Rescheduling the ANZ Super Series Store Qualifier

As mentioned last week, we were locked in and ready for our store qualifier on the last Thursday of August.... Notice the use of past tense in the former sentence.

Yeah - Yup. It came to our attention that our excitement to house you all blinded us to the logistics of the event. A minimum 5 round qualifier that starts at 7 PM with a tonne of people. That wasn't going to finish til maybe 12 PM if not later. YUP. Our bad. We definitely needed to fix this and fix it we have.

Changes to Prizes!

Thats right, in addition to the prizes provided (See our last post here), EPIC Ipswich is proud to announce that we are also awarding 1st place covered cost of entry for finals and $200 to assist them in their journey to represent our community and the Ipswich region in the finals! You Benevolent Owners at EPIC are truly generous and live up to their titles.

Changes to our Store Qualifier

The time and date for our store qualifier has been moved to Sunday the 11th of September. Starting at 11 AM we anticipate that the event may end around 6/7 PM. As per norm the event is Competitive Rule Enforcement Level - Deck checks and harsher rulings than your typical Friday Night Magic.

Our apologies

We understand the new date may not suit everyone but it is our hope that scheduling it on a weekend will enable more people to attend and spare those who would've attended the Thursday (like myself) from sleep deprivation. We hope the new prizes incentivise new faces to attend EPIC for the first time.

Your Friend and Ally,
Lachy

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