I dropped by the 2006 Santa Clara Constructed Qualifier in the middle of the third round. I said, "hi," took a few pictures and had to leave. Let me know if you have any corrections to the caption information. Here are some tournament reports:
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Random Note: Someone played a triple Death Slaad warband. Not sure who yet.
1. Round three pairings.
2. Nearest: Glyn Dewey (aka Elder_Basilisk, left) using CoDA triple Justicators vs. Darsen Chen (right, arms & shirt only) using triple Slayers of Domiel. Far: Scott Schneider (left) using Couatl Kord Ballista vs. Darien Stupack (right) using Young Master 3x Gith Monk 2x Sacred Watcher.
3. Matt Hoskins, organizer & judge at Game Kastle. Has since left the area. We all hope you are doing well, Matt!
4. Nearest match: Carl Baughman (aka Venport, left) using Blackguard and Zakya Rakshasas vs. Paul Johnson (right). Second-closest match: Geoff Stuvall (left) vs. Louis Sacha (aka LCS, right). Third-closest match: Mike Benton (left) vs. Jacob Padilla (aka Weaponbreaker, right). Furthest match: John Holmes (left) vs. Stu Hill (right).
5. Another shot of the same table as picture #4, with clearer pictures of some players. Nearest match: Geoff Stuvall (left) vs. Louis Sacha (aka LCS, right). Second-closest match: Mike Benton (left) vs. Jacob Padilla (aka Weaponbreaker, right). Furthest match: John Holmes (left) vs. Stu Hill (right).
6. Near: John Sugden (aka jsugden or Myztek, left) using Couatl 4x Justice Archon vs. Jeff Asbury (right) using Young Master 4x Gith Monks. Far: John Wang (aka John05, left) vs. Kevin Cleveland (aka Kevizoid) using Cleric of Order, Couatl, Marut, 3x Sacred Watcher.
7. Near: Jeff Wilder (aka Wayne, left) using 4x Helmed Horror vs. Matt Bachman (aka Aravis or TheCloakedRanger, right) using some kind of Inspired Frenzy, I believe. Middle: Mike Domezio (aka TianZi, left) using Korducopia vs. Paul Grasshoff (aka Grasshoff, right) using SWarm. Far: John Stuvall (left) using Korducopia (I think) vs. Paul Husband (aka Demitroy, right) using Inspired Frenzy.
8. Another shot of the same table as picture #7, with clearer pictures of some players. Nearest match: Mike Domezio (aka TianZi, left) vs. Paul Grasshoff (aka Grasshoff, right). Far: John Stuvall (left) vs. Paul Husband (aka Demitroy, right).
9. Near: Zachary Drake (aka zdrake, left) using Inspired Frenzy vs. Elliot Chin (aka Features or Xyvs, right) using Inspiring Marshal and Archmage. Far: Ian Bell (IanB or Anson, left) using double Hill Giant Barbarian vs. Alessio Cei (aka Korhal IV, right) using Couatl, but I'm not sure what else.
10. Near: David Klaman (left) vs. Tom Storm (right). Middle: Josh Peterson (aka Hero of Valhalberquerque, left) vs. Dave True (right). Far: Dwayne Stupack (aka Tried, left) vs. Martin Long (right).
11. Another shot of Josh Peterson (aka Hero of Valhalberquerque, left) vs. Dave True (right). Josh appears to be using a Hill Giant Barbarian, a Bugbear Champ of Erythnul, a Blood Ghost Berserker, a Wardrummer, and some Quaggoth Slaves. True to form, Dave is playing a Beholder, this time with a Dark Naga, a Large Duergar, and I can't tell what else.
12. Near: Josh Peterson (left) and Dave True (right) again. Far: Dwayne Stuapack (left) and Martin Long (right) again.
13. Near: Tom Proudfoot (left) vs. Scott Collins (right). Far: Shami Marrero (left) vs. Jim Havey (right).
14. Blurry photo of Paul Grasshoff's wife. (Sorry, but I'm blanking on her name at the moment.) She made the drive up from So Cal with the players and worked while they played.
15. Another shot of spectators. That's Michael Derry's left hand holding the cell phone on the left side of the shot. He knew he was going to qualify based on DCI ranking, so he was one of the judges at the event.