Owen T. and Myself were at a tourney that they refused to run. Normally I wouldnt care too much but it is almost two hours each way plus me getting up early on the weekends.
Josh, these are the kinds of things I was alluding to in my post about not feeling bad about not making it to the last Pastimes event. I've also been at multiple events on site where the entry fee was increased from what was advertised online. Shady things like this are what keep people away from Pastimes in general, no matter the format. That being said, I'll try to make it to this event if I'm able.
Does anyone else feel that a $25 entry fee is a bit much? The higher that entry fee goes the less I'm willing to go. I understand that this affects prize support which does matter to a lot of people. I for one am pretty new to the Legacy format and am not that interested in dropping $25 to get my head smashed in. I imagine that this may affect some others that are contemplating the decision to attend as well. Just my 2 cents. Either way, thanks for getting tournaments going in the Chicagoland area again.
Ben Carp's tournament was $25; this tournament is being advertised in Josh's post as $20.
Regarding prize and tournament structure, I'd recommend trying this:
$20 tournament entry, with a sliding guaranteed prize scale, based on number of entrants. For example:
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With 8-19 entrants @ $20 each, give out the following guaranteed prizes:
1st place - 4 blue dual lands* + 4 Polluted Delta or 4 Flooded Strands, or $160 in store credit
2nd place - 4 blue dual lands,* or $100 in store credit
3rd place - 4 Wooded Foothills, or 4 Bloodstained Mire, or $50 in store credit
4th place - 4 Wooded Foothills, or 4 Bloodstained Mire, or $50 in store credit
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With 20-29 entrants @ $20 each, give out the following guaranteed prizes:
1st place - 4 blue dual lands* + 4 Tarmogoyfs or 4 Force of Wills or 4 non-blue dual lands, or $180 in store credit
2nd place - 4 blue dual lands,* or 4 Wooded Foothills + 4 Bloodstained Mires, or $100 in store credit
3rd place - 4 Polluted Delta, or 4 Flooded Strand, or $60 in store credit
4th place - 4 Polluted Delta, or 4 Flooded Strand, or $60 in store credit
5th-8th place - choice of 2 non-blue fetchlands, or 1 dual land* of choice
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With 30+ entrants @ $20 each, give out the following guaranteed prizes:
1st place - 4 blue dual lands* + 4 Tarmogoyf or 4 Force of Will or 4 non-blue dual lands, or $225 in store credit
2nd place - 4 Force of Will or non-blue dual lands + 4 Wooded Foothills or 4 Bloodstained Mire, or $125 in store credit
3rd place - 4 non-blue dual lands, or 4 Tarmogoyf, or 4 Force of Will, or $80 in store credit
4th place - 4 non-blue dual lands, or 4 Tarmogoyf, or 4 Force of Will, or $80 in store credit
5th-10th place - choice of 2 non-blue fetchlands, or 1 dual land* of choice
* = not including Underground Sea
Paying down further in standings also attracts more people, in my experience, as they usually have a better tournament experience even if they don't get 1st or 2nd place (where the normally very top heavy prizes have been). That may attract more of your regular Extended/Standard constructed players to attend as well. The thing I proposed seems like good prizes based on number of entrants to attract people, while the store should still be able to cover costs and not lose money. What do you think?
EDIT: Also, you really need to advertise/post these tournaments on other websites ASAP too, in order to attract the turnout you're hoping for.
1) The Source -
http://mtgthesource.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=132) StarCityGames
3) MTGSalvation
