World Domination 1999: Dreff's Revenge

by Lukas Kautzsch, An der Rossweid 18a, 76229 Karlsruhe, Germany

The qualification stage is over: A total of 184 players showed up in 25 World Domination Qualifier events from March 12th to April 25th, leading to 42 qualified players in addition to the 19 prequalified ones (top places from last year's World Domination and National/Regional championships). 21 of these players come from the United States, 15 from Germany, 6 from the UK, 4 each from France, Canada, and Brazil, 2 each from Belgium and Switzerland, and 1 each from the Netherlands, Australia, and New Zealand.

There will be 7 World Domination round 1 tournaments:

1. Marshak's House of Fantasy, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A., Tel.(970) 224-3599, on June 12th, at 10:30 am. Organizer: Tobin Lopes (reigning world champion), Tel. (970) 407-9223.

2. PTV-Haus, Stumpfstr. 1, Karlsruhe, Germany, Tel. +49 (0)721-9651-428, on June 19th, at 12:00 noon. Organizer: Lukas Kautzsch, Tel. +49 (0)721-616815 or -9651-304.

3. "Sinead's Ireland" pub, Vrij Enterpot, Kop van Zuid, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on June 27th, at 12:00 noon. Organizer: Arjaan Den Ouden, Tel. +31 (0)10-485 45 94. This event will be a "double header" yielding two Finalists (because of the high number of participants).

4. New York City, U.S.A., on July 10th. Organizer: Tim Guillette, Emory Street, Brockton, MA 02301, U.S.A.

5. Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., on July 18th. Organizer: Jennifer Clarke Wilkes, c/o WotC US.

6. IRC America, starting on July 19th. Organizer: Tim Guillette (see above).

7. IRC Europe, starting on July 19th. Organizer: Lukas Kautzsch (see above).

Only the winner from each WD round 1 tournament (except Rotterdam) will advance to the WD Finals (runner-up taking his or her place if necessary). The WD '99 Finals will take place on IRC, in late July/August.

The basic format for all WD round 1 events will be Sealed Deck: one starter, one regular and one Proteus booster. The Finals will include an additional Unlimited Constructed tournament. All tournaments will use scoring by GMP and Swiss Pairing (where round-robin is not feasible).

Nonqualified players may play in side events where available (ask the organizer): In Rotterdam there are open tourneys scheduled for Saturday (June 26th) and Sunday, in Karlsruhe for Saturday (June 19th).

The official rules for WD '99 as well as a list of all registered tournaments and results can be found at the WD '99 homepage.