The title says it all

Me and my buddies are looking for some play besides the kitchen table.

I saw that last year western nationals were at Kublacon is that going to happen again this year?

Please help us out thanks

 Have you ever thought about octgn? Its a good way to unite player from all over the world in a hobby league to play tournaments. 

I am really looking for face to face gaming, i miss the competion, from when I use to play high level compeditive VS. Octgn was great for playtesting decks but sometimes I wonder if we even are playing everything correct

OCTGN play can and will never be able to compete with a comfortable offline event taking place in the kitchen face to face with your friends and some beer ;) But, as you said, online play is indeed working great for testing decks. If you want to play on a higher standard, there should be some time put into testing and improving and it's not possible to meet up every week with your friends in most cases.

If you want to be that type of player (i'm not), then there is no way around octgn. Sadly it is quite hard to find other players online and offline. The community still has to grow.

I dont understand your point on playing things correctly, we are asking ourselves the very same question on every face-to-face match :D

I wish they would take VS mechanic and make it into an LCG.

I agree face to face is best.

Just in general when we are playing i wonder if we are playing the game right or doing stuff totally wrong

I live in Berkeley and would be up for a tournament or regular league games.  Where in NorCal are you?

Manteca if a store over there runs any we would be happy to come out