Gen Con is THE biggest CCG convention on the planet ... I can be reasonably sure that I'm not just making that up.

UDE would not be able to make Gen Con move.

UDE not having a PC at Gen Con would be a HORRIBLE move on their part ... you have one of the largest gatherings of CCG players on the planet ... why would you NOT want to feature one of your premiere events at that venue.

Not to mention, unlike many conventions, it is TAILOR MADE for the type of schedule that UDE uses for their events. Many parts of the Con stay open all day and all night, they are there for 4 days, allowing for a day of PCQs followed by the 3 day PC [and the 2 day 10K available for anyone that didn't make the cut]

Very few conventions offer such a 'perfect' place to hold a PC ... UDE would have to be nuts to not hold it there.

I couldn't care less about poor European guys. I hate them. If there wasn't such a problem with international banking, I bet there would be a PC in another country. But as I said before I know UDE had ALOT of problems getting people thier money from Amsterdam. It was taxing on the players and it was taxing on the organization from what I hear, so they prolly just said "screw it".

So why not keep it in North America? Thats the majority of the player base anyways and you are then able to circumvent any banking problems since dollars in California convert to dollars in Connecticut pretty easily.

Then to take it a step farther, why not have another PC in NY? Because I am lazy and I don't want to travel far ... plus NY is one of the largest cities in the world. I bet nabbing a flight from europe is pretty easy when your destination is NY.





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strider119

Are you being sarcastic?

I wasn't suggesting that Gencon not be the place to hold a PC tourney per se ... I was merely implying that in a 4-corners hypothetical situation, Indy dosen't represent the Northeast.

Also I wanted to get my hatred of that crap exscuse for a city out in the open.

Keep yer Gencon love in your pants there buddy, no one is trying to take it away from you.

...but actually, since you mention it ... there isn't a PC stop at Origins, and that is on close to equal footing with Gencon in terms of nerd gatherings. Who is to say that we REALLY need a PC at GenCon? A 10k works for Origins, why can't it work for Gencon?

If I really cared I might be close to swaying on this.

But I don't and I'm not. I was just meandering across the board and thought I would throw an opinion out there.

So before you jump back down my throat, just realize I'm not gonna read whatever you type so you can probably keep a response to a minimum and garner your desired effect.




man of the hour:
strider119

does it really matter?




flight of the navigator:
strider119

post an opinon? strider has serious testicular fortitude I guess, alot more than that mick foley guy.

Also, screw europe, they seem to have fun with their 10k's anyway.

But seriously, Chicago's been shafted...you know it!!!

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Anyway, I think that (personally) the next few PCs after San Fran should be in Europe because, if I'm already gonna have to fly, I would rather go to Amsterdam or some other place in Europe than LA or Atlanta or San Francisco.

Oh ya, and the fact that it's unfair to European players.

More 10k's in Canada. Dave's description sold me.

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Not all American retailers received their stuff at the same time either. My local store was a week or two late and there are some on-line retailers that haven't even received their boxes yet.

From a business perspective. UDE is an American based company and it is always more expensive and takes more time to launch international sales for products. And that's not just for VS that's for anything.

If UDE didn't want Europe's business they would not have expanded in the first place. International business is no cheap venture.

DK

i think Strider is the next Mike Dalton. no really.

I love how you're #####ing about not having a SECOND PC in New York, really.

Out of curiosity, how often do you have PCQ's within a 5 hour drive of whereever you live in New York?

Cause we've had 2 since the game began from Topeka, KS.

It was last year or maybe the year before that Kansas City held the Magic World Series Event (I have no idea what it's called). You know why? Because there are a lot of people in the Midwest with nothing better to do than play card games. Currently, they're all playing Magic. You know why? Because we don't have any tournament support from UDE.

I understand that you have your personal opinion that Europe should go #### itself and how New York is being "neglected" with its only one PC and another PC that's not too far away (12 hours is definitely driveable for something as big as a PC and a convention as big as GenCon). And my personal opinion is that you're taking for granted what's put in front of you, claiming that what you really need is more than what you already have as opposed to letting other people even have a fraction of what you get.

But all these demands for more continental events are really getting off-topic. What we're SUPPOSED to be #####ing about here is how much UDE screws Europe on a daily basis, like some sort of filthy misstress.

dang euros...stop getting so excited kids.

daddy spank.

Die.

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