Dear Players,

As most of you are aware, there has been a substantial change in the
way Wizards of the Coast are managing events and Tournament
Organisers. This left Fizz and I with a few choices. We seriously
considered stopping running events altogether, but we both enjoy
running so much that we feel we would lose a big part of our lives by
stopping.

However, this leaves us in some difficulty. We're currently Advanced
Level in the new WPN program and in order to keep this level, we'd
need to continue to hold very large events. Wizards are forcing us to
be competitive, or else we will lose everything we've built in
Bradford.

Now, as most of you are aware, we're not involved in Magic for the
money. In the past, we've made massive loses on events simply because
we wanted to run them. We're happy to continue to take these risks,
because we enjoy Magic and the countless friendships we've formed
through it over the years.

In light of this, we're going to do the following for Shards:

1. The entrance fee for the Bradford Shards of Alara Prereleases will
be at most £10.

2. We need to attract "new" players, so we'll be rewarding those that
bring new people along to assigned a new DCI number.

3. We will attempt to give the best prizes we can...  I'd love to say
that we're going to give a booster box to 1st each day, just like the
good ol' days...  we'll see :)

Thank you for your support over the years, we hope to see you all at
our Prereleases (Event details below) and Release parties.

Best Wishes

Nick Sephton & Faieza Saleem
Counterbalance Tournaments
counterbalancetournaments@gmail.com
=========================

Shards of Alara Prereleases
Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th July
10:15am - Doors open
11:00am - Tournament Start

Venue & Facilities
Meeting Room 2
Main University Campus
Bradford University
BD7 1DP
See http://www.brad.ac.uk/external/visit/getting.php for maps &
directions
Free parking at the venue
Subway, Shops, Fast-Food and Bar nearby

Pre-registration & Event Information
Telephone 07974 310551
Email: counterbalancetournaments@gmail.com

Judges & Administration
Nick Sephton - Head Judge/Tournament Organiser
Faieza Saleem - Administration
Judge Staff as necessary

Ahem, July?

Hopefully see you there guys, for once I'll be back off hols for a main set 
release.


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Dear Players,

As most of you are aware, there has been a substantial change in the
way Wizards of the Coast are managing events and Tournament
Organisers. This left Fizz and I with a few choices. We seriously
considered stopping running events altogether, but we both enjoy
running so much that we feel we would lose a big part of our lives by
stopping.

However, this leaves us in some difficulty. We're currently Advanced
Level in the new WPN program and in order to keep this level, we'd
need to continue to hold very large events. Wizards are forcing us to
be competitive, or else we will lose everything we've built in
Bradford.

Now, as most of you are aware, we're not involved in Magic for the
money. In the past, we've made massive loses on events simply because
we wanted to run them. We're happy to continue to take these risks,
because we enjoy Magic and the countless friendships we've formed
through it over the years.

In light of this, we're going to do the following for Shards:

1. The entrance fee for the Bradford Shards of Alara Prereleases will
be at most £10.

2. We need to attract "new" players, so we'll be rewarding those that
bring new people along to assigned a new DCI number.

3. We will attempt to give the best prizes we can...  I'd love to say
that we're going to give a booster box to 1st each day, just like the
good ol' days...  we'll see :)

Thank you for your support over the years, we hope to see you all at
our Prereleases (Event details below) and Release parties.

Best Wishes

Nick Sephton & Faieza Saleem
Counterbalance Tournaments
counterbalancetournaments@gmail.com
=========================

Shards of Alara Prereleases
Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th July
10:15am - Doors open
11:00am - Tournament Start

Venue & Facilities
Meeting Room 2
Main University Campus
Bradford University
BD7 1DP
See http://www.brad.ac.uk/external/visit/getting.php for maps &
directions
Free parking at the venue
Subway, Shops, Fast-Food and Bar nearby

Pre-registration & Event Information
Telephone 07974 310551
Email: counterbalancetournaments@gmail.com

Judges & Administration
Nick Sephton - Head Judge/Tournament Organiser
Faieza Saleem - Administration
Judge Staff as necessary

Yes, should obviously be September.

I always manage to make one typo :(

Is running events at a loss, the best way forward for the Magic
community?

Surely adjusting your pricing structure would be a better "risk",
rather than undercutting other TO's, and causing dissent amongst the
plays that pay more?

Just my two pence worth…


On 5 Sep, 14:22, nickseph...@gmail.com wrote:
> Dear Players,
>
> As most of you are aware, there has been a substantial change in the
> way Wizards of the Coast are managing events and Tournament
> Organisers. This left Fizz and I with a few choices. We seriously
> considered stopping running events altogether, but we both enjoy
> running so much that we feel we would lose a big part of our lives by
> stopping.
>
> However, this leaves us in some difficulty. We're currently Advanced
> Level in the new WPN program and in order to keep this level, we'd
> need to continue to hold very large events. Wizards are forcing us to
> be competitive, or else we will lose everything we've built in
> Bradford.
>
> Now, as most of you are aware, we're not involved in Magic for the
> money. In the past, we've made massive loses on events simply because
> we wanted to run them. We're happy to continue to take these risks,
> because we enjoy Magic and the countless friendships we've formed
> through it over the years.
>
> In light of this, we're going to do the following for Shards:
>
> 1. The entrance fee for the Bradford Shards of Alara Prereleases will
> be at most £10.
>
> 2. We need to attract "new" players, so we'll be rewarding those that
> bring new people along to assigned a new DCI number.
>
> 3. We will attempt to give the best prizes we can...  I'd love to say
> that we're going to give a booster box to 1st each day, just like the
> good ol' days...  we'll see :)
>
> Thank you for your support over the years, we hope to see you all at
> our Prereleases (Event details below) and Release parties.
>
> Best Wishes
>
> Nick Sephton & Faieza Saleem
> Counterbalance Tournaments
> counterbalancetourname...@gmail.com
> =========================
>
> Shards of Alara Prereleases
> Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th July
> 10:15am - Doors open
> 11:00am - Tournament Start
>
> Venue & Facilities
> Meeting Room 2
> Main University Campus
> Bradford University
> BD7 1DP
> Seehttp://www.brad.ac.uk/external/visit/getting.phpfor maps &
> directions
> Free parking at the venue
> Subway, Shops, Fast-Food and Bar nearby
>
> Pre-registration & Event Information
> Telephone 07974 310551
> Email: counterbalancetourname...@gmail.com
>
> Judges & Administration
> Nick Sephton - Head Judge/Tournament Organiser
> Faieza Saleem - Administration
> Judge Staff as necessary