getting ready

those no place for draft to get done well in the city. i'm going to start running my own on 51st and lex. that public space is open five days a week, you could hold them there every night.

The prize pay-out is something that I'm thinking about. I guess the way to conceive of it is that each admission fee is als ocontributing to the prize pool. So you take the amount of the unit that you're buying the packs boxes in. Let's say you buy one box for $100. Then divide that by the packs that are in the box. That's the cost of each pack. Then each player should be paying how much extra per the cost of pack to make it a sweet purse. Keep in mind you're going to be wanting to get a least two drafts out of one box. So let's say that all your winners want new phyrexia packs. You would be able to give any new phyrexia packs out of the next box.

Judging is also something that could come up. I'm pretty competent with the rules, but I'm no expert, and there are definitely times in tournament play, just draft mind you, that I have a question to ask as well.

The best way to do it, is definitely not in some wacky format like I used to play in China, where everyone has to play from the end, and you draft the winnings. That doesn't leave people free to rare draft/leave. People will want to keep the Karns they open.

Keeping rounds time and to a strict schedule is an issue as well. Without leaving work early I can comfortable get there at 7, fire off a pod, or maybe both, and get home by midnight.

To build on this, I'm definitely going to want to unify with a vendor figure, someone who knows the ebb and flow of the singles in the game and can steadily make a profit on it, I already have someone in mind.

Someone who is a certified judge should add credence to this operation, preferably he has a large enough  network to contribute to bringing the crowd as well. This would allow us to start running sanctioned tournaments in that space.