M:TG The Games Club Invitational The following players took part in the second ever The Games Club Invitational tournament, which was held at The Games Club Monthly on Saturday, 30th May 2004. The invitations were based on The Games Club's Ranking and Ratings (Fifth Dawn). Top 8 Pod 1st - Quentin Martin 2nd - Sam Gomersall
4th - Thomas Lowish
6th - Chi D'Alvarez
7th - Alwyn Collinson
8th - Andrew Buchanan 9th - Paul Naicker (alternate for Richard Nunn) 10th - Chris Stowers (alternate for Hao Wu) | | 8 Most Frequent (Uninvited) Pod
34 Events - Allen Lister
30 Events - Dan Watkinson
26 Events - Raymond Wat
23 Events - Rachel Gilbey
20 Events - Jason Howlett19 Events - Philip Rogers 18 Events- Justin Spary (alternate for Paul Cridland) 18 Events - Justin Chee (alternate for Gustavo Castano) |
Results | Rank (Seed) | Team | Points | | 1 (8) | Chris & Justin C | 21 | | 2 (6) | Andrew & Philip | 15 | | 3 (4) | Chi & Rachel | 15 | | 4 (3) | Thomas & Raymond | 12 | | 5 (5) | Alwyn & Jason | 12 | | 6 (2) | Sam & Dan | 4 | | 7 (7) | Paul & Justin S | 4 | | 8 (1) | Quentin & Allen | 0 |
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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 and the highest seeded 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 Two-Headed Giant 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 Champions of Kamigawa Boosters per player 2nd - 18 Champions of Kamigawa Boosters per player 3rd & 4th - 9 Champions of Kamigawa Boosters per player There will be another of The Games Club's Invitational tournaments held at The Games Club Monthly on Saturday, 5th February 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 (Champions of Kamigawa). | 
