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Updated 11/29/2008

2008 WBC Report    

  2009 Status: pending December Membership Trial Vote

Tom Haver, OH

2008 Champion

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Event History

1991  Bruce Reiff       56
1992  Tom Kobrin        65
1993  Stephen Koehler   71
1994  Will Wible        57
1995  Sylvain LaRose    73
1996  Will Wible        50
1997  Steve Cooley      46
1998  David Hood        65
1999  Tom Pasko         55
2000  Simon Bouton     141
2001  Nick Benedict     44
2002  Andy Marshall     49
2003  Rick Desper       28
2004  Andy Bartalone    54
2006  Nick Benedict     26
2007  Nick Palmer       25
2008  Tom Haver         22
 Laurels

Rank  Name            From  Last Total
  1.  Nick Benedict    CA    06   115
  2.  Andy Marshall    MD    02    96
  3.  Tom Pasko        CT    03    76
  4.  Andy Bartalone   MD    04    60
  5.  Alvaro Ugaz      VA    01    60
  6.  Simon Bouton     UK    00    60
  7.  Nick Palmer      UK    08    56
  8.  Rick Desper      MD    04    56
  9.  Tom Kobrin       NC    04    48
 10.  Ric Manns        IN    03    48
 11.  David Hood       NC    02    42
 12.  Tom Haver        OH    08    40
 13.  Melissa Nichlson MA    02    36
 14.  Brian Dennehy  Ireland 00    36
 15.  Robert Vollman   AB    07    32
 16.  Mike Czajhowski  NJ    02    29
 17.  Eric Grinnell    KY    08    24
 18.  Dennis Mishler   CT    06    24
 19.  Nathan Barnes    WA    04    24
 20.  Doug Faust       MD    02    24
 21.  Matt Shields     OR    00    24
 22.  Conrad Woodring  NY    03    20
 23.  Eric Mead        WA    04    18
 24.  Sean Cable       VA    00    18
 25.  Paul Konka       MD    08    16
 26.  Romain Jacques   QC    07    16
 27.  Scott Bowling    IN    06    16
 28.  Brian Shelden    DC    08    12
 29.  Olin Hentz       CT    06    12
 30.  Corey Mason      MD    04    12
 31.  Mike Hall        DC    02    12
 32.  Simon Szykman    MD    01    12
 33.  Jon Evers        MD    00    12
 34.  Daniel Broh-Kahn MD    08     8
 35.  TJ Halberstadt   IN    07     8
 36.  Yarden Livnat    UT    00     6
 37.  Edi Birsan       CA    99     6
 38.  Dave Sidelinger  CT    07     4
 39.  Dan Mathias      MD    06     4

2008 Laurelists                                              Repeating Laurelists 

Eric Grinnell, KY
2nd

Nick Palmer, UK
3rd

Brian Shelden, DC
4th

Daniel Broh-Kahn, MD
5th

Paul Konka, MD
6th


Past Winners

Bruce Reiff, OH
1991

Tom Kobrin, NC
1992

Stephen Koehler, NC
1993

Will Wible, VA
1994, 1996

Sylvain LaRose, QC
1995

David Hood, NC
1998

Tom Pasko, CT
1999

Simon Bouton, UK
2000

Nick Benedict, CA
2001, 2006

Andy Marshall, MD
2002

Rick Desper, MD
2003

Andy Bartalone, MD
2004

Nick Palmer, UK
2007

Thomas Haver, OH
2008

 

Steve Cooley, CA
1997

"Well, in Parliament we do it this way ...." ... Ric Manns seems to be amused by defending champ Nicky Palmer's war stories.

"Six, seven, eight ... awright, who is trying to play Luxemburg? I tolf you, only seven players allowed."

the prodigal son returns

The WBC 2008 Diplomacy tournament differed from the 2007 event in a number of ways. This year a silver shiv was awarded for a very nice stab by England on a German player that went from 7 in '03 to 3 in '04 and to 0 in '05. The draws had fewer participants, so the action was faster and the tension was thicker.

The dedicated room we used last year worked great for us again, the luxury of having the ability to be as loud as we need to during WBC [where space is at a premium] something that we have now grown accustomed to. We also had blocks of wood for best country awards.

There were five boards, like last year, and we had a number of return participants. Nick Palmer took a break from Parliament and came back to defend his crown, but missed by 'this much'. There were two boards on Friday which finished with a 2-way and a 3-way draw. Saturday morning had two more boards with a 2-way draw and a 5-way draw. Sunday's lone board was filled with lots of action as the top scorers were jockeying for position on the leader board, but it ended up a 4-way draw.

This year's board action was much faster as the draws had significantly less people involved -- player's were playing for that 'solo' at the end of the tunnel. Two new comers to the convention walked away with the 1st & 2nd place awards and that was because they were involved in the 2-way draw. Next year should prove tougher for them to duplicate since they are now a known quantity [here at WBC].

WBC has official plaques for the top 4 finishers, but we gave out mini-plaques for the rest [top board finishers were Thomas Haver, Eric Grinnell, Nick Palmer, Brian Sheldon, Daniel Broh-Kahn, Paul Konra & Paul Camina]. The Silver Shic was awarded to Dylan Routh for his stab on Brian Sheldon.

Overall everyone liked the format and there were a few suggestions that will be utilized next year. Quite a few of the players said they were going to talk to people to have more participants next year - they truly enjoyed the venue and the way that the tournament is run.

Unfortunately, the event has fallen on hard times in recent years compared to its prosperous run at Hunt Valley and the lofty days of 141 players at the last World Dipcon hosted AT WBC. Participation at Lancaster has never recovered and this year the event fell out of the Century for the first time. It will need membership support in the December vote or a Sponsor to return in 2009.

The WBC 2008 Best Country Awards went to:

                                   

Tom Haver

Paul Konka

Nick Palmer

Eric Grinnell

Paul Camina

Tom Haver

Eric Grinnell

Austria

England

France

Germany

Italy

Russia

Turkey

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