05/14 - French Vintage Championships - Beta P9 - OPEN TO ALL

[Toad]

On May 14th, Wizards of the Coast, the French DCI and Eternal-Magic France, an association working for the development of T1 in France, will be organizing the first French Vintage Championships. This tournament will be an Open, and all the players from the World are invited

GENERAL INFORMATION

    * Format: Vintage
    * Sanctionned tournament, REL3
    * Free entry !
    * Beginning of the registrations : 9AM
    * Beginning of the tournament: 10AM
    * Swiss rounds (depending on attendance, expect 8 rounds)
    * Single elimination Top8

The tournament will be held at the Espace Charenton,  323 bis Rue de Charenton, PARIS 12. Easy access by Metro, bus and car.

PRE REGISTRATION

Send your name, DCI number at the following email adress : subaru@eternal-magic.com

PRIZE STRUCTURE

WARNING, extremely hot prize structure coming !!!

** Powered

1st - French Champion - 1 COMPLETE Beta Power 9 !!
+1 Plane Ticket for GenCon2005
+1 VIP Access to GenCon2005
+2 Byes for GenCon2005
+1 Champions of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Betrayers of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Saviors of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Unhinged Box
+all the CHK block theme decks (w00t!)

2nd - A playset (40) of 3BB French Dual lands
+1 Champions of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Betrayers of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Saviors of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Unhinged Box
+all the CHK block theme decks

3rd - 4 Mishra' s Workshop
+1 Beta Wrath of God
+1 Champions of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Betrayers of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Saviors of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Unhinged Box
+all the CHK block theme decks

4th - 4 Legends Mana Drain
+4 Beta Birds of Paradise
+1 Champions of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Betrayers of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Saviors of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Unhinged Box
+all the CHK block theme decks

5th - 1 Bazaar of Baghdad
+1 Beta Balance
+1 Champions of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Betrayers of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Saviors of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Unhinged Box
+all the CHK block theme decks

6th - 1 Library of Alexandria
+1 Beta Armagueddon
+1 Champions of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Betrayers of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Saviors of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Unhinged Box
+all the CHK block theme decks

7th - 4 Antiquities Mishra's Factory (the 4 Seasons)
+1 Mirror Universe
+1 Champions of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Betrayers of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Saviors of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Unhinged Box
+all the CHK block theme decks

8th - 4 Force of Will + 4 Beta Lightning Bolt
+1 Champions of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Betrayers of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Saviors of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Unhinged Box
+all the CHK block theme decks

** Unpowered

1st Unpowered - 1 Unlimited Black Lotus
+1 Champions of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Betrayers of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Saviors of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Unhinged Box
+all the CHK block theme decks

2nd Unpowered - 1 Unlimited Ancestral Recall
+1 Champions of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Betrayers of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Saviors of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Unhinged Box
+all the CHK block theme decks

3rd Unpowered - 1 Unlimited Mox Sapphire
+1 Champions of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Betrayers of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Saviors of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Unhinged Box
+all the CHK block theme decksrd Unpowered - 1 Mox Sapphire

4th Unpowered - 1 Unlimited Mox Jet
+1 Champions of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Betrayers of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Saviors of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Unhinged Box
+all the CHK block theme decks

5th Unpowered - 1 Unlimited Mox Ruby
+1 Champions of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Betrayers of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Saviors of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Unhinged Box
+all the CHK block theme decks

6th Unpowered - 1 Unlimited Mox Pearl
+1 Champions of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Betrayers of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Saviors of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Unhinged Box
+all the CHK block theme decks

7th Unpowered - 1 Unlimited Mox Emerald
+1 Champions of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Betrayers of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Saviors of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Unhinged Box
+all the CHK block theme decks

8th Unpowered - 1 Unlimited Time Walk
+1 Champions of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Betrayers of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Saviors of Kamigawa boosters box
+1 Unhinged Box
+all the CHK block theme decks

SEE YOU IN PARIS !

[Kowal]

The prize support is fucking insane!  Is it open to people from out of the country?  If I can scrounge up all the cash I need for moving in May, and I have enough extra, I might fly out for that.

[Toad]

all the players from the World are invited

I wouldn't have posted this there otherwise

[Shades]

OMG

I will definately be there!!!

Toaddy I hope I can stay @ your house .

Is the attendance limited?

And why don't you spread the P9 between all the Top8 members? It sounds a far better deal to me.

[orgcandman]

First off, this looks insane, and I __MIGHT__ be able to magically get tickets to Paris for this

Second, I'd really only be willing to do that if the prize structure were slightly modified. It's totally pimp. However, if you look 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th place Powered all get screwed royally on prize support in terms of raw $ value. I'm not saying that the prizes aren't good, but like, 1st place gets somewhere around $8-10k USD, and 8th place gets $440 USD totalled. Compare this with Unpowered 1st, which gets $1,000 US, and unpowered 8th, which walks away with $450-500 USD. Seems kindof ridiculous to me. Also, wouldn't it be better to just spread the power out among the top8 finishers rather than give it all to 1st place?

I also was kindof scared by this:

5th place gets 1 beta balance + 1 bazaar, total value ~$250 US. Plus the boxes and others would get you to ~$500 US. That is only $60 US away from 8th place. Compare with the 1st place prize, and the discrepancy is really huge.

[Britanny]

Hey, I just want to say something. Toad's house is not very large and I don't want all Europe in my bedroom

Thanks to all now I will return posting in my useless-thread/

Brit.

[nataz]

with free entry, who payed for all those prizes?

[Shades]

with free entry, who payed for all those prizes?

On May 14th, Wizards of the Coast, the French DCI and Eternal-Magic France, an association working for the development of T1 in France, will be organizing the first French Vintage Championships.

[rvs]

Oh that is hot. Toad, can I shotgun a sleepingspot at your place?

[Machinus]

Oh my god that is the coolest tournament ever.

OMFG, WotC is really sponsoring this? How did that happen?

[Jacob Orlove]

+1 Plane Ticket for GenCon2005
+1 VIP Access to GenCon2005
+2 Byes for GenCon2005

2 Byes is insane. So is the rest of that prize structure, but if you can win this thing, 2 byes is like a guaranteed t8 spot at gencon.

[Shock Wave]

WTF!? Umm yeah, I'm in for this one.

[Dante]

+1 Plane Ticket for GenCon2005
+1 VIP Access to GenCon2005
+2 Byes for GenCon2005

2 Byes is insane. So is the rest of that prize structure, but if you can win this thing, 2 byes is like a guaranteed t8 spot at gencon.

Is that byes for European Gencon?  I thought the Gencon's were sanctioned.  When did they start awarding byes?

[Jacob Orlove]

I'm pretty sure that's Gencon Indy. As in, the Vintage World Championship.

[Subaru]

The byes offer are for the GenCon Indy then for the Vintage World Championship.

[Razvan]

Wow... I had to check the date to make sure that wasn't an april fool's joke.

Wow again.

Wow...

I haven't seen anything like this before... too bad the tickets will cost $1000 or more... but still... this is incredible...

Wow again. I am actually thinking about flying over. Maybe I should prod diceman, too...

[Kowal]

Tickets really aren't that expensive.  I've been poking around on a couple websites, and most of the rates begin around 650 or so.

That said, I either need to get hired for a job like today, or get my folks to pay for a chunk of the trip to make it happen.  Both are a little more than unlikely, but I'm sure as hell going to try.

[Limbo]

This is friggin' insane.

I will def. try to go to this.

Any estimations on how many people are to be expected?

[Toad]

Maximum attendance is 400. No room for additional players after that.

[Shock Wave]

Is there anywhere where we can confirm the legitimacy of this event? I just called WotC and the person who attended to my inquiry informed me that WotC hasn't sanctioned a T1 event in the last 5 years. How awesome is that?

Anyways, I'd just like some reassurance that this prize structure is guaranteed and that this company is reputable. It would really suck to fly over from Canada to find that the event is not operating in accordance with how it has been advertised.

[Subaru]

This tournament is organized with the DCI France

[Bram]

Oh that is hot. Toad, can I shotgun a sleepingspot at your place?

Hmmm let's see.....who was it again that housed Toadi for two days a couple of months ago?

Prizde support is REALLY hot. Hot, hot, hot, hot. This is awfully comlicated for an april fool's joke

[Toad]

Rich, the tourney is for real. I'm one of the founders of Eternal Magic France, with 4 other french players, including Serge Metz, who you might have heard about already. We have full support (including for prizes) of the French DCI.

If you still have some concerns, send an email to Damien Guillemard, guilled@hasbro.fr, he's the french DCI manager.

[Kowal]

Is there a pre-registration option for those of us considering showing up from overseas?

EDIT:  I can't read.  Sorry lads.  :p

[Gabethebabe]

:shock:
Words are not enough to describe the prize structure, so I will not make an attempt.

I hope the organization has thought of what to do when the 400 preinscriptions are completed.

I LARGE percentage of these pre-inscriptions will NOT appear. That is what happens always and everywhere when inscription is for free.

You will need to make a reserve list. A lot of people will not even come to the tournament when they have no guarantee of entering, so that rules out any people that live far away from Paris.

O well, you go figure that out

EDIT: I guess the walk for the 8th unpowered is heavily beat

[Toad]

You coming Gabe?

[Gabethebabe]

You coming Gabe?

I´d love to, but no. A couple of years ago I would have come without hesitation, but a wife and two children further I do not have that freedom anymore.
There will be two T1 tourneys in May, one in Barecelona and one in my hometown Igualada, so no need to travel 900 km to play.

Good luck with it.

It will be awesome.

[Toad]

You suck
But yeah, family is more important than Magic anyways, so I perfectly understand you. I hope we'll meet someday in France or Spain

[MaxxMatt]

I'll be there for sure.
And another zillion of blatant and snoring italian players.
We are going to invade, conquest and smoke on your hot French fleshs this time.



@Toad & Brittany.
PM me something about interesting things and good place for my girlfriends and some of others Italian players ones.
@Toad
If you are going to suggest me "GangBangs and FreeFrenchKissing" for them, I'm sure that I have another good reason to come there and AT LEASTwin against you



@Toad
Made props to you for the terribly good organization!

[rvs]

Since somebody should complain: why don't they just draft the beta p9 among the T8? Now the prize structure is EXTREMELY skewed in my opinion.