New Posts For Thread: 10/21/2011 TWTW: "Rising Star from Down Under"http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28598293/10212011_TWTW:_Rising_Star_from_Down_UnderThis thread is for discussion of this week's The Week That Was, which goes live Monday morning on magicthegathering.com.It's always just seemed to me that Wizards does the number of events in Place X that Place X and its player base can support. The US gets more love because it has a massive amount of Magic players. Don't you think they'd gladly host more events if thhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28598293/10212011_TWTW:_Rising_Star_from_Down_Under?post_id=511544277#511544277It's always just seemed to me that Wizards does the number of events in Place X that Place X and its player base can support. The US gets more love because it has a massive amount of Magic players. Don't you think they'd gladly host more events if thSat, 22 Oct 2011 15:58:32 -0500Yes, this is why you never see successful French or Japanese players.[/quote]It also shows very nicely how the system works: once you're in, the cumulative gains (especially having your tickets paid for, which is certainly a nice move) are very usefuhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28598293/10212011_TWTW:_Rising_Star_from_Down_Under?post_id=511537747#511537747Yes, this is why you never see successful French or Japanese players.[/quote]It also shows very nicely how the system works: once you're in, the cumulative gains (especially having your tickets paid for, which is certainly a nice move) are very usefuSat, 22 Oct 2011 14:09:25 -0500Yes, this is why you never see successful French or Japanese players.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28598293/10212011_TWTW:_Rising_Star_from_Down_Under?post_id=511529873#511529873Yes, this is why you never see successful French or Japanese players.Sat, 22 Oct 2011 11:28:31 -0500More proof of what I said two weeks ago: the lack of competitive events outside the US severely hampers the ability of Asian, Australian and European players to easily burst onto the scenes of competitive Magic.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28598293/10212011_TWTW:_Rising_Star_from_Down_Under?post_id=511510233#511510233More proof of what I said two weeks ago: the lack of competitive events outside the US severely hampers the ability of Asian, Australian and European players to easily burst onto the scenes of competitive Magic.Sat, 22 Oct 2011 01:13:57 -0500This thread is for discussion of this week's The Week That Was, which goes live Monday morning on magicthegathering.com.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28598293/10212011_TWTW:_Rising_Star_from_Down_Under?post_id=511464357#511464357This thread is for discussion of this week's The Week That Was, which goes live Monday morning on magicthegathering.com.Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:53:14 -0500