Shadowfist Pictorial: GenCon 2000
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[posted 30 May 2003]
Originally posted to the Shadowfist.com website in August 2000. Republished with permission. Comments from the original posting with additions by me but memory isn't so hot; please help me to fill in names if you remember (or appear in a photo!). Click on any image to see a larger version in a new window. Sorry for the huge page, I'll split it up someday and put the alt text in.
 Zev shows off the Can of Whupass |
 Zev doing a Jimmy Wai, makin' deals all convention long |
 "Are you gonna buy that or what?" Paul Gerardi (right) in the booth with longtime California player Jeff Stolt |
 Extreme closeup of Rob Heinsoo, one of the original designers |
 Robin Laws (left) demonstrates his Furious Tiger Kung Fu on Zev's head |
 Zev and Paul in a Year of the Dragon grudge match |
 Stefan Vincent at the sealed deck tournament |
 Lissa Vincent hits the gong to start a tournament round |
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 Paul Gerardi (right) sets up the booth while Brent Russell wonders if it would be ok to compliment Paul on his svelt figure. |
 In print at last! Year of the Dragon and Throne War in the booth. |
 Cans o' Whupass. loaded and ready. |
 Ever wonder what a case of cards looks like? Now you know. |
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 Eric Jome, On The Edge player of great renown, at the booth. Also of note is the back of Jan Malina's head (left, in baseball cap) |
 Eric Jome (right) throws down with Jason Rownd, 1998 multiplayer champion, while Jan Malina (far left) looks on. |
 Brian Fay (right), 1999 dueling finalist, does the Silver Band demo thing in the booth. |
 Joshua Deacon (right, foreground) and Jason Rownd playing Who Wants Some? games at the booth. |
 Spike Murphy (left), Jan Malina (center) and Joshua Duffin, opponents of the aforementioned Deacon and Rownd. |
 Brian"I'm letting them win" Fay. Sure you are, sure. |
 Spike Murphy (far right) and Scott Gardner (far left) demoing at the booth. |
 Brian "I'm still letting them win, dammit!" Fay (right). |
 Jason Rownd (right) plays John Seavey (left), author of several Feng Shui RPG titles. |
 The booth gets too crowded very quickly. Chris Kallas (center) playing Who Wants Some?. |
 Chris Kallas (right) throws down against Brian "No, I am not letting him win!" Fay. |
 Demo 24/7, it seemed like. This one was in a hotel conference room after the dealer's room closed. Newbie Diane Dybalski (left) went on to play in some tourneys. |
 Who Wants Some? and pickup games in the same hotel conference room. Paul Gerardi looks at the whupass coming his way from Glen Murie (right) |
 Paul Gerardi (right) hard at work demoing on day 2 |
 Glen Murie (left) opens cards while Brent Russell (right) and Brian "I'm not losing today!" Fay (back) demo. Again. |
 Brian "Ok, I'm gonna lose, but it was 2 on 1!" Fay. |
 The demo tables were filled pretty much non-stop. We had to ask people to come back later... |
 Frank Bustamante (right), of Third World Games fame, throws down against Diane Dybalski. |
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 Kelly the Whupass Girl ready to walk the convention floor, offering her wares (uh, that didn't come out quite right). |
 Kelly working the crowd. |
 A can of whupass? You're kidding, right? Hunh. You're not kidding. |
 Cans only $2. No extra charge for the photo. |
 Yet another customer. Most people didn't care that it was Shadowfist, they just liked the concept. |
 Zev accumulated a lot of $1 bills that day. |
 Hmm, can you say? I've never tried whupass in a can before. How does it compare to the boxed variety? |
 Can of whupass? Bwah ha ha ha. I'll take one. |
 Heh heh. I'm going to open mine right now. Back off!. |
 Everyone needs a can or two. |
 Hey, this can is expired! Will you give me a discount? |
 'scuse me while I whip this out. |
 Why do the men only look at my cans? (sorry, that was tasteless, but that alone won't make me delete it :) |
 Diskwars player waits patiently to unleash his can of whupass. |
 Another customer eager to unleash the whupass. |
 Oh come on, of course you need another can. |
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 Clockwise from left: Jan Malina, Joshua Deacon and Michael Jackson in round 1 of sealed deck |
 Clockwise from left: Ken Fischer, Wylie Rothstein (?), and Diane Dybalski in round 1 of sealed deck |
 Clockwise from left: Steve Valladolid, Ed Freedman (?), and Andrew Davidson in round 1 of sealed deck |
 In the foreground, clockwise from lower left: Matt Miller's nose, Mark Wheelhouse's hat, and John Seavey's arms in round 1 of sealed deck |
 Clockwise from left: Glen Murie, Scott Gardner and Spike Murphy in round 1 of the sealed deck tourney |
 Glen Murie (left) waits for the smackdown from Ed Freedman (?) while Joshua Deacon (right) plans for his shot |
 Mark Wheelhouse (left) and Michael Jackson in a later round of sealed deck |
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 "So, what's it going to be, Lotus boy?" Joshua Duffin planning an attack. |
 Matt "Why are you attacking me?" Widmann |
 Clockwise from lower left: Scott Gardner, Steve Valladolid, Mike Greenholdt (?) and Mark Wheelhouse's hat |
 Clockwise from lower left: Michael Jackson's hair, Matt Miller, Andrew Davidson, and Chris Kallas' shoulder |
 Clockwise from lower left: Jan Malina, Josh Kronengold, Jeff Boucher-Zamzo (?), and Ron (the elder) Wheelhouse. Note the sheer size of Ron's deck :) |
 Jan Malina is a blur of motion as he administers punishment to Joshua Duffin (upper left), Tor Swanson (lower right), and another guy whose name I don't remember. |
 Clockwise from left: Joshua Deacon, Josh Kronengold, Aaron Foss (?), and Jan Malina. |
 Clockwise from lower left: the back of Josh Kronengold's head, Anthony Botz (?), Glen Murie, and the back of Steve Horton's head. |
 Swiss style means winners play winners. Here we see Jan Malina say to Mark (the younger) Wheelhouse: "You think you and that hat can stop me?" |
 Yet another photo from Friday's TW qualifier. You should be able to recognize these people by now :) |
 Don't discount the hat. Mark Wheelhouse (left) on his way to undefeated victory. |
 Jason Rownd (left) telling Matt Widmann (center) and Jeff Boucher-Zamzo about what he gave up when he joined the Lotus. |
 A view of one of the two long tables. Mark Wheelhouse's hat in lower left, and David Smith's ear in lower right. |
 It's a tense moment as Chris Kallas (left) faces down his adversary whose name I have forgotten. Kris Heaver (right) putting the equal into equal opportunity buttkicking. |
 "Their kung fu is no match for my technology." Matt Miller shows his hand to the camera. |
 Matt Miller administering the whuppage to Stephen Muray (center) and unknown guy on the left. |
 Hmm. Attack, don't attack. Attack, don't attack. Aw heck, attack! |
 Jason Rownd (right) moves in against David Smith's Jammers (upper left). |
 Another table shot (bland description since I don't remember any of these folks names, sorry). |
 Ah, yet another table shot. |
 Brian Fay and Brent Russell finally get a chance to do something besides demos in the Year of the Dragon sealed deck tourney. Noel Montealegre and ? in the foreground. |
 From left to right, Will Glenn, Todd Luikart and Spike Murphy all administer early round spankings to their opponents in YotD sealed. |
 Elaine Ferraro goes with the theory that if she looks hard enough, one of these cards will change into something immediately useful. |
 On the right, Cy Myers (background) and David Perrey (foreground) on the way to winning their games. |
 Seated, from left: Cy Myers, Brent Russell and Austin Boz at the YotD sealed event. |
 Todd Luikart (far right) about to give Will Glenn one of his few losses. Next to Todd, Allen Hege puts the smack down with a Dragons deck. |
 The receiving end of the previous picture - from the left, Will Glenn, Spike Murphy, and James Hamblin. |
 James Hamblin (left) gleefully gives Todd Luikart his only loss during the Swiss rounds. David Perrey thinking hard about how to stop Allen Hege's onslaught. |
 The action was fast and furious at the non-winners table too. |
 James Hamblin, winner of the Year of the Dragon tourney, shows off his trophy and DVD selection |
 Clockwise from lower left: Mark Wheelhouse, Glen Murie, Ron Wheelhouse, Matt Widmann in the first round. |
 Clockwise from lower left: Joshua Duffin, Aaron Foss, Joshua Deacon, and Jan Malina in the first round. |
 Clockwise from lower left: David Smith, Scott Gardner, Tor Swanson and Matt Miller in the first round. |
 Clockwise from lower left: Josh Kronengold, Paul Heaver, Steve Valladolid and Michael Jackson in the first round. |
 Round 2. Note the fortune cookie fortunes inserted in the sleeves of Joshua Duffin's cards. |
 Early in Round 2 |
 And again, more of round 2. |
 Round 3: everyone gets more serious, trying to secure that crucial 2nd win to get into the final round. |
 Round 3: but not too serious, this is Shadowfist after all... |
 Round 3: a little more serious at this table... |
 Multiplayer championship finalist Joshua Duffin |
 Multiplayer championship finalist Steve Valladolid |
 Multiplayer championship finalist David Smith |
 Multiplayer championship finalist Josh Kronengold |
 Steve Valladolid still has his game face on after his win. |
 post-game analysis. What could they have done to stop the winning attack? |
 Rather blurry closeup of the trophy given to Steve |
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