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Dots & Dashes turns pro
As expected, the game spread like wildfire. Soon, mega-international-conglomerates such as QPSA (Queensland Pharmacy Student Association) were paying out massive amounts of money for players to turn professional and hopefully ruin the game (?).
As expected, the two most dominant and successful players were the guys who started it all.
It Begins - Championship fever!
Christopher Lancaster d. Matthew Mills, 02/08/2002, 8:00am, 39:10, WC
Chris wins the inaugural world championship with a nearly 4:1 box ratio. A crushing victory! A shocking blow to Millsy, who introduced the game to his colleague. In a poor show of sportsmanship, Chris was referred to as "Chris the Piss".
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Matthew Mills d. Christopher Lancaster, 02/08/2002, 9:02am, 18:7, WC
In the quickest rematch in history, Matty "Microwave" Mills easily takes the title.
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Christopher Lancaster d. Matthew Mills, 15/08/2002, 9:12am, 41:8, WC
Fired up for revenge, Chris reclaims the title and absolutely destroys his old friend, with one of the most dominating games of all time. This was worse than the time Albo Einstein thrashed PeeWee Herman. This game will forever be known as "the Immortal" and is required study for advanced and expert students of the game.
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Matthew Mills d. Christopher Lancaster, 23/08/2002, 9:16am, 26:23, WC
Matthew emerged victorious in a tight, defensive game. To his credit, Chris kept his mouth shut amidst constant accusations by video referees at Millsy for at-times-blatant cheating. A shocking display.
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Christopher Lancaster d. Matthew Mills, 28/08/2002, 2:02pm, 45:19, WC
The two gladiators once again contest the final, proving that they are undoubtedly the best the world has even seen. In a tough encounter marred by an unjust scoreline, a slight Mills error gifted the World Championship to Chris. Enduring harsh criticism for such a victory, Chris promised to become the first player to ever win the title back-to-back, finally showing who the greatest player is!
In actual fact, 45:19 is the predicted scoreline, giving Mills the maximum he could score without winning. Mills retired while leading 8:7 as Chris used "the Lancastrian" (see below) to great effect and guaranteed himself the win.
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Christopher Lancaster d. Matthew Mills, 18/09/2002, 12:35pm, 53:11, WC
Proving to be more Muhammad Ali than Anthony Mundine (just kidding, you rock man!), Chris delivered. A dynasty had begun. As for Matty, his life would literally (well not really literally, don't you hate when people do that) go down the toilet.
Matthew actually resigned from the game when a Chris victory was inevitable, and the "honours" of completing Matt's moves was taken by Dean Byrnes.
Matthew Mills would eventually be outclassed by Chris in all aspects of the game, and would fade into obscurity and eventually, retirement. The reason for Mill's exit from the demanding game of D&D were the little things in life like love, family and a "real job". Lancaster has always rejected this as an excuse, "you can't handle it man! I'm too good man, too good!!! Suck it down!" Note: "Suck it down!" is an idiom meaning "take it like a man", another idiom.
Chris continues to hone his skills and devise new brilliant tactics while self-exiled from
society and the commercial nonsense the game has become, in a stinky cottage high up in the
mountains of Siberia. 2 weeks later...
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Christopher Lancaster d. Dean Byrnes, 19/09/2002, 25:11, EC
After becoming the longest champ ever and the first ever to retain the World Championship, Lancaster proceeded to win the inaugural European D&D Federation Championat, hammering the hapless Dean Byrnes in the final. This was despite early "stupid" moves by Chris. Or were they brilliant sacrifices? Depends on who you ask...
Legend - Dean Byrnes
aka Deano, Malenko, Cold-saw, Byrnesy, ulet, babe
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Christopher Lancaster d. William Chung, IC
Behind closed doors in China, Chris defeated WC for the IC. The inaugural Intercontinental Championship is a mystery, some say it may never have happened. Most don't even know what intercontinental means anyway. The Chinese Secret Service - claims Chris - suppressed all records of the date, time and score, in order to protect the honour of the only ever Asian champ and China's favourite son. Must have been a walloping.
With the three major title in hand, World Championship, European Championship, and Intercontinental Championship (I still don't know what that is), Chris became undisputedly the greatest of all time. Here endeth the Golden Age.
Legend - William Chung
aka Tibor, Will, Willy, Bill, Big Man, Big Willy, Big T, Big W, Big Willy T, Teebs, psycho, trio, de Panew, Korean, porn star (!), ulet, bruz, bro.
Records - as of 29/09/02
- first champ: Lancaster, 02/08/02, 8:00am
- shortest reign: Lancaster, 1h,02mins, 02/08/02, 8:00am - 02/08/02, 9:02am
- longest reign: Lancaster, more than one month and counting, 28/08/02, 2:02pm - ???
- most World Championships: Lancaster, 4
- largest victory in WC: Lancaster d. Mills, 41:8, 15/08/02, 9:12am
- most cheating: Mills, 13
- most outstanding performance in a 2-week period: Lancaster, 28/08/02 - 11/09/02
- most sore loser: Lancaster, every time he loses (not often, hehe)
- most resources spent: Mills, paper and ink
- highest average rating: Lancaster, 10/10, 15/08/02 and 18/09/02
Notes
- the largest victories in the WC (5:1 ratios) occurred when Lancaster re-claimed the title for the first time and when he retained it for the first time.
- D&DWC was the first and now is 1 of only 3 official D&D championships available.
- pre-D&DWC times, the top 4 players were: unofficial Euro champ Chris Lancaster, unofficial British champ Dean Byrnes, unofficial Aussie champ Matthew Mills and unofficial Asian champ William Chung. Since starting the turning pro and the inception of the D&DWC, only 2 players have contested the final - Matty and Chris. Ironically, Mills has never made it far in the other two official tournaments.
- D&DWC was made not only to determine the best player and to promote the sport, but also to nurture and develop tactics and the like. Lancaster's "give 'em 2 squares" tactic is now a fundamental part of the game and has been renamed, "the Lancastrian". In this end-game move, when you see that your move could result in the opponent taking a whole string of boxes, you find where you can close off a 3dot-by-2dot rectangle, without breaking it up into 2 boxes. Your opponent is finished. He will take the two boxes, then connect two dots in the potential string of boxes, which will become yours for the taking. It is said that it was THIS move and disputes about its validity in the original rules of D&D (where you could not sacrifice these two boxes in such a way, you had to close off an available box) that gave rise to the mega-popular Lancaster-Mills variant of the game.
- Mills is the only other player to have won an official tournament, ironically it is from the most prestigious of all, the WC.
The 3 Official Tournaments
WC
THE tournament. All the world's top players compete, including the "big 4".
Rankings (World): 1. Lancaster (Netherlands), 2. Mills (Australia), 3. Byrnes (Ireland), 4. Chung (China)
EC
The second most prestigious tournament of the professional D&D circuit, as most of the top players are from Europe. The European Top 10 are world class. The EC is more prestigious than the IC because the American and African champions are not at the same level. Contains 2 of the "Big 4". But if we had the "Big 10", Europe would fill 8 of those spots, primarily from the Germanic countries.
Rankings (Europe): 1. Lancaster (Netherlands), 2. Byrnes (Ireland), 3. Klose (Germany), 4. van Bommel (Netherlands)
IC
The 3rd and last official tournament, the least prestigious. The champ of the World, champ of Europe and the unofficial champs of the other continents partake. Note: The continent with the world champ, sends its no.2 as well.
In the only IC final played as yet, Lancaster played against Chung rather than the more-fancied Mills or Byrnes due to Chris smashing Deano in SemiFinal1 and Chung scoring a massive upset over Matty in SemiFinal2.
Unofficial Rankings (Oceania): 1. Mills (Australia), 2. Reardon (Australia)
Unofficial Rankings (Asia): 1. Chung (China), 2. Lee (China)
Unofficial Rankings (Americas): 1. Smith (Canada), 2. Boesch (USA)
Unofficial Rankings (Africa): 1. Kujale (Congo), 2. van der Haar (South Africa)