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6 months ago ::
Aug 11, 2009 - 10:46AM
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This thread is to discuss the announcement " Magic Spans the Globe in 2010", which goes live Tuesday morning on magicthegathering.com.
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6 months ago ::
Aug 11, 2009 - 4:51PM
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How come qualifier seasons start in October, January, and April? Those sound like 3 month seasons, so doesn't that leave 3 months of the year unaccounted for?
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6 months ago ::
Aug 11, 2009 - 8:15PM
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Magic will now be translated into Khoisan, Ethiopian, Inukitut, Uighur, Hopi, Cree, AND Lakota, Tibetan, Mapuche, Aztec AND Mayan, Minoan, Egyptian, Etruscan, and for fun, tlhIngan Hol, Huttese, as well as Quenyan and Númenorean.
"Possibilities abound, too numerous to count."
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6 months ago ::
Aug 11, 2009 - 9:51PM
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So the 2010 PT and PTQ schedule is out, and what do ya know...Another year of two Constructed PTQ seasons and just one of Limited.
Counting the Standard PTQ season that's winding down and the Extended season that preceded it, that means that by the time we get to the end of the Amsterdam qualifiers, four out of the last five PTQ seasons will have been Constructed. Ridiculous.
I realize that with only three non-Worlds PTs per year now - anyone remember when there were five? - one format, be it Limited or Constructed, is only gonna get one PTQ season per year and the other is gonna get two. But how about alternating it? In 2009, there were two Constructed seasons and one Limited. Why not reverse that in 2010?
Constructed already gets plenty of meaningful tournaments each year. Regionals is always Standard. Star City's Open series (I know this isn't run by WotC) is usually Standard and always Constructed. Grand Prix are 50/50 for Limited at best, but clearly the balance is tilted very heavily in favor of Constructed.
Would it be that difficult to move toward balancing the number of meaningful tournaments in each format by alternating PTQ seasons between Limited and Constructed, 50/50?
From an economic standpoint, Limited PTQs are even easier for new players to attend than Constructed PTQs are. Yes, they cost slightly more money to enter. But consider that the average competitive Standard or Extended deck costs a couple hundred dollars or more to build - not that any of what players spend on singles fattens WotC's wallet - and what's good or even legal to play now probably won't be good or legal in a year or less.
Even it out please.
- Sol
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6 months ago ::
Aug 11, 2009 - 10:04PM
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On the positive side, it's nice to see them scheduling winter PTs in warm places (San Diego). I played in PT-Chicago in January 2003, when it was 10F/-12C. No way should a PT have been held there during that time of year.
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6 months ago ::
Aug 12, 2009 - 4:40AM
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Actually now that you mention it Sol, is there any reason qualifier seasons all have to be the same format anyway? Why can't there be both extended and Sealed qualifiers for San Juan? After all, the tour itself has both formats.
However, if seasons are to be uniform then I really don't think Constructed vs Limited would be a fair measurement for balance. Standard and Extended may both be constructed formats but they're pretty different. Meanwhile it's not like they'd be splitting up Alara Sealed qualifiers with Champions/Ravnica/TimeSpiral ones. So shorting a format for twice as many Zendikar sealed decks wouldn't sound right to me.
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