SteveP said:
So, if registration started at 10am and the tournament started at 11am, you were maybe late TOO Broken Lizard because you decided to show up at 1030am instead of the scheduled 10am registration start.
How was Broken Lizard late? If registration is from 10-11am and he came at 10:30 then he is on time to register.
SteveP said:
Regarding the use of DCI-Reporter, although that's contractually wrong, you can't really blame someone for using it when the only current option is a bug-ridden TMS program. If you DO blame that person, you're only mirroring the same kind of "deal with it" attitude that this PTO showed. Plus, until TMS is running a bit more smoothly, I highly doubt POP will be strongly enforcing this contractual agreement.
I haven't had many problems with it. I have the same problems with it as I do DCI when running Magic Tournaments. I wouldn't worry about PUI strongly enforcing it, I would worry about DCI finding out your using it for other tournaments. Since many are posting on message boards that Wizards does visit, it is possible to get banned for 1 year from running DCI sanctioned tournaments for breaking the agreement of using the software. Plus there is always getting sued by its creator who isn't an employee of Wizards and I am told also is on these boards.
SteveP said:
Plus PokeMom, adding late players is NOT the wrong thing for a PTO to do. Why do you think the software accomodates the ability to add late players? BECAUSE IT HAPPENS!! The ONLY argument here is HOW the players were added. THAT may have messed up the Tiebreakers, nothing else.
Yes it is wrong. If you let one person do it, you have to let everyone. By doing this, what does it tell the rest of your players? Gee why get up at 10am to register when I can go in at noon and register and still play.
The calling of local players is also wrong. You are suppose to advertise these things. If they are local players they should know when the tournament is. If they don't show up then they don't play. They shouldn't get a phone call from the store reminding them. Would you call the players that live 2 hours away if they didn't show up? I think not, so why show favortism?
SteveP said:
PS. Regarding the tiebreakers. If TMS had been used, later players give their opponent 0% resistance points. That's a FAR CRY from the 33% minimum used in DCI Reporter. Once again we see how TMS is flawed (and why some TOs don't use it).
If the tournament is run right, you shouldn't need to use opponent win/loss %. That is completely the wrong way to determine winners. So Joe plays a guy in the first wrong that looses the rest of the day and he ends up loosing first place because of it? Thats really fair. Have the players with the same record play each other, or have a top 8 playoff.
When we do Magic Tournaments, DCI recommends:
If players are tied based on match points, organizers may break the tie in any
manner they feel appropriate, including:
• awarding the prize to the player who lost most recently in the event; and
• splitting prizes between tied players.
(See “Sanctioning & Running BLUE Events is Easy!” for more information about prizes.)
Kind of find it funny they don't recommend using win/loss % for prizes. They only use that in regular swiss matches, not age modified.