Not yet. We're still three months out, it could be another month yet before there's anything.
I would expect it to be on pastimes.net before wizards.com. Pastimes has a mailing list you can subscribe to, but I don't know how much they use it.
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Not yet. We're still three months out, it could be another month yet before there's anything.
I would expect it to be on pastimes.net before wizards.com. Pastimes has a mailing list you can subscribe to, but I don't know how much they use it.
Grand prixs and such only go by constructed and limited ratings. As far as i know, eternal ratings have no point whatsoever. BTW I am making arrangements to top 8 this bitch. Will I see any of you there?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mulletus
Forget watching the website. Next time I'm at Pastimes I'll ask about why it hasn't been posted.
Total rating takes into account the sanctioned legacy matches that you have played fyi.
No typo. Since you get Total, no Legacy byes this time around.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mulletus
They updated the PEIP with the thresholds for Total byes, btw - 1850 / 1950 / 2050.
Woot. Total Byes>Eternal Byes, at least for me. Frowns on the threshold changes.
Please do, and let us know what they say.Quote:
Originally Posted by Leftconsin
dam... 1850... Dont think i'll be able to get that high. 1800 i had a shot (a small one, but a shot). Guess i'll just have to win a trial.Quote:
Originally Posted by cdr
Total ratings are higher on average than constructed/limited/composite/etc, so that's right where I expected them.
Your Total is 1935, as far as I can see.Quote:
Originally Posted by RoddyVR
think you might have me confused with someone... i get 1750 total and 1693 eternal.... unless i'm looking in the wrong place (would be a real nice surprise to find out i'm actualy at 1935...)Quote:
Originally Posted by cdr
http://webapp.wizards.com/personal.aspx
Edit: ye, i'm not Rodney.
Ah, sorry. You just need to X-0 a 32k tournament like Rodney.
Not sure what a 32K tournament is, but i'm hoping that X-0ing the mox tournament tomorow in hadley would get me well on the way. And if it doesnt, then i wont feel bad for not pulling off the X-0 cause it wouldnt have helped all that much with the rating anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by cdr
Mine is like 1795 total and 1723 eternal. I guess not playing often enough makes for a really slow ascent.Quote:
Originally Posted by RoddyVR
K-value is the maximum points you can get per match win (ex 32), and half that (ex 16) is the average you get per match win (specifically, if your rating is about the same as your opponent's).
If there's decklists and significant prizes, a tournament is Competitive REL (Rules Enforcement Level). If a level 1 judge is HJ at Competitive REL, the k-value is 24k. If a level 2+ judge is HJ, the k-value is 32. The default value for tournaments is 16.
This is one of many really good reasons to push organizers to use sanctioned judges for competitive events.
http://www.wizards.com/dci/downloads...KValue0904.pdf
Do you know where we can find info on GP trials leading up? Not the Friday grinders; usually there are GPTs in nearby locales (I'm thinking Indy, Detroit, Louisville, etc) in the weeks leading up, but I can't find any info.
Well Wizards aint posting any info yet, pasttimes' website has a list of events at the GP, but no details on its location or anything... however one of the events they have, the Pro Tour Honolulu Trial, has this info listed in its "poster":
Pro Tour–Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
2009 Qualifier
Illinois 3/8 2009
Extended Format
At Grand Prix Chicago
Schaumburg Convention Center
1551 N. Thoreau Dr.
Schaumburg, IL 60173
Registration 9am
10am start
Cost $25
Which assuming that this isnt info just randomly copied from some previous Chicago event, means we know that the GP is actualy like 24 miles outside of chicago... yuck for those of us not planning on driving there.
People going on the train(s) want to charter a bus to get us there from the trainstation?
Just got off the phone with Pastimes, spoke with a gentleman who stated it was down between (2) locations, and the decision should be finalized and posted by tomorrow. One had an attached hotel & the other had 'like twenty' hotels around it according to the gentleman on the phone. Now if only Wizards would get off their collective ass & post GPTs....since this is less than 2 months away...
For people worried about flight prices, check on Southwest Airlines. I was originally going Jetblue ($658, two tickets, round trip), but for about half the price I got to fly out of Hartford, CT as opposed to pain-in-the-ass JFK/LGA. My friend got a round trip out of Durham, NC for $89.
I use kayak.com - it searches every airline and every aggregator (orbitz, priceline, etc), and it has an amazing wealth of search options. You can tell it to search all nearby airports.
I just got off the phone with a guy from Pastimes. He said it was at the Schaumberg Convention Center. The address and everything is on the Pastimes website.
Not going to lie...as someone who's lived in the area their entire life, that doesn't seem like the best place in Chicago for an international event such as this. It's probably a nice facility though...I'm just wondering if somewhere on the O'Hare campus would have been more convinient.