The 2014 Eternal Weekend! $20,000+ in prizes! Philadelphia, PA! Oct. 24-26!

[Iron_Chef]

Be sure to check Card Titan; it has lots of recent updates!

Friday, October 24th - Sunday, October 26th, 2014

Where
PA Convention Center - Terrace Ballroom
1101 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA

Artists

Mark Poole	Richard Kane Ferguson	Bryon Wackwitz
Christopher Rush	Jeff Menges	Matt Stewart

Vendors

There will be eight total vendors on-site, including CardTitan.com and seven others!

Hotel
This particular weekend is a very busy weekend in Philadelphia and because of that there weren't any downtown hotels with enough space for a room block. However, we have secured a hotel block at the Holiday Inn just outside the city in nearby Cherry Hill, NJ. For those of you familiar with Top Deck Games, this is the site we used to host the Summer Open at, with the awesome BBQ restaurant Red, Hot, and Blue in the same building. The rate is $104/night, and can be booked HERE until October 9th or whenever the block fills, whichever is first.

Friday, October 24th
Doors open at 12:00 PM.
 
Legacy Champs Trial
• Entry fee is $25
• Round 1 pairings go up at 2:00pm
• Legacy format - Competitive REL
• Swiss rounds based on attendance - cut to Top 8
• Prizes
   1st: FOIL Uncut Sheet (Set/Rarity TBA) + 2 Round Bye in Legacy Champs + VIP Upgrade for entire weekend
   2nd: $200 credit
   3rd & 4th: $100 credit
   5th - 8th: $50 credit
 
Friday Night Magic for FTV
• Entry fee is $10
• Round 1 pairings go up at 6:00pm
• Standard format - 4 Swiss rounds
• Prizes (based on final record)
   4-0: From the Vault: Annihilation
   3-1 (or 3-0-1): 9 Khans of Tarkir Booster Packs
 
8-Man Single Elimination Side Events
All drafts are while supplies last.
• Modern / Legacy / Vintage Win-A-Box (or $100 credit) - $15 entry
• 3x Khans of Tarkir Draft 8-4-2-2 Payout - $15 entry
• 3x M15 Draft 8-4-2-2 Payout - $15 entry
• 3x Conspiracy 8-4-2-2 Payout - $15 entry
• Modern Masters Draft 8-4-2-2 Payout (in Khans of Tarkir packs) - $50 entry

Saturday, October 25th
Doors open at 8:00 AM.
 

 
ALL players registering for Legacy or Vintage Champs will receive a special playmat featuring the art of the Magic: The Gathering® card Crucible of Worlds. A picture of the playmat will be available soon!
 
Time
• Player meeting begins at 9:00 AM
 
Cost
• Magic: The Gathering® 2014 Legacy Championship standard registration is $50
• VIP registration is $100 and comes with the following
   - ALL WEEKEND access to the VIP lounge
   - 60" HDTV streaming feature matches in the private VIP lounge
   - Personal lunch delivery service from the Reading Terminal Market (cost of lunch is not included)
   - TBA
   - TBA
• VIP service can be added to ANY event registration for $50
• Online pre-registration will open approximately 30 days prior to the event
 
Prizes
Prizes are in the form of Card Titan store credit.
1st: The winner will receive an alternate-art, framed Gaea's Cradle trophy (picture coming soon!)
2nd: $1800
3rd-4th: $900
5th-8th: $400
9th-16th: $200
17th-32nd: $100
33rd-64h: $50
 
Format
• Legacy Format
• No proxies of any kind are allowed
• Open to all players

Side Event - Vintage Champs Trial
• Entry fee is $25
• Round 1 pairings go up at 2:00pm
• Vintage format - NO PROXIES ALLOWED - Competitive REL
• Swiss rounds based on attendance - cut to Top 8
• Prizes
   1st: FOIL Uncut Sheet (Set/Rarity TBA) + 2 Round Bye in Vintage Champs + VIP Upgrade for entire weekend
   2nd: $200 credit
   3rd & 4th: $100 credit
   5th - 8th: $50 credit
 
Side Event - $1000 Sealed Deck Grand Prix Trial for GP Baltimore
• Entry fee is $40
• Round 1 pairings go up at 2:00pm
• Khans of Tarkir Sealed Deck - Competitive REL
• Swiss rounds based on attendance - cut to Top 8 for Booster Draft
• Prizes
   1st: $400 credit + 2 Round Bye at GP Baltimore + VIP entry for GP Baltimore + GP Baltimore exclusive playmat
   2nd: $200 credit + GP Baltimore exclusive playmat
   3rd & 4th: $100 credit + GP Baltimore exclusive playmat
   5th - 8th: $50 credit + GP Baltimore exclusive playmat
 
8-Player Single Elimination Side Events
All drafts are while supplies last.
• Modern / Legacy / Vintage Win-A-Box (or $100 credit) - $15 entry
• 3x Khans of Tarkir Draft 8-4-2-2 Payout - $15 entry
• 3x M15 Draft 8-4-2-2 Payout - $15 entry
• 3x Conspiracy 8-4-2-2 Payout - $15 entry
• Modern Masters Draft 8-4-2-2 Payout (in Khans of Tarkir packs) - $50 entry
 
 
Sunday, October 26th
Doors open at 8:00 AM.



ALL players registering for Legacy or Vintage Champs will receive a special playmat featuring the art of the Magic: The Gathering® card Crucible of Worlds. A picture of the playmat will be available soon!
 
Time
• Player meeting begins at 10:00 AM
 
Cost
• Magic: The Gathering® 2014 Vintage Championship standard registration is $50
• VIP registration is $100 and comes with the following
   - ALL WEEKEND access to the VIP lounge
   - 60" HDTV streaming feature matches in the private VIP lounge
   - Personal lunch delivery service from the Reading Terminal Market (cost of lunch is not included)
   - TBA
   - TBA
• VIP service can be added to ANY event registration for $50
• Online pre-registration will open approximately 30 days prior to the event
 
Prizes
Prizes are in the form of Card Titan store credit.
1st: The winner will receive an alternate-art, framed Mox Pearl trophy (picture coming soon!)
2nd: $1500
3rd-4th: $750
5th-8th: $300
9th-16th: $150
17th-32nd: $100
33rd-64h: $50
 
Budget Bonus Prizes!
Highest placing decks without any of the following cards:
• The 'Power 9'
• Bazaar of Baghdad
• Mishra's Workshop
• Time Vault
• Imperial Seal
1st: $400
2nd: $200
3rd-4th: $100
5th-8th: $50
 
Format
• Vintage Format
• No proxies of any kind are allowed
• Open to all players

Side Event - Pro Tour Qualifier for Pro Tour "Dewey"
Details
• Player meeting at 9:00 AM
• Entry fee is $40
• VIP entry fee is $90 - In addition to the VIP advantages explained above, this also includes a preregistered sealed pool, a deck box, and a sleep-in special (you don't have to be on-site until 10:00 AM)
• Khans of Tarkir Sealed Deck
• Swiss rounds based on attendance
• Top 8 will be Khans of Tarkir Booster Draft
• Competitive REL - Planeswalker Points Multiplier: 5x
 
Prizes
• The following prizes are GUARANTEED and depending on the attendance may increase.
   1st: 6 Khans of Tarkir Booster Boxes OR $600 in credit + An invitation to Pro Tour "Dewey" + airfare to the event
   2nd: 4 Khans of Tarkir Booster Boxes OR $400 in credit
   3rd - 4th: 3 Khans of Tarkir Booster Boxes OR $300 in credit
   5th - 8th: 2 Khans of Tarkir Booster Boxes OR $200 in credit
   9th - 16th: 1 Khans of Tarkir Booster Box OR $100 in credit
   17th - 32nd: ½ Khans of Tarkir Booster Box OR $50 in credit
 
8-Man Single Elimination Side Events
All drafts are while supplies last.
• Modern / Legacy / Vintage Win-A-Box (or $100 credit) - $15 entry
• 3x Khans of Tarkir Draft 8-4-2-2 Payout - $15 entry
• 3x M15 Draft 8-4-2-2 Payout - $15 entry
• 3x Conspiracy 8-4-2-2 Payout - $15 entry
• Modern Masters Draft 8-4-2-2 Payout (in Khans of Tarkir packs) - $50 entry

[nedleeds]

Sick. RKF. Vintage. Reading Market. Memnites serving custard.

[Greg]

Which artists are illustrating the alternate art Gaea's Cradle and Mox Pearl? I can't wait to see them!

[Samoht]

I think I might make the trip for this....maybe...:p

[msg67183]

I'll be there again! Was great last year! Looking forward to another great event.

[disrupting specter]

Any hotel information yet?

[Iron_Chef]

Still working on it; our suggestion has been to book a room yourself, and then if we're able to get a better priced room block, cancel and re-book with us!  Either way, make sure that you're set first.

[Smmenen]

I'm really glad that the Trial is now scheduled at a particular time.  That was a problem last year.   I'm not sure what to think about the VIP/non-VIP options, though. 

[Twiedel]

You know, I was already sad for not attending this year (due to being in california at that time, d'oh ), but then I read this:

"Personal lunch delivery service from the Reading Terminal Market"

And I could bite myself ^^ I think this is a reasonable addition for some people that wanna do it. Just don't forget to include free water - this is what gets the most positive feedback of the VIP stuff at the Grand Prixs I heard from. It is surely worth some buck if you don't need to worry how to get water and/pr food in between rounds. I personally don't like this two-class society stuff, but I can't deny that it is a good offer AND Americans should be used to this two-class thinking a bit  *ducks and runs out*

[heiner]

Are we having an OLD SCHOOL side event?

[nedleeds]

Still working on it; our suggestion has been to book a room yourself, and then if we're able to get a better priced room block, cancel and re-book with us!  Either way, make sure that you're set first.

Trials starting at a set time are fantastic, how about a fixed Vintage event on Friday? I enjoy legacy but I can play it 3 times a week, my opportunities to play real vintage with real cards are more limited.

Or maybe a 1v1 commander or Old School rules event on Friday? Maybe staggered after the 2pm legacy so we could scavenge the 0-2 drops from that event (start @ 4 and do 4-5 fixed swiss rounds with some prizes for 4-0, 3-1, and 3-0-1?).

Maybe VIPs could get a small dedicated (1/2 hour?) window with the artists? That might sell some folks on it ... besides being able to order schnitzle on demand.

Thanks again Nick.

-Sean

[BC]

I agree with an Old School event on Friday. I can help organize it if needed.

[Smmenen]

I couldn't do that.  I'm flying in Friday night.

[nedleeds]

If we allow Korean Revised I'm in ... I'm likely blowing off Legacy champs to play the Vintage trial (and gorge myself)

Would probably need to settle on an exact list ...

http://www.eternalcentral.com/oldschool/

Or Saturday late afternoon ... 3 man vintage team challenge?

[Calvin240sx]

ugh. now i actually have a dilemna on my hands. i wanna play but i also want a booth again. either way, count Cal in.
Nick Coss the Boss

[Kameli0n]

ugh. now i actually have a dilemna on my hands. i wanna play but i also want a booth again. either way, count Cal in.
Nick Coss the Boss

Or just have someone work your booth for you?

[DaveKap]

I am looking to borrow power for Saturday and/or Sunday and am willing to offer a percentage of my winnings in addition to collateral and friends to vouch for me.

Specifically:
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk

OR

4 Bazaar of Baghdad

Thanks

[Hrishi]

I agree with an Old School event on Friday. I can help organize it if needed.

I'd love to participate if one is running. Is there some centralized source of information about the rules of this format? It sounds incredibly fun to me, sadly there are no such events here so I'm quite unfamiliar!

[strip miner]

I agree with an Old School event on Friday. I can help organize it if needed.

Awesome. I'm in. I am sure that Jaco will be too.

[Smmenen]

I'll play in an Old School event on Saturday, but I can't play Friday.

[bactgudz]

Is it $150 total to register for both championships with the VIP access both days or $200?

[Valorale]

Any hotel information yet?

2nd

Any information on this? Last year there was some block housing available, need to know if that will be the case again or do I need to find a room

[Samoht]

When I asked Nick he said he was working on it but that we should all plan on having it not be available in case it falls through.

[disrupting specter]

I don't know if ya'll saw this

http://www.cardtitan.com/eternal_weekend

However, given the amount of visitors to the city this weekend, we highly suggest that you find alternate accomodations for the time being and simply cancel them when the Eternal Weekend Hotel Block becomes available.

I've never booked a hotel in Philly. Availability was slim, as the above would suggest. I couldn't find anything in the city for less than $350. My friend went to comic con this year and said that his hotel near the convention center wasn't nearly as expensive. I'm too old to be sleeping like squatters and fighting people for bed and floor space. I got a hotel in nearby NJ.

Any travel advisories for going through CrackDen to the Ben?

Thugs I know from Jersey City, Newark and Paterson are scared of Camden. I'm not a thug, nor am I from a city, so I should feel that and then some. Any words of wisdom for staying in Cherry Hill Crown Plaza?

[Hrishi]

Yep, I tried booking in Philly too and I couldn't find anything reasonably priced. I don't mind roughing it out, sort of, but I was hoping for an actual holiday so I'd highly prefer not to!

Does anybody have any suggestions for where I can find booking in the city?

[nedleeds]

Loews and Hampton Inn are all booked up for Fri-Mon ... good luck to those who didn't book super early.

[Moy]

Yep, I tried booking in Philly too and I couldn't find anything reasonably priced. I don't mind roughing it out, sort of, but I was hoping for an actual holiday so I'd highly prefer not to!

Does anybody have any suggestions for where I can find booking in the city?

Wondering the same!

Last year I booked a hotel by the airport and got a decent deal.  However, it was really out of the way and I definitely recommend you don't go that route. (but it is an option) Personally was hoping to have found a hotel by now in the city, but everything seems to be astronomically priced.  If I find something reasonably priced I'll post details. 

[Will]

I don't know if ya'll saw this

http://www.cardtitan.com/eternal_weekend

However, given the amount of visitors to the city this weekend, we highly suggest that you find alternate accomodations for the time being and simply cancel them when the Eternal Weekend Hotel Block becomes available.

I've never booked a hotel in Philly. Availability was slim, as the above would suggest. I couldn't find anything in the city for less than $350. My friend went to comic con this year and said that his hotel near the convention center wasn't nearly as expensive. I'm too old to be sleeping like squatters and fighting people for bed and floor space. I got a hotel in nearby NJ.

Any travel advisories for going through CrackDen to the Ben?

Thugs I know from Jersey City, Newark and Paterson are scared of Camden. I'm not a thug, nor am I from a city, so I should feel that and then some. Any words of wisdom for staying in Cherry Hill Crown Plaza?

I don't know the hotel specifically but Cherry Hill is a nice area. I would think that you can stay on major highways/roads to get to the Ben Franklin. If that's the case, then you have nothing to worry about, but I wouldn't suggest detours to site see in Camden.

[Nefarias]

Still nothing posted for the prize art, but the playmat is now listed on the site page:

[Will]

Still nothing posted for the prize art, but the playmat is now listed on the site page:

That's beautiful!