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Legion Supplies

Steve — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:36:17 +0000

Well, it keeps getting pushed out… the product is IN the US and is sitting in a warehouse in Chicago pending a truck to bring it to me in Madison. With any luck I get it today. If not I WILL get it tomorrow…or I will rent a truck and drive to Chicago myself!

I’m putting the links active over on the supplies page. So go ahead and order if you’ve been waiting, and I’ll ship as soon as the products hits my warehouse!

We’ve also been picked up by 4 distributors, so chances are YOUR store deals with one of them, so if you’d rather buy it from your FLGS (Friendly Local Game Store) tell them to call their distributor and order!

Steve

MC3 and Magic Weekends

Steve — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:45:29 +0000

Well, it finally went live today, the Mother ship has announced a rebranding of Pro Tours into what will now be called “Magic weekend“. This means great things for non pros as well as competitive types. It’ll be like the PT many of you have experienced, but BIGGER. I’ve gotten some rumors of things coming down the pipe and while I don’t know details of anything, this should be a great step for PTs. Party time!

In the jumbling of things apparently a date got missed (or possibly ignored, who can stop the turning gears?) and despite being told that I *should* be safe for MC3 (I had hoped for no domestic GPs and no PTs that weekend, and no one at HQ guaranteed my safety on those dates, just thought that it SHOULD be OK) it turned out not to be. I know there were some scheduling hassles, you guys cant imagine how hard it is to coordinate a show of that size all around the world! Unfortunately I have to plan these cruises a year out to get the good rates. And I know that the next year schedule rarely hits before august. so it’s a bit scary waiting and hoping. Last year I got munched by GP Oakland, this year we’re getting munched by the Magic Weekend in France. C’est la vie.

What does that mean? well it just means we will not be likely to have a current active pro on the PT. But we do already have a NUMBER of WotC types from both R&D and MtGO already booked on board. So we’ll just ask those guys (it’s usually not too hard) to hangout with us, play some magic and maybe do a pretty cool panel discussion.

Bill Stark has already confirmed with me that he’s sticking through with this so he’ll be on board reporting and playing and I hope to get him to MC a panel discussion with his ex-co workers (Bill was an R&D intern himself!). Regardless, MC3 is still rolling (or sailing, as the case may be!) and i STILL expect it to be the most ridiculous time you’ve ever had playing your favorite game!

In other random MC3 related news, my wife Lindsey and I will actually NOT be attending MC3… Because we’re expecting a Baby due February 6th, 2011, the day the cruise leaves port! So I’ve made arrangements for Matthew Danner and his amazing artist girlfriend Alayna Lemmer to host the shindig in my absence. He’ll be there to run and judge the events, Alayna will help you registering and score keeping and just being cool. With any luck… she’ll work on a piece all cruise like she did last year, watching her art come to life throughout the cruise was simply amazing!

We’re still looking at a pretty full boat, there are a FEW spots still available, but they are first come first served and we can’t go over 60 total. Right now we’re at right around 60 “committed” to buying spots with 40 actually paid for. So the next 20 folks who put a deposit down on room and pay for the tournament package of their choice (deposit first, then you’ll be cleared to pay for tournament package!) are in!

And that’s the state of things. I know some folks have expressed concern and dismay on my behalf over the apparentl scheduling conflicts, but lets be realistic. we’re talking about 100-120 total people (thats including significant others, families, etc) on the cruise. MOST of them would not have gone to the Magic weekend in France ANYWAY… SO the crossover/impact is actually pretty small. We get a mostly casual crowd… although Zaim Beg Qed for his First Pro Tour after returning from MC2, coincidence? Hmmm and Dwayne St Arnauld landed a gig at WotC after returning from MC2… MORE coincidence? Hrmmm? not sayin’ nothin’… I’m just sayin’.

Sail on!

Steve

TCGPlayer.com Championship Qualifiers

Steve — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:15:04 +0000

Legion Events will be hosting “TCQs” for TCGPlayer.com Championship Series Full Championship information can be found here. We’ll start out TCQs with an event THIS WEEKEND in Burnsville, MN at Misty Mountain North. The format is Standard Constructed and entry fee is $25. a $300 prize goes to first place along with points based on finish. The TCQ points will cumulate over the next year and give you invitation and byes to the Championship event at Wizard World Chicago. Full details of the program are at the link above.

Hope to see you out!

PTQ updates!

Steve — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:08:53 +0000

PTQ dates for Pro tour #1 2011 (they still haven’t announced this location) are up!

Click “Magic” in the sub pages above, then “Pro Tour Qualifiers” for the info page!

2010s state championship info is up!

Steve — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:38:48 +0000

The 2010 State Champ info is up and live: http://legionevents.com/magic/2010s

Last years attendances were so huge, we busted the seams at Misty Mountain in Madison. We’ve added some space in the open mall bay next door that we’ll use for this and other Magic events in the future to help alleviate the pressure!

For the 2010s, Legion Events will host events in 3 states: SD, MN as well as WI

See you all out taking your first crack at decks featuring Scars of Mirrodin!

Steve

MTG US Nationals Team finalized

Steve — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:32:58 +0000

Josh Utter-Leyton is your 2010 US Nationals Champion! The team is completed with Anthony Eason and John Kolos with David Ochoa as alternate.

Brian Kibler at Scars Of Mirrodin!

Steve — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:56:34 +0000

Brian Kibler will be attending the Scars of Mirrodin Prerelease at Misty Mountain North on Sept 25th, so bring your decks and do your best to win my packs from him! (chances are you’ll be able to talk him into a game of Ascension somewhere along the way too!)

Steve

Sam Black is the Midwest Masters Series Champion!

Steve — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:06:17 +0000

Congratulations to Madison’s Sam Black for winning the Midwest Masters Series championship at Gen Con this past week. He fought through a literal who’s who of 64 of the best players the midwest had to put out there and came out on top!

MC3 VIP update

Steve — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:29:55 +0000

well.. that was fast.

regrettably due to an unforeseen conflict Brian Kibler has had to pull from MC3. Let me go a little farther and say this is NOT his fault so no backlash for him please! We’ll still do what we can to load up the crew! I know a bunch of WotC HQ people are planning to come, some have already booked. I need to let this brew a couple weeks and I should be able to clear up a few things and make some more solid announcements.

The timing was very unfortunate (having JUST decided to go ahead on this Kibler announcement late wednesday night), but that’s life sometimes right? please check back in for MC3 updates as we go!

Steve

2nd artist added for magic US Nationals!

Steve — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:27:56 +0000

Vincent Proce will be joining us Friday-Sunday at MtG US Nationals in Minneapolis (Grinders begin Thursday Aug 19th!). Check out Vinces body of work HERE!

Steve