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Convocation Notes: 6/11/2020
Pacific Old School Council Convocation 5 (Meet) June 11, 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: WOTC Banning of Old School Cards Trolls: Potentially some appetite to ban Invoke Prejudice… other cards maybe not, but Gypsies and Cleanse. But what about future bans? Concern about evaluating other cards that Wizards bans in the future. Possibly just ban the art and not necessarily the cards Twisters: Unequivocal “No Ban”. The cards aren’t the issue (same as last week). Overall the members feel like we’re creating a issue and there is a slippery slope…
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Statement on Card Bannings
Like many, the Old School Pacific Conference (OSPC) has spent a long time thinking about Wizards’ decision to ban several cards for their depiction of racist or other prejudicial themes. On one hand, several of these cards are obviously inappropriate and should never have been printed, but on the other, they were printed and have been a part of Magic for 25+ years. Our conversations have been intense, emotional, and at times deeply personal, but always in good faith, because one of the driving factors in our community is our friendship with each other. Additionally, abhorrent behavior by a few individuals with ties to Old School, including one Facebook group…
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Welcome Sin City Fallen Angels!
The OSPC is happy to announce that the Sin City Fallen Angels, based in Las Vegas, NV, have joined our conference as Full Members! The Fallen Angels have grown the Las Vegas-area Old School scene and built a thriving club, most notably hosting large events surrounding GP Las Vegas both of the last two years. They have more fun stuff coming up too, and we’re happy to have them joining the PAC ranks! Brian will be serving as their official PAC Council representative, with James serving as the backup. You can find the Sin City Fallen Angels on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/224320381810025/posts/welcome-to-the-sin-citys-fallen-angels-old-school-magic-group-page-i-am-very-new/224330675142329/
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Convocation Notes: 3/4/2020
Pacific Old School Council Convocation 4 (Hangouts) March 4, 2020 Attendees: Horde (Aaron) Deep Spawners (Brian) Emerald Trolls (Shawn) Beasts of the Bay (Mith) Clerk (Jeremy) Group Updates: Beasts: chalice went well. Looking to book the same place again next year. Group wants to revisit Shahrazad Spawners: on the radar – wanted to discuss ways to deal with no ties, specifically Divine Intervention. How to handle specifically what happens in case of tie. Do you go to orb flips for each game? Then for the match? You can build a deck to stall and playing to tie just to force orb flips Keep this as an observation to see if…
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Convocation Notes: 12/4/2019
Pacific Old School Council Convocation 3 Attended by: Horde (Aaron)Deep Spawners (Brian)Desert Twisters (Justin)Emerald Trolls (Shawn)Beasts of the Bay (Mith)Clerk (Jeremy) Topic 1: Banning Players Should we change by-laws to unanimous bans to reflect total conference position? Trolls: Motion to change it from absolute majority to unanimous or remove it completely from by-laws and leave it individual by group Vote conducted to limit PAC to coordination of individual group ban lists and not maintain a ban list as a conference. Clerk will draft up some language to slot in Aye: 4/5 (Troll, Horde, Spawner, Twister)Abstain: Beasts Current Player Ban List by Group:Trolls: Joe Wang, Antoine RottiersBeasts: Joe Wang, Brian Weissman,…
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Convocation Notes: Aug 27-28, 2019
Pacific Old School Council Convocation 2 (Virtual – Discord) Aug 27-28, 2019 Attendees: Mith Maya: Beasts VR, Chairperson Brian Urbano: Deep Spawners VR Aaron R: Horde VR Shawn Sullivan: Trolls VR Jeremy Chien: Clerk of the Conference Topic 1 Based on feedback from the incident at MagicFest Vegas, the Clerk was asked to draft up language to add into the by-laws that addresses OSPC’s policy on behavior and cheating. Section 5.1 was drafted and language was proposed to the Voting Members. The Beasts – wants to induct an inaugural “hall of shame” The Trolls – asked for it to be called “list of banned players” The Horde – cautions that…
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Welcome Desert Twisters!
The OSPC is happy to announce that the Desert Twisters have joined our conference as Full Members! Since forming earlier this year, the Twisters have hit the ground running hosting local meetups, traveling to events, posting content online, and helping organize events surrounding GP Vegas. They’re planning to host some larger events in Arizona for the community at large in the coming months as well. Justin from the Twisters will be serving as their Voting Member on the Council. Joseph will be serving as Alternate Member. Twisters, please contact one of them if you have any questions. Here’s how to find the Twisters online: Instagram: @desert_twisters Twitter: @deserttwisters Email: desert.twisters@gmail.com
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Another Format? You Idiots!
With the recent announcement of the Pacific ruleset, there have been many questions raised about why Old School Magic needs yet another format to fragment an already small community. We get that, and it’s a very good point. We too worry about the health of Old School and especially about the anger and other negative emotions the release of another ruleset is causing in some members of the community, so we wanted to give people some more background and context on what’s happening. It’s Not About the B&R. It’s About Stewardship of the Format The fundamental motivation for forming the Pacific Old School Conference (PAC) is to create a democratic,…
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Convocation Notes: Jul 24, 2109
Pacific Old School Council Convocation 1 July 24, 2019 Attendees: Mith Maya: Beasts VR, Chairperson Brian Urbano: Deep Spawners VR Aaron R.: Horde VR Shawn Sullivan: Trolls VR Jeremy Chien: Secretary (member of Beasts) Maze of Ith: feedback on unrestriction -The Horde: Maze is borderline -The Trolls: Maze is powerful but not game breaking. Interesting brewing opened up. Maze helps combo -The Deep Spawners: Maze has been manageable. Recall: feedback on unrestriction -The Horde: people seem to be ok. -The Trolls: recall no issue -The Deep Spawners: Recall isn’t an issue. RESOLUTION: Restrict Shahrazad. Proposed by Deep Spawners Discussion notes: -The Horde: this card ruins tournament play where rounds are…
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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!