Feedback and Suggestions

[TStar]

If there is no more feedback, I'll modify the rules tonight and post up a sign-up shortly after.  I think a perfect start date for this would be immediately after Christmas.

[plastiqe]

I agree with mrpaper that a larger sideboard is a bad idea, 50 cards is basically a two deck vault which is too much like War.  Sideboard is supposed to be you have your main deck and then some extra cards to tweak it with.

Do we really need a ban list?  Perhaps during signups you could run a poll and let the participants pick the cards to be banned.

[MyNameIsJoey]

If there is no more feedback, I'll modify the rules tonight and post up a sign-up shortly after.  I think a perfect start date for this would be immediately after Christmas.

Hope you didnt mean Christmas of 2012
is this coming soon?

[majofa]

This event probably won't start for at least a month... or longer depending on when War starts.

Is there anymore feedback on the rule changes proposed by TStar?

[majofa]

Here are the rules changes I am thinking of adopting.  I wanted to give everyone a few days to discuss them before making it official and starting up the event.

1. No Shards
- Pretty self-explanatory

2. Upped Cards Can Be Changed
- You can change which cards are upped from match-to-match instead of having to keep the same 6 cards for the entire event

3. Ban List
- As it stands there is little or no incentive for deck creativity.  Not much really sets it apart from Leagues.  Certain select popular PvP cards would be banned to encourage diversity in deckbuilding and sideboards.

4. Deck Size Isn't Fixed
- Instead of selecting an intial deck and being forced to use decks of that size the entire time, players can use any size deck they like.  Instead players will be given 50 cards for their deck+sideboard.

5. Bracket Format Changed
- I forget what the issue was with the World Cup style format, so I'm going to try it here.  Players will be placed into pools and play each other once.  The winner of each pool will then go into a single-elimination tournament to determine the final winner.  This should eliminate any issues with players getting BYE's.

I think I covered just about everything but if I forgot something let me know.

Proposed Ban List
  Bone Wall
  Devourer
  Dimensional Shield
  Discord
  Fire Bolt
  Ghost of the Past
  Graboid

** The idea is no more than 1 ban per element and only bans to eliminate the most popular PvP decks to force creative deckbuilding **

Any last thoughts on these changes?
1.) With the SoG nerf from a while ago and the soon to be nerfed SoSac, do these still need to be banned? Personally, I like banning all Shards just out of principle, what are your thoughts?

2.) Being able to change your upped cards will be a welcom addition to this Sideboard.

3.) The ban list was well received.. now that it's been a while, have your thoughts on it changed? Are there any cards missing?

4.) Thoughts on the deck size not being fixed?

5.) World Cup style format! This should be fun!

Any other thoughts?
..The rules/signups should be up sometime later today!