To Report- Tml Open 3

Hi all,

First and foremost, let me apologize for this coming out 1 week after my event. For a number of reasons, my school year is very busy, and I did not have any time at all to write this report. Anyway, here goes:

First some general thoughts, then the results.

Attendance: Many people on these boards described the turnout as poor and disappointing claiming that Legacy is on the decline. I see this is not the case. I think that there are the same number of players, just being split between more events. The end result is just that: more tourneys. This may not be a bad thing for players, but it could be for Tournament Organizers. As for myself, was I disappointed with the turnout? Absolutely not. I run my events because I enjoy them, not to make money. As long as I don’t lose money, I will continue to run them and make them as fun as possible.

Breaking even:

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Originally Posted by TeenieBopper

regardless, both tourneys were big enough for DTB purposes. I just hope Ray didn't lose any(too much? :-/) money and that he'll do this again.

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I did not lose money. After taking some hits on different events I have made an excel spreadsheet that factors in all my costs(one of the big ones being hiring staff) and entry fee collected. It allocated money for raffle prizes, Magic Trivia prizes, etc and tells me what I should set the top 8 prizes at to at least break even.

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Originally Posted by Parcher

Props:
Ray for ...and sick prize support for a sub-par tournout.

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Actually, I wish I could have given more. The thing that really bugged me was the scaling down to 5-8. Those who finished here only got their entry fee back or $30 store credit. It felt lame to me that someone could top 8 and only get that. I am going to continue to find ways to make top 8 a little more than breaking even(maybe something cool and nostalgic).

Love Legacy:
This event was another reminder that Legacy is starting to grow on me ALMOST as much as Vintage(though I’ll always be a Vintage boy at heart). I am very thankful to all of you for all your support and can’t wait to hold more events for all of you to enjoy,

Judges/Scorekeepers: The staff I had working with me was great. For consistency purpose, I passed along almost all penalty issues to my head judge, but we all answered rules questions. Only one mistake was made(a ruling about Humility), and even though I always strive for 100%, I was very happy with the quality of Derek Macatavey, Chris Kitzmiller, and Scott Hughes.

Gamingetc: As always a big thanks to Gamingetc for allowing us to use their huge store.

Magic Trivia/Scattegories: We had 6 teams and 5 teams for these respectively(about 20-25 players in each). Everyone seemed to have a great time. If you have never played either of these games, you have no idea what you are missing.

On to the data:

Day 1 had 57 players. Here are the standings after 6 rounds of swiss:

Points Opp-Match Win %
1 Kowalczyk, Jeff 15 50.9259
2 Meyst, Rich 14 60.1852
3 Whitby, Damon 14 58.3333
4 Brinner, Justin 14 58.3333
5 Denham, Matt 14 57.037
6 Folinus, Jeff 13 55.5556
7 Perez, Adrian 13 55
8 Diefendorf, Brian 13 54.8148
9 Schneier, Michael 13 53.7037
10 Lepage, Brandon 12 60.1852
11 Mcnally, Matt 12 55.7407
12 Sciore, Aaron 12 52.7778
13 Cook, Bryant 12 52.2222
14 Pollack, Austin 12 48.3333
15 Flanigan, Shane 12 47.2222
16 Wallace, Jason 12 45.7407
17 Coppola, Christopher 11 56.1111
18 Hughes, Scott 10 64.4444
19 Toms, Bennett 10 43.5185
20 Barnello, Adam 9 67.5926
21 Taylor, Dustin 9 58.3333
22 Lafreniere, John 9 57.4074
23 Robinson, Jesse 9 50.9259
24 Quackenbush, Dennis 9 50.9259
25 Relyea, Greg 9 50
26 O'Dowd, Brendan 9 45.3704
27 Daily, Jon 9 44.4444
28 Hatfield, Jesse 7 58.6667
29 Rasiecki, Jon 6 60
30 Gacioch, Daniel 6 53.3333
31 Ahmad, Anwar 6 52
32 Wowelko, Nicholas 6 47.2222
33 Pollack, Dylan 4 57.3333
34 Bernier, Joseph 3 77.7778
35 Hatfield, Alix 3 70.3704
36 Tomeny, Evn 3 66.6667
37 Signorini, Daniel 3 66.6667
38 Barcello, Jeremy 3 66.6667
39 Carpenter, Stephen 3 59.2593
40 Gearhart, David 3 58.3333
41 Gentile, Louis 3 55.5556
42 Seetharam, Aneil 3 55.5556
43 Tartell, Zach 3 55.5556
44 Camidge, Bryan 3 55.5556
45 Rubam, Roddy 3 48.1481
46 Darland, Eric 3 47.2222
47 Brown, Derek 3 44.4444
48 Valley, Justin 3 44.4444
49 Mankin, James 1 59.2593
50 Lukas, Ben 1 40.7407
51 Schachter, Nicholas 0 75
52 Best, Sam 0 75
53 Krieger, Jesse 0 75
54 Wayand, Michael 0 58.3333
55 Hanna, David 0 55.5556
56 Cahill, Joseph 0 48.1481
57 Maclean, Michael 0 44.4444

DAY 1 LISTS

Split 1-2
Brian Diefendorf
4 Birds of Paradise
4 Tarmagoyf
4 Eternal Witness
4 Survival of the Fittest
4 Burning Wish
4 Thoughtsieze
3 Cabal Therapy
2 Magus of the Moon
1 Flametongue Kavu
1 Genesis
1 Anger
1 Spike Feeder
1 Skirkmaw
1 Big Game Hunter
1 Indrik Stomphowler
1 Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
1 Tin Street Hooligan
1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Windswept Heath
4 Taiga
4 Bayou
5 Forest
SIDEBOARD
4 Engineered Plague
1 Goblin Sharpshooter
1 Loaming Shaman
1 Tsunami
1 Hull Breach
1 Regrowth
1 Chainer’s Edict
1 Seeds of Innoncence
1 Primal Command
1 Boom/Bust
1 Rough Tumble
1 Cabal Therapy

Split 1-2
Damon Whitby
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City Of Traitors
10 Snow-Covered Mountain
4 Arc-Slogger
4 Magus of the Moon
4 Simian Spirit Guide
3 Gathan Raiders
3 Sulfur Elemental
2 Rakdos Pit-Dragon
4 Chrome Mox
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Trinisphere
3 Sword of Fire and Ice
2 Umezawa's Jitte
4 Seething Song
2 Demonfire
SIDEBOARD
4 Pyrokenisis
3 Tormod's Crypt
3 Blood Moon
2 Icefall
1 Trinisphere
1 Sulfur Elemental
1 Rakdos Pit-Dragon

Split 3-4
Rich Meyst
4 Mogg Fanatic
4 Kird Ape
3 Isamaru, Hound of Konda
4 Tarmagoyf
4 Watch Wolf
4 Keldon Marauders
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Chain Lightning
4 Lightning Helix
3 Fireblast
3 Rancor
4 Bloodstained Mire
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Taiga
4 Plateau
1 Stomping Ground
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Mountain
SIDEBOARD
3 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Cursed Scroll
3 Gaddok Teeg
4 Pyrokenesis
2 Krosan Grip

Split 3-4
Justin Brinner
4 Elvish Spirit Guide
4 Survival of the Fittest
4 Birds of Paradise
4 Aether Vial
4 Swords to Plowshares
4 Tarmagoyf
3 Eternal Witness
1 Exalted Angel
3 Loxodon Heirarch
1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
1 Genesis
3 Gaddok Teeg
1 Wispmare
1 Viridian Shaman
1 Loaming Shaman
1 Saffi Eriksdotter
4 Savannah
4 Wasteland
3 Windswept Heath
3 Wooded Foothills
5 Forest
1 Plains
SIDEBOARD
3 Null Rod
1 Yixalid Jailer
1 Gaddok Teeg
2 Tividar of Thorn
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Krosan Grip

5th Place
Jeff Kowalczyk
2 Tinder Wall
3 Lim-Dul’s Vault
4 Wall of Roots
4 Force of Will
4 Imperial Recruiter
4 Aluren
3 Raven Familiar
4 Brainstorm
4 Cabal Therapy
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Dream Stalker
1 Etched Oracle
1 Man-o-War
1 Cavern Harpy
1 Ghitu Slinger
2 Eternal Witness
1 Spike Feeder
2 Tropical Island
2 Bayou
1 Volcanic Island
1 Underground Sea
1 Badland
1 Taiga
2 Forest
1 Snow Covered Island
2 Wooded Foothills
2 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
2 Windswept Heath
SIDEBOARD
4 Duress
4 Pernicious Deed
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Disrupt

6th Place
Matt Denham
2 Underground Sea
4 Tundra
4 Flooded Strand
3 Polluted Delta
1 Scrubland
3 Island
1 Plains
1 Swamp
4 Meddling Mage
4 Dark Confidant
4 Trinket Mage
2 Jotun Grunt
4 Force of Will
4 Brainstorm
3 Duress
3 Stifle
4 Swords to Plowshares
3 Counterbalance
2 Sensei’s Divining Top
2 Umezawa’s Jitte
SIDEBOARD
4 Engineered Plague
3 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Engineered Explosives
2 Pithing Needle
2 Chalice of the Void
1 Umezawa’s Jitte
1 Jotun Grunt

7th Place
Jeff Folinus
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Bloodstained Mire
4 Mountain
2 Taiga
2 Badlands
3 Rishadan Port
4 Wasteland
4 Aether Vial
4 Goblin Lackey
4 Golbin Fanatic
4 Goblin Piledriver
1 Tin-Street Hooligan
3 Gempalm Incinerator
4 Golbin Warchief
4 Goblin Matron
4 Goblin Ringleader
2 Wort, Boggart Auntie
3 Siege-Gang Commander
SIDEBOARD
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Cabal Therapy
3 Krosan Grip
3 Pyrokinesis
1 Goblin Sharpshooter

8th Place
Adrian Perez
4 Silver Knight
4 Exalted Angel
4 Loxodon Hierarch
4 Stonecloaker
4 Eternal Witness
4 Mother of Runes
4 Disenchant
2 Umezawa’s Jitte
2 Sword of Fire and Ice
2 Sword of Light and Shadow
4 Swords to Plowshares
3 Forest
3 Plains
4 Windswept Heath
4 Temple Garden
4 Savannah
4 Ancient Tomb
SIDEBOARD
3 Steelshaper’s Gift
1 Gaddock Teeg
3 Choke
3 Leyline of the Lifeforce
3 Cribswap
2 Tividar of Thorn

Day 2 had 48 players. Here are the standings after 6 rounds of swiss

Points Opp-Match Win %
1 Folinus, Jeff 15 52.7778
2 Diefendorf, Brian 14 64.8148
3 Rider, Zac 14 56.4815
4 Coppola, Christopher 14 53.7037
5 Krieger, Jesse 13 59.0741
6 Seetharam, Aneil 13 58.1481
7 Flanigan, Shane 13 55.7407
8 Wallace, Jason 13 53.7037
9 Sciore, Aaron 12 60.9259
10 Wowelko, Nicholas 12 57.4074
11 Robinson, Jesse 12 54.6296
12 Lepage, Brandon 12 47.037
13 Cook, Bryant 12 45.9259
14 Leduc, Jason 12 43.3333
15 Signorini, Daniel 9 68
16 Lafreniere, John 9 59.2593
17 Brown, Derek 9 56.4815
18 Mankins, James 9 50.9259
19 Ruban, Roddy 9 47.4074
20 Hatfield, Jesse 7 49.3333
21 Denham, Matt 7 40
22 Mcnally, Matt 6 75
23 Sorensen, Allen 6 58.6667
24 Schlegel, Nathan 6 54.6296
25 Whitby, Damon 4 60.4167
26 Perfetto, Michael 4 54.1667
27 Fiore, Anthony 4 52.5926
28 Kowalczyk, Jeffrey 4 43.75
29 Toms, Bennet 3 66.6667
30 Gearhart, David 3 66.6667
31 Tomeny, Evn 3 66.6667
32 Albergo, Patrick 3 66.6667
33 Hanna, David 3 55.5556
34 Ahmad, Anwar 3 55.5556
35 Daily, Jon 3 48.1481
36 Hatfield, Alix 3 48.1481
37 Lee, James 3 44.4444
38 Gacioch, Daniel 3 44.4444
39 Kellaher, Pat 3 44.4444
40 Rusiecki, Jon 1 62.963
41 O'Dowd, Brendan 1 44.4444
42 Tartell, Zach 0 75
43 Lukas, Ben 0 75
44 Meyst, Rich 0 75
45 Gentile, Louis 0 66.6667
46 Barnello, Adam 0 50
47 Auslender, Aaron 0 44.4444
48 Meckes, Josh 0 44.4444


DAY 2 LISTS

Split 1-2
Brian Diefendorf
4 Birds of Paradise
4 Tarmagoyf
4 Eternal Witness
4 Survival of the Fittest
4 Burning Wish
4 Thoughtsieze
3 Cabal Therapy
2 Magus of the Moon
1 Flametongue Kavu
1 Genesis
1 Anger
1 Spike Feeder
1 Skirkmaw
1 Big Game Hunter
1 Indrik Stomphowler
1 Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
1 Tin Street Hooligan
1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Windswept Heath
4 Taiga
4 Bayou
5 Forest
SIDEBOARD
3 Engineered Plague
1 Goblin Sharpshooter
1 Loaming Shaman
1 Tsunami
1 Hull Breach
1 Regrowth
1 Chainer’s Edict
1 Seeds of Innoncence
1 Primal Command
1 Boom/Bust
1 Rough Tumble
1 Cabal Therapy
1 Magus of the Moon

Split 1-2
Christopher Coppola
4 Force of Will
4 Thoughtseize
3 Counterbalance
3 Daze
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
3 Sensei’s Divining Top
3 Portent
4 Nimble Mongoose
4 Tarmagoyf
3 Sea Drake
4 Ghostly Demise
4 Polluted Delta
4 Flooded Strand
4 Underground Sea
4 Tropical Island
1 Island
SIDEBOARD
4 Engineered Plague
4 Yixalid Jailer
3 Krosan Grip
3 Dark Confidant
1 Counterbalance

3rd Place
Jeff Folinus
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Bloodstained Mire
4 Mountain
2 Taiga
2 Badlands
3 Rishadan Port
4 Wasteland
4 Aether Vial
4 Goblin Lackey
4 Golbin Fanatic
4 Goblin Piledriver
1 Tin-Street Hooligan
3 Gempalm Incinerator
4 Golbin Warchief
4 Goblin Matron
4 Goblin Ringleader
2 Wort, Boggart Auntie
3 Siege-Gang Commander
SIDEBOARD
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Cabal Therapy
3 Krosan Grip
3 Pyrokinesis
1 Goblin Sharpshooter

4th Place
Aniel Seetharam
4 Flooded Strand
4 Polluted Delta
4 Tundra
1 Underground Sea
2 Scrubland
2 Island
1 Plains
1 Swamp

4 Meddling Mage
4 Trinket Mage
4 Dark Confidant
2 Jotun Grunt

4 Force of Will
3 Stifle
3 Counterballance
2 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Pithing Needle
1 Engineered Explosives
3 Durress
4 Brainstorm
2 Umezawa's Jitte
4 Swords to Plowshares
SIDEBOARD
4 Engineered Plague
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Jotun Grunt
1 Tormods Crypt
2 Pithing Needle
3 Armageddon
1 Engineered Explosives
2 Challice of the Void

5th Place
Zac Rider
4 Bloodstained Mire
3 Blood Crypt
1 Badlands
8 Swamp
3 Mountain
3 Chrome Mox
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Hymn to Tourach
4 Terminate
3 Night’s Whisper
4 Dark Confidant
4 Radkos Guildmage
3 Headhunter
4 Hypnotic Specter
3 Radkos Augurmage
1 Undead Gladiator
4 Skirkmaw
SIDEBOARD
3 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Withered Wretch
3 Shattering Spree
2 Engineered Plague
4 Pyroclasm

6th Place
Jesse Krieger
4 Tropical Island
3 Tundra
2 Underground Sea
4 Polluted Delta
4 Flooded Strand
4 Ponder
4 Brainstorm
4 Worldly Tutor
2 Eladamari’s Call
4 Aether Vial
4 Nomad’s en-Kor
1 Shaman en-Kor
3 Narcomoeba
4 Cephalid Illusionist
4 Tarmagoyf
2 Cabal Therapy
4 Force of Will
1 Sutured Ghoul
1 Dread Return
1 Dragon Breath
SIDEBOARD
3 Krosan Grip
4 Abeyance
2 Echoing Truth
1 Stern Procter
1 Crippling Fatigue
4 Duress

7th Place
Shane Flanigan
4 Quirion Dryad
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Keldon Marauders
4 Kird Ape
4 Mogg Fanatic

3 Chain Lightning
4 Lava Dart
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Rift Bolt
2 Fireblast
3 Lava Spike
2 Needle Drop

1 Forest
8 Mountain
2 Bloodstained Mire
2 Stomping Ground
3 Taiga
2 Wooded Foothills
SIDEBOARD
3 Pithing Needle
2 Earthquake
2 Blood Moon
4 Krosan Grip
4 Pyroclasm

8th Place
Jason Wallace
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Grim Lavamancer
4 Quirion Dryad
4 Mogg Fanatic
4 Dark Confidant
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Chain Lightning
4 Lava Spike
3 Tarfire
3 Fireblast
2 Seal of Fire
2 Pyrite Spellbomb
4 Taiga
4 Snow-Covered Mountain
2 Badlands
4 Bloodstained Mire
4 Wooded Foothills
SIDEBOARD
4 Duress
4 Price of Progress
3 Pyrostatic Pillar
2 Krosan Grip
2 Seal of Primordium

Thanks for everything, and I can’t wait to see you all at TML Open 4

Ray

I would like to thank Ray for a great event!!! This was my first MLO and I had a blast. The prizes I recived for finishing in 16th day one and 8th day two were ok by me. I was just there to have fun and play legacy. I can't wait for TMLO IV, maybe this time I will not drink so much the night before, maybe. :laugh:

Thanks for posting the lists.

That's probably the most stable looking Goblins list I've seen Props to Jeff for putting up the results.

I'm glad you had a good time running the event and didn't lose any money. I wasn't able to go to this one, so hopefully the next time you have one of these I'll be able to go.

Thanks again Ray. Just so you know, Yarrington sent me some shiny Raiders and Pit-Dragons after hearing about the deck. It seems I qualified for the TMWA bonus plan.

Please tell him I said thank you; an IP ban makes it difficult for me to get on TMD.

Any idea when number four might be?

proxys > IP bans, seriosuly, one of my teammates has been banned from this site 4 times and can STILL read it or post again, if he wants :)

Thank you for posting this!

I'll be sure to nag/PM Anwar!

Ray - THANK YOU for hosting this tournament, and having the best prize system ever!

Ray, do you happen to have any of the other decklists from these events?

Ray, this was a great tournament and a lot of fun for all the players that attended. It was also nice to see a lot of the Legacy players coming from all regions of the Northeast to attend this event.

I'm definitely looking forward to the next Mana Leak Open.

Keep up the good work Ray.

Thanks again for having, your tourney Ray. And it was good to see ya again. I'm also more than willing to attend again to continue my streaks in CT.

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Originally Posted by Sacearuse

maybe this time I will not drink so much the night before, maybe. :laugh:

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Dood, you T8'd with a hang over, think about it... think about it...

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Originally Posted by kabal

Ray, do you happen to have any of the other decklists from these events?

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I do...if anyone would like them to type them up(Anwar?) then let me know and I'll happily send them along.

Ray

Legacy thanks you, Ray. Seriously.

EDIT: Day 2 I did better than Nightmare and lonelybaritone. Suck it.

EDIT2: TONIGHT I POSTED IN HELLLLLLL! (Post 300.)

First, we really appreciate all that you do for the Magic community, Ray. Everyone I've talked to agrees that we will always do our best to come to any tournament you put on!

In other news, Team David Gearhart maintained their dominance in Magic Trivia, but Gearhart made a grave miscalculation and lost Scategories. There's always next time.

If nobody has shotgun-ed the lists then I'll type them up. I don't know about submitting the events to Star City or whatever, but I can do a bitch barrell full of clerical work any day of the week.

In short, PM me if you're interested.


501!!

It's true, Scattergories is not my strong point. However, I again win Magic Trivia (with a healthy 4 point lead I might add), and we ALL KNOW that THAT'S the reason I go to these tournaments. Oh, and to give Ray my 25 dollars. :)

Seriously though Ray, great event, I can't wait for the next one. Who knows? Maybe I'll ACTUALLY Top8 and won't be able to play Trivia, wouldn't that be unfortunate?

Thanks for taking the time to post the standings and the lists (one week after the event is more than reasonable considering the typing involved). A bunch of us here would really like to rent a car and drive from Montreal to one of your events one day... good job to you !

Aside:

I don't think Legacy is on the decline, well not where I live anyways. We've been doing tournaments once every two weeks and around 30 people show up every time (since about a year). Hope it continues in that direction for the year to come...

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Originally Posted by Deep6er

Seriously though Ray, great event, I can't wait for the next one. Who knows? Maybe I'll ACTUALLY Top8 and won't be able to play Trivia, wouldn't that be unfortunate?

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*GASP*! You'd just have to scoop T8 to go play some Trivia!

I would also like to thank you Ray for a great tournament. I'm very glad I made the effort to drive down to this and find a place to stay so i could be there both days.

I'm not sure if this is usualy the case with events this size, but i noticed on day two that of the 48 people who signed up, only 20 actualy played in round 6. Is that normal? I mean there were a grand total of 4 people who played in round 6 and didnt get prizes (i was one of them, lol, wish i'd done the same day 1, but i dropped to do side event for some reason).

Do people realy only go to these tournaments for the prizes and drop out as soon as they think they cant make top 8 (there were two people with 3-3 records in top 16 of day 2 so i know a lot of people dropped who could have made top 16, but not top 8).

I was just curiuos if there is some way to encourage people to stay in the tournament for the full swiss rounds... maybe give a small prize to like a random place (say 27th place or something) just to give people an incentive for staying in the tourny.


PS, loved the magic trivia game, even if i wasnt too good at it... Great idea and tradition. I probably should have stuck around for the scategories, but decided to get home at a reasonable hour instead.

Thanks again for a great tourny.

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Originally Posted by RoddyVR

I would also like to thank you Ray for a great tournament. I'm very glad I made the effort to drive down to this and find a place to stay so i could be there both days.

I'm not sure if this is usualy the case with events this size, but i noticed on day two that of the 48 people who signed up, only 20 actualy played in round 6. Is that normal? I mean there were a grand total of 4 people who played in round 6 and didnt get prizes (i was one of them, lol, wish i'd done the same day 1, but i dropped to do side event for some reason).

Do people realy only go to these tournaments for the prizes and drop out as soon as they think they cant make top 8 (there were two people with 3-3 records in top 16 of day 2 so i know a lot of people dropped who could have made top 16, but not top 8).

I was just curiuos if there is some way to encourage people to stay in the tournament for the full swiss rounds... maybe give a small prize to like a random place (say 27th place or something) just to give people an incentive for staying in the tourny.


PS, loved the magic trivia game, even if i wasnt too good at it... Great idea and tradition. I probably should have stuck around for the scategories, but decided to get home at a reasonable hour instead.

Thanks again for a great tourny.

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A large number of people drop early from Ray's tournaments since he has the free side events that start after round 3 or so.

Most tournaments that have any sort of side event generally has a large drop off of people once they are no longer in contention.

As for Day 2 since it was a Sunday there is a question of whether staying around and holding up all your buddies that are already eliminated is worth the 1-3 packs that you might get.

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Originally Posted by Ewokslayer

A large number of people drop early from Ray's tournaments since he has the free side events that start after round 3 or so.

Most tournaments that have any sort of side event generally has a large drop off of people once they are no longer in contention.

As for Day 2 since it was a Sunday there is a question of whether staying around and holding up all your buddies that are already eliminated is worth the 1-3 packs that you might get.

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I guess that makes sense about day 2 then... i hadnt realy thought of it that way. I guess i'm approaching it from a "if i'm traveling and paying to play in a tournament, i'll play in all of it". I dont realy understand people who drive down for hours, pay a 25 entry fee and then play 2 rounds and drop. Fine you're not gonna win the prize, but if all you're here for is the prizes, then wouldnt it have made more sense to just save the gas/lodging money and just buy the prizes at your local store?

About the side event actualy, is there a reason that it's made a single ellimination tourny? I assume the point of the side event is to give those people who have dropped from the main tourny something to do with their time, but making it single elim just counteracts that as half the people are knocked out round 2 (round 1 is all byes, so its not half).

I imagine the reason behind the single elimination is that otherwise you would have a very large tournament (I think the sides had about 20+ people) starting 3 hours after the actual tournament. That would be about 5 rounds plus top 8 which is very long for a side event.

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Originally Posted by Ewokslayer

I imagine the reason behind the single elimination is that otherwise you would have a very large tournament (I think the sides had about 20+ people) starting 3 hours after the actual tournament. That would be about 5 rounds plus top 8 which is very long for a side event.

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Exactly right Ewok. I typically don't want to have to wait for the side event to finish. It makes sense to set up the side event so it finishes just before the main event.

Thanks again to all those who support my events. The next one should be Aprilish.

Decklists have been mailed out to Kabal to be typed. Mad props to him for doing so.