Three-Man Team PvP #6 - RULES

[majofa]

Three-Man Team PvP
Original idea by: Demagog   |   Developed by: Demagog & majofa  |   Organized by: majofa

Battle it out with other teams using only 3 elements.

1. HOW TO SIGN UP?
Anyone with a forum and a chat account can 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 not currently active, and you will have to wait for it to restart.

Each player on a team selects a different element.

Each team then selects an element from any of the remaining 9 elements.

One member from the team will post in the sign up thread the Team Name, Players, and Elements of the team.

There is no maximum amount of teams in this event.

2. GETTING READY
The tournament format will be Double-elimination, Swiss style.

3. DECKBUILDING
Players build decks that can consist only of cards from their team, personal, and battle elements.  Battle elements are randomly determined before each matchup is posted.  Battle elements cannot be either players personal element or team element and will always be something else.


- Each deck may use 6 upgraded cards
- No 'Other' cards
- Shards are banned
- You may change decks between games
- You may use Pillars, Pendulums, Mark Cards, and Marks (quanta cards) that don't match your 3 Elements
- You must use at least 2 of your 3 Elements in each deck (To count as using an element, you must use at least 1 non-quanta card)
- You may not use the same combination of elements more than twice in a match (This refers to your 3 Elements)


The size of each deck is not limited, however a maximum of 2/3 of your deck can be from any single element.  This means all decks must be a duo or trio.  The spoiler below contains a table of the maximum amount of cards your deck can contain from any single element based on deck size.

Spoiler for 2/3 rule:

Deck Size	Maximum Cards From Any Element
30	20
31	21
32-33	22
34	23
35-36	24
37	25
38-39	26
40	27
41-42	28
43	29
44-45	30
46	31
47-48	32
49	33
50-51	34
52	35
53-54	36
55	37
56-57	38
58	39
59-60	40

4. MATCHES
Matches are best-of-5.

It's a good idea to either record the matches, or take screenshots as proof, in case something weird, like a desync error, happens. Remember, a player who gets caught cheating, will be permanently banned from all Elements community PvP events, so please play fair.

SUBSTITUTIONS
You may sub for a teammate only if given approval by the event organizer, and you can't sub for the same player 2 rounds in a row.

5. AFTER DUELS
All players must submit their results and decks in the 'Battle Results' thread.

6. WINNER
The last team standing is declared the winner.

7. REWARDS
Glory and the following forum award icon: ???

[RootRanger]

Do you think we could play with shards? 68% of the forum voted for allowing shards in PvP Events. Plus, this event has been run quite a few times, so I would imagine the current deckbuilding rules are getting a little stale at this point.

At the very least, I would set up a poll asking players if they want shards for this event.

[Vangelios]

Root this event is a bit complicated, practically most will have to choose water because of SoP, I think it depends of the event

[Legit]

Root this event is a bit complicated, practically most will have to choose water because of SoP, I think it depends of the event

Maybe that's a good thing. Look at the last TPvP. Not a single team or player picked Water. We could use the variety.

[RootRanger]

Root this event is a bit complicated, practically most will have to choose water because of SoP, I think it depends of the event

Honestly, I disagree. I think there are still plenty of counters to SoP, and it can be outrushed as well.

[majofa]

What are everyone's thoughts on shards?

Restricted or full access?

[Vangelios]

well for me no problem being with shards can be complete, only hope not see many complaints
also the last time the majority chose aether, we can see different things with shards.

[dawn to dusk]

I feel shards would be overused in this event. SoBra rushes, freedom rushes, SoSac SoDiv stalls etc.

I do not think there should be shards but that's just me

[Legit]

What are everyone's thoughts on shards?

Restricted or full access?

You could have a rule like you are allowed to use shards of each element (player, team, and battle) in one game per match. So no abuse of OP shards and more variety.

[RootRanger]

Shards are an indirect nerf to Dimensional Shield. Shard of Freedom and Shard of Focus are the main players here, in addition to Shard of Wisdom. I think Aether will still be chosen a lot, but I think the other Elements are a bit better off now.

Also, here's an interesting possibility - Allow shards for only one player on each team for each round. There's more of a team dynamic this way, since the team has to collectively decide who should be the one to use shards each round.

[dawn to dusk]

Will the matches be able to run through the weekend? Due to my timezone, it is very hard to find a match and I had a lot of trouble in war because of this.

Also, I am happy to only give 1 player shards. Maybe only shards for that one players respective element?

[Vangelios]

I like the idea of just one player with shard, but not a permanent player, however one that is decided by the team every round, may be the same player or different