Weekly Tournament - August 16th - Checkmate - Semi-upgraded

[Wyand]

Queen moves to E5!

Weekly Tournament - August 16th - Checkmate - Semi-upgraded
Tournament Organizers: Wyand, Naii_the_Baf or Zso_Zso

When? To find out your local time, check this link: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20200816T18 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 Code+ Trophy (Forum Icon) 2nd place 1/3 Nymph/Mark Code 3rd place 1/6 Nymph/Mark Code 4th place 1/9 Nymph/Mark Code In case of 8 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.


NOTE: Tournament prizes has changed! Electrums are outdated, you can collect fractions of a Nymph/Mark Code by placing 2nd, 3rd or 4th. Here is the Google Sheet where you can follow your progress.

Special Rules

• It is a duo, semi-upgraded tournament.
  
  
• A duo means such a deck which contains at least 6 non-quanta card from both elements,
  and the lesser element consists at least 40% of the deck (rounded up; including PPMs).
  
  
  Spoiler for Card counts for all deck sizes.:

  Deck Size	40%
  30	12
  31-32	13
  33-35	14
  36-37	15
  38-40	16
  41-42	17
  43-45	18
  46-47	19
  48-50	20
  51-52	21
  53-55	22
  56-57	23
  58-60	24

• Maximum number of upgrades are 12.
  
  
• Mark cards and Other cards are banned for this tournament.
  
  
• Every element is usable twice through the tournament.
  
  
• On one occasion you may play a rainbow deck. Elements are freely used here, don't get deducted from your element count.
  Bows must contain at least 4 different elements.
  
  
• There are several restricted cards.
  
  
• You may only use one card once from this denial trio: Discord, Trident, Earthquake.
  
  
• Same applies for the Wings - Dims, SoPa - SoFree and Miracle - SoG pairs.
  
  
• You decide the order of your duos by using this small chess table.
  
  

5
4
3
2
1
	A	B	C	D	E

• Usage of the table.
  
  
• First you choose a starting point. This determines one half of your starting duo.
  
  
• Then you move into one direction using the movement pattern of a chess piece.
  The new position will determine the second half of your starting duo.
  
  
  Spoiler for Chess piece movements.:

  	Pawn	Up one. (E.g. A1->A2.)
  	Knight	Big L-shaped move. (E.g. A1->B3 or C2.)
  	Bishop	Freely diagonally. (E.g. A1->E4.)
  	Rook	Freely vertically and horizontally. (E.g. A1->E1.)
  	Queen	Freely vertically, horizontally and diagonally.
  	King	One in any direction. (E.g. C3->C2.)

  
  
• For your second game the first half of your starting duo is your current position
  (last game second half). You move again to determine your other half of the duo.
  
  
• Extra tricky stuff: you may use every movement type (chess piece) only twice through the tourney.
  
  
• If you happen to run out of legal movements you'll be forced to move to your closest available element.
  
  
• Monos are not usable, even if you are able to make such a legal move.
  
  
• You must tell your movement to the TO before games who will transfer part of the information to your opponent.
  (Your opponent will know only your used chesspiece, not the exact movement.)
  

EXAMPLE - because I'm quite sure you feel dizzy now (though it is fairly simple).

Spoiler for Detailed example:

• You choose a starting point (E.g. A1).
  
  
• You move using the Rook's movement pattern (E.g. A1->A3). This means you have to play a duo.
  
  
• For next game you use the Queen (E.g. A3->C5). Your next deck is a duo.
  
  
• Next game: Knight (E.g. C5->D3). Your next deck is a duo.
  
  
• Next game: Pawn (D3->D4). Next deck: duo.
  
  
• Next game: Bishop (E.g. D4->B2). Next deck: duo.
  
  
• Next game: King (E.g. B2->C2). Next deck: duo.
  (The player couldn't choose or they have been used up so far!)
  
  
• Next game: Bishop (E.g. C2->B1). Next deck: duo.
  (Right now the player can choose only by moving diagonally.)
  
  
• Next game: Rook (E.g. B1->B3). Next deck: duo.
  
  
• Next game: Knight (E.g. B3->D2). Next deck: duo.
  (Only is available from the movement options.)
  
  
• Next game: King (E.g. D2->E1). Next deck: deck!
  
  
• Next game: Pawn (E.g. E1->E2). Next deck: duo.
  (Aether was the previous choice before .)
  
  
• Next game: Queen (E.g. E2->E3). Next deck: duo.
  (The only available legal movement.)
  
  
• And this was the 12th game, which is just enough for a 5-player
  round-robin tournament (or for a 16-player single elimination one... ).
  
  

You shouldn't be alarmed about how will you keep track of the movements, because I'll do that for you in this post!

Spoiler for Tournament movement tracker.:

mathman101	rob77dp	Naii_the_Baf / Linkcat	Wyand
5 4 3 2 1 A B C D E	5 4 3 2 1 A B C D E	5 4 3 2 1 A B C D E	5 4 3 2 1 A B C D E
Discord / Trident / EQ	Discord / Trident / EQ	Discord / Trident / EQ	Discord / Trident / EQ
Wings / Dims	Wings / Dims	Wings / Dims	Wings / Dims
SoG / Miracle	SoG / Miracle	SoG / Miracle	SoG / Miracle
SoPa / SoFree	SoPa / SoFree	SoPa / SoFree	SoPa / SoFree

Tournament Organizer 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.

Spoiler for Copyright stuff for the little chesspiece icons.:

By en:User:Cburnett - Own workThis W3C-unspecified vector image was created with Inkscape., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1499806

By en:User:Cburnett - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1499812

By en:User:Cburnett - Own workThis W3C-unspecified vector image was created with Inkscape., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1499814

By en:User:Cburnett - Own workThis W3C-unspecified vector image was created with Inkscape., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1499801

By en:User:Cburnett - Own workThis W3C-unspecified vector image was created with Inkscape., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1499808

By en:User:Cburnett - Own workThis W3C-unspecified vector image was created with Inkscape., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1499810

(Colorful versions made by Wyand editing the white versions, using Inkscape. You may use them freely.)

TOURNAMENTS Q&A

Q: How does those restrictions exactly work? Am I only allowed use Dim Shield OR Wings through the entire tourney, and only once?
A: Yes, exactly like that.

Q: How does the restrictions work with the bow? Am I free to use these cards there like the elements?
A: No, playing the deck doesn't mean a free opportunity to play them AGAIN. (However you can use them ONCE in that deck, if you choose so.)

[Wyand]

Another "hey Wyand, these rules are convoluted, please"-tourney!

Heeding to Naii's advice we somewhat restrict the usage of certain cards.

You may use once Discord or Trident or Earthquake. (They exclude the usage of each other - which means if you used EQ once then no Disco for you.)

Same applies for the Dims - Wings, Miracle - SoG and the SoPa - SoFree pairs.

These restrictions apply to the one usage as well, so if you use Disco in the bow, no more card from the 1st trio to you,
OR if you play Trident somewhere you cannot include any of these denial cards in the bow.

Gonna edit these changes soon.

[Naii_the_Baf]

I noticed a problem with the table─ I found two monos to be usable. I made a new table to address this:

5
4
3
2
1
	A	B	C	D	E

EDIT: I have added this table to the OP.

Spoiler for Old table:

5
4
3
2
1
	A	B	C	D	E

[moehrpi]

The 40% is rather restrictive. It's already a duo.

[Wyand]

I understand your worry. My first idea was using symmetrical duos (50%), it already got loosened by a bit changing it to 40%.
I think it'll be fine.

[Wyand]

Tourney is rescheduled for tomorrow 18:00 UTC. Tell me if you have a better time to host this. I'm ok with 20 UTC or maybe 22 UTC.

[worldwideweb3]

Tourney is rescheduled for tomorrow 18:00 UTC. Tell me if you have a better time to host this. I'm ok with 20 UTC or maybe 22 UTC.

I should be able to make those times as long as i dont forget q.q i forgot today as well

[Wyand]

Tourney is rescheduled for the next leap year when there is a total solar eclipse visible from all countries in the world.

[Wyand]

Next try: this Sunday, 18:00 UTC. Tell me, if you have a better time in mind. Just drop a comment, send us a PM etc.

[rob77dp]

Next try: this Sunday, 18:00 UTC. Tell me, if you have a better time in mind. Just drop a comment, send us a PM etc.

hey I can probably make this one! Will you update the OP timer?

[Naii_the_Baf]

Next try: this Sunday, 18:00 UTC. Tell me, if you have a better time in mind. Just drop a comment, send us a PM etc.

hey I can probably make this one! Will you update the OP timer?

Done.

[Wyand]

Wyand 2
rob77dp 0

ggs!