Weekly Tournament - September 13th - Rotation - Unupgraded

[Submachine]

Aaah, the spinning! I'm getting seasick.. I'm not gonna make it.

Weekly Tournament - September 13th - Rotation - UnupgradedInbefore staff changes. Organizers: Submachine, Dm1321, Higurashi or Calindu

When? To find out your local time, check this link: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20140913T21 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 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:

Diagram Legend
Black lines and text represent the brackets.
Red arrows represent 'dropping' into a different part of the bracket.
Blue arrows and text explain which battles are taking place in that part of the bracket.

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.
• You can start your first duel with any mark
• After your first duel, deck marks must be changed in the following order:
  --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> -->
• You can only use maximum 4 pillars/pendulums/mark cards matching your mark (you can't use 2 pillars and 3 pendulums in the same deck for example).
• You must use 4-7 (non-pillar/pendulum/mark) cards matching your mark.
• You can only use mono and duo decks.
• Dimensional shield, Fractal, Shard of Patience, Trident and Earthquake are banned

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 Submachine and Dm1321, who will privately discuss whether the card is really OP or not.

Congratulations for the winners!




1st: SpikeSpiegel
2nd: RootRanger
3rd: Zso_Zso
4th: pwconfirm
5th: Regyptic
6th: Rutarete

[Submachine]

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

It is suggested that you send your starting deck mark to the organizer before the tournament starts.
As you may have noticed, shards are allowed, except the ones that are specifically banned.

Q: Do we have to change marks after every single duel or is it enough after facing each opponent?
A: You have to change after every single duel, even against the same opponent.

Q: Are 'Other' cards allowed?
A: Yes. Using them are the only way to build mono decks.

Q: Does having light pendulums without any other cards in a deck count as using the element?
A: Yes.

Q: When you complete a best of 3, do you have to continue your element rotation into the next match, or can you pick a new element to start with?
A: You have to continue the rotation until you are out, even if you get in the bronze match.

Spoiler for legal and illegal:

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legal deck

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55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55l 55l 55l 55l 55l 55l 55m 55m 55m 55m 55m 55m 562 562 562 562 562 562 594 594 594 594 8pm

What counts as illegal:
- you include a banned card
- you use more than 4 pillars+pendulums+mark cards altogether that match your deckmark's element
- you include less than 4 (non-quantaperm) cards matching your mark in your deck
- you include more than 7 (non-quantaperm) cards matching your mark in your deck
- you use more than 2 elements
- you use the wrong mark

Ginyu is also right. If you don't understand something, you can always refer to the given examples. ^^; Or if you still have difficulties, ask it again and I'll try to describe it differently.

This table will be filled in with actual information when the tournament starts.

Player name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Semi-finals (and Round 4)	Finals (and Round 5)
RootRanger	none
dragonsdemesne		none	none	none	none
SpikeSpiegel
Zso_Zso
Kakerlake	none		none	none	none
mathman101	none		none	none	none
Ginyu		none	none	none	none
DANIEELA		none	none	none	none
Submachine		none	none	none	none
Coffeditto		none	none	none	none
pwconfirm
Rutarete				none used
MegroN		none	none	none	none
Djhopper_:)	none		none	none	none
Spart1cus	none		none	none	none
Afdarenty					none
legion_bre			none	none	none
dawn to dusk			none	none	none
Regyptic	none
CCCombobreaker	none			none used	none
Blacksmith	none		none	none	none
dracomageat	none		none	none	none
caboose		none	none	none	none

[dawn to dusk]

Always read the second post! It contains equally important information most of the time.

RESERVED

Tell me more~

[Rutarete]

I just want to say, I really like this tourney theme. It'll keep people from just using one or two decks for the whole tourney (as long as they survive)

[Zso_Zso]

When you say: "After your first duel, deck marks must be changed in the following order", do you mean the mark has to change along the rotation

a) after each individual game
     OR
b) after each best-of-3 battle

In case of a) a player would play 2-3 different mark decks per battle, while in case b) the mark would be fixed for a battle between 2 players for the duration of 2-3 individual games.

So which one is it ?

Spoiler for Hidden:

I would prefer a) as that forces more variety...

[Submachine]

The right answer would be A), so a Bo3 would need 2-3 different decks to be used for each players. But i also edited the second post to reflect this.

When you say: "After your first duel, deck marks must be changed in the following order", do you mean the mark has to change along the rotation

a) after each individual game
     OR
b) after each best-of-3 battle

In case of a) a player would play 2-3 different mark decks per battle, while in case b) the mark would be fixed for a battle between 2 players for the duration of 2-3 individual games.

So which one is it ?

Spoiler for Hidden:

I would prefer a) as that forces more variety...

[DANIEELA]

1. maximum 4 pillars/pendulums/mark cards matching your mark                              -maximum 4 in total,or maximium 4 of each?
2. you can't use 2 pillars and 3 pendulums in the same deck                                     -this considers on pillars/pendulums matching our mark?
3. must use 4-7 (non-pillar/pendulum/mark) cards (not copies!) matching your mark-so if we have 4-7 different cards,are extra copies allowed then?

[Submachine]

1. maximum 4 pillars/pendulums/mark cards matching your mark                              -maximum 4 in total,or maximium 4 of each?
2. you can't use 2 pillars and 3 pendulums in the same deck                                     -this considers on pillars/pendulums matching our mark?
3. must use 4-7 (non-pillar/pendulum/mark) cards (not copies!) matching your mark-so if we have 4-7 different cards,are extra copies allowed then?

For the first, read the rule further. I added in brackets already: (you can't use 2 pillars and 3 pendulums in the same deck for example).
Yes. For future reference, if two sentences are in the same row, they are effectively the same rule but in 2 halves.
If you have an earth mark, you can use 2 Antlions and 3 Pulverizers, but cannot use 2 Antlions, 1 Stone Skin, 1 Plate Armor, 3 Enchant Artifact and 1 Pulverizer.

[Ginyu]

You have to use 4-7 cards of your elements mark, pillars/pends not included.

Using Submachine's example:
- you can use 2 Antlions and 3 Pulverizers (total of 5, so 4-7 is matched)
- use 2 Antlions, 1 Stone Skin, 1 Plate Armor, 3 Enchant Artifact and 1 Pulverizer (total of 8, so 4-7 is not matched)

[Submachine]

legal deck

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55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55l 55l 55l 55l 55l 55l 58o 58o 58q 58r 58s 58t 592 595 595 5aa 5aa 8pm

legal deck

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55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55l 55l 55l 55l 55l 55l 55m 55m 55m 55m 55m 55m 562 562 562 562 562 562 594 594 594 594 8pm

What counts as illegal:
- you include a banned card
- you use more than 4 pillars+pendulums+mark cards altogether that match your deckmark's element
- you include less than 4 (non-quantaperm) cards matching your mark in your deck
- you include more than 7 (non-quantaperm) cards matching your mark in your deck
- you use more than 2 elements
- you use the wrong mark

Ginyu is also right. If you don't understand something, you can always refer to the given examples. ^^; Or if you still have difficulties, ask it again and I'll try to describe it differently.

[Zso_Zso]

• You can only use maximum 4 pillars/pendulums/mark cards matching your mark (you can't use 2 pillars and 3 pendulums in the same deck for example).
• You must use 4-7 (non-pillar/pendulum/mark) cards (not copies!) matching your mark.
• You can only use mono and duo decks.

[Nitpick mode on]
If you can have max 4 pillars/pendulums/mark cards matching your mark + max 7 non-pillar/pendulum/mark cards (not copies!) matching your mark. => that's a total of max 11 cards matching your mark, which is far less than 30, so you cannot really make a mono deck.
So you might as well say in the last rule: "You can only use duo decks."
[/Nitpick mode off]

ps: Oh, what about 'Other' cards, are they allowed ? Because then you can technically make a mono deck even if its pretty bad...

[Fippe94]

I am really confused. When you say (not copies!) this implies you mean 4-7 different types of cards, since copies (afaik) mean individual cards. You should remove that part in that case.