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Welcome
Welcome to the homepage for the Old School Pacific Conference (OSPC), an organization which coordinates Old School 93/94 Magic: the Gathering for a variety of groups on the West Coast of the USA. This site hosts the By-Laws and Rules adopted by the OSPC, and will also feature blogs and other content related to the Pacific format and the broader Old School Magic community. Please enjoy, and if you would like to contact us, feel free to email pacoldschoolmtg@gmail.com. Cheers!
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Convocation Notes: June 14, 2022
OLD BUSINESS 2-of land restrictions Beasts Got more feedback– watching groups, there is a feeling of “what is PAC’s role in the OS community?”– started from the 2-of format discussion – seems like it would make us a joke format– things like unrestricted recall and plague rats are fun, but not huge deals– going to 2-of breaks a common expectation about 4-of and 1-of– who even plays PAC – Spawners had a major event and didn’t play PAC rules– what things can you do to keep it fresh?– maybe PAC should focus more on having fun events, and less on the rule set– should we capitalize on the great events…
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Convocation Notes: Feb 1, 2022
Convocation 10 (Zoom) February 1, 2022 Attendees: Beasts of the Bay (Jeremy) Deep Spawners (Andy) Emerald Trolls (Shawn) Clerk (Scott) Notes: OLD BUSINESS 2-of Restrictions – Factory, Workshops, Maze, & Strip Beasts – polarized responses among group One group wants to experiment while others won’t play with the change Spawners – also varied opinions Few strong opinions of no change while others willing to try If they had to vote would have to say no Trolls – would be for it Currently trying it out at biweekly meetups and no issues yet Similar to ATL where it opens up the brew space with less colorless auto-includes Best if all groups…
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Convocation Notes: November 4, 2021
Convocation 9 (Zoom) November 4, 2021 Attendees: Beasts of the Bay (Jeremy) Deep Spawners (Andy) Emerald Trolls (Shawn) The Horde (Cam) OLD BUSINESS Proxies No one has any issues about proxies at meetups – this is about tournaments Official PAC position: leave it up to the TO’s, no official position. If/when prices keep going up, we’ll revisit them then. Done with this topic for now Beasts: Didn’t hear anyone who raised concerns around Chalice (though it’s obv different than say Vegas) Spawners: Have had discussions about security – a few of their members are in this line of work There was one comment from someone about an event who didn’t…
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Convocation Notes: August 12, 2021
Convocation 8 (Zoom) August 12, 2021 Attendees: Beasts of the Bay (Jeremy) Deep Spawners (Andy) Emerald Trolls (Shawn) Horde (Cam) Clerk (Scott) Agenda: Update by-laws to 24 month term Already updated Proxies Everyone supports the idea of PAC set of proxies allowed at our events Sell set to members and give artists a portion of proceeds What about proxies not in the PAC set? To discuss more and reconvene Casual environment – no issue Tournaments – up to TO Do you need to own the card to use the proxy? Limit on how many can be used Don’t want to see fully proxied decks with cards that are not easily…
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Convocation Notes: May 6, 2021
Convocation 7 (Zoom) May 6, 2021 Attendees: Beasts of the Bay (Mith) Deep Spawners (Brian) Emerald Trolls (Shawn) Horde (Aaron) Clerk (Jeremy) Agenda: Mana Clash tiebreaker Brian to resend the notes for the specific text to add this in as an option 24 month VR term amendment Changing by-laws to allow Voting member term limit to 24 months Vote: Aye: Beasts, Trolls, Spawners, Horde Beasts & Horde will rotate at the next Convocation (#8 summer 2021) – Cam will overlap with Aaron next meeting Spawners will rotate towards end of the year Trolls (as CP) will rotate spring of 2022 and find a new clerk ACTION: Shawn will take a…
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PAC Rules Updates
The Plague Continues… As 2020 continues to progress it’s been an interesting year for Old School Magic. Events have been cancelled, bars have been closed, in-person play has been almost non-existent. All this being said, the community continues to thrive and online play and webcam tournaments have flourished during this season. During OSPC Convocation 6, there was much discussion on the current state of the format and ways to continue to progress and promote the Old School flavor and play. You can read the minutes for deeper discussion; however, we’d like to announce two new additions to the PAC format. Mana Clash as a New Tiebreaker!! This one is a…
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Convocation Notes: 11/12/2020
Convocation 6 (Meets) November 12, 2020 Attendees: Beasts of the Bay (Mith) Deep Spawners (Brian) Desert Twisters (Justin) Emerald Trolls (Shawn) Fallen Angels (Brian) Horde (Aaron) Clerk (Jeremy) Topic 1: City in a Bottle Trolls – generally cool with how it is. Can be annoying at times, but not too crazy (counterbalance dibs and arabian aggro) FA – same as above. More of an annoying card, but nothing egregious to make a change Twister – Good with leaving as is – no problems with the card Spawners – 1-2 people interested in restricting, but the last few major tournaments the top decks had a lot of AN cards, juzams, etc.…
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OSPC Summer Auction Results
To the Old School and larger MTG Community, Thank you so much for your participation in our inaugural Old School Pacific Conference Charity Auction!! We had over 75 great community members win our different auction lots to raise a total of $9,565!!!! That means our three great organizations (Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), Color of Change, & National Federation of Filipino American Association (NaFFAA)) each received $3,188 from our efforts (Receipts screenshotted below). This was a great experience for us to give to these organizations that have been working so hard to combat the social justice issues plaguing our country and society across the globe. We want to put out a…
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PAC Charity Auction – Summer 2020
This article repeats auction information posted in the official Facebook event where the auction is being held. To participate in the auction, you (or a proxy) must be a member of the Old School Magic 4Life Facebook group in order to post your bids in the official Facebook event. Greetings Old School 93/94 MTG Community! In response to the WOTC card bannings and recent social justice issues that are being raised in our country, the Old School Pacific Conference (OSPC/PAC) responded with our statement: https://pacoldschool.com/statement-on-card-bannings/ To show that actions speak louder than blog posts, the PAC Clubs have come together to host this Charity Auction. The items are all community…
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Shahrazad Unrestricted
B&R for several common Old School formats PAC has conferred with our respective clubs to reassess our earlier decision to restrict Shahrazad. Following these discussions, PAC has decided to remove Shahrazad from the restricted list. While there were several reasons for this change, chief among them were (a) the collection of additional feedback from members; (b) the lack of occurrences of use of Shahrazad specifically as a match-stalling strategy; and (c) a desire to let people play the cards they want to play whenever that is not problematic.