The Core Four Event

[Essence]

Welcome, all challengers, to this season's Core Four PVP Event.  PVP Events are much like larger, longer versions of the weekly PVP tournament, but with some restricted deckbuilding rules.

Core Four EVENT RULES

1. Joining

Who can join the Core Four event?
There are no restrictions. Anyone from a beginner or a seasoned veteran is welcome to join a Core Four event!

Signing up
Sign up by posting to this thread between now and 23:59 GMT on September 3rd.

Double Elimination
The Core Four Event will be a Double Elimination event.

2. Getting Ready

Building decks
The only deckbuilding restrictions in the Core Four Event are:
1) All Decks must be exactly 30 cards.
2) No non-Pillar cards outside of the Core Four elements (Earth, Air, Fire, and Water) are allowed.  Yes, that means no Other cards. 
3) Marks, Pendulums and Pillars of other elements are allowed. 
4) You cannot use the same element more than once in each round!  In other words, if you play a / deck in the first fight, you MUST play either or in the 2nd fight -- and if you lose, you must play the other in the 3rd fight.  This means you cannot play two dual-decks in a row, because you will then be forced to play mono-Pillars in your 3rd fight.


Matches
Once 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-three.

Winning a Match
Desynchs 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 along with each deck he used during the match., and then the loser will ALSO post each deck he used during the match.  Keep in mind, it's critical that you copy-paste your deck code before each game, and then post them in the same order as they were used in the fights, so that accurate scoring is possible.  Failure to do this will constitute cheating (see below.)

Details

Finding an opponent
You 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 deck
You are allowed to change your deck (and mark) in any way you choose between any fight, 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.  (For this reason, it's probably wise to come up with decks before the event starts and have them ready to copy-paste into the Import/Export window between fights.)

Scoring
Special Scoring System --When you win a match, you gain points equal to 30+(the number of upgraded cards in your opponent's deck)-(the number of upgraded cards in your deck.)   The person with the most score (not the most victories) at the end of the tournament wins.  Yes, that means that an unupgraded deck that beats a completely-upgraded deck scores 60 points -- and a completely upgraded deck that beats a completely unupgraded deck scores 0.  To correct the disparity in ladder size between winner's and loser's brackets, wins that take place in the winner's bracket are worth 30 points points per match.

The player who defeats the entire tournament gains a 60-point bonus to his score.  2nd place gets 45, and 3rd place gets 30.  However, regardless of placement in the brackets, the player with the highest SCORE at the end, regardless of wins and losses, wins the event.

Cheating
We 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 rules

Warning system
If 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 end of the NEXT season.




If you have any questions about the rules, please post them here. Thank you.

[kev]

In.  Looks like fun.

[xuru]

I'am in.

@up you could have used bigger letters, than anyone would missed your participate

[nilsieboy]

i'm in

[$$$man]

Never mind I'm out.

[giversgivealot]

i WOULD be in this awesome sounding event but i am grounded in fact i am doing this from school

[bored_ninja777]

 i think im in..
1 round = 3 fights.. best of 3.. so if you win the first 2 its done?

also.. each fight is a different deck.. as in u cant use the same element at all between fights? so if i used air/fire  then use water the 2nd game.. if goes to third i have to use earth only? or can it  use air or fire? just want a little clarification so i can make these decks and get em ready to go.

[xuru]

i think im in..
1 round = 3 fights.. best of 3.. so if you win the first 2 its done?

also.. each fight is a different deck.. as in u cant use the same element at all between fights? so if i used air/fire  then use water the 2nd game.. if goes to third i have to use earth only? or can it  use air or fire? just want a little clarification so i can make these decks and get em ready to go.

4) You cannot use the same element more than once in each round!  In other words, if you play a / deck in the first fight, you MUST play either or   in the 2nd fight -- and if you lose, you must play the other in the 3rd fight.  This means you cannot play two dual-decks in a row, because you will then be forced to play mono-Pillars in your 3rd fight.

what is not clear for you ? O.o

[bored_ninja777]

what consists a round? best 2 out of 3? i read it.. so quoting it wont do u any good. ive never done a tournament and want to make sure i have all the facts down.
i just want to make sure that if i use /:fire first dual.. then for duel 2 .. and 3 if needed have to be either mono or the other 2 elements.. what if i do /:fire   and then do /:water  .. and it goes to the third? do i lose cuz i cant use any element?

[xuru]

4) You cannot use the same element more than once in each round!  In other words, if you play a / deck in the first fight, you MUST play either or   in the 2nd fight -- and if you lose, you must play the other in the 3rd fight.  This means you cannot play two dual-decks in a row, because you will then be forced to play mono-Pillars in your 3rd fight.


Matches
Once 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-three.

Here are your answers..

[bored_ninja777]

ah.. i suppose i read too fast there.. thanks.. k well ill give the tourny a try.

[Appawesome]

2) No non-Pillar cards outside of the Core Four elements (Earth, Air, Fire, and Water) are allowed.  Yes, that means no Other cards. 
3) Marks, Pendulums and Pillars of other elements are allowed

Let's say I'm using mono water, but I have fire pillars in it. Can I use a mono-fire deck in the next round?