TMD OPEN 13 - March 21-22, Stratford, Ct. (First prize = up to $1000)

[iamfishman]

NOW…for the info…

What: TMDOpen 13(The Mana Drain Open 13)

When: Saturday AND Sunday, March 21-22, 2009

Where: Gamingetc Tournament Center and SuperStore
555 Lordship Boulevard (Exit 30 off I95)
Stratford CT 06615
1-203-296-9961

Lodgings: Ramada Inn in Stratford
225 Lordship Boulevard
Stratford, Ct 06615
203-375-8866
Call and ask for the MAGIC GATHERING room rate to receive a $69 per night deal.

INFORMATION FOR BOTH DAYS:

Time: Registration: 10:00 - 11:00 am
Tourney Starts PROMPTLY at 11:00 am(To avoid a prolonged tournament, this will be strictly enforced. Latecomers will be subject to a round 1 loss.)

Dopeness Factor: The number of two-digit positive integers x that have the property that the sum of  the digits and the number obtained by reversing the order of the digits of x is a perfect square?

These event follow the Universal Tournament Organizer Guidelines.
http://magiceternal.com/UTOG.html
And count toward Vintage Player Rankings
http://www.themanadrain.com/index.php?topic=37059.0

Day 1
Cost: $30 Entry Fee

Format - Type One with TEN proxies + $1 per extra proxy(15 proxies maximum)

Cut: Cut to top 8 if we have less than 96 players
        or top 16 if we have more than 96 players

Prizes: I will be using a “based on participants prize scale.

Prize Support based on 121+ Participants
1st Prize –1230 store credit or $1000 in cash + a paid for round 1 bye and Free Entry at TMD Open 14 + an official TMD Open 14 Custom Playmat
2nd Prize – 615 store credit or the store will buy back the credit for $500 in cash
3rd-4th Prize – 330 store credit or the store will buy back the credit for $250 in cash
5th-8th Prize – 180 store credit or the store will buy back the credit for $135 in cash
9th Prize – 16th prize – Official TMD Open 13 Custom Playmat + ¼ box

Prize Support based on 101-120 Participants
1st Prize – 1000 store credit or the store will buy back the credit for $785 in cash + a paid for round 1 bye and Free Entry at TMD Open 14 + an official TMD Open 14 Custom Playmat
2nd Prize – 500 store credit or the store will buy back the credit for $390 in cash
3rd-4th Prize – 265 store credit or the store will buy back the credit for $200 in cash
5th-8th Prize – 145 store credit or the store will buy back the credit for $105 in cash
9th Prize – 16th prize – Official TMD Open 13 Custom Playmat +6 booster packs

Prize Support based on 81-100 Participants
1st Prize – 730 store credit or the store will buy back the credit for $590 in cash + a paid for round 1 bye and Free Entry at TMD Open 14 + an official TMD Open 14 Custom Playmat
2nd Prize – 370 store credit or the store will buy back the credit for $300 in cash
3rd-4th Prize – 200 store credit or the store will buy back the credit for $150 in cash
5th-8th Prize – 110 store credit or the store will buy back the credit for $80 in cash
9th Prize – 16th prize – Official TMD Open 13 Custom Playmat

Prize Support based on 61-80 Participants
1st Prize – 500 store credit or the store will buy back the credit for $400 in cash + a paid for round 1 bye and Free Entry at TMD Open 14 + an official TMD Open 14 Custom Playmat
2nd Prize – 250 store credit or the store will buy back the credit for $205 in cash
3rd-4th Prize – 130 store credit or the store will buy back the credit for $100 in cash
5th-8th Prize – 70 store credit or the store will buy back the credit for $50 in cash
9th Prize – 16th prize – Official TMD Open 13 Custom Playmat

If we have 90 or more people, at the end of round 3 we will be taking sign ups for a FREE tournament for a Mana Drain. The tournament will require you to use the same deck used in the main event(to make life infinitely freakin' easier) and to ensure speedy signups and send off. This free tournament will be single elimination.

BYES:
The top finishers(top is a relative word based on the size of the event) of ANY Type 1 Tournament in the world will be rewarded with the ability to purchase a round one bye at the upcoming TMD Open 13 separate from any prize the TO is giving, The following guidelines are to be considered:
1.) The tournament must have at least 25 people.
2.) If the tournament has between 25 and 49 people, the winner may purchase a bye for $10.
3.) If the tournament has between 50 and 74 people, the winner AND/OR the 2nd place finisher may purchase a bye for $10 each.
4.) If the tournament has 75+ people, the top 4 players may purchase a bye for $10(this will mainly be SCG events)

ALSO, a TO can still offer byes as prizes in one of two ways.  They can purchase either a round one bye without entry for $10 or a round one bye with entry fee for $40.  These can only be use as prizes for:
1.) Part of a first or second place prize if the tournament has between 15 and 39 people.
2.) Part of any top 4 place prize if the tournament has between 40 and 64 people.
3.) Part of any top 8 place prize if the tournament has 65+ people.

Any TO's wishing to purchase a bye must contact me prior to the day of the event for which the bye is being offered, though payment doesn't have to be received until after the tournament takes place, since if the tournament does not meet the minimum number of players and the bye cannot be awarded, the TO will not be charged.

This list will be updated as time goes on.

PAID FOR BYES:
Previous TMD OPEN 12 Day 1 Winner: Rich Shay
Previous TMD OPEN 12 Day 2 Winner: Elijah Hannon
TMD OPEN 12.5 Winner: Oliver Beaumont
BYES THAT CAN BE BOUGHT:
TMD OPEN 12 Day 1: Stefan Ellsworth
TMD OPEN 12 Day 1: Eric Dupuis
TMD OPEN 12 Day 1: Josh Schneier
TMD OPEN 12 Day 2: Corey Mann
ELD’s Mox-February 23- Barry Everson(Passed down from Rich Shay)
Philly Area-March 1-Bernie Parisi
Myriad Games-March 8-Dan Cunningham
GP: Philly Side Event-Angel Riviera
Hadley-March 16- Justin Timoney
ELD’s Mox- March 29- Bill Copes
Arkham Asylum- April 5- Brandon LePage
Philly Area-April 5-Jeremy Beaver
Myriad Games-April 13-Jeremiah Rudolph
ELD’s Mox- April 26- Nick Rodriguez(passed down from Rich Shay)
Myriad Games-May 17-Dan Gacioch
Philly Area-May 17-Ed Carey
ELD’s Mox- May 24-Andy Farias
Hadley–June 7- Scott Hughes
Travis Con 1-June 15-Ross Merriam
Travis Con 1-June 15-John Longo
Travis Con 1-June 15-Alix Progrebinsky
Travis Con 1-June 15-Brian Demars
Travis Con 1(DAY 2)-June 15-Jimmy McCarthy(Passed down from Rich Shay)
Travis Con 1(DAY 2)-June 15-Jason Cleveland
Batter’s Up-June 21-Mike Daly
Philly Area-June 28-AJ Grasso
Central NJ-July 6-Joe Davis
ELD’s Mox- July 19-Demonic Attorney
Myriad Games-July 20-Jeff Carpenter(passed down from Rich Shay)
Worlds-Paul Mastriano
Worlds-Tommy Kolowith
Worlds-Mike Soly
Worlds-Jason Aken
Worlds-Owen Turtenwald
Worlds-Chris Nighbor
Myriad Games-August 16-Jared Carter
Philly Area-August 23-Allen Fulmer
Philly Area-August 23-Dan Herd
Batter’s Up-August 23- Matt McNally
Pittsburgh-August 30- CJ Moritz
ELD’s Mox-August 30-Corey Fraser(Passed down from Rich Shay and Jeff Carpenter)
Outside Philly-September 13-Garrett Scheier
Myriad Games-September 13-Lou Stefanovich
ELD’s Mox- October 4-Steve Houdlette
Philly Area-October 4-Evan Hundertmark
ELD’s Mox- October 25-Jason Ford(passed down through a few people)
Iron Chef Event-November 1-Andy Bilarczyk
Myriad Games-November 8-Craig Dupree(Passed down through a few people)
Travis Con 2-November 15-Nick Detwiler
Travis Con 2-November 15-Vinny Forino
Travis Con 2(Day 2)-November 16-Jeff Folinus(Passed down through Ray Robillard  )
Pittsburgh-November 22-Mike Bomholt
Philly Area-November 29-Mike Noble
Myriad Games-December 6- Josh Cutler
Philly Area-January 3- Chas Hinkle
Philly Area-January 3-John Jones
Myriad Games-January 17-Micah Greenbaum
Pandemonium-January 24-Paul Ewenstein
Philly Area-Feb 7- Raffaele Forino
GP Chicago Side Event- Brett Piazza
GP Chicago Side Event- Duncan Keijzer
GP Chicago Side Event- Frank Emmert
GP Chicago Side Event- Jaime Cano

* If you are traveling from far away(of which tournaments I did not record winners) and feel you deserve the right to purchase a bye, simply let me know and I will adjust the list above to reflect it.
** With byes passing down from players already qualified for one, you may want to check this list carefully, and inform any friends that may not know they are qualified for a round 1 bye.


Team rivalry, a.k.a. Braggin Rights Supreme February 2008:
Here is how its gonna go down.  Teams of three will agree prior to the event to play as a team and will register(seperate from a deck registration...it will be done on a different sheet of paper).  Each teams cost is $9...$3 per person.  Then, at the end of the tournament, the teams with the highest combined number of match points(top 16 matches-finals count as 3 points per match, just as in the swiss) will win.

If enough teams enter, there may be a second place prizes or more, but the number of teams entering, and thus the collected entry fees, will determine the prizes.  In the event of a tie for match points, the average opponent match win percentage of the three players on each team will be computed and compared.

After round 3 team designations will be inserted into players names, so teams may view each other team's players and match points on the pairings/standings.

Day 2
Cost: $25 Entry Fee

Format - Type One with TEN proxies + $1 per extra proxy(15 proxies maximum)

Cut: Cut to top 8

Prizes:.Prize Support based on 61-80 Participants
1st Prize – 470 store credit or the store will buy back the credit for $375 in cash
2nd Prize – 235 store credit or the store will buy back the credit for $185 in cash
3th-4th Prize – 125 store credit or the store will buy back the credit for $100 in cash
5th-8th Prize –70 store credit or the store will buy back the credit for $50 in cash

Prizes:.Prize Support based on 41-60 Participants
1st Prize – 265 store credit or the store will buy back the credit for $215 in cash
2nd Prize – 130 store credit or the store will buy back the credit for $100 in cash
3th-4th Prize – 170 store credit or the store will buy back the credit for $55 in cash
5th-8th Prize –40 store credit or the store will buy back the credit for $30 in cash

At the end of round 3 we will be taking sign ups for a FREE tournament for a blue dual land for first, and a non-blue dual land for Second!!!.
The tournament will require you to use the same deck used in the main event(to make life infinitely freakin' easier) and to ensure speedy signups-send off.
The tournament will be single elimination(Hey what do you want from a free event?!?!)

BONUS FREE EVENTS

Day 1 - Magic Trivia(FREE and with PRIZES for all participants) will be held for all interested participants after the top 8 starts.

Day 2 - Magic Scattegories(FREE and with PRIZES and with prizes for all participants) will be held for all interested participants after the top 8 starts.

To pre-reg(it is free, you don't need to pay at the time you pre-reg, and their will be a prize for a lucky person who pre-regs for the event) please PM Iamfishman on themanadrain.com or email me at Iamfishman2000@hotmail.co

Questions, comments, concerns? Please share them all here.

Ray

[MISTERTREK]

Ray,


Blue Bell's next event will be on 2/7/09 and I will not be running an event in March.

K'pla!

Mike
CCGames

[M.Solymossy]

Ray:  I think that March would be an awful time to do a TMD Open, because of the Legacy Grand Prix in Chicago.   I understand it's 1,000 miles away from you, but a large concentration of Vintage players from Pennsylvania to Colorado will be in Chicago.    If you were to hold a TMD open, I think late April would be a swell time for it.

[T00L]

Just wait til the summer brassman will be back then

[Juggernaut GO]

june 15th IMO.



EVERYONE HAS TIME OFF IN JUNE.

[M.Solymossy]

I agree if you want to wait that long (until after may), the possibility of my getting a car together from WI (or flying) increases from 10% to about 85%

[Hspecter]

Why not have two smaller events, one in Feb. and the other in March to warm everyone up for the Big event in May or June when more people have free time.

[T00L]

june 15th IMO.



EVERYONE HAS TIME OFF IN JUNE.

w3rd

Also what soly said. The more the merrier for ridic waterbury hotel parties Will this coming waterbury be remembered as the first time GWS took part in the off the walls debauchery??? Only time will tell.

[Tha Gunslinga]

If you dodge the Legacy GP, I'll probably be there with a carload.

[M.Solymossy]

Will this coming waterbury be remembered as the first time GWS took part in the off the walls debauchery??? Only time will tell.

Unfortunately, just like both days of traviscon, I'll be busy placing higher than you!

[Smmenen]

the legacy grand prix is at the beginning of march.  this shouldn't interfere at all.  it seems like a perfect weekend. 

[T00L]

Will this coming waterbury be remembered as the first time GWS took part in the off the walls debauchery??? Only time will tell.

Unfortunately, just like both days of traviscon, I'll be busy placing higher than you!

obv obv obv stefan fell off etc etc i know i know

[LordHomerCat]

Will this coming waterbury be remembered as the first time GWS took part in the off the walls debauchery??? Only time will tell.

Unfortunately, just like both days of traviscon, I'll be busy placing higher than you!

obv obv obv stefan fell off etc etc i know i know

Don't worry, I still finished better than Soly both days and I make sure to remind him as often as possible.

[M.Solymossy]

And I'll make sure to remind Jimmy that AFTER I was in winning position, with lethal on the stack, I offered the ID, just so I didn't have to dream crush him out of the top8 day two.

[sundering jerk]

There are a lot of players like me who will come no matter when you have one. So the sooner the better.

word

[M.Solymossy]

Asking off two weekends in order to play magic @ work is out of the question.  If I have to chose play a Legacy GP, which will most likely be the biggest Legacy Grand Prix ever, which is only two hours drive away, or drive 19 hours to play @ a TMD Open, hate to tell you, as much as I love Vintage Magic, the Grand Prix takes the cake. There will likely be sanctioned vintage @ the Grand Prix, anyway.

[Demonic Attorney]

Just an offhand suggestion, but is there any way to schedule this around April school vacation?  That way it could coincide with your week off, other people might have a long weekend, and it would be farther removed from the Legacy GP.  I think Soly has a good point about it being difficult to get 2 weekends off to play magic in the same month.  It's certainly not a problem for me as I don't care about Legacy, but I have the sense enough people do that it might affect turnout. 

[forcethewill]

ray any given time i will show up to play in a waterbury.  I'd miss my grandmothers funeral for it.  I love big events

[ashiXIII]

ray any given time i will show up to play in a waterbury.  I'd miss my grandmothers funeral for it.  I love big events

Ray, I would also miss his grandmother's funeral for a Waterbury.

[SonataOfTheCathedral]

Looking GlattKosher for me.

[iamfishman]

ray any given time i will show up to play in a waterbury.  I'd miss my grandmothers funeral for it.  I love big events

Ray, I would also miss his grandmother's funeral for a Waterbury.

I appreciate that.

Info Updated

[T00L]

Not that it matters but I think you forgot SCG Richmond for byes

[ashiXIII]

Ray, you gave me byes for both the Central NJ tourney back in July as well as for TMC 2.

[Eastman]

ray any given time i will show up to play in a waterbury.  I'd miss my grandmothers funeral for it.  I love big events

Ray, I would also miss his grandmother's funeral for a Waterbury.

Matt and I missed a family funeral a few years ago for a waterbury and my mom was POd.  I still feel  guilty about it lol

[Prospero]

ray any given time i will show up to play in a waterbury.  I'd miss my grandmothers funeral for it.  I love big events

That's why you always leave a note Jimmy...

I'll be there, enjoying my round one bye.

[Smmenen]

I am going to try really hard to make this as long as I am not burned out after the GP.   

Yay!

[Demonic Attorney]

My name is listed twice in the Byes, once for ELD's Mox on 7/19 and once for Myriad Games on 10/6.

[Englishman_in_NH]

Stephan and I also appear to have multiple byes.

Looking forward to this Ray.

Oli

[Tha Gunslinga]

I don't have any byes, which is probably some sort of mistake.

I'm not officially prereged yet, but I will almost definitely bring a carload of ICBMers to wreck house.

[urweak]

If only the Sikorsky Airport was a real airport, i could just walk to the shop. Google maps says it would take me 2 hours to walk from the Tweed New Haven Airport lol.