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Updated 11/15/2011
2011 WBC Report   

 2012 Status: pending 2012 GM commitment
Bob Jamelli, PA
2011 Champion

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Event History
1991    Jim Fuqua      25
1992    Sean Cousins      20
1993    Jim Fuqua      49
1994    Caleb Cousins      42
1995    Sean Cousins      36
1996    Sean Cousins      20
1997    Tracy Graf      46
1998    Chris Geggus      46
1999    Bruce Glassco     38
2000    Tom McCorry     45
2001    David Buchholz     51
2002    Steve Cuccaro     50
2003    Llew Bardecki     56
2004    Steve Cuccaro     48
2005    Steve Cuccaro     40
2006    Pete Stein     39
2007    Pete Stein     33
2008    Lee Rodrigues     34
2009    Ewan McNay     37
2010    Pete Stein     41
2011    Bob Jamelli     41
 Laurels 

Rank  Name              From  Last  Total
  1.  Steve Cuccaro      MD    11    163
  2.  Peter Stein        OH    10    116
  3.  Tom McCorry        VA    01     46
  4.  Lee Rodrigues      VA    08     42
  5.  Ewan McNay         CT    09     40
  6.  Llew Bardecki      on    03     40
  7.  Marc Houde         VA    04     35
  8.  Sean McCulloch     OH    09     34
  9.  Bob Jamelli        PA    11     30
 10.  Nick Smith         uk    10     30
 11.  David Buchholz     MI    01     30
 12.  Bruce Glassco      NJ    99     30
 13.  Peter Staab        PA    10     27
 14.  Charles Davis      WV    04     25
 15.  Jim Jordan         MD    07     24
 16.  Peter Pollard      TN    02     24
 17.  Bob Jamelli        PA    00     24
 18.  Richard Curtin     NY    11     18
 19.  Greg Crowe         MD    10     18
 20.  Chris Geggus       uk    06     18
 21.  Brian Carr         VA    05     18
 22.  Jason Wagner       NJ    00     16
 23.  Greg Tanner        AZ    09     14
 24.  John Keating       IN    11     12
 25.  Jerry Ohlinger     NY    03     12
 26.  Ron Wuerth         VA    02     12
 27.  Sean Cousins       ME    01     12
 28.  James Hopkin       CA    00     12
 29.  Andy Latto         MA    08      9
 30.  Joe Delaney        NY    06      9
 31.  Ray Stakenas II    MI    05      9
 32.  Steve Cameron      PA    01      9
 33.  Roy Pettis         VA    07      8
 34.  Linda Pattison     MD    03      8
 35.  Ray Stakenas       MI    02      8
 36.  Phillip Yaure      PA    11      7
 37.  Scott Beall        OR    11      6
 38.  Mike Stanley       OH    10      6
 39.  Jason O'Donnell    OH    99      6
 40.  Jeffrey Martin     CT    09      4
 41.  Barry Shoults      MI    03      4
 42.  David Rohde        MI    02      4
 43.  Elizabeth Lang     MA    00      4
 44.  Nick Benedict      CA    08      3
 45.  Martin Davis       CT    06      3
 46.  Don Tatum          MD    04      3
 47.  Zach Fietsch       NC    01      3
 48.  Mark Neale         ME    99      3
 49.  Mark Mitchell      VA    09      2

2011 Laurelists                                                 Repeating Laurelists 

Richard Curtin, NY
2nd

John Keating, IN
3rd

Steve Cuccaro, MD
4th

Scott Beall, OR
5th

Philip Yaure, PA
6th

Past Winners

Sean Cousins, ME
'92, '95-'96

Tracy Graf, MD
1997

Chris Geggus, uk
1998

Bruce Glassco, VA
1999

Tom McCorry, PA
2000

David Buchholz, MI
2001

Steve Cuccaro, MD
2002, 2004-05

Llew Bardecki, on
2003

Pete Stein, OH
2006-07, 2010

Lee Rodrigues, VA
2008

Ewan NcNay, NY
2009

Bob Jamelli, PA
2011
      

Bob Wicks, Harry Flawd still sporting an Avaloncon t-shirt, and Ewan McNay plot their advancement.

Raymond Stakenas, Pete "woe is me" Stein, John Keating and Rich Curtin all plead their innocence.

Laughing at the Cold War ...

Three players won two heats each; unlike previous years, where the second win came on heat 3 or 4, these were the only two heats they played. Two others became eligible when they won their first heat, and the last qualifier won his second heat and placed 2nd in his third. The GM was only able to achieve first alternate status, but managed to slip in when one qualifier didn't show. (The Final was slightly delayed while another of the qualifiers attempted to find Host B, but the GM found him wandering near the Ballrooms and pointed him in the right direction.)

The Final started in the usual fashion, with Apparatchik dying on the first turn. The new Party Chief, Purgemoff, was controlled by John Keating, who was able to get one wave and one failed wave with him before leaving office in Turn 3. Richard Curtin took over at this point, keeping Shootemdedsky in office all the way
through Turn 6; this scored him a wave, a failed wave, a second wave and a card play to put the Party Chief in the Sanitarium. Shootemdedsky finally kicked on Turn 7, bringing Krakemheds to the Party Chief office and giving three-time champion Steve Cuccaro his first and only wave.

On Turn 8, what hopes Steve had were soon dashed as the Party Chief was convicted of treason (Steve had another vote in the Politburo, but he was sent to the Sanitarium for the phase). The health dice then killed off Satin (at Defense) and Mischif (at Industry). Before the Funeral Commission could begin, the KGB
Head Eatstumuch was assassinated; the Foreign Minister Bungaloff was accused of the crime but found innocent in a rare display of Russian justice. (Phil Yaure had 10+ Influence on Eatstumuch, but had never visibly controlled him...)

The remaining 2nd Level candidates were: an ill Manjak at Ideology, a sick Protzky at Economy, and a healthy Boremtodev at Sport. The GM had influence on Protzky, so to force the issue he sent the Foreign Minister down to the People. Unfortunately for Steve, John was in control of Manjak, and had some influence
on Boremtodev. Even more unfortunately for John, Bob Jamelli turned out to have the most influence on this new Party Chief. Having arranged the Politburo to his liking, and the other players having used all their Intrigue cards in this very active Turn 8, Bob went on to wave twice and to win on Turn 10 when the Politburo
could not be filled. Thus ended a 14-year drought for Bob between his first WBC shield and his second.

 GM      Steve Cuccaro [6th Year]  NA
    Cuccaro@fastmail.fm   NA

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