I dont know about you but the next tournament that im super looking forward to is the Mardi Gras Classic XXVIII. It was so much fun last year even if we didnt start playing pool play (A Division) til 6pm and had to wait for everyone to get done due to some facility maintenance problem with our gym. So basically a lot of us stayed in the gym almost 15 hours or more, from waiting til playing and ending pool play. But oh well!
If you havent checked the
NAGVA website lately then you probably dont know that the New Orleans Tournament is already
FULL!!! We were hoping that the New Orleans Tournament Director would be opening up some more spots for each division according to the email that was sent dated November 3rd by the Mardi Gras Classic Register.
The tournament director just sent an email (literally!!!) that the confirmed teams that made it are final and registration is
CLOSED. See below for the email ...
Due to an unprecedented rush to submit registration fees earlier than for any prior Mardi Gras Classic, we can now announce that all divisions are completely full with 24 B teams, 36 BB Teams, 14 A Teams, and 6 AA Teams. The following teams have been placed on the wait list for the respective divisions:
MGC 2011 WAIT LIST
B Division:
1. Kansas City K-C Men
2. Chicago Hamburger Mary’s
3. Houston SMASH
4. Boston Lucky Aces
5. New York Ball Hogs
BB Division:
1. Dallas Twisted
2. Chicago Blaze
3. Minneapolis SBT
4. SL UT Yes You Are
5. Dallas Unleashed
A Division:
1. San Antonio Greek Gods
2. Atlanta Team Lynette
3. LA R U Serious?
Should a confirmed team drop out of the tournament, the first waitlisted team will be contacted via email and provided the opportunity to accept a confirmed position in the MGC. Teams will have 72 hours to inform the MGC Registrar of their decision to accept or reject the invitation.
We will hold each teams position on the wait list until November 30, 2010. On November 30, 2010 we will automatically refund/return payments to all wait listed teams. We will however keep the priority of the list as it stands on November 30, 2010. Should teams have the opportunity to enter the tournament after this date, we will make alternative payment arrangements.
REQUESTS FOR IMMEDIATE REFUND & REMOVAL FROM WAITLIST:
Requests to have your registration fees returned immediately and your team removed from the wait list prior to November 30, 2010 must be:
1) Submitted by the registered NAGVA Team Representative
We will make every effort to process these requests within two (2) business days.
We wish we could have accommodated all teams that wanted to participate in our tournament. We invite you all to join us in New Orleans to cheer on your friends and be part of the fun!
Finally, we thank you all for your enthusiastic support of the Mardi Gras Classic 2011!!
Rob Warren Jerry Traigle
MGC Registrar MGC Director
WOWza! Its at least 2 months before the tournament and its already FULL! Who didn't see this coming? The tournament filled up right away as soon as MGC was posted in the NAGVA website. Then as the weeks go by (even before Las Vegas Tourney) there was couple of teams confirmed and paid already.
The question is, why did BB get more spots than other Divisions? With all the uprating from the past season, isn't just fair to have at least equal amount of spots in each division? I mean, good for BB but at the same time 14 teams for A division and 6 teams for AA division compared to 36 BB division and 24 for B division? Did they send the money earlier than the other teams from A and AA division? We don't know. All we know is that there are a lot of players most especially in A division looking for a team since their teams didn't make the cut. A lot of teams are probably disappointed as well that they didn't make it but at the same time maybe payments were not sent on time (typical NAGVA players waiting last minute. lol)
I know couple of people who are looking for a team so we have some work to do to help coz we want to see everybody there as much as possible. Most especially its NOLA, it will be so much fun.
Thoughts?
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xoxo,
ChaCha