[Tournament] $500 Cash, Pawtucket, RI 3/22/08

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Originally Posted by Ebinsugewa

Glad to see Ray and Dave will be there. My post was not a tirade against Vintage or anything of the sort, but rather a reminder that posting things that are largely irrelevant (like every sanctioned Magic event in the known universe on the same day in every tournament thread) is generally annoying and unhelpful. Tournament threads are for details and trash talk. The end. Also, all of you who missed me, I'll be back for this one.

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I agree that posting about every single magic event in the know universe is kind of a bit ridiculous. I would even go so far to say that a Standard PTQ on the same day as a Vintage event is no big deal.

That said, there are at least two main difference which make grwoing frustration from Scott(Madpeep), myself, and other relevant.

1.) The overlap in players for Vintage and Legacy is larger than for other combinations of two formats like a Standard PTQ and an Eternal event.
2.) The events have been within 1 hour of each other.

To prove that this argument goes both ways, two weeks after Madpeep's comments here, I encouraged Caleb to not hold a Vintage event on the date of this very event. Had he not listened and held the event there, you would be out at least two if not many more players.

I apologize if this is becoming confrontational. You all know I have nothing more than promoting the growth of both formats in mind.

I've now confirmed that i'm going to this.
If anyone from Worcester (or anywhere along 146) needs a ride, send me a PM.

For those of you that said they were going and did not, you don't know what you missed. The store was very easy to find (props to Feinstien and not mapQuest). The owners were top knotch and knew what they were doing.

There were 24 or 25 players with 5 rounds cutting to Top 8. The rounds started on time with no problems that I noticed. From what I understand, every week they will be running a large tournament like this one(Type 2,Extended, Legacy, and Vintage) I definetly am planning on attending the legacy event and maybe 1 or 2 more a month, depending on funds and tournaments in the area. Great Job to everybody at Die Hard Games for running their first of many top knotch tournies and to Dave Feinstien for standing up for the store.

Arg. did it again; made top 8 just to scrub out in the finals! I think I got 6th?

I played Ichorid heres the list:

4 gemstone mine
4 city of brass
4 cephalid coliseum
4 lion's eye diamond

4 bridge from bellow
4 ichorid
2 dread return
1 flame kin zealot
2 cephalid sage
4 narcomoeba
4 golgari grave troll
4 stinkweed imp
4 golgari thug
2 gamble
3 cabal therapy
4 putrid imp
4 break through
2 deep analysis

side:
4 chain of vapor
4 chalice of the void
4 leyline of the void
2 ancient grudge
1 ray of revelation

Anyways thanks for a great tournament. I'm really glad I met some sourcers.

Props:
They guy who made a speech telling everyone who did not win that they had no testicles.

slops:
Playing 2 other ichorid decks
scrubbing out in top 8

Great tournament everyone, really well run. I'll definetally hopefully be attending the next one of these. The T8 was

2 Deadstill
1 UGR Control Thresh
1 Goblins
1 Goyf Sligh
1 Survival
1 Dragonstompy
1 Ichorid

Top 4(Split)
2 Dreadstill
1 Survival
1 Dragonstompy

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Originally Posted by Roodmistah

Great tournament everyone, really well run. I'll definetally hopefully be attending the next one of these. The T8 was

2 Deadstill
1 UGR Control Thresh
1 Goblins
1 Goyf Sligh
1 Survival
1 Dragonstompy
1 Ichorid

Top 4(Split)
2 Dreadstill
1 Survival
1 Dragonstompy

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Wow Hammafist grabs three spots, Way to be clutch with my DS deck Stoogh! And grats to Jared, do you ever not T8? And gratz on t8 Andy.

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Originally Posted by JanValentine00

Wow Hammafist grabs three spots, Way to be clutch with my DS deck Stoogh! And grats to Jared, do you ever not T8? And gratz on t8 Andy.

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And congrats to me for my top 8 finish. Unfortunatly I lost to some BLEEP playing Survival.

I heard something about double Plague in that MU.

Number of players?

Somewhere around 25? I remember one of the owners saying they came up short 40 bucks, which isn't bad at all.

The store itself is the fucking TITS. Possibly the best Magic store I've been too. Really great ambiance and awesome guys running everything.

Congrats on everyone who top 8'd. I think there are going to be some pictures posted soon?

You know what's clutch? Swinging for lethal damage with a Dreadnought...(looks away)

From the looks of it, this tournament was awesome. Sorry I couldn't be there. I'll definitely make an attempt to make the next one.

There were 24 players.

Good jerb to all the T8ers.

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Originally Posted by Maagler

Props:
They guy who made a speech telling everyone who did not win that they had no testicles.

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Agreed. Store was ballin', and in our quest to find it, we discovered an abandoned old-ass bowling alley. Slops to me for playing bad in my two losses.

Nice tourny i had a great time. Being vintage junky i used this tourny to fill the gaps between vintage events. The store is an excellent place to play throughout the week. Lots of sanctioned events, great owners and a good atmosphere make all events at die hard games a pleasure. Thanks for everything.

The tourney was a blast. It was fun meeting alot of Sourcers.

I lost in top 8 to Dreadstill, as did Teh Shay. We're vintagey (it's a word :p) which meant some format unfamiliarity, but overall I was happy with my list.

Here it is:

Don't call me goyfsligh :p

// Lands
3 [P3] Mountain
4 [A] Taiga
4 [ON] Wooded Foothills
4 [ON] Bloodstained Mire
3 [TE] Wasteland
1 [RAV] Forest
1 [GP] Stomping Ground
1 [OD] Mountain

// Creatures
4 [AT] Mogg Fanatic
4 [AN] Kird Ape
4 [TO] Grim Lavamancer
4 [FUT] Tarmogoyf
2 [EX] Skyshroud Elite (I am garbage)
2 [GP] Tin Street Hooligan (play more of me next time)

// Spells
4 [OV] Incinerate
4 [FD] Magma Jet
3 [VI] Fireblast
4 [U] Lightning Bolt
4 [DIS] Seal of Fire

// Sideboard
SB: 2 [BOK] Umezawa's Jitte
SB: 2 [AT] Pyrokinesis
SB: 4 [B] Red Elemental Blast
SB: 4 [TSB] Tormod's Crypt
SB: 3 [TSP] Ancient Grudge (when I grow up I want to be Krosan Grip)

Rd 1- Ichorid= Win
Rd 2- Ichorid = Win
Rd 3- Dreadstill= Lose
Rd 4- Dragon Stompy= win
Rd 5- Intentional Draw with ***** (Shay)

Top 8- lose to a diff dread still


Congrats to those who top 8'd, particularly team hammafist who had a very good showing. I can't wait for the next one. I know the store will be doing them every month.

Speaking of the store...

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Store was ballin'

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The store is an excellent place to play throughout the week. Lots of sanctioned events, great owners and a good atmosphere make all events at die hard games a pleasure. Thanks for everything.

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Great Job to everybody at Die Hard Games for running their first of many top knotch tournies

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The store itself is the fucking TITS. Possibly the best Magic store I've been too. Really great ambiance and awesome guys running everything.

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I wasn't kidding when I said this place kicked ass =D

I'm glad that everyone had a good time. Die-hard games deserves all teh credit for putting on a fantastic first major tourney. They had just opened and the owners couldn't have been happier with the way things went. Teh judge, Brad Ruxton (A.K.A. Carebear) also deserves credit, even though he's a pain in my ass =p

So again thanks to everyone who came. I know the store appreciated it. I also appreciated it, being a long-time gamer who has been trying to bring attention to them since it opened, because it really is the best store I've ever been to.

That's it for now. I had a great time and I look forward to seeing everyone at the next one.


Thanks for everything

- Dave Feinstein

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And congrats to me for my top 8 finish. Unfortunatly I lost to some BLEEP playing Survival.

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Gratz on the Top8 Bill. What did you play? Goblins?

Yeah, I borrowed the deck from a teammate because I didn't have everything for mine until some noob came along.

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Originally Posted by Dxfiler

Rd 1- Ichorid= Win
Rd 2- Ichorid = Win
Rd 3- Dreadstill= Lose
Rd 4- Dragon Stompy= win
Rd 5- Intentional Draw with ***** (Shay)

Top 8- lose to a diff dread still


Congrats to those who top 8'd, particularly team hammafist who had a very good showing. I can't wait for the next one. I know the store will be doing them every month.

- Dave Feinstein

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Dreadstill is only played by Team Hammafist, at least until everyone else picks it up.

Even though I was the only one of us(that went) who didn't Top8 being congradulated by Dave Feinstein is a win in my book, thanks Bro and sorry for not liking any of your TRADE BOOGAS!

That was a very well-run tournament. I wasn't feeling 100%, and I misplayed my match away in the top eight. Congrats, Rodney, for beating me. It was a very well-run and enjoyable event; I'm hoping that they schedule another one just like it.