Grand Prix Milan

Date: October 8-9, 2011
Format: Innistrad Sealed Deck / Booster Draft

Tournament Location
Superstudio Più
Via Tortona 27
20188 Milano
Italy

Doors: Free
Registration: €35
Friday, October 7: Registration 17:30 - 20:00
Saturday, October 8: Registration 08:00 - 09:00

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Tournament Format and Schedule
Format: Innistrad Sealed Deck / Booster Draft
Participation Fee: €35
Grand Prix Milan will feed Pro Tour No. in 2012.

Registration and Schedule
Friday, October 7: Registration 17.30 – 20.00
Saturday, October 8: Registration 08.00 – 09.00
Saturday, October 8: Tournament begins at 09.30
Sunday, October 9: Day Two begins at 08.00

The main tournament at Grand Prix Milan is open to Magic players of all ages.

Tournament Format
Day 1: Sealed Deck (6 packs of Innistrad)
Day 2 and Top 8: Booster Draft (3 packs of Innistrad)
Deck lists are required.
If product is not stamped or preregistered, deck registration and deck swap will be performed for the Swiss Sealed Deck.


Tournament Structure
Modified Swiss-style (50-minute rounds).
Rules Enforcement Level (REL) is Competitive (Day 1) and Professional (Day 2)
If 799 or fewer players register for the event, all players with an X-2-0 or better record OR the top 64 players—whichever number is greater—will advance to the second day of the event.
If 800 or more players register for the event, all players with an X-2-0 or better record OR the top 128 players—whichever number is greater—will advance to the second day of the event.
The Top 8 players after the final Swiss round on Day 2 will advance to the Top 8 single-elimination finals.
The Top 8 players will be seated randomly at the draft table immediately prior to drafting. The Top 8 bracket will be determined using this random seating.
Top 8 playoff matches will be best 2 of 3, and have no time limit. (Players are still expected to play at a normal pace and complete playoff matches in a reasonable amount of time.)
Where necessary, the standings after the Swiss rounds will still be used to determine final order in the standings.

Staff
To be announced.

Notes
40K, Rules Enforcement Level (REL) is Competitive (Day 1) and Professional (Day 2)
The Magic: The Gathering Tournament Rules and the Magic: The Gathering Infraction Procedure Guide are in effect for this event unless specifically overruled by information in this Format Document. Rules documents can be found in the Magic Document Center.
Players must bring pen, paper, card sleeves and appropriate counters.
In the event that a player who wins an invitation to a Pro Tour stop at a Grand Prix has already qualified for an invitation, the invitation does not pass down under any circumstances. Previous qualification may be through a Qualifier tournament, through performance at a professional tournament, or by being an invited DCI player (valid upon the date of the official rank announcement for the appropriate professional tournament).

Prizes
All prizes in U.S. Dollars. Prizes subject to change.

Place Prize Pro Points
1 $3,500 10
2 $2,300 8
3-4 $1,500 6
5-8 $1,000 5
9-12 $600 4
13-16 $500 3
17-32 $400 2
33-64 $200 1
Top 16 finishers also earn invitations to Pro Tour No. 1 in 2012.

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Tournament Byes
Byes will be given to players in the Grand Prix based on the following criteria (Byes are not cumulative throughout the season or year. Byes do not pass down under any circumstances. Players that accumulate multiple byes to a particular Grand Prix tournament receive only the bye for the greatest number of rounds):

Third-Round Byes
Players with a Players Club level of 4 or higher
Players with a DCI Total rating of 2050 or higher. Byes are based on DCI Total ratings published on October 5, 2011.
Winners of Grand Prix Milan Trial tournaments.

Second-Round Byes
Players with a Players Club level of 2 or 3
Players with a DCI Total rating of 1950 or higher. Byes are based on DCI Total ratings published on October 5, 2011.

First-Round Byes
Players with a Players Club level of 1
Players with a DCI Total rating of 1850 or higher. Byes are based on DCI Total ratings published on October 5, 2011.

Trial winners
People who win a Trial event are awarded 3 byes in the Grand Prix that it feeds. Trial byes are not cumulative with other byes and do not pass down.

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Public Events
Information coming soon.

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Artist InformationTodd Lockwood and Eric Deschamps will be at Grand Prix Milan.

Magic card art by Todd Lockwood
Magic card art by Eric Deschamps

Other Hall Attractions
Win Cool Magic Prizes in the Raffle!
Enter in the free raffle and win Path of the Planeswalker graphic anthologies, laptop bags, foil boosters, free draft vouchers or other cool Magic prizes. All you need to do is fill out the raffle form and drop it in the box before 15:00 on Saturday or 15:00 on Sunday. Winners will be announced during the next break between rounds. Only one entry per person. When you have entered the raffle on Saturday, you are automatically included in the raffle on Sunday.

Spell Slinging: Play Against Magic Champions
Want to see how you fare against the Magic champions? Come to the Spell Slinging area and test your skills against top pro players for free. If you beat the champion, you get a booster pack!

Duels of the Planeswalkers
Get a sneak peek at the new downloadable content for Duels of the Planeswalkers.

Trading
Although trading is both allowed and encouraged, please note that the following things are not permitted at this event:

Buying/selling cards with anyone except for our authorized dealer(s)
Soliciting to buy/sell cards elsewhere
Advertising without receiving permission from Wizards of the Coast’s on-site Event Manager
Utilizing an excessive amount of space when trading
Using suitcases, handcarts, luggage carts, etc. for the purpose of transporting excessive amounts of trade stock.
Please note that failure to obey these rules may result in all involved parties being both removed from the event without refund, and banned from attending future events.

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Contact InformationTournament Organizer: Wizards of the Coast
Email: custserv@hasbro.be
Phone: +32.70.233.277

Venue Address
Superstudio Più
Via Tortona 27
20188 Milano
Italy


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I'm in (avec Vince et MatF, si d'autres veulent venir le vol est à 60 eurals A/R depuis BXL)

C'est super tentant, mais je vais sans doute économiser un peu pour les GP 2012. :/

Je pense bien bien y aller, je verrai fin août. Histoire de voir ce qu'est un GP, et puis le limité est le format qui m'amuse le plus.
Je ne sais pas aller au GPT de ce dimanche, mais il y aura d'autres occasions - dont le last chance la veille sur site.

MoTo a écrit:I'm in (avec Vince et MatF, si d'autres veulent venir le vol est à 60 eurals A/R depuis BXL)

60 euros

tempting

avec quel companie ?
tu as un link Alex

[quote="El Tombo"]

MoTo a écrit:

60 euros

Brussels Airlines, vers Milan International (Malpensa).

exactement. via vincent lemoine.

Une idée du prix du possible hôtel sur place ?
Une fourchette ?

Suis allé l'an dernier à Milan au mois d'aout dans un 3 étoiles bed & breakfast, 30-35€ par nuit par personne.

Anax84 a écrit:Une idée du prix du possible hôtel sur place ?
Une fourchette ?

Même si c'est en Italie, je pense qu'ils ont des fourchettes dans les hôtels ^^..... Bon ok je sors

J'ajouterais qu'ils ont plus que probablement des couteaux et des cuillères.

Georges a écrit:Suis allé l'an dernier à Milan au mois d'aout dans un 3 étoiles bed & breakfast, 30-35€ par nuit par personne.

En octobre, ca doit quand même être beaucoup moins cher?

Vous avez trouvé un endroit sur place ? Moto ?

Juan, fais pas semblant de t'intéresser à autre chose que le fait de savoir si ils ont des chopes à vider, t'es pas crédible

La bière Italienne est dégueux par contre la bouffe..... ^^