FLGS and Prizes

>>52879094
Don't sanctioned tournaments get prize support from Wizards?

$5 entry split to top 8, but we got big turnouts

>>52879117
just promos i thought for regular FNM

>>52879117
Yes. Wizards has strict price and prize control for official events.

I wish i could help but i dont even know how my lgs does prizes cause i never win

The store I go to does the casual style of at least one pack per entrant, with more for the top four (up to five or six packs usually). The main thing about it is this shop seldom has standard tournaments, and rarely more than 12 entrants except for release events. It's almost always draft of some sort, with sealed or standard maybe once a month. Buy-in for standard is usually $7 (maybe $5, it's been quite a while), drafts are usually $15, $25-30 if it's for a masters set, and sealed is $25.

This store has been running for a solid few years now, though it's definitely a close-knit community of folk who also play a lot of DnD or Warhammer/X-Wing. Perhaps the 40k guys are the only ones keeping the thing afloat, who knows. The other store in town does more standard tourneys, but too many snot-nosed middle-schoolers go there for my taste. As it is, I think the store I go to has a pretty fair system. The community is really good about teaching good gameplay in a casual setting, so there have been a good handful of new faces turned regulars. If your store has a good community, everything else can fall right into place.

To answer the last question, the worst system I've seen was at the same store, for a MM draft. No one could agree on how to best handle the prize support so that no one got screwed, so the prize pool became a rare-redraft in placement order (everyone puts their rares in after the tourney). This had the benefit of ascertaining that nobody would rare-draft and drop, but unfortunately screwed anyone who pulled a Bob or a goyf unless they took top spot. Additionally, I don't recall any other prize packs being handed out. Maybe some were opened and added to the pool, but that's a detail I don't remember.

>>52879094
Most stores really don't make anything on the tournaments based on the owners I've talked too. Some would even lose money on the tournaments solely to get customers in the store. In all honestly, if you are in smalltown, USA you guys are mostly screwed either way, it will only just barely stay in business. Best prize support I've seen is one that gives everyone a pack and winners get like 2 or 3 at 8 players, more if more players show. The big thing that might help even out those margins is if you sell drinks and snacks.

>>52880828
>drinks and snacks
This. Bottles of water, cans of soda, and cheap candy sold at $1 a pop adds up if bought in bulk.

>>52879094
My store alternates between pack-per-win and a 2 pack per person prize pool for top players. One week draft will be pack-per-win, and the next it will be 2 packs into prize pool. Standard is on an opposite schedule. Modern on Saturdays is always prize pool because if you have Modern you should have come to terms with scrubbing out already.

>>52879094

why isn't your WPN contact giving you advice on this?

My store does everyone goes home with a booster, plus 3 boosters between 1st and 2nd.

Our scene is very casual though.