02/05/11 - 02/06/11 - Starcitygames.com Open Weekend: Indianapolis

[Risky]

Welcome to the Starcitygames.com Indianapolis Open weekend, where you will have the chance to win over $14,000 in prizes and qualify for the 2011 Starcitygames.com Invitational over the course of two fun-filled days of Magic.

For information on the StarCityGames.com Open Series, including the 2011 schedule and SCG Players' Club levels, click here (http://www.starcitygames.com/pages/open_series/2011_announcement)!

For a map of all the Star City Games Open locations in 2011, click here (http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=107155064614031750376.000494cb2e1ef22b98704&z=19)!

Want to get a jump on Deck Registration? Try out our decklist form (http://www.starcitygames.com/PDFs/SCG%20Deck%20List%20Form%20v2.pdf) and come prepared!

Please note that all event registration is cash only.

EVENT SITE
Indiana Convention Center
500 Ballroom
100 South Capitol Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46225-1117
Web Site (http://www.icclos.com/)
Tel. (317) 262-3400

HOTEL
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott -- Downtown Indianapolis
501 West Washington Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Tel.: 1-317-636-7678
Rate: $105/night (King Room) Link:
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/indfd?groupCode=SCASCAB&app=resvlink&fromDate=2/4/11&toDate=2/7/11
Code: SCASCAB
OR
$125/night (Two Double Bed Room) Link: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/indfd?groupCode=SCASCAA&app=resvlink&fromDate=2/2/11&toDate=2/7/11
Group Name: Star City Games Attendee Block
Code: SCASCAA
A limited number of these rooms are available.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Saturday, February 5th(Doors open at 8:00 AM)

StarCityGames.com Standard Open
Start Time: 10 AM (Registration begins at 8 AM)
Entry Fee: $30 (cash)
Format: Standard
Structure: Modified Swiss with a cut to the single-elimination Top 8. Quarterfinals (Top Eight) will be held on Saturday night after the Swiss. The semifinals and finals (Top Four) will be held on Sunday morning at 8 AM.
Head Judge: John Alderfer
REL: Competitive
Prizes:
1st: 25 Open Points, $2,000 & the StarCityGames.com Standard Open Trophy!
2nd: 20 Open Points, plus $800
3rd-4th: 15 Open Points, plus $500
5th-8th: 10 Open Points, plus $250
9th-16th: 5 Open Points, plus $100
17th-32nd: 3 Open Points, plus $50
Participation: 1 Open Point

Two-Headed Giant Sealed
Start Time: Registration at 2 PM., Deck Construction at 3 PM.
Entry Fee: $30 per team
Format: Current format 2HG Sealed (8 packs – build two 40-card minimum decks)
Structure: 3 rounds of Swiss
Prizes:
3-0: 14 Booster Packs per Team
2-0-1: 10 Booster Packs per Team
2-1: 6 Booster Packs per Team

Mirrodin Besieged Launch Party - Sponsored by Graham Crackers Comics
Start Time: 4:00 pm, Registration starts at 3:00 pm
Entry Fee: $25.00
Format: Sealed Deck (3 Packs of Scars of Mirrodin and 3 Packs of Mirrodin Besieged)
Structure: 4 Rounds of Swiss
Prizes:
4-0: 10 Packs
3-0-1: 7 Packs
3-1: 4 Packs
2 wins: 1 Pack

StarCityGames.com Legacy Challenge
Start Time: Registration at 4 PM., Round 1 at 5 PM.
Entry Fee: $10.00 ($5.00 if you played in the StarCityGames.com Standard Open)
Format: Legacy
Structure: 4 rounds of Swiss
Prizes: 4-0: $50 Dealer Credit
3-0-1: $25 Dealer Credit and 3 Booster Packs
3-1: 6 Booster Packs
2 wins: 1 Booster Pack

Sunday, February 6th(Doors open at 8:00 AM)

StarCityGames.com Legacy Open
Start Time: 10 AM (Registration begins at 8 AM)
Entry Fee: $30 (cash)
Format: Legacy
Structure: Modified Swiss with a cut to the single-elimination Top 8.
Head Judge: Dan Stephens
REL: Competitive
Prizes
1st: 20 Open Points, $2,000 & the StarCityGames.com Legacy Open Trophy!
2nd: 15 Open Points, plus $600
3rd-4th: 10 Open Points, plus $400
5th-8th: 5 Open Points, plus $200
9th-16th: 3 Open Points, plus $100
17th-32nd: 1 Open Point, plus $50
Participation: 1 Open Point

Starcitygames.com Draft Opens
Entry Fee: $30 (cash)
Start Time: 9 AM and 2PM (Registration for both Draft Opens begins at 8AM)
Structure: 64 players per Draft Open. Draft followed by 3 rounds of Swiss, cut to a Top 8 single-elimination Draft
REL: Competitive
Prizes
1st: 10 Open Points, plus $500
2nd: 5 Open Points, plus $200
3rd-4th: 3 Open Points, plus $100
5th-8th: 1 Open Point, plus $50

Two-Headed Giant Sealed
Start Time: Registration at 1 PM., Deck Construction at 2:30 PM.
Entry Fee: $30.00 per team
Format: Current format 2HG Sealed (8 packs – build two 40-card minimum decks)
Structure: 3 Rounds of Swiss
Prizes:
3-0: 14 Booster Packs per Team
2-0-1: 10 Booster Packs per Team
2-1: 6 Booster Packs per Team

SIDE EVENTS
All 8 player Side Events give out Gateway foils to the top 4 players in addition to any pack prizes. The first-place finisher will also receive a Planechase promo card!

Single elimination booster drafts
Entry: $10.00
Prizes: 3 Boosters to 1st Place (or entry into the next draft)

Single elimination competitive booster drafts
Entry: $15.00
Prizes: 1st Place - 8 Boosters
2nd Place - 4 Boosters

Single elimination constructed tournaments
Entry Fee: $15.00
Prizes: Box (36 Packs) to 1st Place

Four Player Commander Chaos Games
Entry Fee: $5.00
Prizes:
1st Place: $20 Dealer Credit

REGISTRATION
Registration begins at 8 AM, and ends ten (10) minutes before the event is scheduled to start. Any player who wants to enroll after registration has ended will be able to do so, but will receive a round one match loss. Players arriving after round two has been paired will not be able to enroll in the tournament.

JUDGING
Judges interested in working at this event should submit an application through dcifamily.org: http://www.dcifamily.org/events/170/staff/apply

Judge certification for level one (L1) and advancement to level two (L2) is available at this event; interested candidates should make arrangements with Riki Hayashi at riki.hayashi@starcitygames.com prior to the event.

JOIN THE CLUB
Each Starcitygames.com Open event (Standard, Legacy, and Draft) awards Open Points to all participating players. Earning 4 Open Points gets you to Level 1 in the Starcitygames.com Players' Club, which gets you a free pack of sleeves at every future Open Weekend that you attend. Appearance fees, free entry and byes in Constructed Opens, all the way up to a full playset (4x of each card, including mythics) of every new regular Magic set! For more information, see here. (http://www.starcitygames.com/pages/open_series/2011_announcement)

QUALIFY FOR THE INVITATIONAL!
Last year, qualification for the Invitational was based on Open Points. This year, we’ve simplified the system! Here’s how you can qualify for a StarCityGames.com Invitational tournament:
* Finish in the Top 8 of a Standard or Legacy Open
* Win a Draft Open
* Achieve Level 2 or 3 in the Players' Club

Live Coverage from SCGLive ALL DAY!
"Can't make it to the event? Follow complete written coverage by Glenn Jones and live broadcasting with Adrian Sullivan and Jacob Van Lunen all weekend long courtesy of the professionals at SCGLive! Visit SCGLive (http://www.scglive.com) for more information!"

NEED CARDS?
Buy, sell and trade with America’s largest Magic the Gathering retailer! StarCityGames.com will have a massive dealer booth set up all weekend long! How may we help you?

TRADING
Although trading is both allowed and encouraged, please note that the following things are not permitted at this event:

-Buying/selling cards with anyone except for our authorized dealer(s)
-Soliciting to buy/sell cards elsewhere
-Advertising without receiving permission from StarCityGames.com’s on-site Event Manager
-Offering to “alter” cards in exchange for some form of compensation
-Utilizing an excessive amount of space when trading
-Using suitcases, handcarts, luggage carts, etc. for the purpose of transporting excessive amounts of trade stock.

Please note that failure to obey these rules may result in all involved parties being both removed from the event without refund, and banned from attending future events.

DIRECTIONS
For directions to the venue, use Google Maps (http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=107155064614031750376.000494cb2e1ef22b98704&ll=39.770745,-86.165514&spn=0.037075,0.090551&z=14).

Danville, IL
I-74 East to I-465 South (Exit 73A); Follow I-465 South to I-70 East. Exit I-70 at West Street (Exit 79A). Left (north) to South Street.
Cincinnati, OH
I-74 West to I-465 West; Follow I-465 West to I-65 North. I-65 North to I-70 West; Exit I-70 at West Street (Exit 79A). Right (north) to South Street.
Terre Haute, IN
I-70 East to West Street (Exit 79A). Left (north) to South Street.
Chicago, IL
I-65 South to West Street (Exit 114). Straight (south) to South Street.
Columbus, OH
I-70 West to I-65 North; Follow I-65 North to West Street (Exit 114); Left (south) to South Street.
Louisville, KY
I-65 North to I-70 West (Exit 110B); Exit I-70 at West Street (Exit 79A). Right (north) to South Street.
Indianapolis International Airport
http://www.indianapolisairport.com/

Fort Wayne, IN
I-69 South to I-465. South to I-70 West (Exit 44) to I-65 North to West Street (Exit 114); Straight to South Street.
South Bend, IN
US 31 South to I-465 West; Follow I-465 West to I-65 South. Follow I-65 South to West Street (Exit 114). Straight (south) to South Street.

MORE INFORMATION
Players who want specific information can contact us at events@starcitygames.com or by calling (540) 767-GAME (4263). New players will want to read our player FAQ (http://forums.starcitygames.com/viewtopic.php?t=288770).

[Risky]

Head Judge information has been added.

[coraz86]

Seems like I'm in, the x-3 bracket best bring their breakfast

[Risky]

To allow people enough time to get their Legacy fill before needing to drop, the start time for the second Draft Open has been moved back to 2pm.

[Risky]

Looking forward to seeing everyone at this Super weekend! (Yes, I went there. Go Packers!)

[jakolhops]

so stupid this is on super bowl weekend.

[Risky]

A hotel deal has been added. Rooms are limited.

[Shawn]

Three of us from Cedar Falls will probably be in attendance for Sunday. I'll be the skinny kid with the Hawkeyes shirt.

[Mark Sun]

I'll be bringing a car of people.

Asian guy, probably a buttoned shirt of some variety, Zendikar Plains playmat, The Source lifepad. Shouldn't be too tough to identify, come say hi if you see me!

[coraz86]

I'll be there, wearing a Waterford Hotel t-shirt and making a shambles of the low tables.

[Risky]

We've added a Launch Party sponsored by Graham Cracker Comics to our side events schedule for Saturday.

[coraz86]

Just scrubbed out and preparing to go elsewhere, but I would like to say;

--Great event; thanks to Star City for running it.
--Met some cool people (including mossivo1986 and this dude Steve, who I may have hooked into the Source when he's done winning the tournament).
--Meta was rivagulous, I should have not been so feeble of heart and audibled into Ad Nauseum like my gut told me to.
--Also @ Star City; you guys should really come to Cleveland or Rochester or somewhere else I can actually get to, so I can go to another one and not completely pee down my leg. I can personally guarantee you at least thirty Standard players would come up from Erie, and probably a lot more.

[Mark Sun]

2-3 drop. No longer comfortable about playing Zoo anymore in this metagame. Yeah. Time to drive back.

[FieryBalrog]

Looks like top 8 is 2 UW Countertop decks (with E tutor/thopter package? I'm assuming?), 1 Bant Countertop, 1 Merfolk, 1 MUD Forgemaster (!), 1 Black & Green & Taxes, and 2 other decks I don't know yet.

[FieryBalrog]

Looks like Welder-Forgemaster, not MUD. Holy shit lol, this is the funniest and coolest thing I've seen in forever. Merfolk just looks foolish without removal. Welder + Wurmcoil Engine is INSANE.

[Gaius Darkfire]

The full top 16 is listed here (http://sales.starcitygames.com//deckdatabase/deckshow.php?&t[C1]=3&start_date=2011-02-06&end_date=2011-02-06&city=indianapolis), will be updated as they play the top 8.

The Forgemaster combo deck looks like a lot of fun. I'm glad there is something as left-field as that this time around, and the top 8 looks decent this time as well.

[arebennian]

Wow.
That MUD thing is nuts!
Chalice and 3Sphere in the board!
Nice...

[FieryBalrog]

None of the commentators mentioned this, but the Junk & Taxes deck made a couple of small but significant misplays that ended up costing him game 2. He attacked with Goyf at 2/3 with Qasalis exalted trigger pumping it to 3/4, and then post-combat he pridemaged his opponent's Crucible. If he had done that DURING combat, before damage, Goyf would have been 5/6 for the turn and done extra two damage. Then the turn after that he cast swords post-combat again, which against cost him one damage for a total of 3 missed damage.

His opponent stabilized at 3 life. And even if his opponent didn't use the ancient tomb, he would have been at 5. If Junk & taxes had played correctly, that puts his opponent at 2, which means Goyf + Bob swinging into a sundering titan still wins the game.

[Tinefol]

Looks like mossivo made it 9th with UGw Tempo. Tough luck. Still a good result and looking for a report from him.

[mossivo1986]

Yeah i'll write a report.

[SpikeyMikey]

2-3 drop. No longer comfortable about playing Zoo anymore in this metagame. Yeah. Time to drive back.

Zoo did make 10th. And I don't think Enchantress was getting there either. Tried to talk you into my Bant list :P

But such a wierd meta. Affinity everywhere and way more randomness than there was at KC. If it makes you feel any better, I ended up scrubbing too. Once again the wheels fell off one win short of the money and I ended up in 51st after a 5-1 start.

[menace13]

The top 16 looks very varied. Lot of things to look at.
Reanimator with Putrid Imp, 8 basics and no Ponder. Show and Tell, NOrder and Jace. Affinity had Signal Pest, Thopter Foundry and E. Plagues in sb. Zoo and 4 Green Zenith. Dredge with UB basics, Fetches, Brainstorm, Hapless Researcher and no Breakthrough.

[nodahero]

Anyone know where the thread about Bomholt's Tinkerish concoction is?

[Gaius Darkfire]

Anyone know where the thread about Bomholt's Tinkerish concoction is?

His post can be found in the MUD Stompy thread (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?19382-MUD-Stompy&p=517247&viewfull=1#post517247), which is a bit hidden. His earlier list has some slight differences, but I hope he will post a report so we can hear more on it now.

[Mark Sun]

Zoo did make 10th. And I don't think Enchantress was getting there either. Tried to talk you into my Bant list :P

But such a wierd meta. Affinity everywhere and way more randomness than there was at KC. If it makes you feel any better, I ended up scrubbing too. Once again the wheels fell off one win short of the money and I ended up in 51st after a 5-1 start.

I have to go back to the drawing board on what I want to play. The Zoo list is indeed interesting, more of the Big Zoo variety but I made cuts for 2 GSZ in the wrong slots apparently. Fairly frustrating event though. Lemme know what the next one you go to is. Memphis is looking really good right now.

[SpikeyMikey]

It'll be a little while. I've already used 4 days of vacation this year and I only have 10 days a year. Next one will probably be in the second season.

[Amon Amarth]

His post can be found in the MUD Stompy thread (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?19382-MUD-Stompy&p=517247&viewfull=1#post517247), which is a bit hidden. His earlier list has some slight differences, but I hope he will post a report so we can hear more on it now.

I am not Mike Bomholt. I'm just a silly boy from Oregon that wants to play with Wurms and Dragons. SCG commentators aren't exactly known for their factual infallibility.