As has been pointed out, dc298 in round 1 actually eeked out the longest WB game title by 1 year!  Completely overlapping round 2 for those lucky enough to still be playing in it by that time...



From: Michael Sims
Sent: Mon 8/23/2010 9:39 AM
Subject: WB10 - Final!



Heya Blitzers,
 
The 21-year (longest game in WB history) showdown between Dirk, Dan, Ray, and Hamish of dc311 has come to the happy ending of a 3-way draw... er, at least as happy as a 3-way draw among 4 players can be!  But more importantly, this means our WB 2010 is complete!  Congratulations are in order for our winners...
 
BEST ROUND 1:
A tough call to make, Nick Powell and Joe Hackett both pulled off a first round solo victory.  So we have to look at the tiebreaks (which are the sum of the final scores of your opponents in that game) to determine who played the theoretical tougher competition... and at tiebreaks of 59.8 to 40.9, the BEST ROUND 1 goes solidly to JOE HACKETT!
 
BEST ROUND 2:
A much easier call to make, having the only solo victory in round 2, and the winner of the WB09 with 4 solos in 6 lifetime WB games, the BEST ROUND 2 goes easily to NIGEL PHILLIIPS!
 
And finally... the OVERALL WINNER, Champion of the WB 2010, with guaranteed entry to the upcoming DCI, and the first person to ever win the WB without a single solo victory... CHRIS MORSE pulled off back-to-back 2-Way Draws to win the WB! 
 
Congratulations to Chris, Joe, Nigel, everyone else who played, and our committed team of GMs that were here to make it all happen!
 
This year's team was:
 
Christine, Adam, Cory, Sam, Vegas, Fredrik, Darryl, John, and Alan.
 
Thank you all! 
 
We had a phenomenal 9-board turnout this year, and running that many boards to the aggressive WB schedule is no light task.  Several games went quite long, making the task even more daunting.  Without you all, the WB would not be possible.
 
We will circulate a little questionaire to get some feedback on the tournament.  Or if you'd just like to send your ad hoc comments, just send to feedback(at)diplomaticcorp.com.  If you would like to help put on next year's WB11, please inquire early so we can start putting together our team.
 
So signing off on behalf of Garry and myself - your WB 2010 Moderators, here's to a great turnout, great fun, and the best WB ever...
 
Thank you!
 
-mike
Order of the Onyx
www.diplomaticcorp.com
 
PS - entry for the 4th Annual Winter Blitz is now open! www.diplomaticcorp.com/winterblitz