Conyers, GA
Stop giving Colin an even bigger head than he's already got...man you guys have gotten so much mileage from that pic I think it's actually got digital wear holes in it, lol. 
Love the "put up or shut up" nature of this format.
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I love that shirt. I can't wear it anywhere but TPF...but I love..that..shirt. The pink one is even better. Too bad I wore it the day before.
I guess technically I've probably missed my window to get a 1st place awared at TPF due to this format change. That kinda sucks. Think this is a much better format though. Are the 'high score' tournaments going to be on the same machines as 'wizards' or will that be a separate bank to alleviate congestion?
Stern launch parties have always drawn out more people than any other tournaments in the Dallas area, and they're typically "high score only" tournaments, or at best a 'top 4 playoff' situation, so I can see why this is being promoted as the "novice" friendly format. Everyone can have a blowout game, get lucky, and they might just place first if that happens.
Why is Wizards being limited to 200? I would assume there was some calculation of average game times (hopefully skewed towards the high end..), number of games they want to use for it, and that was a good round number that fit into what needed to happen for a tournament to be run efficiently. If you look at past TPF results for the "main" tournament...
2015 - Can't really tell due to format...looks like maaaaybe around 150 unique players? Hard to say.
2014- 183 players
2013 - 213 players
2012 - 193 players
Seems like there's a good chance that unless people come that don't normally come to try and win that big pot, there may not even BE 200 players for Wizards.
Quoted from 85vett:I would tend to agree but I also know there are a lot of good players that haven't/don't come to TPF due to how the tournaments were run and what was worth their time. This format is prime for them so I'd be surprised if more of the "A" players don't show up this year.
I don't disagree that Wizards is a good format. I'm just trying to find out where the incentive is for the new/lower level players is at.I'd agree with that but you are also not asking players to pay basically $2.50 a game to try and get lucky in those launch parties.
Depends on the launch party. I've paid that, and more.
Quoted from Kkuoppamaki:So can I try to qualify in the wizard only on Saturday?
You CAN...however if the past is any indicator good luck trying to get 30 plays in on one day along with 199 other interested people.
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