Weekly Tournament - July 2nd - Heart of the Swarm - Upgraded

[mathman101]

Time to ready the pesticide.

Weekly Tournament - July 2nd - Heart of the Swarm - UpgradedTournament Organizers: Ginyu, mathman101, or Solaris

When? To find out your local time, check this link: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20160702T13&p1=1440 Tournament has started.

Where? Please enter the Tournament room at least 15 minutes before the tournament starts. Click "Rooms" in the top left to find it.

Rules Please read the PvP Tournament rules carefully before joining the tournament. Remember to also read the Special Rules listed below!

Prizes 1st place 5,000 electrum + Nymph/Mark + Trophy (Forum Icon) 2nd place 5,000 electrum 3rd place 4,000 electrum 4th place 3,000 electrum In case of 18 or more players, tournament prizes will be increased.

Points for the World Championship 1st place 4 points 2nd place 2 points 3rd place 1 point

NOTE: You need just one presentable forum post to be allowed to join tournaments; you can post it here. If this will be your first tournament, a Tournament Organizer will test your knowledge about the rules. So please be present in tournament room 30 minutes before the tournament starts.




Special Rules

• Always read the second post! It contains equally important information most of the time.
• Upgraded cards are allowed, but are not required.
• Shards are banned for 
• Each round, you have access to the three Starcraft races: Terran, Protoss and Zerg. Before each duel you must choose ONE of these races and build your deck following that race's rule.
• If you're playing Terran, your deck must contain three different permanents with at least three copies of each. Pillars, pendulums and mark cards do not count towards this. Maximum deck size is 45.
• If you're playing Protoss, your deck must contain two different high-cost spells with a total of seven copies. The list of 'high-cost spells' may be found here. Maximum deck size is 40.
• If you're playing Zerg, at least half of your deck (rounded up) must be creatures. Maximum deck size is 35.
• Once you play a game using a race, you may NOT use it again that round. After each game, you must declare to your opponent the race used.

Tournament Organizers Note

If you think there is an overpowered card that ought to be banned, or you have some concerns about the tournament metagame, mechanics or other stuff, do NOT post it publicly in the comments or anywhere else on the Forums. Instead, send a private message to Tournament Organizers, who will privately discuss about it. Thanks for your cooperation.

1st - Odii Odsen
2nd - Zyrkoss
3rd - Basman-1453
4th - iancudorinmarian

[mathman101]

TOURNAMENTS FAQ


Q: Can you explain better how choosing races work?
A: Sure. When building a deck, you must follow the ruleset of any one of the races. Each round, you may use each race ONCE. So once you've used a race in a round you can't use it again.


Q: Are nymphs and mark cards allowed?
A: Yes.


Q: For Protoss, can I use three or more different high-cost spells with total 7 copies?
A: Sadly, no. Your deck can have as many high-cost spells as you like; but at least one pair among them must add up to 7 copies total. e.g. 3 sky blitz, 3 antimatter, 1 fractal wouldn't be a legal combination. But 5 sky blitz, 2 antimatter and 2 fractal would be.


Q: For zerg, what are the exact minimum numbers of creatures for each deck size?
A: If your deck has 30 cards, then you must use at least 15 creatures. For 31-32 cards 16 creatures, for 33-34 cards 17 creatures and for 35 cards 18 creatures is the minimum.

[rob77dp]

I think it is clear and I have it correct in my head, but nobody enjoys illegal decks so I'm going to ask this:

Regarding the usage of races per round/duel/game/match/event/etc... Confirm if the below examples are accurately ruled:

Legal
Round 1
Game 1 - uses zerg, wins
Game 2 - uses Protoss, wins
result 2-0

Round 2
Game 1 - uses Protoss, loses
Game 2 - uses zerg, wins
Game 3 - uses Terran, wins
result 2-1

Round 3
Game 1 - uses zerg, wins
Game 2 - uses Terran, loses
Game 3 - uses Protoss, wins
result 2-1

Illegal
Round 1
Game 1 - uses zerg, wins
Game 2 - uses Protoss, loses
Game 3 - uses Terran, wins
result 2-1, legal

Round 2
Game 1 - uses Terran, wins
Game 2 - uses zerg, loses
Game 3 - uses zerg, wins
result 1-2 due to illegal game 3 deck.

[Ginyu]

Accurately ruled.

[Basman-1453]

* Basman-1453 braces himself to be murdered because he asked more technical stuff XD

• Terrans:
  
  • Can we use a fourth (or further) permanents?
  • After the 3x3 permanents required, are there any restrictions on the fourth (or further) permanents?
• Protosses:
  
  • Must there be exactly seven of a pair of 'high-cost spells', or would more than seven of the pair be fine?
    (That is, for example, would a deck with three Antimatters and five Rains of Fire (and no other 'high-cost spells') legal?)

[inthisroom]

An upgraded tourney and you tourists have to hold it right when I start working...

[Ginyu]

* Basman-1453 braces himself to be murdered because he asked more technical stuff XD

• Terrans:
  
  • Can we use a fourth (or further) permanents? Yes.
  • After the 3x3 permanents required, are there any restrictions on the fourth (or further) permanents? No.
• Protosses:
  
  • Must there be exactly seven of a pair of 'high-cost spells', or would more than seven of the pair be fine? At least seven, not exactly.
    (That is, for example, would a deck with three Antimatters and five Rains of Fire (and no other 'high-cost spells') legal?)

[Solaris]

To answer Bas's last question, in the parantheses; yes. This post is super useful.

[Basman-1453]

Basman 2 - 0 rob77dp

GGWP, rob :3

[Zyrkoss]

Zyrkoss 2 - 0 Creator

[Klatu]

Klatu 2 - 0 losingfocus

[Basman-1453]

Basman 2 - 0 Submachine

GGWP, Sub :3