World Championships -C&J- T1 Side Event - 98 Players!

[raziel]

2004 Magic: The Gathering World Championships
September 1-5, 2004
San Francisco, California
United States of America

San Francisco Vintage Challenge (sponsored by C&J Collectibles)
Constructed Tournament using the Vintage (Type 1)-format rules.
This is a Sanctioned event. No Proxies allowed.

5:00p.m. on Saturday September 4.
$10.00 Vintage
There will be a Top 8. Prizes awarded 1st-4th.

Wizards website may not have these details, but here it is straight from the top, courtesy of Jeff and Phuong @C&J
This info will be updated regularly so check back.

 
Prizes for Top 4:

1st. - Unlimited Black Lotus - NM/Mint
2nd - Unlimited Ancestral Recall - NM
3rd - Unlimited Mox Pearl - Fine/EX
4th - Library of Alexandria - NM



This is over $1500.00 in prizes being put up by Jeff McNally owner of C&J. This is the Premier Type 1 event on the West Coast. Only a $10.00 entry fee for this quality of prizes.
C&J will also have a booth with lots of product available. They have a very nice selection of Type 1 cards.

C&J Collectables
5454-C Central Avenue
Newark, CA 94560
510-796-5790
www.cjcollectables.com
email:juzamjuice@aol.com

For complete info for other events check out wizards website.
 

Also for your information here's the latest list of Artists appearing at World.

Chris Rush
Anthony Waters
Scott Fischer
Daren Bader
Henry G. Higginbotham
Kim Graham
Seishirou Ookubo

[TracerBullet]

Myself and many of my fellow SoCal folks are gonna be there at least on Saturday.  I know my car will have to be back before 1pm Sunday, cause I have work, but I'm thinking somewhere in the range of 10 guys from somewhere south of Santa Barbara should make it up there.

Chris Rush is the real draw, as he rarely does stuff anymore.  I'm definitely hoping Garfield will be there, cause then I could have my Lotus double-signed.  Pimp.

[Trollstorm]

Sweet! I can get my Chains of Mephistopheles...es signed.

[raziel]

Pat - Glad to hear you and the guys will be up. Does that include the San Diego guys too? I understand there will be vendors present too. Last I heard C&J will have a booth.
Maybe this will be a 50 plus T1 event on Saturday.

[rvs]

In Berlin, the side-event got like 88 IIRC. So I suppose it'll get pretty big in SanFran as well.

[TracerBullet]

Unfortunatley, there are more T1 players in Germany than there are in California, and California's a big damned state.  That being said, I hope to get the chance to beat up on as many Germans& EuroCo. as possible while at Worlds.  Of course, I'll be coming off a peerless conplete victoly at GenCon two weeks before, so we all know who'll be the favorite coming in...





PS
I was including the San Diego guys I know will be coming in my estimates.

[rvs]

We'll, then I'll pre-emtatively take revenge on you at GenCon

[raziel]

Wizards scratched Heather Hudson from the artist list and added Henry G. Higginbotham in her place.

[TracerBullet]

Bastards!


Hudson's money.


bah.

Pat

[Robert the Swordsman]

This looks really neat... I might, just maybe, make the trek up there for this.

Bad thing: It's roughly a six-hour drive through nothing but blazing hot farmland.

Good thing: It's the World Championships.

I shall weigh these pros and cons for now.

[Jacob Orlove]

Update - C&J will be hosting the T1 event at Worlds. First place will be an Unlimited Black Lotus. Prizes will also be awarded thru 4th place. Those prizes are yet to be determined, but addtional power is possible based on turnout. More info will follow.

Thanks, Tom

[TracerBullet]

Awsoma powa!

[raziel]

I just edited my original post to reflect the huge prizes being put up by C&J. With the quality of prizes being awarded this will certainly be a 60+ person event. I wouldn't be surprised to see it go much higher.
Edit:
There's a lot of talk that this may get close to 80 players.

[raziel]

Just to update a few changes have been added to the top post. This is over $1500.00 in prizes being put up by Jeff McNally owner of C&J. This is the Premier Type 1 event on the West Coast. Only a $10.00 entry fee for this quality of prizes.

[raziel]

The original post has been edited 9 times with the most current information. This is also a great time to pick up on trade. Don't forget to bring out your trade and cash.

[DavidHernandez]

I'll be there with Tony Soto. We will ride up there with TracerBullet.

Dave.

[Saucemaster]

Sniffle.  Sob.

I leave, then you go and do this?  Shouts to all my peeps in the struggle who keepin it real in the East Bay... and also to Meandeck's own "East Bay? I went to Stanford.  No, but I promise I'm actually cool, seriously" Zhalfirin.

I would like to see some SoCal guys make it into the money, encouraging them to make the drive more often, but I'm afraid I also want them to get crushed in the semis.  Sorry guys, I gotta represent.

Also, I hate you all.  Philadelphia has like 95% humidity at all times, when it's not actually raining.  And I now understand what people mean when they mention "California girls" in hushed, awed whispers.  Enjoy the scenery, folks, and I am not talking about the Golden Gate bridge.

[raziel]

Just wanted to mention we're just a few days away from the biggest T1 event on the West Coast.
Any updates will be posted soon.

[Vegeta2711]

Hm. will anyone there have an extra deck? I might actually be able to go to this if I don't have stuff to do. :O

[TracerBullet]

I might be able to sport you something...


I'm coming with a full boat from SoCal.

[Kowal]

TracerBullet:  Feel free to hook up Veg with my lotus if you need to.  I got no problems with loaning it out as long as it comes back with "Christopher Rush" written in gold on it.  

[Vegeta2711]

I might be able to sport you something...

Awesome, because it looks like I'll be able to make it. So if I have something to play, suddenly I have my reason to show up.

[raziel]

Front page updated.
Wizards isn't kicking in for prizes. So it's prizes for first thru fourth. But keep in mind it's over $1500.00 in power cards. Four lucky players are going to walk in, pay a $10.00 entry and walk away with a Black Lotus, Ancestral, Emerald, and a LIbrary. Sweet.

[DavidHernandez]

It's amazing how crappy the support is (from Wizards) for T1.

dave.

[JACO]

Front page updated.
Wizards isn't kicking in for prizes. So it's prizes for first thru fourth. But keep in mind it's over $1500.00 in power cards. Four lucky players are going to walk in, pay a $10.00 entry and walk away with a Black Lotus, Ancestral, Emerald, and a LIbrary. Sweet.

You guys have put up the best prize support for any $10 entry fee I have ever seen; fucking SOLID. I will be there, along with other BHWC teammates Gio (Akuma) and Nick Trudeau (nickvos), who both Top 8'd GenCon World Championships. SoCal REPRESENT

[raziel]

It starts.
Free Worlds deck box for first 1000 people thru the door. Now to get my stuff signed, playmat drawn on.

[Mykeatog]

@Tracerbullet- About ten minutes ago Richard walked by-- you will be able to get your double signed hotness here at worlds.

EDIT- There is a reason why they prize vs. cost is so good.

[raziel]

Signed Lotus by Garfield and Rush today. Mr.Garfield in gold ink, Mr. Rush in silver. What a great day. Freebie deckbox has new set artwork on it with built in life counter. The artist Seishirou Ookubo, fantastic artwork. It must be seen to be believed. Unfortunately it's not for sale. He does have 6 pieces up for silent auction for charity.

If anyone wants to view the cards up for prizes, they're in the case at the C&J booth.

[raziel]

This morning before going in I had to stand outside and enjoy the view of San Francisco. Worlds is being held right next to the Bay. The Golden Gate Bridge is off to the left, Alcatraz Island is straight ahead, all surrounded by the waters of the San Francisco Bay. Probably what inspired me to write all this.

Inside I spent the morning standing in lines getting my cards signed. If your not playing that's what you do. I have to say all the artist have been great about signing and doing art. Prior to that I had been play testing with my sons Brent and Phuong. That's what I call them, sons. Just something we started a while back.

I have to say there's quite a bit of power floating around. I think Saturdays T1 looks to be huge. The competition looks to be very good. If you're coming expect the best. This won't be a twenty man tournament. The C&J table has had people buying up Type I cards just for this event.

Today I also played a game with Richard Garfield. That was fun. Wizards supplies the decks, reach into a box and pull one out. Mine was marked WW w/equip on a plastic card. I open it up and see it's all new cards, with new faces. It's funny because Garfield and I are doing, and thinking the same thing. I say hold on I'm an old guy I have to read these first, I don't know all these new cards. He says same here with a laugh and a smile. We're bonding.  To keep it short he go's down in 4-5 turns as I had a hand full of little men. I ask if he'll sign the rest of my power cards. So that completes the last of my signed Richard Garfield cards. With that I depart for the day.

Anyway as it turns out I'm not 100% sure I will be there in time for the big T1 event. As life would have it my real son has a Saturday afternoon football game. Usually these happen on a Friday night under the lights, but it's an away game. I'll be cutting it close. I'll see you guys when I can.

Good luck to all of you.

[raziel]

Anyway as it turns out I'm not 100% sure I will be there in time for the big T1 event. As life would have it my real son has a Saturday afternoon football game. Usually these happen on a Friday night under the lights, but it's an away game. I'll be cutting it close. I'll see you guys when I can.

Football Score
Us 51, Them 7
 
The event starts in 15 minutes and I'm an hour away. I'll post the results later. I'm still going  to cheer on the C&J crew and meet the rest of the California players.