NEWSLETTER - 15/09/06
NEWSLETTER - 15/09/06 Hey Dreambladers,Another week goes by with another set of anomalies in results. The Mighty Allan Sharpe actually MISSED a top 8 appearence for the first time since Field Commander Foggos sideburns were hip! Obiwan Foggobi and Honest both won MTG booster drafts and Kenny Le Bon got trounced 1-2 at Star Wars minis Tuesday night. What has the world come to?
And there is LOTS of new things in this week, with a new Trek boutique set "Dangerous Missions" in, and the cool new wizards products Three Dragon Ante and the D&D books Dragon Magic and Faiths of Eberron.Pokemon boosters and theme decks for Crystal Guardians is also in, and on the WWE Raw Deal front the latest expansion, Great American Bash, should appeal to all those scientific Wrestlers out there!
Lots and lots happening this week, details as follows:
VS(Marvel & DC)CCG: Big news this week kiddies as its our monthly Player of the Year tournament and its Silver Age! Details as follows:
When: Sunday 17th September. Noon rego, 12.30pm start
Format: Silver Age
Entry: $10
Prizes: HEAPS of HOG boosters up as prizes, plus a t-shirt and an EA card. Player of the year points to top 8
Current Player of the Year standings are:
Alex Antonies 31pts
Adrian Capilitan 23pts
Luke Bartter 18pts
Jonathan Luey 16pts
Darren Teh 12pts
Louis Armstrong 12pts
Simon Gilbert 7pts
Scott Smith 7pts
Gabz 6pts
Glenn Mortimer 5pts
Sundeep Dayal 4pts
Chad Manalo 4pts
Howard Big Mak 4pts
The King 3pts
Valentino Rossi 3pts
Kris Alberto 1pt
Points are:
1st: 10, 2nd 8, 3rd 6, 4th 5, 5th 4, 6th 3, 7th 2 and 8th 1
We also draft VS each Tuesday night(Hobby League)and Thursday nights, both from 6pm. Entry is $18 or BYO packs, Hobby League foils are up as prizes Tuesdays, boosters on Thursdays. And don't forget Hobby League constructed(Silver Age)each Friday night at 7pm, and Silver Age Saturdays each Saturday arvo at 1.30pm. Entry into each constructed event is $6.
VS is a top game. It has fantastic game mechanics, excellent prize support and is heaps of fun. We now have $10 precon decks made up for beginners and a MEGA range of singles, including the latest Heralds of Galactus set, available as well.
There is heaps of VS demos going on at Supanova in October and a $10,000US tournament in Sydney Dec 2 & 3, so now is a fine time to try this fine ccg. Cruise in anytime for a demo, the game is good.
MAGIC THE GATHERING: The longest running ccg has a Grand Prix coming up in Sydney October 6th-8th and will bring players from all over the country together to duke it out for over 22K US in prizes. The charge will be led by the always glamourous, sexy and damm fine sort Bronwym Bruce from Card Heaven Melbourne who is flying in on her private jet around 7pm Friday Oct 6th, so if you're planning to grind in to the GP, do it before then otherwise your world will get a little more filled with pain!
We had another GP trial on Sunday and it was our Pro Tour representatitve Justin Cheung who smashed everyone to claim the 3 byes. But because Justin is so good, he already had 3 byes! Graham White, who you'll often find in a judges shirt, played extremely well to finish second, with new player Germaine finishing 3rd.
On Sunday we're having a break from sealed events to run what is one of our favourite formats-LEGACY! Details as follows:
When: Sunday 17th September. 11am rego 11.30am start
Format: LEGACY
Entry: $10
Prizes: Winner gets a FREE entry into our Sneek Peek on September 30th, October 1st or Monday October 2nd(your choice!)Heaps of boosters for top 8 at least, plus a fun arvo of playing LEGACY
Legacy is basically every card that has been printed, with the exception of the banned list. You can get that list from www.magicthegathering.com Its a fun format to play and you could win your entry into one of our Sneak Peeks over the 3 days of the October Long Weekend!
Then after that its the last BIG pre-release for the year, the much anticipated TIME SPIRAL pre-release!
TIME SPIRAL PRE-RELEASE NUMBER ONE
When: Saturday 23 September
9am and 3 pm registrations
Where: Bowlers Club of NSW
95 York St, Sydney City
Format: Sealed. You get 1 Time Spiral tournamet pack and two boosters to build a deck with.
Entry: $35 per event.
Prizes: Heaps of boosters from the new set! You'll also get promo cards,and the chance to get random t shirts and random posters!
There will also be a 16 and under event at 9am Saturday. Entry is $30 and EVERYONE wins 3 boosters!
TIME SPIRAL PRE-RELEASE NUMBER TWO
When: Sunday 24 September. 9am and 3pm registrations
Where: Dooley's Lidcombe Community Club
24 John St, Lidcombe
Format: Sealed. You get 1 Time Spiral tournament pack and two boosters to build a deck with.
Entry: $35 per event.
Prizes: Heaps of boosters from the new set! You'll also get promo cards, and the chance to win random t shirts and posters!
OK OK, just when you thought too much practice was not enough for Sydney Grand Prix we're running 3(THREE!) Sneak Peeks over the October Long Weekend! Details as follows:
When: Saturday 30th September, Sunday October 1st and Monday October 2nd. 10.30am rego 11am start all 3 days
Format: Time Spiral sealed(you get a Timespiral tournament pack and 2 boosters to make a 40 card minimum deck with)
Entry: $35 per event
Prizes: TONNES of boosters to top 16 at least, everyone wins a booster per day at least! Plus play all 3 days and win a T-Shirt and waterbottle, plus an extra booster!
The Time Spiral Sneal Peeks also mark the start of our 2006-2007 Player of the Year Championship! Each month we'll run PotY events where the top 8 players will accumulate points. At the end of 12 months the top 8 will play duplicate sealed for the trophy and an air ticket to the next Grand Prix in Australia! So get your PotY campaign off to a strong start, plus have fun and win HEAPS of boosters, plus warm up for The Sydney Grand Priz, cruise into our Senak Peeks!
This will be awesome, the Timespiral set is shaping up to be a fitting encore to the Ravnica Block, DON'T MISS OUT!
YUGIOH CCG: Well done to Alex Antonies who won our open event on Saturday and Adam Camilleri who won our 14 and under event. Top Dueling guys! It wasn't easy work for these 2 as we had 50 players they had to contend with, so great play.
Yugioh is on again this Saturday from 9.30am-1pm. Entry is just $5, its UDE sanctioned and everyone wins a prize. And because we're getting SOOO many people playing we're able to give out HEAPS of boosters, so the prizes go deeper down the standings than ever before!
The next YUGIOH Winter Regionals is on Sunday September 24th, details as follows:
When: Sunday September 24th. 10am rego 10.30am start
Format: Advanced Constructed
Entry: $15
Prizes: Winner receives a box of boosters and an invite to 2007 Nats! Heaps of boosters up as prizes, plus a fun day of dueling YUGIOH!
There will be HEAPS of YGO events happening at Supanova, including top 8 qualifier Regionals, so watch this space!
STAR TREK 2ND EDITION CCG: The most awesome-est game in the gamma qudrant is now being played weekly at SGC. Last Sunday NSW Champ Mitchell Trent picked up his Feds and escaped the clutches of Gideon Lims Borg in the final to take the title. WHo will it be this week? Who knows, but I do know that Cardassian Kieren is of to Claytons tournament tomorrow morning at Baulkham Hills! Deatils as follows:
Where: Claytons Collectables
5 Pauls Court
Baulkham Hills
P: 96887140
When: Saturday 16th September. 11am start
Format: Constructed
Entry: $10
Prizes: Boosters plus Decipher foils up as prizes. Plus a fun day of playing my favourite ccg-TREK!!!
And then of course its the weekly SGC event at 1.30pm. Entry is just $5, its Decipher sanctioned and everyone wins a prize!
Trek smegging rocks. It is SOOO much fun, and with To Boldly Go released it gives fans of the series Enterprise a chance to use their favourite affiliation! And Decipher have just released another expansion designed purely for drafting, "Dangerous Missions". Each pack contains 11 promo foils and 4 boosters to draft with for just $25! Regular Starters are just $10 and most boosters just $4(Reflections 2.0 & TBG $6).
POKEMON TCG: The Poke league is absolutely evolving to stage 4! 13 players cruised into SGC last Sunday as Poke Mistress Vickey organised the growing group of players into a laughing, giggling mass of prize collecters! As well as badges and stickers players also win cards from a host of boosters we crack and then randomly draft out to everyone. Entry is just $5, Pokemon league goes from Noon till 3.30pm, and Vickey is happy to spend time before, during and after with new players to help teach them the ropes.
Pokemom is heaps of fun. Croftminster are planning a Shopping Mall tour early October in Sydney which will give everyone a chance to learn the game, grab giveaways and generally increase the fun in playing POKEMON!
WORLD OF WARCRAFT TCG: For those cyber junkies who cannot get enough of 32nd level elves UDE, the makers of the best selling TCGs Yugioh and VS are releasing the much anticipated WOW TCG! It goes onsale at Supanova October 27-29th but we're running demos of this exciting new game at SGC each Thursday night to all those who are interested. The cards look great, and the game mechanics are very easy for ccg players to pick up. It will be an enormous game globally with the release at Gencon Indy breaking all expectations and records. If you'd like to see this game in action, Thursday nights is the time to get a sneak preview of it!
And for those who have already gotten a taste for the game, we're running learn to play leagues each Thursday night from 6pm. Players cruise in and can play with the downloadable demo decks and accumulate league points. The player with the highest league points when WoW goes on sale wins 1 booster display!!! How cool, all for just learning the game and playing it FREE!!!
ONE PIECE TCG: Another fine tournament with 10 players happened on Saturday with Saw Tooth Arlong decks and Zolo decks being the decks to beat. Though encouragingly players are starting to bring out decks that are a little more funkier than the norm in preparation for the National happening at SGC October 21st & 22nd! Our weekly One Piece tournament is on again this Saturdat at 1.30pm. Its $6 to play. its sanctioned and everyone wins a prize. The Nats is going to be HUGE with Croftminster sending OOODDDLES of prizes up, including a mega tresure chest! Details as follows:
When: Sunday, 22nd October. 10am registration. 10:30am start. 5pm finish (approx).
Format: Constructed. PC2
Type: Swiss. 6-8 Rounds. Top 4 play off for final placings.
Entry Fee: $15
Prizes:
1st - 1 Box "Grand Line" boosters, 1 Box "Quest Begins" Boosters
2nd - 1 Box "Grand Line" boosters
3rd & 4th - 12 "Grand Line" Boosters
5th to 8th - 6 "Grand Line" boosters
9th to 16th - 2 "Grand Line" Boosters
Top 16 - Full set of 16 promo cards
Everyone else - 4 different promo cards, 1 "Grand Line" Booster
Extra prizes will be awarded on the day for good sportsmanship, creative deck design and high Treasure Box totals.
HEROCLIX: The funky goodness that is Heroclix is happening again this Sunday at 2pm. The format is a good one, details as follows:
When: Sunday 17th September.1.30pm reg0. 2pm start
Format: 500pt unaffiliated teams!
Entry: $5
Prizes: LE's plus cracked boosters up as prizes, as well as a fun arvo of playing Clix!
HORRORCLIX: The scariest thing since Field Commander Foggo's trouser selections hits SGC tonight as the first of out Friday night clix fests kicks off in earnest. Details as follows:
When: Friday 15th Septmember. 6.30pm rego, 7pm start
Format: 400 point constructed
Entry: $5
Prizes: LE's plus cracked boosters and a FUN night of scaring each other up as prizes!
Horrorclix has sold out worldwide and Wizkidz are now in the process of reprinting the first set, which should be ready by October. See why its so popular tonight at SGC, it will be fun!
WARHAMMER FANTASY: TOP NEWS!!! The new revision of Warhammer Fantasy is on sale NOW! It looks VERY sexy and the best news is that GW have re-jigged the price structure so that the entry set, "Battle of Skull Pass" which feature a dwarf army and a goblin army(including the very cool spider riders!)and a copy of the updated rules for just $85!!! Check this out this weekend, it looks fantastic and makes me want to play 40K!
MECHWARRIOR: Regular play each Friday night from around 6.30pm. We also have the Call to Arms release kit for Vanguard, so as soon as we speak to Heath we'll let you know! We had 7 players last Friday all chilling out and having fun playing Mech, if you come along you'll have a good time, its free and don't forget to bring your trades!
STAR WARS MINIS: Well done to Kosta who absolutely bashed everyone last Tuesday night. Kosta is a top guy who has only been playing SW minis regularly for around 6 weeks. He must be a fast learner as he beat top players James Clifton and Kenny le Bon along the way. Well done Kosta!
Star Wars minis is on again next Tuesday from 6.30pm. Entry is FREE and its DCI sanctioned. Plus its HEAPS of fun!!
DREAMBLADE: Well done to Tina Voss and Eugene Chin who had an absolute dead heat in our second EGDE tournament last night(The Dark Lord Lindsay Heming won the first). These guys have started to accumulate EDGE points which is gonna help them win BIG prizes when the 1K tournaments hit town next week! And whilst modesty normally prevents me from mentioning my own achievements, I'm throwing that out the window to make everyone aware I absolutely trounced WOTC OP manager Dale yesterday in a best of 3 showdown. That may have been a bad move in retrospect as Dale just asked me if he knew anyone else who would run Dreamblade events...
Seriously Dreamblade is a fine game. After I played Dale I gave about 4 demo games to players who liked what they saw, and had to call upon The Dark Lord Lindsay to help out. The game is great. Its fun, different and WOTC have put in a LOT of prize support commitments for the next 12 months. We're demoing this game at Supanova, as well as anytime at SGC.
Thats about it for this week.
Cheers All!
Chris, Vickey and Kieren