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    GP New Jersey

    I know it's pretty early but I just booked the flight for my next US trip including GP New Jersey and SCG Richmond.

    So here the question: Who of you guys is going to the GP?

    Do we make some kind of a community meeting?

    See you there!

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    Re: GP New Jersey

    I'll be there for GP Jersey. Making the drive down with some buddies from Toronto.

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    I'm still torn between the GP and Eternal Weekend. Finally got power and I still haven't played in a sanctioned event with it!

    I'll definitely be at one of the two.
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    Re: GP New Jersey

    I've bought tickets from Norway to New Jersey, so i should be there as well :). I had to choose between Eternal Weekend and the GP, and while i really wanted to play Vintage; there is only two Legacy GPs a year. If eternal weekend also gave out PT invites, i'd probably go to that. Might go to Eternal Weekend in 2015 though!
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    I'm leaning towards GP New Jersey, but I might go to Eternal Weekend instead. I haven't decided yet...
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    Re: GP New Jersey

    Buddy of mine is trying to get me to go with him, so may end up out there
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    Quote Originally Posted by thecrav View Post
    I'm still torn between the GP and Eternal Weekend. Finally got power and I still haven't played in a sanctioned event with it!

    I'll definitely be at one of the two.
    If you can only do one and are powered I don't think there's much debate. You get 2 complete tournies, each giving you a chance. At a GP 2 bad hands or bad matchups and 2 days down the drain, also being in day 2 with no contention of top 8 is miserable and a waste. "Moneying" for like $600 is failure. I can play sanctioned Legacy 2 times a week for the whole fucking year, but big boy sanctioned vintage maybe 3 times a year. Also Philly and the reading market being a hundred yards away beats the hell out of shitbox New Jersey. My suite is already booked for Eternal Weekend.

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    Yeah if you have no interest in the pro tour or whatever eternal weekend sounds like an infinitely more fun trip
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    No. Casting hydras and drafting wind drakes is of zero use to me. Edison is ~1.5-2 hours to Manhattan via train, so that's something but Edison proper is a fucking shitbox.

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    Re: GP New Jersey

    I'm tentatively planning on GP NJ myself. With SCG being the TO and the very positive success of the GPs they've run, I'm curious to see what they can do with a Legacy GP.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Megadeus View Post
    Yeah if you have no interest in the pro tour or whatever eternal weekend sounds like an infinitely more fun trip
    If your primary goal is the Pro Tour, a Grand Prix really isn't your best shot. Your best chance is to find a store with a historically low turnout for PTQs, then go to that store's event.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nedleeds View Post
    shitbox New Jersey
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lord Seth View Post
    If your primary goal is the Pro Tour, a Grand Prix really isn't your best shot. Your best chance is to find a store with a historically low turnout for PTQs, then go to that store's event.
    If you only have one weekend. Better is to just go to as many PTQs as possible, GPs when there's no PTQ, and MOCS when there's neither (if they ever fix MTGO, hah).
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    Re: GP New Jersey

    Depending on your geographic location, qualifying for the PT through a top GP finish is easier than trying to win a PTQ.

    Anyways, if you are looking to have a fun time then go the Eternal Weekend. Chinatown and the Reading Terminal Market are within walking distance from the Pennsylvannia convention center. If you happen to be in the city before or after the tournament, Center City is within walking distance. Additionally, South Street and tourist attractions near Independence Hall are a short subway ride away.

    If you want to actually qualify for the Pro Tour with your favorite format and don't mind that the GP is in the middle of nowhere suburbia, then go to GP New Jersey.

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    I live in NJ so I will be at both GP NJ and Eternal Weekend.

    Maybe there is enough of us to play some vintage at the GP in some way.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WorstBandNameEver View Post
    Maybe there is enough of us to play some vintage at the GP in some way.
    I can't find it right now, but someone at SCG replied to a previous thread (here on the source) saying they were looking into doing a sanctioned vintage event at GPNJ.
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    You don't get to play the most powerful cards in the format and then bitch when someone finally says no. You also don't get to bitch that it's not fun when someone finally tells you no instead of voyeuristicly watching you masturbate with Cantrips.

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    Re: GP New Jersey

    Well I live here, so I'll be at both.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mishima_kazuya View Post
    Anyways, if you are looking to have a fun time then go the Eternal Weekend. Chinatown and the Reading Terminal Market are within walking distance from the Pennsylvannia convention center. If you happen to be in the city before or after the tournament, Center City is within walking distance. Additionally, South Street and tourist attractions near Independence Hall are a short subway ride away.
    The stuff around Eternal Weekend is pushing me that direction. Looks like the best bet for GPNJ is the 50 minute train ride into the city :/
    Quote Originally Posted by Dice_Box View Post
    You don't get to play the most powerful cards in the format and then bitch when someone finally says no. You also don't get to bitch that it's not fun when someone finally tells you no instead of voyeuristicly watching you masturbate with Cantrips.

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    Ill be there with my crew of nasty Canucks!
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    Quote Originally Posted by mishima_kazuya View Post
    Depending on your geographic location, qualifying for the PT through a top GP finish is easier than trying to win a PTQ.

    Anyways, if you are looking to have a fun time then go the Eternal Weekend. Chinatown and the Reading Terminal Market are within walking distance from the Pennsylvannia convention center. If you happen to be in the city before or after the tournament, Center City is within walking distance. Additionally, South Street and tourist attractions near Independence Hall are a short subway ride away.

    If you want to actually qualify for the Pro Tour with your favorite format and don't mind that the GP is in the middle of nowhere suburbia, then go to GP New Jersey.
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    The stuff around Eternal Weekend is pushing me that direction. Looks like the best bet for GPNJ is the 50 minute train ride into the city :/
    It was an easy decision to decide on eternal weekend after explaining this to my wife and make a full vacation out of it, not just an mtg weekend.
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