[The Eternal Weekend] Legacy & Vintage Champs come to Philadelphia!

[Iron Chef]

I am proud to announce that Top Deck Games and CardTitan will be hosting this year's Vintage and Legacy Champs in Philadelphia, PA. Both events will be giving out over $10,000 in prizes. There will be artists. There will be vendors. There will be some sick side events. There will be live coverage. There will be excellent security. Take off work now, make travel arrangements; this will be a weekend that you should not miss.

Going forward, www.CardTitan.com/eternal_weekend will be the best source for all information about the weekend.

The first 400 unique players who register for either Legacy or Vintage Champs will receive this sweet Tarmogoyf playmat! Preregistration is live on the event page as of now!



Have fun!

-Nick Coss

[oarsman]

Probably would not be unreasonable to put the date somewhere in your announcement.

[saspook]

It took me a while to see where he added the date. November 1-3.

[Koby]

Any hotel deals nearby?

What plans are there for extremely large turnout (say >410)? 10 rounds + Top 8 is fatigue when it comes to playing MTG in one day.

When do you anticipate announcing the prizes for 2-64th?

(I realize there's alot of unknowns at this point, but would be helpful for planning a trip to PA)

[lochlan]

What kind of security will there be for this event? And what precautionary measures against theft will be taken?

[r3dd09]

Any hotel deals nearby?

What plans are there for extremely large turnout (say >410)? 10 rounds + Top 8 is fatigue when it comes to playing MTG in one day.

When do you anticipate announcing the prizes for 2-64th?

(I realize there's alot of unknowns at this point, but would be helpful for planning a trip to PA)

Also with Koby on this.

What kind of security will there be for this event? And what precautionary measures against theft will be taken?

This was one of my first concerns, especially if I'm taking borrowed power for vintage.

Probably would not be unreasonable to put the date somewhere in your announcement.

This


My next comment was said on facebook from someone else, so I'm just going to quote them.

"I'm very happy that this was finally announced, but as a primarily Legacy player, I'm not so excited because I play in 10k Legacy tournaments all the time on the SCG circuit. This still looks like a great weekend of Eternal Magic, but I was hoping for more, even if that was a greedy thought."

[WorstBandNameEver]

Do you have to play in the legacy prelim on Friday to pay in the event Saturday? I would love to go on Saturday but I really cannot miss work Friday. Excited this is in the Tristate area.

[psyburat]

What plans are there for extremely large turnout (say >410)? 10 rounds + Top 8 is fatigue when it comes to playing MTG in one day.

That's certainly a good problem to have. I'm sure it'll be addressed if it comes to it, but Champs in the past has always been an all day event, no exception.

In regards to security, as a Philly resident I'd say our law enforcement is pretty awesome.

I can't wait!

[Iron Chef]

To address a few of the questions posted in this thread:

1) Security is a major concern. I personally have had well over $10,000 in cards stolen from me, and I will be making every effort to ensure that there are many passive and active deterrents to theft at this event. Because of it's nature, I will not be publicizing everything we are doing to secure the event.

2) Hotel Deals: We will be posting hotel deals as the event gets closer; pay attention to this thread or www.cardtitan.com/eternal_weekend for that information.

3) The Legacy Prelim is not necessary to play in the main event. it is an opportunity for players to win a Round 1 Bye in Legacy Champs (and a chance to get that last round of testing in).

Thanks,

-Nick

[Koby]

That's certainly a good problem to have. I'm sure it'll be addressed if it comes to it, but Champs in the past has always been an all day event, no exception.

In regards to security, as a Philly resident I'd say our law enforcement is pretty awesome.

I can't wait!

Attendance of that level is not unheard of. Examples of SCG Open attendance:

2/12/2012	Cincinnati	297
8/5/2012	Washington DC	350
12/2/2012	Baltimore	287
1/6/2013	Columbus	325
2/10/2013	Edison		279
2/17/2013	Cincinnati	279
3/10/2013	Indianapolis	326

And Legacy Worlds last year had 350, and that's with the added cost/complexity of GenCon. Considering the density of Legacy players in the NE, and the removed added cost of GenCon, I could easily see this event hit 410.

Additionally, this is two weeks ahead of GP DC, also in Legacy format. So I wouldn't be surprised to see higher turnout just on riding the coattails of the Grand Prix. I imagine this would be a preview tournament to the larger event.

[alphastryk]

Hopefully the hotel deals are pretty good, going to be tough to budget for this and GP DC in the same month.

[nedleeds]

[infant_no_1]

I know I'm being greedy, but I'd REALLY like a playmat for this event to be given out.

Especially if there was one for both Legacy & Vintage.

Just saying. :)

[TakeYourTime]

Will proxies be allowed for the vintage event?

[psu42]

No. Sanctioned Vinatge, just like Legacy.

[TakeYourTime]

No. Sanctioned Vinatge, just like Legacy.

Thank you for the info. Now to the hard part... getting some vintage staples

[Worldslayer]

I plan on taking both crowns, if that's okay with everyone else.

To any and all Legacy players attending: Get some Powered Up lists together and stay to battle on Sunday! We (as in, the Vintage Players) would love seeing you guys there, no question.

Seconded on Play Mat prizes - but whatever else the prize structure of a Coss tournament is, it's pretty much always insane.

[Tammit67]

I plan on taking both crowns, if that's okay with everyone else.

False.

[Griselpuff]

Prizes are up...

http://www.cardtitan.com/eternal_weekend

This really sucks. It's basically like an SCG Open where you win store credit. STORE CREDIT. REALLY?????

Anybody have any idea how much you might get for the giant piece of cardboard on Ebay?

[Rock Lee]

Prizes are up...

http://www.cardtitan.com/eternal_weekend

This really sucks. It's basically like an SCG Open where you win store credit. STORE CREDIT. REALLY?????

Anybody have any idea how much you might get for the giant piece of cardboard on Ebay?

This post makes me very very sad. When I first got into Legacy I was dismayed to hear that the entire population is obsessed with absurdly high prize structures, rivaling Grand Prix (at the time a Legacy GP was unheard of) or Pro Tours for dollar-per-entry values.

I am thankful to know many years later that the percentage of players who maintain this philosophy are low in population, those that stick around in the format are even less, those with this mentallity that actually perform well at events are extremely minimal.


I for one am enthusiastic that Worlds has moved closer to me, where before it was outside my reach. The idea of playing for the ultimate swag doesn't translate directly into dollars for me. I revel in the idea that the 1st place prize in the formats are a token/art piece rather than an easily-liquidatable asset. I will bring as many as I can, and look forward to the event.