Elements PvP Tournament - Suggestions and Feedback

[iancudorinmarian]

Hello Folks,

As someone who would totally love to get involved in tournaments, it saddens me that i'll never be able to make them, as I work at weekends.
I wondered if it would be feasible to run occasional (like once a month or every other week) tournaments in the evening on a weekday? Obviously the problem about different time zones comes about, but it would really be great for me, and if it was that uncommon I imagine getting a minimal group of players would be possible.

Some of the tourney ideas look loads of fun, and I'd love it if I could get involved

JCJ

From what I know, there used to be tournaments during the week, but there weren't enough players, as most people actually work during the week rather than during the weekend.

So I think it's not going to happen anytime soon, sorry

[JonathanCrazyJ]

Hello Folks,

As someone who would totally love to get involved in tournaments, it saddens me that i'll never be able to make them, as I work at weekends.
I wondered if it would be feasible to run occasional (like once a month or every other week) tournaments in the evening on a weekday? Obviously the problem about different time zones comes about, but it would really be great for me, and if it was that uncommon I imagine getting a minimal group of players would be possible.

Some of the tourney ideas look loads of fun, and I'd love it if I could get involved

JCJ

From what I know, there used to be tournaments during the week, but there weren't enough players, as most people actually work during the week rather than during the weekend.

So I think it's not going to happen anytime soon, sorry

Well, if it ever comes under review and it's a case of pooling expected numbers, you got one here

[Ginyu]

The time of Weekly Tourneys does rotate; there are also some early and late on the day. Isn't there any possible time for you to make it possible?

[JonathanCrazyJ]

Very occasionally I'm home by 3, but it's incredibly rare (and means I just haven't had clients). Usually I work 7am - 8pm Sat and Sund. I'll keep an eye out and maybe one will fit me at some point. Thanks for replies

[Ginyu]

http://elementscommunity.org/forum/pvp-tournaments/tournament-quick-newsmonthly-schedule/

Here you can regularly see the time of the following tourneys.

[Vangelios]

All decks may contain a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 30 cards of any element. ie if I have one element with 10 cards then is legal.
correct: All decks may contain a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 30 cards of each element used in the deck.

[dragonsdemesne]

What do you guys think about a weekly poll for 'do you like these tournament rules?'  I'm not sure if it would be better before or after.

[Ginyu]

That's a good idea, thanks! We will discuss about that.

[RootRanger]

Suggestion: winning player PMs decks to losing player after the match, to check for legality.

[Ginyu]

Suggestion: winning player PMs decks to losing player after the match, to check for legality.

I just got the same suggestion from Spike, we will discuss about it. Thanks for the feedback.
We actually already have rule 3.3 (see quote), but I think making it mandatory sounds like a good point.

Spoiler for Hidden:

3.3 - Deck Legality Check
Before you start your match with your opponent, you can ask him to save all his used decks during the duels. If your opponent asks you to save your decks, you must accept it. After the match has ended, you can ask him to show either you or the Tournament Organizer his decks for a legality check. If you miss doing so and later it turns out that you lost against an illegal deck, you won't have the chance to claim the win any more.

[ddevans96]

Alright, so RNGmas:

• Always read the second post! It contains equally important information most of the time.
• Shards and Upgraded cards are banned.
• At least 8 cards must be a combination of Mutation and Fate Egg.
• The maximum deck limit is 40 cards.
• Bans include: Eternity, Reverse Time, Discord, Nova, Immolation, and Quantum Pillars.

I shared this with MMC, but here's my issue with this - all the rainbow cards are banned, so you're left with a small handful of viable options:

1) run an entropy/time duo/trio (0 dead cards, but limited in scope)
2) run a mono entropy, mono time, duo of either, or trio of either (2 dead cards)
3) ignore both and run a staple deck (8 dead cards)

While there's a few different variants possible in each of these, for the most part I don't feel like this ruleset encouraged good and creative deckbuilding. In order to not have dead cards, you are basically forced into a specific pair of elements, and because of that using dead cards was a strong option here.

I think some possible solutions here would have either been to remove the rainbow bans, since both mutation and fate egg are cards that generally function better with a rainbow base, or reduce the minimum from 8 to 6, so duos other than entropy/time could be free of dead cards. Both of these could bring out more of the central cards.

Other than this, most tournaments have been solid since I started following again a few months ago, keep up the good work.

[kirbylover314]

In response to this:

I really like the changes.