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Title: Hypothetically...
Post by: jtay on June 24, 2009, 01:04:35 AM
...could someone show up at the national Redemption tournament, check in a deck, pay the entry fee, receive the promo cards, and then ditch out before the tournament starts?
Title: Re: Hypothetically...
Post by: Colin Michael on June 24, 2009, 01:07:36 AM
Oui.
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Post by: The Guardian on June 24, 2009, 01:50:38 AM
Yeah, but what fun would that be?  ???
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Post by: Master KChief on June 24, 2009, 04:58:38 AM
yes.

but make sure you get your checked in deck before you leave.
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Post by: Isildur on June 24, 2009, 04:57:28 PM
Yes you can but Chris Bany will shoot you because you messed up his excell program for the pairings.
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Post by: The Schaef on June 24, 2009, 05:06:36 PM
Oh, yeah, don't mess up Bany's pairings.  You wouldn't like Bany when you mess up his pairings.
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Post by: YourMathTeacher on June 24, 2009, 09:25:52 PM
Bany....Bany... that name sounds familiar.  :scratch:

Wasn't he the guy that played in the first Hulk movie? You're right. You don't want to make him angry.
Title: Re: Hypothetically...
Post by: The Warrior on June 25, 2009, 03:37:11 PM
Yeah, but what fun would that be?  ???
+1
Title: Re: Hypothetically...
Post by: Master KChief on June 25, 2009, 04:04:01 PM
its fun if you dont want to play redemption and just want to flip the promos that you get.
Title: Re: Hypothetically...
Post by: drb1200 on June 25, 2009, 04:05:17 PM
Hey,

Just out of curiousity, why did you ask this question?

Blessings,
drb1200
Title: Re: Hypothetically...
Post by: jtay on June 25, 2009, 05:11:01 PM
Hey,

Just out of curiousity, why did you ask this question?

Blessings,
drb1200

I don't have the time, resources, or ambition to actually go to the national tournament, so I thought about mailing a deck to someone who would enter it, receive the promos, and then mail them back to me.
Title: Re: Hypothetically...
Post by: Ken4Christ4ever on June 25, 2009, 05:33:35 PM
So you're actually asking if someone else can do what you asked for you... That adds yet another layer of complexity. :p
Title: Re: Hypothetically...
Post by: Gabe on June 25, 2009, 05:50:05 PM
The only "rule" I could find about giving out promos is this:

Quote from: Redemption® Tournament Host Instructions
At the beginning of your tournament you will need to register all players.Have each player PRINT (clearly) his/her address on the enclosed address sheets. As each player does so, they are given a promotional Redemption card. Each player then needs to sign on the line under his/her address to verify that the promo card has been received. (PLEASE NOTE: for state, regional and national tournaments,participants will receive one of each card provided).
Title: Re: Hypothetically...
Post by: LadyNobody on June 25, 2009, 08:06:33 PM
Here's how you do it:

Have a friend that is going convince their mom to help out with serving lunch/snacks and clean-up. Then, hope that Everytribe is going and has the ability to get extra promos to give to said mom for helping out to (supposedly) give to her kids for helping weed or clean up the house. Then, go to said friend's house and help weed/clean without being asked to and hope that she will give you the promos.

This is how our neighbor boy got them in 2005 when he was camping during the tournament here in Minnesota! :D

~Britta
Title: Re: Hypothetically...
Post by: Rawrlolsauce! on June 25, 2009, 08:50:03 PM
No. Here is how to do it...

Get hundreds of people to come with you. Make sure you randomly throw hundreds decks together (they don't have to be good, just legal). Have each person sign in and give you their promos; sell the promos for $50 a set. Give everyone who helped you $40. Now run before Bany beats you up for messing up the pairings. You just made $1000+. Repeat next year.
Title: Re: Hypothetically...
Post by: jtay on June 25, 2009, 09:19:14 PM
I was imagining something a little more intriguing:

Call a pay phone at a location within walking distance of the tournament.  Ask whoever answers if they want to make an easy $20 (or more).  Have them pick up a package that is being held for them at or nearby the tournament location that contains the deck, entry fee, SASE, instructions, and contact information.  They use the materials to enter in the tournament and receive the promos, put them in the provided envelope, and drop them in the nearest mailbox.  Then I send them their payment either via mail or PayPal.
Title: Re: Hypothetically...
Post by: ~Jake of the Wolves~ on June 25, 2009, 09:38:40 PM
I like Rawrlolsauce's idea. Sounds the most feasible
Title: Re: Hypothetically...
Post by: The Warrior on June 25, 2009, 10:04:11 PM
I was imagining something a little more intriguing:

Call a pay phone at a location within walking distance of the tournament.  Ask whoever answers if they want to make an easy $20 (or more).  Have them pick up a package that is being held for them at or nearby the tournament location that contains the deck, entry fee, SASE, instructions, and contact information.  They use the materials to enter in the tournament and receive the promos, put them in the provided envelope, and drop them in the nearest mailbox.  Then I send them their payment either via mail or PayPal.
asking some random guy to pick up national promos?  o_O
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