Final League Standings

A group of 7 of us attended the Scars of Mirrodin FNM draft at the Wizard's Wall, and collectively we did pretty well (I ended up winning with a 4-1 record and great tiebreakers) and had a good time. The point spread for this event was one point for coming and one for each match won, which was done to make it worth more than a normal off-site event but less than an on-site event. Here are the final standings:

Final Fall Semester Standings (number of events attended in parentheses):

1. 51 - Skye Kutner (11)

2. 50 - Michael Smith (12)

3. 37 - Hunter Garrett (9)

4. 34 - Joe Hammond (10)

5. 32 - Emile Paul (12)

6. 26 - John Kreinbring (13)

7. 26 - Haren Lalchand (11)

8. 21 - Liz DiGangi* (9)

9. 21 - Bryant Benson (8)

10. 21 - Dan Hooghkirk (6)

11. 20 - Michelle Karl (8)

12. 16 - Brent Kollinger (7)

13. 16 - Scott Record (4)

14. 14 - Nick Catalfano (6)

15. 14 - Helen Croce (3)

16. 12 - Will Sturges (5)

17. 11 - Alycia Johnson (4)

18. 9 - Kevin Crowley (4)

19. 9 - Jordan Arnold (1)

19. 9 - Tyler DeForge (1)

21. 8 - Stephen Kwok Choon (7)

21. 8 - Glen Parker (7)

23. 8 - Ben Monge (4)

23. 8 - Ethan Pepmiller (4)

25. 7 - Krystal Lutz (4)

26. 7 - Greg Lovell (3)

27. 6 - Michael Carney (5)

28. 6 - Anna Hallahan (4)

28. 6 - Noah Senzel (4)

30. 6 - Dan Hoekstra (3)

31. 5 - Matt Wills (4)

32. 5 - Andrew Capik (3)

32. 5 - Dane Newton (3)

34. 5 - Mike Mooty (2)

35. 4 - Steven Nelson (3)

36. 4 - Kevin Hoover (2)

37. 3 - Shawn Brabant (3)

37. 3 - Kareem Elashmawy (3)

37. 3 - Nikita Nikolayev (3)

40. 2 - David Chesnutt (2)

40. 2 - Jennifer Mori (2)

42. 2 - John Chandler (1)

42. 2 - Aaron Macy (1)

44. 1 - Michael Cambata (1)

44. 1 - Thomas Fitch (1)

44. 1 - Max Kruger (1)

44. 1 - Bryan Lam (1)

44. 1 - Mike Sedivy (1)

44. 1 - Hannah Sharp (1)

44. 1 - Trish Vincent (1)

*8th place tie was broken based on greatest number of events attended.

Congrats to those who made the top 8 and to everyone for making this a really fun semester of Magic. A few people have asked me about my point total, and just for those who are curious, I haven't calculated it exactly but my estimate is that it's in the mid-60's. But, I have the big advantage of being able to attend every event, so that total should be taken with a grain of salt.

There are still two events left, but they will be done a little differently than all the ones we have done so far. Next weekend (probably Saturday) will be a special event for the top 8 players, as well as 8-player Draft and Standard side events. This is potentially a logistical nightmare for me, but I'm stupid enough to try to run 3 events at the same time. I'll explain how that will work later. The approximate scheduling is posted under "upcoming events," but it is subject to change if any of the top players have scheduling conflicts.

The weekend after that will be a special Magic Thanksgiving event of some kind. I'm open to suggestions as to what the format should be, but it will probably be either something heavily multiplayer or a draft of an out-of-standard set (or even a combination of the two!), as those are the only suggestions I've received. Let me know if you'd like to do something else. I will let you all know once we have something concrete set up.

Finally, I am graduating at the end of the spring semester, so I would like to teach one or a few people how to run Magic events so that they can continue after I leave FIT. Please let me know if you're interested in that, and as always, let me know if you have any questions or comments.

- Dom