In Schaumburg, Illinois, AdeptiCon 2018 hosted a sold-out crowd of aspiring squadron leaders. Meanwhile, the First Order was hard at work in Birmingham in the UK; the record 500 participants in the
UK System Open, the single largest X-Wing tournament to date, were fighting for that Top 8.
“All remaining systems will bow to the First Order!”
–General Hux, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The weekend of March 23rd to March 25th was a big one for the X-Wing™ System Open Series!
In Schaumburg, Illinois, AdeptiCon 2018 played host to a sold-out crowd of 294 aspiring squadron leaders. The space battles were fast and furious, and after countless engagements, the field narrowed down to a Top 8 dominated by the Rebel Alliance, who were represented by no fewer than six of the eight final squadrons. Ace pilot Miranda Doniproved particularly impactful as she led her squadrons to two of the Top 4 positions, and both those squadrons qualified for the championship—a mirror match won by William Haigwood.
And while US players everywhere were talking about the Rebellion’s dominance at this event and other recent events, the First Order was hard at work in the UK. Almost as if they were actively working to disprove the conclusions the US players were making about the state of the metagame, the record 500 participants in the UK System Open in Birmingham—the single largest X-Wing tournament to-date—were battling toward a Top 8 that included no fewer than four Imperial lists. Even more surprising, only three of the Top 8 squadrons featured turrets of any sort.
