2/15/09 CASH Tournament @ The GRID in Manchester, CT

[Rood]

I hope Gobz takes it down.

[rockout]

Would have been nice to see landstill make it to the top 8 namely myself, but it was a rough day. Congrats to the top 8 and to all the friendly faces which make up the ct legacy scene. See you guys at the top tables in Chicago.

[Aus-Rotten]

Eva Green was Aus-Rotten/Jeff Fredrickson and Dragon Stompy was Bree Estabrooke.

[RoddyVR]

ENTRY FEE $20.00

GREAT PRIZE SUPPORT:
1ST PLACE $150.00
2ND PLACE $75.00
3RD & 4TH PLACE $50.00
5TH – 8TH PLACE DRAFT SET
These are the bare minimum prizes if attendance is similar to last month
expect them to be significantly higher.

GUARANTEED PRIZE SUPPORT WITH A MINIMUM OF 12 PLAYERS
PRIZES WILL BE ADJUSTED UPWARDS BASED ON ATTENDANCE

When you say prizes will be adjusted upward for higher turn out, could you give us an idea of what the prize support would be like for 30, 40 and 50 players...

Second, the prize support that Karl put up there is based on an attendance of 12. The last tournament had 32, so maybe double it or so to give you a guess for a similar turnout. I can pretty much guarantee that 5-8 will get more than their money back.

Also if this prize support is based on 12 people showing up give what the number of people needed is to scale up the prizes. I've seen it done for pretty much ever event run out of Syracuse. That way he can cover his back on not losing money and people get an idea of what the prizes will be based on attendance instead of just saying prizes will be scaled up.

There are 33+ people, so six rounds of Swiss.

so what was the prize support?

[Jaynel]

so what was the prize support?

1: 250
2: 125
3-4: 80
5-8: 20

[scrumdogg]

And why couldn't the top 4 just split, what was the judge's problem with the situation?

[demoncrovax]

If the split was for prizes with the understanding that the top 4 would not play that would be bribery. Big problem. It’s usually allowed for the top 2 only. The top 2 split is an explicit exception specified in the floor rules.

[RoddyVR]

If the split was for prizes with the understanding that the top 4 would not play that would be bribery. Big problem. It’s usually allowed for the top 2 only. The top 2 split is an explicit exception specified in the floor rules.

That just blew my mind. Actualy went digging around in the rules to find these things. This seems like the oddest rule the dci could come up with. Maybe for like nationaly televised "world champ"/"ruler of the world" tourny i could understand why no prize splitting would be allowed, but why put that blanket on all the weekly "same 8 guys every sunday, in the middle of nowhere" tournies?

Some things about the DCI i will just never understand.

[mtglordtom24]

Overall I think that this tournament was a big success, even though Adam did upset some people by enforcing the rules, rules are rules and it's important that the stores follow them because no one wants to get in trouble over that.

One thing that I would like is if Rock Lee (Jeremiah.. The one with the cool new deck idea; at least I had never seen it before) could post or p.m. me his decklist because I would really like to see that.

[rockout]

Collusions? lol it happens more often than not.

[CaptainGiggles]

Yeah, I am the Dragon Stompy player.

[asdljas]

Yeah, I am the Dragon Stompy player.

Nobody cares.

[cdr]

It's not clear that a top 4/top 8 split is currently against the rules - it's being discussed by the DCI.

The judge in question was of the opinion that it was against the rules, so he upheld it - nothing wrong with that.

Edit: I have been asked to clarify - per UTR 25, splitting in the T4 (unless you still play the matches out) is not allowed. However, exceptions have been made, and the people that make the rules are discussing this rule.

[asdljas]

Any word on when the decklists are posted? I would like to see the rest of the Top 8...

[The Grid Games]

Sorry for the delay, the deck lists for top 8 will be up tomorrow.

Thanks to all that played, we are looking to run the next one on Sunday the 22nd of March.

[rockout]

Same day as the mana drain :-(

[asdljas]

Same day as the mana drain :-(

Frowntown.

[rockout]

I guess I'll have to go to day 1 of the mana drain and then refresh myself with some legacy that sunday. who knows. 50% chance of seeing my pretty face there.

[TrialByFire]

Mana Drain = not missable.

Sorry

[The Grid Games]

Thanks again to all who played in the event. We had a total of 39 players so the monthly event is growing. The increased prize payout was:
1st Place $250
2nd Place $125
3rd & 4th Place $80 each
5th-8th Place $20 each

I had previously posted that the next event would most likely run on Sunday March 22nd but after checking schedules there is no way i'm going up against Ray's great event in Stratford. The next monthly Legacy event will be on Sunday March 15th instead. I hope to see all of the players from the February event and hopefully some new players as well.

The Top 8 Decklists Were:

1st Place Stephen Carpenter
Team Insight Goblins
Main
4 Aether Vial
3 Thoughtseize
4 Warren Weirding
1 Wort, Boggart Auntie
1 Gempalm Incinerator
1 Tin Street Hooligan
4 Goblin Lackey
4 Goblin Piledriver
4 Goblin Matron
4 Goblin Warchief
4 Goblin Ringleader
3 Siege-Gang Commander
4 Waseland
3 Rishadan port
3 Mountain
3 Badlands
2 Taiga
4 Bloodstained Mire
4 Wooded Foothills

SB
3 Mogg Fanatic
2 Umezawa’s Jitte
3 Choke
2 Perish
4 Krosan Grip
1 Gaea’s Blessing

2nd Place Raymond Robillard
Phish
Main
4 Lord Of Atlantis
4 Merrow Reejery
4 Cursecatcher
4 Stifle
4 Aether Vial
4 Silvergill Adept
4 Force Of Will
4 Daze
4 Standstill
3 Wake Thrasher
1 Phyrexian Dreadnought
1 Cold-Eye Selkie
4 Mutavault
4 Wasteland
11 Island

SB
2 Sower Of Temptation
2 Commandeer
2 Hydroblast
2 Blue Elemental Blast
4 Relic Of Progenitus
3 Back To Basics

3rd Place Jason Richardson
Main
4 Grim Lavamancer
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Keldon Marauder
4 Mogg Fanatic
4 Figure Of Destiny
3 Magma Jet
3 Fireblast
3 Rift Bolt
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Price Of Progress
4 Chain Lightning
1 Barbarian Ring
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Bloodstained Mire
4 Taiga
1 Forest
6 Mountain

SB
4 Krosan Grip
1 Price Of Progress
3 Vexing Shusher
3 Tormod's Crypt
3 Pyrostatic Pillar
1 Pithing Needle

4th Place Cory Szamier
F-ed Up Painters
Main
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Painter's Servant
4 Dark Confidant
4 Force Of Will
3 Sensei's Divining Top
3 Counterbalance
3 Smother
1 Engineered Explosives
4 Grindstone
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
3 Threads Of Disloyalty
2 Snow-Covered Island
4 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
4 Underground Sea
3 Tropical Island
3 Mishra's Factory

SB
3 Engineered Plague
3 Krosan Grip
3 Hydroblast
2 Pithing Needle
2 Tombstalkers
2 Tormod's Crypt

5th Place Jeff Fredrickson
Team Insight Eva Green
Main
4 Hymn To Tourach
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Tombstalker
4 Wasteland
3 Nantuko Shade
4 Thoughtseize
4 Hypnotic Specter
3 Snuff Out
3 Diabolic Edict
4 Dark Ritual
4 Sinkhole
2 Reanimate
3 Bayou
4 Bloodstained Mire
4 Polluted Delta
6 Swamp

SB
3 Choke
3 Krosan Grip
3 Engineered Plague
3 Leyline Of The Void
3 Umezawa's Jitte

6th Place Jared Lefkowitz
4c Survival
Main
4 Birds Of Paradise
4 Tarmogoyf
3 Dark Confidant
2 Eternal Witness
1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
1 Genesis
1 Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
1 Quirion Ranger
1 Masticore
1 Big Game Hunter
1 Shriekmaw
1 Harmonic Sliver
1 Darkheart Sliver
4 Thoughtseize
3 Cabal Therapy
4 Swords To Plowshares
4 Survival Of The Fittest
2 Sensei's Divining Top
4 Wooded Foothills
3 Windswept Heath
4 Bayou
3 Savannah
2 Taiga
4 Forest

SB
3 Krosan Grip
3 Orim's Chant
3 Engineered Plague
1 Loxodon Hierarch
1 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Magus Of The Moon
1 Gaddock Teeg
2 Extirpate

7th Place Blaine Christiansen
Bug Ant
Main
3 Chrome Mox
4 Lotus Petal
4 Lion's Eye Diamond
4 Dark Ritual
4 Cabal Ritual
4 Brainstorm
4 Mystical Tutor
3 Ponder
3 Infernal Tutor
2 Ad Nauseum
1 Ill-Gotten Gains
1 Tendrils Of Agony
1 Krosan Grip
4 Duress
4 Thoughtseize
4 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
2 Bloodstained Mire
2 Underground Sea
1 Island
1 Swamp
1 Bayou
1 Tropical Island

SB
3 Dark Confidant
4 Xantid Swarm
2 Krosan Grip
1 Hurkyll's Recall
1 Rebuild
1 Mox Diamond
1 Swamp
2 Slaghter Pact

8th Place Bree Estabrooke
Team Insight Dragon Stompy
Main
4 Chrome Mox
4 Seething Song
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Gathan Raiders
4 Magus Of The Moon
2 Blood Moon
4 Chalice Of The Void
2 Trinisphere
4 Rakdos Pit Dragon
4 Taurean Mauler
3 Arc-Slogger
2 Sword Of Fire And Ice
1 Umezawa's Jitte
10 Mountain
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City Of Traitors

SB
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Pyroblast
2 Boil
3 Pyroblast
2 Trinisphere
1 Blood Moon
3 Pyrokinesis