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SpikeSpiegel · « **on:** October 01, 2014, 11:19:29 pm »

Spoiler for a barbershop quartet:

Weekly Tournament - October 4th - Barbershop Quartet - Unupgraded

May the 4 be with you. Organizers: Higurashi, Submachine, Dm1321, SpikeSpiegel or dawn to dusk

When?
To find out your local time, check this link:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20141004T22&p1=1440

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 signing up.

Prizes

1st	7,000 electrum + Nymph/Mark + Trophy (Forum Icon)
2nd	5,000 electrum + Nymph/Mark
3rd	4,000 electrum
4th	3,000 electrum
5th	2,000 electrum
6th	1,000 electrum

Players who lose their quarterfinal (Top 8) matches will compete for the 5th and 6th place prizes in a mini-tournament. Prize-eligible players (namely, ones in the top 8) who leave the tournament without notifying the Tournament Organizer of their intent are considered to have forfeited their match, and also their prize.

Spoiler for Diagram Legend:

NOTE: Players with fewer than 10 forum posts are not allowed to enter tournaments. Spamming low-quality posts to reach the minimum post count needed to participate will not be tolerated.

Special Rules

Always read the second post! It contains equally important information most of the time.
Upgraded cards are not allowed.
Quartets are the only decks allowed.
Decks size must be a multiple of 4 (32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56 or 60 cards).
The minimum number of non pillar/non pendulum cards per element is 4.
Each deck can contain max 4 shards.
Quantum Pillar, Immolation, Nova, Discord, Earthquake, Trident, Black Hole, Nymph's Tears, Nymph Queen, Amber Nymph, Shard of Patience and Shard of Focus are banned.
Mark cards will be considered as pillars of the respective element.
Each deck can use any mark.
"Others" won't be counted as an element for the purposes of the quartet.

Tournament Organizer Note

If you think that there is an overpowered card that should be banned, don't say it publicly in the comments. Instead, send them to SpikeSpiegel, Dm1321, Submachine and dawn to dusk who will privately discuss whether the card is really OP or not.

1st place: pwconfirm
2nd place: deuce22
3rd place: theelkspeaks
4th place: Rootranger
5th place: Afdarenty
6th place: mrpaper

SpikeSpiegel · « **Reply #1 on:** October 01, 2014, 11:19:44 pm »

Deck Checker for the tournament: http://etg.dek.im/vanilla/tournament.htm
Special thanks to serprex and Fippe94 for creating this tool and the ruleset checker.

TOURNAMENTS FAQ

Q: What is a quartet?
A: A quartet is a deck using exactly 4 elements.

Q: There's a minimum number of cards per element that I've to use?
A: Yes, 4 non pillars/non pendulums cards. Let's see an example of a legal quartet and an example of illegal quartet:

Spoiler for legal deck:

Spoiler for illegal deck:

Q: But pillars and pendulums count for the quartet? I mean, I can use pillars from 5 elements?
A: Pillars/Pendulums count for the quartet. So nope, you can't use pillars/pends from a 5th element or more.

Q: There's a minimum number of copies of a card that I've to use?
A: Nope. You are free to use from 1 to 6 copies of a same card. Just for shards, remember that you can have at max 4 of them in a deck.

Q: If I use "Others" cards, I've to consider "Others" as an element of the quartet?
A: Nope. "Others" is not considered an element of the quartet. Take a look to legal/illegal decks here above.

Q: In a deck I'm allowed to use 4 shards per element or 4 shards in total?
A: 4 shards in total.

rob77dp · « **Reply #2 on:** October 01, 2014, 11:30:44 pm »

I suggest clarifying "Quartets are the only decks allowed" with definition of quartet as containing cards from four elements. It seems obvious, but being clear where it is simple to do so is prudent.

TO comment: Thanks for the tip. Next time just wait until FAQs are posted.