly fun game. Not
bad, but far from Great too. This picture has Jeff Sheehan on the
left, and Bryan Grube on the right. I believe I got the most drunk
in this game...
For those of you who wondered, this is another horrible picture of
me (even though you saw me in the NR section). Thanks for coming
and looking at my work. Feel free to drop
me a line if you know a name I'm missing, or to tell me how much you
hate my work :) Thanks for visiting!