Newsletter: February 2, 2008.
  WIZARD NEWSLETTER…..February 2, 2008.  
  
   
  
Hope you are coping with the winter weather. Stay home and play Wizard to be safe.  
  
   
  
Top 10 Monthly Play  
  
January set a record for the largest number of active players during a 1-month period.   
  
276 players played one game or more during the month.  
  
Cargobeep continued her streak of victories with her 6th straight Top 10 monthly win. That victory ties both of Fizzwiz1’s records: (a) Most victories
10 (b) Most consecutive victories 6. The month of February should prove interesting because if cargobeep can win again it will place her in a class of
her own.  
  
   
  
Online Tournaments  
  
Thanks to the help of others the number of online tournaments has greatly increased.  
  
Ken McCoy hosts the regular online tournaments.  
  
Merlin hosts the Top 10 Invitational tournaments.  
  
Mactonight hosts the Hidden Bid tournaments.  
  
Doug Johnson hosts the “mixed-and-match” tournaments. (Delayed Reveal, Maximus, etc.)  
  
   
  
Upcoming Tournaments  
  
1. The next Top 10 Invitational Tournament will be played Monday Feb.04/08   
  
Registration 8:00PM to 8:45 PM Game starts at 9:00 PM   
  
Host: Merlin  
  
   
  
2. A MIXED BID Tournament played on Sunday Feb. 03/08.  
  
Registration 12:00PM to 12:45  PM Game starts at 1:00 PM EST.  
  
Mixed bid includes one of each of the standard variations of bidding for each round (Delayed Reveal Bid, Hidden Bid, Regular Bid).  
  
Host: Merlin ......It will be a fun game!!!  
  
   
  
3. DELAYED REVEAL BID   
  
Saturday, February 16th - register between 8:00p.m. and 8:45p.m. est. Start at 9:00  
  
Host: DougJ   
  
   
  
Cargo Cause  
  
The drive to bring cargobeep to the 2008 Tournament in Niagara Falls has stalled.  
  
Current donations total $240. The goal is $700  
  
wizard.............$20  
  
Caye...............$20  
  
merlin.............$20  
  
karmakarma...$20  
  
unclechuckie...$40  
  
DougJ.............$20  
  
Mactonight.....$30  
  
New guy........$30  
  
JUDJ...............$20  
  
aniram...........$20  
  
Can you help? Contact: kenneth.fisher@sympatico.ca  
  
   
  
INTERNATIONAL WIZARD FEST 2008  
  
A lot of information is available at www.wizardcards.net  
  
Currently there are 17 members confirmed as registered.  
  
The maximum is 100 and there will be people turned away this year. Make sure you are not one of them.  
  
Considered yourself forewarned.  
  
   
  
WORLD RANKINGS  
  
The top 21 ranked players have all gained 1 of the levels of Wizardry  
  
1. merlin                       .449      Fire Wizard  
  
2. ken mccoy                403       Fire Wizard  
  
3. Ken Fisher                364       Water Wizard  
  
4. Denny Crane             300.5    Water Wizard  
  
5.  Twit Meister             287.5    Air Wizard  
  
6. Spicy online               281       Air Wizard  
  
7. lazyjones                   278.5    Air Wizard  
  
8. trapezoid                   274.5    Air Wizard  
  
9. cargobeep                 270       Air Wizard  
  
10. Mr. Wizard              237.75  Air Wizard  
  
11. unclechuckie            228.5    Air Wizard  
  
12. deanna...online         225.5.   Air Wizard  
  
13. Mactonight              157.5    Earth Wizard  
  
14. ap Sirius                  147       Earth Wizard  
  
15. Tishy                       140.5    Earth Wizard  
  
16. wizbucket                137.5    Earth Wizard  
  
[17.karmakarma            136       Earth Wizard  
  
18. Magicgirl                 134.5    Earth Wizard  
  
19. jeffzel                      108.5    Earth Wizard  
  
20. Gertielongburn         106.5    Earth Wizard  
  
21. cormorant                106       Earth Wizard  
  
   
  
Master Point Plan  
  
If you do not know how master points are allotted visit:  
  
http://www.wizardcards.com/viewthread.php?tid=175  
  
   
  
Quotations  
  
Henry VIII: “Too much card playing is distracting my bowmen from their training.”  
  
   
  
Does this sound strangely familiar to something your spouse might say?  
  
   
  
Happy Groundhog Day  
  
   
  
Ken Fisher  
  
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