Play for a set of Mana Drains April 5th @ Arkham Asylum Norwich Ct.

[crovax]

On Saturday, April 5, 2008, Arkham Asylum in Norwich CT will be hosting a Vintage tournament for a play set of Mana Drains! The cost is $25.00 to play. 15 proxies are allowed.

Registration starts at 10:00am.
The tournament starts promptly at 11:00am.
Late players will be subject to a round 1 loss.
Deck lists are required. Proxies must be clearly marked on deck lists.
Every player is encouraged to fill out his/her deck list ahead of time. The deck registration sheet can be found here:
http://www.wizards.com/DCI/downloads/DecklistConstructed.pdf

There will be a free side event for the first 8 players to drop from the main event. The prize is a ManaCrypt. Players must use the same decks as played in the main event. Signups will start after round 2 of the main event. The side tournament will be single elimination. If there are not enough players for the side event the Mana Crypt will be awarded to the highest ranked Workshop deck that did not make top 8.

Prizes based off 24 people:
1st place: 2 Mana Drains & $20 store credit
2nd place: 1 Mana Drain & $20 store credit
3rd place: 1 Mana Drain & $20 store credit
4th place: 1 Mana Crypt & $20 store credit
5th place: $40 store credit
6th place: $40 store credit
7th place: $40 store credit
8th place: $40 store credit
9th Place: $30 store credit
10th place: $30 store credit
11th place: $30 store credit
12th place: $30 store credit
 
Where necessary, the standings after the Swiss rounds will be used to determine final order in the standings.

Every player after the first 12 adds $30 in store credit to the prize pool. If we get more or less than 24 players I'll announce the adjustments at the start of the event. The ManaDrains and Manacrypts are guaranteed regardless of attendance.

Arkham Asylum will be making Pizza and Soda available.
There is also an Asian buffet next door making food and drink easily available.

This event will be Swiss rounds followed by a cut to top 8.
Attendance       Swiss rounds
 9  - 16                        4
17 - 32                        5
33 - 64                        6

This tournament will follow the Universal Tournament Organizer Guidelines found here: http://www.magiceternal.com/UTOG.html

Will be checking proxies at registration.

Players must bring pen, paper, card sleeves and appropriate counters.

For more information or if you have any questions or suggestions please e-mail me: crovax@demonstreet.com

Joseph Bernier
Arkham Asylum
680 Boswell Ave (RT. 12)
Norwich CT. 06360
(860) 859-9848
CMRMagic.com

[Madpeep]

Sounds like alot of fun.  Since it's on a Saturday, whoever scrubs out can hit up the Casino

I'm assuming they're English Mana Drains, correct?

[crovax]

2 are English the other 2 are Italian. The Mohegan Sun is less than 15 min drive from Arkham.

[Anusien]

There will be a free side event for the first 8 players to drop from the main event. The prize is a ManaCrypt. Players must use the same decks as played in the main event. Signups will start after round 2 of the main event. The side tournament will be single elimination. If there are not enough players for the side event the Mana Crypt will be awarded to the highest ranked Workshop deck that did not make top 8.

How many Workshops do you need to run to get the Crypt?  4 in the maindeck?

4th place: 1 Mana Crypt & $20 store credit

That's a huuuge drop off.  Is there a 3/4 playoff at least?

Every player after the first 12 adds $30 in store credit to the prize pool. If we get more or less than 24 players I'll announce the adjustments at the start of the event. The ManaDrains and Manacrypts are guaranteed regardless of attendance.

How does $25 entry fee generate $30 in credit?  Are you relying on sales to break even?


Seems like a good tournament with good prize support, I hope you get people.

[crovax]

How many Workshops do you need to run to get the Crypt?  4 in the maindeck?

For this event you will need 4 Workshops in the main deck for the crypt.

That's a huuuge drop off.  Is there a 3/4 playoff at least?

If can I will increase the store credit for 4th place. If I get enough players 4th may also get a Drain or daullands.
I will be running a 3/4 playoff.

How does $25 entry fee generate $30 in credit?  Are you relying on sales to break even?

I have worked a deal with the store I'll be running this event in that allows me to give 120% back in prizes. I will personally make no money on this event regardless of how many people show up. My only motivation is to run a good event and see everyone have a good time in the hopes that if this event works well we will run more.

[MadManiac21]

9th Place: $30 store credit
10th place: $30 store credit
11th place: $30 store credit
12th place: $30 store credit

Huh?

I could see giving money back to 9th if you feel like it, but I'm lost at the prizes out to 12th.

EDIT: Eeek, 25$ and theres no moxen?

[Morphling420]

Seams to me like a tourny where everyone gets prizes is gona be super fun. Every player in the top 12 can take home somthing, thats cool. Although i do understand the grip about no moxen all the money thats gona be taken in plus some is gona go back. This sounds like a great opportunity to try new decks since the top 12 are gona get prizes.

[Kowal]

Regarding 120% with credit:

Consider this situation.  Someone comes in to sell you a card you have in your case listed at 12 bucks.  You give them $6 cash, and it sits on your shelf.  If someone invests $10 in a tournament and earns their entry fee plus 20% in credit, they now have the equivalent of $12 in credit.  They purchase your card listed at 12.

So in this circumstance, you paid $6 to take in $10 cash, and remove stock.  And singles as a stock can be extremely difficult to unload at all, so getting rid of them in this way is very desirable.  And should people go for something like packs or dice or other stock, remember that the store still paid the wholesaler price, not the listed one.  Chances are they paid no more than 60% of what they're charging for it, when you are effectively charging them 83.3%.

[crovax]

The prizes are paid out the way they are because my goal for this event is for everyone to have a good time and everyone enjoys winning prizes. I never cared for awarding prizes only to the top 8. It sucks to get 9 – 12th place and get 6-10 bucks worth of stuff.

Kowal is correct about the prizes. I worked a deal with the store I’m hosting this event in that works on very similar numbers. This will allow me to give out far more value in prizes than I take in. It is my intention that this arrangement will provide good prizes (more that you paid to play) to the top half.

I can understand what is being said about no moxen but please understand that every dollar taken in is given back as prizes. I make no money here. If your looking at Value the 4 Drains at low end would average about 85 each. That’s about $340 total.

If this all goes well I should be able to run a second tournament for an Unlimited Mox Emerald (minty) in the near future.

[Hatchman]

I don't want to point fingers at anyone, but no one really complains on the forums about winning myriad money store credit.  I don't see anything wrong with this prize structure.

[Myriad Games]

I'm looking forward to this event. The prize structure is quite generous. There will always be a discussion between those players that prefer prizes heavily weighted toward the top places and those who prefer diversified prizes. I prefer diversified prizes, but I may be biased, since I'm not usually among the top players   

[crovax]

April 5th is just around the corner. I hope to see everyone there.

[Rock Lee]

Glad I found this gem of a tournament right around the corner from where I live!

I heard someone on Magic Workstation ask me "Are you going to Arkham Asylum on the 5th?" And I couldn't figure out if they were quoting Chuthulu or implying I was The Joker. Thankfully there was a 3rd option of a Delicious drain tournament!

I'll be bringing 2 people, maybe 3.

[crovax]

Fantastic! I'm looking forward to a good turnout. See you there.

[Myriad Games]

This event is coming up tomorrow. We'll look forward to seeing everyone there!

 

[T00L]

I might go to this with CVD I was actually unaware it was taking place until tonight so maybe.

[ELD]

I will be promoting Ron Paul at the Massachusetts Caucus, so I'll be unable to attend.  It does seem like there are a lot of people who were unaware of this event.  New England Vintage on Facebook would have definitely got the word effectively.  I hope you take advantage of it for your future events, and I hope to make your next one. 

[Rock Lee]

I had a great time. Was a nice mix of new and veteran players. The store was well run, catered to the needs of hungry people and smokers.

They had an announcer program that stated how long was left in the round and when time was called, which I thought was just too cool for school. Additionally, the store has some of the most insanely awesome Vintage games, toys, and collectibles I've seen in a LONG time. (If you wanted 10x Empire Strikes back engraved drinking glasses to get with your store credit, they were ON IT!)

Overall, very professional, friendly, and efficient. It reminded me of a Myriad games, but instead of a family feeling, was more of a bachelor pad. (Refined Classical music versus Hard Rock) I'll definitely attend their next event.

[ELD]

How many people showed?  Who won/T8 etc...?

[Almighty]

There were 26 people in all

A legacy U/G Threshold with power took it down, beating Louis Gentile with SliverFlash in the finals. I took 4th with Ponies, succumbing to Ray's Staxless Stax in the third/4th playoff. There was a Stifle/Naught deck in the top 8, a Tyrant Oath, and a Control slaver sans drains that ran Magus of the Moon. I don't remember the last one though.

[iamfishman]

There were 26 people in all

A legacy U/G Threshold with power took it down, beating Louis Gentile with SliverFlash in the finals. I took 4th with Ponies, succumbing to Ray's Staxless Stax in the third/4th playoff. There was a Stifle/Naught deck in the top 8, a Tyrant Oath, and a Control slaver sans drains that ran Magus of the Moon. I don't remember the last one though.

The last one was ANOTHER Staxless Stax pioneered by Scott Hughes.