T.O. Report-Blue Bell-9/5/09-Standings-T8 Decklists-Prizes-Pics-Contest-Meta

[MISTERTREK]

Thanks to everyone who attened. We had another fantastic event! Great competition, fun had by all, and T8 walked away with some nice prizes. Our next event is this Saturday at the Game Core Con  www.gamecorecon.com and our next Blue Bell event will be on Saturday, October 3rd. Hope to see you soon!          <<<<CAUTION>>>> Contest Below!!

52 Players
6 Rounds, cut to Top 8
Head Judge: Nick DiPasquale

Metagame - (as best I could do with most decklists missing archtypes)

Stax - 13
Tezz - 12
Ichorid - 3
MUD - 3
BUG - 3
Oath - 3
Welder Vault - 2
Fish - 2
Tendrils -2
TPS - 2
Mono B Control - 2
Goblins - 1
RGB Beats - 1
Dredge - 1
Painter - 1
BRU Control - 1


Standings after Swiss:

1.  Joe Davis                       15
2.  Will Magrann                   15
3.  Sean Lind                       14
4.  Andy Bilarczak                 14
5.  Mark Hornung                 14
6.  Evan Hundertmark           13
7.  Stephen Nowakowski       13
8.  Walt Wertz                     13
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9.  Josh Barkon                     12
10. Dominic DiFebo                12
11. David Earley                    12
12. Bernie Parisi                     12
13. Brandon Sedwick             12
14. Matt Mercer                    12
15. Joseph Stevens               12
16. Juan Sanchez                  12
17. Allen Fulmer                    10
18. John Jones                       9
19. Ronald Konak                    9
20. Austin Pollack                   9
21. Josh Potucek                    9
22. Keith Seals                       9
23. Matthew Sims                   9
24. Jeff Folinus                       9
25. Seth Koren                       9
26. Nick Detwiler                     9
27. Jeremy Beaver                   9
28. Eric Markowicz                   9
29. Mike Noble                        9
30. Joe Pace                           7
31. David Reitnauer                  6
32. Matt Elias                          6
33. Ryan Glackin                       6
34. Nicholas Sandridge              6
35. AJ Grasso                           6
36. Jeffery Murphy                    6
37. Ali Jafri                               6
38. Rob Edwards                       6
39. Bob Chojnack                      6
40. Seth Zulinski                        4
41. Terry O'Beirne                     4
42. Visna Harris                          4
43. Jason Walker                       4
44. Nick Coss                            3
45. Max Brown                          3
46. John Wolsky                        3
47. Sean Robbins                       1
48. Kemp Nelms                         0
49. John Byrne                          0
50. Tim Turner                          0
51. John Richards                       0
52. David McNamara                    0


Finals:

Wertz  def.  Davis
Hornung  def.  Bilarczak
Hundertmark  def.  Lind
Nowakowski  def.  Magrann

Hornung  def.  Wertz
Nowakowski  def.  Hundertmark

Hornung  def.  Nowakowski

Prizes were bumped to the following:

1st: Time Walk
2nd: Timetwister
3rd/4th: Underground Sea + Wooded Foothills
5th-8th: Volcanic Island

T8 Decklists (Sorry if I got your archtype wrong, that's why I ask you to put it on your sheet)

1st - Mark Hornung - Ichorid

4 x Force of Will
4 x Bazaar of Baghdad
4 x Golgari Grave-Troll
4 x Putrid Imp
4 x Bridge from Below
2 x Chain of Vapor
4 x Careful Study
4 x Narcomoeba
4 x Breakthrough
4 x Cabal Therapy
4 x Ichorid
1 x Lotus Petal
1 x Mox Jet
1 x Black Lotus
1 x Mox Sapphire
4 x Stinkweed Imp
2 x Golgari Thug
3 x Cephalid Coliseum
3 x City of Brass
2 x Gemstone Mine

Sideboard

1 x Ingot Chewer
2 x Wispmare
1 x Darkblast
4 x Tormod's Crypt
3 x Extirpate
2 x Chain of Vapor
2 x Contagion

2nd - Stephen Nowakowski - Tezzeret

3 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
4 Island
1 Swamp
3 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
4 Force of Will
2 Duress
2 Thoughtseize
4 Mana Drain
1 Misdirection
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Time Walk
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
3 Nights Whisper
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Tinker
1 Inkwell Leviathen
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Timevault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Sensei’s Diviing Top

Sideboard

4 Leyline of the Void
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 The Abyss
1 Volcanic Island
1 Extirpate
1 Darkblast
1 Pyroclasm
2 Rack and Ruin
2 Red Elemenetal Blast

3rd/4th - Evan Hundertmark - Stax

1 x Tolarian Academy
1 x Barbarian Ring
1 x Bazaar of Baghdad
1 x Strip Mine
4 x Wasteland
4 x Mishra's Workshop
3 x Gemstone Mine
3 x City of Brass
1 x Manavault
1 x Mana Crypt
1 x Sol Ring
1 x Black Lotus
5 x Moxen
2 x Crucible of Worlds
4 x Sphere of Resistance
4 x Thorn of Amethyst
1 x Trinisphere
4 x Goblin Welder
4 x Smokestack
4 x Tangle Wire
2 x Crop Rotation
2 x Triskelion
1 x Balance
1 x Vampiric Tutor
1 x Tinker
1 x Demonic Tutor
1 x Karn, Silver Golem
1 x Ancestral Recall
1 x Sundering Titan

Sideboard

2 x Powder Keg
2 x Vioshino Heretic
1 x Ancient Grudge
2 x Pithing Needle
3 x Chalice of the Void
1 x Red Elemental Blast
1 x Pyroblast
2 x Tormod's Crypt
1 x Relic of Progenitus

Walt Wertz - Tezzeret

3 x Dark Confidant
1 x Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 x Empty the Warrens
1 x Time Vault
1 x Voltaic Key
1 x Tezzeret the Seeker
3 x Underground Sea
4 x Mana Drain
4 x Force of Will
2 x Duress
2 x Repeal
1 x Rack and Ruin
1 x Rebuild
1 x Darkblast
2 x Volcanic Island
5 x Moxen
1 x Black Lotus
2 x Sensei's Diving Top
1 x Ancestral Recall
1 x Brainstorm
1 x Ponder
1 x Thirst for Knowledge
1 x Gifts Ungiven
1 x Tinker
1 x Mystical Tutor
1 x Demonic Tutor
1 x Vampiric Tutor
1 x Time Walk
1 x Yawgmoth's Will
1 x Tolarian Academy
1 x Mana Crypt
1 x Sol Ring
1 x Library of Alexandria
3 x Polluted Delta
3 x Flooded Strand
2 x Island
1 x Swamp

Sideboard

2 x Yixlid Jailer
2 x Leyline of the Void
3 x Ingot Chewer
1 x Darkblast
2 x Pyroclasm
2 x Mystic Remora
1 x Trinisphere

5th/8th - Will Magrann - Stax

4 Mishra's Workshop
4 City of Brass
4 Wasteland
3 Gemstone Mine
1 Strip Mine
1 Barbarian Ring
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Bazaar of Baghdad

4 Goblin Welder
1 Triskelion
1 Karn, Silver Golem
1 Sundering Titan
1 Gorilla Shaman

5 Moxen
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Trinisphere
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Tinker
1 Crop Rotation
1 Darkblast
4 Smokestack
4 Tangle Wire
4 Thorn of Amethyst
3 Crucible of Worlds
2 Powder Keg

Sidebaord

4 Leyline of the Void
3 Red Elemental Blast
3 Chalice of the Void
2 Pithing Needle
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Balance

Sean Lind - Fish

4 x Dark Confidant
3 x Meddling Mage
3 x Aven Mindcensor
2 x Vendillion Clique
2 x Kataki, War's Wage
4 x Force of Will
3 x Spell Snare
3 x Thoughtseize
2 x Negate
2 x Null Rod
3 x Polluted Delta
3 x Tundra
3 x Underground Sea
3 x Wasteland
2 x Flooded Strand
1 x Island
1 x Swamp
1 x Mishra's Factory
1 x Strip Mine
1 x Mox Pearl
1 x Mox Jet
1 x Mox Sapphire
1 x Black Lotus
1 x Darkblast
1 x Vampiric Tutor
1 x Demonic Tutor
1 x Ancestral Recall
1 x Brainstorn
1 x Hurkl's Recall
1 x Time Walk
1 x Rushing River
1 x Sensei's Diving Top

Sideboard

3 x Extirpate
3 x Energy Flux
3 x Path to Exile
2 x Duress
1 x Diabolic Edict
1 x Tormod's Crypt
1 x Relic of Progenitus
1 x Echoing Truth

Joe Davis - Welder Vault

4 x Force of Will
3 x Mana Drain
1 x Misdirection
1 x Ancestral Recall
1 x Brainstorm
1 x Gifts Ungiven
1 x Fact or Fiction
1 x Thirst for Knowledge
1 x Intuition
1 x Timetwister
1 x Tinker
1 x Sundering Titan
1 x Memory Jar
1 x Merchant Scroll
1 x Mystical Tutor
1 x Vampiric Tutor
1 x Demonic Tutor
1 x Rebuild
1 x Fire/Ice
1 x Overload
2 x Goblin Welder
1 x Gorilla Shaman
1 x Tezzeret
1 x Time Vault
1 x Voltaic Key
1 x Time Walk
1 x Sensei's Diving Top
1 x Wheel of Fortune
1 x Yawmoth's Will
1 x Black Lotus
3 x Flooded Strand
2 x Polluted Delta
4 x Island
3 x Volcanic Island
2 x Underground Sea
1 x Tolarian Academy
5 x Moxen
1 x Mana Crypt
1 x Mana Vault
1 x Sol Ring
1 x Lotus Petal

Sideboard

3 x Rack and Ruin
2 x Pyroclasm
2 x Tormod's Crypt
1 x Darkblast
1 x Hurkyl's Recall
1 x Razormane Masticore
1 x Pyroblast
1 x Red Elemental Blast
1 x Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 x Empty the Warrens
1 x Mana Drain

Andy Bilarczyk - Welder Vault

1 x Tolarian Academy
3 x Polluted Delta
2 x Flooded Strand
4 x Island
3 x Volcanic Island
2 x Underground Sea
1 x Black Lotus
5 x Moxen
1 x Lotus Petal
1 x Mana Crypt
1 x Mana Vault
1 x Sol Ring
1 x Sensei's Diving Top
1 x Time Vault
1 x Voltaic Key
1 x Sundering Titan
1 x Memory Jar
3 x Mana Drain
1 x Timetwister
4 x Force of Will
1 x Ancestral Recall
1 x Brainstorm
1 x Mystical Tutor
1 x Gifts Ungiven
1 x Wheel of Fortune
1 x Fire/Ice
1 x Rebuild
1 x Tezzeret the Seeker
1 x Fact or Fiction
1 x Yawmoth's Will
1 x Rack and Ruin
1 x Vampiric Tutor
1 x Time Walk
1 x Thirist for Knowledge
1 x Demonic Tutor
1 x Misdirection
1 x Intuition
1 x Tinker
1 x Merchant Scroll
1 x Gorilla Shaman
2 x Goblin Welder

Sideboard

1 x Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 x Mana Drain
1 x Razormane Masticore
1 x Empty the Warrens
1 x Hurkyl's Recall
1 x Darkblast
1 x Red Elemental Blast
1 x Pyroblast
2 x Tormod's Crypt
2 x Pyroclasm
3 x Rack and Ruin



Mark with his Walk of Time


Steve with his Twister of Time


Steve says, "You're playing Whhhaaaat?"


Battle for the Universe


Some of our crowd of 52!


I better win, or I'll be playing in the back room!  


Here are the pics from the now famous "LOST LOTUS EVENT" (I remember the plane crashing into the card store........)

And a contest to go with them! Add a post to this thread, pick a photo (numbers are under each pic), come up with your best caption for that picture, e-mail your name, pic number, and caption to me (ccgames@comcast.net), I'll choose the best line from all the entries, and that person will win a FREE entry into our October event!! All entries are due by next Monday 9/14 at 11:59pm. I know ther are SOME funny Magic players out there!!


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Faithfully submitted
Douglas C. Neidermeier
Sergeant at Arms

[personalbackfire]

Thanks Mike for hosting a great event. As always I look forward to the next one! Also, I, and I am sure others, appreciate that you posted the TO report so fast. Thanks again!

[Will]

Good event good prizes and as always was run smoothly.  All of this is helped by the fact that I Top8d but nonetheless a good time.

[MISTERTREK]

Thanks Mike for hosting a great event. As always I look forward to the next one! Also, I, and I am sure others, appreciate that you posted the TO report so fast. Thanks again!

NP, it helped with the holiday today and not the week long grind of up at 5am for work! (and not losing the deck lists!!) Thanks again for playing, c ya soon.

[Tobi]

Wow, nice turnout. Thanks a lot for the lists!

Missing cards report:
- Walt's deck misses 2 SB cards
- Sean's deck misses one MD card

[FAVO!!!!1]

Wow, nice turnout. Thanks a lot for the lists!

Missing cards report:
- Walt's deck misses 2 SB cards
- Sean's deck misses one MD card

The missing cards in my sideboard (Walt) is 2 Pyroblast. Kind of easy to miss them, as I placed them next to pyroclasm on the deck sheet. I'll get Sean to clue us in on his missing card sometime tomorrow.

[MISTERTREK]

Missing cards report:
- Walt's deck misses 2 SB cards
- Sean's deck misses one MD card

CHEATERS!! Nick is doing deck checks on EVERYONE next event!!  LOL

[FAVO!!!!1]

Missing cards report:
- Walt's deck misses 2 SB cards
- Sean's deck misses one MD card

CHEATERS!! Nick is doing deck checks on EVERYONE next event!!  LOL

My name is Anon, and we are legion. ROTFLMAO!

[Womba]

Great event and venue, I love playing at AU, good people and atmosphere there, and walking away with a Time walk helps, can't make it this week but hope to be there Oct. 3.

[ashiXIII]

Great event and venue, I love playing at AU, good people and atmosphere there, and walking away with a Time walk helps, can't make it this week but hope to be there Oct. 3.

meh. AU is okay at best. It's a little small for 52 players, and it's always hot as hell in the playing area

[Smmenen]

Is John Byrne the great comic book artist?   

[MISTERTREK]

Is John Byrne the great comic book artist?   

Our JB is a comic, though I'm not sure he's great and I think tool would be a better inanimate object to use than book, artist.........not! LOL  Sorry, John I couldn't resist! 

[TrueUVGP]

This is Sean, my deck is called Rebel Fish, and the missing card is crucible of worlds. Come on people, I can't beleive no one pointed that out.

[metalhead666]

i cant believe that either sean....

but what i can believe is that ill be there this weekend and in october to repeat my top 8 performance.

[Iron_Chef]

Great event and venue, I love playing at AU, good people and atmosphere there, and walking away with a Time walk helps, can't make it this week but hope to be there Oct. 3.

meh. AU is okay at best. It's a little small for 52 players, and it's always hot as hell in the playing area

Joe, you must be on crack.  I mean Alternate Universes Blue Bell is small compared to say A GRAND PRIX, but it's definitely a great venue and large in terms of a store.  Thanks for a good event Mike.  I don't know what I'm going to play, but it most likely won't have workshops or rituals, since I'm getting tired of the squishing sound my head makes when I continually bash it against a brick wall all day (what my last 0-2-1 result felt like).

On another note, I don't like how the Game Core con event counted towards player of the year standings.  With such short notice some people who are in contention couldn't make it, and if i were competing for something like that then I'd want to play in every event possible.

-Nick

[Darklantern]

On another note, I don't like how the Game Core con event counted towards player of the year standings.  With such short notice some people who are in contention couldn't make it, and if i were competing for something like that then I'd want to play in every event possible.

I wholeheartedly agree with Nick on this one.  i dont think that there was enough notice given for everyone to get time off for the Game Core event, and that cost certain teams and players their positions in standings.  I know that it cost my team personally as our 3rd team memeber couldn't make it on such short notice and we didnt even have a chance to keep up.

[Ummmyeh13]

Look I understand that you are playing for Dan, but there have been plenty of events that Team DP has been represented by 1-2 members, generally Matt and Evan(I understand you don't have the benefit of an alternate). Its likely to seem that I'm ok with it because of our performance, but believe me that I would feel the same if TRA was able to pull ahead of us this event. Also the only other person who seemed to be affected by this event was Nick Detweiler, who likely wouldn't have been able to reschedule his family commitments and should be a non-issue anyway.

[Luecifer]

Look I understand that you are playing for Dan, but there have been plenty of events that Team DP has been represented by 1-2 members, generally Matt and Evan(I understand you don't have the benefit of an alternate). Its likely to seem that I'm ok with it because of our performance, but believe me that I would feel the same if TRA was able to pull ahead of us this event. Also the only other person who seemed to be affected by this event was Nick Detweiler, who likely wouldn't have been able to reschedule his family commitments and should be a non-issue anyway.

While that is valid, that isnt the underlying point. The issue we here is by counting points from the day towards the player of the year/team awards, it basically force anyone who cares about those to show up or risk being knocked out of contention. The reason we are taking issue is it is setting the precident of forcing your regular players to attend or risk losing out on something you are otherwise working towards. Believe me if it were not for the fact that poty/team points were being earned at this event i would not have attended, i did have other things i could have done that day but felt like if i was being forced into a cornor and basically making attendance mandatory at a none blue bell event. Just my 2 cents.

Jon Richards

[Ummmyeh13]

I'm pretty sure the reason for offering up the champion's prize is a direct move to increase attendance at all of Mike's events. Its a bold and very successful marketing tactic. I don't know what else could be gained from offering this type of title/prize. If the result is to "force" people to show up than his tactic has succeeded. I'm sure we don't need to rehash the "Mike does this to make a profit" arguments, so if there's something else about the system that bothers you, I'm sure Mike would be reasonable to refine the structure.

For example, under the current system, I can win the Main event at one of Mike's events, and still not have the highest point total at the end of the day. This happens when a player fails to make the T8 of the main event, going like 4-2 or so, and then they play and win the side event. Currently it is my understanding that both of these events carry the +5/+10 for T8/Win bonus. I don't feel that this should be the case simply due to the nature of the tournament being much more casual and generally smaller(read: easier). There are other kinks in Mike's system, but he does a decent enough job that I gladly show up for any of his events.

Also these championship seasons can be used to easily track one's performances from year to year. Not to insult anyone who finds that extremely obvious, but few people might not look at it as little more than some numbers next to their name. By simply keeping log of where you finish each year than you can judge how you/others are doing from a year-to-year standpoint. In essence they're some form of replacement for DCI ratings considering we play an unsanctioned format. Is it perfect? No. Is it workable? Of course. Another thing I'd like to see is if Mike is able to Archive the end-of-year results for easy reference, so that everyone has access to this information at all time.

Besides, if you guys really cared about this event counting towards the Championship/Team totals you probably should have said something about it before the event actually happened. I don't personally view it this way, but it would be easy for one to think you're trying erase what happened to be a bad weekend for yourselves.

This is getting rather long and talking about it here further probably wont get much through. If you guys wanna talk privately about the issue feel free to PM or IM me (Screenname is the same for AIM).

--Chas Hinkle (Not sure if I ever mentioned who I was.)

[mr.grim]

I just will say this and be done with this topic. I did talk to mike about it . He gave me the salesmen pitch and I do fully understand. Mike even said we could have a second alt. The issue with that was...A. WE could not find someone who was going to the event that was not already on a team. B. As a team we felt that it was shitty to have that alt only count for one event. I do feel that Mike has a right to gain attendeance and make money.

In the end I know now that we most likely will not regain our lead for team of the year,which we had for 95% of the year. I will credit this loss to a "bonus" event.  My only grip is that Mike did not give e'nuff notice,and at the begining of the year never said that "bonus" events would count for a IN HOUSE points system. I just hope that when Mike hands out the trophy to that lucky player and team It reads.......
 
Blue bell and "bonus" event player/team of the year!

Pleas dont take this to heart I have nothing against any of you guys at all !
 .........later till then, Grim.

[voltron00x]

For whatever its worth, I'm not sure you guys had the lead going into this "bonus" event... Mike didn't credit any of my points from the June event in the last update. 

I understand what you guys are playing for, so this puts everyone in a somewhat awkward spot.  I will say that I missed an event earlier this year and haven't played in a single side event at any of Mike's tournaments... all my points are from the main events.  I'm really not going out of my way to try and 'steal' this thing from you guys.  I think what you're trying to do is very honorable and I know that regardless of the outcome, both the community and Dan recognize how much this means to you guys and how much work you were willing to put into it, even without having an alternate all year.

[mr.grim]

I talked to mike at the last bb .Your points were added to teams just not your single record for player of the year. As of that last bb i think you guys were up buy a very small gap. all in all Id never say you stole anything. I just think Mike should of not counted points in a non bb setting . All in all whats done is done . I love the story of the underdog. So when we rock the hell outta the next 2 events, and become team of the year it will be a steller fucking moment!!!!!!! So with all due respect,your the deathstar and we are the rebel alliance. BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!


daa da dadadaaaa da !!!!!!!

[TD]

I know that the only reason i went to this event was because the points counted. If it wasn't for that i deffinatly wouldn't have showed up. If we didnt want the points to count for this even it should have been settled with mike before the event... not after people didn't show up. It's kinda beat to take the points away from the people who made it a point to clear there schedules to compete in the race. I know if the vintage rating system wasn't involved I wouldn't have made it a priority to go, and probably wouldn't have. I agree, this event shouldnt have counted towards the player of the year race or team event. When i found out about it i wasnt exactly thrilled but i didnt hear anyone else complaining (not even nick detwiler who immediatly said he couldnt make it). So why is it a big deal now, almost a week after the event?

PS- who won the contest?