Welcome, all challengers, to this season's Sideboard Event. Sideboard Events are much like larger, longer versions of the weekly PVP tournament, but with some restricted deckbuilding rules. UPPED BRACKET
UNUPPED BRACKET
SIDEBOARD EVENT RULES
1. JoiningWho can join the sideboard event?There are no restrictions. Anyone from a beginner or a seasoned veteran is welcome to join a sideboard event!
Signing upSign up by deciding on your deck and your sideboard (see below), and PMing Essence (don't tell him your deck!). Signups will go until Friday, July 16th 23:59 GMT.
Two BracketsThe Sideboard Event is divided into two Brackets: one unupgraded-only, and one anything-goes. Each bracket has a maximum of 64 players allowed in.
2. Getting ReadyBuilding decksUnlike in a normal tournament, players must use one deck throughout an entire sideboard tournament, but they may swap cards on a one-for-one basis between their deck (which they use in each game) and their sideboard (which is exactly 15 cards, regardless of the size of their deck.)
MatchesOnce all players have signed up, Essence will make brackets like a normal tournament, and announce matches in this thread. Players will then have three days to play thier matches. After three days, Essence will announce the next set of matches. Matches will be best-of-five. Decks and sideboards may be arranged however you please at any time.
Winning a MatchDesynchs will be replayed unless both players agree that one player was clearly going to win the match. When a match is won, the winner will post the results to this thread.
Please post your entire deck and sideboard at the end of Round 1. Losers should reply to this thread with their precise decks and sideboards as well. Anyone caught not doing this will be
banned from PVP Events for one season (i.e. until the end of the NEXT War.)
DetailsFinding an opponentYou are responsible for finding and arranging a match with your opponent.
BCC a copy of all PMs intended to set up a match to Essence. That way, he can tell who is making an effort and who isn't. Players who aren't will be automatically defeated by their active opponent at the end of each three-day round. Players who are both inactive OR both active and cannot agree on a time will both be eliminated.
Changing your deckYou are allowed to change your deck (and mark) by swapping cards between your deck and sideboard on a 1-for-1 basis
at any time but you only have
3 minutes to do so. If it takes you longer than 3 minutes, it is considered a forfeit and the other player goes to next round.
CheatingWe take all kind of cheating very seriously. If you get caught cheating, you automatically lose and will be
banned indefinitely from all Elements community PvP and PvE events. So please play fair.
4. Other rulesWarning systemIf a player quits mid-event for
any reason, or disrupts the event in
any way, he will receive a warning. If you get 3 warnings in a single season, you will be banned from all PvP events until the next of the NEXT season.
If you have any questions about the rules, please post them here. Thank you.
