The German Netrunner Nationals

by Lukas Kautzsch
edited by Jens Kreutzer

On 11-12 September 2004, Karlsruhe City Grid hosted the German Netrunner Nationals 2004. There were twelve participants in total, eleven in the Sealed Deck/Draft tournament on Saturday and six in the Highlander Constructed tournament on Sunday. We played a Draft format with one double starter, one limited booster, one normal and one rareless Proteus booster and one Classic booster per player. Eleven people showed up and played four rounds (Swiss system). Five players selected the "Weefle" option, playing Sealed instead of Draft.

Day 1: Sealed Deck/Draft tournament

1. Fabian Fritzer	6.5 GP		66-27 AP
2. Roland Schediwy	6.0 GP		63-29 AP
3. Dieter Geulen* (S)	5.3 GP		57-45 AP
4. Sven Helmer	4.5 GP	21.0 OGP	51-39 AP
5. Olaf Wolf	4.5 GP	17.2 OGP	49-45 AP
6. Lukas Kautzsch	4.0 GP	18.8 OGP	44-43 AP
7. Wolf-Christian Gantert (S)	4.0 GP	15.8 OGP	46-53 AP
8. Guenther Bogdan (S)	3.5 GP		43-49 AP
9. Martin Mueller*	2.7 GP		47-61 AP
10. Christian Schmidt* (S)	1.3 GP		35-71 AP
11. Askia Stieglitz* (S)	0.0 GP		16-80 AP

* = includes one bye; (S) = chose to play Sealed instead of Draft.

Day 2 saw a Highlander Constructed tournament. Only five people managed to play in both tournaments, but a newcomer swelled our ranks on Sunday, enabling us to avoid any byes.

Day 2: Highlander Constructed tournament

1. Fabian Fritzer	5 GP	63-33 AP
2. Roland Schediwy	5 GP	52-52 AP
3. Olaf Wolf	4 GP	50-44 AP
4. Lukas Kautzsch	4 GP	45-59 AP
5. Jens Kreutzer	3 GP	49-58 AP
6. Wolf-Christian Gantert	3 GP	40-53 AP

Combined Ranking (Day 1 + Day 2)

1. Fabian Fritzer	11.5 GP	129-60 AP
2. Roland Schediwy	11.0 GP	115-81 AP
3. Olaf Wolf	8.5 GP	99-89 AP
4. Lukas Kautzsch	8.0 GP	89-102 AP
5. Wolf-Christian Gantert	7.0 GP	86-106 AP
6. Dieter Geulen	5.3 GP	57-45 AP
7. Sven Helmer	4.5 GP	51-39 AP
8. Guenther Bogdan	3.5 GP	43-49 AP
9. Jens Kreutzer	3.0 GP	49-58 AP
10. Martin Mueller	2.7 GP	47-61 AP
11. Christian Schmidt	1.3 GP	35-71 AP
12. Askia Stieglitz	0.0 GP	16-80 AP

So Fabian Fritzer is the old and new German national champion - for the third time after 2001 and 2003. Congratulations!