TMD OPEN 6: 04/30/05->05/01/05 Waterbury,CT

[iamfishman]

*Note the three main changes from the last Waterbury
1) 11:00am it is.
2.) The Playmats are back!!!
3.) The Highlander tournament on Day 2 will start two hours later than last time. This will allow most people to play in both the Second Chance Mox and the Highlander Tournament.

DAY 1

Saturday, April 30, 2005
Courtyard by Marriott
63 Grand St.
Waterbury, Ct. 06702
(203) 596-1000

MAIN EVENT - THE MANA DRAIN OPEN 6 (Waterbury)
$20 Entry Fee
Registration: 10:00 - 11:00 am
Tourney Starts at 11:00 am
Format - Type One with TEN proxies
Cut to top 16.
DOPENESS FACTOR: The sum of the first two terms of an infinite series, given that the first term is a positive integer, the common ratio of consecutive terms is the reciprocal of an integer, and the sum of the series is 3.
1st Prize - UNLIMITED BLACK LOTUS, PLUS free admission and ROUND 1 BYE into the next MANA DRAIN OPEN, PLUS entry into the bi-yearly Tournament of Champions,
2nd Prize - BETA MOX JET
3rd Prize - UNLIMITED MOX RUBY
4th Prize - UNLIMITED MOX EMERALD
5th Prize - UNLIMITED MOX PEARL
6th Prize- UNLIMITED TIMETWISTER
7th Prize - LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA
8th Prize - LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA
9th - 16th Place Prizes - OFFICIAL "TMD OPEN" PLAYMAT*
17th-32nd Prize - 3 FOREIGN BOOSTER PACKS
33rd Prize - PLAYEST OF GOBLIN GAMES
Random person who goes 5/3 in the Swiss rounds-4 FOIL JUGGERNAUTS
2 highest age 15 and under non-top 8 prize - STROKE OF GENIUS
3 Last Place Prizes - XANTID SWARM
Farthest travelled participant: FREE ADMISSION TO MAIN EVENT
Oddest Deck/Card Choice: ITALIAN LEGENDS THE TABERNACLE AT PENDRELL VALE
First to beat previous champion(Jeff Tussi): ALL FIVE ICE AGE PAIN LANDS
Play of the day contest: SAVANNAH
Magic trivia game: GRAB BAGS (contents inlcude Cursed Scroll, BB Oriental Swords to Plowshares, Su-Chi, Quirion Dryad, Windsweapt Heath, Xantid Swarm)
50 Mystery Rare Raffle: 50 MYSTERY RARES
10 Other Daily Random Raffles: TBD (All sorts of rare and foil goodies)
Prize to the highest non-top sixteen finishing female: Playset of Serra Angels
Prize to the highest non-top sixteen finishing player with no proxies: Mox Diamond

DAY 2

Sunday, May 1, 2005
Courtyard by Marriott
63 Grand St.
Waterbury, Ct. 06702
(203) 596-1000

Type 1 Tourney for a Mox Ruby
PRIZE INCREASES AS ATTENDANCE DOES
Registration 10-11:00 AM
Starts 11:00 AM
$15 Entry Fee
20 person minimum

Highlander Tournament for an Italian Legends Mana Drain
PRIZE INCREASES AS ATTENDANCE DOES
Registration 2:00-3:00 PM*
Tournament starts after round 4 of Mox tournament
$10 Entry Fee
10 Person Minimum

Texas Hold'em Tournament(probabbly for a piece of power which will be based on attendance)
PRIZE INCREASES AS ATTENDANCE DOES
Registration 4-5:00 pm
Tournament starts after round 4 of Mox tournament
$10 entry fee

TEAM Magic Trivia(teams may be up to 4 people)
(Using Jeopardy template- 5 categories with questions of varying value.)
Starts at 6:30 pm
Prizes include: Plateau, Hermit Druid, City of Brass, Powder Keg, Land Tax, Hurkyl’s Recall, Doomsday

FREE Entry

Other events (not time specific)
Type 4(and plenty of it)
Halo 2
Bacon Bit/Taco Bell eating contest
Other ideas that come up before or on that day


Questions comments concerns, please feel free to contact me at iamfishman2000@hotmail.com, via AIM at PLIKEY, PM ME, or by phone (860) 618-3412.

Cya at Waterbury!

[Bdrake5150]

Ray,

   thanks for giving those of us not on the tournament forum a chance to vote!! I am just happy that i will be in town for the next Waterbury, and I am looking forward to the insanity that will incur.

   Even though I know day 1 will last until day 2 I would like to see the later start time to help everyone coming from god knows where. I know when I am travelling the late start is a real boon.


Jason

[orgcandman]

Kerri and I are going to try and make it to do some more video taping

Also, Ray:

When you say that the sum of the series is 3, do you mean that the series converges to 3? If not, does that mean we're looking at a closed finite set?

[iamfishman]

Kerri and I are going to try and make it to do some more video taping

Also, Ray:

When you say that the sum of the series is 3, do you mean that the series converges to 3? If not, does that mean we're looking at a closed finite set?

It would be most excellent if you could again help with taping.  Last time you and Kerri did an outstanding job.

Also, I did indeed mean the series converges to 3.

[Mixing Mike]

I'll make sure not to lose the pics I take this time....

Ray, I think holding this later is better.  It gives people more time to drive to CT, like Canadians and VA people.

[BigChuck]

I don't think that many people would lose that much sleep being here an hour earlier. You have to take into account that these are ending way past midnight, and Ray still has another day to run. Starting early will help him, and I sincerely doubt that there will be more then a few people that won't come just because it starts a little earlier.

[Kowal]

Plus, people coming from far away usually come the night before to stay at the hotel.

[iamfishman]

Prizes Edited to reflect update of all TBD prizes.

Also, note that the 33rd place prize is now a PLAYSET of Goblin Games.

Also...thanks to Ashok(Method) for providing another great prize: A set of FOIL JUGGERNAUTS to a random person who goes 5/3 in the regular event.

Also, as the voting clearly shows...the start time will stay at 11:00 am.

Oh...and this thing is over a month away...but that doesn't mean we can't start the trashtalking yet...go for it.

[Juggernaut GO]

I predict a TnT deck will pwn kowal in at least 3 different rounds of the swiss and then, at least 1 of them will make top 8 and he will owe me $50.

[rekir]

Hi

Aaron and I will be going and I will be taping again. I have also come up with a nifty idea for the feature match area. I have thought of and started constructing a sign type thing so that when you are watching the video you will know who is on what side of the table and what the score, game and round numbers are. I don't know if that bothered anyone else watching the videos but I know it bothered me so I fixed it. The sign should be ready in time.

Rekir