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    Posted: 01 Mar 2010 at 5:30pm
 wed 3/3 7pm/10pm
Thu 3/4 6/9pm
Friday 3/5 7/10pm
Sunday 3/7 2/5AM
Monday 3/8 3/6AM
Tuesday 3/9 4/7AM
Wednesday 3/10 3/6 PM
Thu 3/11 6/9pm
Fri 3/12 6/9AM
sat 3/13 9am/noon
sun 3/14 10am/1pm
mon 3/15 8/11am
Tuesday 3/16 5/8pm

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Saturday 3/13 7/10PM
Sunday 3/14 3/6PM
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Much better.  A little late on Sunday but doable
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i still dont understand why we only get 1 de a day.
two weeks ago i checked the de schedule and saw something similar to this
std 23 de's 4 in 1 day
ext 22 de's 4 in 1 day
zen/m10 sealed 25 de's 5 in 1 day
zen block 24 de's 4 in one day
ala block packs selaed 23 de's 5 in 1 day.
 
i hate to sound petulant, but why exactly can we not get preferntioal treatment, ie a stable pe every weekend? we are certainly not treated equally to any of the other formats in terms of dailys? core format my left butt cheek.
 
if they just took 2 slots a week from each other daily format that would put us close to 20 events and about 3 per day.
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I had a chat with Chris K about the schedule.  Like all things MTGO they move slowly, but we both agreed that one thing that needs to be done is to work out a more permanent time for things like the classic PE(s).  That would be a change in policy, though Chris is receptive to it.

As for the number of PEs - I think that's pretty much what we've always got, isn't it?  I mean, when we were firing off 6-8 DEs a week, that was like every single one.

Let's be realistic - Classic might be a core format, but it's not block, standard (or even extended, but that ship will sail soon) and you have to expect the more popular formats to have more DEs - that's just business sense there.
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Originally posted by dangerlinto

I had a chat with Chris K about the schedule.  Like all things MTGO they move slowly, but we both agreed that one thing that needs to be done is to work out a more permanent time for things like the classic PE(s).  That would be a change in policy, though Chris is receptive to it.

Let's be realistic - Classic might be a core format, but it's not block, standard (or even extended, but that ship will sail soon) and you have to expect the more popular formats to have more DEs - that's just business sense there.
 
Good to hear that Chris is more open to suggestions. When I (or was it you) asked for "Weekend challenge" level events the response  was that we couldn't get them because Classic is a core format and all Core formats had to be treated equally, which obviously wasn't even true in the first place based on the nubmer of DEs.
 
I like the idea of somewhat regular times (although someone somewhere will then ALWAYS be unable to play them) or even one fixed one flex.... but the most important thing to me is the weekday after work DEs and keeping as many of those on the sachedule as possible.
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as cal said, we couldnt get a stable pe cause we couldnt deviate from core status. but seriously, do we need every other format to get 4x as many de's as we do? they could very easily bump up classic and still have over 20 of each other event. realalistic or no, having 6 de's a week is not conductive to growing a format, not when there are over 20 options for each other format.
 
Im not saying we need to have 23 events but the inequality between classic vs everything else is amazing. especially since most people some wotc included feel that classic is a healthyer more event firing format then extended.
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I think you are misunderstanding what I mean by "stable PE"

I'm talking specifically about time & date.  I think classic (as well as other formats) would have a much easier time firing off tournaments if they were consistently at the same time & day of week rather than rotating around like the always do - that's fine for DEs, I guess but for the 1 (or 2) PEs we get, it would be better if they were always at the same time.

I think the Sunday PE at 12:00pm PST was the best time.  Hopefully we can get that and make it stick.

I think we've proven we can fire off a 33 man tournament at this point - just like the other core formats, so long as it's at the right time and day of week.
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no i fully understand what stable means. i just find it hard to swallow the inequity between classic and every other format when it comes to opportunity to play. Yea maybe classic only fires half of the de's in a week. but if our options were trippled then shouldnt we by all logic tripple events that fire? all while scooping out a very small percentage of other formats events. It dosent even half to be an optimal time, but if there are 3 events spread out over the day chances are 1 will fire every day and 2 every other day.
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Originally posted by whiffy penguin

... if our options were trippled then shouldnt we by all logic tripple events that fire?


Unfortunately that logic isn't even close to correct... If they multiplied the number of available events by a million, would you expect the number of fired events to multiply by a million? I'm sure it would help increase the number of fired events, but almost definitely not 1:1.

There are also some definite downsides: resource requirements, overloading the schedule, etc.

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When I look at the current schedule it's almost impossible to believe it's anything more than for show. In the history of classic has a DE ever fired between 5-7am EST on a weekday? If not, then what's the point in even putting them in those time slots?
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Im not sure where to post this so I'll start here.

Wouldnt it be good to have some kind of poll or something where you could mark if youre thinking of attending a DE or PE.
That way us beginners (me and maybe someone else) will understand why some events are hanging with only one or two players in them. Thus not firing.

I had hopes for the DE today, but htat didnt happen. I was all alone in the queue...

What do you think? Maybe a group or something on the MTGO boards or something here?

If I set up "Classic on MTGO" at the MTGO community boards, and post all DE's and PE's as events everyone that has an account there can post if they Join or not. Good idea?



Edited by Maxeel - 09 Mar 2010 at 4:12am
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