YCS Sheffield - Good players win and all people have fun

Yeah, YCS Guatemala has been thé event of the past week-end, as YCS Sheffield has gone a little under the radar.

Not hard that it has been forgotten about, considering it was a Battle Pack main event.

But I have to admit, it has been quite successful (for a European YCS). This is the event in a few short bullets:

• Players: 573 (nice number for a European YCS)
• Winner: Peter Gross (the winner of YCS Toulouse)
• Runner-up: Rodrigo Togores (European champ of 2010, Winner YCS Orlando Winner & other tops worldwide)
• Coverage day one: Click this link!
• Coverage day two: Click this link!
• Finals: Click THIS link!
• Decklists: Who the hell cares, it's sealed Battle Pack!

Bottom line of the main event is as covered by Peter Gross: "Good players are successful, and all people have fun".

The European Coverage was great, as always (honestly, the US coverage team could learn a few things from these guys)

Other fun fact: One of the Giant cards that could be won, was Poseidra, the Atlantean Dragon. So you could pick one up sooner than the upcoming structure deck in October (lol, if you don't mind over-sized cards).

Next European YCS is in December, in Barcelona... it's a normal one, don't worry.

Quick update - YCS Sheffield gets AMAZING support

You might've read it on Konami's official site, or somewhere on my blog. YCS Sheffield is a Battle Pack YCS instead of an Advanced Format YCS.
A lot of people have already refused to go, because of this.

Konami must've caught up on the news and is doing something really special for those that DO come:

• A special YCS Sheffield playmat with Breaker, the Magical Warrior
• A special Battle Pack Deck box
• A new YCS Promo Card: Blood Mefist is no more. Meet Digvorzhak, King of Heavy Industry, a Rank 5 Machine XYZ

 

So, yeah, it might be worth the trouble after all, huh...
V out.
Edit: Hey, I hear PJ Tierney is the artist of the mat! Congratz to him, it looks amazing