M:TG The Games Club Invitational The following players took part in the first ever The Games Club Invitational tournament, which was held at MiniCon XIII on Sunday, 30th May 2004. The invitations were based on The Games Club's Ranking and Ratings (Darksteel). Top 8 Pod 2nd - Pawel Mazierski 4th - Alan Mai
5th - Chi D'Alvarez
6th - Quentin Martin
8th - Richard N Moore
9th - Paul Cridland (alternate for Sam Gomersal) 10th - Tom Lowish (alternate for Simon O'Keefe) 11th - Kian Lee (alternate for Hao Wu) Results here... | | Bottom 8 Pod
388th - Simon Wentworth
387th - Gustavo Castano
385th - Meyer du Plessis
384th - Philip Rogers
381st - Raymond Wat381st - Johannes Kotze 379th - Jason Howlett (alternate for Larry Devis) 378th - Ronnie Tan (alternate for Rachid Saaida) Results here... |
The format for The Games Club Invitational was Mirrodin/Darksteel/Fifth Dawn Booster Draft. Once the draft was completed the highest seeded player in the Top 8 Pod received the cards drafted by the lowest seeded player in the Bottom 8 Pod, from which to build their deck with and vice versa. This was repeated for all the players with second highest player receiving the second lowest player's cards and so on. The structure for The Games Club Invitational was Round Robin (with each players playing every other player in their pod). Points were then awarded based on a player's individual performance (win=3, draw=1 & lose=0) with additional points given according to how well the deck built from a player's drafted cards did (win=2, draw=1 & lose=0). The prizes for each pod were: 1st - 36 Fifth Dawn Boosters 2nd - 18 Fifth Dawn Boosters 3rd & 4th - 9 Fifth Dawn Boosters There will be another of The Games Club's Invitational tournaments held at MiniCon XIV on Sunday, 26th September 2004. Invitations will be given to the Top 8 and 8 Most Frequent players according to The Games Club's Ranking and Ratings (Fifth Dawn). | 
