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Visit www.magicgp.com, to see why November 14th-16th’s #GPNJ is being called the “Can’t Miss #MTG Event of the Year!”, then preregister today! :)
Best wishes,
Pete Hoefling
President, StarCityGames.com
www.starcitygames.com
SCG pushing hard on the marketing/spamming:
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As they shouldQuote:
Originally Posted by thecrav
Vacation is scheduled, I'll be out there Thurs - Mon.
Has there been any developments on the possible Sourcer meet up?
Glad to see it as we know wizards ain't doing it.Quote:
Originally Posted by thecrav
Preregistered! Also picked up a couple of byes from a GPT.
Pallets upon pallets of sweet #GPNJ promotional swag arrived yesterday! Check out the pics at imgur.com/gallery/I0a40/, then preregister today at www.magicgp.com! #MTG
Best wishes,
Pete Hoefling
President, StarCityGames.com
www.starcitygames.com
NJ will officially have the largest judge staff ever.
Still waiting to hear back from my boss about whether I can go :/
Since Eternal Weekend is brought up alot in this thread: Do you guys know if there will be coverage, most ideally a stream?
There was last year, I'm sure there will be this yearQuote:
Originally Posted by JanoschEausH
Great, now the whole GP has Ebola.
THANKS OBAMA.
Evan Erwin is on Reddit claiming that at the current pre-reg rate, NJ will be larger than Vegas.
In the same thread, Pete Hoefling is saying that their floor space should allow for 5,500-6,000 players
On a personal note, I've got hotel and airfare booked so I'm now 100% If anyone wants to split a cab or ride the train together from Newark, my flight lands at noon:35 Friday.
Aside from the massive SCG circlejerk, I wonder how an outcome this big is going to influence Wizards' view on Legacy.
Not much to do with legacy. Starcity organizing + in the northeast. And Wizards knows that. Legacy format is guaranteed reducing turnout from what it would be in sealed, or even standard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barook
It's interesting to compare this though to GP Orlando, which was hyped by SCG for months as well. According to Wikipedia, that GP only had 2277 players, and that was a sealed event for a format that was highly anticipated. I'm not sure how the SE US Magic community compares to the NE US community, but I think it says something that a Legacy GP might very well surpass a GP of a more 'desirable' format that had the benefit of the same TO and similar advertisement.Quote:
Originally Posted by cdr
I'd also chalk part of the popularity to location and EV.
Location is obvious: There's tons of people in the Northeast, for whom a trip to Jersey is quite easy.
EV: The stuff that they're giving you for your $50 is awesome. That playmat will be desired for years to come. I'd imagine that the playmat alone could pay for your entry and I wouldn't be at all surprised to hear about round 0 drops. In addition, the side events look fantastic. If I was anywhere near NJ, even if I didn't play eternal, I would be all over coming to this GP.
I think the use of "not much" is misleading; it (nearly) implies, that SCG organizing + in the northeast + any format = this turnout. Legacy may not be the only format that could get this, but Legacy does have a lot to do with the number. Making up numbers, but if it's true that Sealed would get 7500, Standard would get 6500, Legacy would get 5500, Block Constructed would get 1000, Vintage would get 500, Extended would get 500 if it existed, Archenemy would get 500, and whatever else, under the same circumstances, the turnout is very much a statement with meaning.Quote:
Originally Posted by cdr
When you're solely comparing to Standard and Sealed, you're comparing to a relatively small and heavy-hitting group of formats. And we don't even know for sure that those other formats would do better; people could be coming out for Legacy specifically. And yes, obviously, many more people on the whole play Standard and Sealed than Legacy.
re Undomian: Florida consistently has the lowest turnout in the eastern US. There's just not a lot of population in driving distance. You have to go to isolated western states like Colorado or Utah before you get smaller turnout. 2200 players for Florida is impressive. Vegas only worked because of cheap airfare and modern masters hype/being the most +EV GP to enter of all time.
re LOLWut: It's impressive for legacy, but Barook was wondering if this would influence Wizards. Highly unlikely that Wizards would add another legacy GP or something because of this turnout (if it happens, it'll be from GP expansion, but I dunno how much more they could expand GPs).
We're up to three next year which I'm quite excited about!Quote:
Originally Posted by cdr
You say it "only" had 2277 players, but isn't that a pretty big turnout for a Limited Grand Prix?Quote:
Originally Posted by Undomian
Sealed GPs historically have the largest turnouts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord Seth
I think that's more like "only" in terms of they could've had a lot more. Orlando was the sixth biggest GP of all time and the fourth biggest limited GP of all time. (5th/3rd if we don't count Vegas)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord Seth
I meant it more as in that it was small for a SCG GP, which seem to get quite a few more players than events hosted by other TOs.
I'll be there reppin the Westcoast. :T
I think it'd be good to meet other Sourcers; should be fun.Quote:
Originally Posted by Que
It's been years since I've seen Hollywood. Would be fun
You booked your ticket? Hell yeah!Quote:
Originally Posted by Que
Unless I'm missing something I've spotted info there are only 100 pre-registred so far. How does this make it largest GP ever? Probably I'm missing somthing so do point me to the actual numbers (+reference)
You're probably looking at VIP. They cap it at like 200.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Miagi
Yes sir! Ready to crush!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ziveeman
@Hollywood. Yeah that would be legit. We can swap dredge notes lol. Parcher too xD
ups, a typo, I meant 1000 preregistred playersQuote:
Originally Posted by Parcher
(You meant 1000 and corrected yourself)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Miagi
They're saying based on the rate of preregistrations. That is, if preregistrations continue at their current rate, they will end up with more registrations than Vegas got.
So GP NJ is going to be my first GP. Hopefully one of you veterans can help me with a question I have.
The list I'm going to run includes a Batterskull, but I don't have one. I see that the GP promo is a Batterskull. Is it possible to use the promo card in my deck from a rules and logistics perspective?
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Originally Posted by pnutbutr
As far as I can remember You should be able to use it The promo is handed to You when the judges take your decklist.
Normally yes, you just get your reward at the player's meeting but given the size of the GP, it sounds like they are doing things differently. This is from their website:
I would recommend contacting SCG directly, possibly on their GP facebook page. They are pretty good at answering player's questions. Although from the sounds of it, you won't actually get your "rewards voucher" till the players meeting and won't get the reward till you go redeem it which might not be possible to get to before the first round starts.Quote:
No more long check-in lines! Show up for the player meeting on Saturday morning and receive a voucher for your Registration Rewards, redeemable at the Customer Service Station anytime thereafter.
I'd imagine SCG will be running a super tight ship but at GP Washington, we'd already started playing by the time promos went out. I'd definitely consider borrowing or buying one just in case.Quote:
Originally Posted by pnutbutr
I would be surprised if you could not find someone to lend you one. You could even swap them out after the first round or whatever when you get your promo.
Don't spoil the great experience of your first GP (and probably one of the greatest ever) by not being able to find a BS in time and having to concede your first match.Quote:
Originally Posted by pnutbutr
Thanks for the advice guys. I think maybe I'll just buy one ahead of time to be safe, then maybe sell it afterwards. Don't really know anyone I can borrow from.
I know there was some talk of vintage going down at this a few weeks ago. Has anyone heard anything else about that?