mtgo player tournaments

[desolutionist]

So I know that most of the smaller formats on MTGO survive on player run tournaments.  They're able to get sponsored by MTGO vendors and are free to enter.

http://www.gatherling.com/gatherling.php

This is a site I found when playing the Pauper format on MTGO.  The competitive aspect is toned down but still rewarding.  I was thinking that if the daily/premiere schedule wasn't working for us, we could organize something like this and even figure out better prize payouts.

[Zherbus]

There's some guys I know in the PRE community, I expect that after the VOCQ season, they'll be firing off some Vintage PREs.

[rickster]

Blippy has a vintage one every 1-2 months, i think it last 4 hours though. The classic quarter guys played in the event.

http://blippytheslug.wordpress.com/2014/07/11/bad-moon-rising-2/

[Twiedel]

I honestly consider setting something like this up, but with a time much more friendly to the European playerbase. Would there be any interest? I'd aim it to be on Saturday or Sunday, around 5-7 p.m. CEST.

[desolutionist]

I mean even for the 2-mans, we're paying $4 to win $6. The PE got 64 players at $10 a piece and they only handed out like $200 in prizes. So literally any player run tournament would be better.

[rickster]

The PE got 64 players at $10 a piece and they only handed out like $200 in prizes. So literally any player run tournament would be better.

The PE hands out 93 packs, and at $7 a pack (wotc uses retail, and not market value), it paid out in 651 tickets.

http://wizards.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/68/=PremierVintage

Obviously it becomes worse value when the attendance maxes out, since prizes don't scale based on the number of players.