More Info on the WPN Champs

by News | posted at 2010-04-01 23:13:00
tagged: MTG, Magic, Magic the Gathering, DailyMTG, Brian David-Marshall, Wizards Play Network, WPN, WPN Champs, WPN Championships

Earlier this week we brought you information about an upcoming champions for the Wizards Play Network. You can read that article here.

Today, Brian David-Marshall's regular column on DailyMTG.com includes an interview with Scott Larabee of Wizards of the Coast. Scott details some of the thinking behind the announcement.

"All Advanced locations in North America and Latin America are allowed to run one Standard event for this," Scott continued. "If you win you get to play in an invitation-only event at Pro Tour–San Juan. The player who wins will get to go down to San Juan and play in this Championship event—there are going to be no on-site qualifiers for this. You can only qualify in stores. That player gets to experience the Pro Tour—public events, artist signings, meeting people who make Magic, and seeing the pros in action—and a chance to win the WPN Championship, the prize for which is airfare and hotel to attend Pro Tour–Amsterdam. The Tournament Organizer who ran the event heor qualified at will also win airfare and hotel to Pro Tour–Amsterdam."

The biggest drawback to the plan seems to be the fact there is no type of reimbursement for travel expenses provided to qualified players. Larabee discusses this later in the interview, as well as what his goals for the program are and why Wizards is deciding to run it.

You can read the full interview on DailyMTG.com here.

For more information on how to find a qualifier event near you, visit this link.

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