STAFFORD ALL DAY STANDARD EVENT SUNDAY 22nd OF JUNE 2008
All,
A quick Nationals Qualifier report. We had a good turnout for the Nationals qualifier at the weekend with 48 players and 6 qualification slots up for grabs. The top six players that qualified were:
Manveer Samra
Tom Van Doorsselaere
Matthew Reynolds
James Corwood
Phil Scott
Nigel Barham
Congratulations to you all!
Next up, a change of pace.
STAFFORD ALL DAY STANDARD EVENT SUNDAY 22nd OF JUNE 2008
After a long time debating what to run this weekend at Stafford I settled on a popular event that I haven’t run in a while, the all day standard event. For those not familiar with the event, you turn up in the morning when we open, pay the £5 entry fee for the day and then put your name onto an 8 player elimination standard event sign up sheet. When the sheet fills, the event runs and the next sheet goes out. This works really well with more than 12 players at the venue because that way as soon as you are knocked out of an event, you have to quickly get yourself onto a rapidly filling sheet for the next event. You can play in as many Standard events as you want to, all for just the original £5 cost paid at the start of the day.
This type of event has been popular in the past for two reasons. Firstly it is a whole lot of fun and you can end up playing in multiple sanctioned events [great for Frequent Player Rewards]. Secondly it allows you to test a deck and make changes between events to tune your build. With the Nationals on the horizon all qualified players ought to be interested in a bit of practice. All players that haven’t yet qualified might want to come along and tune a deck for the next Qualifier they plan to attend.
So, I hope to see you at Stafford bright and early for the All Day Standard on Sunday.
STAFFORD ALL DAY STANDARD EVENT SUNDAY 22nd OF JUNE 2008
VENUE: Oddfellows Hall, Greengate Street, Stafford, ST16 2HP
START TIME: Enrolment from 9:30am onwards.
FORMAT: The format for the event is Standard Constructed.
Rules Enforcement Level: 1
ENTRY FEE: £5.00 for main event
Cost of entry includes as many Standard events as you manage to enter!
PRIZES: Per 8 player event.
SIDE EVENTS: Triple Shadowmoor Booster Draft side events available all day long.
ENTRY FEE: £8.00 for Booster Drafts (12 Boosters as prizes split 5/3/2/2)
TO PRE-REGISTER FOR AN EVENT:
Send an e-mail to this address: stephen DOT avann AT ntlworld DOT com with your FULL NAME and DCI NUMBER (If you have one) BEFORE 5:30PM on the FRIDAY NIGHT before the events, as this is the last time that I will check my e-mail before the tournament. Alternatively I can be contacted on my mobile from 6:30pm until 10pm on the following number: 07989201808. Please don’t try to phone me before 6:30pm as I will be busy.
Hope to see you at the event,
Steve
Future Events 2008.
I have been at work to try to book my events for the rest of 2008. Please note that additional Birmingham dates will be confirmed as forthcoming PTQ dates are announced. At the moment the calendar looks like this:
July – Saturday 12th – Birmingham – Eventide Pre-Release
July – Sunday 13th – Stafford – Eventide Pre-Release
Eventide arrives in July and the usual Pre-Release Weekend has been booked. Please note, at the moment I haven’t planned on running an Eventide Release event [which would also take place in July] because I am on holiday then. I suspect that a lot of players will also be away on holiday too. This may change but if so I’ll make an announcement in a future e-mail.
August – No events are currently booked for August due to summer holidays. There is always M-Fest to go to though!
September – Saturday 20th – Birmingham – Shards of Alara Pre-Release
September – Sunday 21st – Stafford – Shards of Alara Pre-Release
Wow, another Pre-Release already? Yes, at the end of September the new block begins with a set entitled Shards of Alara.
October – Sunday 21st – Stafford – Shards of Alara Release
As usual the Release event will take place on Sunday at Stafford. This is the first chance to buy Shards of Alara singles, boosters, boxes, theme decks and fat packs.
November – Sunday 16th – Stafford – Big Bag Draft
The Big Bag Draft is the usual way to end the year. This year in response to player demand I have moved this iconic event into November so that players can manage to fit it in around the demands of the festive season. This year the places will be limited to probably about 40 players so when registration opens for the event make sure you get your name down as soon as possible.
December – No events are currently booked for December.