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

[Jaynel]

Unless someone(me?) counters 3 copies of Shattering Spree at my Dreadnought on like turn 5.....

Too bad Counterbalance doesn't stop Big Game Hunter.

[J.V.]

Too bad Counterbalance doesn't stop Big Game Hunter.

Or savage topdecks every single turn

[Rood]

Survival BGH topdeck, FTL Roob

[ForceofWill]

Can't make this ptq same day.

[scrumdogg]

Out of state visiting close family (ironically in WV & VA, when they are having their tournament I'll be back in MA...classically bad timing on my part...) But this has the Dave Feinstein Stamp of Approval! That means it will be awesome! All of you should go! Plus, supporting stores that support us are part of what makes the MA area a constantly improving playground of Legacy.

[technogeek5000]

Unless someone(me?) counters 3 copies of Shattering Spree at my Dreadnought on like turn 5.....

If your running Reverent Silence in your deck, then I'm not too worried

Seeing as how that was the first time i had actually played the deck, played half of the combo decks in the field, and you had a god hand game 2, Roob, I think that my 2-3 scrubbing out of that tournament was excusable. I do plan on pwning some noobs and bringing home some money so if anyone from hammafist happens to play me, then it will be their misfortune.

[HammafistRoob]

.....I do plan on pwning some noobs and bringing home some money so if anyone from hammafist happens to play me, then it will be their misfortune.

That is what you said last time... We know how that went.

Hmmm... I have 69 posts, I don't think I can ever post again.

[J.V.]

Anyways, I'll just throw a Top 8 prediction in here for the fun of it.

In no order:
1 Vial Goblins
1 UGw Thresh
1 Dragon Stompy
2 Dreadstill (I'll say it again, people are bound to catch on)
1 Survival
1 Ichorid
1 Rogue-ish deck

[KillemallCFH]

In no order:
1 Vial Goblins
1 UGw Thresh
1 Storm Combo
1 Dragon Stompy
1 Dreadstill (I'll say it again, people are bound to catch on)
1 Survival
1 Ichorid
1 Rogue-ish deck

Sorry, I'm not going to this.

[insertnamehere]

Sorry, I'm not going to this.

Same here, I paid out $400 to my car. Does not look like I am going.

[J.V.]

Sorry, I'm not going to this.

Well someone will have to step up then and make my prediction come true and I was of coarse referring to you with my prediction.

[FoolofaTook]

I've gotten dragooned into transporting family for Easter. That means I'll be driving all day on Saturday and won't be able to make this. Rotten luck, because I was really looking forward to a potentially big Legacy tourney.

Best of luck to everybody who does make the trip!

[Dilettante]

Thing to do when in Pawtucket... make yourself a Dunkin' Donuts guinea pig.

[Dxfiler]

Out of state visiting close family (ironically in WV & VA, when they are having their tournament I'll be back in MA...classically bad timing on my part...) But this has the Dave Feinstein Stamp of Approval! That means it will be awesome! All of you should go! Plus, supporting stores that support us are part of what makes the MA area a constantly improving playground of Legacy.

Sorry to hear you can't go scrum. Thanks for the kind words.

Its either this or a PTQ, tough choice.

This is a tough choice I had to make as well. If you asked me at the beginning of this season, I would've said PTQ. Three top 8's and a GP day 2 later... I'm choosing the legacy tourney. The reason why is simple: Fun.

There's no doubt in my mind this tournament will be more fun than a PTQ. Just the mental grind of PTQ'ing is stressful and there's enough of them left where I can go to others. Factor in that this is the store's first big tournament and I know how well they run things... it's a no-brainer for me.

I now have to find a deck for this tourney... but I imagine it will have things that turn sideways :p

I've said nothing but positive things about the store since it opened about a month ago and my view has remained the same. The 3 J's (James, Jay and Javier) do absolutely anything they can to make sure their gamers are happy. I don't take skipping a PTQ lightly considering the season I've had... but supporting this store instead is worth it. It's that good.

Really the only issue I can think of is that the store is tricky to get to. You really need a little bit more detailed directions than mapquest or yahoo maps would give you, so here they are =D

1) Take exit 25 off of Rt. 95. RI is ridiculously small so the exits come up quick. Once off of 95 you want to bear left towards smith st/ri-122. Take a left and go over a small bridge. You'll now be at the backside of of North main street. Looming in front of you will be a ton of stoplights and stores on this road. You'll end up taking a left to get onto North Main Street after you go over a small hill.

2) Stay on North Main, it turns into Main after about 2 minutes of driving. You'll be at the end of North Main when you see a yellow arrow sign that lets you bear left or right. Bear left, passing a sign that says RI-122. You'll see a big green sign that says welcome to historic Pawtucket shortly after.

If it's taking you an awfully long time to reach the end of North Main, you probably headed the wrong way and are going towards Downtown Providence. Don't do this =p

3) Turn onto Dudley Street. This comes up quick after the welcome to pawtucket sign and is easy to miss. If you miss Dudley street you will have trouble finding the store.

4) Dudley is a small side street just park in the parking lot at the end of it. This is the store's parking lot.

5) After you park you'll notice a giant mill complex next to you. Go into any of the side entrances and you'll immediately notice double doors. Go through them and you'll see a mini-shopping mall inside. Depending where you enter you may have to take a left and go through one more set of doors, but all the stores in the mill complex are next to each other so follow any of the signs for 'love-bugs' or 'gamekeeper' and you'll find die-hard. Note the store is die-hard games, not gamekeeper. They are next to each other but sell completely different games. Die-hard is the magic store.

6) You are at Die-hard Games. Win.

The mill complex houses alot of stuff, including a very popular Bar called the Blackstone. The blackstone is very visible on the main road. Other landmarks are Woodlawn Plaza and a Cleaners that I forgot the name of. Basically you won't see any exterior signs for Die-hard so you have to watch our for Dudley Street. Just watching out for a mill complex won't cut it because Main Street has tons of them. :p

Registration starts at 10:00 and the tourney starts at 12:00.

It is a sanctioned event and they will be doing decklists. It's always better if you have your decklist done ahead of time. Here's the official link:

http://www.wizards.com/dci/downloads...onstructed.pdf

The store's number is 401-374-0921. If you have any issues finding them don't hesitate to call. They will be starting promptly at noon so give yourself time to get here and get situated.

I haven't looked forward to a Magic event this much in a long time. Thanks again for your support. See you Saturday.

- Dave Feinstein =D

[technogeek5000]

If anyone wants to trade for a taiga, please contact me.

Edit: scratch it, i cant go... Easter weekend.

[insertnamehere]

Dave Feinstein speaks again! Guess I will have to play with my finances and see what I can do.

[insertnamehere]

OK, it is pretty much the day before, who is going. The pax in my car can't make up there mind yet if they are coming or going. 75% chance I will be there.

[technogeek5000]

Double scrath: There is a possibility of my going to this. If anyone wants to bring a spare taiga i could trade you for it. PM if your interested.

[Ebinsugewa]

Madpeep makes a very good point. Saying that just because this is a Legacy site doesn't at all refute the point that formats close to one another like Legacy and Vintage should try to avoid conflicts whenever possible. I don't understand the train of thought used against the point Madpeep made in his post.

That said, because of the change in date, you can count on me making it out to this.

Ray

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.

[insertnamehere]

I am bringing 2