World Domination 1999 Results

by Lukas Kautzsch

The finals of this year's Netrunner World Championships are over: Three rounds of Sealed Deck and three rounds of Unlimited Constructed were completed in seven weeks' time, with all 24 matches really played (no forfeits, no drop-outs), as is to be expected from the final stage of such an event.

Final rankings of the Sealed Deck tournament:

1. Ocke Roerden (GER) 7.0 GMP, 17.5 Opponents' GMP
2. Byron Bailey (USA) 7.0 GMP, 14.0 Opponents' GMP
3. Richard Cripe (USA) 5.5 GMP
4. Holger Janssen (GER) 5.0 GMP
5. Philip Harvey (UK) 4.0 GMP
6. David Bartholow (USA) 3.5 GMP
7. Scott Dickie (USA) 3.0 GMP
8. Jens Kreutzer (GER) 1.0 GMP


Final rankings of the Unlimited Constructed tournament:

1. Byron Bailey (USA) 8.0 GMP
2. David Bartholow (USA) 6.0 GMP, 18.0 Opponents' GMP
3. Richard Cripe (USA) 6.0 GMP, 13.0 Opponents' GMP
4. Holger Janssen (GER) 4.0 GMP
5. Ocke Roerden (GER) 3.0 GMP, 14.0 Opponents' GMP, 26-46 AP
6. Scott Dickie (USA) 3.0 GMP, 14.0 Opponents' GMP, 24-44 AP
7. Jens Kreutzer (GER) 3.0 GMP, 13.0 Opponents' GMP
8. Philip Harvey (UK) 3.0 GMP, 9.0 Opponents' GMP


Combined rankings:

1. Byron Bailey (USA) 15.0 GMP
2. Richard Cripe (USA) 11.5 GMP
3. Ocke Roerden (GER) 10.0 GMP
4. David Bartholow (USA) 9.5 GMP
5. Holger Janssen (GER) 9.0 GMP
6. Philip Harvey (UK) 7.0 GMP
7. Scott Dickie (USA) 6.0 GMP
8. Jens Kreutzer (GER) 4.0 GMP


This means that Byron Bailey is Netrunner World Champion 1999. Congrats! At least Richard Cripe and Ocke Roerden are qualified for next year's second round as well (with details to be determined by the WD 2000 Committee). Here is a statistical overview of the kind of decks that were played in the Constructed Finals round:

WD '99 Finals Constructed Decks:

CORP

6 Corp War Tag 'n' Bag
4 Artificial Security Directors/Corp War
3 Tycho Extension fast advancement
3 Greyhound Demolition Derby
2 Fetal AI
2 Rent-to-Own
1 AI Chief Financial Officer/Employee Empowerment + Surprise
1 Tycho Extension Tag 'n' Bag
1 Braindance/Data Fort Reclamation fast advancement
1 Employee Empowerment fast advancement


RUNNER

5 Preying Mantis/Poisoned Water Supply/Emergency Self-Construct (no-run Bad Publicity)
4 Precision Bribery/Time to Collect
4 R&D Protocol Files/Microtech AI Interface (plus HQ Attack)
3 TagMe with R&D Protocol Files/Microtech AI Interface
2 Big Dig
1 Ice Destruction, R&D Protocol Files/Microtech AI Interface (plus HQ Attack)
1 R&D Protocol Files/Technician Lover with bonus AP cards (Hot Tip for WNS etc.)
1 Moles plus Synchronized Attack on HQ
1 TagMe, R&D Protocol Files with Scaldan
1 TagMe, Rush Hour
1 TagMe, HQ Attack Bit Denial (Priority Wreck, Taxman)


All in all it was a high-class event, especially in Sealed where everybody seemed to know what they were doing. Some players proved that they lacked experience with Unlimited Constructed (or possibly only with the decks they used). Not everybody was happy with the amount of "cheese" encountered, but several of those matches were still interesting - if only at the beginning. And the goal of this event was to become World Champion, not to get a prize for innovation. The match log files and the Constructed decklists are available at the WD '99 homepage.

Many thanks to the people who made it all possible by judging some of the IRC matches. In the Finals these were: Jason Erdmann, Tobin Lopes, Byron Massey, Jeff Sutherland and Holger Janssen (the very last match, which didn't have any influence on his own result). In IRC Europe (WD '99 round 1) The Mysterious Kiran (Patel) was an invaluable help, as was Tim Guillette, who organized the first part of IRC America. And don't we forget the organizers and judges of WDQ and WD round 1 meatspace tournaments - thanks to you all!

It was a huge task and I'm happy that it is done now and worked out so nicely at the end. I apologize for all inconveniences and the huge delays in WD '99 round 1. Please give all your support to the organizer(s) of World Domination 2000 (where I will be allowed to play again finally...)!

Yours, Lukas Kautzsch