PTQ 2010 San Diego

[motsuji]

36 players showed up for the last PTQ for 2009.

[Todd Ozawa]

Unfortunately, I can't comment on the judge cetrification. Also I forgot to mention another Big Islander who made the flight over, Elliot Warkus. I'd watch out for him at the next PTQ!

[Grant Nakano]

I hope the water in San Diego is not as bad as the water in Las Vegas...

[James]

il go so long the water stays safe...

[Jeff]

thanks matt =) hope to see you there. also hope some people will make the trip up there with me. hollywood was super fun, had like 10 people from hawaii that went up.

[Charli Toratani]

yeah. david stops by once in a while =0)

[The Dane Train]

Nicely done, Matty. By the way... was there a David Toops sighting?!

[Matty the Squid]

Man, all eight players drawing into the top 8 might be the lamest ever. It's unfortunate when the pairings work out like that, but can't really be helped I guess. Pretty tough beat for everyone else though.

Glad to hear the event ran smoothly. Any new judges get certified after the event? I sure hope so.

Grats on the win, Jeff. Maybe I'll see you there.

(Hey, on the topic of land-flood and land-screw, would you believe there're card games out there that don't have those problems? Juuuuuuuust sayin'.)

[James]

I have to say preparing for the event does help as I noticed that majority of the top 8 and almost all the 4-2's had played at the sealed the earlier saturday and 5 of the 8 people I drafted with on Thursday made tenth or better (jeff lee, andrew graham, analynn bustamante, tim thomason and myself) just playing a limited event for zendikar helped as you gain valuable information on strong cards/colors, etc. Although bad days do happen.

Btw jeff another Emeria land today in my sealed pool making for 3 pools in a row along with opening it in my past 2 drafts

[Grant Nakano]

PTQ San Diego = Great Time. That pretty much sums it up lol.

[Jeff]

yeah, i used to care about winning and my rating and whatnot, but now i really play just to have fun. even when i don't feel like playing, i go to fnms and events just to hang out with friends. with hawaii having the small group of regular mtg players that it does, pretty much everyone is friends with each other, it's great.

slops to james for drinking questionable substances at lions friday night