N.Y.S.E. VI - 2/20 Mox Sapphire Tournament

[Prospero]

I am proud to announce N.Y.S.E. VI, a Stax Exchange Production paid for by viewers like you;

When:

Saturday, February 20th, 2010
Registration will begin at 11:00 AM
First round will begin promptly at 12:00 PM

What:

$25, 15 proxy non-sanctioned Vintage tournament.  Deck registration sheets will be in use.  1st place prize of an Unlimited Mox Sapphire is guaranteed.  All other prizes are guaranteed at 34 entrants.      

The prize structure will be as follows:

1st: Unlimited Mox Sapphire
2nd: English Mana Drain
3rd/4th: Revised Volcanic Island
5th/8th: $25 dealer credit
9th:  Mystery Prize, to be autographed by the top 8

As always, prizes will be scaled up with attendance.

A wolf shirt will be given out to the highest finishing player without proxies in his deck.  

A sportsmanship prize of a Misty Rainforest will be awarded to a player of my choice.

Side Events/Team Competition/Player of the Year Race:

Side Events:

There will be a side event that will start taking sign-ups after the second round of the main flight.  As soon as we have 16 players the event will be held.  If there's enough demand for it, there will be an additional side event held after the final round of the main flight as soon as we have the 16th sign-up.  Entry for the side event is $10 if you played in the main flight.  It will be four rounds of single elimination.  

Non sanctioned Zendikar drafts will be available throughout the day, beginning after the second round of the event.  

Player of the Year Race:

Starting on 1/23 there will be a Player of the Year race.  Points will be accumulated based on match wins (3 points) and draws (1 point.)  The event will run from 1/10-12/31/10.  The winner of the race wins free admission to all N.Y.S.E. tournaments for 2011.  Updates will be posted in the tournament reports for the tournaments.  

The point structure will be as follows:

1st: 12 points
2nd: 9 points
3rd: 6 points
4th: 6 points
5th:  3 points
6th:  3 points
7th: 3 points
8th: 3 points

The points standings going into N.Y.S.E. VI are such:

The current points standings:

Albergo, Pat – 13
Brown, Max – 9
Carey, Brian – 8
Chitturi, Ashok - 9
Davis, Jim – 25
Davis, Joe - 9
Dixon, Tom – 16
Duprez, Dean - 10
Earley, David – 9
Eisenhaur, Mike - 6
Elias, Matt – 19
Forino, Raffaele - 9
Forino, Vincent - 12
Gans, Jake – 26
Gersher, Eric - 7
Glackin, Ryan - 10
Granberry, Brad – 16
Grasso, AJ - 6
Hangley, James - 10
Imperiale, Jason – 16
Jasie, David - 8
Karmiche, Dominick - 12
Lapine, Mike – 20
Lawrence, Robert – 9
Li, Ici – 16
Lopategi, Aritz – 12
Mastrolia, Antonio - 6
Noble, Mike – 9
Parisi, Bernie - 12
Parsinitz, Ralph - 12
Pollack, Austin – 12
Schreiber, Mike – 9
Schreiber, Thomas - 3
Soppeck, Ted – 9
Stein, Josh – 6
Sumrall, Nick - 1

May the best player win!

Future Byes

The winner of a N.Y.S.E. event will receive a first round bye at the next Philly Open event and N.Y.S.E. Lotus tournament.  


Where:

Brothers Grim Games & Collectibles
1244 Middle Country Road
Selden, N.Y.
11784
(631) 698-2805
brothersgrimgames@gmail.com

Store website:

http://brgrim.com/index.htm

N.Y.S.E. tournament site:

http://www.facebook.com/nick.detwiler?ref=name#/group.php?v=info&ref=mf&gid=226523866027

Our head judge for the event will be Long Island's own Brian Paskoff, a level 2 judge.  

So mark off your calendar and come out to the Island to spend a day playing Vintage with your friends.  This event should be a blast.  

Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

[Prospero]

Just FYI - this event has been moved up due to a scheduling conflict with events on Long Island and at Kings Games in Brooklyn. 

I spoke with RitNecroWin about the 2/20 event in Pittsburgh and we're ok there.  There is no conflict.

[Prospero]

No trash talk, no comments, nothing? 

Come on, where is everybody?

We're a little more than two weeks out.  I want to see something controversial... Where's Jimmy?

[forcethewill]

I am unsure if i will be able to make it to this event. I may very well be in Kenya on Bussiness

[Prospero]

Talk about timing of posts. 

And screw Africa.  You'd rather be playing Vintage...

[Twaun007]

And screw Africa.

I don't really fuck with Africa cause people are starving to death and that's not baller to me.

[Prospero]

And screw Africa.

I don't really fuck with Africa cause people are starving to death and that's not baller to me.

Ah, I didn't mean it like that (as he'd be going there for business) but, if you want to see something terrifying, how about this:

http://www.vbs.tv/blog/the-vice-guide-to-liberia-is-here

Cross-dressing cannibals?  12 year old "soldiers" hopped up on heroin? 

Somehow I don't think it's what James Monroe had in mind...

[Twaun007]

And screw Africa.

I don't really fuck with Africa cause people are starving to death and that's not baller to me.

Ah, I didn't mean it like that

Nor did I.

[Sporkcore]

Two weeks to go. Who's coming down to try to win whatever the 9th place mystery prize is?

[StrongIslandRob]

I need to start playing better lol

[Yare]

I'll be there gunning for wolf shirt glory.

[Prospero]

Two weeks out and things are looking great.  So, who's making the trip?  Is the Tiger coming down?  Are we going to see another Folinus top 8, or does that not compute?  Will Matt Elias go back to playing real spells?  Personally, I'm hoping to see the rebirth of Vintage Cats.

[Iron_Chef]

I will be there, with video cameras for post tournament shenanigans to follow.  ROLL CALL who else is going?

[voltron00x]

I'll be there, playing... something.

Not promising it'll be "real" though.

[ashiXIII]

will not be there. or anywhere this month.

[Prospero]

I will be there, with video cameras for post tournament shenanigans to follow.  ROLL CALL who else is going?

Somehow I feel like a video camera may only incite the after party patrons to do even more than 'usual'.

Awesome idea.

Now let's just make sure that nobody gets arrested.

[forcethewill]

i may be there now... it all depends.  If i am there i will not be playing.  Im in a funk about magic.  I may just give advice to a Mr. Jake Gans about plays he should or should not make.  I seem to be fairly good at this.
Also there has been some recent additions and updates to certian words i use so waiters of the world prepair to be educated on what the blade high is as well as the nut blade... the latter of the two may be a work in progress

[personalbackfire]

Two weeks out and things are looking great.  So, who's making the trip?  Is the Tiger coming down?  Are we going to see another Folinus top 8, or does that not compute?  Will Matt Elias go back to playing real spells?  Personally, I'm hoping to see the rebirth of Vintage Cats.

I look to extend my newly started 2010 streak on the east coast vintage scene by dominating the hell out of the dojo at this event, by which I mean, losing in the finals to Ichy, like everyone selse

Folinus will slaughter all in his way, most likely by letting them make the mistakes.

Elias will play what he damn well feels like, by which I also mean, what would make a good article the next week. Gotta keep them readers interested!

Cya all in 2 weeks.

[Prospero]

Two weeks out and things are looking great.  So, who's making the trip?  Is the Tiger coming down?  Are we going to see another Folinus top 8, or does that not compute?  Will Matt Elias go back to playing real spells?  Personally, I'm hoping to see the rebirth of Vintage Cats.

I look to extend my newly started 2010 streak on the east coast vintage scene by dominating the hell out of the dojo at this event, by which I mean, losing in the finals to Ichy, like everyone selse

Folinus will slaughter all in his way, most likely by letting them make the mistakes.

Elias will play what he damn well feels like, by which I also mean, what would make a good article the next week. Gotta keep them readers interested!

Cya all in 2 weeks.

I hope you're ready for the 14yr old Vintage machine - Jake Gans.  Apparently winning that Lotus wasn't enough, and now he's gunning for that Sapphire...

New Yorkers won the last BB and the last NYSE.  In fact, you guys only managed to put one guy in the top 4 of NYSE V.  You all better be bringing your A game!

[voltron00x]

In fairness, we didn't bring Tiger or Boy Wonder last time.

You really want to get those two fired up?

[Prospero]

In fairness, we didn't bring Tiger or Boy Wonder last time.

You really want to get those two fired up?

Haha, I do.  I love seeing Jeff and Steve, and I'd love to see one of them take it down.   

[ashiXIII]

In fairness, we didn't bring Tiger or Boy Wonder last time.

You really want to get those two fired up?

And I'm not actually good at Magic. I just pretend.

[Gekoratel]

I managed to work out some real life nonsense which was getting in the way of magic.  Look forward to attending this.

[Yare]

Only a few days to go. Who is going to this?

[Stormanimagus]

Only a few days to go. Who is going to this?

A couple fellow NYCers and I are going to try to make it, but we def. need a ride to and from the train station near Seldon. Anyone able to help us there?

-Storm

[Iron_Chef]

I'm in, as is Ralph, Glackin, Mike Noble, Mark Hornung, Matt Elias, and possibly Steve Noakowski and Jeff Folinus.

D3G should be well represented.

[sassfactor4]

my newfound unemployment as of yesterday is going to prevent me from making it to this and the upcoming philly open, unless a job materializes in the next 48 hours.  I am really bummed.

Hopefully I'll still get to talk vintage with some of you at the tournament in brooklyn sunday.

[forcethewill]

I'm in, as is Ralph, Glackin, Mike Noble, Mark Hornung, Matt Elias, and possibly Steve Noakowski and Jeff Folinus.

D3G should be well represented.

how many are we going to be seating this time at fridays?

[Prospero]

Noah, I can drive you and at least one other.  How many rides do you need?

[Prospero]

I've spoken with Noah and quite a few others in the last 48 hours about rides.  Let me say this here too - if you need a ride to this event, and you're coming from the NYC/Long Island area, SEND ME A PM and I will figure out a way to get you to the site.

Looking forward to seeing everyone on Saturday.