TO REPORT - TMD Open(Waterbury) (0th place)

[iamfishman]

Waterbury…It’s the stuff of dreams.  The place where victors are crowned and losers are spit on. 

Ok…maybe not, but it is swell times nonetheless.

Without further ado:

TMD OPEN 8
TO Tournament Report – A topic by topic presentation
Version 1.21

Setup:
So I call the Marriott Friday after school to see when I can come down to set up.  Party in the ballroom until 11:00 pm eh?  Great, I didn’t need sleep this weekend anyway �

So I go home with plenty of time to kill.  I do some laundry and pack up the last of my stuff.  Eventually Jacob Orlove calls me to say he at the hotel. 

New Plan: Load the car with 500 soda/water, and other stuff.  Drive to the hotel.  Meet Jacob Orlove…get food and putz around for a while, then setup.

By the time I get there, Derek McAtovey and Mike Spencer are close by and we meet with them as well.  We go to Applebees for some delicious foodmix(of which I had far too much) and back to the Marriott it is.  A visit with Jeff Anand is pleasant before going to setup.

With the help of Jake, Derek, and Mike, we get the tables up in record time: 1 hour.  Table clothes will need to be setup in the morning since they are not back from the dry cleaner yet, and we head back to my place to crash.

Computer Problems:
The three of us get to the Marriott and meet up with Kerry(I’m embarrassed that I don’t recall her last name), Aaron Rubenslein, and Jesse Brown.  I go to setup the computer and have ALL SORTS of issues.  Great…a wonderful start to the day.  Aaron saves the day with the use of his laptop and all goes well from there.

Aaron Rubenslein, Kerry, Jacob Orlove, Derek McAtovey, Mike Spencer, Jesse Brown, Seth Levy, Simon Cooper, Angelo Santiago: 
Waterbury could not have been close to what Waterbury was if it wasn’t for all these people.  They were a tremendous help, some of which, helping out on both days or playing one day, and helping out the other.  I have a very serious request for all of you out there.  If you have prop me for a Waterbury will done, please modify your props to say “The full Waterbury Staff.�  I can’t express my thanks to these people enough. They are the main reason the event ran so smoothly.

Myriad Games Cookies:
These cookies, provided by Sara Yarrington, made for an original and delicious set of door prizes.  They were well received by the players and my thanks goes out to Sara(and whoever she roped into helping make them).  Extend my thanks Dan.
Stolen Cards:
God this is an issue that gets me upset.  Who the hell are you, who are so wicked, so dastardly, so COWARDLY, as to take something that does not belong to you.  What a pathetic soul it takes to do this.  I have been the victim of theft myself(a Beta Walk) as well as having a near scare at the most recent GenCon.  I give the warning before every Waterbury, but people are people, and unfortunately, one bad apple can really make sad times for many.

Part of me feels a bit perplexed.  I do watch constantly as bags and stacks of cards are left around, and feel as though I should not be surprised or upset that theft happens.  I mean, some people almost invite this behavior.  My other side argues that no one is perfect, and if someone diverts their attention for a few seconds, they should not be so quickly and severely punished for it.

What makes me feel good is that although a few people had stuff taken, many more people turned things in that were later claimed.  Boxes of cards, jackets, etc were put in the Waterbury Lost and Found and later claimed by very relieved people.  It helps to see those good hearted people in the world turn things in that they see left abandoned.

As for two specific cases which I have been made aware of: http://www.themanadrain.com/forums/index.php?topic=27022.0 and Elias Vaisberg’s lost stack of cards, I am going to try to help in what way I can.  For Richard, I have assembled a bunch of the cards that he lost from his stolen deck and will be sending them to him, hopefully with a little trading and proxying he could get the deck back to the point where he can play again.  For Elias, I need to thank a good friend of mine, Mike Broughton.  Mike is probably one of the most honorable and caring dealers I have ever met.  He had an affinity deck(Needles, Ravagers,+) from a previous event(a ptq I think) that went unclaimed.  Rather than just add it to his collection, he gave it to me to use as a little “hope this helps� for someone who experienced loss.  Elias, I know it isn’t half of what was in your stack, but hopefully the cards I am sending you will help rebuild a collection for ya.

UK Scoring System:
After double and triple checks, we kept the damn UK scoring system in check this time.  I am now certain I know what happened before to cause that scoring system to be used, and it shouldn’t happen ever again.

Ashok Chitturi:
Ashok was very generous to donate a Chains of Mephistopheles to the prize support.  This 17th place prize was won by Travis LaPlante.  It pushed the 3-d life counter to 18th prize, which was one by Paul Nicolo.  Thanks again Ashok.

The events that just would not be:
Multiplayer Melee: This event had some difficulty getting off the ground.  I think part of the reason was that even with the fear of a combo deck just sweeping through players, it happened anyway.  I think something like 10 players entered and the winner received a whole bunch of random stuff.  Not bad for a free tournament.

Poker(Day 2):  Many people expressed interest in playing poker, but without it being a more organized thing, it didn’t get off the ground.

The Tournament of Champions:  If it is one thing to get ANY 8 players together at the same time to play poker, it is a NIGHTMARE, to get a tournament of champions to run with 8 specific people, especially when specific deck construction constraints would need to be followed.  I am not sure what I am going to do with this, but I assure you that someone is getting that damn trophy �  Roll an 8 sided dice, anyone?

July 95: No one wanted to do it.  I mean no one!  Weird how the tournament that usually gets talked about most doesn’t get anyone to play in it.

It is starting to seem as though a lot of the side tourneys/events are having difficulty getting started.  People just want to play type 1 all weekend long.  Simon Cooper ran a whole bunch of side events on Saturday and Sunday and it sparked an idea.  I’m not saying much yet, but I’ll give you a hint: non-stop events starting on Friday night at midnight going until 10:00 pm Sunday evening!

Main Event:
184 people.  Started at 11:45.

Thank you all so much for coming.  Waterbury would not be the biggest tournament in the world if only half of you came.  It takes support to make Waterbury what it is, and I can’t thank you all enough.

Enter pet peeve #1.  Why is it that 11:00 Start time equates in some people’s mind to “arrive at 11:00 and fill out your deck list slowly.�  I was a bit upset at the fact that 180 people were waiting on 4 people.  Especially with how long a day the main event is, I might impose a very definitive ABSOLUTE deadline of 11:15 for deck registration(barring a late start in sign ups like this time due to the computer).  It is unfair for everyone to have to wait for you.
The Michigan People:
If I am correct there were two separate crews down from the Michigan Area.  These gents were good people, specially Mr. Demars and Mr. Franklin.  Glad you guys could make it out here.

TND OPEN 8 Final Standings after 8 rounds of swiss:
STANDING   NAME   POINTS   OPP M WIN %   PLAYER G WIN %   OPP G WIN %
1   Menger, Douglas   20   66.6667   80   65.9048
2   Hetherington, Michael   20   65.625   100   60.897
3   Rozwic, Caleb   20   60.5208   78.4314   61.9062
4   Levy, Seth   19   66.9792   80   61.0836
5   Mann, Corey   19   66.9792   70.5882   62.6587
6   Kolbig, Kent   19   63.5417   76.4706   60.3659
7   Mahannah, Bob   19   62.8125   66.6667   62.2751
8   Ward, Brendan   19   61.0863   66.6667   57.3559
9   Carpenter, Jeff   19   61.0863   63.1579   56.1202
10   Smithers, Jon   19   57.9861   65   58.2354
11   Houdlette, Stephen   19   52.7083   77.7778   52.2304
12   Steffens Gary, (BAT)   19   49.4544   68.4211   48.2064
13   Forino, Vincent   18   62.5893   70.5882   59.6668
14   Denham, Matt   18   61.6815   65   55.4898
15   Lindo, Aaron   18   60.7143   63.1579   59.128
16   Meches, Josh   18   57.4405   68.4211   54.5072
17   Laplante Travis, (NS1/2/5/6)   18   57.2917   72.2222   54.5399
18   Nicolo Paul, (VAG)   18   56.3776   72.2222   55.01
19   Wilkins Crossman, (GGS)   18   55   72.2222   52.0988
20   Antes, Nicolae   18   52.6042   66.6667   49.6922
21   Jacob Mike, (VAG)   18   52.4554   60   52.1914
22   Magyar, Peter   18   50.5208   70.5882   50.5885
23   Kowal, Ben   18   45.7738   68.4211   47.1538
24   Henry, David   17   58.3333   74.5098   56.6439
25   Costanza, Rob   17   54.7917   62.1212   56.3255
26   Pease Nate, (NS13567)(GGG)(G   16   65.1042   70.5882   60.9518
27   Folinus, Kevin   16   58.6607   60   57.8814
28   Serignese Paul, (PPP)   16   52.9167   64.9123   52.7612
29   Longo John, (TRI)   16   49.7321   68.5185   49.0195
30   Mann, Jared   16   44.7173   65   44.8923
31   O'Beirne Terence, (WTF)   15   68.2292   61.1111   61.8814
32   Capsouras, Steven   15   64.0774   52.381   58.9808
33   Bailey, Matthew   15   63.0208   57.8947   57.1566
34   Bean, Steven   15   60.7292   60   58.2394
35   Casey, Ron   15   59.8958   54.1667   59.4866
36   Chang, Roland   15   57.9082   55.5556   57.0333
37   Sorin, Roman   15   57.5893   58.8235   55.3976
38   Blaha Mike, (PPP)   15   56.9345   54.5455   55.4915
39   Ellsworth, Stefan   15   55.8333   63.1579   55.8484
40   Portizo, Jason   15   55.0595   68.4211   50.8002
41   Wood, Patrick   15   54.6875   57.1429   52.9015
42   Rozzero Brian, (BAT)   15   53.9583   57.8947   55.2527
43   Hatcher Chris, (NS1/3/4)   15   53.8988   55.5556   55.7312
44   Probasco Andy, (GGG)(TRI)   15   53.6458   55   53.444
45   Broughton, Harlan   15   53.2143   50   53.8041
46   Merriam Ross, (PER)   15   52.619   61.1111   51.9866
47   Daliapes, Tom   15   51.4137   61.1111   50.4659
48   Hangley, James   15   50.625   57.1429   47.6865
49   Broderick, Patrick   15   47.3512   61.1111   49.7852
50   Behre Chad, (BAC)   15   47.2768   64.7059   46.7746
51   Yarrington Dan, (BAC)   15   45.6101   58.8235   48.1553
52   Conole Aaron, (BAC)   15   45.5357   63.1579   46.4403
53   Fraser, Corey   15   43.3333   61.9048   44.5851
54   Hall, Jason   15   41.6667   57.1429   45.0811
55   Demars Brian, (VAG)   13   63.6905   54.902   63.9865
56   Franklin, Josh   13   60.5952   54.386   60.275
57   Gentile, Louis   13   54.2163   60   56.2314
58   Rudolph, Jeremiah   13   51.7857   52.9412   53.4952
59   Zheng, Jason   13   44.2708   53.9683   45.0234
60   Celentano, Andrew   13   43.5417   51.8519   45.4563
61   Trevisan, Thiago   12   67.7083   52.6316   64.7247
62   Beaumont Oliver, (BNC)   12   64.0476   50   61.0549
63   Rogers Joe, (WTF)   12   61.9048   55.5556   55.6446
64   Ata, David   12   58.8542   45   56.3396
65   Cooper, Harriet   12   58.125   50   58.2683
66   Meyst Rich, (PER)   12   57.8373   55   55.1796
67   Ruxton, Brad   12   56.8027   55.5556   55.1
68   Davis, Joe   12   53.9456   50   54.5117
69   Timoney Justin, (GGG)(GGS)   12   52.9762   55.5556   53.8467
70   Fay, Timothy   12   52.7679   47.3684   53.0754
71   Stevens, Chris   12   52.2321   50   50.1461
72   Magda, Matthew   12   52.0833   47.3684   51.029
73   Malone, Patrick   12   52.0238   57.1429   49.2654
74   Kudisch, Zachary   12   50.2721   52.381   51.1391
75   Greene, Jeff   12   50.2232   55.5556   48.185
76   Huff Tyler, (BNC)   12   46.2946   47.0588   45.0404
77   Pollack, Austin   12   46.2054   52.6316   47.0745
78   Berry, Sean   12   45.6101   52.6316   48.3471
79   Lee, David   12   44.628   47.0588   45.497
80   Ng, Thomas   12   44.0476   50   45.4138
81   Bourgoin, Ryan   12   42.3363   55   41.8505
82   Brennan, Dave   12   42.1875   40.3509   43.8125
83   Kupchunos Anthony, (NS4)   12   37.6701   55.5556   41.1196
84   Padinha, Stephen   10   62.3583   47.0588   61.8825
85   Seeth, James   10   54.4218   46.6667   53.9271
86   Wolchesky, Elliott   10   50.1852   53.8462   51.105
87   Masley, Craig   10   46.2585   54.902   47.6366
88   Vaisberg, Elias   9   61.1111   47.0588   59.2583
89   Leith Kyle, (TRI)   9   59.4558   40   54.4444
90   Parisi Matt, (02D)   9   59.2593   50   57.3545
91   Murgo, Dom   9   58.7054   36.8421   54.0523
92   Lawrence, David   9   57.8231   42.8571   54.716
93   Schneier, Josh   9   57.8231   35.2941   56.1038
94   Mastriano, Paul   9   56.6667   53.3333   52.1825
95   Parisi Bernie, (02D)   9   56.4815   46.6667   55.4884
96   Schneier, Michael   9   56.3946   44.4444   55.5266
97   Safford, Ken   9   55.5556   57.1429   53.4127
98   Goscinak, David   9   54.4218   42.1053   50.498
99   Blake, John   9   53.8889   60   52.2631
100   Cooper, Simon   9   52.7778   46.6667   54.6974
101   Mulligan, Ian   9   50.1852   53.8462   53.8943
102   Sorrentino, Mike   9   48.9583   41.1765   47.1422
103   Sanders Rob, (WTF)   9   48.5714   43.75   48.2851
104   Buda, Jay   9   48.0655   45   46.9619
105   Fico, Jessica   9   47.5595   47.619   45.3081
106   Wajdo Cyle, (NS4)(NS7)   9   47.2789   50   46.343
107   Mangus, Peter   9   47.2222   50   48.3333
108   Trudeau Josh, (PDR)   9   46.6667   54.5455   46.1072
109   Daliapes, Joey   9   45.3125   38.8889   46.0683
110   Gracco AJ, (O2D)   9   44.5578   52.9412   44.0063
111   Spencer Mike, (NS6)   9   43.75   47.619   42.4645
112   Anderson, Erik   9   43.7037   47.0588   45.7479
113   Forino, Raffaele   9   42.8571   40   44.7095
114   Miller, Chris   9   41.8304   37.5   43.1454
115   Hannett, Robert   9   40.4167   41.1765   42.5053
116   Murgo, Gabe   8   43.2292   43.8596   45.4927
117   Snow, Matthew   7   62.6667   52.7778   59.3939
118   Goscinak, Kevin   7   50.3401   37.2549   53.4454
119   Ward, Ian   7   49.8016   36.8421   49.6377
120   Maurice, Ronald   7   46.9388   41.1765   50.345
121   Bergenfeld, Irina   7   44.747   39.6825   45.9343
122   Santi, Ryan   6   62.6667   33.3333   61.7666
123   Browne, Christopher   6   61.3333   46.1538   56.1558
124   Close, Andrew   6   61.3333   36.3636   58.8322
125   Haney, Preston   6   61.3333   33.3333   57.028
126   Cleveland, Jason   6   60   33.3333   56.6107
127   LaFreniere, Michael   6   58.6667   50   53.8345
128   Renfrew, Dana   6   58.6667   45.4545   55.5245
129   McLaughlin, Charles   6   58.6667   40   58.4242
130   Chitturi, Ashok   6   57.3333   46.1538   53.0996
131   Best, Sam   6   55.5556   35.7143   53.1944
132   Sadowski, Mark   6   54.6667   50   49.1905
133   Folinus, Jeff   6   53.3333   46.1538   48.0952
134   Bingham Nathan, (PDR)   6   53.3333   45.4545   48.9277
135   Forry, Shannon   6   50.6667   50   48.9091
136   Lally, Tom   6   49.6599   38.8889   48.8376
137   DiPrete, Tony   6   48.1481   40   47.7638
138   McMillan, David   6   48   45.4545   46.1538
139   Hobday Paul, (PDR)   6   47.2222   42.8571   50.234
140   Tuttle Marc, (BAT)   6   45.5556   40   44.441
141   Annunzlata, Andrew   6   44.4444   16.6667   47.8694
142   Yeung, Ling   6   41.7687   33.3333   42.2619
143   Sbaraglio, Jason   6   39.2361   29.4118   41.3139
144   Barcella, Jeremy   6   37.037   42.8571   38.0952
145   Cogley, Nick   4   62.963   42.8571   65.2778
146   Johnson, Keith   4   52.0833   37.037   50.8333
147   Santiago, Angelo   4   50.6667   33.3333   53.2194
148   Puglionisi, Jonathan   4   41.3333   27.2727   45.0611
149   Sparke, Christopher   3   66.6667   33.3333   61.9048
150   Miyashro, Justin   3   66.6667   28.5714   61.9048
151   Reis, Aaron   3   66.6667   20   66.6667
152   Scourbys, Charles   3   62.5   36.3636   60.0758
153   Bransfield Justin, (PPP)   3   58.3333   30   58.0808
154   Handy, Keean   3   55.5556   42.8571   53.9683
155   Meyer, JP   3   55.5556   37.5   59.7222
156   Crestfield, Alex   3   55.5556   28.5714   55.5556
157   Feinstein, Dave   3   54.6667   27.2727   54.289
158   Smith, Noah   3   52.0833   40   47.9167
159   Bilarczyk, Andrew   3   52.0833   33.3333   51.1364
160   Gacioch Dan, (PER)   3   52.0833   33.3333   51.1111
161   Carter Jared, (BNC)   3   52.0833   22.2222   53.3333
162   Pise Mike, (NS2)(NS3)   3   50   22.2222   51.3889
163   Emmons, Dan   3   49.3333   33.3333   49.329
164   Barcello, Andrew   3   48.1481   21.4286   50.683
165   Jensen, Scott   3   48   38.4615   50.5195
166   Kansburg, Mark   3   46.6667   33.3333   46.1472
167   Swanson, Bryan   3   46.6667   30.7692   46.3986
168   Atkinson Chris, (NS2/5/7)   3   45.8333   33.3333   48.3333
169   Coss, Nick   3   43.75   25   49.9242
170   Johnston, Ryan   3   41.6667   40   45.2083
171   Harding, Ryan   3   41.6667   33.3333   40.2778
172   Paganetti, John   3   40.6463   15.6863   40.6774
173   Lindo, David   3   40   25   47.2222
174   Hazen, Ronald   1   33.3333   19.0476   34.2593
175   Raupach, Richard   0   75   0   70
176   Rosario, Elie   0   54.1667   0   56.6667
177   Clair, William   0   50.6667   9.0909   50.4242
178   Burrill, Matt   0   48.1481   25   52.9101
179   Magda, Philip   0   45.3333   16.6667   43.5897
180   Nielson, Steven   0   44.4444   25   45.8333
181   Cahill, Joseph   0   44.4444   14.2857   50
182   Jones, Michael   0   44.4444   14.2857   46.2302
183   Krampetz, Steve   0   44.4444   14.2857   43.0556
184   Berg, Joe   0   41.3333   16.6667   44.9883

Top 16 Results:
Josh Meches defeats Doug Menger
Brendan Ward defeats Jeff Carpenter
Corey Mann defeats Gary Steffens
Seth Levy defeats Vincent Forino
Caleb Rozwic defeats Matt Denham
Kent Kolbig defeats Steve Houdlette
Jon Smithers defeats Bob Mahannah
Mike Hetherington defeats Aaron Lindo

Top 8 Results:
Josh Meches defeats Brendan Ward
Seth Levy defeats Corey Mann
Kent Kolbig defeats Caleb Rozwic
Jon Smithers defeats Mike Hetherington

Top 4 Results:
Josh Meches defeats Seth Levy
Jon Smithers defeats Kent Kolbig

Finals
Josh Meches defeats Jon Smithers

Team Rivalry Standings:
When one considers the star-studded, team affiliation filled top 16 we had at TMD Open 7, it is hard to believe that only one team affiliated member made top 16.  Even so, Team Nuts and Staff(with a million varieties) narrowly inched out Team Avante Garde to defend their title.  Congrats Nuts and Staff.
(Only when tiebreakers were necessary were they calculated, by hand)
1.) NAS1   49   58.7649
2.) VAG   49   56.2004
3.) GGS   46
4.) BAC   45
5.) GGG   43   57.2421
6.) NAS6   43   55.3820
7.) TRI      40   54.2779
8.) BAT   40   49.6561
9.) NAS5   37
10.) WTF   36   59.5685
11.) NAS4   36   48.2826
12.) NAS3   34   56.3343
13.) PPP   34   56.0615
14.) PER   30
15.) NAS7   28
16.) BNC   27   54.1418
17.) 02D   27   53.4329
18.) NAS2   24   51.0417
19.) PDR   24   49.0741

Day 2 Results :
Forethcoming :0)


Thanks again.  More results to come.

Ray

[Jacob Orlove]

Okay, for some reason no one is giving Ray mad props, so I had better do that, because Ray puts more time and energy into Waterbury than you would believe, and it's really thanks to him that the tournament is SO good. We helped out, and made it possible for it to run smoothly despite the huge numbers of people involved, but it is definitely Ray's event, and he deserves all the credit, even if he won't take it.

It was a great weekend, but seriously exhausting--I slept for 16 hours on monday!

Next time, I'll organize a Skittles side event.

[SonataOfTheCathedral]

Wow I am almost speechless at the kindness that comes from the community itself. You are definitely one in a million. I am indebted to everyones kindness and effort to try and help me out. Finding out that I am getting a Ravager deck really makes me warm. Mike Broughton is certainly an honorable man and so are you Ray. I was thinking that I probably wouldn't go to Waterbury again because it left a bad taste in my mouth.

But this certainly changed my mind.

Thank you so much

[Scott_Limoges]

Since moving to Colorado, no tournament has rivaled the magic gaming experience of Waterbury, which continues to deliver thanks to the generosity, organization and creative leadership of Ray Robillard.

Thank you.

[M.Solymossy]

I really wish I could meet a bunch of the TMDers from the East Coast.. but being a Poor 20 year old student from Milwaukee hinders that.  I had to decide between waterbury, or saving for gencon.  I chose Gencon.

Sound's like another sweet tournament.

[pyr0ma5ta]

Okay, for some reason no one is giving Ray mad props

In Soviet Russia, Ray mad props YOU!

On topic: I wish I were on the east coast so I could experience the excitement that is Waterbury.  We're having a ton of events out here on the west coast, but it just doesn't feel quite like the east coast/midwest, what with all the big names coming down to sling spells and slap thousands of dollars in blackbordered power and duals on the table.  Sounds like a good time, and I hope I can eventually make it out there sometime.

[Gaagooch]

I have been to three waterbury events at this point in my life, and i havent placed in the top sixteen at either one, but you dont know how much fun i had at these events.  The people, the staff and everyone make for a great weekend full of fun and magic.  The team rivalry makes it even more fun for people to play, and although i want to top sixteen at waterbury, i know that until i do i will still have a hell of a time there because waterbury is the place to be. I do feel a bit of sorrow for all those who live on the west coast and just cant afford to get here, i know what its like to not have the money to go somewhere you want, my friend qualified for pro tour hawaii and i cannot go cuz im broke.  This is the type one tournament you have to go to at least once in your life, and i have had the ability to go to three of them, mostly because i live in Ct, but either way they are awesome...almost as awesome as ray and the entire staff that helps him out at waterbury and makes it a success.  Thank you to all and i cant wait for another waterbury.

[LouGodKingofDustBunnys]

Mad props to Ray and the other members of the staff, great job ...You guys make me proud to be a member of the staff. To all the midwesterners and west coasters that can't make it out to Waterbury's, trust us, we understand. Most of us have Jobs, family's, college and other things that preclude us from traveling huge distances for a tourney. The only thing I can think of doing is for us to clone Ray, and send the clone west for you all (We are not,I  repeat, not sending the original out west, just in case the clone is in anyway defective).

[Cross]

Mad respect goes out to Ray, another awesome event.

Where was Canada?

Notice that GGs was a very close third in the team competition...we'll get you next time!

[Juggernaut GO]

you mean, you will get 2nd next time?

[Scoops666]

Yes, this was a great event, especially that flash-back finals match! Spring '03 anyone?

In addition to Ray himself and all the rest of the staff, I want to thank all the players for making my judge duties as fun as possible. You guys were really understanding and patient, couldn't have asked for a better group of players. In fact, I was debating letting my cert slide and judge Type 1 exclusively. But, after finding out a lot of you guys play sanctioned formats, I've decided to keep the cert up and try to staff some pre-releases, GP's and what have you.

So, thank you , EVERYONE, for an extremely memorable weekend.

P.S.- Maybe you Midwesterners and West Coasters should try to win the lottery or somethin so you can attend one of these. Come on you guys, it's only the lottery, how hard is it to win?

[SonataOfTheCathedral]

Thank you so much Ray, I saw a box when I got home from College and I was ecstatic. Your are the greatest man ever. I will go out of my way from now on to always to make it up to your tournaments!

[iamfishman]

Don't thank me...thank Mike Broughton.  He is the kind soul that donated the lost deck. Who's owner never came looking.

[outpost1]

"Enter pet peeve #1.  Why is it that 11:00 Start time equates in some people’s mind to “arrive at 11:00 and fill out your deck list slowly.�  I was a bit upset at the fact that 180 people were waiting on 4 people.  Especially with how long a day the main event is, I might impose a very definitive ABSOLUTE deadline of 11:15 for deck registration(barring a late start in sign ups like this time due to the computer).  It is unfair for everyone to have to wait for you."

DCI Reporter (which I assume you're using) allows you to add players after round one has started, and each of those late players receives a first-round loss.

Use it, and you'll be surprised how many latecomers start showing up on time.

Pete Hoefling
www.starcitygames.com

[Whatever Works]

Great tournement as always!!! I also got to give you mad props for giving me VERY good directions that were sooo horribly worded (yet correct!) on how to get to Taco Bell... Where I spent about $30 and got the most HORRIBLE look from the manager who thought I was crazy...

Kyle L.

[Smmenen]

It's a very interesting phenomenon: card theft. 

Card theft is endemic in the magic culture.  I can remember my earliest test groups (when I was in middle school - and I'm now almost 26) regularly stealing cards - in fact, people in my group stole cards from me. 

The rest of the magic community doesnt have this problem as much because Limited and Modo are so prevalent relative to contructed and moreover, the value of cards in Standard aren't really that significant. 

The problem faces Vintage most powerfully - and not only because we have P9, but because basic cards: Dual Lands, FOWs, etc have extremely high prices and not to mention we are foil kings. 

Card theft is even more problematic because so many Vintage and magic players in general are not very wealthy from what I've seen.  Luckily, since we have a much greater proportion of adults than Standard, this incentive is dropping away... but its still there.

The best thing that can be done is to breed anti-card theft sensibility into the vintage community that makes it clear that such actions are not tolerated.  The strong response at Gencon is what mad ethe recovery of your deck possible and your actions in this regard are solidifying that.

Every time you speak out against card theft, you make it less likely to occur in the future and more likley that when it does occur, the cards will be returned becuase of community opposition to such action.  Lifting up those who give cards to those who have been victimized by theft only continues to foster the atmosphere we seek to create.  IMagine: if everyone at the waterbury gave a card to the victim of theft, no one would be a theif because they would by their own actions be against such crime.

Mad props for comdemning card theft and I hope as a result of your efforts we see a decline in it. 

[Komatteru]

Where I spent about $30 and got the most HORRIBLE look from the manager who thought I was crazy...

What the hell can/did you buy at Taco Bell for $30?!


EDIT: Oh yeah, we once did a $100 Taco Bell drive-through order once.  It involved like 25 people though.  Man, such fond memories of freshmen year...

[Klep]

What the hell can/did you buy at Taco Bell for $30?!

Lots of terrible "food."

[Kowal]

What the hell can/did you buy at Taco Bell for $30?!

Lots of terrible "food."

Those who do not appreciate taco bell are not truly human.  Burn the Klep!

[Klep]

Those who do not appreciate taco bell are not truly human.  Burn the Klep!

I think you will find my race does not burn so easily! Mwahahahaha!

[orgcandman]

Mad respect goes out to Ray, another awesome event.

Where was Canada?

Notice that GGs was a very close third in the team competition...we'll get you next time!

Note that Ball and Chain also was hot on GGs heels (1 point man, 1 point) Yeah, that's right. I said it.

MAD MAD MAD HUGE props to Ray for allowing, quite possibly, the best round of magic I've ever played. (For reference, It was a TMWA mirror match in a teammates hotel room where we took the equiv. of 2 shots every 4 points of damage. I emerged victorious. My opponent emerged drunk as hell).

[Kowal]

The result of that was amusing as well.  I've never seen Tyler so out of it.

[Whatever Works]

What the hell can/did you buy at Taco Bell for $30?!

Lots of terrible "food."

If by "terrible" you mean delicous your absolutely correct!

[vartemis]

What the hell can/did you buy at Taco Bell for $30?!

Lots of terrible "food."

If by "terrible" you mean delicous your absolutely correct!

Taco Bell and Wendy's should be banned from locating themselves across the street from bars.  It is so addictive when you are hammered/stoned.  And those damn 10 tacos for $10 coupons might as well be death certificates.

j

[Dante]

What the hell can/did you buy at Taco Bell for $30?!

Lots of terrible "food."

If by "terrible" you mean delicous your absolutely correct!

if by "your" you mean "you're"....   

[Whatever Works]

What the hell can/did you buy at Taco Bell for $30?!

Lots of terrible "food."

If by "terrible" you mean delicous your absolutely correct!

if by "your" you mean "you're"....   

I new I should of attended the "Zoolander School for Kids that cant read good"...