Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Long Beach 2012

The '''Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Long Beach 2012''' was the one-hundredth Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series tournament. It took place in the Long Beach convention center in California on March 24 to 25.

Registration
The tournament started late due to the high volume of people registering. 3500 mats had been printed for the event, while 4364 people participated. Entrants after the first 3500 were still to receive mats in the mail after more had been printed. Partitions were taken down in the convention to expand the size of the venue to the area of about 12 American football fields. Some later entrants even had to miss the first round.

Main event
Over a thousand people dropped out of the tournament before the fourth round.

After round eight only 859 participants remained with Keita Nagano, Gabriel T. Perez, John P. Gruchacz, Ruben Jimenez, Adrian Sean Shakir, Hendrik Wytze Kluitenberg, Andrew R. Trevino, Ned E Salkovitch, Bai Rui Chen, Jake P. Quinsee, Michael C. Balan, Robert Joseph Scarpelli, Robert Anthony Vasquez, Wesley E. Carter, Marquis L. Johnson and Angel Ascencio tying first on 24 points.

After round nine, there were 730 participants remaining. John P. Gruchacz, Hendrik Wytze Kluitenberg, Adrian Sean Shakir, Bai Rui Chen, Jake P. Quinsee, Robert Anthony Vasquez, Wesley E. Carter and Marquis L. Johnson tied first with 27 points each.

Dragon Duel
61 people took part in the Dragon Duel event.

After five rounds Brian Ahle and Galdino Chavez were the only undefeated players in the Dragon Duel. They faced each other in the finals. Ahle used a "Dino Rabbit" Deck to defeat Chavez's "Insector" Deck 2-1. konami.com Feature Match: Saturday Dragon Duel Finals

Prizes
All participants received five packs of Order of Chaos and a "100th Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship" play mat. Due to availability only 3500 people received mats, while the others were to receive theirs in the mail afterwards.

Players were able to have their own custom "Token" cards printed featuring a photo of themselves alongside Yami Yugi, Jaden Yuki, Yusei Fudo or Yuma Tsukumo.

"Blood Mefist" was the first place prize for the Dragon Duel event. High ranking players in this event also received cards from Order of Chaos. Other prizes included mats, medals and t-shirts.