From PUI's website :
I don't know if I didn't see that earlier, or if it has been changed, but I don't understand why one-game matches has been chosen for the swiss rounds.
IMO, it adds a lot of luck to the game that is not needed.
Who has, in best of 3, never lost the first game because of a bad opening hand but won the two other matches because the opponent was weaker ?
Tournaments in general, and especially National championships which are the highest level of tournaments except Worlds, have as objective, according to the Floor rules, to determine the skill level of each player.
Introducing luck through single matches goes against that idea and against the first words of the Floor rules and 'Spirit of the game' : the Pokemon TCG is a game of skill.
The National Championships will be broken into sections by age groups and will be run using Swiss Pairings. Because Swiss rounds are dependent upon total attendance of each age group, there will be a minimum of five rounds of Swiss, with more rounds as necessary based on attendance. Swiss rounds will feature one-game matches.
After the final round of Swiss, the top 16 players from each age group (attendance levels permitting) will move into a single-elimination round. The single-elimination rounds will feature best-of-three game matches
I don't know if I didn't see that earlier, or if it has been changed, but I don't understand why one-game matches has been chosen for the swiss rounds.
IMO, it adds a lot of luck to the game that is not needed.
Who has, in best of 3, never lost the first game because of a bad opening hand but won the two other matches because the opponent was weaker ?
Tournaments in general, and especially National championships which are the highest level of tournaments except Worlds, have as objective, according to the Floor rules, to determine the skill level of each player.
Introducing luck through single matches goes against that idea and against the first words of the Floor rules and 'Spirit of the game' : the Pokemon TCG is a game of skill.