Tom, in the op you're taking out 9 cards against terra nova but only bringing in 8

Thanks for responding, Ed. The structure of the tournament and the choice not to use the (now standard) modified play/draw rule after the cut were the only complaints I had or heard on the day. Everything else was great. Friendly staff who knew what they were doing, an awesome store & play area, huge selection of games and a pretty good stock of singles. I think my favorite thing were the loads of open board games to try out in the tournament room. We'll definitely be back.

Interesting is a word. For some reason the judge decided to run an extra Swiss round and cut to top 4 which screwed with everything. Nobody was happy about it and many people were distraught. One of his reasons for doing it that way was so that it would be a clean cut and people wouldn't miss on breakers. Well my round 6 went to time and we drew, so my opponent missed on breakers. After round 4 there were 2 4-0s that could have drawn twice to make it, except in round 6 they'd be paired down and their opponents wouldn't be able to draw, so they had to play round 5. The structure was retarded. The judge also didn't use the modified play/draw rule for the top 4. There's no chance I'd go to another event like this, but we did talk to the store owner during the event and he assured us this wouldn't happen again.

I feel like the judge did this because it was unsanctioned vintage. I can't imagine he would have run a sanctioned event in the same way.

All that being said, the store is huge and very nice, the prize support was incredible, and the staff and players are all very friendly people and because of there factors, it was still a positive experience.

If your point is that no amount of protection is sufficient to protect against ALL thefts, then duh. if your point is that you shouldn't attend/bring expensive cards because of the risk of theft, it's up to each person to decide if it's worth it to them. if your point is that enacting additional security measures is pointless because things will be stolen anyway, then your logic is very faulty.

I'm glad PastTimes has upped their security for this event. It's important for organizers and players to work together to prevent theft, but the bottom line is that each individual can do a LOT more to protect against theft than the venue ever can simply by being very alert and aware of your belongings at all times. Don't bring cards with you if you're uncomfortable having that kind of value on you in a public place.

Is there still free entry fee for farthest traveled? because there's a chance i'm coming from Vegas for this

5-star thread! (not that we can rate threads on this forum, but whatever)

Sorting the deck discussion into sub-forums by archetype is a god-awful idea. Some decks are difficult to categorize, some don't fit any of the descriptions, and some that fit the descriptions belong in a totally different forum. Also, it makes finding a certain deck more difficult because I have to click 3 different forums to see which one it's. On top of all that, some of the sub-forums have like 4 threads and it seems kind of awkward to have an entire forum with so few threads.

I'm psyched to see I have 9 points for player of the year!

I didn't realize I'd played any Vintage this year.

I miss it.

this might be the understatement of the century. 

I'm going to try to make this. It's the last Vintage event in the area before I leave for Vegas, so I'd like to go. Problem is, I have to drop someone off at the Philly airport at about 7AM. Hopefully I have enough time after to meet up with some people and make the trip up.

my money's on D3G ldo

It seems the people I come up with are always bitches and are all, "waaaaaah! I wanna go hooooome! I'm tiiiiired!"

I hope you play Noble Fish and we have an epic rematch of the last NYSE. ...In the finals, of course.

Like this'll stop you from putting it into a Snapple bottle.

Not going to make this one; too small to dedicate a day and travel imo. I'll be at the bigger one this month, though. Good luck on both, Nick.

There's a good chance I'll be at this. w00t

I don't even know who you are and I feel like I should.

See Nick's post?

I'll be there. Nick, I need to call you tomorrow to work out travel arrangements. Not sure how I'm getting into the city yet, but I know I don't want to drive.

A small amount of snow through early Friday should NOT affect this event on Saturday, the day after Friday. I really don't think elementary schools closing tomorrow means that Philly will be nontraversable on Saturday.



This, obviously.

And I'm not actually good at Magic. I just pretend.

LoL @ not knowing. It's New Yorkers.

27th? There's a small, small chance I make it to this... I hope I do, seems like fun.

will not be there. or anywhere this month.

9 Power
1 Library
4 Workshops
4 Bazaars
4 Grim Tutor
1 Imperial Seal
4 Underground Sea
4 Mana Drain
4 Imperial Recruiter
4 Tabernacle
1 Time Vault
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Baneslayer Angel
4 Volcanic Island
4 Tropical Island
4 Tundra

...Was that a secret?

For every dollar used to buy proxies beyond 10, you should give that money to highest placing non proxied deck imo. Punishes not owning cards and rewards having them, which is good for Vintage imo.

Did you explain the circumstances?

This.


This.


And this.

This, obv. We need an event in which D3G can show it's clearly the best team on the east coast.

first

Whoever was higher ranked after the swiss. there are no such things as ties in magic tournaments.

as much as I like our team splitting every tournament, I want in on this one.