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    Re: [Announcement] March 7-8: Grand Prix Chicago 2009

    Quote Originally Posted by RoddyVR View Post
    Do the halls that these things are in close for the night or could i theoreticaly stay there the whole 60 hours that this thing is going?
    I'd like to know this as well. Since that's how I made it through H.O.P.E.
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    Re: [Announcement] March 7-8: Grand Prix Chicago 2009

    Quote Originally Posted by RoddyVR View Post
    Do the halls that these things are in close for the night or could i theoreticaly stay there the whole 60 hours that this thing is going?
    If I recall correctly, the convention center they held GP Columbus in closed down overnight. It would still depend on where they're holding this one, but my assumption is that you can't.
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    Re: [Announcement] March 7-8: Grand Prix Chicago 2009

    Pro Tour halls sometimes/often stay open 24 hours, but GP halls usually close around midnight. Depending on the venue, it can vary from really expensive to remain open overnight (think $1000/hour) to free.

    There have been GPs that stayed open 24 hours in the past, and people have in fact gone for the "sleep under a table" plan.
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    Re: [Announcement] March 7-8: Grand Prix Chicago 2009

    I have room for 1 or 2 more in my car, leaving from Syracuse. PM me if you are interested in splitting driving/hotel costs.
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    Re: [Announcement] March 7-8: Grand Prix Chicago 2009

    Wallace, who is going with you? I know a lot of us from Cuse are going to take the train.
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    Re: [Announcement] March 7-8: Grand Prix Chicago 2009

    Roddy, I'm all for free love and such. But I hope I don't run into you come hour 55 or so. You should be plenty ripe by then.
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    Re: [Announcement] March 7-8: Grand Prix Chicago 2009

    Quote Originally Posted by Finn View Post
    Roddy, I'm all for free love and such. But I hope I don't run into you come hour 55 or so. You should be plenty ripe by then.
    As this thing will be part of a larger vacation for me, i actualy wouldnt consider the "stay at the hall" option for this tourny. If i was only going for the GP, i might have. I was more curious, if its likely that there will be people to play magic against for all 60 hours. If this place closes at midnight every night, then that would cut out probably like 9 hours of actual magic playing as its unlikely that many magic players would show up at 8am to the hall, but staying past 4 am is MUCH more likely (especialy for those that dont make day 2, but already have travel plans that include staying in chicago during day 2).

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    Re: [Announcement] March 7-8: Grand Prix Chicago 2009

    Is anyone from MI going?

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    Re: [Announcement] March 7-8: Grand Prix Chicago 2009

    Dang it. Why isnt Wizards posting where exactly this thing is being held?
    I'd like to start reserving the hotels and train tickets for my vacation, but if i dont know where in Chicago i need to be then i cant realy reserve a hotel there.

    Is it possible that whoever is realy organizing it already knows all the details (or atleast the address) and its just wizards isnt posting the info on their site cause they're lazy bums?

    Anyone know who it is that is usualy tasked with these sort of things in the chicago area?

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    The TO is responsible for booking the venue, hotel, etc - not Wizards.

    The TO (Pastimes, as far as I know) has not released any info, so all we can do is wait.
    “It's possible. But it involves... {checks archives} Nature's Revolt, Opalescence, two Unstable Shapeshifters (one of which started as a Doppelganger), a Tide, an animated land, a creature with Fading, a Silver Wyvern, some way to get a creature into play in response to stuff, some way to get a land into play in response to stuff (a different land from the animated land), and one heck of a Rube Goldberg timing diagram.
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    Re: [Announcement] March 7-8: Grand Prix Chicago 2009

    Fons, I met you at the Michigan States for Type 2. (You traded me a foil Fairy Macabre, and I was talking to you about playing T.E.S).

    Myself, and atleast 8 of my buddies will be attending this.

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    Re: [Announcement] March 7-8: Grand Prix Chicago 2009

    I will be going with a group from michigan but were taking a train. It leaves from Holland i dont know if that helps.

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    I'm from MI and going but fons already knows that :P. Cant wait!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Resist_Temptation View Post
    I will be going with a group from michigan but were taking a train. It leaves from Holland i dont know if that helps.
    we'll be taking a train leaving from Lapeer, MI probbaly the same train.. lol

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    Re: [Announcement] March 7-8: Grand Prix Chicago 2009

    Any word on artists who may or may not be showing up for this GP?

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    I'm actually going to try and make this that weekend. I have to check with my command, but there's a possibility.

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    Re: [Announcement] March 7-8: Grand Prix Chicago 2009

    I was just looking at the Grand Prix page and noticed that Eternal is not a rating that gets you a bye. It says Constructed/Total. It this a typo?
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    I definitly will be going, seeing as I'm about an hour west of Chicago. Also, I can keep an eye on the Pastimes website and post info here if anybody else is not already doing so.

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    Re: [Announcement] March 7-8: Grand Prix Chicago 2009

    I'm going with at least 3 others maybe more.

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    Re: [Announcement] March 7-8: Grand Prix Chicago 2009

    Has Wizards released any information about the specific location of the event? The link on the first page only has a list of upcoming Grand Prixs. Is this information not available yet?

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