attack sub [Updated October 2004]  

2004 WBC Report  

 2005 Status: pending December Membership Century Vote

Daniel Hoffman, NC

2004 Champion

2nd: Bruce Young, SC

3rd: Andrew Fedin, PA

4th: David Buchholz, MI

5th: John Emery, SC

6th: Scott Edwards, SC

Event History
1991    John Fuqua      33
1992    Steve Rugh      26
1993    Bruce Young      34
1994    Dave Kuchta      46
1995    Jack Reid     40
1996    John Emery   40
1997    John Emery      32
1998    Earl Anderson      32
1999     Brian Conlon     36
2000     Bill Edwards      32
2001     John Conlon      34
2002     Ed Karpowicz      24
2003     Steven Caler      24
2004     Daniel Hoffman      34


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 Laurels
Rank Name

From

Last
Total
 1. John Conlon

OK

02
33
 2. Steve Caler

PA

03
32
 3. Ed Karpowicz

DC

02
30
 4. Bill Edwards

VA

00
30
 5. Greg Courter

MI

02
24
 6. Daniel Hoffman

NC

04
20
 7. David Sidelinger

CT

02
20
 8. Brian Conlon

OK

99
20
 9. Stan Buck

MD

02
18
10. Henry Jones

PA

00
18
11. Jerry Smolens

PA

01
15
12. Kaarin Engelmann

VA

01
15
13. Bruce Young

SC

04
12
14. Andre Strauss

MD

03
12
15. Rob Schoenen

PA

99
12
16. Greg Schmittgens

KS

02
  9
17. Andy Maly

MD

00
  9
18. Andrew Fedin

PA

04
  8
19. Bob Heinzmann

FL

03
  8
20. Rob Mull

CO

03
  7
21. David Buchholz

MI

04
  6
22. Chris Janiec

PA

03
  6
23. Frank Cunliffe

PA

01
  6
24. David Gantt

SC

00
  6
25. John Emery

SC

04
  4
26. Jeremy Billones

VA

99
  4
27. Scott Edwards

SC

04
  2
28. Keith Hunsinger

OH

03
  2
29. Jim Fleckenstein

VA

99
  2

Past Winners

1991: John Fuqua - MI
1992: Steve Rugh - CT
1995: Jack Reid - PA

Bruce Young - SC
1993

Dave Kuchta - ME
1994

John Emery - SC
1996-1997

Earl Anderson - SC
1998

Brian Conlon - OK
1999

Bill Edwards - VA
2000

John Conlon - OK
2001


Ed Karpowicz - DC
2002


Steve Caler - PA
2003
   

run silent, run deep ... well, silent anyway

With the return of Attack Sub to the Century group by membership vote, 34 skippers turned out to test their undersea wiles, including no less than seven previous champions. The new double elimination format ensured that no player was eliminated early due to a single case of bad luck, and as it turned out no one got past the quarter finals without acquiring an initial loss. Also, the limitation of only being able to play a given side in a scenario once during the tournament forced players to have to win with a non-favored side at times, and the two finalists demonstrated their ability to do just that In the semi-finals Daniel Hoffman playing the Soviet sub group defeated David Buchholz's Seawolf in Scenario C, and Bruce Young as the Renegade boomer defeated Andrew Fedin's pursuing surface force in scenario E.

In the finals Daniel played the NATO surface group in scenario B where Bruce had the Soviet sub group. Daniel drew first blood, quickly detecting the Molniya and sinking her with one shot. He then tried to disengage for the win, but Bruce maintained contact, hitting the Simpson but not sinking her. Daniel repaired the damage and changed tactics, closing to engage the remaining Soviet sub. The Simpson was hit again, but again stayed afloat. Now both sides were at point blank range (detect level 4), and torpedoes flew like arrows in each direction. Daniel finally hit the Skortsov, but it too stayed alive. He hit it again, and when the water finally stopped boiling, Daniel Hoffman had emerged victorious with his second WBC wood. Congratulations to the new champion who went 7-1, defeating three previous champions in the process.

Besides the finalists, notable players included defending champion Steve Caler, who with a big target painted on his chest went 0-2 and was eliminated right at the start. Andrew Fedin had the distinction of surviving longest without a loss, going into the quarter-finals as the only 5-0 player, but then losing two in a row. Scott Edwards was the best beginning player, going 4-2 and handily beating the GM among others (I'm going to have to stop giving out all those tips at the demo session!), and previous champion John Emery put the lone loss on new champion Hoffman before being taken out himself by David Buchholz.

With the larger number of players and the DE format the event went longer than usual, with the finals finishing just before 4 PM Sunday. We didn't quite have to turn out the lights as we left but it was close. So next year the event start time will be moved up to 9AM on Sunday, just after the Armistice meeting. Also expect some additional scenario tweaks to work on new play balance issues. Hope to see you there at the new sub pens in Lancaster!

 GM      Rob Mull  [2nd Year]   NA 
    rmull@msn.com    NA

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