Nabe Gewall said:
I talked to DSCE about this last year, and from what they said was we could have prizes or an entry, but not both, which really boils down to removing the incentive for either the club to hold one a MTG tournament or people to attend said tournament. However, we did have one club sponsored MTG tournament last year with free entry fee and donated (by individuals, not the club) prizes. I feel the DSCE is incorrect in labeling MTG a game of chance, and the lack of legal restrictions on companies and stores who run events like these prove it. It’s really a shame that the club can’t hold MTG tournaments, because the club could make a profit while players would have lower entrance fees than they would at hobby stores (I’ve crunched the numbers on this). Additionally, I know many students who are interested in on-campus MTG tournaments.
I plan on talking to them again this semester about the issue. I don’t know how relevant this is to poker players, but if you have any questions or comments on the issue, PM me.
the problem is they literally changed the ruling on August 11th of this year so the regulations are new, bypassing Corelli in my opinion is just a bad idea while he doesn’t have Walt’s jurisdiction A he is in charge of the UC so stepping on the toes of the guy of the guy who lets us hold the Lan is a bad idea not to mention from talking to him about this (yet again for a rush biased poker tournament) and he honestly found this rule to be asinine while he may not have the power of Walt Turner but if there is someone with in the administration that dislikes this ruling and that has the clout and ability to raise argument against it with in the official channels