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In Dragon/Season 17 the Sand City Sidewinders swept the Berkeley Brutalists 4-0 in the Season 17 Dragon Cup Series in the Squeaky Sweep. It was only the second sweep that had ever occurred in the Dragon Cup. It happened one season after the first sweep (see the Season 16 Dragon Cup Series).

The sweep earned the nickname The Squeaky Sweep because the Berkeley Brutalists lost Game 4 by a single point, 5,850-5,849 (see 23792408-4863-4c88-9033-2a338076187f). The loss occurred in the final generations of the game, and the grid was immediately rushed by fans, making it impossible for the Brutalists to challenge the ruling of the Grid Umpires and leading to a slew of conspiracy theories that are widely discussed in online forums. The forum servers are hosted by public computers in the basement of the Berkeley Public Library and occasionally disappear, but Brutalists fans have constructed an elaborate network of oral historians to preserve the most culturally significant conspiracy theories surrounding the Squeaky Sweep. The Brutalists and their fanbase are convinced that all they need to do is have the final call of the game declared incorrect, as that would lead to the outcome of the game getting tossed out, forcing the entire series outcome to be invalidated, leaving the final champion undetermined, making the postseason a violation of the rules, rendering it null, void, and invalid. To this day, the Brutalists are still pursuing various legal options.

Despite a dominant postseason performance by the Sand City Sidewinders , culminating in the sweep of the Brutalists, the Sidewinders became known as the One Point Wonder. The Brutalists, still bitter about the one-point loss, began a media blitz featuring the "One Point Wonder" nickname to diminish the Sidewinders' victory and tarnish their reputation. The media campaign was a smashing success, resulting in the One Point Wonder nickname sticking.

The Squeaky Sweep is considered the most significant single-season defeat since the stunning upset of the Oakland Bees in the final generations of Game 7 of the Season 1 Pseudo Cup Series.