KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT - AMERICA ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF THE YU-GI-OH! U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS VIDEO GAME TOURNAMENT
Five Talented Duelists Advance to the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2005 Tournament in Tokyo , Japan
REDWOOD CITY , Calif. - June 24, 2005 - Konami Digital Entertainment America, a division of Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. , today announced the winners of the Yu-Gi-Oh! U.S. Championship Finals Video Game Tournament. Fifteen of the nation's best Yu-Gi-Oh! duelists went head to head in the competition. The top five winners from the U.S. Finals won valuable prizes as well as a trip to Japan to compete against the best duelists in the world at the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2005 Tournament in Tokyo August 5th - 7th . After hours of fierce competition, 15-year old Patrick Dicks from Warren , Ohio triumphed over the 15 other competitors as the first place winner. Patrick Dicks was awarded a copy of Yu-Gi-Oh! Online (PC), Master Collection set and a limited edition booster pack of Yu-Gi-Oh! cards from Upper Deck(tm), Yu-Gi-Oh! branded merchandise, a spot to duel in the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2005 Tournament in Tokyo , Japan and bragging rights as the Yu-Gi-Oh! U.S. Championship Finals Video Game Champion.
The Yu-Gi-Oh! U.S. Finals second, third, fourth and fifth place winners are (in order): 13-year old Raymond Lantz III ( Miami , Florida ), 14-year old Matthew Mancuso ( Enfield , Connecticut ), 20-year old Jason Lee ( Oakland , California ), and 32-year old Brian Dunlap ( Morrison , Colorado ). Each were awarded a copy of Yu-Gi-Oh! Online (PC), a limited edition booster pack of Yu-Gi-Oh! cards from Upper Deck(tm), Yu-Gi-Oh! branded merchandise, and a spot to duel in the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2005 Tournament in Tokyo , Japan . The Yu-Gi-Oh! U.S. Championship Finals video game tournament took place from 11:00am - 3:00pm at Konami Digital Entertainment - America 's offices in Redwood City , Calif. Fifteen finalists competed in a bracketed tournament using the Yu-Gi-Oh! 7 Trials to Glory World Championship Tournament 2005 video game for the Game Boy® Advance.
