Name That Shard! (Competition: Design a Shard PvP event!)

[Rutarete]

Name that Shard!

Original idea by Rutarete | Developed by ??? | Organized by ???
A Fun Combination of Quizzical Questions and PvP!

1. How to sign up
Anyone with a forum and chat account may sign up for this event. Start by reading the rules very carefully. Then sign up by posting on a separate sign up topic. If you cannot find a sign up topic, or if it is locked, this event is currently not active, and you will have to wait for it to restart.

When posting on the sign up thread, post one of the twelve shards as well. This will be the only shard you can use at the beginning. See below for more details on that.

There is no maximum amount of people allowed to sign up for this event.

2. Getting Ready

This will be a Double Elimination Event. Once you have lost twice, you are out.

3. Gameplay
Each round, there will be a question posted, with the answer being a shard. These questions will gradually get harder. There will not be any particular order for the shards as answers, and beware that questions may have multiple answers.

There will be 11 rounds, one for each shard you didn't start out with. If not enough people are eliminated by the last round, additional rounds will be added.

Example question 1 - Statement Guess
This shard could help you win a race

Answer - Shard of Readiness

Example Question 2 - Haiku/Riddle

Broken I may be,
I always repay my debt.
What shard could I be?

Answer - Shard of Gratitude

Example Question 3 - Question

What shards can share the same acronym?

Answer - SoS: Shard of Serendipity, Shard of Sacrifice
OR
SoF: Shard of Freedom, Shard of Focus.
For a question like this, you only need to answer one choice (only one of the two acronyms in this example). If you give multiple answers, on such a question that has multiple answers, you may choose only two shards at most to gain access to. There could also be trivia questions about the Shards of the Past. If the answer happens to be a shard you already have, nothing happens.

There is no negative penalty for wrong or unnecessary answers (multiple answers when there is only one).

You will PM your answer to the organizer each round. For each answer you get correct, you may use that shard in further deckbuilding and 5 upgrades of that Shard's respective element. You will know if you answered correctly by the Organizer's reply in a PM. The correct answer or answers of the previous round will be revealed after that round is done, in the next round's thread.

4. Deckbuilding and Matches
Players have three days to make the match happen. If necessary, PM the Organizer to request a substitute.
Each round, you will fight one opponent.
Decks may be any size, with any mark.
Matches will be best of three, and opponents will be randomized.
For each type of shard you have access to, you may use up to five upgrades of that shard's element.
You must always have at least one type of shard in your deck.
You may not switch decks or marks between matches

As the rounds go on, you will be required to use at least two different shards, and three different ones later on in the event. If you cannot, (do not have the shards available) you must use as much as you can when this rule comes into effect.

5. After Matches

Players will post the deck they used in the Results thread, along with the score.

6. Winning the Event

The winner is the last person who has not been eliminated.

7. Rewards
The winner will be presented with this award icon: To be determined.