Little feedback after the tournament:
There were less contestants than last year (60-70 players), but the level was incredibly higher.
Most people playing it as a family game, usually coming for the 4-players games, weren't there, since even the qualification turns were 1vs1 games.
I really enjoyed this new approach of the tournament, and so did many contestants. It gives better opportunities to use strategy over luck, and a more reliable ranking in the end.
It was a crazy day for me: only my second tournament, and I had the opportunity to play against some members of the belgian team and some former belgian champions (online or IRL), and even win against some of them!
I managed to stay unbeaten for the first 4 games, and even reached table 1, meaning that at some point, I was the highest ranked player of the day
I couldn't keep that position for sure, and lost my 2 last qualification games by 1 point both.
This still allowed me to get my place for the quarter-finals, being the only qualified french speaker was a lot of pressure!
Unfortunately, I didn't managed to get any further, and ended up 8th of the final ranking.
I had the opportunity to meet many players, including christokedex and his amazing Carcassonne-shirt (spot him on the pics?
) and even had a word from the champion and vice champion of this year, both telling me I was a particulary hard-to-beat-opponent... really glad to hear it!
Just a few pictures with me in a high state of focus...
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