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Waystone down, take the wipe.
Topic Started: Jan 8 2011, 10:52 PM (620 Views)
Anubis
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Some of the WoW people will get the reference, at least.

I've been informed Waystone is officially out of business. They're selling off their stuff, and will be closed sometime early in the upcoming week for good. I'll be heading down there tomorrow to get the 'official' word myself, but that's what I've been lead to believe thus far.
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Shitty. Post more when you know more.
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Anubis
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Jan 9 2011, 12:45 AM
Shitty. Post more when you know more.
I spoke with Josh Conan (Soft spoke military guy on my team, I'm sure everyone knows him) and he was over at Petries (Never heard of it? Neither had I) scoping out a potential new FNM venue. Apparently they already do FNMs, but have small turn outs due to Waystone dominating the scene. He said they already have room for ~30 people, and can accommodate ~15 more should the need arise (Moving stuff around, much like Compleat used to do for larger turn outs). I have yet to visit the place myself, but I'll be trying to check it out this week and talk to the store owners about their plans. Josh said they (tentatively) would be doing the same thing Waystone did, with the exception of a strict 'top 4 cut' instead of the 'loose' method we use now, where it's up in the air. Basically what they told Josh, was the tournament would be over at top 4 (No option to play out top 4/Top 2, which is perfectly legal from Scott Marshall was telling me about) and it would be a 25% prize split the whole way. They would consider doing cash payouts as well, with 50% less than what they'd give out in store credit (Standard).

Regarding specifics on Waystone, I'll find out what I can today. If Jake/John could post here specifically, that'd be best, but they don't tend to check the forums much. Josh said John or Jake (I forget which) planned on playing in FNMs once a new place was rocking.


JUST TO CLARIFY:

All I have right now is second hand information, don't take this as gospel. I could be misinformed or things could still change, but Josh has no reason to lie to me, and he had apparently spoken directly to John on the matter.
Edited by Anubis, Jan 9 2011, 01:55 AM.
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Just awful news. I know I didn't play much, but I really like the John and Jake hate to see their business fail.

Good to hear there is some other place open. My guess was the other store drObins posts about would take over.
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So, confirmed. They're moving as much inventory as they can, and apparently Pietries came down to buy MOST of it off them. I didn't ask about specifics regarding what happened, but I can guess they holidays weren't as explosive as they needed, and their previous problems that caused the split from Compleat couldn't be remedied as a result.

As stated before, apparently Pietries 'plans' to pickup the MTG scene. But really, I think we as a community should decide where we feel we'd fit best, and do what we can from there. If we like Pietries, great. If we don't, we should try to find a place more suitable, and do it as a community.
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J&J does run FNM as well as some Saturday and Sunday events. I spoke with Jay today and he says they're running 2 events at FNM, one draft and one constructed, each week. He's also got a Commander league going on Saturdays, but I don't know the details. And, he's going to try doing Extended events on every other Sunday for a while at least. He said they had 8 for the Commander league yesterday, but we only had 5 for Extended today, thanks to the weather, I'm sure.

Sad to see Waystone go even though I haven't been up there as much lately. Wish the best for John and Jake and everyone else involved. Hopefully, the community will stay active and healthy, whatever stores people decide to play at. This message board is part of that.
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I will be "shopping around" for a new store to play at. Things I will be looking for are

- an atmosphere where I feel I can get better
- Sanctioned events with consistent reporting
- A cut to top 8
- a feeling of welcome wherever I choose to play.

Hopefully a place can meet all of these.
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Febiv - you left out one other criteria, or perhaps I assume too much?

Because, if not for the distance, Enchanted Grounds would be a perfect fit for your list.

d:^D
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Colorado and 470 right?
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Jan 10 2011, 03:53 PM
Febiv - you left out one other criteria, or perhaps I assume too much?

Because, if not for the distance, Enchanted Grounds would be a perfect fit for your list.

d:^D
I have actually already told Piley when he asked, that if none of the Springs stores fit the bill, I may be making the trek to EG. I work at the north end of town anyway.
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where is petries?
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Jan 10 2011, 04:36 PM
Colorado and 470 right?
Yep - sort of. No exit off 470 at Colorado, but EG is on Colorado, just south of 470.

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Anubis
Jan 9 2011, 01:54 AM
he was over at Petries (Never heard of it? Neither had I) scoping out a potential new FNM venue. Apparently they already do FNMs, but have small turn outs due to Waystone dominating the scene.


Petrie's Family GamesPetrie's Family Games
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3502 Hartsel Drive #100
Colorado Springs, CO 80920
(719) 522-1099



Also, we also have Gamer's Haven and J&J's Pak/Ship/Magic Store as other 2 options. I know some of the people that run the event at GH already, and I really liked the guy's attitude at J&J's along with him allowing us to buy/sell stuff to other players while in the store. He's also got enough room to handle 40-ish easily. GH's doesn't have a lot of room though.


I'm inclined to allow people to split up and let the smaller "groups of friends" decide how to do it collectively, instead of trying to get the entire community to mass move to 1 location immediately.


At this time, I'm considering GH as my first option, J&J's as my second option, then either Petrie's or EG as the 3rd option for myself. This could change at a moment's notice though, depending on how people that I know and what to hang out with tend to migrate over the next month or so.








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Yes...



I did just pubically admit that I'm willing to a Sheep in this herd...



Feel free to poke fun at me, as after this weekend especially... I deserve all of the ribbing, razing, and fun being poked at me and the decisions that I made...


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