RENTON, Wash. -- Professional Magic: The Gathering players Nicolas Labarre and Yann Hamon announced this week that in a grueling 100-game marathon, the duo had played in advance every possible Magic game in which they might face each other in a professional tournament.

"We now know the outcome, in advance, for every round where we play against each other, in any tournament, for the rest of our lives," Labarre said Wednesday in a news conference.

"It will be me, Yann [Hamon], Yann, me, me, Yann, me, Yann, Yann, Yann again, me, me, Yann, me, me -- that's all I want to say at this time," he said.

The grueling battle required more than 24 hours of straight play and emotionally ran the gamut for the two professionals from elation to despair, and finally, to exhaustion.

"Tournament competition, whether one is actually participating in a tournament or in fact not at a tournament whatsoever, can be both exciting and draining," Hamon said.

Hamon said he looked forward to attending the matches in which it had been decided he would win.

"Whether you're at the tournament venue, edgy from lack of sleep, in a strange city, where the pressure is on and you're studying your opponent's every move before a live audience; or simply relaxing in a coffee shop over a frappuccino predeterming your tournament results; Magic is an exhilarating sport," he said.

Officials at the DCI, the governing body for Magic: The Gathering tournaments, were quick to point out Wednesday that the two competitors are not bound by the results of their advance play.

"You know, if one of them doesn't show up each time, there's not a damn thing that we can do about it," said a DCI official who asked to remain anonymous.

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RENTON, Wash. -- Professional Magic: The Gathering players Nicolas Labarre and Yann Hamon announced this week that in a grueling 100-game marathon, the duo had played in advance every possible Magic game in which they might face each other in a professional tournament.

"We now know the outcome, in advance, for every round where we play against each other, in any tournament, for the rest of our lives," Labarre said Wednesday in a news conference.

"It will be me, Yann [Hamon], Yann, me, me, Yann, me, Yann, Yann, Yann again, me, me, Yann, me, me -- that's all I want to say at this time," he said.

The grueling battle required more than 24 hours of straight play and emotionally ran the gamut for the two professionals from elation to despair, and finally, to exhaustion.

"Tournament competition, whether one is actually participating in a tournament or in fact not at a tournament whatsoever, can be both exciting and draining," Hamon said.

Hamon said he looked forward to attending the matches in which it had been decided he would win.

"Whether you're at the tournament venue, edgy from lack of sleep, in a strange city, where the pressure is on and you're studying your opponent's every move before a live audience; or simply relaxing in a coffee shop over a frappuccino predeterming your tournament results; Magic is an exhilarating sport," he said.

Officials at the DCI, the governing body for Magic: The Gathering tournaments, were quick to point out Wednesday that the two competitors are not bound by the results of their advance play.

"You know, if one of them doesn't show up each time, there's not a damn thing that we can do about it," said a DCI official who asked to remain anonymous.

Discuss this article in the Magic: the Gathering Forums!

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• Paris Mulligan Dropped By DCI In Favor of Freedom Mulligan
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• Labarre Suspended for One Year