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.