Hi there, we have an active group of vintage players that meets up on a weekly basis in the nova area. We normally meetup on Thursday but we've been entertaining the thoughts of switching that date.
http://www.meetup.com/MTGinDC/events/226862882/

Greetings, I typically host a Vintage meetup at my place in the northern Va suburbs. If youd like to come out, my contact information is on that page. Shoot me a text.

http://www.meetup.com/MTGinDC/events/dvqmlfytkbdb/

Nick (Coss or Detwiler), would it be possible to provide an explanation for the decision to move EW to August?

The reason for my curiosity is the final weekends of August tend to be very popular vacation weekends especially for those with families + kids. In contrast people's schedules tend to be quieter in October with summer being over.

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Any information on this? Last year there was some block housing available, need to know if that will be the case again or do I need to find a room

Putting in the word for this tournament with the northern virginia guys. I unfortunately will not be able to attend as I will be out of town that weekend.

Exactly, I cannot see the threat of an online gambling smackdown being what holds Hasbro back from improving the trading/buy/sell interface. The bottom line I believe this is why the interface is so shitty: http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Wizards-of-the-Coast-Reviews-E4718.htm

Shitty managers coupled with a company that wont pay competitive wages to retain skilled developers.

It is an abomination. People have cited Hearthstone, there is also SolForge and Duels of Champion as other examples card game interfaces that are vastly superior. Duels of the Planeswalker is vastly superior.

Personally my gripe with it is the trading / selling mechanism in the game. I am astonished at what an absolute shitpile it is. It feels like ive been transported back to 1999 Everquest where I needed to run to EastCommonland, stand by the third torch and shout my sales. Why is there not a searchable interface where I can type in the name of a card, see a list of sellers and buy from the lowest one .. like TCGPlayer? This is so ass backwards my head spins.

Take the best aura in the game that could be attached to this guy. Now imagine that card in your hand.

This guy is absolute garbage. There is no discussion or consideration here.

Calvin's invitational last month. NYSE this month. Gencon in August. Vintage Champs in October.

Since my career in Vintage started in 2008, I can say with certainty this is shaping up to be the best year of Vintage and it is thanks entirely to the TOs that put on the show.

Thank you again Nick, had an absolute blast this past weekend, look forward to seeing you at the next one.

Calvin, I assume this tournament will run in lieu of your regular 2nd saturday of the month Vintage tournament; ie: there is no tournament this weekend?

Clocking in at 6ft 1in weighing in 250lb ... I thought my days of being bullied were over

Nathaniel Moes made sure it wasnt.

I was new to vintage at the time and thought it would be fun to play a friendly game of magic with Lochinvar.

Casually sitting across from me he says "New to Vintage? Oh I have a deck, dont worry it doesnt run any counter magic"

Mox, Mox, Mox, Elvish Spirit Guide, Goblin Charbelcher

Id heard about this card before. I played out a land and a mox myself with Hurkyl's Recall in hand. Sensing a trap if I played the recall now, I employed all the knowledge I had garnered from Menendian's articles and training of being patient, be the control player! I pass the turn.

Untap, upkeep, Mr Moes turns Charbelcher sideways with his 3 moxes for activation cost. Seeing my opportunity, I respond with Hurkyl's Recall.

"Ok"

Yea, okay? "I bounce Charbelcher"

Forever seared into my mind, the ear to ear grin on Nat's face as if in slow motion he raises his hand above his head and leans across the table. What is this? What is he doing?

A look of confusion is on my face

The grin intensifies, his eyes make gestures to his open palm raised above his head as if he is offering me something to take.

"Eh? Eh?"

It dawned on me. Hurkyl's didnt cancel the Charbelcher trigger on the stack.

Nat had an opportunity that day to be a teacher, a mentor. Instead he chose to bully. Hold me up for public ridicule for everyone else to see. This behavior is not okay, it must be stopped right now.

I will be there, in the main event playing a vintage deck.

My response to every raised eyebrow and doubting question will be "Yea its modern legal, it was reprinted in the timespiral block" and see how many cards I can cast before a judge is called over to disqualify me.

Steve, I appreciate your enthusiasm for everything Magic. But I have a hard time believing that YOU believe this card is a contender in vintage.

It is fun to debate and toss it around but at the end of the day we both know this card will not make it into any viable deck.

Calvin would it be helpful to email you our desklist?

I can understand from an individual's experience that the game loss for tardiness seems excessive especially when it is an honest mistake.

The only take away here is to understand that there is a sense of urgency on the part of the people running to the tournament. The final match didnt end to close to midnight. We as the participants need to do what we can to help the people running the show make it go smoothly.

Be ready to go when pairings go up. When you go to check your seat number make a note of your opponents name and confirm that with them when they/you sit down. Usually wrong seat problems are alleviated quickly when 3 people are awkwardly looking at each other and only 2 seats are available.

Brian, congratulations on the win, you got your revenge on me in the finals after that dismal round 1 we played. I was playing to my outs but never saw them.

Till next month!

Agreed, if Vintage and Legacy champs had to move I couldnt have named a better TO to put on this show.

But the question is why was it moved? Everyone was speculating that something big was planned for the 20yr anniversary similar how it was moved 5 years ago for the 15th anniversary.
To me this feels like Wizards simply doesnt want to have anything to do with Legacy and Vintage anymore and are content with subcontracting this out.

Very nice! I will do my best to drum up support from the Northern Va Vintage community even if I cant make it (Going to be in new orleans)

2 hour drive from the DC area seems reasonable.

I run a Thursday night Vintage meetup group in Arlington Va. ... well we usually play vintage ... sometimes we cube or draft .. or cube draft.

Eastman + Mastriano are regulars.

Info on Thursday meetup: http://www.meetup.com/MTG-nova/

Most excellent, I look forward to it!

Dont think this is a bad thing. Topics such as the ones you mentioned and things like first turn kills are often what come to people's minds who dont play vintage. I feel it is important that we are vigilant in dispelling the myths even if it means repeating it for 139th time.

The mana was swingy for me on the white deck. On one game I would draw no plains, mulliganed and had Thalia, Leonin, SFM, Revoker, Mox Pearl and Swords. I kept the hand hoping to draw any land. Next turn I topped deck like a champ and easily won the game. Another game my board state was 3 Stony Silence, 2 Cages, 7 plains, 0 creatures, 2 creatures in my yard. It was like c'mon can I draw anything?? I managed to win that game because my opponent decked himself looking for an answer (he acknowledged misplays). I felt had he just started to fateseal me instead of brainstorming with Jace, he wouldve easily won.

The games I lost were usually a quick blowout ie: blightsteel and didnt have cage or an answer. I liked the white deck a LOT better against blue. 6 answers to a resolved Blightsteel plus 3 cages helped. Another thing against blue, if the game degenerates to each person topdecking, white's topdecks arent bad. Getting bears that passively disrupt on the board is huge

In regards to the B/R deck, Edict wouldve worked pretty well. I think I will try that change up for next week. The creature density was okay, multiple Magus isnt a bad thing unless youre flipping 2 over in a row with Bob at 7 life. They really do shut down your opponent and having them out in multiples isnt a bad thing. Two other problems I felt with the deck ...  The first was figuring out when I wanted to play control and when to be aggressive. In a particular game where I am on the draw, I had to decide hold back my fetch for REB or go in with a Thoughtseize or play cage. I decided to go for Thoughtseize, it got countered and I sat there helplessly looking at my hand with great stuff as my opponent casually resolved tinker into blightsteel that next turn. The second issue that stemmed from that was I often left like I couldnt cast my spells fast enough. Either hold back mana to defend or be aggressive and play stuff out. I rarely had Simian spirit guide and when I did I more often than not just wanted to hard cast him to have another beater.
 

I tested 2 of the decks tonight, the all white one and the B/R one.

White one was okay, i went about 50/50 against a standard blue build. Stony Silence and Grafdigger together really shuts down standard blue deck as it takes away their two primary win conditions. The nice thing is that so many of the creatures are a real threat that demand immediate attention. Thalia, Leonin and Stoneforge are all miserable to work around.

The B/R deck .. needs work on the very thing that was mentioned in the article; opposing aggro decks. Playing against a gush gro deck a resolved Tarmogoyf usually was a death sentence unless I could get a creature out with mana to play a lightning bolt and pray they dont have a counter. The worst ... one game my opponent resolved Tinker to get Blightsteel and passed. I have a demonic consultation in hand and an untapped swamp, I play it on their endstep and start thinking about what I would name to deal with Blightsteel. I couldnt think of anything, I went and looked at the decklist, there was nothing I could name that would save me.

I think a better incentive to get people who dont normally play Vintage (this is the goal yes?) would be to charge money for people who play with proxies and use that money to support a prize pool for unpowered decks. I think this is one of the reasons that Bazaar of Moxen attracts so many players, there is a decent prize structure for those who dont play with power.

Enjoyable article, some of the replies from the folks who clearly demonstrate a bias based on ignorance about the format are detrimental to the growth of Vintage.
The best we can do is address, educate and invite.

Congrats on player of the year Paul.

I dont suppose an english translation will be forthcoming? 

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I like most HBO/Showtime shows.

Nice, will try to make this, its Innistrad Prerelease weekend