Myriad Games Vintage Tournament Saturday January 14th

[Myriad Games]

Myriad Games Vintage Tournament
10+ Proxies Allowed*

Myriad Games
8 Stiles Road
Salem, NH 03079

Saturday January 14th, 2005

Onsite registration will begin at 11:00 AM and Swiss rounds will begin around noon.

Entry: $20.00

Prizes:
1st Place: [card]Mox Pearl[/card] (Unlimited)
2nd Place: [card]Mana Drain[/card] (Italian)

*Ten proxies are free with entry. Up to 5 additional proxy slots may be purchased for $1 each for a total of up to 15 proxies.

Each player adds to the prize pool, so the more the merrier. For example, if 32 players attend, we will upgrade the [card]Mana Drain[/card] to a [card]Library of Alexandria[/card]. Prizes listed are for 24+ Players. Prizes will adjust for more or fewer players.

There will also be door prizes and fun side events including the Myriad Games T-Shirt Challenge. Make plans now to come join in the fun.

Everyone who preregisters will be entered in a drawing for a bonus Dual Land!

You may use any major credit card, PayPal (via www.myriadgames.com), or cash to preregister. Payments must be received by January 13th to count as preregistration.

You may also preregister by calling (603) 681-0355 or 1-800-459-5516.

There will be beverages and snacks available throughout the day.

To help registration and reporting run more smoothly, please print out your deck registration sheet ahead of time and bring them to the event. We recommend that you type out your deck list using software such as Apprentice, Magic Workstation, or simply your word processing program of choice. Or you can click here to download the Deck Registration Sheet and fill it in by hand.

You can download the flyer for the event here.

If anyone has any questions or suggestions regarding this event, please post here or email vintage@myriadgames.com.

[Juggernaut GO]

this looks really good, I will be there definitely!

[nataz]

this looks really good, I will be there definitely!

ahh,

QFT,

or jugg FTW

and

IMHO

this rox0rz my sox0rz, better even then FOFEOTGG,

jood.

I <3 NH magic, and will be there with bells on.

-huggs and kisses
carter

[Myriad Games]

Glad to hear you're excited, guys.    If anyone has any questions regarding the event over the weekend, just be aware that I'll be away until next Wednesday. I'll be sure to check in when I get back and answer as quickly as possible.

Looking forward to another great event!

[orgcandman]

Ball and Chain will be there...where will you be?

[Myriad Games]

Just two weeks until this event. Don't forget to preregister for a chance at a Free Dual Land!

Looking forward to a great tournament!

[Myriad Games]

Just over a week until this event.

A great chance to prep for Waterbury.

Preregister today and make plans to come join in the fun!

[LouGodKingofDustBunnys]

I will be there, to finally top 8 at your tourney...a top 8 at Myriad must be added to my collection  :lol:

failing that...i'm gonna cry like a baby.

[Myriad Games]

Just two more days to go. Preregister today. I'm off to convince Sara to make Myriad Games Mana Cookies for this tournament. We'll look forward to seeing everyone here in a couple of days!

[Myriad Games]

About 12 hours to go until this event. I'll look forward to seeing everyone here tomorrow for a great day of Magic!

[TJ-Whoopy]

I really wish I could make this, I'm bumming, see you all at waterbury

[TheBrassMan]

GGs will obv be there, taking it down, etc.  Maybe if we're in a good mood, we'll let someone take the Mana Drain

[Myriad Games]

We had a great tournament yesterday with 30 players. Domenic "The Rising Star" Minicucci won 1st place with Flores' Dredge-atog. Chad Behre took 2nd place with The Mountains Win Again. Dana "MasterTap" Renfrew took 3rd place with (I believe) some version of Fish. Geoff Healy took 4th place with Suicide Black. We had a very busy day with lots of door prizes including Myriad Games Mana Cookies and some T-Shirt Challenges. I'll have a full tournament report posted later this week once I get time to type up all the details.

We'll be hosting a Guildpact Release Party on February 3rd and 4th to celebrate the new set along with a Guildpact / Ravnica 2HG tournament later in February. Our next Vintage tournament will likely be in March. More details will be posted here as soon as they're available. Thanks to everyone for coming and we'll look forward to seeing you all again soon!

[nataz]

GGs will obv be there, taking it down, etc. Maybe if we're in a good mood, we'll let someone take the Mana Drain

Domenic "The Rising Star" Minicucci won 1st place with Flores' Dredge-atog. Chad Behre took 2nd place with The Mountains Win Again. Dana "MasterTap" Renfrew took 3rd place with (I believe) some version of Fish.

*giggle*

All in all I had a ton of fun, even if I did play stupid against chad (the man) behre in rd. 4. I'm really glad I got to play again before this upcoming waterbury, it was a great opportunity to see some different deck choices. The Master Tap fishy thing was full of interesting SB stuff, TMWA proved to still be strong putting 2 people (at least?) into the top 8 while taking some big names down along the way, and I finally saw Dark Confidant successfully used in a non-fish deck.

Thanks to everyone who lent me cards, Thanks to Dan for putting on another fun event, and Congrats to everyone who did well.

In case anyone is curious, the top 8 was

2 TMWA
1 Bomberman (sans mages)
1 Gifts (FV?)
1 Dredge-a-tog
1 TT Confidant
1 Fishy-Growy thingy
1 SUI BLACK!   

[LouGodKingofDustBunnys]

Sans Mages??

I was supposed to play mage's in the deck, and no one told me??
 :lol:

On a slightly more serious note, congrats to Geoff Healy on his first ever top eight. He absolutely crushed me with Sui-Black, and earned his semi-final slot.

One more thing. There was a player at the tourney (who shall remain nameless) who was an absolutely horrible sport, constantly berating his opponents.
42.   Unsporting Conduct
Unsporting conduct is unacceptable and will not be tolerated at any time. Judges, players, spectators, and tournament officials must behave in a polite, respectable, and sporting manner. Unsporting conduct includes, but is not limited to, using profanity, arguing with or act belligerently toward tournament officials, players or spectators, harassing spectators, tournament officials, or opponents, or failure to follow the instructions of a tournament offcial. All incidents of unsporting conduct are subject to the appropriate provisions of the DCI Penalty Guidelines and to further DCI review.

From watching the match, the players conduct can not be called anything but Major, at the least.
Unsporting Conduct—Major

Definition
Major unsporting conduct is defined as behavior that is disruptive to a player or players at the tournament, but does not cause delays or include any form of physical contact or significant emotional distress.

Examples
(A) A player repeatedly calls a judge and argues that his opponent should lose the game for insignificant procedural oversights.
(B)   A player fails to obey the instructions of a tournament official.
(C)   A player repeatedly requests a concession from an opponent.

Philosophy
Different levels of unsporting conduct should be penalized accordingly. The head judge is the final authority on what constitutes unsporting conduct.

Penalty
Unsporting Conduct—Major
REL 1   REL 2   REL 3   REL 4   REL 5
Game   Game   Match   Match   Match

Yes, I know that our Format is alot more easygoing the other formats, but constantly berating and belittling your opponent should NOT be tolerated. It is a game Ladies and Gentleman. Have fun, and treat it as what it is...a BLOODY GAME.

[TheDeadMan]

I guess you could call what I was playing fish, I personally call it Free Your Mind as it breaks away from most traditional fish decks. Anyone interesting in a decklist just send me a PM. Over all the tourney was alot of fun, I am looking forward to more in the future.

[Myriad Games]

I was super-psyched to see a diverse, non-traditional Top 8. Congrats again to everyone who played!

With regard to the poor sportsmanship, I have spoken with the particular individual in question. I take responsibility myself for not paying closer attention to the Top 8 matches because I was playing T-Shirt Challenge matches. I apologize for the negative effect on the tournament. He was relatively well behaved during the day (easy to do while you're winning). I should have given him a warning and then a game loss if it continued. He has apologized (both to me and to the player he most aggregiously offended) and pledged to improve his behavior for future tournaments. That being said, this type of behavior will not be tolerated and I will be enforcing penalties as needed. I appreciate everyone's help letting me know when this type of behavior is going on. Do not hesitate to call judge if your opponent continues to be an aggravated poor sport. And thank you to all of you who come and have fun regardless of how you do in the event. We all love to win but it takes a certain amount of character to lose graciously. And like Mike says, we're in this for fun to begin with; it is a game.

I'll have the full decklists for Top 8 posted later this week.

[Myriad Games]

Since people have requested that we run more events, we're considering doing another tournament in February instead of waiting until March. How's February 11th sound? This would put it 2 weeks after Waterbury. Once we get some feedback I'll post details about it (probably around the same time as I post the tournament report from this event).

[TJ-Whoopy]

I'll be there

[LouGodKingofDustBunnys]

I would love to be there, but if you hold a tourney on the 11th, i won't be able to be there....It's the same day as my elder of my two daughters birthday party. I would love to come, but my kids >magic , ya know. now if it was one week later...

[TheDeadMan]

I would def be their.

[Myriad Games]

The Tournament Report from this event has been posted here

Details on our February 11th Tournament are available here

Sorry you won't be able to make it to this one Mike. Hopefully these will become monthly events so you'll be able to come more often and have more chances of making Top 8 again!

Also for those of you who are interested, we have a Guildpact Release Party on February 3rd and 4th and a Guildpact / Ravnica Two-Headed Giant Sealed Tournament on the 18th.

We'll look forward to seeing everyone again soon!