Washington, DC/Northern VA/Southern MD (formerly "The East Coast Bias" meta)

[Twn2dn 1]

This is a thread for players on the East Coast--everything south of NYC (but includes Northern Virginia). Our meta frequently plays in Glen Burnie, and some of the Northern VA players have a nice shop in Fairfax (I think, or is it Falls Church?). Some of us are based in DC as wel. New players welcome! 

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[Twn2dn 1]

Finitesquarewell and I have been talking about getting a tournament going sometime in December or January. We were thinking of meeting somewhere in DC or northern VA, but if people want to get together in Glen Burnie that would be just as good. In terms of format, we could do standard, though I'm getting anxious to try out the LCG format if anyone else is interested. (Also, I think Finite may be ordering some 5KE boosters so we might be able to draft those if people feel like it.) 

Anyone interested? If so, what date(s) are good for you?

[kpmccoy22 0]

I could make any Saturday to Glen Burnie, but I would prefer not the 20th. Has anyone seen Tom, Bob or Mike recently on the boards?

 

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kpmccoy21 said:

I could make any Saturday to Glen Burnie, but I would prefer not the 20th. Has anyone seen Tom, Bob or Mike recently on the boards?

 

Saturday is just fine, though the 20th is probably realistically the only time I can make it in December. Shall we shoot for early January then? That will give people enough time to get their chapter packs, get decks built, and get everything they need to do done for the holidays.

[finitesquarewell 0]

i too would be able to make the 20th. i'll be out of town the following week/weekend, so the earliest i could play after that is the first weekend in january.

[Twn2dn 1]

 By the way, I saw that someone on the NYC meta proposed MeetUp.com as a tool to organize gameplay and attract new players. Anyone know much about this or think it's worth a shot?

It would be great if we could get a group of people that are regularly interested in tournaments, or just casual play. I still haven't talked to CaseyVA in awhile, but I'll try to call him sometime this week and see if anyone in VA still meets regularly (most of them didn't post online even when they did play). If need be, I'm sure enough of us will have extra cards (especially considering the LCG format) to build extra decks or bring them along for newbies/occassional players to participate. 

[Thomas Snow 0]

kpmccoy21 said:

I could make any Saturday to Glen Burnie, but I would prefer not the 20th. Has anyone seen Tom, Bob or Mike recently on the boards?

 

 

I'm still kinda around.  I would love to play the story league at Glen Burnie, but am out for anything except LCG format at this point.

[kpmccoy22 0]

I can play whatever the meta decides. LCG, Classic, Legacy, whatever.

[finitesquarewell 0]

yeah, if i played anything at this point i'd prefer it to be LCG. it's not too bad an environment, i own the cards to make decks for it, etc.

[lars16 2]

Is someone signed up to be the night's watch for Glen burnie or somewhere down there for when we meet up?

[Twn2dn 1]

Good question, Lars. I'm not sure about Glen Burnie, but Finite and I were looking into one of us signing up as Night's Watch for a place in Washington, DC. So far the best store I've found is a hole-in-the-wall sort of place that is far inferior, but much more accessible, than Glen Burnie. That said, GB is still the central location for all of us so I think someone should be a Night's Watch and I plan on attending many tournaments there.

By the way, I had originally hoped we could get a tourney going for this Saturday, but it looks like pre-holiday plans, school finals, and various other interference make it hard for most people to attend. (Finite and I may still meet up to play a few casual games on Saturday, if anyone happens to be in the area and wants to stop in.) When people are back after the holiday, I think we should get something going in January.

Does sometime in mid-January work for a GB tourney? Any specific dates good/bad, etc? (At this point, my preferred format is LCG, so that we can prepare for a regionals that we will inevitably want to host sometime in early summer.)

Lastly, as far as meta numbers go, some of the DC players are working on expanding the player base. I haven't heard much from Casey or the northern VA crowd, but there's a few new people in the DC area. (Right now I count 4-5.) I'm hoping we can eventually get a rather solid base of 6-8 DC metro area players that can attend tourneys in VA, MD, and (maybe) beyond. Any suggestions for meta-growing would be great. Now that I'm no longer a student, it's a bit tough to get people involved, but I have a couple more people that might be interested that I'll try to get involved after Christmas.

[thebraz 0]

I'll be in D.C. from the 5-7 of January. I haven't touched my cards since Gen Con. Let me know if there's an evening when folks might be around.

[Twn2dn 1]

Great to hear you'll be in DC! I will definitely be interested in playing a few games...not sure which day is best yet though. I have talked to a couple DC people and they aren't sure what their plans for early January are yet, but I suspect we can rummage up a couple more people for a small get together. Just a quick note--most of the people around here are playing LCG now, so bring your LCG deck along if you have one. If not, we can play core set or we can build something here. (I have a decent Lanni deck that I think will be fairly competitive.)

I'll post here once it gets a bit closer to the time and I know which days work for people.

[wampa8jedi 0]

I already posted in the Virginia thread, but thought I'd toss my name in the hat here as well. I'm in central VA until August, and would love to play in the LCG format. DC proper is probably too far of a treck to make, but northern Virginia could easily work for a weekend tournament.

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wampa8jedi said:

I already posted in the Virginia thread, but thought I'd toss my name in the hat here as well. I'm in central VA until August, and would love to play in the LCG format. DC proper is probably too far of a treck to make, but northern Virginia could easily work for a weekend tournament.

 

I would be surprised if we don't hold a few northern VA tourneys in the next 3-4 months. Keep checking this forum; I've got to remember to check the other VA threads more frequently as well.

[wampa8jedi 0]

Twn2dn said:

wampa8jedi said:

 

I already posted in the Virginia thread, but thought I'd toss my name in the hat here as well. I'm in central VA until August, and would love to play in the LCG format. DC proper is probably too far of a treck to make, but northern Virginia could easily work for a weekend tournament.

 

 

 

I would be surprised if we don't hold a few northern VA tourneys in the next 3-4 months. Keep checking this forum; I've got to remember to check the other VA threads more frequently as well.

 

Will do! I'm very new to the game, having only started with the core set, so I'll probably just be a punching bag at a tournament... but a happy punching bag nonetheless

[Twn2dn 1]

thebraz said:

 

I'll be in D.C. from the 5-7 of January. I haven't touched my cards since Gen Con. Let me know if there's an evening when folks might be around.

 

 

 

By the way, I started a Meetup group today and I have added an event to the page mentioning your visit from afar. I'm still not sure which day works best, but let me know what works for you and we'll go from there. Cheers!

 

On a somewhat related note, if anyone here would like, I can expand the Meetup Group's "DC-area" to the East Coast in general. I wasn't sure if other people already had other websites, etc. that they used and I didn't want to step on anyone's feet. Thanks!

[Twn2dn 1]

Sorry to double post...I just realized that applications for League Play and the Hedge Tournament are due December 29th. (I realize that info has been there awhile, I've just been busy with other things.) Has anyone applied for either of these?

It would be nice if we can at least set a date for the tournaments. I can probably set something up in the DC area if people would like, but I think Glen Burnie would probably be the way to go for the Hedge Tourney. Is anyone registered as a Night's Watch there?

[thebraz 0]

My schedule is filling up pretty fast at my conference. While I'll be down in DC until Thursday, I don't know that I'll be able to fit in some Thrones. I'll fiddle with the preferences to make my email visible to "friends". If worse comes to worse, one can always get in touch with Kevin (kpmccoy) or The Red Woman to track down my cell number.

[Twn2dn 1]

 I'm going to register for League play and order a kit. There's enough players to hit the minimum (just barely) in the DC area, but I was hoping that some other East Coast meta players would be interested as well. Let me know if you are and I'll figure out a way for all of us to play. Thanks!

[wampa8jedi 0]

So... any news regarding tournaments and/or legaue play?  : )

[Twn2dn 1]

 Hey everyone,

Status check on the GB crew. Who all is still interested in getting a game together. We have a few people in the Washington, DC area that have been playing LCG and are looking back at standard now. Since returning from the holidays I've begun talking with more in the norther VA/DC area and suspect that we can get around 5-6 people from down here to go to a tournament. Anyone else interested?

[kpmccoy22 0]

I'd come south to a tournament if it was north of DC. I don't want to travel int VA. So GlenBurnie or something similar would work for me.

[Twn2dn 1]

kpmccoy21 said:

I'd come south to a tournament if it was north of DC. I don't want to travel int VA. So GlenBurnie or something similar would work for me.

 

Cool. Actually, I don't want to let the cat out of the bag totally, but a couple of us are planning a big tournament to go off sometime in the next 3 months. We'll be posting soon inquiring about how timing works and I think we'll shoot to do it at GB, though we're open for other venue suggestions. Just to give you an idea, it will probably not be an FFG-sanctioned tournament. We will, however, probably have about $300 worth of prize support (some of it artistically crafted by hand, such as stained wooden house cards). Formats include standard (not LCG, which is still kinda weak right now, unless others really want it), draft (draft cube, not boosters), and possible others. We're hoping to draw in quite a crowd though, so once we have a few more details ironed out someone will post here, the NYC forum, and the main forum.

[wampa8jedi 0]

I'm in central VA, and would love to come up, but anything north of DC is probably unlikely except for a special event... I'd attend something weekly if it was in the NOVA area.