MS MtG Modern Super League

[McMenno]

don't forget to send in your decklists

[hasdgfas]

don't forget to send in your decklists

No need for that just yet, we haven't quite scheduled the first day, we want to give people some time

[Yaw]

Also, we want pairings for the first trimester to go out first. Once those are out, we'll set a deadline for decklists.

[Lady Lambdadelta]

Should we collectively work together to try and have different deck archtypes for each player? (i.e: One Jund, one Burn, One Lantern, One Affinity, One Storm, etc etc etc)

Or just go anything goes

Because I'm kind of tempted to not see 8 version of the same 2 meta decks, and I'm damn sure less excited to cast that, you know?

[DeathNote]

I'll be honest and probably gonna net deck most of these. How many are we suppose to have again?

[Lady Lambdadelta]

I'll be honest and probably gonna net deck most of these. How many are we suppose to have again?

Aren't superleagues just 1 deck?

[DeathNote]

idk, I thought we were suppose to have multiple decks. Meh

[SensFan]

Wait I'm confused. Why would we coordinate to bring different decks? Am I missing something?

[Lady Lambdadelta]

Wait I'm confused. Why would we coordinate to bring different decks? Am I missing something?

Cause it's not a serious tournament and I really don't want to see 20 games of Dredge and Affinity Mirrors?

[McMenno]

wouldn't that be so sweet though

[Lady Lambdadelta]

wouldn't that be so sweet though

You and I have different defintions of that word, friend.

[Yaw]

Ok, here's what happens:

First, your first three match pairings get posted in thread. Then, you submit a deck you want to use to play those three matches. After those matches get played by everyone (in any order you want), match pairings for the second group of three matches get posted. You then submit a deck for those three matches (which can be the same or different, as you choose). Repeat for the final group of three. So you can be playing up to three different decks during the round-robin part of this.

In other words, every deck you submit for this entire thing is for a metagame of at most three people. WIFOM away.

[Sudo_Nym]

I like this idea. I think it would be slightly better if we changed the format to Commander instead. We haven't started yet, so I'm sure it's fine to switch.

[DeathNote]

I wouldn't do commander.

[Sudo_Nym]

What if I command you to?

[SensFan]

Ok, here's what happens:

First, your first three match pairings get posted in thread. Then, you submit a deck you want to use to play those three matches. After those matches get played by everyone (in any order you want), match pairings for the second group of three matches get posted. You then submit a deck for those three matches (which can be the same or different, as you choose). Repeat for the final group of three. So you can be playing up to three different decks during the round-robin part of this.

In other words, every deck you submit for this entire thing is for a metagame of at most three people. WIFOM away.

In general, how long will players have to finish their three matches?
Are the people I'm playing against linked as well necessarily? Like as an example, if my first set of matches is Cow/Yaw/Sudo does that mean that Cow/Sudo will also be paired up?

[Lady Lambdadelta]

What if I command you to?

oh bby, pls~

[Klazam]

not interested in competive commander.

[hasdgfas]

In general, how long will players have to finish their three matches?
Are the people I'm playing against linked as well necessarily? Like as an example, if my first set of matches is Cow/Yaw/Sudo does that mean that Cow/Sudo will also be paired up?

We'll be giving 3 weeks for a trimester, as we expect about a match a week. If everyone finishes earlier, however, we can start the next trimester early.
As far as pairing, there's no linking. Your 3 opponents don't necessarily have the same set of opponents as you. We're just generating a round robin tournament schedule.



Now, I've gotten the basics of a Discord channel set up. You should be able to use this link to get in: https://discord.gg/tPUseV8
We can use this for casting, discussion about games we're watching, discussions after you play someone, etc.
You can use this whether or not you're playing, so if you're interested in watching, feel free to join as well. I'll have to give different permissions to players, spectators, and the deckkeeper, so if your Discord name is different than your MS name, let me know so I can set that correctly.

[Sudo_Nym]

So everybody is just going to play Naya Burn, right? If so, we should be able to wrap up this tourney in 20 minutes instead of 3 weeks.

[Khelvaster]

/in to be the 10th.

[Yaw]

Sweet.

Here are your first trimester pairings. (Look for your name, the three people you'll be playing are listed afterwards.) Times and deadlines coming in the next post.

kdowns: SensFan, Sudo_Nym, thestatusquo

Lady Lambdadelta: Khelvaster, SensFan, Sudo_Nym

DeathNote: hasdgfas, thestatusquo, Yaw

Sudo_Nym: thestatusquo, kdowns, Lady Lambdadelta

Klazam: Yaw, Khelvaster, SensFan

Khelvaster: Lady Lambdadelta, Klazam, hasdgfas

Yaw: Klazam, hasdgfas, DeathNote

thestatusquo: Sudo_Nym, DeathNote, kdowns

hasdgfas: DeathNote, Yaw, Khelvaster

SensFan: kdowns, Lady Lambdadelta, Klazam

You may now start submitting decklists to McMenno.

[DeathNote]

Again, how many decks do I play? 1 per opponent? Or do I get to choose how many I want to play? (EX- 1 per 2 opponents and a 3rd for the 3rd opponent?)

[hasdgfas]

All right, as far as dates and times go:

Decklists Due to McMenno

: By end of day next Tuesday 1/31

Trimester Deadline:

2/22(however, if everyone finishes the trimester early, we'll just start the next one early)

Current plans are to:

• Allow people to start playing as soon as Wednesday 2/1
  
• Have a mini coverage test Wednesday night, 2/1, starting at about 7:30 PM Central US Time. People can still play their real matches at this point, but it's partially a tech/coverage test.
  
• Have a larger "kickoff" event Saturday 2/4 starting at 1 PM Central US time where we try to get as many people working on coverage/playing as possible
  
• Continue with Wednesdays at 7:30 PM Central and Saturdays at 1 PM Central for coverage times.

If you have streamed before, it would be helpful if you could let us know, as I will not be able to host the stream while I'm playing(and am not guaranteed to be at every single Wed/Sat), since the host needs to have visibility of both players' hands, so we need a few different hosts.

[hasdgfas]

Again, how many decks do I play? 1 per opponent? Or do I get to choose how many I want to play? (EX- 1 per 2 opponents and a 3rd for the 3rd opponent?)

You get 1 deck for those 3 opponents. Once everyone has played these first three matches, you can switch to a second deck for your next three opponents if you like. And you can switch to a third deck for your last 3 opponents if you like.