Magic: the Gathering in the UK

I have an article up on Mananation

Read it and show your friends, yea?

http://www.mananation.com/15-reasons-attend-countrys-nationals-tour...

(oh, and leave comments, pls?)

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Permalink Reply by James Mills on July 12, 2010 at 1:56pm

"It’s more affordable than you might think"

No it isn't.

Let me elaborate - I live near London so assuming I will go home everyday it will cost me 16.70 a day just to get to London. Also for those who are travelling from further away they will have to spend money for a ticket to London then pay for a hotel if they are not lucky enough to have a friend who doesn't mind putting them up for the duration of nationals. Not to mention food, drink and side events it does add up to sizeable amount.

Brighton and Birmingham were not cheap to go to at all - those who live near or in London are lucky because it won't be as costly for us. For those reasons I would have to disagree with that heading.

The rest was a pretty good read if not a bit too long.

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Permalink Reply by Gary Lynch on July 12, 2010 at 3:05pm

Also there is the fact that we have to take friday off work. Thats weak.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Savage on July 12, 2010 at 10:19pm

What about Thursday Gary?

There is magic to play for 4 days!

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Permalink Reply by Thomas David Baker on July 13, 2010 at 10:26pm

Nice work Dan. First of many?

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Permalink Reply by Jason Savage on July 13, 2010 at 10:30pm

I forgot to add, Dan I liked this piece.

Nationals can be fun and it is not all about the magic.

It can cost to goto, but it is not beyond most people to save for it.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Barrett on July 14, 2010 at 9:17am

I'm hoping they'll post some more stuff I write in future, yea! I used to write blogs and stuff all the time, once I get back into that habit I'll probably have a couple of these a month.

+ thanks Jason!

Thomas David Baker said:

Nice work Dan. First of many?

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Permalink Reply by Dan Barrett on July 19, 2010 at 9:39am

Thanks Andy, I hope to get some more done soon!

Andy Buchanan said:

Good article Dan. Your enthusiasm shines through. Keep writing.

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Permalink Reply by Nathan Gotlib on July 20, 2010 at 11:24pm

in the last email i received from wizards:

From the 19th-22nd August 2010, London will play host to the Great British National Championships. However, that is not all: in addition, there is a large Public Events Schedule that is open to players of all nationalities.

Highlights include:

FOUR PTQs for PT#1 2011
THREE Grand Prix Trials
SIX Historic Sealed Decks
Super FNM
Vintage & Legacy Championships
And More!
A full schedule is available here.

In addition, there is an article written by Dan Barrett (Magic Player) on why it is often a good idea to support and attend these level of events.

nice one : p