UC Summit 2024

As the winners of UC Summit 2023, Highlander Duelists hosted UC Summit 2024. The event took place on January 20, 2024 in HUB260, 265, 268, and 269 in a 5-round Swiss-style Tournament. An Edison-format Side Event was also run, with free registration that opened shortly after Round 2 of the Main Event.

## Attendance

* 55 players from UCR, UCSD, UCB, UCSC, UCD, UCI, and UCLA attended the event with the following breakdown
	+ UCR: 23 (+3 compared to 2023)
	+ UCLA: 1 (-19 compared to 2023)
	+ **UCB**: 2 (+2 compared to 2023)
	+ UCSD: 5 (-5 compared to 2023)
	+ **UCD**: 5 (+5 compared to 2023)
	+ **UCSC:** 9 (+9 compared to 2023)
	+ UCI: 10 (-2 compared to 2023)
* Additionally, a vendor whose home school was UCLA attended.

### Attendance by Returning Players

* UCR: 12
* UCI: 7
* UCLA: 1
* UCSD: 0

In total, 30 of the 64 players who registered for the 2023 UC Summit returned to compete in the 2024 UC Summit.

### Preliminary Headcounts

Preliminary estimates suggested that attendance levels were, at minimum, similar to UC Summit 2022, with the following breakdowns:

* UCSD: 5-10 (-1 to -6 compared to 2023)
* **UCB**: 2-3
* **UCSC**: 8-11
* **UCD**: 5-7
* UCI: ~14 (+2 compared to 2023)
* UCR: ~20-25 (0 to +5 compared to 2023)
* UCSB: No contact made; 0 (-1 compared to 2023)
* UCLA: No initial headcount; Later inquiry projected 0 (-20 compared to 2023) due to a last-minute logistical issue.
* Total: 54-70

**BOLD** denotes a school that did not attend the 2023 UC Summit.

## Entry and Prizing

The entry fee for the 2024 UC Summit was $15. Players received 2 packs of Maze of Millennia upon successful payment.

* Winner of the UC Summit qualifies their school for the Intercollegiate Main Event
* 1 case of Maze of Millennia (split between Top 8 and Entry)

## Prizing Breakdown

* 168 Booster Packs split among Top 8 as follows
	+ 1st: 72 Booster Packs (3 Boxes)
	+ 2nd: 36 Booster Packs (1.5 Boxes)
	+ 3rd: 24 Booster Packs (1 box)
	+ 4th: 12 Booster Packs
	+ 5th-8th: 6 Booster Packs each
* 110 Booster packs were distributed among all Duelists for Entry
* 6 Booster packs were used as a Bonus for the winner of each round's Feature Match
	+ Due to the cancellation of the last round, both players in the Round 5 Feature Match received a Bonus pack.
* 4 Booster packs were split between staff

## Deck Breakdowns

* 36 different decks were played between the 55 players at this event:
	+ 3 Adventure Variants (Adventure Orcust Horus, Adventure Supreme King, Adventure Synchro Diabellestar)
	+ 1 Blue-Eyes
	+ 1 Branded Chimera
	+ 6 Branded Despia
	+ 1 Bystial Scareclaw
	+ 5 Fire King (Sinful, Tri-Brigade, Pure)
	+ 1 Dinomorphia
	+ 1 Dragon Link
	+ 4 Floowandereeze
	+ 1 HERO
	+ 3 Kashtira
	+ 4 Labrynth
	+ 1 Live Twin
	+ 2 Mannadium
	+ 1 Mikanko
	+ 1 Plunder Patroll
	+ 1 Purrely
	+ 2 Rescue-ACE (Pure, Sinful)
	+ 4 Runick (Bystial Runick, Runick Stun, Runick Orcust, Runick Orcust Bystial)
	+ 2 Sky Striker
	+ 1 Tri-Brigade Spright
	+ 3 Tearlaments (Pure, Horus)
	+ 2 Tenyi Swordsoul
	+ 2 Unchained (Labrynth, Pure)
	+ 2 Vanquish Soul

## Trivia

* This will be the first post-COVID UC Summit where UCSC will attend and the first UC Summit that UC Davis will attend.
	+ This is also the first UC Summit after the creation (or re-creation) of school-sponsored YuGiOh clubs at UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, and UC Berkeley.
* This is the first UC Summit not held at UCLA.
	+ This is also the first UC Summit where UCLA was not expected to send a delegation.
* This is the first UC Summit with a Side Event.
* This is the first UC Summit with vendors present.
* This is the first UC Summit where none of the UCR roster accidentally missed the tournament
* Due to a previous logistical issue in the early rounds and the elimination of all but 1 undefeated player, the tournament was ended after 5 rounds rather than the prescribed 6.