The Y2C Event saw the first ever Storyline Buttonmen tournament Fought to determine which technique would prove superior, it pitted the Crane's renowned One-sword technique mastered at their Kakita Kenjutsu School against the strange and difficult to master Mirumoto Two-Sword technique that few Dragon Samurai master.

Contestants were only allowed to enter the tournament once, and thus were forced to choose which side they would support. Costs were kept low ($3 entered you and another $2 got you the dice to use), in order to encourage play and somewhat over half of the Ambition's Debt pre-release players entered.

The tournament was a series of skirmishes played throughout the ten hours of play that day. Players would find another of opposing alignment between rounds of the pre- release or after short games. One would issue the challenge and find a level playing surface. The contests were fierce and short. The Kakita advantage of lower focus stumbled from the first giving the Mirumoto an initial three to one advantage.

Throughout the day, Phil Lewis and Ingrid Heckt taught those who didn't understand how to play in under three minutes, and took it upon themselves to accept a number of challenges. Sometimes they would issue a challenge of their own to someone just reporting their victories in an attempt to even the field.

More than once the Kakita worked on closing the ga only to be punished once again. In the end the extra advantage of the second blade overcame the ability to strike faster. The Miromoto won the day with a three to two advantage.

With this information in the hands of Ree Soesbee and Dave Williams, expect to see the dominance of the Mirumoto two-sword technique in a forthcoming release.

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