The hotel lobby has free internet! I'll try to find the time to make periodic updates on how the tournament is going.
yea, I just noticed that, is that new?
No, it was there for sure for October's event.
I did a lot of traveling in the Caribbean this winter break, and it was no where near as pleasant. If you aren't staying over this time, I really do recommend you try it out next time.
I just can't see my wife buying this "Waterbury is just as pleasant as the Caribbean" statement. Then again, she had fun and took home the highest placed female prize with her 4-4 record with Goblins (although she set off 3-0).  As she said:
Highlight of one game: My opponent, playing some kind of combo, is at 8 life and decides to tap out at the end of my turn to play Skeletal Scrying for 2. Very surprised when I respond with Lightning Bolt (3 damage) and Fireblast (4 damage), leaving his own Skeletal Scrying to kill him. Afterwards he complains to Simon: "Who the hell plays 8 maindeck burn spells in goblins?"
I had a great weekend, we defended our Team trivia title with a perfect record on identifying obscure artwork, and a dismal performance at differentiating Odyssey and Onslaught...
After dropping from main event at 3-3, we ran 6 8-man side events, so that's effectively 48 more players in events on day 1. Congrats to Erik and Marc who seemed to make money on each one they entered, and to Tom NG who beat his way through the next day's top finishers.
