[HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT] mtgTheSource.com's 5 Year Anniversary Tourney!!!

[Pinder]

THE DATE WILL BE SATURDAY OCTOBER 18, 2008. THE TOURNAMENT WILL BE HELD SOMEWHERE IN

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

You're sure? Like, I can start buying plane tickets sure?

[KillemallCFH]

There will most likely be a car from Stoughton going. Right now it is just my brother and I (and maybe a friend, but I somehow doubt we'll be able to convince him to go), so there is 2-3 seats available in our car as of now.

Also, is anyone from 'Cuse putting people up in their house or should we plan on getting a hotel?

[Maagler]

anyone going up from or through RI to this?

[Afro]

Gonna need a floor for this thing. Anyone from 'Cuse good for it?

[Pinder]

Gonna need a floor for this thing. Anyone from 'Cuse good for it?

Ditto for me and my compadres (looking like around 5 at most?).

[J.V.]

Us capecodders just drove 6 hrs to syracuse just like our virginian friends, and adam you will def see some hammafist action out there.

Indeed, Jon and I will definitely make it (most likely with others, 2 min to 6 max) Can we crash at someones place? Adam? Kadilak? Someone Else?

[AngryTroll]

Shotgun on floors for TEAM INFONINJA (2-5 members).


Better yet, as we are from the Northwest, and not the East Coast, we are polite and know how to shower and use deodorant!

[munkie]

You're sure? Like, I can start buying plane tickets sure?

Positive. That will be the date and when we secure a facility to house this, we will let you guys know in a separate thread.

I will also have room for peeps. 7-8 can probably fit comfortably on my floorspace. Clean people who will pick up after themselves please apply. I will show y'all where the garbage/bags is/are.

[Parcher]

Also, you can be fracking lightweights about beer and no one will be able to make fun of you. Seriously, East Coast = lightweights (except for Nightmare, who drank a whole bunch, and therefore earned his drunken-ness). The rest of you ought to be ashamed.

Go screw. I finished three double Maker's before you drank a single beer, and kept it up the whole night. And I wasn't half as trashed as Adam. Alix was right; go suck down your honey-wheat-bluberry-sissy-water, and talk some more shit. Real men drink whiskey.

[AngryTroll]

Go screw. I finished three double Maker's before you drank a single beer, and kept it up the whole night. And I wasn't half as trashed as Adam. Alix was right; go suck down your honey-wheat-bluberry-sissy-water, and talk some more shit. Real men drink whiskey.

Aha, but after my sissy beer, I switche to rum and lots of beer. If you want to go head for head, meet me after the 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EVENT.

[scrumdogg]

I will be at this & coming from Woosta (central MA) if people need help with transportation to the Quse. I expect to continue a longstanding tradition at big events of fucking something up in the last round of Swiss to definitively miss Top 8 and since I won't have to be to work until midnight Sunday (or even later possibly) drinking will be involved. Alex, can I shotgun your couch again? I will bring more booze! And I still believe that regional Source tournaments outside the Northeast on the same day would be a nice touch (with all the work falling on local TOs). So, local TOs, what say you? Ray (Iamfishman) already volunteered but RI/CT/MA should be able to make the Quse (although he makes a FANTASTIC resource for anyone new to organizing tournaments as he does the Vintage Waterbury & Legacy Mana Leak series of tournaments, i.e. some of the best tournaments anywhere, ever, in terms of options such as side events & trivia/other gamerly activities, prizes, and overall coolness).

[J.V.]

True that Ray's tournaments are the best! Team Trivia 4TW!

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A side note, at the last TMD's team Trivia What cards are missing from Hammafistroob's T1 deck was one of the questions. Needless to say we got the question right...

[TheInfamousBearAssassin]

What's the incentive to hold it somewhere that's accessible to exactly Syracuse and Massachusetts, over somewhere around Columbus/Pittsburgh that general area, that's within a <10 hour drive of more than 50% of the population of the country, again?

The general vibe I'm getting from New Yorkers is that the answer is, "It's easy for us", which is fine, but doesn't really jive with the whole, "Let's make this as big and awesome as possible" altruistic vibe we started off with at the bat.

[Pinder]

What's the incentive to hold it somewhere that's accessible to exactly Syracuse and Massachusetts, over somewhere around Columbus/Pittsburgh that general area, that's within a <10 hour drive of more than 50% of the population of the country, again?

The general vibe I'm getting from New Yorkers is that the answer is, "It's easy for us", which is fine, but doesn't really jive with the whole, "Let's make this as big and awesome as possible" altruistic vibe we started off with at the bat.

I think it mostly has to do with how fucking hard it is to plan a tournament somewhere other than where you are. The logistics turn into a nightmare. I remember when I tried to organize a West Coast tourney in Portland, from Seattle, to make it the most accessible to everyone in the West coast. It wasn't until Volt (who lives in Portland) did it that it actually happened. And that was only a 3 hour drive away.

In short, it's really hard to organize a tournament in a state you don't live in.

[insertnamehere]

This blows, I have a wedding to be at the same day at I am already commited to.

[Finn]

This blows, I have a wedding to be at the same day at I am already commited to.

Then do the groom a favor and build him a good deck to make it worth his trip.

Driving up with the Orlando metagame in tow?

I have a freakin suburban that seats about 10, so it could happen. I absolutely would consider some sort of plan. 21 hours of nonstop driving each way at $4.00/gallon in a suburban would suck, but it could actually be financially defrayed with enough bodies. But I doubt there are 10 people in this state to bring.

EDIT: By the way, there is a huge European contingent on this site now who contribute considerably to it. I see no effort of any kind to make this suck less for those who live outside of the N.E. United States.

[Nightmare]

I have a freakin suburban that seats about 10, so it could happen. I absolutely would consider some sort of plan. 21 hours of nonstop driving each way at $4.00/gallon in a suburban could actually be defrayed with enough bodies. But I doubt there are 10 people in this state to bring.

Pick up stragglers on the way.

[Nightmare]

The general vibe I'm getting from New Yorkers is that the answer is, "It's easy for us", which is fine, but doesn't really jive with the whole, "Let's make this as big and awesome as possible" altruistic vibe we started off with at the bat.

Planning an event in an area where none of us live, while appealing from a centralization standpoint, is difficult to do within the means of the people organizing the event. It's not like we can travel out to Columbus two or three times to make sure the arrangements are in order. Even if we limited it to like, one time before the event, that's a pretty significant trip to make just to make sure a space is big enough for 100 people (which I still feel is an achievable goal of attendance - how sick would an 8 round event be, though?). I think it's got to be somewhere where the people organizing live, which is either VA or NY. If we go with VA, we risk losing MA.

[thefreakaccident]

I am feeling some xtreme self pity right now ...

Why wasn't I born in NY.... lol, well the event sounds great and I hope all you guys enjoy yourselves to the fullest...

I will be off wasting my money on the ptq season, and will be unable to afford anything else really... lol...

Although, if I blew a good chunk of my budget, I could make this event... although that is implausible and rediculous.

[quicksilver]

although that is implausible and rediculous.

Although I recently went through San Diego on my way to a magic tournement from New York. Doesn't sound too implausible and rediculous to me.