Why was TheOwner even listed in the first two phases? He forfeited befored the trials started.
Sorry to double post.
Some personal issues have come up and I am afraid I will miss a decent chunk of the trials and assuming a win part of my Mastery. I would still be able to complete the trials, but that's all I'd be able to do. I doubt I would make a very good master with the issues that have come up so I have decided to forfeit to Amilir. Best of luck to all you Challengers, oh yeah Masters too.
So sorry, maybe next time.
Ah, ok. Either I missed that post or forgot to update the list. Thanks.
I don't get it. Twenty days between signups and round one, eleven days between rounds one and two, and nine days or more between rounds two and three, but now we're worried about round three being time consuming?
It's because those earlier phases were so time-consuming that we now have to try to finish this as fast as possible. We still have the finals which is another 10 days. If we put everything together, the Trials will last longer than I would like them to last.
Only two elements have four challengers remaining, and you don't want to start the War until September anyway. I don't see what the problem is with giving ten days for the round robin.
10 days
is the time limit. I just don't think that 10 days is enough for a round-robin if there are 4 challengers. Furthermore some of those 4 challengers are probably mathematically eliminated anyways, so why are we forcing them to do the mini-tournament thing even when they have already been eliminated?
Two best challengers fighting for the spot in the finals makes the most sense to me. It's simple and makes sense. Winner gets 6 points, and the loser gets eliminated.
Hmm, when you say the top two challengers fight, that could mean someone could do nothing for phase 1, nothing for phase 2, but be an awesome PVP-er, and get the title spot.
Agreed. Not sure why we'd consider throwing away each players hard-earned points. Additionally, I'd worry about sending the wrong message to players in the next Trials (ie try hard enough to make the top two. If there were only two challengers, meh). Some of this post is self serving because I'm a points leader. But I have genuine problems with rules that change in the middle of a game, and the current system isn't broken imo.
Points are not thrown away. The point system would be exactly the same.
That example you guys talk about.. the person who did nothing during phases 1 and 2 would most likely not get the title because:
A) He wouldn't get enough score to get to top-2, therefore would be eliminated
B) He would lose during phase 3 because of huge upped card disadvantage
C) If he did manage to win during phase 3, he would lose to current Master because of card disadvantage
And if despite his huge card disadvantage during both phase 3 and phase 4, he did win, I say he deserves that Masters title.
I'm still not 100% sure of what to do with these rules. But the main goal here is to find the "official" and "final" rules for Trials and go with those, without making it unfair to current challengers.
