Jose Cubero from Costa Rica! Congratulations Jose, we’ll see you in Amsterdam!
And a huge thank you to all the Duelists that traveled to the WCQ this weekend. Keep on Dueling and we’ll see you next year!
Excitement is mounting as we get closer to seeing who will represent Central America at the 2011 World Championship in Amsterdam.
Emmanuel Peñaranda from Costa Rica with his Scraps
versus
Cesar Saborio from Costa Rica with his Gladiator Beasts
Anibal Valverde Mendoza from Mexico with his Six Samurai
versus
Jose Cubero from Costa Rica with his Tengu Synchro
With the Top 16 concluded, we’re now on to the Top 8. Here are the pairings for the Top 8.
Emmanuel Peñaranda from Costa Rica (Scraps)
vs.
Oscar Martinez Romero from Mexico (Tengu Synchron)
Emmanuel Peñaranda from Costa Rica wins and advances to Top 4!
Cesar Saborio from Costa Rica (Gladiator Beasts)
vs.
Luis Herrera Melara from El Salvador (Tengu Synchron)
Cesar Saborio from Costa Rica wins and advances to Top 4!
Anibal Valverde Mendoza from Mexico (Six Samurai)
vs.
Emmanuel Rios Carmona from Mexico (X-Sabers)
Anibal Valverde Mendoza from Mexico wins and advances to Top 4!
Jose Cubero from Costa Rica (Tengu Synchron)
vs.
Jonathan Zaldana from Panama (Tengu Synchron)
Jose Cubero from Costa Rica wins and advances to Top 4!
Day 2 has begun, and amidst the Public Events, the Main Event continues. We’re getting closer to seeing who will be the Central American representative at the World Championship this year. Here’s who proceeded to the Top 16:
1 – Anibal Valverde Mendoza (Six Samurai)
2 – Jose Cubero (Tengu Synchron)
3 – Alejandro Reyes Suarez (Mexican National Champion – Six Samurai)
4 – Josue Gil (Guatemalan National Champion – Tengu Synchro)
5 – Galileo De Obaldia (Panamanian National Champion, World Champion 2010 – Tengu Synchro)
6 – Rolando Gordon Bustamante (Tengu Synchron)
7 – Emanuel Rios Carmona (X-Saber)
8 – Cesar Saborio (Gladiator Beasts)
9 – Luis Herrera Melara (Tengu Synchron)
10 – Franz Segura (Tengu Synchron)
11 – Oscar Martinez Romero (Tengu Synchron)
12 – Pedro Buitrago (Worm)
13 – Jonathan Zaldana (Tengu Synchron)
14 – Ernesto Gomez Hernandez (Tengu Synchron)
15 – Emmanuel Peñaranda (Scraps)
16 – William Morales (Gladiator Beasts)
The first of the ATTACK OF THE GIANT CARDS!! were run today. The 3 cards up for grabs are the prize cards that are being given out to the Top 4:
Meklord Emperor Granel
T.G. Hyper Librarian
Meklord Astro Mekanikle
Today’s winner, Carlos Vidal from Guatemala, walked away with…yup, you guessed it, T.G. Hyper Librarian! He encourages all Duelists to participate more in these premier level tournaments, and was thrilled that the WCQ – Central America was being held in a different country for the first time, and looks forward to more events in other Central American countries.
We’ve completed all 8 rounds of the WCQ – Central America, and await for 5 more rounds tomorrow to see who will represent Central America at the World Championship. Here are the Top 32 winners and the Decks they’re playing:
1 – Edgar Tornell Gonzalez (Tengu Synchro)
2 – Anibal Valverde Mendoza (Six Samurai)
3 – Jose Cubero (Tengu Synchro)
4 – Alejandro Reyes Suarez (Mexican National Champion – Six Samurai)
5 – Josue Gil (Guatemalan National Champion – Tengu Synchro)
6 – Galileo De Obaldia (Panamanian National Champion, World Champion 2010 – Tengu Synchro)
7 – Rolando Gordon Bustamante (Tengu Synchro)
8 – Luis Chung Kam (Gravekeepers)
9 – Nelson Zuñiga (Tengu Synchro)
10 – Emanuel Rios Carmona (X-Saber)
11 – Andres Loria (Gravekeepers)
12 – Cesar Saborio (Gladiator Beasts)
13 – Luis Herrera Melara (Tengu Synchro)
14 – Franz Segura (Tengu Synchro)
15 – Marco Montero (Tengu Synchro)
16 – Oscar Martinez Romero (Tengu Synchro)
17 – Alejandro Rodas Gudiel (Light Gemini Beatdown)
18 – Pedro Buitrago (Worm)
19 – Mario Chicas Hernandez (Tengu Synchro)
20 – Eli Cerdan Flores (Tengu Synchro)
21 – David Chavarria Amaya (Tengu Synchro)
22 – Jonathan Zaldana (Tengu Synchro)
23 – Carlos Angel Estrada (X-Saber)
24 – Ernesto Gomez Hernandez (Tengu Synchro)
25 – Emmanuel Peñaranda (Scraps)
26 – Osvaldo Arrieta (Six Samurai)
27 – Alejandro Navarro (Six Samurai)
28 – Alfredo Donado Lu (T.G.)
29 – Alex Phillips (Fabled)
30 – Andres Chacon (Scraps)
31 – Luis Ulloa (Tengu Synchro)
32 – William Morales (Gladiator Beasts)
Good luck to everyone tomorrow!
Here are the winners from the Dragon Duel on Saturday. From the left is 12-year-old Abraham, who’s been playing for a year now. His older brothers got him into the game. Today, he came prepared with his Warrior Deck. Next to him is 12-year-old Sebastian, originally from Italy. He’s been playing for about 6 years now at this home store, Avalon Game Arena, who is our Official Tournament Store and organizer for this WCQ. He came with his Blackwing Deck and says he plays Yu-Gi-Oh! because it helps his mind and intelligence! Angel, next to him, is the 11-year-old winner of today’s Dragon Duel. He loves his new game mat that he won with his Lightsworn Deck. On the very right is Alexander, who said that it was his first time in an official tournament. He said it was the best! This 12-year-old also started about 6 years ago, and was playing his Ancient Gear Deck today.
Top 4 Dragon Duelers!
Meet cousins Pedro and Angel Cortes, the youngest contenders to participate in the Main Event this weekend. They came from Mexico, where we first saw them at the YCS – Mexico. This weekend, 10-year-old Pedro is playing with his Dragon Deck. He loves the bleachers in the venue, the prizes, and his message to his friends? “Try to win!”
His 11-year-old cousin, Angel, is happy to be training against lots of different Duelists here, loved the participation mat and sleeves, and says about the event “It’s very cool and I recommend you come!” Angel is playing his Banishing Deck.
Bleachers? What bleachers? This weekend, we’ve taken over the basketball stadium at the Costa Rica Tennis Club!
Bleachers!
This is Rebeka Perez from Costa Rica. She qualified at the Last Chance Qualifiers yesterday. She started playing about 3 years ago because her son was into the game, and she wanted to play with her son. Today, she’s playing with a Gladiator Beast Deck, complete with the new GB cards from Extreme Victory!
As Round 4 gets underway, we were able to take a quick look at what type of Decks the Duelists were playing. The predominant Decks are Tengu-Synchro and Six Samurai, but we’re seeing everything from Blackwings, Gravekeepers, Fabled, T.G., Dragunities, X-Sabers, Gladiator Beasts, Lightsworn, Psychics, Scraps, Infernities, Plants, Zombies, Naturias and Worms to name but a few. Great Deck diversity in Central America! Let’s see who will make it into the Top!
