I'm going to venture out a bit on my linear story, and talk about what I did last weekend, to get to 2000 Planeswalker Points. This does not necessarily qualify me for the Pro Tour, but does certainly get me in the mix of the top 100. Recently there has been a lot of drama and controvery, articles like Brian Kibler's "The Problem With Planeswalker Points" being the most recent example. The article makes valid points, and is good, but it is just one person's perspective.
12-11-2011 Playing in a garage is not fun.
After driving from Burbank to Sacramento and back on Saturday, for a pro-tour Qualifier, me and my partner in Planeswalker Points, Ryan Coyle, venture out to the not so well known cardshop, "Extra Innings," in Marina Del Ray. I ask where we will be playing, they inform me it is the garage. Yes, a parking Garage, with tables set up. It is cold and pretty lame. No cameras, no big lights, no chance for fame and glory. It's a Grand Prix Trial tournament, 5 rounds of swiss, cutting to a top 8. The multiplier for the Tournament is 3X, meaning if you win the whole thing, like Ryan did, you make 60 Planeswalker Points. If you go 2-3 like myself, you make about 24 points.
So after traveling to Sacramento for a PTQ, where I went 5-2, then counting my Friday Night Magic, and a few random 1X side drafts, I scored 150 points for the week, bringing my Planeswalker Points total to 2007 points. That would put me around 60th on the current world ranking, but there are still a lot of points rolling in and twelve days left in the season.
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