DoIaF took place this past weekend, and maybe I somehow missed it all, but Ive not seen any information on it posted.

So, anybody knows anything? How many participants? Who won? Stats? Anything?

All I've seen is one Targ decklist that says it was Top16 at the tourney… which would suggest attendance was quite good, but is far from a confirmation.

-Istaril said:

Yeah, I've seen that too. In the comment he says they had 50 in the Joust and 40 in the Melee. All the more surprising the fora have been silent so far.

The joust was won by Chad B I believe playing Martell TLV. Top 8 had Stark Maesters, Martell TLV, Baratheon TLV, Stark TLV, Lanni City of Shadows, Stark Agendaless (high claim stuff), and 2 decks I don't remember.

Ratatoskr said:

Correct Latin plurals make me happy… even if technically the correct plural in english is in fact forums (which makes me sad). Many an undergraduate has been swiftly felled for writing "Bacteriums" or "Bacterias" on reports I've graded.

That sounds like a really great turnout! I am doubly surprised there hasn't been more information…

Hello, I will post something more formal tonight, but I was playing the agenda less Stark.

I made it to the final table and conceded to Chad due to already qualifying via the melee and overall champion.

I will post report and decklists if people are interested.

-Istaril said:

It is? And here I was, smugly patting myself on the back for being SO smart…

Contritionem praecedit superbia et ante ruinam exaltatur spiritus…

Ratatoskr said:

Salve, Ratatoskr! Te Latine loqui mihi placet! Omnia meliora sunt Latine dicta!

I was also at DoIaF, made the cut to top 16, and will post a formal report in the next few days.

I was also looking for some reports and news from the event. I went but wasn't sure what happened in the top 16 as I only placed 20th.

Also for the record I was one of the wildlings(Canadians) who climbed over the wall to come play. Looking forward to reading your reports

bergs206 said:

Why on earth would you quit the final?

I dont know why anyone would forfeit a final table or a top cut game. That could be the last time he ever makes a final table at major tourney and to bow out that way seems like a **** move. Nobody wants to win that way and I'd like to think that we all play this game competitively to play the very best players at the highest level.

I was there at Days that night. I went to going drinking at a nearby bar at about 1030pm after the Top 8 round finished. Less than hour later the TOs walk into the bar and tell us there's a winner by forfeit. It wasn't like it was super late into night and everyone was tired. The TOs had even scheduled the final matches the following morning to avoid that.

After Worlds Finals was marred by DQs i would be nice to go to a tournament where the winner plays and completes all this games so that where is no question he earned it.

I was close to making Top 16 cut. If that guy didn't want to play, do me the favor of quitting before you show up and give people like me the chance to play.

schi0384 said:

While he deserves your ire for retiring when you feel you had a shot, if you don't make the cut in a tournament you don't deserve to win that tournament. If you deserved to play in that top 16, you would have made the cut.

I don't like an unexplained forfeit, though. If you sit down and do not intend to do all you possibly can to win the tournament, you should definitely be bowing out before the cut. You probably shouldn't even enter the tournament. If you were there to have fun, don't deny the people that were there to win the opportunity to win. It's unsportsmanlike.

schi0384 said:

I have known him for a long time, and he is a stand up guy. Also, I have been playing cards with him for years, and can report that he is essentially always at the final table, and not just with AGoT. I will let him reply for himself, if he chooses to. But, if not, you can be confident that he is not the unsportsmanlike type.

mdc273 said:

I'm not saying I deserved to win the tournament or even top cut (although it was 15 way tie between all of 3-2 records and strength of schedule is what got me. That would be different if he didn't play or maybe it wouldn't of matter). Either way next time, I'll make sure I'll win enough so that strength of schedule has nothing to do with my positioning. Regardless, my point is still valid.

People have been telling me he is a stand up guy. I hope he is, I sure he is. There wasn't any major drama or bad vibes, but these games were running 20 minutes long and the tourney was way ahead schedule so unless he had cripple diarrhea or a family emergency shouldn't he at least stomach the agony of playing a game that I'd dream to play in, hell he could of just flopped a setup and not marshal anything claiming he got all events and attachments and the game would be over soon enough.

While I understand the frustration of having your opponent concede, a concession is not at all the same thing as a disqualification.

I am a little fuzzy on details. So the guy quit because he had over all sewn up with Melee and Joust performance?

schi0384 said:

Cool, my apologies for calling your post out. If you look at all my posts, I'm pretty much always posting contrary to what everyone thinks. I wanted to make sure that the point of view that making the cut is an honor, rather than a right, was not lost. You also point out one thing that I feel is pretty key. If I had a player drop out before final cut was declared, I would actually prefer to give the first seed a bye than to allow in a player who didn't make the cut. I don't know that this will ever be commonplace, but it is much more fair. The person that made the cut played in such a way as to eliminate all those who did not make the cut. The only way you would get an accurate cut at the point of him dropping out is if he in fact had not participated in the tournament at all.

I know I've felt the exact same way as you mentioned in your post. "F%#^ that dude who isn't even trying to win!", LoL.