As we draw close to another great summer, let us not forget all the red hot games fought this month during the FNM Standard.
We had a close race this month. Ricky H led the board for quite a bit including several back to back FNMs not dropping a single game. He stumbled during an FNM and this led to several other competitors getting within striking distance to claim that sweet extra store credit. However, he rallied back this last FNM and was able to secure to 1st place finish and his spot as King of the Hill during the start of the FNM September Leaderboard.
Join us this Friday, as we start a new FNM Leaderboard and see if you, too, can earn your place at the top!
With no further adieu, Here is the final FNM August Leaderboard. Store credit has already been applied to the winner's accounts.
1st: Ricky H: 36 ( $20 SC)
2nd: Brianna H: 35 ($10 SC)
3rd: Jeremy H: 25 ( $5 SC)
4th: Nathan P: 25 ( $5 SC)
5th: Kendall D: 24
6th: Tyler S: 23
7th: Marc G: 20
8th: Natalie B: 18
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Monday, August 29, 2016
It is time for Change!: Kaldadesh Prerelease Edition
Welcome back loyal readers of the War Torn Front blog.
Today we are talking about a significant change coming to our Prerelease events for Magic. This change will occur with Kaladesh coming up September 24-25th. Intrigued about whats going on? Well lets dive into it.
Today we are talking about a significant change coming to our Prerelease events for Magic. This change will occur with Kaladesh coming up September 24-25th. Intrigued about whats going on? Well lets dive into it.
Prereleases are now only three Swiss rounds
The staff at War Torn Front has been discussing a change to the number of rounds for Prereleases for quite some time. While it has been great offering players more time to play in their respective Prerelease flights there have been issues. Many times players have had prerelease flights run over into another prerelease flight they are scheduled to play in. In addition, the Midnight Prerelease often took a longer bit of time and many players complained about the finish time for this event.
After taking into consideration many options to help reduce the time constraints and make these events fly more smoothly, the team at War torn Front came to a consensus.
Going forward, all prerelease events will only be a maximum of three rounds.
We feel that be cutting a round out of each of the prereleases, the amount of time gained will act as a great buffer for our other events. This also gives players an additional hour to get food, relax, or even just go home an hour earlier.
As a result, prize support for each of the prereleases is changing to reflect the loss of the extra round we used to have. The new prize structure for the prereleases are the following:
Sealed Prerelease Prize Support
W-L-D
3-0-0: 8 Packs or $24 Store Credit
2-0-1: 6 Packs or $18 Store Credit
2-1-0: 4 Packs or $12 Store Credit
1-1-1: 2 Packs or $6 Store Credit
Two Headed Giant Prerelease Prize Support ( per team)
W-L-D
3-0-0: 16 Packs or $48 Store Credit
2-0-1: 12 Packs or $36 Store Credit
2-1-0: 8 Packs or $24 Store Credit
1-1-1: 4 Packs or $12 Store Credit
You may also have noticed on our event page that there is only one Two Headed Giant Prerelease for Kaladesh. At this point, we are scaling back the Two Headed Giant event on Sunday to create room for another single prerelease flight for you, our players. We will continue to monitor the response to just having one Two-Headed Giant event and modify further prereleases if the response is clear that you, the players, would love to have Two Headed Giant return on Sundays.
This may require some getting used to, but we want you, the players, to know we are listening and trying to implement your ideas and suggestions into our business.
As always feel free to comment and subscribe to this blog and our Facebook page at War Torn Front Game Center
Until next time, ladies and gentlemen
Play to Win!
War Torn Front
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
War Torn Front August FNM Leaderboard Update (8/19/2016)
One more week is left before the FNM Leaderboard has been decided.
This past week 20 players came to battle in FNM Standard for more FNM Leaderboard points as the month of August begins to close out.
Marc G managed to hold onto King of the Hill from last week taking on all challengers and drawing in the final round with Kendall D. While their points dd increase, it did not deter our current point leader, Ricky H from maintaining his lead.
Will Ricky H leave next week as our number 1 on the Leadrboard?
Join us this coming FNM and find out!
1st: Ricky H: 27
2nd: Brianna H: 26
3rd: Tyler S: 23
4th: Marc G: 20
5th: Nathan P: 19
6th: Kendall D: 17
7th: Taylor M: 16
8th: Alex S: 15
King of the Hill: Marc G
This past week 20 players came to battle in FNM Standard for more FNM Leaderboard points as the month of August begins to close out.
Marc G managed to hold onto King of the Hill from last week taking on all challengers and drawing in the final round with Kendall D. While their points dd increase, it did not deter our current point leader, Ricky H from maintaining his lead.
Will Ricky H leave next week as our number 1 on the Leadrboard?
Join us this coming FNM and find out!
1st: Ricky H: 27
2nd: Brianna H: 26
3rd: Tyler S: 23
4th: Marc G: 20
5th: Nathan P: 19
6th: Kendall D: 17
7th: Taylor M: 16
8th: Alex S: 15
King of the Hill: Marc G
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
War Torn Front August FNM Leaderboard Update (8/12/2016)
Hot off the presses from the Pro Tour, our Magic Community came in force to battle for more FNM Leaderboard points!
While this week Ricky H is still in the lead, he did not land King of the Hill. Marc G was able to steal an upset and land himself as the King for this coming FNM. Could this man be a contender for the FNM Leaderboard 1st place?
Join us this Friday and find out.
1st: Ricky H: 21
2nd: Tyler S: 16
3rd: Brianna H: 16
4th: Taylor M: 13
5th: Nathan P: 13
6th: Natalie B: 12
7th: Marc G: 10
8th: Erik O: 9
King of the Hill: Marc G
While this week Ricky H is still in the lead, he did not land King of the Hill. Marc G was able to steal an upset and land himself as the King for this coming FNM. Could this man be a contender for the FNM Leaderboard 1st place?
Join us this Friday and find out.
1st: Ricky H: 21
2nd: Tyler S: 16
3rd: Brianna H: 16
4th: Taylor M: 13
5th: Nathan P: 13
6th: Natalie B: 12
7th: Marc G: 10
8th: Erik O: 9
King of the Hill: Marc G
Thursday, August 11, 2016
War Torn Front Game Center's State of Events Address
It is time for a change!
If that opening comment did not stir some part of you to read further, well thats all we got.
Normally, the War Torn Front blog is used to update the players about the FNM leaderboard, or the winners of various Preliminary Pro Tour Qualifiers and their deck lists.
Today, however, we are going to discuss some changes coming to War Torn Front's schedule of events. The staff has been discussing and debating many of these changes and we want you, the players, to know your feedback does matter. Feel free to leave comments below with what you feel could be some changes that could be made to our weekly schedule. With that, lets discuss the changes coming to the War Torn Front events.
Mondays
Starting August 15th, Mondays at War Torn Front will be going to Open Play. In the past, we had On Demand Swiss MTG Drafts and Cardfight Vanguard listed here.
We are making this change for the following reasons:
1. Cardfight Vanguard's crowd has died off.
2. See Thursday for Information about Swiss Drafts
Cardfight Vanguard had a very strong showing a few months ago. We had groups of players ranging from 6-8, to the highest being roughly 16 players on a Monday night. However, since that point attendance has dwindled to the point where the last month not a single Cardfight Vanguard event has fired. We have been debating these events for some time, but ultimately we feel taking them down for an undisclosed period of time is the best action.
We will still sell and buy Cardfight Vanguard Single and product and we will still be hosting Cardfight Vanguard Sneak Peeks, however until further notice Cardfight Vanguard Constructed events will be discontinued. If you wish to see a change in this decision, let us know in the comments below.
Thursday
Starting August 18th, Thursdays at War Torn Front will be hosting $13 MTG Swiss Drafts and Free Tiny Leaders. In the past, we held Free Standard as our event of choice.
We are making this change for the following reasons;
1. Free Standard's crowd has shrunk significantly
2. Many players have asked about having drafts later on in the work week.
3. Tiny Leaders has had a resurgence in popularity in our area.
Free Standard has always been a great entry level event here at the store. Many of our regular FNMers have started their careers grinding through Free Standard to get better. Lately, however, attendance at these events has shrunk to the point where our event has not fired these last few weeks. As such, we have decided to take Free Standard off the schedule until further notice. We fill by having Swiss Drafts and Tiny Leaders on this day, we can give you, the players, more fun alternatives formats to play during the work week.
Sunday
Starting August 21st, Sundays will be Pokemon League day for the Pokemon TCG.
Many local players have asked us about hosting the Pokemon TCG in our store front. After seeing the massive response from the XY Steam Siege event, we have decided to bring the Pokemon TCG into the lime light for War Torn's Event Schedule. Keep an eye on the Facebook page next week for information concerning how the event will be run for Sundays.
In addition, We are debating ideas for Pokemon GO to coincide with Pokemon league days. Let us know in the comments below if this is something you would like for us to consider for our events.
These are the major changes that will be occurring for War Torn Front's Weekly event schedule. As always make sure to like, subscribe to War Torn Front Game Center's Facebook page, and comment about ways to help grow the communities for all games held here at War Torn Front.
We look forward to seeing you all in show in the future!
War Torn Front
Play to Win!
If that opening comment did not stir some part of you to read further, well thats all we got.
Normally, the War Torn Front blog is used to update the players about the FNM leaderboard, or the winners of various Preliminary Pro Tour Qualifiers and their deck lists.
Today, however, we are going to discuss some changes coming to War Torn Front's schedule of events. The staff has been discussing and debating many of these changes and we want you, the players, to know your feedback does matter. Feel free to leave comments below with what you feel could be some changes that could be made to our weekly schedule. With that, lets discuss the changes coming to the War Torn Front events.
Mondays
Starting August 15th, Mondays at War Torn Front will be going to Open Play. In the past, we had On Demand Swiss MTG Drafts and Cardfight Vanguard listed here.
We are making this change for the following reasons:
1. Cardfight Vanguard's crowd has died off.
2. See Thursday for Information about Swiss Drafts
Cardfight Vanguard had a very strong showing a few months ago. We had groups of players ranging from 6-8, to the highest being roughly 16 players on a Monday night. However, since that point attendance has dwindled to the point where the last month not a single Cardfight Vanguard event has fired. We have been debating these events for some time, but ultimately we feel taking them down for an undisclosed period of time is the best action.
We will still sell and buy Cardfight Vanguard Single and product and we will still be hosting Cardfight Vanguard Sneak Peeks, however until further notice Cardfight Vanguard Constructed events will be discontinued. If you wish to see a change in this decision, let us know in the comments below.
Thursday
Starting August 18th, Thursdays at War Torn Front will be hosting $13 MTG Swiss Drafts and Free Tiny Leaders. In the past, we held Free Standard as our event of choice.
We are making this change for the following reasons;
1. Free Standard's crowd has shrunk significantly
2. Many players have asked about having drafts later on in the work week.
3. Tiny Leaders has had a resurgence in popularity in our area.
Free Standard has always been a great entry level event here at the store. Many of our regular FNMers have started their careers grinding through Free Standard to get better. Lately, however, attendance at these events has shrunk to the point where our event has not fired these last few weeks. As such, we have decided to take Free Standard off the schedule until further notice. We fill by having Swiss Drafts and Tiny Leaders on this day, we can give you, the players, more fun alternatives formats to play during the work week.
Sunday
Starting August 21st, Sundays will be Pokemon League day for the Pokemon TCG.
Many local players have asked us about hosting the Pokemon TCG in our store front. After seeing the massive response from the XY Steam Siege event, we have decided to bring the Pokemon TCG into the lime light for War Torn's Event Schedule. Keep an eye on the Facebook page next week for information concerning how the event will be run for Sundays.
In addition, We are debating ideas for Pokemon GO to coincide with Pokemon league days. Let us know in the comments below if this is something you would like for us to consider for our events.
These are the major changes that will be occurring for War Torn Front's Weekly event schedule. As always make sure to like, subscribe to War Torn Front Game Center's Facebook page, and comment about ways to help grow the communities for all games held here at War Torn Front.
We look forward to seeing you all in show in the future!
War Torn Front
Play to Win!
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
War Torn Front August FNM Leaderboard 8/5/2016
The closing of the summer has started, but you would not know it here at War Torn Front Game Center. The fires of the Standard crew are still quite red hot as we start a brand new month into the FNM Leaderboard.
Ricky H kicked this month off right, not only defending his King of the Hill from last month, but going 4-0 for a third straight week! Can this guy be stopped? Only time and the brews of Standard can tell.
Join us for FNM every Friday starting at 7 PM here at War Torn Front Game Center.
1st: Ricky H: 12
2nd: Alfredo R: 9
3rd: Natalie B: 9
4th: Brianna H: 9
5th: Jeremy H: 9
6th: Sterling M: 7
7th: Tyler S: 7
8th: Troy J: 7
King of the Hill: Ricky H
War Torn Front
Play to Win!
Ricky H kicked this month off right, not only defending his King of the Hill from last month, but going 4-0 for a third straight week! Can this guy be stopped? Only time and the brews of Standard can tell.
Join us for FNM every Friday starting at 7 PM here at War Torn Front Game Center.
1st: Ricky H: 12
2nd: Alfredo R: 9
3rd: Natalie B: 9
4th: Brianna H: 9
5th: Jeremy H: 9
6th: Sterling M: 7
7th: Tyler S: 7
8th: Troy J: 7
King of the Hill: Ricky H
War Torn Front
Play to Win!
Monday, August 8, 2016
Winner of the Preliminary Pro Tour Qualifier for Pro Tour: Aether Revolt
The road to the Pro Tour starts here!
This past Sunday, 25 players came down to our humble little store with the intent to claim an invite for the coveted Regional Pro Tour Qualifier for Pro Tour: Aether Revolt. 5 rounds of swiss play and a grueling Top 8 meant only one person could stand tall and claim victory.
Congratulations to Jason Reed for taking down our Preliminary Pro Tour Qualifier. We wish you the best of luck in taking down the Regional PTQ and finally joining the ranks of the Pros on the Pro Tour.
Presented below is a copy of his winning decklist. May it help all you fellow Modern players as you battle your way through this Modern PPTQ season.
2 Viscera Seer
3 Noble Hierarch
4 Birds of Paradise
1 Wall of Roots
1 Spellskite
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Qasali Pridemage
2 Melira, Sylvok Outcast
2 Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
3 Voice of Resurgence
1 Fiend Hunter
3 Eternal Witness
4 Kitchen Finks
1 Murderous Redcap
4 Chord of Calling
4 Collected Company
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Godless Shrine
1 Plains
1 Swamp
2 Forest
2 Razorverge Thicket
2 Horizon Canopy
2 Temple Garden
3 Gavony Township
4 Windswept Heath
4 Verdant Catacombs
SB:
3 Path to Exile
2 Abrupt Decay
4 Tidehollow Sculler
3 Lingering Souls
3 Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
This past Sunday, 25 players came down to our humble little store with the intent to claim an invite for the coveted Regional Pro Tour Qualifier for Pro Tour: Aether Revolt. 5 rounds of swiss play and a grueling Top 8 meant only one person could stand tall and claim victory.
Congratulations to Jason Reed for taking down our Preliminary Pro Tour Qualifier. We wish you the best of luck in taking down the Regional PTQ and finally joining the ranks of the Pros on the Pro Tour.
Presented below is a copy of his winning decklist. May it help all you fellow Modern players as you battle your way through this Modern PPTQ season.
2 Viscera Seer
3 Noble Hierarch
4 Birds of Paradise
1 Wall of Roots
1 Spellskite
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Qasali Pridemage
2 Melira, Sylvok Outcast
2 Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
3 Voice of Resurgence
1 Fiend Hunter
3 Eternal Witness
4 Kitchen Finks
1 Murderous Redcap
4 Chord of Calling
4 Collected Company
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Godless Shrine
1 Plains
1 Swamp
2 Forest
2 Razorverge Thicket
2 Horizon Canopy
2 Temple Garden
3 Gavony Township
4 Windswept Heath
4 Verdant Catacombs
SB:
3 Path to Exile
2 Abrupt Decay
4 Tidehollow Sculler
3 Lingering Souls
3 Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
Monday, August 1, 2016
FNM July Leaderboard Winners
The end of the month has finally arrived!
Congratulations to our top four players this month. The stroe credit will be applied to your accounts by the end of today 8/3.
Come join us Friday for a brand new month of the FNM Leaderboard.
1st: Ricky H: 45 ($20 SC)
2nd: Alfredo R : 37 ($10 SC)
3rd: Troy J: 32 ($5 SC)
4th: Natalie B: 31 ($5 SC)
5th: Kuang C: 29
6th: Nathan P: 25
7th: Erik O: 22
8th: Elijah J: 19
Congratulations to our top four players this month. The stroe credit will be applied to your accounts by the end of today 8/3.
Come join us Friday for a brand new month of the FNM Leaderboard.
1st: Ricky H: 45 ($20 SC)
2nd: Alfredo R : 37 ($10 SC)
3rd: Troy J: 32 ($5 SC)
4th: Natalie B: 31 ($5 SC)
5th: Kuang C: 29
6th: Nathan P: 25
7th: Erik O: 22
8th: Elijah J: 19
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