What an interesting day we had in Des Plaines!

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Saturday Sept 25th
at the Des Plaines Public Library

We had a total of 42 players... 9 Jrs, 10 Srs, and 23 Masters

Well was quite a day in Des Plaines! Unfortunately the day started out with a 'Perfect Storm' of computer problems... my recently upgraded laptop had a problem with my printer, normally not a problem just to get a new printer driver installed quickly, but this particular one caused a big headache... so the tech guys at the library worked on getting us set up to project our pairings etc on the big screen in the room, meanwhile, pop some aspirin and onto the next laptop... which was then having a problem with our tournament program not loading properly... ok, time for some more aspirin.... 3rd laptop enters the picture, and for some reason known only to the higher ups in the universe, wouldn't work for us either. Clearly at this point I need a bigger bottle of aspirin... smiley

So, while we resolve these issues I decide to give everyone in the room a Booster Pack Door Prize, hoping to help make up for the delay. I think my cookies also helped with that a little. (in honor of the release of the Japanese Black & White video game, I made chocolate chunk cookies and sugar cookies) So finally we got things rolling connecting one comp to the other and projecting it up on the big screen for everyone, And once we got things going, all went very well. We had pizza in between rounds to help save time on a lunch break, then gave away some fun door prizes, including a Porygon 2 hat I made and a Free Pre Pass into my next Triumphant Prerelease Oct 23rd.

On to our winners! smiley

The top 4 finishers in each of the three age divisions received the following prizes:

1st Place

  • 4 Pokémon TCG booster packs.
  • A Victory Medal—Silver promo card
JUNIORS
SENIORS
MASTERS
Xander P
Tommy M
Vincent B

 

2nd Place

  • 4 Pokémon TCG booster packs.
JUNIORS
SENIORS
MASTERS
Sabrina M
Nathan P
Justin W

 

3rd and 4th Places

  • 2 Pokémon TCG booster packs.
JUNIORS
SENIORS
MASTERS
Sarah M
Ben M
Stephan B
Stephan R Jessica J Quinn D

 

In addition to the prizes for the Top 4 players, we also had lots of Door Prizes,

a 'Free Pree Pass' to the Triumphant Prerelease in Rockford, which went to Kevin A,

and the Porygon2 Pokemon Hat went to Kat A

Here's a link to the pictures!

Overall I think everyone had a fun time, and again, my deepest apologies to my Judges for the extra stress and to the players for the rough/late start. As an organizer, there's no excuse for letting that happen, and trust me, it won't happen again. Thanks for coming everyone! Hope to see all of you join us up in Rockford for our Battle Road on Oct 9th! smiley

Look forward to seeing you soon in Janesville or Rockford!