striderlotr
Commander
3370 Posts
    
 | | 02/27/2006 9:29 AM |
| ..::update::.. Just a quick note, we are Sold OUT. You will be able to use Generic Tickets to get in and play, but will not be garunteed a map. There might be some for prizes, but only the original 64 will be garunteed a map.
..::update::.. Map contest information as follows:
Jenkiis' Merchant Quarter Gate map is the winner. Congratulations Jenkiis!
Congrats to all the members who submitted maps for this event. It was great to see so many submissions.
Only 3 days until Gen Con.
DATE: Saturday Agust 12
TIME: 7:30-8:00 pm start time
PLACE: Minis Hall
FORMAT:
We will be doing a draft with 200 point boosters which will include Archfiends, GoL, Deathknell, Angelfire, Underdark, Wardrums, and WotDQ.
Everyone will bring 2 boosters from the above list as well as a prize or two to add to the prize box. Prizes can be anything from boosters, rares, repaints, to adult beverages, custom pieces, or even D&D books. We have had some great prizes for this event.
We will run 4 rounds of nonsanctioned fun. This will give people a chance to play new people and experience the fun of drafting.
Drafting will be done in pods of 4. One person will open both boosters and spread the cards out in 2 rows (one row for each booster). The player opening the boosters picks one card first, then each play to the right picks one card. When you get to the last person, they pick 2 and then the person to their left picks one until you get back to the first person who opened the boosters. Continue with the porcess. Once all cards are gone, the next person opens both boxes and continue.
Organizers:
Striderlotr
PatEllis
Attendees: (51 confirmed)
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Ghendar
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| | I'll be there, Sean. [:D] | |
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Vrecknidj
Warlord
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striderlotr
Commander
3370 Posts
| | 02/27/2006 10:32 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Ghendar
I'll be there, Sean. [:D]
Great! I'll add you to the list right now. | |
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Lord_Raven
Sergeant
391 Posts
| | 02/27/2006 12:08 PM |
| You guys can add George Estill and myself...
Although I missed playing @ Winter Fantasy, I was a little busy ;-)
My buddy Josh Dartez did finish with a 3-0 record!
George also had a great time...
Thanks again to everyone that put this together - Especially Rob for the map design and Chad for the printing and laminating!
Look forward to Indy! | |
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Kithmaker
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striderlotr
Commander
3370 Posts
| | 02/27/2006 12:43 PM |
| I've added everyone to the list so far.
10 people to date, this is huge!
As we have many months to go, I know that people will add on to this list constantly. I'll update as often as I can. I would love to see this list reach Epic proportions. | |
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reezel
Sergeant
555 Posts
| | 02/27/2006 12:56 PM |
| | I will most definetly be there. | |
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AesophDarkfable
Warlord
5628 Posts
| | 02/27/2006 1:00 PM |
| | Im in again of course. Maybe I can play this time. | |
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striderlotr
Commander
3370 Posts
| | 02/27/2006 1:19 PM |
| OK, guys your on.
Steve, I did not want to presume you would be there, but I thought so. Glad to know you're coming too.
12 and counting. I would like to see this go over 50 players this year.
Remember that I would like to make this an official event so I'll need a rough number to tell Gencon. The more we sign up here the closer to a real number I can give them. | |
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Phrank
Warrior
235 Posts
| | 02/27/2006 1:31 PM |
| | i'll be there for sure has long has i'm invited to play in the championship, wonder what i should bring has prize...[:P] | |
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Vrecknidj
Warlord
10425 Posts
United States
| | 02/27/2006 2:22 PM |
| As this will be an actual event, is it okay to bring in others? (I don't mean any old person off the street, but others who are connected in some way, like my son.)
If so, I'll have a higher count for you soon.
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jdb2112
Sneak
163 Posts
| | 02/27/2006 3:34 PM |
| As long as I go to GenCon (which is the plan as of now) I am in.
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thepostman
Sneak
75 Posts
| | 02/27/2006 3:37 PM |
| | I'll be there ! | |
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Chad the DragonLordofAiur
Underboss
1085 Posts
Southeast PA
| | 02/27/2006 3:46 PM |
| I will be attending, so put me down. I should be able to print up to 30 copies again with at least one month advance notice. I print about 3-4 a day as I have time in my work schedule.
Is it possible to get four rounds in instead of three? I'd like to get the chance to play more people and with such a large number of players we should play more rounds anyway. Especially if the rounds are so short. The one at Winter Fantasy went by way too fast. It seemed like all my time an effort was gone in a blink of an eye for just a few hours of gaming. If we get numbers approaching 50 players then we should definetly go four rounds if not five. | |
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striderlotr
Commander
3370 Posts
| | 02/27/2006 3:55 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Chad the DragonLordofAiur
I will be attending, so put me down. I should be able to print up to 30 copies again with at least one month advance notice. I print about 3-4 a day as I have time in my work schedule.
Is it possible to get four rounds in instead of three? I'd like to get the chance to play more people and with such a large number of players we should play more rounds anyway. Especially if the rounds are so short. The one at Winter Fantasy went by way too fast. It seemed like all my time an effort was gone in a blink of an eye for just a few hours of gaming. If we get numbers approaching 50 players then we should definetly go four rounds if not five.
If people are for 4 rounds then I say sure. I function better on less sleep so for me it is all good.
For the maps I'm hoping that with more time to plan the map contest, we can give you more time to print up the maps. I think we may have to start a thread for the map contest in March just so people can think about what the map is they want to submit and what the guidelines are for the map. We'll see in the next week or two.
I'll add you to the list! | |
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striderlotr
Commander
3370 Posts
| | 02/27/2006 4:01 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Vrecknidj
As this will be an actual event, is it okay to bring in others? (I don't mean any old person off the street, but others who are connected in some way, like my son.)
If so, I'll have a higher count for you soon.
Dave
Your son played last year if I remember. I have no problem with it at all. I've got you and your son on the list. | |
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XenoZephyr
Underboss
1083 Posts
| | 02/27/2006 4:12 PM |
| | My first trip to Gen Con! I'm in. [:D] | |
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Drakkengi
Sergeant
890 Posts
| | 02/27/2006 4:42 PM |
| | I'm definately in! I'm glad you were able to schedule it around the WOTC events because other than the championship, this is the event I want to do most while at Gen Con. Thanks for organizing it! | |
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PatEllis15
Commander
4463 Posts
| | 02/27/2006 5:02 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by striderlotr
quote:
Originally posted by Vrecknidj
As this will be an actual event, is it okay to bring in others? (I don't mean any old person off the street, but others who are connected in some way, like my son.)
If so, I'll have a higher count for you soon.
Dave
Your son played last year if I remember. I have no problem with it at all. I've got you and your son on the list.
Yea, keep in mind when Strider talks about being official with GenCon, our intent is that this will be registerd WITH GenCon, and all participants will be responsible for purchasing a ticket, or bringing Generic Tickets with them.
This also means that it is WIDE open for anyone who reads about it to register. We'll put a cap (maybe 64?) and I will encourage everyone here to preregister so that as many MaxMini's people as possible are IN the tourney. I suspect that Sean and I will completely sit this one out, as if we continue to have the kind of growth we've seen, we'll need 2 people to adminster everything!
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spikegif
Warlord
5699 Posts
| | 02/27/2006 5:05 PM |
| | If I can talk my wife into letting me go to gencon and find some friends to take me along with then, I would love to attend, but it is all unknown right now. | |
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robbdaman
Underboss
2380 Posts
| | 02/27/2006 5:38 PM |
| If I can make it there I will certainly be playing in this. Map contest aside I wished I could be there for the Winter Fantasy event but alas school keeps my from having too much fun (that and my student loans still haven't been awarded [:(!]). My best friend Dave went last year and he's planning on it this year as well so I'm definately going to be doing my best to go. So place me on the list with a question mark like Chris.
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thebullock
Sneak
79 Posts
| | 02/27/2006 6:04 PM |
| | count me in. I would prefer the Thursday slot | |
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monster_slayer
Warrior
331 Posts
| | 02/27/2006 8:57 PM |
| | Count me in | |
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ihapfm02
Skirmisher
32 Posts
| | 02/27/2006 11:13 PM |
| Erik & I would definitely do it, pending on if we go. There's not a lot of information on the website yet. Badges are $65 for 4-days.. but is there additional charges per event? We're trying to figure out how much it'll cost in all. (We paid about $125ish each for WF) Help anyone? Any more information would be great. Past experience, etc. Anything. Email smieure@nc.rr.com
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striderlotr
Commander
3370 Posts
| | 02/27/2006 11:27 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by ihapfm02
Erik & I would definitely do it, pending on if we go. There's not a lot of information on the website yet. Badges are $65 for 4-days.. but is there additional charges per event? We're trying to figure out how much it'll cost in all. (We paid about $125ish each for WF) Help anyone? Any more information would be great. Past experience, etc. Anything. Email smieure@nc.rr.com
Stacy,
Just like WF the events have some prices tags. Things like league, though, run the entire time so you can play tons of games. Also, think of the event as being about 10 to 15 times larger. There is a vendor hall that makes the whole gaming area look tiny at WF. The vendor hall has tons of demos for free and lots of great stuff to see and get. The hotels are a bit steep and travel canbe high as well. I've been 2 years running now as have many others for more, let us know what else you need to know and we can collectively pick our minds.
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Wayne
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chattan
Sergeant
393 Posts
| | 02/28/2006 1:56 AM |
| Count me in!!!
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PatEllis15
Commander
4463 Posts
| | 02/28/2006 6:05 AM |
| Stacey:
I'll echo what Sean said.
You could play games every waking moment at GenCon and not pay another penny. Demo's of games are run all the time in the hall, and there are pick up games left and right nearly 24 hours a day!
Events generally cost $1.50 per 1.5 hours that they run. Sometimes there are additional charges that are tacked on (i.e. League: Ticket will probably cost $25.00, but that allows you to play all 4 days, just like WF, and you get 2 boosters as well...).
99% of RPGA events cost $4-6.00, ditto for constructed card games. Sealed is where it gets expensive.
Your transportation and hotel room is where your higher costs come in.
You can also check out this site:
http://www.sockmonkey.ws/GCBasicCalc.htm
Which was an attempt at working up a calculator to figure out your estimated costs!
Hope to see the 2 of you there!
Pat E | |
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striderlotr
Commander
3370 Posts
| | 02/28/2006 8:55 AM |
| OK, I've added a few more names and we are looking good. There is some good information here and we are about 25 players after only 2 days. I'll do my best to keep everyone informed as information changes and we begin to finalize more.
Ian in another post mentioned that the minis hall may be open 24 hours this year, which would be like the CCG hall. If that is the case the nwe will not have to worry about our ending time as much and get in at least 4 rounds. He also mentioned that Saturday night may be a good time to run the event. | |
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Mindtrick
Warrior
234 Posts
| | 02/28/2006 9:22 AM |
| You can add me to the list.
Is the start time AM or PM? If it was held on Saturday will it interfere with the Championship? | |
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doubtofbuddha
Commander
3371 Posts
| | 02/28/2006 9:29 AM |
| | I am interested, pending my participation in other tournaments. I wasn't able to play last year because I was involved in the finals of the Angelfire sealed... | |
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striderlotr
Commander
3370 Posts
| | 02/28/2006 9:59 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by doubtofbuddha
I am interested, pending my participation in other tournaments. I wasn't able to play last year because I was involved in the finals of the Angelfire sealed...
I figured you might say that, but I did not want to add your name until I heard from you. I'll add it on in a moment. | |
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striderlotr
Commander
3370 Posts
| | 02/28/2006 10:01 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Mindtrick
You can add me to the list.
Is the start time AM or PM? If it was held on Saturday will it interfere with the Championship?
The event would be PM so as not to interfere with the Championship or any other WotC events. Pat and I spent some time talking with Ian about this at WF so that we could try to not get to many people wanting to be in multiple events. | |
Sean Banks
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striderlotr
Commander
3370 Posts
| | 02/28/2006 10:03 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Mindtrick
You can add me to the list.
Is the start time AM or PM? If it was held on Saturday will it interfere with the Championship?
The event would be PM so as not to interfere with the Championship or any other WotC events. Pat and I spent some time talking with Ian about this at WF so that we could try to not get to many people wanting to be in multiple events. | |
Sean Banks
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PatEllis15
Commander
4463 Posts
| | 02/28/2006 10:19 AM |
| Last year, finals on Saturday ran about 7 rounds. Assuming (big assumption, I know...), that it runs about the same this year, and a 9-10 am start time, the final 8 for Nationals will be determined by around 7-8:00 pm.
Obviously there will be pressure on the top 8 to get the other members of the top 8 to play, while they try to sneak out and get some rest for the next day ;-)
Seriously though, no one would expect the top 8 to play, but we had lots of people not wanting to play more than a round or 2 last year when we ran it on Thursday because they wanted to play in the grinder/not get burned out so early in the con.
Sunday is a bit of slow day anyway, and people are likely to be more willing to play till all hours on saturday night to begin with.
We'll have the flexibility to hold the start time until Finals are over (unless they suddenly delay the start till noon time, and have to play 9 rounds or some such!)
Man, at this rate, we'll easily hit 64 players (20 more than last year...).
Pat E | |
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willhi1979
Warrior
208 Posts
| | 02/28/2006 11:26 AM |
| | Wow, I'm already on the list, I feel special. I am going to try to go one way or another. I'll be out of the office the week before it though on another trip. If I go work for Ian again, I may not be available on that time, but we'll see. Keep me down as a big maybe. I know things somewhat may depend on when the Delegate meeting is as well. | |
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Felagund
Sergeant
922 Posts
| | 02/28/2006 11:37 AM |
| | I hope to be able to make it again. | |
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Underboss
1476 Posts
| | 02/28/2006 11:56 AM |
| I plan on being at the con and if Im at the con i will be playing in this event.
so, logically, I plan on playin in this event. | |
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The Mighty
jai
Commander
3235 Posts
| | 02/28/2006 12:26 PM |
| I think i might just be there.
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