pokemonplayer101
New Member
In my opinion, the problem with the current tournament structure isn't the Best-2-out-of-3, the 50 minute time limit, or the ties. It's the fact that there can only be a Top 8.
If you play through a massive 9 round tournament, and do well enough to make it to the Top 32, you deserve to compete for the title of Champion. You should be able to compete in Top Cut. You've earned it. If there's anything to be changed about the current system, I believe that TPCi should allow Top Cuts of more than just 8 once again.
I suppose there is some argument to be made against 50+3. Timing can definitely be an issue, especially for the Masters division. But the few States and Regionals that can make it to 9 rounds usually have a Day 2 anyway. Why not have a cut off as to how long a tournament can play each day?
Let's say we have a 9 round Regionals. The Masters division players just finished Round 7 and it's 8:45 PM, meaning that Round 8 wouldn't be posted until about 9:00 PM. To avoid running the event late into the night, and thus having frustrated and tired players, you'd have the final two rounds the second day, followed by a Top Cut of 16 or 32. Players who traveled from out-of-state for the event most likely already have a hotel room booked for that night anyway, and those who didn't are most likely close enough to the event that they can easily make it the second day.
If ties are the only reason you're complaining, then there is something that you can do to at least try and avoid them. For example, maybe instead of using a slow deck that has a much higher possibility of tying at one of these big events, such as Darkrai/Garbodor or Trevenant/Accelgor, you could use a faster deck that can easily finish 2-3 games in less than 50 minutes, such as Plasma variants or Darkrai/Yveltal. If you insist on using a slow deck, then you can try and play faster, or try and play out one long Game 1 and try and not even have the need for a 3rd game. After all, decks such as Darkrai/Garbodor and Dragonite/Reuniclus have already done extremely well at some of these events, and they somehow figured out a way to make it through all 9 rounds. While this plan may not be completely foolproof, if you really have that much of a problem with ties, either take these suggestions or don't play in these events. After all, ties are a part of the game now, and you can't change that.
Just my two cents.
EDIT: Also, if you have the cut off for how long tournaments can run each day, you can have 60 or even 75 minute rounds with little to no problems, therefore reducing the amount of ties as well
If you play through a massive 9 round tournament, and do well enough to make it to the Top 32, you deserve to compete for the title of Champion. You should be able to compete in Top Cut. You've earned it. If there's anything to be changed about the current system, I believe that TPCi should allow Top Cuts of more than just 8 once again.
I suppose there is some argument to be made against 50+3. Timing can definitely be an issue, especially for the Masters division. But the few States and Regionals that can make it to 9 rounds usually have a Day 2 anyway. Why not have a cut off as to how long a tournament can play each day?
Let's say we have a 9 round Regionals. The Masters division players just finished Round 7 and it's 8:45 PM, meaning that Round 8 wouldn't be posted until about 9:00 PM. To avoid running the event late into the night, and thus having frustrated and tired players, you'd have the final two rounds the second day, followed by a Top Cut of 16 or 32. Players who traveled from out-of-state for the event most likely already have a hotel room booked for that night anyway, and those who didn't are most likely close enough to the event that they can easily make it the second day.
If ties are the only reason you're complaining, then there is something that you can do to at least try and avoid them. For example, maybe instead of using a slow deck that has a much higher possibility of tying at one of these big events, such as Darkrai/Garbodor or Trevenant/Accelgor, you could use a faster deck that can easily finish 2-3 games in less than 50 minutes, such as Plasma variants or Darkrai/Yveltal. If you insist on using a slow deck, then you can try and play faster, or try and play out one long Game 1 and try and not even have the need for a 3rd game. After all, decks such as Darkrai/Garbodor and Dragonite/Reuniclus have already done extremely well at some of these events, and they somehow figured out a way to make it through all 9 rounds. While this plan may not be completely foolproof, if you really have that much of a problem with ties, either take these suggestions or don't play in these events. After all, ties are a part of the game now, and you can't change that.
Just my two cents.
EDIT: Also, if you have the cut off for how long tournaments can run each day, you can have 60 or even 75 minute rounds with little to no problems, therefore reducing the amount of ties as well
