N00BCON 12

This is your guide!

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What: The 12th annual n00bcon, aka the oldest recurring oldschool Magic tournament in the world. It's the place to show that you have what it used to take to be a master at Magic, but mostly to drink craft beer, look at amazing decks, and enjoy the fun side of Magic tournaments.



When: Good Friday the 10th of April, starting at 14:00. Seven gruelling rounds of swiss followed by a top8. Rounds in the swiss are 50 minutes, the top8 is un-timed, but expected to be played at a reasonable pace. Side Events

will occur between Wednesday the 8th and Saturday the 11th.



Where: Rotary Pub at Richertsgatan 2, Gothenburg, Sweden.



You can check out some more info about the site at the Rotary Pub home page



Participation: As n00bcon no longer hosts the World Championship (go check out Winc0n for that), the scale of the tournament has decreased quite a bit since last year. The idea was to cut participation to around 60 players, but due to various reasons (mainly too many awesome people and bad bookkeeping on the organizer's end), we've ended up around 110 players. There is an upper limit due to space and regulations in the pub. The players who have a spot confirmed at the tournament can be seen in the Participants section. If you have any questions about invites, feel free to post an e-mail to the the webmaster.



The entry fee for the tournament is 150 sek (around €15). This fee is for covering expenses at the tournament such as location, personell, additional tables/chairs, thropies, pins, and a few Easter Eggs. If any money are left over after the tournament, it will be given to charity.



People who aren't participating in the tournament or work at the pub are unfortunately not allowed at the site. This is due to mainly three reasons:

Fire code. The pub does not allow more people than already signed up

Alchol regulations. This gathering is considered to be "closed company". I.e. we need to have a guest list of the people who will attend in order to serve alcohol the way it's done at the tournament.

Safety. Participants have pushed for the "only-players" policy due to concerns about the high number of rare cards at the event

If you just want to watch, feature matches from the tournament will be streamed live here. If you want to trade cards with someone not participating in the event, I reccomend that you meet up at e.g. the Gothcon site.



Prizes: The winner get a Giant Shark (The Dark). Top8 gets some sort of trophies. Some secret prices in Easter Eggs will be handed out as well. Of course everyone gets a rad convention pin with an Eastery Jester's Cap.



Legal sets:

The Gathering: Alpha, Beta, and Unlimited editions

Expansions: Arabian Nights, Antiquities, Legends, The Dark, and Scryings

Limited (Restricted) cards:

Ancestral Recall

Balance

Black Lotus

Braingeyser

Channel

Chaos Orb

Demonic Tutor

Library of Alexandria Mana Drain

Mind Twist

Mishra's Workshop

Mox Emerald

Mox Jet

Mox Pearl

Mox Ruby

Mox Sapphire Regrowth

Shahrazad

Sol Ring

Strip Mine

Time Walk

Timetwister

Wheel of Fortune

The main tournament will NOT be played for Ante; hence any cards that use the Ante mechanic are banned from being played.

Errata:

Chaos Orb (2)

Artifact

1, Tap: Choose a nontoken permanent on the battlefield. If Chaos Orb is on the battlefield, flip Chaos Orb onto the battlefield from a height of at least one foot. If Chaos Orb turns over completely at least once during the flip, and touches the chosen permanent, destroy that permanent. Then destroy Chaos Orb.



Falling Star (2R)

Sorcery

Choose any number of non-overlapping creatures on the battlefield. Flip Falling Star from a height of at least one foot. If Falling Star turns over completely at least once during the flip, it deals 3 damage to each chosen creature it touches. Any creatures damaged by Falling Star that are not destroyed become tapped.

Participants Viktor "Oldschool" Peterson

Robert "Killer" Schram

Pefken "Meatballs" Samuelsson

Elof "The Mighty" Gottfridsson

Kalle "Egget" Nord

Robin "Shotgun" Lundberg

Olle "Rolex" Råde

Christoffer "Stalin" Andersson-Fahlström

Martin "The Wiz" Berlin

Martin "Fluffy" Lindström

Kristoffer "Hashi" Arlefur

Alban "Juggernaut" Lauter

Mikael "Åland" Johansson

Olof Robertsson

Erwin Demmer

Erwin +1

Mari Steinhage

Wilfred v Doornik

Henk Willemse

Jeff de Nijs

Evert Visser

Nick Cramer

Brother Ben

Brother Jonas

Brother Stebbo

Brother Markus

Guillaume Denoix

Frederique Lafoux

Arnaud Avenel

Cedric Jarkovsky

Björn Jonnie Myrbacka

Micke Thai

David Montag

Matte_6633

Mats Furby

Slanfan Fransesc Montserrat

Marc Lanigra

Marc +1

Richard Leßmann

Florian

Lorenzo

Megu

Megu +1

Megu +1

Bryan Mano

Mike van Dyke

Shane Semmens

Dominic Dotterrer

Jason Schwarz

Marty Selenius

Danny Friedman

Shane Chiasson

Brian Bogdon

Trygve Ørjansen

Audun Døssland

Ole Rustad

David Rudic Lilleøren

Daniel Ewald

Tor Skogen

Stian Lindqvist

Robert Technodrome Dobert

Victor Risso

Hardy

Fredrik Svedby

Honka Backlund

GaJol Nilsson

Morgan Karlsson

Hannes Löfgren

Tibia

Jan Eid

MrSinclair

Leo Bruder Christian Reindeer

Daniel Imfeld

Mitja

Mitja +1

Anton Glans

Calle

Andreas Jansson

Drunce

Tobias

Michael "Jhovalking" Ahlberg

Jokemon

Felipe Garcia

Jocke Almelund

SebCelia

Jonas Stattin

Elias Gröndahl

Johan Råberg

Daniel Sunhede

Fork

Gordon Andersson

Svante Landgraf

Daniel Yann Franzen

Ruaro

The Beef

Constantine

Nikita

Mällroth

Kungmarkus

JohanGuld

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WORK IN PROGRESS!

Wednesday the 8th: ALICE SHOWDOWN hosted by David Chambers. Thursday the 9th: SIAB-URBORG-FEAST hosted by Stockholm in a Bottle and Legion Urborg. Saturday 11th: Wizards' Tournament 3, hosted by shrouded mages. April 9-12: Gothcon (Sweden's oldest gaming convention) will be held in Gothenburg at the same weekend, hosting a plethora of more sanctioned mtg events. The Gothcon site is about 8 minutes walk from the n00bcon site.

Commentary will be provided by Frisbee Golf master Kenneth Mossberg and Thoughtlace collector Mats "Ottifant" Karlsson. The event will be streamed by Wak-Wak Mtg.

WORK IN PROGRESS!

I'm traveling from far, which hotels do you recommend in the area?

For the lower-tier spenders, it is possible to get sleeping quarters at the adjacent Gothcon convention (click here for info about Gothcon). A convention pass from Thursday to Sunday cost 300 sek (~€30), and access to the sleeping quarters an addition 50 sek (~€5). It is not very confortable nor private, but it works.



For most vistiors, e.g. Quality Hotel Panorama is a nice enough hotel just a couple of minutes walk from the site. A few returning players have reported staying at Scandic Opalen. There are many other options if you check e.g. AirBNB, TripAdvisor or Hotels.com.



For those of you with golden pants, Upper House at Gothia Towers is simply awesome. Dorsia and Avalon are also great hotels in the high-end part of the spectrum.

Will you make playmats, tokens, t-shirts or something similar again?

There are whispers of a Scryings mat, as a tribute of sorts to the old Khalsa-Brain Mirage mats. Nothing is confirmed yet, but plans appear to be in motion.

Rule enforcement?

We play using the current comp rules, nothing added or removed. The rule enforcement level is "Don't be a douche". It is very close to REL-Competative. Notable exceptions from REL-Professional:

There are no floor judges. If in doubt about a rule situation, ask your opponent or another player close to you. If you can't figure it out, Head Judge descisions are made by the tournament organizer.

Out of order sequencings are usually OK. Nobody should try to "get you" if you e.g. activate Mishra's Factory in beginning of combat.

Unsportsmanlike conduct and "Power Gaming" are highly discouraged.

Reprints and alters?

Artist alterations of cards in legal sets are ok as long as you can read the full name of the card and its mana cost. Just make sure that your opponent knows what cards you are playing. The three first printings of The Gathering are legal; 1st Edition "Alpha", 1st Edition "Beta", and 2nd Edition "Unlimited". Due to popular demand, the 1994 summer printings of The Gathering 3rd Edition distributed in Ireland and Tenesse (populary known as "Summer Magic" or "Edgar") are also legal.



The decks cannot contain "proxie cards" of any sort. Only english cards are legal.

Will there be opportunities for on-site trading, or an on-site store?

Yes!

Refreshments?

Yes!