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NEWSLETTER - 08/06/07

Hey Space Invaders, Whilst we all fight the nearly irresistable urge to stay in bed during these cold, wet, windy days, one man is up and at 'em, pushing his body to its limit on a daily basis with a rigorous fitness regime only matched by the East Germans Womens swimming teams of the early seventies. A man who when he talks, we listen. That man is, of course, The MIGHTY Allan Sharpe. The reason I am mentioning this to everyone is that we are in negotiation with TMAS management trying to get him to join up with Team Shonk to go with us to the MTG Nationals this July. And he is resisting. So if you see The MIGHTY Allan Sharpe, after you politely ask him for his autograph, could you please encourage him to join The Shonkers in their quest for Nationals glory! And speaking of FIT men, Field Commander Foggo has a MEGA weekend of games scheduled for this weekend. I will be at Bondi for the YGO National Championships, so please, be nice to Obiwan whilst I'm away :) And finally, as its a Public Holiday Monday, we will be closed, probably having a BBQ playing Formula De at my house. So there will be no events/trading on Monday. Oodles happening this wekeend, details as follows: YUGIOH COLLECTABLE CARD GAME Well, after 12 monthly Regionals at SGC, 3 at PC Sydney and INFINTE qualifiers around the country, the 2007 Yugioh National Championships are upon us. The are this weekend at Bondi Junction- Waverley RSL, and if you haven't qualified, there is still 4 chances left too, plus a full program of side events on Sunday to win heaps of prizes Details as follows: THE 2007 YUGIOH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Day 1 Last Chance Qualifiers Where: Bondi Junction-Waverley RSL 5 Grey St Bondi When: Saturday June 9th. Qualifers are at 10am, Noon, 2pm and 4pm. Registration opens 30 minutes prior to qualifier start time Format: Advanced Constructed Entry: $15 Prizes: Winner receives a box of boosters. Top 8 receive invites to The Nationals(slots pass down)plus HEAPS of boosters up as prizes. If you haven't qualified, these are your 4 chances! If you have qualified but feel like testing your deck, having fun or winning HEAPS of extra boosters, you are welcome to play as many LCQ's as you like. It will be a fun day of playing YGO for everyone! Day 2 THE 2007 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Where: Bondi Junction-Waverley RSL 5 Grey St Bondi When: Sunday June 10th.Registraton opens at 8.45am(deck list required) Format: Advanced Constructed Entry: FREE-you must have already qualified through a Regionals, an LCQ or on ranking Prizes: Winner receives a trip to the World Championships(including accomodation)to represent Australia, plus a Wii game system. Ipod's to top 4, boosters to all participants. As always, this will be a HUGE festival of YGO, and for those who don't qualify there are 4 win a box tournanments for you to enjoy on Sunday! Details as follows: Where: Bondi Junction-Waverley RSL 5 Grey St Bondi When: Sunday June 10th.Events are at 10am, Noon, 2pm and 4pm. Registration opens 30 minutes prior to event start time Format: Advanced Constructed Entry: $10 Prizes: Winner gets a box of boosters! Everyone gets at least 1 booster for playing and bragging rights for winning a tournament on Nationals Day! Yugioh is fun. We play each Saturday Hobby League from 10am-1pm (including this Saturday!) for just $5, its UDE sanctioned and everyone wins a prize. There is a 13 and under event and an open event each Saturday and judges to help with any rulings you need made. We have a MEGA range of structure decks, boosters and singles available, if you'd like to try cruise in anytime for a demo. This weekend will be HUGE! MAGIC THE GATHERING COLLECTABLE CARD GAME Last weekend was the 2007 NSW Regional Championships, and it was a day dominated by Newcastle and Gosford players! At the end of the day Luke Coates found himself at the top of the standings with a Nationals invite, followed by SGC regulars Norman MacPherson and Michael Mercer. Great work guys! As we said in the open speil, we are going to Nationals and are working on the coup of the century, trying to get the Mighty Allan Sharpe to join our road trip. If you wanna see the MIGHTY Allan Sharpe at Nationals, reply to this email with the words "When the MIGHTY Allan Sharpe talks, I listen!".We'll pass on the responses to the great man and see if we can talk him into it! This Sunday we're having a Time Spiral sealed tournament, details as follows: When: Sunday June 10th. 11am rego, 11.30am start Format: Time Spiral sealed(you get a Time Spiral tournament pack, a Planar Chaos booster and a Future Sight booster to crack and make a 40 card minimum deck with) Entry: $35 Prizes: Boosters, T-Shirts and Arena League promos up as prizes, plus a fun arvo of playing Time Spiral sealed Last night freshly Nats qualified Michael Mercer won our weekly draft, FNM is on tonight at 6.30pm, type 2 and its $6, and tomorrow from 2pm its our 14 and under tournament, $6 with heaps of boosters and promos up as prizes. MTG is a fine game. It has a MEGA player base of both casual and serious players, has great organised play support and both Obiwan and I have played high level MTG so if you need any advice cruise in and have a chat, we have a cranking range of singles available and more boosters than you could poke a stick at. VS(Marvel & DC)TRADEABLE CARD GAME In what can only be described as great news, the VS Elite series is coming to Sydney, so we're going to have a festival of VS on the weekend of June 23 and 24th. Details as follows: Silver Age Win A Box tournament! Where: The Sydney Games Centre Level 1, 195a Burwood Rd Burwood 2134 When: Saturday 23rd June. 1.30pm registration, 2pm start Format: Silver Age Entry: $10 Prizes: TONS of boosters up for grabs with the winner taking home a box of MTU!!! A great way to enjoy playing VS again, cruise in and win yourselves some packs and have some fun Then June 24th is the Elite series, with crazy amounts of prizes and a crazy low entry fee! Details as follows: Where: The Sydney Games Centre Level 1, 195a Burwood Rd Burwood 2134 When: Sunday 24th June. 10am rego 10.30am start Format: MTU Sealed(you get FIVE boosters to crack and make your best 30 card minimum deck with) Entry: $20 Prizes: HEAPS, and its ALL COOL, click http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/vs/en/n...e.aspx?aid=2503 This will be a fun weekend of playing VS. The game rocks and UDE have come to the party on this one and given us some prize support, so lets show them their support is well placed. We may even demonstrate to these guys that we deserve more events of this type! But the only way to do that is to COME IN AND PLAY! We have LOTS of VS on special at the moment, for a full rundown check out http://www.sydneygamescentre.com/vs.php STAR TREK 2ND EDITION COLLECTABLE CARD GAME OK Space Goobers, the Continental Championships is coming to Sydney June 29th-July 1st and its going to be a revelation of Trek meganess! We have a fairly healthy schedule of tournaments leading up to the Continentals designed for new players to have a crack and experienced players to have fun, details as follows: Star Trek Constructed Tournament! When: Sunday June 10th. 1pm rego, 1.30pm start Format: Constructed Entry: $10 Prizes: Promos, boosters and a fun arvo of playing TREK, plus a good warm up for the Continentals June 30th! Star Trek Sealed tournament! Good for new players and veterans!!! When: Sunday June 17th. 1pm rego, 1.30pm start Format: Sealed(you get 1 starter of your choice and 3 boosters to crack and make your best deck and dilemma pile with) Entry: Just $10!!! Prizes: Boosters of the latest expansion up as prizes, plus a fun arvo of playing TREK! A great way for new players to have fun, learn the game and get HEAPS of cards cheap! Continental Warm Up #1: Constructed Tournament When: Sunday June 24th. 1pm rego 1.30pm start Format: Standard Constructed Entry: $10 Prizes: HEAPS of boosters plus lots of practice for the Continetals the week after! The June 29th, the eve of the BIG event, we're having a Dangerous Missions draft, and the Saturday June 30th its ON! More details next week, but if you just cannot wait check http://www.sydneygamescentre.com/star_trek.php Trek rocks. The game is fantastic, and is on an upswing, not only in Sydney but globally.We play casually(and trade)each Tuesday night from around 6pm. I bought my ticket to go to the World Championships last week, and I cannot wait. The game is SOOO much fun, so balanced and REALLY cheap to get into, so cruise in and check it out, I have some fun basic decks I can GIVE you to show you how it works and get you started! WORLD OF WARCRAFT TRADEABLE CARD GAME The biggest game is on again June 17th in the form of a sealed deck tournament! Details as follows: When: Sunday 17th June. Noon rego, 12.30pm start Format: WOW Sealed(you get 2 boosters of HOA and 4 boosters of DP to crack and make a 30 card deck with) Entry: $35 Prizes: Boosters, promos and a fun day of playing WOW sealed! The Nationals for WOW are on at Parramatta RSL September 8 & 9 and will be a celebration of WOW TCG. The game is great, the latest raid deck, Molten Core, is new and out now, we have a stomping range of singles available and a great bunch of players. If you'd like a demo, and nows a great time to start, cruise in for a game, it will be worth it! NARUTO TRADEABLE CARD GAME This Saturday is our first tournament where the 3rd expansion, Curse of the Sands, is legal! SO expect LOTS of fresh new funkiness on display. The event is heaps of fun, details as follows: When: Saturday afternoon at 2pm Format: Constructed(with Curse!) Entry: $6 Prizes: Boosters of the new expansion up as prizes, plus a fun arvo of playing the next BIG anime game! Vickey has done an awesome job at running Naruto at SGC, and herself has a kicking deck. If you'd like to see how the game goes, cruise in on a Saturday and she'll be happy to give you the rundown! STAR WARS TRADEABLE CARD GAME OK Jawa bashes, next Tuesday we're having a fun Star Wars TCG night, and if there are 4 players we'll sanction a tournament for just $2 (with boosters as prizes)This is because a)the game is heaps of fun and b)a few people this week have asked us if we can do this, so we are. The format is constructed, we still have most boosters on sale for just $2.50ea, and it really is LOTS of fun! NEW IN STORE The WOW Molten Core decks are in and look sexy for WOW TCG players. Star Trek ccg's next expansion, In a Mirror, Darkly, is due next week. Star Wars mins Alliance and Empire is back in stock again, and the next D&D minis expansion is scheduled for release later this month. Thats about it for this week, a BIG weekend it is, until we see you play nice and be lucky! Chris, Vickey and Kieren