Ignoring The Problem: Why Won’t Wizards Fix Regionals?
Basically, the system is set up to punish the regions that have a more active Magic community. The odds are grim if you competed in the Ohio Valley Regionals; with 674 people brawling for eight slots, you had a measly 1.19% chance to qualify. But fortune smiles on you if you live in the Southwest, where attendance was 213 people, giving you a 3.76% shot at the top 8. Your chances of qualifying go up 315% percent depending on where you live. Is this fair?
Another year, another Regionals – and once again, attendance records blew through the roof. Over *six thousand, five hundred* people came out to...…
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