September 2009 events

Zendikar Prerelease Events
Pod 1: Sept 26, 2009. 00:00 (12mn of the 25th)
Pod 2: Sept 26, 2009. 8:00 am
Pod 3: Sept 26, 2009. 1:00 pm
Pod 4: Sept 26, 2009. 6:00 pm
Pod 5: Sept 26, 2009. 11:00 pm

September 27 schedule to follow

Regular standard tourneys
Thursdays 6:00pm
Entry fee: Php 150
WPN foils and booster packs at stake

FNM standard tourneys
Fridays 6:00pm
Entry fee: Php 150
FNM foils and booster packs at stake

I just have to post this

Ok, so Sorin Markov has been fully spoiled. The card is cool and all, but in the tradition of the Titanic Ultimatum finish; we have another potential youtube hit waiting to happen...

Winning player gets lots of "coolness" points

Alex Uy wins one for the Recto Boys

Double Lightning Bolt

We had 8 players who needed more dose of Magic after the standard tourney and so we ran a late-night draft to help scratch the itch. Eduds Prangan and Alex Uy were both at 2-0 coming into the last round, they decided to draw and play for the prize difference. In the end, Alex Uy was victorious!

Final standings:
1. Uy, Alex
2. Prangan, Eduds
3. Tan, Lloyd
4. Jas0-Jaso, Edilberto
5. de-Ramos, Joseph
6. Azarias, Cesyl
7. Cruz, Neil
8. Magno, Martin

Eduds Prangan destroys Standard

Eduds Prangan wins (4-0) the very first Standard tourney at Titan Hobby Shop using an unconventional White Weenie deck that had maindeck Safe Passage and Lapse of Certainty.

Final standings:
1. Prangan, Eduds - White Weenie
2. Caghastian, David - UB Fae
3. Cruz, Neil - UW Isda
4. Bausa, Patrick - UW Baneslayer
5. Sulpico, Ben - UB Fae
6. Jaso-Jaso, Edilberto - Good stuff
7. Azarias, Cesyl - Jund
8. Santos, Ralf - Elf Combo
9. San Juan, Jason - Red
10. Uy, Alexander - GB
11. Rama, Philip Christopher - Toast
12. Reyes, Anthony Paul - Warp World
13. Tan, Lloyd - UBr Fae
14. de Ramos, Joseph - Shards Block 5cc

More photos from the event:

Philip Rama...

... vs Patrick Bausa

Wow andaming tao!

Guest "DJ" on the driver's seat

SOA-CON-ARB draft promo

For those of you who wish to revisit this draft format, we will be running a more interesting SOA-CON-ARB booster draft starting today.

Entry fee: 600 or SOA-CON-ARB packs + 240
Prize payout: Zendikar booster packs, 5-4-2-2 (to be given upon release of the product)

Draft update (better late than never)

We have had 3 drafts lately that I have not posted yet, and so I will post them now.

August 15, 2009: Neil Roxas won a draft to help him get closer to his goal of having 2 byes for GP Bangkok.

Final standings are as follows:
1. Neil Roxas
2. Macho Jaro
3. Billy Gragasin
4. Cesyl Azarias
5. Eduardo Prangan
6. Aldric de Mesa
7. Jan Vincent Tan
8. Gerald Tan

August 21, 2009: It was a public holiday, most people had no work and so they hit the draft tables. Chip Jamir won this one.

Final standings are as follows:
1. Jamir, Chip
2. Jaro, Jhay
3. Jaro, Macho
4. Jaro, Ogie
5. Rivera, Mark Gerard
6. Maniego, Butch
7. Estacio, Rey

August 22, 2009: A late Saturday draft that featured the comeback of an old draft champion; Morris Tan.

Final standings are as follows:
1. Tan, Morris
2. Gragasin, Billy
3. Porter, JT
4. Prangan, Eduardo
5. Azarias, Cesyl
6. Regino, Jaime
7. de Mesa, Aldric

As for the draft leaderboard; this is what it looks like as of today:

Family Name	First Name	Total Points
Tan	Morris	74
Porter	JT	54
Gragasin	Billy	42
Jaro	Ogie	37
Ascalon	Jason	36
Ortega	Dominic	34
Roxas	Neil	34
Dimalanta	Lawrence	31
Go	Paolo	30
Jaro	Macho	30
Oca	Ramon Allan	21
Maniego	Butch	21
Cruz	Neil	19
Jaro	Jhay	19
Jamir	Chip	18
Lim	Vic	15
Beley	Ronnie Paul	13
Profeta	Francis	12
Prangan	Eduardo	12
Abella	Rey	10
Bantiles	Joel	10
Famorcan	Caesar	10
Guevarra	JL	10
Salvatierra	Gikko	10
Perez	Ricky	9
Rama	Philip	9
Asehan	JC	9
Que	Elliot	9
Azarias	Cesyl	9
Paculio	DJonathan	7
Cabrera	Mark	6
Chua	Jeremiah	6
Cirujales	Earl	6
Estacio	Rey	6
Ong	Jeff	6
Rivas	Raynand	6
Rivera	Mark	6
de Mesa	Aldric	6
Aquino	Sherwin	3
Bausa	Patrick	3
Consunji	David	3
Go	Osmond	3
Mendoza	Paul	3
Sy	Manchester	3
Velasquez	Ramon	3
Jamias	Enrique	3
Tan	Jan Vincent	3
Regino	Jaime Lorenzo	3

FREE Entrance Standard

What: Free Entrance Standard tourney
Entry fee: Free nga, seryoso, magdala lang kayo ng deck.

Where: Titan Hobby Shop

When: Thursday, August 27, 2009. 6:00pm.

Why: Para lang matuloy na yung Standard na yan.

Prize support: Winner gets 4 random WPN foils, 2nd place gets 2 random WPN foils. 2 more WPN foils to be raffled to the other participants.

Seriously, why? Kasi may FNM na kami sa September. We want to get Standard players to play here.

Free WPN foils for players

We have just received our very 1st set of WPN foils; those promo foil cards that our friends at WOTC give to tournament organizers. These cards are to be given away to players, yes we have to give them away. We cannot sell them. That is the only condition though, it is up to the tournament organizer how he wants to give them away.

So how will we give them away? We would like everybody to know that we will be giving a random WPN foil for players who plays a constructed or draft tourney at our store. Think of it as a "thank you for playing" present. 1 random foil for the top 2 finishers and 2 random foils will be raffled out to those who did not get a prize.

Here are the foil cards that we have at the moment:





This offer is good while supplies last.

We are on Facebook!

Titan Hobby Shop now has a Facebook account. We figured that it would be a nicer venue for discussions because let's face it; very few people have the capability of posting a reply in this blog. We have also been "squatting" our discussions in various MTG forums for quite some time now and it would be nice to have our own venue for those.

Search us up on Facebook: "Titan Hobby Shop"

Draft points leaderboard update

The draft leaderboard as of Saturday, 8/8/09

Family Name	First Name	Total Points
Tan	Morris	67
Porter	JT	48
Ascalon	Jason	36
Ortega	Dominic	34
Jaro	Ogie	33
Dimalanta	Lawrence	31
Go	Paolo	30
Gragasin	Billy	29
Roxas	Neil	25
Oca	Ramon Allan	21
Cruz	Neil	19
Maniego	Butch	18
Jaro	Macho	18
Lim	Vic	15
Beley	Ronnie Paul	13
Jaro	Jhay	12
Profeta	Francis	12
Abella	Rey	10
Bantiles	Joel	10
Famorcan	Caesar	10
Guevarra	JL	10
Salvatierra	Gikko	10
Jamir	Chip	9
Perez	Ricky	9
Rama	Philip	9
Asehan	JC	9
Que	Elliot	9
Paculio	DJonathan	7
Cabrera	Mark	6
Chua	Jeremiah	6
Cirujales	Earl	6
Estacio	Rey	6
Ong	Jeff	6
Rivas	Raynand	6
Aquino	Sherwin	3
Bausa	Patrick	3
Consunji	David	3
Go	Osmond	3
Mendoza	Paul	3
Prangan	Eduardo	3
Rivera	Mark	3
Sy	Manchester	3
Velasquez	Ramon	3
Jamias	Enrique	3

The top of the standings has not changed much, but a lot of players are catching up to get those 5 sponsorship slots.

Paolo Go had 2 straight 6pt finishes which allowed him to overtake both Billy Gragasin and Allan Oca.

Billy Gragasin scored just enough points to keep him inside the 5-slots.

Neil Roxas and Ronnie Beley both had 2 strong finishes putting them in strong contention for the final slot.

Neil Roxas is a man on a mission

In an effort to gain his 2nd bye via ratings for GP Bangkok, Neil follows up a 2nd place finish with a draft win.

Malakas ba to? (cards ni Rivas)

Final standings:
1. Roxas, Neil
2. Que, Elliot Spencer
3. Beley, Ronnie Paul
4. Go, Paolo
5. Jamias, Enrique
6. Gragasin, Billy
7. Rivas, Raynand
8. Jaro, Macho

Ronnie Beley finishes 1st in his 1st visit

Ronnie poses with his 5 prize packs

Final standings:
1. Beley, Ronnie Paul
2. Roxas, Neil
3. Jaro, Macho
4. Go, Paolo
5. Jaro, Ogie
6. Rivas, Raynand
7. Tan, Morris
8. Gragasin, Billy

The National Team needs help!

Tentative 2009 Philippine National Team line up.
Ogie Jaro - Captain
JT Porter
Jason Ascalon

Thats 3 players who will be needing a lot of draft practice once Zendikar is released; but it takes 8 players to draft...

In an effort to solve this problem, Titan Hobby Shop will be sponsoring 5 additional drafters who will be slugging it out with the National team during their practice drafts. Priority goes by order of their "rankings".

Let me explain further how this works. First off, we will be keeping scores from our in-store drafts and rank each player according to their total match points in the drafts. As per DCI scoring, each win will yield you 3 match points, a draw gets 1, and a loss 0.

We believe that players get better thru practice and we also respect the already skilled players who show up once in a while. The system is designed in such a way that it rewards both frequent and good drafters. Of course, you gain more points if you are both.

Please note that we will be taking into account drafts from the previous months and so our ranking so far is as follows:

Family Name	First Name	Total Points
Tan	Morris	64
Porter	JT	48
Ascalon	Jason	36
Ortega	Dominic	34
Dimalanta	Lawrence	31
Jaro	Ogie	30
Gragasin	Billy	26
Oca	Ramon Allan	21
Cruz	Neil	19
Go	Paolo	18
Maniego	Butch	18
Lim	Vic	15
Jaro	Jhay	12
Jaro	Macho	12
Profeta	Francis	12
Abella	Rey	10
Bantiles	Joel	10
Famorcan	Caesar	10
Guevarra	JL	10
Salvatierra	Gikko	10
Jamir	Chip	9
Perez	Ricky	9
Rama	Philip	9
Roxas	Neil	9
Asehan	JC	9
Paculio	DJonathan	7
Cabrera	Mark	6
Chua	Jeremiah	6
Cirujales	Earl	6
Estacio	Rey	6
Ong	Jeff	6
Aquino	Sherwin	3
Bausa	Patrick	3
Consunji	David	3
Go	Osmond	3
Mendoza	Paul	3
Prangan	Eduardo	3
Que	Elliot	3
Rivera	Mark	3
Sy	Manchester	3
Velasquez	Ramon	3

As you can see, the 3 members of the National Team are already in the leaderboard. Take note that the 3 names listed is the tentative lineup, which is why their names are still included in the rankings. Do not worry because we will be automatically passing down (if needed) the sponsorships of the 3 eventual members.

What do the sponsored players get?
1. Free drafts, but all drafted cards shall be returned to Titan Hobby Shop. We want the sponsored players to play well and not to raredraft.
2. 1 pack for a 2-1 finish and 2 packs for a 3-0 finish. Again, we want them to play really well and so we added this as an incentive. 1 or 2 packs does not seem like much, but if you think about it, the National team would like to run as much practice drafts as possible. These packs will accumulate over time.
3. All practice drafts will be sanctioned and will count towards your rewards total (and ratings if you care about that).

Practice draft schedules TBA (around October).

Please read the mechanics properly. We have noticed that most people only see the words "Free" and "Draft". There is more to it than that, we will not be giving free drafts to everyone.

FAQs:

Q: How do I join?
A: Any player may join our in-store drafts.

Q: Is it free?
A: No.

Q: How do I get to draft for free?
A: If your name is among the top ranked players, you will be sponsored by the store during the Zendikar practice drafts with the National team. Priority goes to the player with the highest ranking.

Q: Thats unfair! Pano yung mga mababa ang points or wala sa leaderboard?
A: Sorry, we want the National team to train with the best drafters in the country, and this is our way of determining who those are.

Q: How do I get my name in the leaderboard?
A: Join our store drafts. You get points for every match point that you score. Pwede pa kayo humabol.