[deprecated] World Championships 2012 - Information Thread

If this is supposed to be a world championship why are you making it stupid and gimmicky.

I do agree that completely standard rules would be better for the a world tournament with huge prizes.

GDC: can we at least have finalized dates soon? I have vacations and things coming up, I would like to be able to plan things in case I'm able to participate (for example, bring a laptop or not, etc.)

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Originally Posted by Drakkon

If this is supposed to be a world championship why are you making it stupid and gimmicky.

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You're going to have to elaborate ...

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Originally Posted by NinjaDucky

GDC: can we at least have finalized dates soon? I have vacations and things coming up, I would like to be able to plan things in case I'm able to participate (for example, bring a laptop or not, etc.)

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Yes, we will get the dates finalised soon.

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Originally Posted by GondorianDotCom

You're going to have to elaborate ...

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I think he means it's silly to do things like raise the deck size minimum for an event as big and important as the official world championship.

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Originally Posted by NinjaDucky

I think he means it's silly to do things like raise the deck size minimum for an event as big and important as the official world championship.

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It is a time honored tradition to raise the deck size for each world championship. I thought everyone knew this :p

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Originally Posted by CodeDomination

It is a time honored tradition to raise the deck size for each world championship. I thought everyone knew this :p

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something that has happen once isnt a time honored tradition, but i do think its a good idea

"Welcome to the 2016 Shadow Era World Championships! This year the deck size minimum has been raised to 100 cards!! While it may seem somewhat cumbersome, the actual variance in draws is relatively little compared to the current standard of 90-card decks. We're excited to see how the players make use of these extra card slots!"

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Originally Posted by iClipse

I do agree that completely standard rules would be better for the a world tournament with huge prizes.

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well swiss was how the first 2 tournaments worked, the idea of raising deck size is good too, it makes it so you cant have a deck that revolves around only 1 card.

and for the swiss part, the 2 hero 4 game idea is brilliant, it helps with the luck factor of going first in the 3rd game, and rewards people for being able to win going 2nd consistently. i think this is a great idea for figuring out who the best in the world is.

I have to say the swiss style matches are intense especially after teh first round cause you get matched up with people with similar scores so if you have 2 sweeps you are facing studs every round.

Altogether this tournament is set up to minimize luck and make it so only the best can survive and rise to the top