Tournament Quick News/Monthly Schedule

[TheonlyrealBeef]

Instead of focusing on only running tournaments with the highest turnout -which could soon restrict itself to a very small time frame- we'll be trying to instead run a full 48 hour rotation across Saturday and Sunday. Experiments for running double elimination tournaments with 4-7 people might take place to prevent postponements, though still no promises on the rewards for them.

Other changes might take place depending on how things turn out.

[TheonlyrealBeef]

Made a ton of tiny changes to the rules, be sure to check them out! To those regularly visiting tournaments: the rule changes were basically things that were already upheld/ignored by the TO. For example, rules listed players dropping out leading to whomever they most recently beat advancing. This has been removed since people that are eliminated generally leave chat shortly after.

The "warnings and bans" section about x minor or normal warnings within timespan y leading to ban z has been removed. Be assured: serious cheaters will still be perma-banned and rule violations add up mentally, but there just isn't any record of warnings that "expire" after a given time. I don't even remember there ever being a record of them, and I sure never added someone to it. TOs are still entitled to give out appropriate disciplinary measures to match the magnitude of a rule violation, though.

[kaempfer13]

At long last updated. This covers the times for the following month.

[kaempfer13]

We added semiupgraded tournaments to the schedule. They will never require you to run fully upgraded decks (not even to stay competitive), but will often encourage you to use a few of them.

The following symbol will indicate a semiupgraded tournament in the schedule: ☑

For now we will try it out in place of the usual unupgraded tournament 2 weeks after an upgraded tournament.

[Submachine]

We started using new abbreviations for Pillars, Pendulums and Mark cards. For the currently most popular term, refer to the following poll:

http://elementscommunity.org/forum/pvp-tournaments/pillars-pendulums-and-mark-cards/?viewresults;poll=2427

[darkwonD]

Hey thanks for the updates!  Also thanks for the alternate tourney times!  The Dec 8th tourny is a much more convenient time for the states!

[Submachine]

Tournament Organizers have been experiencing a lack of workforce lately, hence the late reward codes and the less diverse meta.

With the help of the new Council, the late reward codes have been sent out and a hiring will start in the following months to refresh the missing spots. Until then, development of the new reward system stops, stand-in hosts are welcome to all tournaments, tournament ideas are welcome to diversify the meta, reward codes will be sent out more frequently with the help of the Council, and if possible, encouragement and appreciation would also help to motivate the remaining organizers.

Thank you for your understanding.~

[Submachine]

For full transparency, I am no longer a TO starting from this week. Nothing serious happened, I just need a long break. I might apply again in 2020, but only time can tell how it will be.~