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Updated Nov. 23 2012

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  2013 Status: pending 2013 GM commitment

Paul Bean, MA

2012 Champion

Event History
1993      Luke Kratz      23
1994      Eric Olin      25
1995      Chuck Foster      24
1996      Luke Kratz      25
1997      Stephanie Greenwood      19
1998      Caleb Cousins      29
1999      Shantanu Saha     17
2000      Randy Cox     31
2001      Aaron Silverman     34
2002      Doug Hoylman     48
2003      Aaron Silvermann     43
2004      Doug Hoylman      31
2005      Sean McCulloch      40
2006      Richard Meyer      37
2007      Winton LeMoine      43
2008      Paul Bean      36
2009      Richard Meyer      50
2010      Richard Meyer      35
2011      Matthew Beach      72
2012      Paul Bean      78

 Laurels

Rank  Name              From  Last  Total
  1.  Richard Meyer      MA    12     76
  2.  Paul Bean          MA    12     72
  3.  Richard Irving     CA    12     56
  4.  Aaron Silverman    FL    03     44
  5.  Doug Hoylman       MD    04     42
  6.  Eric Brosius       MA    12     40
  7.  Ted Drozd          IL    11     32
  8.  Randy Cox          SC    03     31
  9.  Winton LeMoine     CA    07     28
 10.  Shantanu Saha      NY    10     24
 11.  Pitt Crandlemire   MA    02     24
 12.  Matthew Beach      MD    11     20
 13.  Rob Winslow        NY    10     20
 14.  Sean McCulloch     OH    05     20
 15.  Francis Spencer    MD    09     14
 16.  Roderick Lee       CA    07     14
 17.  Mark Guttag        VA    12     12
 18.  Natalie Beach      MD    10     12
 19.  Steve Cameron      PA    00     12
 20.  Matt Amitrano      VA    08      8
 21.  Debbie Bell        MD    01      8
 22.  Caleb Cousins      ME    01      8
 23.  Sean Cousins       ME    01      8
 24.  James Hopkin       CA    00      8
 25.  Stephany Greenwood MD    99      8
 26.  Kevin Lewis        DC    11      6
 27.  Dave Burkey        PA    09      6
 28.  Ed Kendrick        uk    08      6
 29.  Gordon Rodgers     PA    05      6
 30.  Roy Pettis         VA    03      6
 31.  Ted Simmons        NJ    07      4
 32.  Jason Arvey        VA    06      4
 33.  Robert Cranshaw    RI    05      4
 34.  Frank Cunliffe     PA    05      4
 35.  Luke Kratz         ID    04      4
 36.  Donna Balkan       on    01      4
 37.  Andy Maly          MD    99      4
 38.  Jim Eliason        IA    12      2
 39.  Gordon Elgart      CA    02      1

2012 Laurelists                                         Repeating Laurelists: 

Mark Guttag, VA
2nd

Richard Irving, CA
3rd

Eric Brosius, MA
4th

Rich Meyer, MA
5th

Jim Eliason, IA
6th

Past Winners

Luke Kratz, ID
1993, 1996

Eric Olin, CT
1994

Chuck Foster, TX
1995

Stephanie Greenwood, MD
1997

Caleb Cousins, ME
1998

Shantanu Saha, NY
1999

Randy Cox, SC
2000

Aaron Silverman, NJ
2001, 2003

Doug Hoylman, MD
2002, 2004

Sean McCulloch, OH
2005

Rich Meyer, MA
2006, 2009-10

Winton LeMoine, CA
2007

Paul Bean, MA
2008, 2012

Matthew Beach, MD
2011
 

Big crowd tonite!

Come early for a good seat. Times have changed.

Dang Bean Counters! ...

Another year, another series of categories and letters! You'd think we would eventually run out of one or the other. A full set of answers, scores, and funny responses has been posted to the WBC forums on the Board Game Geek website findable at http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/841049/

Round 1 Categories: Given Names of Characters in Shakespeare's Tragedies; Beatles Original Songs; Pitchers in the Baseball Hall of Fame; American Kennel Club Breeds of Dogs; Current United States Senators. Letters: B, G, H, L, P. Winner Paul Bean started off strong with the highest score of 15 here, followed by a six-way tie of 14 for second between Frank Cunliffe, Stu Hendrickson, Thomas Strock, Kevin Lewis, Jason Levine, and Rich Meyer. Average score was 9.

Round 2 Categories: Individual Performers in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame under a Stage Name; Superbowl Starting Quarterbacks, 1997 - 2012; Members of the X-Men; Tony Award Winners for Best Musical; 50 Most Populous Cities in the World. Letters: B, C, D, J, M. Matthew and Natalie Beach tied the high of 14 here, which may say something about their family. Just behind them with 13 were Rich Meyer and Matt Craig, followed at 12 for Jacob Hebner, Jason Levine, and Richard Irving. Average score was 7.5.

Round 3 Categories: Bill Murray Movies, Current Members of the League of Arab States, Major Party Nominees for Vice-President, 1952 - 2008, HBO or Showtime Original Series with new episodes airing after 2000, Atari 2600 Cartridges. Letters: E, L, M, Q, S. Jason Levine and Mark Guttag tied for tops with 15 each; followed by J.R. Tracy and Richard Irving with 14 and Paul Bean and Eric Brosius with 13. Average score: 7.3.

Round 4 Categories: Colors in a Standard Pack of Crayola Crayons; IAU Constellations; Disney or Pixar Animated Full-Length Features; German Cities with over 100,000 Citizens; NFL / NBA / NHL / MLB / MLS Team Nicknames. Letters: A, E, I, O, U. Richard Irving won this round with 16; followed by Mark Guttag at 15 and then a six-way tie for 14 by Stu Hendrickson, Natalie Beach, Christopher Yaure, Lynda Shea, Sceadeau D'Tela, and Jason Arvey. Average score: 9.4.

Round 5 Categories: Leaders in Gettysburg '88; Politicians from Kremlin and Kremlin Revolutions; Diplomacy Supply Centers; Advanced Civilization Commodities and Calamities; Creatures from Titan or Titan: The Arena. Letters: B, D, G, S, T. A three-way tie at 17 for Jim Eliason, Ted Drozd, and Paul Bean; next was Eric Brosius at 16, and then Rich Meyer with 15. Average score: 6.7.

Special thanks to my main co-conspirator Greg Crowe; Kaarin Englemann, for helping a new GM get ready; Sarah Beach, Jim Eliason, and Winton LeMoine for grading answers; Mike Young and Ken Brown, for being guinea pigs; and Sean McCulloch for running it last year. And finally, thanks to everyone who came by and participated; it wouldn't have been half as fun without everyone who was there.

New GM John Corrado made good use of technology to speed things along.

Front or back, it was SRO with a new attendance record for the second straight year.
 GM      John Corrado [1st Year]  NA 
    johncorrado@hotmail.com   NA

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