Registration for the 2nd to last GP for the known future is live!
Full registration details can be found at the registration page HERE
Please join us in OKC for a Modern Showdown! The venue is blocks away from the “Bricktown” area in Oklahoma City and is full of good food and things to do (besides magic!).
Side event schedule will be posted a little later today!
Steve
Wizards of the Coast announced the Grand Prix 2016 Schedule today at PT Origins in Vancouver. Legion Events will not be organizing any of these events. It was not a voluntary step back. Wizards of the Coast has chosen not to put my company on this schedule. I have been told it was a very difficult decision, and I believe it.
I would be lying if I said I was not a little sad that for the first time since April 1997, Legion Events will not be running premier level play for Magic the Gathering. That doesn’t mean you won’t still see me out and about. I’m still operating the contract for retail at Pro Tours through 2016. Legion Supplies continues to grow in leaps and bounds so you will see my team at various GPs around the world through 2016.
I have been told that this should not be considered an end to my status as a valuable member of the organized play team. Rather, that it’s more of a layoff. As always, they can call me and I’ll be happy to help in whatever way I can to continue to promote the game and community that I love.
I want to thank everyone who has supported me over these past 2 decades. What I have done has been for and BECAUSE of you.
Thank you so very much.
Steve
What have I been up to here at Legion Events? Well, in addition to getting fired up for 2 Grand Prix in the coming months (OKC and Madison) I’ve been printing Hoodies, yo. lots of them. Magic flavored hoodies. It’s been a pretty interesting process and the learning curve is painful (expensive) but I think I’ve got the Direct To Garment Printer pretty well figured out. Let me back up a little… Last year in talking with WotC and Sitelines (the show runner for the PT) in my capacity as the Retail Manager, we discussed making new hoodies. We’ve had hoodies before, but they were only OK. plain grey with white colored mana symbols on them. Basic. Acceptable. But we can do better. Sitelines put together some designs and we got them through approval at Wotc and then it was a matter of finding someone to print them.
Printing the front of hoodies, especially going over the zipper is difficult. Lots of issues. Silk screeners don’t like to do it (results can be so varied) nor does anyone else really want to mess with it. When I started shopping the job around I must have talked to 20 different printers all who either quoted me insanely high prices (high enough that I would not be able to sell them for a profit) Or just straight out saying no (sometimes laughing while saying it). AHHHHhahahahhahahahahahaaaa. No.
So I bought a machine and did it myself. ‘Murica.
I know now why they all said Ahhhhhahahahahahahaa. No. Wow. it’s a pain in the butt. But wow. they look really cool. I’m so happy with them and so excited to see them go out into the world and it’s pretty cool knowing that there are only a few hundred total of these things and I made each one myself. So when you see someone at your local shop sporting one of these.. know first that they are incredibly rare (they will not be sold anywhere else except the pro tour, I’ve been told) and they were all printed by me in the Legion Events/Legion Supplies warehouse in Minnesota. Literally with my 2 hands (well.. and a pretty fancy specialized printer and whoever made the ACTUAL hoodie we’re printing on)
But today… TODAY… all this stuff is getting thrown in boxes, tossed on a pallet, wrapped and sent to Seattle where they will join a truck load of stuff headed to Vancouver for the PT. The retail booth for the Pro Tours got some serious upgrading done at Brussels… it’s kicking up even harder for Vancouver. The space looks great. The merchandise is pretty sweet and I’m looking forward to showing off the PT playmat (which is straight up insane), the hoodies and a couple new shirt designs that are hitting the floor this show. All stuff that is PT specific and can’t be found anywhere else in the world! (so if you were thinking about popping by any of the PTs left this year Vancouver, Milwaukee or Barcelona). And keep an eye on the mother ship (wizards.com) for pics of the mats, shirts and other awesome stuff headed to the PT
Steve
Hey everyone! I’ve updated the Magic Cruise web page with info for MC8. We’ll be sailing out of New Orleans during Mardi Gras, returning the Sunday before Fat Tuesday.
We’ve set up a 3 year plan that includes a short cruise early in January the following year (MC9 – 2017) and a Mediterranean cruise for our 10th anniversary cruise (MC10 – 2018). We hope you can join us for one of these fantastic trips!
Steve
I’ve (finally) loaded the page for MC7 Tournament packages and add ons! If you’re registered for MC7, and plan to play in the events, head to the page now and purchase your package!
MC7 Tournament Packages and Add ons
Steve
I’m pretty excited about this program!
Nick Coss of Card Titan and Adam Shaw (former Level 4 Judge) have teamed up to bring a great new level of service to the Magic Community. It’s called Prereg.Me (Click this for a link to the site). This is a web portal and an App available for both Android and iOS that allows you to register for an event without actually coming to the registration desk. We are testing this out for them on our Super Series Events tomorrow (Sunday) at #GPOmaha. Download the app or visit the website and sign up now! It takes your credit payment directly on the device as well (cash and credit can also be used at the registration desk if you prefer).
Once you register on the app, simply select “upcoming events” and you will see both Super Series events listed. Sealed starts at 9, Standard starts at 10.
Steve
Hey everyone,
If you were traveling today, I hope you made it safely, there’s a pretty rough patch of weather between southern MN and central Iowa all the way over to South Dakota. Lots of slowed down travel and some road closures. The weather should be clearing up all over tomorrow though, And the forecast for Omaha on Saturday is highs in the 30s, that’s T-shirt weather! (not really). Preregistrations are continuing to roll in and our projections based on previous events is putting us on an expected attendance of 1300 players when we get #GPOmaha under way on saturday.
But if you braved the roads today and are joining us tomorrow, the hall opens to the public at 2pm with 9 vendors, Last Chance Trials plus other side events and our artists alley featuring 7 artists with a special Artists Panel tomorrow (Friday) night!
I’ll see you in Omaha tomorrow!
Steve
Hey folks, we interrupt our regularly scheduled #GPOmaha updates to bring you a quick update for the Magic Cruise 7 .
I’ve just confirmed with Magic: the Gathering Pro Tour Hall of Famer Ben Stark that he will be joining us on Magic Cruise #7.
BONUS!
The Magic Cruise sales from San Juan Puerto Rico on March 15 and returns on march 21. 7 Days visiting the wonderful Southern Caribbean Islands and nights filled with Magic and Kareoke and more! For a full list of ports of call and other information visit the Magic Cruise 7 page! Remember, that if you are joining our group it is *imperative* that you use the booking number listed on the MC7 page to be added to our group!
Steve
I would like to extend another heart felt thank you to the players at GP San Antonio this past weekend. We 1167 players in the main event and another couple hundred just hanging out and enjoying the side events, 4 artists and our sponsored cos player. We did some good work over those first few rounds in advancing the next version of GP tournament software. There were some long rounds early and you all showed incredible patience as we worked hard to get that program the stress test it needed.
I thank you, and I’m sure that wizards and the dev team thank you as well!
I’m looking forward to #GPOmaha in just 5 short weeks. We’ve got 6 artists coming for the first ever GP in Omaha. The playmat for Omaha was done by Dan Scott and I’m happy to announce Dan has agreed to do mats for all of the Legion GPs in 2015! We’ve got a special surprise in the works for the Legion 2015 GP series with a special bonus for you if you attend all 3 (Omaha in January, Oklahoma City in September, and Madison in October). We’ll be officially announcing this one of a kind bonus item in the weeks leading up to Omaha!
Our venue is attached to the block hotel so you can jump easily between the hotel and venue! Registration will open for Omaha very soon!
See you all very soon!
Steve
We have less than 30 slots left for GP San Antonio VIP access. Get yourself some cool swag, a private (quiet!) room, access to our VIP concierge for bag checking and phone charging along with your own pairings board and some setaside time for artists! REGISTER HERE
Less than 2 weeks away!
Steve
