M:TG The Games Club Invitational The following players took part in the third ever The Games Club Invitational tournament, which was held at The Games Club Monthly on Saturday, 5th February 2005. The invitations were based on The Games Club's Ranking and Ratings (Champions of Kamigawa). Top 8 Pod 1st - Yu Hin Lee† 2nd - Chris Stowers† 3rd - Simon P O'Keeffe
4th - Pawel Mazierski
5th - Alwyn Collinson 6th - Kian C Lee† 7th - Simon Bouton†
8th - Quentin Martin 10th - Andrew Buchanan 11th - Will Wisbey 14th - Nicholas Lovett 16th - Rachel Gilbey †Unable to attend. | | Bottom 8 Pod
485th - Simon J Wentworth†
484th - Larry Devis
483rd - Farhan Hafeez
482nd - Nigel T Rathbone 481st - Richard Collins† 480th - Raymond Wat
479th - Gustavo Castano 478th - David Murray 464th - Philip Rogers 455th - Paul Young †Unable to attend. | | 8 Most Frequent (Uninvited) 1st - Jason B Howlett 2nd - Paul Naicker† 4th - Matthew Hall† 7th - Mark R Bathe-Taylor 11th - Chris Stocking† 12th - Chi A D'Alvarez 13th - Richard Nunn 15th - Gary Manuel† 14th - Vincent Teh 20th - Martyn Hampson 43rd - Thomas Lowish 48th - Marc Douglass †Unable to attend. |
Results | Rank (Seed) | Team | Points | | 1 (1) | Simon, Larry & Jason | 18 | | 2 (8) | Rachel, Paul, & Thomas | 15 | | 3 (4) | Quentin, Raymond & Richard | 12 | | 4 (7) | Nicholas, Philip & Martin | 9 | | 5 (5) | Andrew, Gustavo & Chi | 9 | | 6 (6) | Will, David & Vincent | 9 | | 7 (3) | Alwyn, Nigel & Mark | 6 | | 8 (2) | Pawel, Farhan & Marc | 6 |
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The format for The Games Club Invitational was Champions of Kamigawa Booster Draft. Once the draft was completed the highest seeded player in the Top 8 Pod, the highest seeded player in the Bottom 8 and a random Most Frequent Player Pod formed a team. This was repeated for all the players with second highest players teaming up and so on. The structure for The Games Club Invitational was Trios-Limited Round Robin (with each team playing every other team). Points were then awarded based on the team's performance (win=3, draw=1 & lose=0). The prizes for each team were: 1st - 36 Betrayers of Kamigawa Boosters per player 2nd - 18 Betrayers of Kamigawa Boosters per player 3rd & 4th - 9 Betrayers of Kamigawa Boosters per player There will be another of The Games Club's Invitational tournaments held at The Games Club Monthly on Saturday, 18th June 2005. Invitations will be given to the Top 8, Bottom 8 and 8 Most Frequent players according to The Games Club's Ranking and Ratings (Betrayers of Kamigawa). | 
