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This year's Florida State tournament will once again be held in Central Florida. This year we will be meeting directly at Cornerstone Baptist Church (location of last year's Southeast Regionals). Directions to the church are located at the bottom of this post.

This year we will be having five events: T1-2P, T1-MP, T2-2P, TEAMS, and Sealed Deck. I will post a schedule of events soon, but I would like some feedback from players. We will be starting at 8pm on Friday night, June 29th, and at 9am on Saturday, June 30th. We may need to double up categories if time becomes an issue, so please consider that in your feedback.

The pastor has given us the green light for a lock-in for those interested in playing other games after Friday night's category. I have Settlers of Catan (with all expansions), LotR TCG, or other board/card games. We can also bring laptops for massive multiplayer Civilization III or (if multiple people bring laptops) Age of Empires II (or Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds). I have two discs for each of those games. Bring your own discs if interested in really making it massive (I'll bring a router).

Unlike Southeast Regionals last year, we will not be playing any official categories during the overnight hours. You are welcome to bring a sleeping bag and sleep in the youth room (the room in the back with the blacklights). If you are interested in staying in a hotel, there are a plethora of hotels within 15 miles of the church, since the church is only 15 miles from Disney. Please check with me if you want hotel information, since some of the hotels on Route 192 are quite run down. I'll let you know which ones are safe.

Directions to the church:
Cornerstone Baptist Church currently has temporary housing at The Island Club West clubhouse in Davenport, Florida. It is located just off US 27 midway between I-4 and HWY 192,  at the end of Sand Mine Road.  Head west on Sand Mine (located behind Publix) – Island Club West will be on the right, turn left into the clubhouse parking and pass under the archway. The church meets in the clubhouse on the left hand side.

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There are a few tidbits that I need to mention:

1. There is little to no cell phone reception at the church. Be sure to bring a charger for your cell phone, otherwise your battery will die searching for a signal.

2. Please bring food/snacks to share, and money for meals. We can buy pizza from Hungry Howie's as usual, but I cannot afford to feed everyone.

3. If you are playing Sealed Deck, you may bring your own G/H starters and/or unopened booster packs to reduce/eliminate the extra cost for that event.

I don't have a laptop, will there be a table for me to use my desktop?

Is there any tvs there for gaming? Such as brawl?

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Signed the fool who isn't gonna sleep.

...then I'm going to assume that T1-2p will be run by itself on Sat (since probably everyone wants to play in that).

I was indeed planning on having T1-2P alone.

So that leaves T1-mp and Sealed.

This is going to be the TBD one. I was hoping to wait until I had exact numbers of players before deciding. I would like to run both separate, but if we get a good turnout, then I may have to run them simultaneously. If it's OK, I would say to bring money/supplies for Sealed Deck, but be aware that you may not actually play them.

Also, on the side games front, I'll probably be bringing either "Star Wars: Epic Duels" or "Shadows Over Camelot" with me if people would be interested in getting in a board game on Fri night late.

We have Epic Duels, too. I have never played Shadows over Camelot, so that might be interesting to learn.

For those planning on attending the Florida State tournament, I just found out that we are going to have a very special guest. Her name is Debby. She runs a Syrian defense and especially likes to play Deluge of Rain.

South FL won't be participating in States this year. Everyone is slightly interested. Maybe Regionals? Sorry to let anyone down, I'm just the messenger here. Thank you Tim for your faithful service to the Redemption community.

I'm hoping that you're just being funny here, and that this storm won't be affecting the tournament any.  Am I right?

There was a very real possibility that Debby would still be mulling around in the Gulf during the week and then hit Central Florida on Friday. However, she appears to have taken a turn to the northeast and has picked up speed, so she should be gone before Friday after all.

now I get it, lol. Debby, haha. No wonder we're getting so much rain down south too.

Sorry Prof that the guys are yellow belly chickens.  It would of been an honor. 

What is the agenda Friday evening. I'm from NJ on vacation and trying to decide whether or not to attend Friday evening

We will likely hold T2-2P and TEAMS simultaneously on Friday night starting at 8pm. Be forewarned, none of my playgroup has a T2 deck, and if they tried to make one last minute, it would likely be a 105-card deck with no duplicates  . The only reason I hold T2 events is because Rob requires it. I am hopeful that someday he will drop that requirement.

After those categories are done, we will be having a lock-in at the church to play non-Redemption games.

Question: Will anyone else be bringing the computers? I am more to willing to bring mine, but if we aren't going to use them I rather not.

I will be bringing the wii with some games though regardless

Question: Will anyone else be bringing the computers? I am more to willing to bring mine, but if we aren't going to use them I rather not.

Do you have AoEII or Star Wars Battlegrounds discs? If not, then there will be no need for you to bring a computer. There is no internet access at the church.

That being the case I'm not sure if I can borrow what I need to build two decks. If I built two type 2 decks and brought my daughter do you think that we would be the only type 2 participants?  Also if I needed to contact you tomorrow are you working and/or when would be the best time to reach you?

Anyone coming to Florida States either today or tomorrow, please remember to bring snacks and drinks to share, as well as prepared meals for the weekend. If you are not bringing your meals, please bring money for doughnuts (breakfast) or pizza (lunch), unless you are planning on going out for either. Also, please eat before you come on Friday night.

so did whiteandgold show up? Type 2?