Title: Visions launch : April 10 Post by: eldaec on March 28, 2006, 01:23:11 PM More opportunities this easter to give more cash to everyone's favourite global sinister megacorporation...
Quote from: The Man On Monday, April 10th at 9:00 am PST, Visions goes on sale in the Magic Online store. NOTE: Visions becomes legal in Mirage Block Constructed, as well as ALL Classic-based Constructed formats the day it goes on sale (April 10). Classic-based Constructed formats are: Classic, Classic with Vanguard, Prismatic, Singleton, Tribal Wars, and Freeform. Visions Release events begin Thursday, April 13 and will have 4 components: Release Leagues Draft Queues Premier Event Flights (2x and 4x Prizes) Release Championship Visions Release Leagues SIGNUP: April 13, 9:00am (or immediately following the scheduled downtime) – April 19, 9:00am (the final 1 week, 2x league will start no later than 9AM on April 19). Release Leagues will have a maximum of 256 players each and will auto-spawn (as soon as a league reaches 256 players, another will begin registration). LEAGUE DURATION: 1 week PRODUCT: 1 Mirage Tournament Pack and 3 Visions Booster Packs. ADMISSION: 2 Tix, Product PRIZE SUPPORT: 2x prizes, Participation Avatar: Nekrataal; Records of 5-0 get Prize Avatar: Chronatog. Avatars will be distributed Approx. 3 weeks after the last league concludes Visions Draft Queues QUEUES BEGIN: April 13, 1:00 pm. FORMATS: Booster Draft PRODUCT: 3 Visions Boosters, or 2 Mirage Boosters and 1 Visions Booster. ADMISSION: 2 Tix, Product PRIZE SUPPORT: 4-3-2-2 and 8-4 Visions Premier Events (2x Flights) DURATION: April 14, 9:00 am – April 19 9:00 am (last starts at 9am). 2x Flights will have 32 players per flight and will start every hour, on the hour. Each flight will have a minimum of 24 players, maximum of 32 players. PRODUCT: 1 Mirage Tournament Pack and 3 Visions Booster Packs, top 8 booster draft. The booster draft format will be 2 Mirage Boosters and 1 Visions Booster. ADMISSION: 2 Tix, Product PRIZE SUPPORT: 2x Prizes, Top 8 Place Boosters 1 24 2 18 3-4 12 5-8 4 All who participate in a 2x Prize Premier Event Flight will get the Nekrataal avatar. Top 2 will get the Chronatog avatar. Note: 2x events will NOT Qualify for the Championship Visions Premier Events (4x Flights) DURATION: April 14, 9:00 am – April 19 9:00 am (last starts at 9am). 4x Flights start every 3 hours. Each flight will have a minimum of 24 players, maximum of 128 players. PRODUCT: 1 Mirage Tournament Pack and 3 Visions Booster Packs, top 8 booster draft. The booster draft format will be 2 Mirage Boosters and 1 Visions Booster. ADMISSION: 2 Tix, Product PRIZE SUPPORT: 4x Prizes, Manual Pay to Top 16 (Prizes for 9-16 place will be paid out within 72 hours of event completion) Place Boosters 1 48 2 36 3-4 24 5-8 12 9-16 6 All who participate in a 4x Prize Premier Event Flight will get the Nekrataal avatar. Top 8 will get a Chronatog avatar. In addition, the Top 8 finishers will qualify for the Visions Release Event Championship on Saturday, April 29 @ 9:00 am PST. Visions Release Event Championship START TIME: April 29, 9:00 am PST PRODUCT: 1 Mirage Tournament Pack and 3 Visions Booster Packs, top 8 booster draft. The booster draft format will be 2 Mirage Boosters and 1 Visions Booster. ADMISSION: FREE – (No Tix, No Product, Invitation only) PRIZE SUPPORT: 6x, Manual pay to Top 64 Place Boosters 1 72 2 54 3-4 36 5-8 18 9-16 12 17-32 6 33-64 3 The winner of the Championship will also receive a complete set of Magic Online Premium Visions cards. Second, Third, and Fourth Places will each receive a complete set of regular Magic Online Visions cards. Although players may have multiple accounts qualified for the Championship event, players not permitted to have more than 1 of their accounts entered in the event. Players are not permitted to have secondary accounts played by another person. If a player is discovered to have more than 1 account playing in the Championship either before, during, or after the event, appropriate penalties will be applied (including disqualification from the event with no refund of product or event tickets). Important information regarding system crashes and refunds for Premier Events If during your event the system crashes, 1 of 3 things will happen: 1. The system will come right back up. In this case: * Events will continue and additional time will be given to allow players to finish the event * No Compensation will be given 2. The system cannot recover the event and "finishes" (prematurely ends) the event, or a WOTC Tournament Coordinator must "finish" (prematurely end) the event. * We will accept the prize payouts "as is" - This means that whatever prize payouts and invites the system awards, we will not change what the system does. * No changes will be made to these events from what the system automatically pays out as prizes or invitations If the event is in TOP 8: * No product or tickets will be refunded * All players keep the product used to enter the event as well as the drafted cards from the TOP 8 draft. If the event is still in Swiss Rounds: * Players can request a refund through Customer Service. * We will refund your Product and tickets. 3. The event is cleared or cancelled by the system. If an event is cancelled this means the event can no longer be viewed in the premier event listings. * The system will automatically refund your tickets. * Players can request a refund through Customer Service. * We will refund your Product. Title: Re: Visions launch : April 10 Post by: Johny Cee on March 28, 2006, 04:13:49 PM Hmm.... this set was before my time.
Any good or fun cards in it? Title: Re: Visions launch : April 10 Post by: Margalis on March 28, 2006, 05:06:41 PM I played from Revised to Fallen Empires, then started again in Mirrodin, so I find myself not caring about all these intermediary sets. I would love for the Dark to get released again though, I loved that set.
Title: Re: Visions launch : April 10 Post by: schild on March 28, 2006, 05:25:06 PM Vision was a decent set actually. Ice Age was superior though and considering Cold Snap in the timeline might have been better than both.
If Dark got released again I would, guaranteed, never play another online game again. Magic would be IT. Title: Re: Visions launch : April 10 Post by: Johny Cee on April 04, 2006, 09:36:06 PM Fuck!
Vampiric Tutor is in Visions????? Fuck! Title: Re: Visions launch : April 10 Post by: Telemediocrity on April 12, 2006, 03:49:12 PM I played from Revised until Urza's Saga.
From the Ice Age block onward (Ice Age block was Ice Age, Alliances, and the supposedly-discovered-ten-years-later-in-a-vault-coming-out-this-July Cold Snap), it really helps to think in terms of blocks than in terms of individual sets. You had the Ice age block, then the Mirage block - Mirage, Visions, and Weatherlight - and they went quite well together. Then you have the Tempest block (Tempest, Stronghold, and Exodus). IMHO, the most fun times to play are when a full block's been released, and you can just play that block togther - all three sets. I think that's one of the greatest potentials for MTGO. |