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Wow. Great results.

There were so many great decks to choose from this year that I actually found it really hard to choose between some decks for certain categories.

Even though I knew which decks I'd voted for when I was scrolling through the list of winners I thought to myself: I don't think I'll have done too well this year. But then to see my name in SECOND place I was shocked & stoked at the same time. I think this will be the pinnacle of my UC voting - I doubt I'll ever reach these heights again. :lol:

Congrats to all the winners & many thanks to Mike & Joe for running a super smooth contest, to all the people who donated prizes & of course to the designers who we couldn't have this contest without. :D
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congrats to all the winners!
well deserved!

There is one thing i do not understand.

Best Deck Overall
1st: Icons: Imperial, Wicked Kingdom
2nd: -
3rd: Omnia: The Golden Age, Le Chat Rouge, Magna Carta, Anubis/Osiris


2nd position?
also for other categories.... just wondering :)
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Stockholm17 wrote: 2nd position?
also for other categories.... just wondering :)
Because the first place was tied, there is no second place, as the first two decks are the number 1 and 2. If it would have been a three way tie for the first place, then there wouldn't have been anyone on the third place either.

And here we can see the old truth: Finland > Sweden
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Hello guys!

I saw this yesterday night, I was in France for a tiny vacation - I am very happy for the great result of my Omnia: The Golden Age project :)

Ahah I will have a lot of projects in 2017 (Dedalo, Pantheon, SINS ......... and maybe more ;)

@Calypso - I'm very sorry :D!

Well, a big THANK YOU to everyone voted for Omnia and congrats to all the winners - well deserved!
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Thirdway Industries wrote: Ahah I will have a lot of projects in 2017 (Dedalo, Pantheon, SINS ......... and maybe more ;)
Dude stop, there is a limit of how much my mouth can produce drool!
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Räpylätassu wrote:
Thirdway Industries wrote: Ahah I will have a lot of projects in 2017 (Dedalo, Pantheon, SINS ......... and maybe more ;)
Dude stop, there is a limit of how much my mouth can produce drool!
And my wallet! :lol:
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Congratulations to the winners and a BIG THANK YOU to all who voted for ICONS IMPERIAL as the best 2016 deck!
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Don't worry, I'm human! After SINS I will need months before launch another big project :-)
Maybe summer, but more probably autumn.
And I won't launch anything else before Pantheon will be delivered.

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Lotrek wrote:Congratulations to the winners and a BIG THANK YOU to all who voted for ICONS IMPERIAL as the best 2016 deck!
Well deserved! Personally I love your work and dedication to what you do.

A big congrats to Wylie Beckert for Wicked Kingdom too - joint best deck and top rookie deck is an outstanding achievement!
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I was so surprised with the results that I didn’t know what to say. Of course I wanted a good result, but the first place is something incredible. I spent a great deal of time choosing my votes because this last year , there were released so many great decks and we had a lot of options to choose from.
I am so grateful that I found this amazing and dedicated community about 2 years ago. It has helped me a lot with my passion for playing cards and made a big difference. It was like another world, because I didn’t know at that time that there are so many different decks.
I want to say a big THANK YOU to the organizers, very good job, and to those who donated for the prizes. Also for the designers and producers, keep up the good work!
I’ll try to pick my prize as fast as possible.
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Congrats to all, the winning decks and artists, the winning pickers and as always thanks to everyone who participated.

Joe - many thanks for continuing to make UC look great. This was a great showing all around!
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Congrats to al the winners. The votes got tabulated very quickly this year, a credit to the organizers of this great contest. I better list the contents of my donation to the prize pool right away now. All decks in the brick are brand new and sealed and I will cover the cost for domestic shipping in the USA.

1. Hollingsworth Deck
2. Black Raider Deck - Ohio made, hard to find.
3. Bicycle Astronomy Deck - A Club 808 exclusive.
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8. Sybil Gold Reserve Deck - No. 498/1000
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I'm sorry for taking so long, but it was a really hard choice. I will take the half brick from Thirdway Industries. Thank you very much!
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I'm so happy to see that I reached the top 10, couldn't be more happier, it was so difficult to choose between so many options!

Congratulation for the deck designers, especially to my italian friends Lorenzo and Giovanni! Congratulation for the other contestants!

A very big THANK YOU to whoever donated, and of course to Mike and Joe to have this made possible. It is a long job to get the votes all together and prepare the results, so, really thank you!

This year will be awesome too!
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Hello there!

@HFMJ
Congrats for winning! I'm very happy you picked my half brick as prize :) It's an honour!
I should have already sent you a PM with a link for pay a small shipping contribution (but I added a free shipping + discount code on anything on http://www.thirdwayindustries.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ;) ).
I may also add some extras ^_^
If you need to reach me fast, use mail giovanni -at- thirdway.it, I don't recieve mail notifications from UC (strange)

@Sunz - yeahh thank you hehe
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HFMJ wrote:I'm sorry for taking so long, but it was a really hard choice. I will take the half brick from Thirdway Industries. Thank you very much!
Congrats on 1st place HFMJ, Good choice. I was also considering The Thirdway decks.

The problem with scoring highly is that there are too many great prizes to choose from.

I would like to take the mixed brick from Cherrynukacola as my prize please. Many Thanks. :D
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Great choice - if you PM him I'm sure he'd be happy to arrange getting them to you!

next up: Thedissident001
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Congratulations to all the winners, 2016 was a great year for deck design, I can't wait to see what 2017 offers :ucstar:
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52Ravens wrote:Congratulations to all the winners, 2016 was a great year for deck design, I can't wait to see what 2017 offers :ucstar:
Well I certainly hope that 2017 offers a new deck from you. Or two.

Why is Kirk still a deck artist and not verified designer? Mike come explain this...
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Hey everyone,

Sincerest thanks to everyone for organising the competition and the generous donations made by the respective members.

For my third place prize, I would be honoured to select Shermjacks Tier 1 prize, the full set of Carat cases. I own a precious few of these already and they really put a shine on the presentation of my prized decks. I'll be in touch with shermjack about arranging delivery including contribution toward postage costs.

I think it's flyers3003 to select next?

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Congrats to all the winners and thanks once again to everyone at UC for a great contest!

For my 4th place prize, I would love to have shermjack's Tier 2 prize, the Carat X6 w/decks from Asia.

I believe that makes sms69x next to pick.
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Great contest this year, way harder to select our "bests", but all well deserved.

Many thanks to the guy that arranged the contest and also to all the donators.

I'll be passing this year on the prize draw...

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Great contest once again. The winners are well deserved.

This process is a great chance to review all the decks from the year. There were actually very few duds produced and many good ones. But about a dozen decks stood out. What I notice across them is attention to detail in all areas of the art and the execution. Coincidentally (maybe?) these creators are very proud of their process and try to show some of it to us in their projects.

I'm happy to pick Räpylätassu's brick 1. Passing to ivan.
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Once again, what an amazing contest! Thanks Joe and Mike! Picks for 2016 was especially difficult with the number of exceptional and very well produced decks currently in the market. Special thanks to all the hard work and innovations designers have incorporated into their product. Also, not forgetting the generous sponsors. :)

I will go with the brick by PrincessTrouble.

Passing in on to Räpylätassu. :D
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Räpylätassu wrote:
52Ravens wrote:Congratulations to all the winners, 2016 was a great year for deck design, I can't wait to see what 2017 offers :ucstar:
Well I certainly hope that 2017 offers a new deck from you. Or two.

Why is Kirk still a deck artist and not verified designer? Mike come explain this...
Odd, he was in both groups, but still had Deck Artist selected as primary. I found one other user that way, and fixed them both.

Believe it or not we have a total of 180 members between both groups

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I'll take nECr0MaNCeD's mystery brick! Passing to Sunz!
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I willpick Sinjin7 prize!

Thank you, was looking for those mana reserve decks for a while! :D

I'll contact you soon, I'm from Italy!
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I guess I'm next! :D

I'd love to take Räpylätassu's 2nd brick, if I may. Looks like there's quite a few interesting decks included! Thanks to everyone who donated!

Over to JuFin!
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I'll take Vasta41's Mixed half brick!

That means TGunitedcardists is up!
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JuFiN wrote:That means TGunitedcardists is up!
First of all, I'd like to thank UC for running the contest and all the people that donated prizes. :ucstar: :ucstar: :ucstar: :ucstar: :ucstar: Thank you!

First time I've entered the contest. I finished u̶n̶l̶u̶c̶k̶y̶ lucky number 13!

I will choose the generous, "Lorenzo Gaggiotti Tier 1: Half brick of Le Chat Rouge + 6 copper coins with epoxy coating prize."

2017's going to be a Stockholm 17 year, with a Gemini Split Brick with Noctis coming and RAVN purple on the radar!

Lorenzo/Stockholm 17: Thank you in advance. You rock.

Next up is #14, vasta41.
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