Trading Card Game Players Bring Teams of Monsters and Magical Creatures to New Orleans to Battle for Big Cash Prizes.Entertainment Editors/Business Editors RENTON, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 2003 Hundreds of players - including local competitors - to vie for $200,000 in prize money at the Magic: The Gathering(R) Pro Tour New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded Trick or treat...or $200,000? This Halloween weekend, October 31 - November 2, New Orleans plays host to a competition of fantastic proportions. The world's best players of the Magic: The Gathering(R) trading card game (TCG (Trusted Computing Group, Beaverton, OR, www.trustedcomputinggroup.org) The successor to the Trusted Computer Platform Alliance (TCPA), announced in 2003 by founding members AMD, HP, IBM, Intel and Microsoft. ) will compete at the Magic: The Gathering(R) Pro Tour, the highest level of competition for fans of the popular trading card game, with round-the-clock tournaments being held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center is a collection of buildings in New Orleans, Louisiana. The lower end of building one is located 500 m (1640 feet) upriver from Canal Street on the banks of the Mississippi River. Named after former mayor of New Orleans Ernest N. . The New Orleans Magic(R) Pro Tour event is the second stop in a five-city international tour on the road to the 2004 Magic World Championship. Top international players will compete for distinguished titles and big prize money. Local players will be on hand competing in the pro events, as well as the two Junior Super Series(TM) competitions for players 15-years-old and younger. Pro players are competing for over $200,000 in cash prizes, while the top Junior Super Series player will receive a $1,000 scholarship and an invitation to the prestigious Junior Super Series Championship. Open Event On Thursday, October 30, the local tournament organizer will hold a "last chance qualifier qual·i·fi·er n. 1. One that qualifies, especially one that has or fulfills all appropriate qualifications, as for a position, office, or task. 2. ," an open competition for previously unqualified players to fight for a chance to break into the big money tournament that begins on October 31. This is a unique opportunity for local hot-shots to vie for a chance to compete with some of the best players in the world for cash prizes, including the grand prize of $30,000. The top four finishers from the open will advance to the Pro Tour event. Artist Appearance Randy Gallegos and Justin Sweet will be at the event throughout the weekend showcasing their work and signing autographs. Both have had artwork featured on numerous Magic cards including the latest sets, Eighth Edition Core Set and Mirrodin(TM). How to Play Players of the Magic: The Gathering TCG start each match with 20 "life" points and cast cards - creatures, spells, artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. and lands - from their custom-built decks. They cast cards in an effort to reduce an opponent's life score to zero. For some of the top-ranked players, playing the Magic game has become their full-time job, as they take home thousands of dollars in prize money from Pro Tour tournaments held around the world. The Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour New Orleans takes place October 31 - November 2, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. The following events will be featured: -- Last-Chance Qualifier - Registration is open to the public, the event takes place on October 30. The hall opens at 4:00 p.m. Tournament play begins at 5:00 p.m. -- Pro Tour - Invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. tournament featuring top international players--a chance for spectators to watch and pick up tips from the pros. Event takes place October 31 - November 2. -- Junior Super Series Challenge - Saturday and Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. , November 1st and 2nd. Competition for players 15 years and younger. Top player receives a $1,000 scholarship and entry into the 2004 Junior Super Series Championship. All players receive a Premium card with entry. Registration begins at 10:00 a.m., play begins at 11:00 a.m. -- Around-the-Clock Tournaments - Open to the general public. October 31 - November 2, starting at 9:15 a.m. on Friday, 9:00 a.m. on Saturday and 9:00 a.m. on Sunday. Playing continues throughout the night. The Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour was launched in 1996, and awards more than $1 million in cash prizes each season. Top winners from this year's Pro Tour will go on to the 2004 Magic: The Gathering World Championship. Magic: The Gathering has over six million players in 70 countries, with more than 100,000 official tournaments held each year. Wizards of the Coast Wizards of the Coast (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes. Originally a basement-run role-playing game publisher, they popularized the collectible card game genre with in , Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HAS), is a worldwide leader in the trading card game and tabletop roleplaying game categories, and a leading developer and publisher of game-based entertainment products. The company holds an exclusive patent on trading card games (TCGs) and their method of play and produces the premier trading card game, Magic: The Gathering(R), among many other trading card games and family card and board games This is a list of board games. This page classifies board games according to the concerns which might be uppermost for someone organizing a gaming event or party. See the article on game classification for other alternatives, or see for a list of board game articles. . Wizards is also a leading publisher of roleplaying games, such as Dungeons Dungeons may refer to:
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times best-sellers. For more information, visit the Wizards of the Coast website at wizards.com http://www.wizards.com. Wizards of the Coast, Magic: The Gathering, Magic, Junior Super Series, Mirrodin and Dungeons & Dragons are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast Inc. (C)2003 Wizards. |
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