This will be a 10-player, round-robin tournament with 3 trimesters. In each trimester, players will be able to choose a separate deck, and they will have 3 opponents, who can be played in any order. However, players can play the same deck each trimester if they wish. Once all 9 rounds are finished, we will cut to a top 4 by seed. In the top 4 playoffs, players will select 3 decks and play best 3 out of 5 matches in each round, with the ability to change decks between the semifinals and the finals. Those decks will be labeled A, B, and C, and two or even all three of them could be the same if the player wishes. A, B, and C must be played in order for the first 3 matches. For matches 4 and 5, players may choose any of their 3 decks, and may even select the same deck for match 4 and match 5.
We will be using OCTGN as a platform for this tournament. Instructions for installing MTG and images are located here.
OCTGN was selected after investigation into all the platform options. Xmage and Cockatrice were downloaded, and other research was done into videos displaying those programs. The other options had some issues that prevented them from being the cleanest platform to use. Rules enforcement, while it can be nice, can also lead to clunkier gameplay and the inability to fix things. Additionally, the chance of something being programmed incorrectly means that we're not comfortable with a platform with rules enforcement. OCTGN's play space does everything it needs to, and in our extensive use, we haven't found issues that can't be solved pretty cleanly.
We have the option to make the tournament more of a "show" if we like, due to spectator capability. I can set up a Discord server, which we can use for real-time communication/commentary on matches by those not playing. There are some implications that this would have for the tournament. One is that decklists per trimester would have to be open, so that people who watch matches don't have an advantage over those who don't/can't. To go into a bit more detail of how this would work, once trimester schedules are posted, all decklists would be submitted to a neutral party, and then all be posted in thread at the same time.
When signing up, please indicate if you would like to use Discord.
If there are any questions, please ask them in-thread:
hasdgfas
Yaw
klazam
Kdowns
Panzerjager (replacing Lady Lambdadelta)
Sudo_Nym
Khelvaster
SensFan
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Player | Record |
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hasdgfas | 5-1 |
Yaw | 4-2 |
Klazam | 4-2 |
kdowns | 4-2 |
Panzerjager | 2-4 |
Sudo_Nym | 2-4 |
Khelvaster | 1-4 |
SensFan | 1-4 |
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