Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers

[Ducttape]

Events

• Monday Night Magic [US] - Every Monday at 7:00pm CST.
• Monday Night Magic [EU] - Every Monday at 7:00pm CEST - Hosted by Davido02

Tournaments


We're going to try and have a tournament.

Details are still being worked out, but as of now, we're leaning towards a Round-Robin single elimination style bracket.

Your feedback on having a Tournament is welcome! What kind of tournament would be most appealing to everyone? How can we make the different timezones work with scheduling?

 

[Davido01]

I would be interested in setting up the EU events. I live in the UK.

Firstly its important to know what sort of time the European players are available too, but I suppose if we don't get many forum responses we could just post an announcement on the group page asking that. And if that doesn't work then just set a time that looks good and see how it goes.

As for the matter of the tournaments, I think a round-robin system would be best, with each match being best out of 3, with a point for each round win.

For example lets imagine this case: Player 1 wins first round, Player 2 wins second round, then Player 1 wins 3rd round, it would be 2 points to Player 1 and 1 point to Player 2 for the match.

Then once every player in the tournament has played against every other player, the player with the most points would win.

I personally believe this is the best system because it reduces the aspect of luck slightly. Even if you had a bad spell in a tournament you still have many other rounds/matches to play to counter that. Also I know a fixture site if you need help with keeping track of all of the scores and related stuff.

 

[Ducttape]

Thanks for offering to help with the EU event! There are so many international players, we really need that - thank you.

I'll do my best to get in contact with as many people from the group that I can to see when the best time is, and if there is a day of the week they prefer.




The Round-Robin idea sounds good. Giving everyone as fair a chance at victory as possible is important.

If enough people are interested, I can support the first few tournaments with Steam Games as prizes for the winner (probably just the actual winner, not sure if I can do 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes - sorry!)




Pic from the event: I thought 1 rite of replication was bad. Then someone had to go and play another :crying::

 

[strikerbolt]

As far as Tournaments go, I have a few suggestions, use or ignore as you see fit:
- Because this is a video game and not an on-site tourney, allow players to switch decks in between rounds.
-- After the first round, allow each player to switch decks. Because of the nature of the game menu, disallow sideboard alteration.
- Single Elimination rounds, advancement 2 out of 3. No Loser's Bracket.
- Signups required, including information such as Best Time to Play
- Not necessary, but would be cool to find a sponsor so that winners may gain prizes (someone to fund for prizes. Would WotC or an individual be interested? We should ask around).
-Someone to participate as a 'Judge' and not as a Player, or 3 judges as players.
--Someone to "Validate" victories, really. The game takes care of what steps are legal and whatnot. It's also someone that validates when a bug occurs
--Judges cannot play spells or lands, and would have to discard every turn.

 

[Keith Witcher]

If your gonna have a magic the gathering tournament thing you should consider magic workstation instead, it lets you build your own decks and last i played duels of the planeswalkers you just use presets which really takes a way alot of the strategy of the game.