11/06 Star City "Power 9" Tournament; Chicago, IL

[matt_v]

MtG Type One "Power 9" Tournament
Saturday, November 6th

Location: Pastimes in Niles; 8478 Golf Road; Niles, Illinois 60714; (847) 470-XMEN (9636)

Directions: For directions to the site please click  here  

Time: Registration is from 9:00 AM to 10:50 AM. Tournament begins at 11:00 AM.

Tournament Format: Non-sanctioned Type One (Vintage), modified swiss with single-elimination top 8. Up to five (5) proxies are allowed. Please note that proxies must follow these rules for this tournament:
 

• Full name of the card (no abbreviations or nicknames)
• Correct casting cost of the card including all colored mana symbols    
• All relevant/game effecting text  
• Proxies must be created by modifying a basic land card. Photocopies of cards or slips of paper added to a card is not acceptable.
• Using the blank cards from the World Championships decks is acceptable.
• Print neatly.  
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Entry Fee: $30.00 per player

Prizes: A COMPLETE SET of "Power Nine" (Black Lotus, Ancestral Recall, Time Walk, Timetwister, Mox Sapphire, Mox Emerald, Mox Ruby, Mox Pearl and Mox Jet) to be "drafted" by the top eight finishers. The winner will get to choose his prize first, then the second place finisher will get their pick, etc. This will continue until each of the top eight players has selected their prize. The first place finisher will also receive whichever card is left after each player has selected their prize. This prize payout is GUARANTEED by Star City Events regardless of attendance!

Head Judge: TBD

Judge Certification: TBD

Miscellaneous Notes:
1. We will have one of our best and most experienced staffs for this event! We will do our very best to ensure that you have the best experience you can have!

2. This event will be run under Rules Level 3 Enforcement.

3. While trading is fine, anyone on the floor who buys, sells or solicits other players to do either will be asked to leave the event without refund. Please note that this will apply to both the buyer AND seller.

More Information:
Players who want specific information can contact us at events@starcitygames.com or by calling (540) 767-7263

[TheFram]

Any chance youll be bringing one of these to the NY/NJ area? I can't go to VA or Chi. during the school year.

-Avi

EDIT: Agreed, SCG rocks.

[Purple Hat]

Yeah, Western Mass needs one of these too.  We're a type one Hot Bed.  Stupid school and trips costing money.

Hale

[Klep]

Boo, I doubt I'll be able to make this one.

EDIT: I still love you guys.

[Razvan]

Dude, Star City needs to have one in Toronto. That'd be sweet.

I love it how those things are left right and center now.

[Jacob Orlove]

Wow, more of these. You guys are incredible.

[Squee]

You guys are incredible.  I might be able to make this, depending on school.  I know for sure many Milwaukee players will be there along with many others from the surrounding area I'm guessing.  

Keep up the good work

[Methuselahn]

W00T!  This is one that the MN folks will be able to attend.  I know I will, having family in Niles.  That's hott.

[theorigamist]

Talk about great timing.  How far is this place from the UChicago campus?  I really hope I can make this.

[MuzzonoAmi]

I may also be able to make this, provided Football season is over. Which I really hope it is.

[Roxas]

I am -definitely- going to this ^_^  This is going to be the biggest tournament around here in a -long- time.

[Dr. Sylvan]

I'll do my best to make it, provided I can convince people who own cars to make the trek. With that serious a prize on the table, I might even be able to stir up our UIUC Extended enthusiasts.

[Hspecter]

I am definitely making this and representing for my home town. The turn out for this tournament is goin to be quite large but Pastimes is an awesome store with possibly the largest playing are of any store in the midwest.

--Manuel--

[Kowal]

I have the testicular fortitude to make the trip.  I just need to find three passengers willing to pay mad gas money.

[jpmeyer]

Bumped and stickied since it fell onto the second page

[Jacob Orlove]

I have the testicular fortitude to make the trip.  I just need to find three passengers willing to pay mad gas money.

Actually, I'd be up for that, if you still have empty passenger seats.

[Kowal]

I appear to have a full car if Orlove is in.  One guy is unsure of whether or not he'll make it though, so people can still call dibs on being the backup passenger.

[theorigamist]

Anybody who lives in the Chicago area know if there's a bus or subway or something similar that goes to Niles from University of Chicago?  Mapquest puts the drive at 40 minutes, but, of course, I won't have my car in Chicago.

[Dante]

Anybody who lives in the Chicago area know if there's a bus or subway or something similar that goes to Niles from University of Chicago?  Mapquest puts the drive at 40 minutes, but, of course, I won't have my car in Chicago.

the Metra train has a stop that gets off somewhat close (~2miles),but there won't be cabs running around or anything.  

try www.metrarail.com

[Clown of Tresserhorn]

Alright Bitches, it's on!!! Me and Godot will be traveling up to Chi-town to put CO on the map. Any Meandeckers going? Last time I played in C-Bus, I managed to T4 without actually facing any Meandeckers. This time I'll collect some heads on my way to winning the lotus. Also, I'm calling out the Chi-town Crew as well as any peeps coming from WI.

[JACO]

It's looking like a couple members of Bitches&HoesWesCoast will be in attendance! Nickvos (Top 8 GenCon Worlds) and I will be attending, and may be bringing 1 or 2 other Kaleeforneeuns with us as well.

JACO returns to the motherland; be prepared!

[Vincent]

Fresh off winning a timetwister with LOTS of power up for grabs here in the month of october around chicago and nearby, Team GWS is preparing to show up at the SCG event in our home town, and show the rest of the world how we play type 1 in chicago... it's going to be nice to bring home another lotus...

[matt_v]

What the heck - why not make a great event even better. Why not give everyone more reasons to come out to the Type 1 Star City Power 9 event in Chicago?

So, what can make this better? How about more Type 1 events? How about Type 1 events for CASH $$ !!

In addition the massive prizes sent in by Star City, we are adding the following events:

11.06 $500 Type 1 Tournament
Cost: $20
Time: 5pm

11.07 $250 Type 1 Tournament
Cost: $20
Time: 12 noon

Both of these events will be held at Pastimes (same location as the big Type 1 event).

By the way, there are a bunch of pretty reasonable hotels nearby - we will post a list shortly of what is available.

We look forward to seeing everyone there.

--------------------
Alan Hochman
President
Pastimes Cards, Comics & Games
"Other people call them conventions, we call them Saturdays."
www.pastimes.net

[outpost1]

Hi all,

For those who may be interested...

1. Thursday's StarCityGames.com update will include an announcement that hundreds of popular Vintage foils have been added to the site. If you're into such things, and want to check it out before the rest of the community knows about the update, please consider this a heads up. If you're wanting to order some of the foils to use in your Chicago deck, please note that we CAN bring them with us (see below).

2. StarCityGames.com will be debuting our HUGE inventory of foreign singles at the Chicago event! If you have any unusual requests, please e-mail Ben at ben@starcitygames.com and let him know ahead of time.

3. If you want to place an order for ANYTHING, and have us to bring to Chicago with us, it MUST be placed by 4pm on Thursday. When checking out, please put the words, "I'm picking this up at the P9 tournament in Chicago" into the provided comments field, and we will make sure that we bring your cards with us.

Regarding the event itself...

We've received reports that players from BOTH COASTS (and many states in between) are making the trip to Chicago for this Saturday's event. Way cool.

See everyone in Chicago!

[Kowal]

Well, my car isn't going to be there....


But I am.  I just purchased my plane tickets.  It feels kind of dirty, really.  Like cheating.

Props to Raye for putting me up for a night or two.  See y'all there.

[kakeboy07]

Im trying to figure out the best way to get to pasttimes in Niles from O'hare.. If someone from the area could drop me a pm.. and lmk that would be great. Im trying to figure out the train.. but the map is wayyyyy to hard to follow, and Mapquest says 9 miles, so i know i could take a cab, but is there a better way??

I wanted to post this on the end of the torney page... so if it could be added to that thread i would be  


joel

[Dante]

Im trying to figure out the best way to get to pasttimes in Niles from O'hare.. If someone from the area could drop me a pm.. and lmk that would be great. Im trying to figure out the train.. but the map is wayyyyy to hard to follow, and Mapquest says 9 miles, so i know i could take a cab, but is there a better way??

I wanted to post this on the end of the torney page... so if it could be added to that thread i would be  


joel

there is no easy way to get there from ohare by train - you'd have to take the L train all the way downtown, then take a Metra train out, and you'd still be a mile or 2 away...car is really the only way from Ohare.

[raye]

So like, this thing starts in a few hours.

Last minute roll call!

-Kowal, hijacking Raye's computer

[kl0wn]

So like, this thing starts in a few hours.

Last minute roll call!

-Kowal, hijacking Raye's computer

You suck, Summon Sausage!

-kl0wn, on hiatus from Magic until further notice and thusly not at SCG3

P.S. I hope my doomsaying is proven wrong by a large attendance.

[Phantom Tape Worm]

Breaking news from chicago:


-kowal is 1-0 with tps

-daionic is 1-0 with 5/3

-smmenen is 1-0 with doomsday

-the remainder of meandeck is running titan

-windfall is running something with possessed portal and forcefield maindeck

-and the metagame is very heavily goblin welder control, ie. lots of titan

-138 players