Sydney Games Centre - Newsletter 13/04/07

NEWSLETTER - 13/04/07

Hey Acrobatic Dodgers,

All this week Field Commander Foggo has not shut up about how good his favourite band-WOLFMOTHER-were at The Great Escape over the Easter long weekend. Whilst I was slaving away at the store Obiwan was moshing to "Woman" and "The Joker and the Theif in the night" whilst munching on a falafel roll. He said their version of Hank Williams "Behind Closed Doors" put aside any doubts he had about their musical heritage, and when they did a searing cover of 'Bette Davis Eyes" FCF said he was delirious with pleasure. My main consolation is that he got rained on intermittantly, but I'm not jealous...During the Easter break it was the very sassy, very sexy Mistress of Lerve Vickey's birthday, and whilst I'm sure Field Commander has already expressed his best wishes to her, from everyone else Vickers, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, and have fun at Supanova Brisbane this weekend!

Lots of events this weekend, with uber hotness in the pipeline, lets check it out:

VS(Marvel & DC)TRADEABLE CARD GAME

Last Monday we had a MEGA sealed tournament, and after 6 rounds Luios Armstrong stood tall to take the title and the box of MTU boosters. Great work Louis! It was so much fun we'll run another 2 card pool sealed tournament next month, but next time use Heralds of Galactus and MTU instead.

This Sunday its time to break out the Silver Age decks with a Player of the Year, win a box tournament! Details as follows:

WIN A BOX SILVER AGE TOURNAMENT

When: Sunday April 15th. Noon rego, 12.30pm start
Format: Silver Age
Entry: $10
Prizes: BOX of MTU to the winner! Player of the Year points to top 8. Boosters, promos, deck tins and fat guy sized T-Shirts up as prizes, plus a fun day of playing VS!!

Then the week after its all system go power wise, we're running a Golden Age tournament! It kicks off at 12.30pm,is just $5 to playwith the winner getting a FOIL SAVAGE BEATDOWN!! Boosters and a fun arvo of playing VS up as prizes, plus the chance to mingle with a fine community of gamers. Chad MacKenzie is leading a crack squad of 3 Novacastrian raiders down for the event-so I ask all Sydney players-ARE YOU GONNA SIT THERE AND LET HIM TAKE OUR BOOSTERS AND OUR WOMEN FOLK? I am certainly not!

And in a fine development we're now giving the winner of our Tuesday and Thursday night drafts a VS playmat!!! This is in addition to the Hobby League promos we get, so drafting Tuesdays and Thursday is even more attractive!

Play VS. It rocks.

WORLD OF WARCRAFT COLLECTABLE CARD GAME

Whats been one of the longest waits is over! The new expansion for WOW TCG-Through the Dark Portal-is in! And to give players a vibe of the new draft format we're running a draft tournament this Sunday! Details as follows:
When: Sunday 15th April. Noon registration, 12.30pm start
Format: WOW draft(2 HOA boosters, 2 TTDP boosters)
Entry: $25
Prizes: Boosters, rare picks, EA's and a fun arvo of playing WOW in a new format with the new set!

The new set also comes with a whole new set of heros starters which look very, very sexy.

For those looking to play constructed, cruise in each Saturday afternoon at 2pm when we have our WOW Hobby League tournament! Its just $6 to play, its constructed, its UDE sanctioned and everyone wins a prize.

April 29th we are having another FIGHT DA DRAGON tournament. Its fun, costs just $10 per player($40 per team)with he winning team getting HEAPS of boosters plus an Onyxia Raid deck. Teams events in any TCG are always heaps of fun, so grab a team and cruise in April 29th.

And looking forward, May 6th we're running a Win A Box tournament! Its constructed, and we're giving first place a box of Through the Dark Portal. Play kicks off at 12.30pm and its $12 to play

WOW is the next big thing. Its here, the game is very good, the cards look ace and the prize support from UDE is solid. If you'd like a demo cruise in any time for a game, it is fun

MAGIC THE GATHERING COLLECABLE CARD GAME

Last Monday we had a 2 headed giant sealed tournament and it was new team The Mooks going undefeated to tie with the very well credentialed Who Cars team. 3 new teams came along and everyone had a fun time. The MIGHTY Allan Sharpe could not negotiate a contract release waiver from his Italian MTG team "Il Studia" so he elected to come along and see some of the local talent from the sidelines, giving everybody, especially the new players, a massive thrill. The MIGHTY Allan Sharpe even graciously stayed back long after his television contract obligated him to, signing cards, score pads and even ladies chests before heading back to his helipad. Great work Allan!

This week is as usual tonights FNM. Its type 2, kicks off at 6.30pm, with FNM promos and boosters, plus a fun night of playing MTG, up as prizes. Saturday afternoon is our weekly 14 and under tournament. It is just $6, kicks off at 2pm and everyone has HEAPS of fun and wins a prize. And of course our Thursday night $12 drafts, each Thursday night from around 6pm.

This Sunday is the next round of our monthly Player of the Year championship. Details as follows:

APRIL PLAYER OF THE YEAR TOURNAMENT!

When: Sunday 15th April. 11am rego, 11.30am start
Format: Type 2
Entry: $10
Prizes: $100 CASH to the winner, plus a fun day of playing MTG!!! Boosters and Player of the Year points to top 8(at least for boosters), plus fat guys sized t-shirts, posters, arena promos to be given away as well

For a look at the POTY standings click
http://www.mtgparadise.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=26503

And the following week is a MEGA MTG weekend-its the pre-release for the new expansion Future Sight! Details as follows:

FUTURE SIGHT PRE-RELEASE
Day 1
The Grace Hotel
77 York St
City
This is a beautiful new venue a block away from the Bowlers Club. Easy to find and very swish
When: Saturday 21st April. 9am registration 9.45am start for the morning flights(including 16 and under junior flights). 3pm registration 3.45pm start for afternoon flights(including 2 headed giant flight)
Format: Future Sight sealed!(you get a Time Spiral tournament pack and 3 Future Sight boosters to crack and make your best 40 card deck with)
Entry: $35 per flight($30 for the 16 and under flight 9am)
Prizes: SOOOOOO many boosters up as prizes, plus t-shirts, posters and everyone gets a foil promo card just for turning up! You have the option of registering for the serious flight, where the more you win the more boosters you take home, or the casual flights where it doesn't matter where you finish, you still are guaranteed to win 3 packs of the new set!!!

Day 2
Burwood RSL
96 Shaftsbury Rd
Burwood

When: Sunday 22nd April. 9am registration 9.45am start for the morning flights. 3pm registration 3.45pm start for afternoon flights (including 2 headed giant flight)
Format: Future Sight sealed!(you get a Time Spiral tournament pack and 3 Future Sight boosters to crack and make your best 40 card deck with)
Entry: $35 per flight
Prizes: SOOOOOO many boosters up as prizes, plus t-shirts, posters and everyone gets a foil promo card just for turning up! You have the option of registering for the serious flight, where the more you win the more boosters you take home, or the casual flights where it doesn't matter where you finish, you still are guaranteed to win 3 packs of the new set!!!

This will be a MEGA weekend of fun MTG play. This is the last expansion in the block, meaning that this will be the last expansion added to the format before the Sealed PTQ Two Headed Giant tournament May 20th, and the NSW Regionals June 2. Plus so far the block has delivered SOOO much MTG goodness this expansion will clearly be no different.

Pre-registration is open NOW at SGC, you get an extra booster per flight you pre-register and pay for, so cruise on in!

MTG is the longest running, most diverse and some would say best TCG. Its fun, easy to learn and can give a lifetime of enjoyment. It can be played casually, competitively, one on one or multiplayer with equal amounts of enjoyment and we have one of the best range of starters, boosters and single cards you would find anywhere. If you'd like a demo cruise in anytime where Field Commander Foggo or Honest Otto would love to show you how its done

YUGIOH COLLECTABLE CARD GAME
Congrats to this weeks school holiday winners, Tasmania Welgang (Tuesday beating Bodan in the final)and Chris Meli(Thursday beating Reza in the final). Tas beat 20 duelists, whilst Chris beat 28, and in the process won his first ever tournament(that I can remember anyway!). Great work guys! The school holidays tournaments are on again next Tuesday and Thursday at 12.30pm(rego from noon). The prize structed, which is awesome, is

1st: 8 packs Cyberdark Impact 8 packs Power of the Duelist
2nd: 6 packs Cyberdark Impact 6 packs Power of the Duelist
3rd & 4th 4 packs Cyberdark Impact 4 packs Power of the Duelist
5th-8th: 2 packs Cyberdark Impact 2 packs Power of the Duelist
9th-16th 1 Power of the Duelist
16th + 1 pack Cyberdark Impact

Its UDE sanctioned and you get all this, plus a fun arvos entertainment, for just $10!!!

Tomorrow(Saturday)is our normal Hobby League 9.30am-1pm. Its just $5 to play, we have both 13 & under and open events running concurrently, both are UDE sanctioned and EVERYONE wins a prize.

The next YGO Regionals is on April 29th, details as follows:
When: Sunday April 29th. 10am registration, 10.30am start
Format: Advanced Constructed
Entry: $15
Prizes: A box of Strike of Neos to the winner! Nationals invites and HOT YGO playmats to the top 8, boosters to top 24 at least! Plus a MEGA fun day of playing YGO!

Speaking of the Nationals, they are on June 9 & 10 at Bondi Junction- Waverly RSL. A full schedule of side events will be posted shortly, but KEEP THAT WEEKEND FREE!

And finally on the Yugioh front, the new expansion, Force of Breakers, is due in May, so that means its SNEAK PREVIEW TIME! We're limited to just 48 slots this time around, meaning pre-registration is extremely advised. We're doing a morning flight and then an afternoon flight of 24 players each Sunday May 6th, details as follows:

When: Sunday May 6th. Morning flight 10am rego 10.30am start. Afternoon flight 2pm rego 2.30pm start
Format: Force of Breakers sealed(you get 5 boosters of FoB to crack and make your best 20 card minimum deck with)
Entry: $35
Prizes: Top 20 in each flight get a exclusive release promo card! Boosters, t-shirts and a fun day of playing YGO with the new expansion 2 weeks before it even goes on sale are up as prizes!

We're kicking off pre-registration as of today, so if you want to guarantee your place cruise in and lay your money down!

POKEMON COLLECTABLE CARD GAME
Our weekly Sunday Pokemon league is as always chugging along nicely with 8-12 Poke players coming in each week, having HEAPS of fun and collecting prizes. And now its school holiday time we're running an event each Wednesday at 12 noon. Its just $6 to play with everyone winning a prize, and its heaps good practice for the upcoming 2007 Pokemon State Championships! Details as follows:

Where: The Sydney Games Centre :)
When: Sunday April 22nd. 10am registration, 10.30am start
Format: Modified Constructed
Entry: Absolutely FREE!!!
Prizes: Are you sitting down??? So much stuff its CRAZY! 1st Place
� A Pok�mon TCG State/Province/Territory Champion Trophy
� 36 booster packs of Pok�mon TCG: EX Power Keepers
� Other cool Pok�mon Merchandise!
2nd Place
� A Pok�mon TCG State/Province/Territory 2nd Place Trophy
� 16 booster packs of Pok�mon TCG: EX Power Keepers
3rd & 4th Place
� A Pok�mon TCG State/Province/Territory 3rd /4th Place Trophy
� 8 booster packs of Pok�mon TCG: EX Power Keepers
5th through 8th Place
4 booster packs of Pok�mon TCG: EX Power Keepers

And that event leads up to the 2007 Pokemon National Championships!!! They are on May 12 & 13 at Sydney Games Centre, more details next week!

NARUTO TRADEABLE CARD GAME
Last Saturday 10 ninjas tried their skills and it was the machine like Rudi who prevailed, going 4-0 to win the first of the monthly leagues where the winner gets the very cool Naruto statue on display at SGC. Steven Phung was second and Franco Lay third-great work guys! Naruto is on again this Saturday from 2pm. Its just $6 to play, counts towards the April statue league and everyone wins a prize.

Our next win a box tournament is on April 29th and counts for DOUBLE points value in the league! Details as follows:
When: Sunday 29th April. 1.30pm rego, 2pm start
Format: Constructed
Entry: $10
Prizes: Winner gets a box of Coils of the Snake!!! Boosters, league points and a fun arvo of playing Naruto are up as prizes.

Naruto is HEAPS of fun and is the next big anime game. The player base is growning into a solid, friendly bunch and the new expasnion is due out sometime soon. Its fun, easy to play and if you'd like to learn cruise in Saturday and we'll get Rudi, Josh or Kenny to give you a run through

STAR TREK 2ND EDITION COLLECTABLE CARD GAME
OK Trekkies, this Sunday we have a $5 tournament kicking off at around 1.30pm. Boosters up as prizes, its sanctioned and its heaps of fun.

Then Sunday 29th April we're having a win a box tournament! Details as follows:

Sunday 29th April-Constructed Win A Box tournament!

When: Sunday 29th April. 1pm rego, 1.30pm start
Format: Constructed
Entry: $10
Prizes: Winner gets a box of Captains Log!!! Boosters, promos and a fun arvo of playing TREK up as prizes

This event will be a great warm up to the NSW 2007 Territorial Championships!!!

When: Sunday 6th May. Noon Registration, 12.30pm start
Format: Constructed
Entry: $10
Prizes: HEAPS of boosters, promos plus the winner gets 2 byes for Day 2 at The World Championships! This will be an awesome event-it always is-plus Trek is a MEGA fun game so cruise in and play!
Trek is awesome. Its fun, cheap, the cards look phenomenal and a cool bunch of people play. If you'd like a demo cruise in and ask for Kieren the Klingon, he'd be happy to give you a tour of the ship

Thats all we have time for this week-but before we go a BIG hello to The Male Pleasure Machine Paul Ross who flew out Easter Monday to start a new adventure working for UDE in Carlsbad, California. Have fun Paul, take care, and make lots of Arkham cards

Cheers Guys
Chris, Vickey & Kieren