[Announcement] March 7-8: Grand Prix Chicago 2009 [Archive] - Page 2

Wallace

02-15-2009, 11:48 AM

We might have an extra space in our room. Send naked pics and we'll decide.

http://cullrich.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/marissamillerandipod2.jpg

:wink:

I also have 2 spots open in my car for the trip down. It's cheaper than the train/flying, 11 hours in a car is ok by me. I have a 2007 Sonata with lots of room and 30 mpg. PM me if you still need a ride.

Enigma

02-17-2009, 01:28 PM

We are 6 from Quebec going down!

See ya there guys.

PM

TheBirdMan

02-17-2009, 10:16 PM

The artists are announced:

http://www.pastimes.net/grandprix.htm

It's Rob Alexander :smile: and Alan Pollock

Pinder

02-17-2009, 10:48 PM

Search by artist, the only reason to ever use Gatherer over magiccards.info:

Rob Alexander (http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/index.aspx?term=Rob%20Alexander&Field_Artist=on&setfilter=All%20sets)
Alan Pollack (http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/index.aspx?term=Alan%20Pollack&Field_Artist=on&setfilter=All%20sets)

Not even that (Alexander (http://magiccards.info/query/spoiler/3349138.html) and Pollack (http://magiccards.info/query/spoiler/3349145.html)) - NC

cdr

02-17-2009, 11:00 PM

Man, Pollack goes to everything. Too bad he doesn't have more good cards than he does.

Rob Alexander is great, very approachable - I've probably talked to him more than any other artist.

Pinder

02-18-2009, 01:36 AM

Rob Alexander is great, very approachable - I've probably talked to him more than any other artist.

Also, he did Badlands, Taiga, Underground Sea (!!!), Polluted Delta, Flooded Strand, Wooded Foothills, and probably some other stuff I can't remember off the top of my head.

So he's basically a Legacy player's wet dream when it comes to signing shit.

Dan Turner

02-19-2009, 02:55 PM

im sad my playmat has art from alexander and pollack on it already

i was really hoping for someone else

dahcmai

02-22-2009, 03:00 PM

Well, I'll be there also so hopefully I can catch up with some people for a beer. I hate driving in large cities so I'll be hanging out at the hotel a lot.

Out of curiousity, how many cards can you get an artist to sign? I have a full playset of foil Fetches and beta duals I'd love to hit up Rob with, but that seems excessive.

Damn, that guy did half of what is worth a crap for lands that were ever printed. Duals, Fetches, Ravnica Duals, even the Filter lands in standard. Demonic Consultation, Lim Duls Vault, and a ton of other playables.

scrumdogg

02-22-2009, 04:29 PM

Usually 20 at a time...but nothing stops you from getting in line again :cool: Sucks when you're playing, but it looks like they might have the artists there quite a bit over several days.

Pastimes

02-26-2009, 11:05 AM

Man, Pollack goes to everything. Too bad he doesn't have more good cards than he does.

Rob Alexander is great, very approachable - I've probably talked to him more than any other artist.

The event and the artists should be amazing....

Pollack did the Chrome Mox that is the current GP Foil promo card!

Bryant Cook

02-26-2009, 01:27 PM

ONE WEEK! ...Until I leave....

Frank The Tank

03-01-2009, 04:12 PM

This just happened to really work out for me because my two brothers and myself live in Minneapolis and my sister lives in Chicago so we are going to take the Megabus there ($40 round trip) and crash at her place while using her car lol.

So which clubs are the meat markets for all the single guys Saturday night?

Bryant Cook

03-02-2009, 02:59 PM

Are the grinders worth playing in?

rockout

03-02-2009, 03:02 PM

Are the grinders worth playing in?

I was wondering the same thing Bryant.

sick variance

03-02-2009, 03:03 PM

Only if you have 0-1 bye.

Wrath_Of_Houlding

03-02-2009, 03:07 PM

5-0 will get you three byes. If that's it worth it then yes. I think it is, simply because getting byes should allow to avoid random, unplanned-for (and thus not sideboard prepared) decks. I'll be there.

rockout

03-02-2009, 03:09 PM

When do the grinders start? Or are they running basically all day friday?

cdr

03-02-2009, 03:16 PM

They start at noon, and should run until there's no more interest or until it gets pretty late.

Having byes is so critical to GP success that if you have only one or no byes, you should play in as many grinders and you can afford to or stand to. They're rough, but the payoff is huge.

Running some of the later ones that finish at like 3AM is more questionable though, I guess.

Wrath_Of_Houlding

03-02-2009, 04:15 PM

From Pasttimes.Net: Grand Prix Trials (3 Power Tickets) $20.00 entry
Starting at noon. 32 Person Single Elimination
Win a 3 round bye to the Grand Prix and Conflux prize packs!

Any idea on the specifics of the prize support? Are packs only for the winner? That seems cruel.

Patrick

03-02-2009, 09:48 PM

Pastimes

03-02-2009, 10:09 PM

There are prizes for the Top 8!!

1st - 24 packs
2nd - 12 packs
3rd/4th - 6 packs each
5th - 8th - 3 packs each

Look forward to seeing everyone this weekend!!!

Pinder

03-02-2009, 10:20 PM

There are prizes for the Top 8!!

1st - 24 packs
2nd - 12 packs
3rd/4th - 6 packs each
5th - 8th - 3 packs each

Look forward to seeing everyone this weekend!!!

Wait, so, first gets 3 byes and a draft set?

I'm in.

bigbear102

03-03-2009, 08:47 PM

You mean 3 byes and six draft sets actually.

If they start at noon I will probably play in at least 1. No reason not to in my opinion.

Pinder

03-03-2009, 08:50 PM

You mean 3 byes and six draft sets actually.

If they start at noon I will probably play in at least 1. No reason not to in my opinion.

Unless I'm suddenly failing at math, I'm pretty sure that first place gets enough packs for a full 8-person draft. That's what I meant by 'draft set' anyway.

cdr

03-03-2009, 09:05 PM

Three packs is a draft set. To the rest of the known universe, anyway.

:P

rockout

03-03-2009, 09:25 PM

The event and the artists should be amazing....

Pollack did the Chrome Mox that is the current GP Foil promo card!

That's good enough for Pollack to be there. Signed Foil Promo Mox would look nice in the binder.

Pinder

03-03-2009, 09:35 PM

Three packs is a draft set. To the rest of the known universe, anyway.

:P

Well, then first gets eight draft sets, not six. But whatever.

bigbear102

03-03-2009, 10:00 PM

Just cuz I can't do math... I'll still do better than you at the GP!!! So THERE!!!

Pinder

03-03-2009, 10:17 PM

Just cuz I can't do math... I'll still do better than you at the GP!!! So THERE!!!

On what do you base this wild claim? It's not like you top 8'd Legacy Worlds or anything.

..Oh wait.

Zach Tartell

03-03-2009, 10:32 PM

On what do you base this wild claim? It's not like you top 8'd Legacy Worlds or anything.

..Oh wait.

At first I was like, LOLWUT, then I decided that you were actually right.

Stupid Abold doing well secretly.

Pinder

03-03-2009, 10:51 PM

Stupid Abold doing well secretly.

You know, you'd think that top 8 at GenCon wouldn't be what you'd call "secret", but despite my best efforts I can't seem to find a single link to the top 8 of that tournament, either here on the Source or at wizards.com

edit - But apparently they're on Starcity (http://sales.starcitygames.com/deckdatabase/deckshow.php?&t%5BC1%5D=leg&start_date=2006-06-04&end_date=2006-08-27&city=Indianapolis).

lol @ 'Thunderbluff'. Also, he only played 3 Tops, which is amusing to me because now we know that 5 is the right call.

Wrath_Of_Houlding

03-04-2009, 09:56 AM

I was listening to the radio this morning and heard an ad for something at the convention center this weekend. I checked the website, and while the GP isn't listed this is...so if you scrub out, you can always hit up the Lake Home and Cabin Show. Woo!

cwt1220

03-04-2009, 11:07 PM

[QUOTE] so if you scrub out, you can always hit up the Lake Home and Cabin Show.

I kick myself every time I miss one of these! :tongue:

-Chris-

freakish777

03-05-2009, 12:51 AM

I sincerely hope the results from the GPTs I played last weekend were posted in time. If they are I get 1 bye (assuming I don't try grinders and 5-0 one of them). Hooray!

bigbear102

03-05-2009, 08:40 AM

You know, you'd think that top 8 at GenCon wouldn't be what you'd call "secret", but despite my best efforts I can't seem to find a single link to the top 8 of that tournament, either here on the Source or at wizards.com

edit - But apparently they're on Starcity (http://sales.starcitygames.com/deckdatabase/deckshow.php?&t%5BC1%5D=leg&start_date=2006-06-04&end_date=2006-08-27&city=Indianapolis).

lol @ 'Thunderbluff'. Also, he only played 3 Tops, which is amusing to me because now we know that 5 is the right call.

There is very little love for the greatness that is I. Little known fact about that Top 8, my quarters match took over an hour and a half. The judges told us to pick up the pace but could not actually do anything about it because neither of us were playing slowly. It was the epitome of control vs aggro. Every time he played a goblin, I killed it. G1 he smashed me in about 5 minutes. Game 2 took over an hour and 15 minutes. I won that one. Game 3 he smashed me again in about 3 minutes. It was awesome though.

Either way, I'm winning this GP.***

***not nearly enough trash has been talked... who cares if there will be hundreds of other people there, we can still have fun! I wanna be insulted... NOW!

Skeggi

03-05-2009, 09:19 AM

I wanna be insulted... NOW!
Eeh...you have the mental capacity of a pea?
...your mom uses the stack?
...Cavius designs better decks than you?

Hope that helps. Good luck :smile:.

Michael Keller

03-05-2009, 11:12 AM

Go Left Field!

<Hitting self in the head> Fuck I wanted to go to this so bad...

Bryant Cook

03-05-2009, 01:46 PM

Leaving In Exactly 8 Hours!

quicksilver

03-05-2009, 02:02 PM

Holy shit there is a Legacy Grand Prix this weekend?!!!!

diffy

03-05-2009, 02:21 PM

In the name of all those on the continent with the larger Legacy events, I officially demand awesome coverage from your side (assuming Wizard's will suck as always).

Jaynel

03-05-2009, 02:54 PM

Sitting at Bradley International, waiting for the flight. See you guys there.

godryk

03-05-2009, 03:02 PM

In the name of all those on the continent with the larger Legacy events, I officially demand awesome coverage from your side (assuming Wizard's will suck as always).

QFT!!!!

ForceofWill

03-05-2009, 03:38 PM

It'll be in my top 4 report.

KillemallCFH

03-05-2009, 03:57 PM

In the name of all those on the continent with the larger Legacy events, I officially demand awesome coverage from your side (assuming Wizard's will suck as always).Since I'm too poor to make it to Chicago, I'll be posting updates as I get them from VsTheWorld, which will hopefully be frequently.

bigbear102

03-05-2009, 05:16 PM

4hrs and 35 minutes until Magic Time!

Jak

03-05-2009, 06:53 PM

Oh shit I hope everyone has fun at the gee pee. Also, totally to what Der said.

Bryant Cook

03-05-2009, 08:27 PM

20 mins!

Pinder

03-05-2009, 08:31 PM

20 mins!

Until your train?

Bryant Cook

03-05-2009, 08:40 PM

Until your train?

Yes. I'm going to run the train, on each and every one of my opponents.\

EDIT: Fuck Christmas! I'd rather have a GP every year.

Pinder

03-05-2009, 08:50 PM

EDIT: Fuck Christmas! I'd rather have a GP every year.

This.

Smmenen

03-05-2009, 09:33 PM

Christmas is overhyped. See ya all in Chi-town.

Zach Tartell

03-05-2009, 09:43 PM

Christmas is overhyped. See ya all in Chi-town.

More like, "Christmas is overhyped - I'll see y'all next year in Jerusalem."
That was a "lol you're all gentiles" joke.

Pinder

03-05-2009, 09:51 PM

That was a "lol you're all gentiles" joke.

I thought it was more of a "lol I'm Jewish" joke.

Wrath_Of_Houlding

03-06-2009, 09:10 AM

4 hours til Grinders! Who else will be there at noon or similar?

Jaynel

03-06-2009, 11:28 AM

Everyone in our room.

Jak

03-06-2009, 02:35 PM

Source party?

cwt1220

03-06-2009, 03:44 PM

Source party?

That sounds great! Birdman and I are getting on the plane from Albany at about 6:00. Can't wait to get there!!!

-Chris-

Whit3 Ghost

03-06-2009, 05:28 PM

Best of luck to the Canada/Glens falls crew.

I'll have Goobafish sending me updates, I hope, so I'll try to write some stuff up.

Good luck to all the Sourcers too.

Wrath_Of_Houlding

03-06-2009, 10:03 PM

Any chance anyone in the know is reading this? I just discovered disparity between Pastimes' Registration/Starting times and Wizards, and I'm not sure which is correct. Please respond ASAP!!

Jaynel

03-06-2009, 11:00 PM

Player's meeting starts at 10, so get there around 9-9:30.

GPTs were largely dominated by Sourcers and other big names. The field was around 60% blue, lots of tempo based decks and Landstill.

100miles&runnin

03-07-2009, 12:44 AM

im really surprised by the amount of dredge in the trials and the lack of goblins..... also, there were 700 people registered by about 7 o'clock

goobafish

03-07-2009, 03:41 AM

Looking to be huge, a Judge told me around 800 registered tonight. They ran 16 grinders the day before.

Jak

03-07-2009, 04:00 AM

So what's the biggest GP ever?

Xero

03-07-2009, 04:24 AM

According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Prix_(Magic:_The_Gathering)), GP Paris had 1,838 people.

Nantuko

03-07-2009, 06:55 AM

Where can I see the coverage of the GP??
Any link??

spirit of the wretch

03-07-2009, 08:06 AM

There you go (http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Events.aspx?x=mtgcom/grandprix/chicago09).
Will take a while to kick in. The coverage that is.

Zach Tartell

03-07-2009, 09:08 AM

Can I look forward to a live feed like there was for Worlds? 'Cause that was simultaniously excellent and terrible.

J.V.

03-07-2009, 09:48 AM

The convention center doesn't have free internet access. Fail.

Nihil Credo

03-07-2009, 09:58 AM

How about some Twittering? I know it can be done via text messages, although I have no idea how much it costs.

aTn

03-07-2009, 11:35 AM

Will take a while to kick in. The coverage that is.

Spilled my breakfast reading this... good one :)

KillemallCFH

03-07-2009, 11:35 AM

Just got a call from VsTheWorld - the official count is 1280. They should be starting pretty soon.

aTn

03-07-2009, 11:37 AM

Just got a call from VsTheWorld - the official count is 1280. They should be starting pretty soon.

Crazy nuts ! I like that number a lot !

Whit3 Ghost

03-07-2009, 11:49 AM

Legacy- We're fucking popular, Wizards.

Kthnxbi

KillemallCFH

03-07-2009, 11:52 AM

Slight correction, it is actually 1230. Still, that's a fucking nice turnout.

Whit3 Ghost

03-07-2009, 11:53 AM

Slight correction, it is actually 1230. Still, that's a fucking nice turnout.
That's roughly the last 2 American Legacy GPs combined. Swish.

Fossil4182

03-07-2009, 12:55 PM

That's unbelievable turn out. Wish I could of been there, but best of luck to my teammates and all.

goobafish

03-07-2009, 01:01 PM

The convention center doesn't have free internet access. Fail.

Sure it does, come up to the lobby beside the restaurant, free wireless.

Jak

03-07-2009, 01:22 PM

We improve every attendance with every GP. YEARLY PLEASE!

aTn

03-07-2009, 01:23 PM

It would be nice if the same thing would happen with the coverage...

Whit3 Ghost

03-07-2009, 01:30 PM

Largest GP in North American history.

Fuck yes.

Props to everyone who made it out and made history.

Peter_Rotten

03-07-2009, 01:38 PM

I take it there are no updates yet?

godryk

03-07-2009, 01:39 PM

There you go (http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Events.aspx?x=mtgcom/grandprix/chicago09).
Will take a while to kick in. The coverage that is.

Just in case someone hasn't found out yet, the coverage can be found here (http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/gpchi09/welcome).

I'm thrilled!

URABAHN

03-07-2009, 01:39 PM

Owen Turdenwald thinks Goblins is strong and Counterbalance is "overrated". This fool makes an impressive showing with Goblins at Columbus then loses with it in every Legacy event since then like the World Championships at GenCon. I hope he goes 0-4 drop.

Soto

03-07-2009, 01:46 PM

Just in case someone hasn't found out yet, the coverage can be found here (http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/gpchi09/welcome).

I'm thrilled!

What's with all the Urw Landstill decks?

Adan

03-07-2009, 01:47 PM