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joesephjOSEPH Jul 13, 2024 @ 3:14am
Arena Direct- Sealed modern horizons 3
anyone entering this event? / anyone care to share their results?

anyone who has entered or thought about it do you feel the pricing for this event is fair?

the prize says physical booster box? are they actually mailing the winners booster boxes or am i misunderstanding that?
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Tom the Mime Artist Jul 13, 2024 @ 6:03am 
Nope. Going 6-0 or 6-1 in sealed requires a solid helping of luck and the break even point at 5 wins isn't much better. I'd rather use the gems to draft rather than a slim chance of a physical prize.

If you're buying gems with money, not worth it unless you really enjoy yourself - ~$30 of gems for a chance at ~$450 prize. Kind of expected though given that a solid chunk of entrants would probably be playing with gems they got for free. If you've got gems saved up and you don't want to use them on packs or drafts then it might be worth it to roll the dice for a chance to get RL value from something you weren't using.

Yes, they are actually mailing the winners a MH3 play booster box, covering international shipping. Doesn't ship everywhere, mainly most of Europe, the Americas, Australia, Japan and South Korea. You could probably set up mail forwarding with a third party service if they didn't ship to your country but I haven't really looked into it.
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joesephjOSEPH Jul 13, 2024 @ 9:57am 
thats how i felt. so much luck is needed in sealed to go on a streak like that its so punishing if you dont win at least 4 matches before losing 2. those first few goals being nothing is to harsh imo

I see what you are saying though. thanks for the reply. its pretty cool you can win real sealed product. if entry fee was a third of what it is i'd be signing up just for the fun of it
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bigmek667 Jul 14, 2024 @ 2:23pm 
I had some gems to spare (I am a purely free2play-player) and tried it once, won 3 games, than went down. I thought it was quite exciting, but I might try it again with another format if they do it again.
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ʍolɟ ǝɥʇ ǝsɹǝʌǝɹ Jul 14, 2024 @ 6:04pm 
honestly isn't it structured in a way that no-one gets to 6 wins with no more than 1 loss. How do we know if anyone is a winner. Its not a bracket style tournament with 36 or 6 people. you could lose and be eliminated to someone who's playing their first game. One person could eliminate what 2-3 people and still not win the box? So if losers are eliminating losers, how do we know if anyone crosses that threshold of 6 games. WE DON'T KNOW
Last edited by ʍolɟ ǝɥʇ ǝsɹǝʌǝɹ; Jul 14, 2024 @ 6:09pm
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joesephjOSEPH Jul 14, 2024 @ 6:55pm 
Originally posted by ʍolɟ ǝɥʇ ǝsɹǝʌǝɹ:
honestly isn't it structured in a way that no-one gets to 6 wins with no more than 1 loss. How do we know if anyone is a winner. Its not a bracket style tournament with 36 or 6 people. you could lose and be eliminated to someone who's playing their first game. One person could eliminate what 2-3 people and still not win the box? So if losers are eliminating losers, how do we know if anyone crosses that threshold of 6 games. WE DON'T KNOW

i guess thats part of why i made the thread. curious if anyone on steam is participating
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joesephjOSEPH Jul 14, 2024 @ 7:00pm 
Originally posted by bigmek667:
I had some gems to spare (I am a purely free2play-player) and tried it once, won 3 games, than went down. I thought it was quite exciting, but I might try it again with another format if they do it again.
oh cool thanks for the info. 3 wins is great its to bad the prize pool is structured out it is. for so many gems you deserved in the least a pack or two lol
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Winter Wolf Jul 14, 2024 @ 7:37pm 
I wouldn't even consider doing this kind of event without being assured of my mastery of the format. It is purely gambling if you aren't 100% positive you can win. (And may be mostly gambling even so if your expectations don't match reality.)

I think very little of this kind of thing and I hope eventually wotc stops doing this. That said, I guess they consider a ~$350 prize to be worth the hoops they have set up.
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Big Chungus Jul 15, 2024 @ 4:17am 
I logged back in into my account after many months and found this event. I still had many gems so I thought why not? I got super lucky and went 6-0. Now im waiting an email from Wizards. Looking forward to crack the packs with my friend and play some sealed.
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Serkian Jul 15, 2024 @ 4:32am 
its a bait for the player to put money in the game to lost 1-3 xD its not worth they win u lost that all
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joesephjOSEPH Jul 15, 2024 @ 4:50am 
Originally posted by Big Chungus:
I logged back in into my account after many months and found this event. I still had many gems so I thought why not? I got super lucky and went 6-0. Now im waiting an email from Wizards. Looking forward to crack the packs with my friend and play some sealed.
congrats thats epic
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joesephjOSEPH Jul 15, 2024 @ 4:50am 
Originally posted by Big Chungus:
I logged back in into my account after many months and found this event. I still had many gems so I thought why not? I got super lucky and went 6-0. Now im waiting an email from Wizards. Looking forward to crack the packs with my friend and play some sealed.
what deck colors did you play
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Big Chungus Jul 15, 2024 @ 1:52pm 
WB i think. Ocelot pride was the best card
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joesephjOSEPH Jul 15, 2024 @ 2:28pm 
Originally posted by Big Chungus:
WB i think. Ocelot pride was the best card

oh nice pull. cool stuff
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