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The Curtain Comes Down on DecipherCon: Day Four Wrapup

It was the final day of the show. Things were winding down... many attendees were starting to leave, to go back to work or school... yet the day included the most important tournament events of DecipherCon: the World Championship finals for The Lord of the Rings TCG, Star Trek CCG, and .hack//ENEMY TCG. On Saturday, single-elimination tournaments had pared each game's top players down to two, the best of the best. And on Sunday, each pair met face-to-face in a best 2-out-of-3-match final confrontation.

The finals took place on the elevated stage in the tournament hall, formerly the judges' domain for the last three days. Each final was taped, with the action on the table on view for spectators on a number of TVs spaced around the area. The finals ranged from a lightning-fast three matches of .hack//ENEMY to two lengthy Lord of the Rings matches.

By the end of the day, Decipher's TCGs had three new World Champions:

Emir Delic – The Lord of the Rings TCG
Andrew Ehret – Star Trek CCG
Adam Molnar – .hack//ENEMY TCG

The top eight contenders in each game were awarded "glass" (acrylic) trophies – back after a long hiatus – as well as cash and/or Decipher dollar prizes.

Around the finals and award ceremonies, Gen Con and DecipherCon went on. WARS demos on the booth, last-minute purchases at the Decipher Store, another Michael Stackpole autograph session. And then, it was 4:00 PM and the announcement came over the speakers: Gen Con was officially closed for another year. DecipherCon 2004 was over.

A few hours later, the booth was as empty as when we began. The store was dismantled and the pieces stored away in the shipping crates to await the next con. Remaining store inventory was packed and immobilized on pallets. The display walls came down, to be tucked into more shipping boxes. The cherry-picker came to haul down the banners. And the curtain was drawn on another DecipherCon.

Kathy McCracken
Web Writer

August 22, 2004

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