All of the D&D Miniatures Championship events cut to the top-8 after swiss and hold single elimination final rounds for those top-8 players. The following lists show the top-8 players for all of the D&D Miniatures Championship events, through April 2007. Players' message boards user IDs are included for those that I knew or that I could find.
Players are listed in order of final post-elimination round placing. "S" represents a player who made it to the semifinals, and "Q" represents a player who made it to the quarterfinals. Where the information is available, a player's position at the end of swiss is listed in parenthesis. For players with more than one Top-8 finish, asterisks show the total number of top-8 finishes for that player.
2004 Constructed Championship
1. Brian Mackey / Kiddoc report
2. Mike Dougan / TheDarkKnight
S. Alex Weitz / Parag0n (1?) **
S. Jesse Kindwall / Jesster
Q. Manny Vega / ManoVega
Q. Brad Shugg / bshugg
Q. Jason Lioi / Fenris ***
Q. Jesse Dean / doubtofbuddha (8?)
(Gen Con Indy, Aug 2004; 45 players)2005 Constructed Championship
1. Jason Lioi / Fenris (4) *** report
2. Mike Brezsnyak / brez (2)
S. Robert Hatch / Dagni (1) ***
S. Dwayne Stupack / Tried (6) **
Q. Sven Myrin / smyrin (3) report
Q. Bill Baldwin / TrollBill (5) report 1 / 2 / 3
Q. Jason Kean / millygoat (7)
Q. Michael Derry / derry (8) **
(Gen Con Indy, Aug 2005; 69 players)
trophy pictures2005 Limited Championship
1. Paul Grasshoff / grasshoff (8)
2. Devin Tessers / Drakkengi (7)
S. Jason Lioi / Fenris (5) ***
S. Ian Bell / IanB / Anson (6) **
Q. Robert Hatch / Dagni (1) ***
Q. Alex Weitz / Parag0n (2) **
Q. Jacob Lujan / Felagund (3)
Q. Kevin Benjovsky / ZeroKnight (4)
(Gen Con So Cal, Nov 2005; 46 players)
trophy pictures (painted by Peter Lee)2006 Constructed Championship
1. Michael Derry / derry (1) **
2. Pat Lynch / PatLynch (3) ** report
S. Cesare Carini / Orion (4)
S. Guillaume Garant-Rousseau / Thurbal (7) **
Q. Kevin Cleveland / Kevizoid (2) **
Q. Dwayne Stupack / Tried (5) **
Q. Keith Tatroe / sienar (8) **
Q. Joshua Hughes / azuretide (6)
(Gen Con Indy, Aug 2006; 81 players)
trophy pictures (painted by Peter Lee)2007 Limited Championship
1. Robert Hatch / Dagni (6) ***
2. Keith Tatroe / sienar (4) **
S. Pat Lynch / PatLynch (7) **
S. Jim Ansaldo / JohnnyQuest (8)
Q. Nick Ferguson / Darkstryder (1)
Q. Ian Bell / IanB / Anson (2) **
Q. Richard Wiens / Richard II / Ehlana (3)
Q. Mark Huizinga / Clan Lambda (5)
(D&D eXPerience, Feb 2007; 51 players)
trophy pictures (painted by Peter Lee)2007 Constructed Championship
1. Eddie Wehrenberg Jr. (B4) report | interview
2. Maxime Archetto / Teratologue (A1)
S. Neil McLellan / neilasaurus (B2)
S. Chad Benner / ChadtheDragonLord (B3) report
Q. Kevin Cleveland / Kevizoid (B1) **
Q. Scott Evans / Bleys (A2) report
Q. Erik Samhammer / Sam5680 (A3) report
Q. Guillaume Garant-Rousseau / Thurbal (A4) **
(Gen Con Indy, Aug 2007; 110 players)
trophy pictures (painted by Peter Lee)2005 Limited Championship Notes: Rodger Shanklin (from Maine) had enough points to make top-8, but he had to drop from the event in order to make his plane flight. His drop allowed Paul Grasshoff to move up from 9th place into 8th. Paul went on to win that Championship.
2007 Constructed Championship Notes: Because there weren't enough maps to support all the players at once, the 2007 Constructed Championships were broken into two flights, with 54 and 56 players respectively. The top-4 from each flight would comprise the top-8. In the placings above, A and B indicate the player's flight. Michael Pozsgay (from Illinois) had enough points to make top-4 in his flight, but he dropped from the event in order to play the Dreamblade 50K Championship. His drop allowed Guillaume Garant-Rousseau to move up from 5th place into 4th in that flight for his second top-8 appearance.
California Dominance? 19 of those 48 positions are taken up by California players. 14 alone are from Southern California. 5 Champions are from California, with 3 from Southern California. This is at least partially skewed because the 2005 Limited Championship was held at Gen Con So Cal, which didn't draw too many people from out of state. (5 of 8 spots at that event were California players.)
What counts as a Championship? To be on the above list, an event must be the one true DDM Championship for the given format, and players must qualify for it in advance. The event must produce the unequivocal DDM Champion for that format and that year, who gets to work with WotC R&D to create a mini or a map.
Other Major Events
The following are not true Championship events as described above, but they were either named "Championship" or they were the primary WotC-run DDM event at a major convention. Events get added to this list only by my whim. To be considered for this list, most of the following need to be true: The event is the primary DDM event at a major convention, features a variety of players from far and wide, is advertised on the WotC web site and/or run by WotC, has a K-value higher than 16, has a cut to the top-4 or top-8, and has deep prize support including repaint trophies. (The last-chance qualifiers for the true Championships aren't listed because those events weren't the primary DDM event at their respective conventions -- the Championships themselves were.)
Anaheim Mayhem: Gen Con So Cal 2004 (see my report) featured two "Mayhem" events which used a 100-point sealed format follwed by draft finals for the top-4 finishers. As with the Championship events, these Mayhem events featured repaint trophies.
Anaheim Mayhem Limited (Friday)
1. Robert Hatch / Dagni (1)
2. Cullen Cook (2)
S. Timothy Whisenhunt / Slade7170 (3)
S. Mook Farchings (4)
(Gen Con So Cal, Dec 2004; 10 players)
trophy picturesAnaheim Mayhem Limited (Saturday)
1. Timothy Whisenhunt / Slade7170
2. Alex Weitz / Parag0n
S. Brian McDaniel / Synecdoche
S. Rowan (Hendricks?)
(Gen Con So Cal, Dec 2004; 28 players)
trophy picturesBlood War Draft Championship: Gen Con So Cal 2006 featured a draft format "championship" using Blood War boosters, followed by draft finals for the top-4 finishers. As with the Championship events, this event featured repaint trophies.
Blood War Draft Championship
1. Sven Myrin / smyrin (Pit Fiend trophy)
2. Kevin Melstrom / kmelstrom (Centaur War Hulk trophy)
S. Jason Lioi / Fenris (Owlbear Rager trophy)
S. Gerald Brady / spikegif (Owlbear Rager trophy)
(Gen Con So Cal, Nov 2006; 24 players)
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(trophies painted by Peter Lee)European Championship: Game '07 in Manchester, England featured a DDM constructed format European Championship, which included cash prizes, airfare to Gen Con Indy 2007, and qualification for the 2007 Constructed Championship. Winners of various other tournaments gained optional byes into the third round of this event.
European Championship
1. David Korejtko (3) Fr
2. Eudes Salver (8) Czec
S. Jan Van Elshocht / Jan Elfman (2) Bel
S. Roger Witte / Janos M. (4) Ger
Q. Martin Zimdars (1) Ger
Q. Vladas Anilionis (5) Rus
Q. Keith Robinson (6) UK
Q. Jason Lioi / Fenris (7) USA
(Game '07, Jun 2007; 41 players)
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