[TOURNAMENT] Vancouver, WA, July 29, The Bat Cave

[Volt]

Recently, I spoke to Mike Van de Water about hosting a regular monthly Legacy tournament at his store. He thought this was a good idea, and suggested that we designate the final Sunday of each month for the tournament. Before anyone asks, Saturdays are no good because of the weekly Type 2 tourney, and the store is generally overflowing with humanity on that day.

Unless there are strong objections, this will be a sanctioned tournament. Mike will be the head judge. Below are the preliminary details for the first monthly tournament. Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions, and I will discuss them with Mike. I suppose you could contact Mike directly to discuss them, as well.

Where:
The Bat Cave
6415 E Mill Plain Blvd
Vancouver, WA 98661
Phone: (360) 694-4947

When:
July 29, 2007 (and the final Sunday of each month thereafter)
First round begins at 1:00pm.
Arrive early to register and turn in deck lists!

How Much:
$10 entry fee

Format:
Swiss pairings
Probably 4-5 rounds, then cut to top 4 or 8, depending on attendance.

Prizes:
1st: CASH (50% of entry fees received)
2nd thru 4th: store credit
5th thru 8th: store credit (if attendance allows)

UPDATE: The first 36 registrants will receive a free 10th edition booster pack. This is not coming out of the prize fund!

[Giles]

How dare you make this the same weekend of the Captol Hill Block Party!
BAH!

[Pinder]

Yippee! I don't know if I will be able to make it on a Sunday, but if I can, I'll be there.

And I still want to organize a really huge Legacy DLD or something at some point, too. You think we could use the Batcave for that?

[LGD]

An actual sanctioned Legacy tournament within the general vicinity of Portland? Surely you jest!

[APriestOfGix]

Now if someone could just do this in Southern California...

Nice job, if this works out, i'm really happy for you northern West Coast guys...

:( for myself but w/e.

[AngryTroll]

I'll be there for sure! Noah should go too, and maybe we can even get the crew from Ryan's store to go. Hmm...I'll start working on that.

[Volt]

And I still want to organize a really huge Legacy DLD or something at some point, too. You think we could use the Batcave for that?

Off the top of my head, I think The Bat Cave has the capacity for about 40 players. I'm not sure if that would be enough for an event as ambitious as what you have in mind.

[frogboy]

Pinder: Talk to Guardian Games. They could probably fit 75 people with a minimum amount of fuss. Parking would be a cast iron bitch, though.

Guardian Games
315 SE 3rd Ave
Portland OR, 97214
971-285-3223
www.guardiangamesportland.com

I plan to go to the July and August ones unless something comes up.

[jeremys]

I'll be out of state for the july one but after that may well be doable.

[Jak]

How many people are expected to come to this?

[Pinder]

How many people are expected to come to this?

I really want to try and make it down for this one. I dunno if I can, but I really want to.

[Volt]

How many people are expected to come to this?

No guarantees, but I'm guessing we'll get 20 or so. Maybe even 25 or 30.

[AngryTroll]

So, we should bug Bardo and Zilla about this. Come on guys....seriously.

I think I can get LinkXWing to go, and Noah is probably coming, and I think Frogboy said he'll be there. With Volt and Nick and I, that's be a fair amount of Source players making it.

It'd be sweet if the Washington guys could make it down. Carpool to save on gas and boost attendance?

Pinder, do you guys have a good Legacy weekly tournament? If you guys have one with decent attendance during the summer, we might try to make it up at some point.

[Pinder]

It'd be sweet if the Washington guys could make it down. Carpool to save on gas and boost attendance?

I'm currently working on getting Maverick676, Klaan, Durahan, and a bunch of others who don't post here to come down with me. Note that that's not a confirmation that I'll be down, just saying that if I do, there's a decent chance they will too.

Pinder, do you guys have a good Legacy weekly tournament? If you guys have one with decent attendance during the summer, we might try to make it up at some point.

Yep. I'd say we hit between 20-30 people on a weekly basis. The space is kind of small, though, which is my only irk. But I would still love for you Oregon guys to come up, really. And frogboy should totally come more when he's in Seattle.

And I second bugging Bardo and Zilla. For real guys, you should totally make it to this.

[Volt]

I'd really like this thing to be as successful as possible, so I'm willing to go in the red to make it happen. With that in mind, I will give a free 10th edition booster pack to the first 36 people who show up and register for this tournament. This is not coming out of the prize fund. It's coming out of my own pocket. So show up already!

[Jak]

That sounds great Volt. I really hope a ton of people show up to this.

[Bardo]

Nice work getting this organized, Chris.

Yeah, I should be able to make this. 'Should be fun--I haven't played in a while. :)

ZillA - You'd better get your ass scarce if you don't want some guy (e.g., me) kicking in the door of that hovel you call home at 12:00 pm or so. Also, I don't want to hear any lame-ass bullshit like your "girlfriend is in town," etc.

Froggy - I can get you in Multnomah Village if you're around and need a ride/interested.

Anyway, I can make a 85-90% commitment on this.

[Volt]

Sweet! I can also provide transportation for 1 or 2 persons who aren't ridiculously out of my way. I live in Lake Oswego. I also have some extra decks built that people can pick up and play. PM me if you're interested in either offer.

[Pinder]

I'm currently rounding up as many Ninjas as I can. So far I have about 4-5 that want to go (not including myself). I'll work on getting rides and everything coordinated at this end.

And maybe someone will play Slivers at a sanctioned Legacy event. Wouldn't that be weird?

[Bardo]

Bump. This is going on this weekend.

This also gives me a platform to publicly nudge ZillA again. :) Like it or not, I'll be knocking on your door at noon.