(Dis)Organized Play

Today I want to discuss a topic that is changing from minor annoyance to major pain. Where is the information on Organized Play from Upper Deck. This doesn't apply only to World of Warcraft, but WoW players are certainly in the dark as well. First, let's look at what we do know. There is going to be a Darkmoon Faire which was supposedly go to be a monthly event. There will be Regionals. Nationals will be at GenCon Indy, and World will be at GenCon SoCal. Worlds will have a $100,000 first place prize and will pay all the way down to 100th place which will receive $1000. That's all we know. And on the VS System side, we haven't heard anything about $50k's, nothing useful about City Championships, and nothing regarding the last 2 Pro Circuits. If they follow the last schedule we heard, will the last 2 PC's conflict with World of Warcraft Nationals and Worlds.

What We Need to Know

It's only fair that UDE give the players some info regarding Organized Play for their games. If you look at Wizards of the Coast, who is UDE's only real peer in this area, they have already released the Pro Tour schedule for the entire year, including dates, cities, formats, and venues. The Grand Prix schedule seems to be up through the early summer with some of the later Grand Prixs already listed as well. What we need from Upper Deck is at least a schedule for the spring and early summer. When are the next Regionals? When is the Darkmoon Faire? The next pressing matter is the conflict of WoW and VS. at the GenCons. I've heard that they are working on scheduling to make sure anyone who wants to play both can. However, we haven't heard anything regarding this matter. Not even a "We're addressing the situation." No hint either way. We just need to know whether we can play both or we can't. Then we need to know how to qualify for Nationals and Worlds. We know the basic ways of winning Regionals and/or Nationals. But what about ratings? I've heard three different stories here. The first was the VS. System method. Anyone with a Constructed or Limited rating over 2700. I've heard anyone with a comosite rating over 2700. I've also heard something more like Magic where they take the top 50 or 100 ratings regardless of what those ratings are. Any of those methods would be fine, we just need to know which one it is. We need to know when the next Regionals will be. When will the Darkmoon Faire get rolling? When are the $50K's going to be for VS? There are so many questions and almost no answers. So if anyone from UDE is reading this, please let us know what's going on.