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Title: F13 Tampa Gathering -- Not as Cool as Schild's.... Post by: cmlancas on April 28, 2008, 11:09:58 AM So uh, Phildo and I are going to be at this place called Armada Games (http://www.armadagames.com/) for the Magic the Gathering launch stuff on 05/03. If you're in the area, come drop us a line!
:awesome_for_real: Title: Re: F13 Tampa Gathering -- Not as Cool as Schild's.... Post by: Cheddar on April 28, 2008, 01:52:46 PM So uh, Phildo and I are going to be at this place called Armada Games (http://www.armadagames.com/) for the Magic the Gathering launch stuff on 05/03. If you're in the area, come drop us a line! :awesome_for_real: Dang it. I wonder if I can engineer a business trip down there... Title: Re: F13 Tampa Gathering -- Not as Cool as Schild's.... Post by: Johny Cee on April 28, 2008, 05:26:35 PM So uh, Phildo and I are going to be at this place called Armada Games (http://www.armadagames.com/) for the Magic the Gathering launch stuff on 05/03. If you're in the area, come drop us a line! :awesome_for_real: Release events are generally pretty good. It'll be Sealed: the most luck dependent and least knowledge testing method of building a deck. Generally, Sealed is the most friendly to casual/semi-serious types. Usually lots of great free swag just for taking part (decent foil rare from the set to all comers), and depending on size, some decent prizes if you do well. Title: Re: F13 Tampa Gathering -- Not as Cool as Schild's.... Post by: cmlancas on April 29, 2008, 11:22:01 AM So I got more infos:
Lunch at this Thai place at 12:00 PM, $10.00-ish. Sealed at 1:00 PM, $20.00 USD. Drafts all day, $12.00 USD. Haven't heard anything about the promos though. I'd be willing to guess Tattermunge Maniac or Boggart Ram Gang will be one considering all of the buzz about Red Deck Wins lately. Title: Re: F13 Tampa Gathering -- Not as Cool as Schild's.... Post by: Ookii on April 29, 2008, 11:42:25 AM Anyone who attends this has to also make references to how Phil has the shaven head of a baby.
Title: Re: F13 Tampa Gathering -- Not as Cool as Schild's.... Post by: cmlancas on April 29, 2008, 11:48:22 AM Last time we met up, he didn't have the shaven head of a baby.
Is there some innuendo or something I don't know about here? :hello_thar: Title: Re: F13 Tampa Gathering -- Not as Cool as Schild's.... Post by: Murgos on April 29, 2008, 12:25:08 PM Last time we met up, he didn't have the shaven head of a baby. Now he literally has a baby's head with all the hair shaved off. It's creepy and it's starting to smell. Title: Re: F13 Tampa Gathering -- Not as Cool as Schild's.... Post by: Phildo on April 29, 2008, 12:35:01 PM :drill:
Title: Re: F13 Tampa Gathering -- Not as Cool as Schild's.... Post by: Johny Cee on April 29, 2008, 07:27:40 PM So I got more infos: Lunch at this Thai place at 12:00 PM, $10.00-ish. Sealed at 1:00 PM, $20.00 USD. Drafts all day, $12.00 USD. Haven't heard anything about the promos though. I'd be willing to guess Tattermunge Maniac or Boggart Ram Gang will be one considering all of the buzz about Red Deck Wins lately. The Release promo card is Vexing Shusher, the 2/2 for 2 "can't be countered" guy that has the ability to make creatures spells uncounterable. Actually pretty sweet card, that's going for a decent amount online. Title: Re: F13 Tampa Gathering -- Not as Cool as Schild's.... Post by: Johny Cee on May 05, 2008, 04:43:52 PM How did the Tampa release go?
I actually ended up playing in the release here. Small showing at the local store, ended up drawing into first and walking away with 30 booster packs. Title: Re: F13 Tampa Gathering -- Not as Cool as Schild's.... Post by: Phildo on May 05, 2008, 04:52:05 PM I got to absolutely beat the crap out of a little girl. Highlight of my week, really. She even tried to get away with the "I'm a kid, I can cheat and you won't say anything" routine.
Title: Re: F13 Tampa Gathering -- Not as Cool as Schild's.... Post by: Ookii on May 05, 2008, 04:53:36 PM Little girls play magic now? You sure it wasn't a little boy precariously low on testosterone?
Title: Re: F13 Tampa Gathering -- Not as Cool as Schild's.... Post by: cmlancas on May 06, 2008, 05:30:19 AM How did the Tampa release go? I actually ended up playing in the release here. Small showing at the local store, ended up drawing into first and walking away with 30 booster packs. Well, they ran Sealed with about 45 people, ran a six round swiss and then had the top eight draft. I had something come up after round two that I had to take care of, so I left 1-1. My only loss was to an eventual top-8 finisher, but my deck wouldn't have fared well in the pool; I just didn't have any bombs to deploy. Mostly I was trying to hang on with Tattermunge Duo x3, Firespout x1, and Incremental Blight. My U/W pool was garbage. I didn't get a single Kithkin Lightsaber. However, Phil's deck was pretty good, I thought his record of 2-3-1 was a little on the low side for what he should've been. Also, I'd point out that at my local shop, we have about ten people who routinely try to qualify for Pro Tour events, and their ratings hover around 1800-1900. If you're winning here, you're doing a great job. However, Vexing Shusher is nice. Fits my RDW sideboard quite nicely. Hopefully I'll have more stories tonight because it's my draft night. :drill: Title: Re: F13 Tampa Gathering -- Not as Cool as Schild's.... Post by: Phildo on May 06, 2008, 10:56:33 AM To be fair, I would have been 2-2-2 if I'd had five more minutes for my last match. And my losses also came to Top 8s. So there!
Title: Re: F13 Tampa Gathering -- Not as Cool as Schild's.... Post by: cmlancas on May 07, 2008, 03:22:59 AM 1-2 last night. Got forced into playing GWU even though I would've rather played B/R.
Guys next to me kept cutting me off because they couldn't figure out what they wanted to play. Plus, my pod may have well been a top-8 table of a big event -- I ended up playing the guy who won states who was 1-1 in the last round. :drill: |