Master of the
Awesome Sauce
Teflon Jeff
Warlord
7908 Posts
    
Sector 2814
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| Details are here. Top 4 in stead of top 8?
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stephengroy
Underboss
1440 Posts
Tempe AZ Beeyotch
| | 05/21/2008 11:13 AM |
| | and they're NOT accompanied by Unhallowed stat cards, I see. | |
Waiting for Chainmail Equivalencies since 2005
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Pedro
Commander
3926 Posts
Czech Republic
| | 05/21/2008 11:19 AM |
| Also no new map for the finale.
But what interests me more is Unhallowed. Sad panda. | |
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Knight of Argenis
Corim Danex
Warlord
6844 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 05/21/2008 1:37 PM |
| | Top player--it does not show that the top player gets to design a mini. First time I have seen this missing from prizes for winning. | |
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Master of the
Awesome Sauce
Teflon Jeff
Warlord
7908 Posts
Sector 2814
| | 05/21/2008 2:41 PM |
| Posted By Corim Danex on 05/21/2008 1:37 PM
Top player--it does not show that the top player gets to design a mini. First time I have seen this missing from prizes for winning.
Yeah, I noticed that too. Definitely a bummer, I thought that was the best prize they had.
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Knight of the
Round Table
Thenameless
Warlord
12541 Posts
The Fortress of Solitude
| | 05/21/2008 5:03 PM |
| | Ian Richards said that the prize of having a chance to make one's own DDM will be given to the Vintage Champion. At the time, they were still unsure if they would give the Standard Champion the same honour. | |
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Sirohk
Commander
3939 Posts
USA
| | 05/22/2008 3:48 AM |
| Some observations / comments:
1) Fixed maps throughout the Championships AND they are using only those from the new starter set. The Flooded Ruins is an ok map, but IMO should not be used in the Championships.Â
2) Top 50 from Standar, Top 50 from Vintage (which no one is currently playing), all of the Top 2 form Qualifiers, and two Grinders (Top 4) at GenCon.Â
3) Only Top 4 play for the Championship on Sunday. Makes it that much tougher to overcome a bad matchup or die rolls and still make Top 4.Â
4) 6 Rounds on Satruday and 2 Rounds on Sunday before the Top 4. Depending on your record, maybe even no need to play on Sunday. And Sunday will be a long day.Â
5) 75 minute approximate time limit for Top 4. What's up with that.Â
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Vrecknidj
Warlord
10493 Posts
United States
| | 05/22/2008 5:42 AM |
| If there are 96 participants, and no one drops from the higher seeds during play, it's a mathematical certainty that there will be three undefeated players after round 5. That makes the last round on Saturday a bit crazy for the undefeated player who gets paired down. If he loses that match, then his tie-breakers aren't as good as the other two undefeated players.
Still that's only the 6th round. With two more rounds left, things can get really dicey.
It's more than simply possible that, at the end of 8 rounds, with those same 96 starting, we have three players at 7-1, and 11 players at 6-2. That makes things really, really tough on the 10 people at 6-2 who don't make it in.
On the other hand, going with top 4 instead of top 8 means that if you have two losses early, you have no reason to play on Sunday morning, which really cuts down on the judges tasks.
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