{"id":121,"date":"2012-04-27T12:35:26","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T12:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/?p=121"},"modified":"2012-04-27T12:35:26","modified_gmt":"2012-04-27T12:35:26","slug":"wookie-wins-34th-straight-dejarik-tourney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/?p=121","title":{"rendered":"Wookie wins 34th straight dejarik tourney"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/?p=121\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-122\" title=\"Dejarik\" src=\"http:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dejarik.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"145\" \/>GHHHK\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Dejarik, the holographic game played on a checkerboard with small, realistic creatures as pieces, has been dominated solely by Wookies for the 34th year in a row.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s winner, Lumpawaroo, of Kashyyyk, said he plans to spend his winnings on a new bowcaster and shampoo.<\/p>\n<p>Lumpawaroo attributes his success to much practice, strategy, and &#8220;a menacing howl.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s cheating. When the other player gets close to winning I just let out a nice roar. They seem to make more mistakes after that,&#8221; said Lumpawaroo.<\/p>\n<p>Event judges say intimidation is frowned upon in the game, but with Wookies it&#8217;s generally a &#8220;gray area.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Shyriiwook is a tricky language. Sometimes you&#8217;re not sure if they&#8217;re trying to threaten you or just asking for a glass of water. We can&#8217;t penalize them for that,&#8221; said dejarik judge Frownlo Low.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is an unwritten rule though. Let the wookie win.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GHHHK\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Dejarik, the holographic game played on a checkerboard with small, realistic creatures as pieces, has been dominated solely by Wookies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124,"href":"https:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions\/124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}