Rick L, a PAX Enforcer, is the new Dev Kit World Champion. After winning the finals, he was interviewed by both gearlive.com tv and Pink Godzilla.

ROUND 1
In round one, there were 54 contestants playing 18 games. Qualifying wild-cards show an asterisk.

Group 1
Mike J 85
Logan D 57
Jessica Z 54

Group 2
Brett D 145
John G 87*
Julia V 51

Group 3
Lucas J 117
Cliff M 98*
Steve M 75

Group 4
Paul B 120
Aurora B 61
Brian M 42

Group 5
Cale H 153
Alex R 68
Kelly B 44

Group 6
Chris K 125
Tyler T 57
Dan J 54

Group 7
Michael H 123
Ed P 95*
Mary J 8

Group 8
Ryan E 88
Paul C 74
Ben W 51

Group 9
Katie B 121
Drew K 82
Patrick M 77

Group 10
Wade N 103
Mike N 86*
Jeremy G 86*

Group 11
Marco D 107
John O 51
Ryan G 51

Group 12
Maven 105
Brandon T 99*
Travis C 28

Group 13
Eric S 152
Chris J 74
Jami S 63

Group 14
Wally T 144 (116 point win!)
Rob S 28
Ty W 26

Group 15
David V 165
Rick L 86*
Paul S 70

Group 16
Cheatum 113
Jared G 73
Andrew W 64

Group 17
Matthew M 126
Joe S 65
Sheridan B 38

Group 18
James H 132
Jose C 126*
Robert W 56

WILDCARDS: Jose C 126, Brandon T 99, Cliff M 98, John G 95, Ed P 95
Rick L 86, Mike N 86, Jeremy G 86
JUST MISSED THE CUT: Drew K 82

ROUND 2 (W-L records of all qualifiers)

Group 1
Brandon T 101 (1-1)
David V 100* (1-1)
Jose C 67

Group 2
Maven 92 (2-0)
Brett D 91
Ryan E 0 (the Joe Zone)

Group 3
James H 87 (2-0)
Matthew M 76
Marco D 69

Group 4
Eric S 139 (2-0)
Mike J 101* (2-0)
Paul B 69

Group 5
John G 109 (1-1)
Cale H 100* (1-1)
Ed P 51

Group 6
Cheetum 109 (2-0)
Wally M 74
Wade 72

Group 7
Lucas J 114 (40 point win!) (2-0)
Cliff M 98
Chris K 69
Mike N 51

Group 8
Katie B 120 (2-0)
Rick L 112* (0-2)
Michael H 78

WILDCARDS: Rick L 112, Mike J 101, David V 100, Cale H 100
JUST MISSED THE CUT: Brett D 91

STATS - DAY ONE

Highest scores, round one:
David V 165
Cale H 153
Eric S 152

Highest scores, round two:
Eric S 139
Katie B 120
Lucas J 114

Biggest margins of victory, round one:

Wally T 116 point win
Cale H 85 point win
David V 79 point win

Biggest margins of victory, round two:

Lucas J 40 point win (in a 4-player game!)
Eric S 38 point win
Cheetum 37 point win

Skin of his teeth (wild card both times):

Rick L

PAX 2007 Dev Kit Tourney Results Day 2:

ROUND 3 (and there were 12):

Group 1
Cale H 145 (2-1)
Eric S 56
David V 28

Group 2
Rick L 152 (1-2; Rick finally wins a match!)
Mike J 67* (2-1)
Katie B 63

Group 3
Cheatum 101 (3-0)
Brandon T 65
Lucas 53

Group 4
Maven 103 (3-0)
James H 92* (2-1)
John G 65

WILDCARDS: Mike J 67, Brandon 65, John G 65

JUST MISSED THE CUT: Katie B 63

ROUND 4 (and there were 6):

Group 1
Cheatum 101 (4-0)
Cale H* 83 (2-2)
Maven 63 (3-1)

Group 2
James H 84 (3-1)
Rick L 83* (1-3)
Mike J 70 (1-3)

WILDCARDS: Cale H 83, Rick L 83
JUST MISSED THE CUT: Mike J 70

FINALS

So the finals was supposed to be two winners plus a wild card, but tourney rules say that in case of a tie for the last wild card spot, all tying players advance. So the final table was 4 players, with Cale H and Rick L tying at 83 points for the wild card. Cheatum was the only undefeated player, and the favorite. Rick had only won one game so far, squeaking in with a wild card 3 times out of 4. To win the tourney, a player had to win twice at the finals table.

GAME ONE:

Rick L 86 (2-3)
Cale H 73 (2-3)
James H 57 (3-2)
Cheatum 51 (4-1)

Rick wins the all-important first game. And Cheatum takes his first loss, coming in last.

GAME TWO:

Rick L 108 (3-3)
Cheatum 72 (4-2)
James H 64 (3-3)
Cale H 28 (2-4)

And in a stunning turn of events, Rick L sweeps the finals table. Rick as the only player coming into day 2 who had not won a single game; but apparently he was saving the best for last. Rick's weapon of choice was Kya, the Neutral Guardian.

FINAL STANDINGS: 54 entered, but as you surely know, there can be only one.

1. Rick L - 2007 PINK GODZILLA DEV KIT WORLD CHAMPION.

2. Cheatum 122 points
3. James H 121 points
4. Cale H 101 points

PRIZES:

1st: Rick won the right to design his own video game, using characters from the Pink Godzilla universe. The video game title will appear in the first PG Dev Kit expansion. Rick also won $200 in Pink Godzilla store credit and 150 Penny Arcade tickets (to trade in for about $150 in cool stuff at the Penny Arcade redemption table).

2nd: Cheatum won a Pink Godzilla t-shirt and other nifty PG logo stuff, plus 100 Penny Arcade tickets.

3rd: James H won a Pinky G t-shirt and 75 Penny Arcade tickets.

4th: Cale H won 25 Penny Arcade tickets.

STATS FOR DAY ONE AND TWO FOR ALL PLAYERS WHO MADE IT TO DAY TWO:

PLAYER RECORD/ POINTS AVG/ POINTS AVG./ MARGIN

1. Rick L 3-3/ 627/ 104/ (- 6)
2. Cheatum 4-2/ 547/ 91/ (+10)
3. James H 3-3/ 516/ 86/ (- 8)
4. Cale H 2-4/ 680/ 113/ (+ 9)

5. Maven 3-1/ 363/ 91/ (- 5)
6. Mike J 1-3/ 323/ 81/ (-28)

7. Eric S 2-1/ 347/ 116/ (+ 9)
8. Katie B 2-1/ 304/ 101/ (-12)
9. Lucas J 2-1/ 284/ 95/ (+11)
10. David V 1-2/ 293/ 98/ (- 8)
11. Brandon T 1-2/ 265/ 88/ (-12)
12. John G 1-2/ 261/ 87/ (-32)

HIGHEST AVERAGE SCORES:

1. Eric S 116
2. Cale H 113
3. Rick L 104

HIGHEST AVERAGE MARGIN OF VICTORY/DEFEAT:

1. Lucas J +11
2. Cheatum +10
3. Eric S. + 9

HIGHEST WORST GAME (MOST CONSISTENT PLAYERS)

1. Rick L 83 (86-112-152-83-86-108)
2. Mike K 67 (85-101-67-70)
3. John G 65 (87-109-65)
4. Brandon T 65 (99-101-65)

High game each round of the tourney:

1st: David V 165
2nd: Eric S 139
3rd: Rick L 152
4th: Cheatum 101
5th: Rick L 108

Biggest win each round of the tourney:

1st: Wally T +116
2nd: Lucas J + 40
3rd: Cale H + 89
4th: Cheatum + 18
5th: Rick L + 36

SO WHAT DO ALL THESE STATS MEAN:

What stands out is that although Rick L didn’t win most of his games, and only had one spectacular game, he played remarkably consistently, never had a bad game.

Cheatum, who came in 2nd, had only one bad game, a 51, and had a high average margin of victory (+10).

The greatest variation: Cale H, whose game by game totals are 153-100-145-83-73-28. Even with that amazingly low last game, he’s still the only day 2 player who averaged both 100 points and a positive margin.

Not surprisingly, the quality of play tends to improve the deeper you get into the tournament, and thus the average margins are small. Scores also went down later in the tourney as players tried to complete their fourth games lightning fast to deny other players the chance to build huge games.