NetMECCG Past Rankings

Summer 1998

Here are the final rankings for the Summer 98 season of the League.  Note that the overall and season ratings do not necessarily take into account modifiers to the rating from One Ring dunks or tournament wins.  The combined rating takes all factors into account.

The season champion was Daniel Spronk (13).  He beat Nathan Bruinooge (12), Joshua Grace (12), and Morgan Foister (0).

Fall 1998

Here are the final rankings for the Fall 98 season of the league.  Daniel Spronk, Josh Grace, Nate Bruinooge and Jason Klank participated in the season championships, finishing in that order.  Jason was busy and unable to finish his games (I believe).  I can't remember for certain what the tournament points were at, but Daniel won it convincingly.

Winter 1999

Here are the final standings for this season.  Oskar's early lead disappeared, leaving Daniel in control of the championships.  Even Joshua's last minute 6-0 victory over Brian didn't overtake Daniel.  The final results were Daniel Spronk (13), Joshua Grace (11.5), Oskar Silow (9.5), and Brian Wong (2).

Spring 1999

Here are the final standings for my first season as the NetMECCG League coordinator.  The championship games resulted in Brian Wong being the champion, followed by Josh Grace and Robert Warren.  The fourth participant didn't play any games, and therefore won't be mentioned here.

Summer 1999

Here are the final standings for the Summer Season of the NetMECCG League.  The season started off slowly, but picked up near the end.  The results of the championship were: Brian Wong (18), Paul Choquette (12), Zachary Niemi-Rischtelli (6), and Sheldon McCarthy (0).  Sheldon unfortunately had no time to play his games, so all of them were considered concessions to his opponents.

Fall 1999

The fall season was the first season with the dates for the beginning and termination of the season falling on month ends.  It was a very busy season with a lot of participation.  Christian Nicholes made a very strong showing throughout the season with a killer One Ring deck.  The Championships ended after some controversy.  The champion for the Fall Season was Jimmy Chen with Brian Wong placing a very close second, Josh Grace in a distant third and Christian Nicholes placing fourth.

Winter 2000

This season started slowly, but really picked up in the end.  We saw some new faces, and had some old ones return.  Y2K affected the League not at all, with a respectable number of games to start the last year of the millennium.

Spring 2000

Here are the final rankings for the Spring 2000 season.  Thanks to Andrew Sitte for digging up these rankings for me.  The championship games were never played, so the season champion is simply Josh Grace, since he ended the season with the highest rank.

Summer 2000

These are the standings from the Summer Season, 2000.  The championships were played between Brandon Shannon, Josh Grace, Andrew Sitte, and Jimmy Chen.  The results were: Andrew Sitte (16), Josh Grace (13), Jimmy Chen (9) and Brandon Shannon (0).

Fall 2000

The Fall 2000 rankings follow.  The reign of Andrew Sitte in the league seems to have come to an end, as the usual top players take over again.  The Season Championships resulted in Josh Grace being crowned the League Champion for Fall of 2000.  The results were: Josh Grace (17), Andrew Sitte (8), Brian Wong (7) and Raul Castro (0).  Some of the more astute of you will notice that the tournament points don't exactly add up.  Well, one game wasn't played and both players earned zero points for that lack of game.

Winter 2001

The Winter 2001 rankings are below.  This is a sad day for the NetMECCG League.  It seems the League is in decline with only 5 active players and only two qualifying for the Season Championships.  A round-robin tournament between two players would be fairly pointless, so I will not hold it.  Hopefully this is a lull and not the beginning of the end.

Spring 2001

Well, it seems that last season was, in fact a lull.  The games did pick up some this season, though we're certianly not seeing the glory days of the League here.  Andrew Sitte does seem to be pulling his weight, though.  With one month left in the season, six games had been played, all of which were games in which Andrew played somebody, and every game was against a different person.  Once, again, however, not enough games were played this season to warrant a Championship tournament.

Summer 2001

Now it seems that the League is in an upswing.  We had a new, very active member in Patric Laxander, and some more familiar faces got in more games. This is also the first season where ties are ties according to the Council of Lórien rules.  The finals were reinstated for this season, and were played between Josh Grace (12), Andrew Sitte (12), Brian Wong (6) and Patric Laxander (6).  Josh won head to head against Andrew, and Brian won head to head against Patric.

Fall 2001

I haven't been this busy with the League in a long time. Not only were there 61 games played in these last three months, but I played in four of them.  Thanks to John France for setting up and running the sealed tournament at Cybercon II.  I hope we will see another Cybercon tournament soon, because it really boosted interest in the League.  The season championships were to be played between Josh Grace, Andrew Sitte, Patric Laxander and Chris Warr, but were never finished.

Winter 2002

This season the League gained a member who, if I remember correctly, has been in the game for quite some time.  I'd like to welcome Steve Kontoulis to the League.  It really makes me feel like I'm contributing to this great game when I see the number of games that people like Andrew Sitte, Steve Kontoulis, Antonio Carndenas and Josh Grace play.  Long live MECCG!  I have, however, made the decision to indefinitely discontinue the Season Championships, since the games were seldom played in a timely fashion, and I feel that it adds little to the League's appeal.  Without further adieu, here are the final rankings for the Winter 2002 season.

Spring 2002

I wish to apologize for my very late posting of these results in the archives, and the two and a half months without an update on the main NetMECCG League page.  On to lighter matters, it seems that Steve has gone from rookie to expert in a matter of one season, taking the NetMECCG League by storm and taking first by a very healthy margin.  Most notably lacking in points was Josh Grace, a usual top-finisher.  He claims that he's not getting rusty, rather that he's spent this season trying out "fun" decks.  I'm not sure what that says of Josh's usual decks, but we'll see how he places next season.

Summer 2002

I guess Josh's claim from last season was true.  He reclaimed the top of the NetMECCG League pile once again, sending Steve down to second to last.  We also see the return of the Great Golden Caribou aka Zach N.-R.  Here's to another great season, and the hope for many more!

Fall 2002

This season we see somebody new on top, and the return of an old pro.  Philip Carroll made an impressive showing beating out the regular top-finishers with an undefeated record.  And coming in second place is Oskar Silow with quite a few games.  It's good to see old faces back and active in the League!

Winter 2003

Now we're back to the usual stuff.  Josh Grace is on top, and playing most of the games.  He was involved in all but one game this season.  Thanks for keeping the League moving, Josh!

Spring 2003

Though the standings may not reflect the fact, it's an exciting time for the League.  GCCG is now available, which is a multiple-platform program to play CCGs, including MECCG.  Hopefully, we will soon have GCCG and NetMECCG games filling our League standings, though I don't intend to change the name of the League any time soon.

Summer 2003

This season did, in fact, see a lot of new faces.  It's good to see the GCCGers coming in and having fun with all the rest of us.  Also, congratulations are due to Takao Suzuki, for his first top finish ever in the League.

Fall 2003

Now it seems that the GCCGers are taking over the place.  The majority of the games being played now are being played in GCCG.  It looks like if you're going to be playing MECCG on the internet anytime soon, you'll have to get yourself a copy of the program which, I'm told, is excellent.  Congratulations to Mark Alfano for running away with the League's top ranking.

Winter 2004

It is even more clear that GCCG is becoming an extremely popular program.  There were a full 70 games played this season, which is more than any season that I have had the pleasure of running.  We also seem to have attracted a few new players.  I'd like to welcome Joe Bisz, Paul Choquette, Patrick Cochran, Lucas Ferreyra, and Charles Jenkins to the fold.  Even with all this new competition, Mark Alfano was able to come out solidly on top for another season.  He seems to be the man to beat.

Spring 2004

There was quite a bit less activity in the League this season, with no games reported throughout all of June.  However, Mark Alfano did wrap up his third season at the top of the League.  Congrats, Mark!

Summer 2004

This season ended with only eight games on the books with Wim Heemskerk bringing a couple new faces into the League with six games played.  Josh Grace won the season championship with two wins, both in mid-July.

Last updated October 14, 2004

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