Fee Stake: San Jose Continental Qualifier Weekend 12/18-19

San Jose is ready for the bigtime. We're holding a weekend of tournaments at Andy Haas' house in San Jose; a central location, with easy parking and plenty of space. We will be holding three tournaments over two days. Here's the schedule(this may be edited somewhat over time):

Saturday, December 18th
Haas House
1644 Fallbrook Avenue
San Jose, CA 95130

10:00-10:50 AM Set up tables, grab a snack, mingle, pre-tournament stuff(i.e. register)
10:50-10:55 Pick your deck, determine seating, shuffle and get yourself ready
10:55-11:00 Once all tables are ready, start An Anarch Manifesto(2r+final standard constructed)
11:00-1:00 PM Round 1
1:00-3:00 Round 2
3:00-5:00 Final

5:00-6:00 **Break for dinner**

~5:55-6:00 Determine seating, get ready
6:00-8:00 Fee Stake: San Jose Continental Qualifier Round 1
8:00-10:00 Round 2
10:00-Midnight Finals
After Midnight possibly trades and casual play

Sunday, December 19th
Haas House
1644 Fallbrook Avenue
San Jose, CA 95130

Anarch Secession draft
6 booster draft with recursion from KMW, 3rd Edition and Twilight Rebellion

10:00-Noon
Noon-2:00pm
2:00-4pm

*Revised Agenda* 12/8/10

-The format for our qualifier will be 2 rounds + final.
-Saturday's first tournament will be 2 rounds + final standard constructed and shall be known as "An Anarch Manifesto" to keep with the theme.
-The most popular sets to use for a limited event/prize support are 3rd edition, KWM and Twilight Rebellion according to the poll. I'll order these from thelasombra.com as soon as the events show up on the calendar(I submitted the main one Friday 11/12, the others 11/15).*Acquired boosters*

The tournament fee will be relatively low since we're not playing at a store and we're getting a good price on the boosters/promos. We were thinking about getting a bunch of food from Costco to eat, possibly BBQ. Food could be some sort of buy in system, like $5 gets you dinner and snacks for Saturday or something. Outside food and drink will be welcome, especially beer ;)

Lodging and Flights:
Priceline.com is usually a great resource for hotels and flights, especially if you can be flexible with the exact location you end up flying into/staying at.
Southwest airlines has fairly good flights. I just priced out a round-trip flight from Reno to San Jose for $184 after taxes and from LA for $160, both at good times(arrive Friday night, back Sunday night).

If you are flying, San Jose International is the best location for us to pick you up from, but arrangements can be made from Oakland or San Francisco International.

www.fodors.com is a great site to get more information about the San Jose area, including hotels, places to see and eateries. Check their forums for more information.

I just pricelined hotels near Andy's address and found a nice place for $69/night called Towneplace Suites. If you go a little further, you can pay as little as $34 at Pacific Inn of Sunnyvale. If you bid, you can get a better price than just browsing, just offer less money for hotels in that area.

To get to Andy's house:
From 880/17 Southbound
Take the Hamilton Avenue exit
Right onto Hamilton Ave
Left onto Latimer Ave(immediately after San Thomas Aquio road, not to be confused with the Expressway called San Thomas)
Right on Duvall Drive
Left on Fallbrook
His house is on the left hand side

From 101 South
Either take 85 South to 280 South and follow the directions from 280, or take 880 South and follow those directions

From 280 South
Take the Lawrence Expressway Exit
Right on Lawrence Expressway
Left onto Prospect Road
After Saratoga Ave, continue right onto Campbell Ave
Left onto Fallbrook Ave
His house is on the right after Parkwest Drive

Please RSVP to me at Brandonsantacruz@yahoo.com or leave a comment here. If you email my other email address, that's OK too. Let there be no doubt, the streets of San Jose will run red with the blood of so-called Immortals. There can be only one(or something)!

"O noes!"