REPORT of RESULTS

The 3rd annual Winter Derby is in the books! This year’s event saw 142 participants, representing 14 countries (Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, The Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States) spread across nine different time zones. Over the span of six weeks, we played roughly 525 matches of Old School Magic via webcam.

The Winter Derby is conducted under the Swedish 93/94 B&R list, allowing the full range of original art/old card frame re-prints (Revised, Chronicles, CE/IE, FBB/FWB, etc.), an approach that has become very common for online play internationally. And the stakes? Mostly just glory and bragging rights, along with an invitation to n00bcon 11 for the winner.

Pairings were released in two batches over the month of January, with all participants asked to schedule and play eight individual matches in about four weeks. After the batches were completed, we cut to Top 16 and played out a single-elimination bracket. The Winter Derby Finals were played on February 8th, and featured an American, Michael Scheffenacker (4C Swedish Atog feat. Su-Chi) versus Richard Stebbing (UR Counterburn) of the UK’s Brothers of Fire.

After all was said and done, Richard Stebbing was named the Winter Derby Champion for 2019, and received the n00bcon invitation! Congratulations to Richard, to all of the Top 16 finalists, and thank you, again, to all of the players who participated. Together, you’ve helped to make the semiannual Derby series a recurring celebration of the international Old School Magic community.

(Does this sound like fun? Join our online community of Old School Magic webcam players, where we post looking for pick-up games in our Facebook group and in the #down-to-play channel on the Old School Discord!)

STANDINGS AFTER BATCH PAIRINGS

TOP 16 DECK PHOTOS

9-16th Place: Markus Lundqvist (16)

9-16th Place: Rich Shay (15)

9-16th Place: John Tschida (14)

9-16th Place: Paul DeSilva (12)

9-16th Place: Elias Gröndal (11)

9-16th Place: Guillaume Denoix (9)

9-16th Place: Pez Unholy (7)

9-16th Place: Christian Reinhard (4)

5-8th Place: Florian von Bredow (13)

5-8th Place: Ben Twitchen (3)

5-8th Place: Ed Arneson (2)

5-8th Place: Svante Landgraf (1)

3-4th Place: Laurence Boulanger (6)

3-4th Place: Tobias Mieth (5)

2nd Place: Michael Scheffenacker (10)

1st Place: Richard Stebbing (8)

ALL DECK PHOTOS

(alphabetical order by first name)

Aaron Palaian

Adam Merkado-Weiss

Aleksandar Gonzalez

Alexander Pick

Alistair Ingram

Andreas Rosén

Andrew Oliva

Andrew Walker

Andy Swaffar

Anies van Tol

Anne Joldersma

Ash Anabtawi

Ben Katz

Benjamin Burke

Blake Burkholder

Bryan Manolakos

Cam Wall

Carl Bjornstad

Carter Petray

Chris Mason

Christopher Cooper

Christopher George

Constantine Prishvitsin

Cory Hanson

Craig Winzer

Curt Christian

Dan Claric

Daniel Yann Franzén

Danny Friedman

Dave Firth Bard

David Holler

Dean Costakis

Derek Walker

Duncan Devlin

Eliot Davidoff

Eric Fletcher

Erwin Demmer

Felix Schaub

Gabe Farkas

Gordon Andersson

Henk Willemse

James Lebak

Jan Eid

Jared Doucette

Jared Miller

Jason Collins

Jason Morawski

Jason Schwartz

Jason Seaman

Jason Williams

Jeff Dehnhardt

Jeff Grasso

Jeff Liu

Jeff Watkins

Jeff White

Jeremy Chien

Jesse Laidlaw

Joe Schacher

Joep Meddens

Johan Råberg

John McNulty

John Sexton

Johnny Chop

Jonathan Laws

Josh Burgoa

Juan Espadas Carmona

Justin Iskra

Koos Cramer

Laurent Rippert

Leandro Saucedo

Levi Baumgardner

Luke Zinnen

Malte (Lukas Baum)

Marc Flore

Mark Jonovitch

Mark Price

Mats Furby

Matt Guido

Matt Shields

Matt Sperling

Matthew Simon

Max Schroeder

Michael Angelo Russo

Mike Harris

Mike VanDyke

Nick Cramer

Nick Ireland

Norton Fantenberg

Olga Dushina

Olof Robertsson

Owen Fletcher

P.J. Melies

Park Cofield

Paul Fiero

Paul Kovalov

Peter Fryland

Peter Monten

Phil Shary

Phillip Dow

Rajah James

Robin Lundh

Roger Thomas

Ryan Gresco

Ryan Rudolph

Ryan Working

Scott Bradley

Sean Duffy

Shane Chiasson

Shawn Sullivan

Stan Sterkendries

Steve McGrew

Taylor Quail

Thilo Herzog

Thomas Meddens

Thomas Ribet

Tylür Kahnle

Viacheslav Ivanov

Wilhelm Sahlberg

Will Larson

Will Magrann

Winston Wood

Zachary Dooling