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2012/04 – Chicago, Illinois

QQ: “And then I’m going to DESTROY THE WORLD!!!”

April 30th, 2012

Many villains have menaced the world throughout the several Yu-Gi-Oh! TV series.

One fateful day, in the land of imagination, those villains crossed paths!

It’s a master villain 3-way free-for-all Duel! Who wins: Marik, Sartorius, or Rex Goodwin?

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Sunday Dragon Duel Finalists

April 30th, 2012

And here are the top Duelists from Sunday’s Dragon Duel event!

Each of them receives an invitation to the 2012 Dragon Duel World Championship Qualifier, a 2012 Regional Game Mat, a Dragon Duel Medal, and a Dragon Duel T-Shirt.

That’s all from Chicago. We’ll see everyone again in Philadelphia for the next Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series event on May 19-20! Be sure and check back for news from the very first Battle Pack: Epic Dawn events, plus the first major event to allow Galactic Overlord cards!

Sunday Dragon Duel Finalists

YCS Chicago First-Timers!

April 30th, 2012

YCS events bring all people from all walks of life, all age groups, and all levels of experience. Here we have some Illinois players who are enjoying their very first YCS!

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Sunday Dragon Duel Roundup

April 30th, 2012

As our Sunday Dragon Duel was just getting started, we took a look at the action in the first round.

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Public Events Playoffs Feature Match: Andrew Henderson (Dino-Rabbits) versus Brian Small (HEROes)

April 30th, 2012

At the end of every event, we have two separate playoffs based on Public Events. One Set has players selected based on the number of points they accumulated in Public Events throughout the weekend. The other chooses its players randomly. The winners of each receive a Super Rare Blood Mefist card! This match is the finals for the random playoffs, so these Duelists were chosen completely at random!

Andrew Henderson is a Minnesota native, who has previously won a Crush Card Virus in public event playoffs. He’s back to try once more with Dino-Rabbit! Brian Small is joining him in the finals with his HERO deck. This is Brian’s first YCS event!

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Final Round Feature Match: Aaron Noel versus Daniel Nunnally (both Dino-Rabbit)

April 30th, 2012

After fifteen rounds of play, the final match was a Dino-Rabbit mirror match! Aaron Noel had piloted his Deck past Simon Yip’s Chaos Dragons in the semi-finals, while Daniel Nunnally took down Billy Brake and his Inzektor Deck. After two grueling days, the final match was here!

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Aaron Noel wins YCS Chicago

April 30th, 2012

Aaron Noel was 2010 Canadian National Champion and made it to the Top 8 of the World Championship that year has triumphed in Chicago! Using Maestroke the Symphony Djinn to win a Dino-Rabbit mirror match against Daniel Nunnally to top a field of 1,170 Duelists!

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YCS Champion Aaron Noel

Semi-Finals Feature Match: Aaron Noel (Dino-Rabbits) versus Simon Yip (Chaos Dragons)

April 29th, 2012

Simon Yip is the last Chaos Dragon Duelist in the tournament! His opponent is Aaron Noel, playing Dino Rabbits. The Duelists shook hands and we were ready to begin!

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Top 16 Feature Match: Caleb Albert (Inzektors) vs. Jason Jadofsky (HEROes)

April 29th, 2012

Caleb Albert traveled here from Michigan this weekend, using Inzektors. Jason Jadofsky is from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We saw him in our Round 3 Round-Up, where his HERO deck defeated Dino-Rabbits. He is now the last HERO player in contention.

Jadofsky wanted to make sure to point out that he wasn’t using a playmat. “It’s bad juju! I went the whole tournament playing on the tablecloth!”

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Top 32 Feature Match: Matthew Bishop (Dino-Rabbit) versus Tyler Tabman (Gravekeepers)

April 29th, 2012

Tyler Tabman is here from Overland Park, Kansas, and is running the last Gravekeepers deck in contention today. Matthew Bishop traveled all the way from Toronto! He brought his Dino Rabbit deck.

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