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Midwest Regional Championship Weekend
This event is open to all players and is run using the Swiss pairing format, so you can play through each round and never be eliminated. Regional Championships are a great place to show off the power of your decks strategy and showcase your play skills! The top players of the Regional Championship are awarded prizes for showcasing the skills needed to do well in such a large event.
When preparing for a Regional Championship Tournament make sure you have a Deck that is ready to play in a competitive sanctioned tournament. To do this first check that your Deck complies with the current Modified Format Regulations. After checking your cards are legal for play, you will then need to fill out a DECKLIST!
If you are using sleeves be sure they are all the same color and size. Damaged sleeves will NOT be allowed for this event. Shiny backs or printed backed sleeves will also not be allowed.
Pokemon Trading Card Game Regional Championships
DATE
April 12-14
TIME
Preregistration and side events will be held on Friday 4-12-2013 from 4pm till 8pm in the HALL OF IDEAS.
Anyone who preregisters will receive a raffle ticket. We will pull a single winner for a Scraggy Playmat, Victini Hat, and Scraggy Binder set before round 1 on Saturday. DON'T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO WIN!!!
Doors will open on Saturday and registration for all ages begins at 9:00 AM and will close at 10:30 AM. This will be strictly enforced.
The schedule below is a tentative round schedule....
Saturday TCG Schedule
• 9:00-10:30 Registration
• 10:40 Player Roster Posted
• 10:50 Pairings Posted
• 10:55 Announcements
• 11:00-11:30 Round 1
• 11:45-12:15 Round 2
• LUNCH till 1:30
• 1:30-2:00 Round 3
• 2:15-2:45 Round 4
• 3:00-3:30 Round 5
• 3:45-4:15 Round 6
• 4:30-5:00 Round 7
• 5:15-5:45 Round 8
• 6:00-6:30 Round 9 (if needed)
• Bubble Presentation will be held after the last round in each age group
The Top Cut For all age groups will follow the schedule below....
Sunday TCG Schedule
Top 32 ~~~ 12:00pm
Top 16 ~~~ 1:30pm
Top 8 ~~~ 3:00pm
Top 4 ~~~ 4:30pm
Top 2 ~~~ 6:00pm
LOCATION
Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center
One John Nolen Drive
Madison, WI. 53703
http://www.mononaterrace.com/
DIRECTIONS
We recommend using Google Maps for directions to this location.
TOURNAMENT FORMAT
Modified Constructed.
For a copy of modified legal reprints look HERE!
TOURNAMENT STRUCTURE
Modified Swiss with a cut to the top 32 players. The number of rounds will be based on number of players in the event.
ENTRY FEE
FREE!!!
Players will be entered into random door prize raffles just for signing up!
DECK REGISTRATION
Every player must provide us with a legible copy of their decklist PRIOR to close of registration. Anyone failing to turn in a decklist on time will be considered late and a round 2 loss will be issued.
PRIZES
Prizes are awarded to the top players in each of three age divisions.
All participants will receive 3 Play! Points, and a Pokémon Regional Championships promo card (while supplies last), just for playing!
1st Place
A Pokémon TCG Regional Championships 1st Place award
A Travel Award (including a parent or legal guardian for players under 18) to the 2013 U.S. National Championships at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, OR the Canada National Championships in Toronto, ON.* †
A first- and second-round bye at the U.S. National Championships**
A combination of 72 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
120 Championship Points
2nd Place
A Pokémon TCG Regional Championships 2nd Place award
A Travel Stipend of $500 for Junior and Senior Division finalists to the 2013 U.S. National Championships at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, OR the Canada National Championships in Toronto, ON.* †
A first- and second-round bye at the U.S. National Championships**
A combination of 72 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
110 Championship Points (if division attendance is 4 or greater)
3rd & 4th Place
A Travel Stipend of $500 for Junior and Senior Division finalists to the 2013 U.S. National Championships at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, OR the Canada National Championships in Toronto, ON.* †
A Pokémon TCG Regional Championships 3rd or 4th Place award
A combination of 36 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
90 Championship Points (if division attendance is 8 or greater)
5th Place through 8th Place
A combination of 24 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
70 Championship Points(if division attendance is 32 or greater)
9th Place through 12th Place
A combination of 18 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
50 Championship Points (if division attendance is 64 or greater)
13th Place through 16th Place
A combination of 18 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
40 Championship Points (if division attendance is 64 or greater)
17th Place through 32nd Place
A combination of 7 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
20 Championship Points (if division attendance is 128 or greater)
33rd Place through 64th Place
10 Championship Point (if division attendance is 256 or greater)
* Travel awards, travel stipends and byes are awarded to the winning Canadian or United States player and are awarded to the National Championships corresponding to the player’s nationality. A Canadian player is therefore eligible to win a travel award to the Canadian National Championship from an event hosted in the United States, and vice versa.
** Byes do not ‘stack.’ If you have won a bye in another event such as the SPT Championship and finish in the top 2 of a Regional Championship, you will receive a maximum first- and second-round bye at your National Championships.
† Travel awards do not “stack”. If you have won a travel award at a previous Regional Championships event, the travel award will pass down to the next eligible player. If there is a stipend awarded to the player who the travel award is passed to, it will instead be awarded to the player the travel award was passed down from. Travel stipends DO stack, meaning that a player may earn multiple travel stipends
Hotel Accommodations
The Madison Monona Terrace is connected to the venue. This hotel is just minutes away from the actual event. We will be working with the Hilton to set aside a block of rooms at a discounted price for this event. Check back here frequently for further details. You can book rooms using information below.....
Madison Monona Terrace
9 East Wilson Street
Madison, Wi. 53703
608.225.5100
Hotel Website
SIDE EVENTS
The Side event Station will host the following events... Events will start after we register 8 players for a particular event. We will continue taking signups until the closing times listed below. (space permitting Friday)
Friday 4pm till 8pm (Hall of Ideas)
Saturday 11am - 5pm (Main Hall)
Sunday 9am-4pm (Main Hall)
League Play
Cost: FREE!!!
Players may play a game with any other registered league player. Both players will get a pull from box of random cards. The winner then gets an additional pull. The Box will contain 5 cards that are marked Booster box. If a player pulls that card they win a booster box. There will be several other prizes distributed within the box from stickers to booster packs.
Win-a-Box
Format: Modified Sanctioned
Type: 8 player pods, 2 out of 3, Single Elimination Tournament
Price: $15.00 - each player receives one pack when they sign up
Prize: Full Sealed Box of most current set
Players WILL need a deck list for this event. All current modified rules would apply to this event.
Limited Draft
Format: Limited Sanctioned
Type: 8 player, 2 out of 3, Single Elimination Tournament
Price: $15.00 for 4 pack draft
Prize: 1st place: 4 packs of most current set
Players will Draft 4 booster packs of the newest set. Build 40 card decks, (energy will be provided).
Mutant Draft
Format: Limited Unsanctioned
Type: 8 player, 2 out of 3, Single Elimination Tournament
Price: $15.00 for 4 packs chosen at random
Prize: 1st place: 4 packs of most current set
Players will Draft 4 booster packs of random sets. Build 40 card decks, (energy will be provided). Decks do NOT need to follow standard evolution lines. As long as the type is the same a player may evolve ANY pokemon.
Tin Can Mutant Sealed
Format: Limited Unsanctioned
Type: 8 player, 2 out of 3, Single Elimination Tournament
Price: $15.00 for a Pokemon tin chosen at random
Prize: 1st place: 4 packs of most current set
Players will open the booster packs in the Tin chosen at random. Build 40 card decks, (energy will be provided). Decks do NOT need to follow standard evolution lines. As long as the type is the same a player may evolve ANY pokemon.
Starter Deck Challenge Sealed
Format: Limited Sanctioned
Type: 8 player, 2 out of 3, Single Elimination Tournament
Price: $15.00 for a Pokemon starter deck chosen at random (all modified legal). Players will also get 1 Random pack to incorporate into the deck. (Deck must remain 60 cards)
Prize: 1st place: 4 packs of most current set
Players will open the starter deck and pack chosen at random . All players will then play 3 rounds to determine a winner.
MAT BATTLES NEW ADDITION!!!
Format: Modified Unsanctioned
Type: 8 Players, 2 out of 3, Single Elimination Tournament
Price: $10.00 per player - Every Player gets 2 booster packs for entering
Prize: 1st place: Exclusive Top Cut Central Mat for Nationals 2013. This exclusive mat can be used to receive an advertising bonus at Nationals. (more details can be found here)
Kiddie Corner
There will be several smaller events such as, coloring contest, guess how many, drawing contest, etc... available for all to win additional prizes. Camille Peltier-Robson will have all sorts of things planned for this event. I would be willing to bet she will also have a few of her custom hats!!!
TRADING
While trading is fine, please note that buying/selling cards with anyone except for our authorized dealer(s), or soliciting to do so elsewhere, is strictly forbidden at this event. Failure to obey this rule may result in both the buyer and the seller being removed from the event, and banned from attending future events.
Top Cut Comics also reserves the right to limit the amount of space being occupied by any one individual while trading, and does not allow the use of suitcases, handcarts, luggage carts, etc. to be used for the purpose of transporting excessive amounts of trade stock. We need to be considerate of all those around us.
MORE INFORMATION
Players who want specific information can contact us at [email protected] or by phone at 815.633.0330.
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