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Cabal-kun
10-27-2008, 08:41 PM
Registration closes the 3rd of November, 7PM EDT.

We have prizes! We need a minimum of 24 people to participate for the prizes, not including drops.

(I think these are the prizes that were agreed upon. Please correct me if I'm wrong.)
Top 4
Italian Plateau, by Georgjorge
Foil Charbelcher, by Griever 9977
Asian BB Lightning Bolt, by Eseph
Textless Ponder, by DalkonCledwin

Innovation Competition (see end of post for details)
$75 rancoredelf.com Store credit, by me.
2 Wrath of God, by me.

Prizes are drafted.

You will need to register in the Salvation thread at http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=136106

IBA, if you want to join in this one, we can do the same arrangement as last time. Just PM me your deckcode before the registration deadline.

The tournament client is MWS. If you do not know how to use MWS, please PM me or one of your friendly Legacy forum comrades and we'll do our best to familiarize you with the program.

Register with deckcodes. Once you have decided on what deck you wish to pilot, post in this thread with the deckcode to register. Again, if you need help finding where your deckcode is, PM myself or one of the Legacy forumers.

Rules
1) Rounds will have an alloted time of six days.

2) Use deckcodes to identify your opponent!

3) Save your PMs! If there is an issue, any and all records will help in determining where the fault lies, and the necessary action.

4) No shows will be dropped. If someone misses a round, and hasn't replied to their opponent's communications, then that person will be dropped. Hopefully, this will allow people to earn that 4-0 score.

Miscellaneous
Please don't be discouraged by a poor start or an early 0-2 score. There's only one way to figure out what went wrong with your deck, or to sharpen your playskills. And that's to keep going.

*I think that's everything. PM if I missed something important. I'd like to thank Benie Bederios for the revised rules, and everyone who has shown interest in the continuation of this tournament. Have fun!

Innovation Competition
Eligibility
Viability: Needs to go at least 3-3 or 4-2 in six rounds, or comparable to that.
Originality: How original is the deck? The deck can be a revision of an existing one, but the revisions must be drastic. Adding Lotus Petal to R/G Stompy or adding Tombstalker to UB/w Wizards isn't very original. Merging Dragon Stompy and Angel Stax to make a R/W Stax variat that can win on turn 2 would be considered a significant revision.
Age: Nothing older than the last tournament, i.e. before 08-18-2008. Yes marit, you can run Rat/Ninjas again for this. The deck can already have a thread, and have received feedback and come a long way through collaborative development. It need not be a formerly unseen deck.
Tournament: Contestants must make it to the final round. A deck that won a past competition is excluded from future entries. 2nd and 3rd place decks are eligible once further improvements have been made.

Entry Requirements
Entry: Once a pilot has made it to the final round, they can enter their deck into the competition.
Writeup: Participants needs to do a writeup. Explain your aims with the deck, what you personally like/dislike about it, why you think it's innovative, and so on. Once we reach the Top 8, I will open a thread for you to post your writeups in at Salvation. I will link each post to the opening post as a sort of insta-table of contents for organizational purposes.

Nomination

* Contestants cannot nominate their own deck or other pilots' decks.
* Nomination takes place at the end of the last round before the Top 8.
* Decks need two nominations.
* Only players who have completed the final round can nominate.


Voting

* The deck that receives the most votes wins.
* Second and third place receive honorable mentions.
* Only players who have completed the final round can vote.
* Contestants in the competition cannot vote.


Prizes (Contingent on availability)

* Seperate from Top 4/8 prizes.
* Done draft style. Winner picks 1st, 2nd second, etc.
* The Top 4/8 and the Competition are not mutually exclusive. You can win both, one or the other, or neither depending on your performance and the voting.

kilukru
10-27-2008, 09:00 PM
I had to register on salvation for this! well not a bad thing!

Now to play for the win or for the fun that is the question!

Nihil Credo
10-28-2008, 06:33 AM
No reason not to try for both, isn't it?

I find it interesting that the first place Innovation prize is better than what you get by winning the tournament outright. Works fine for me, anyway - I already brought most of what I consider the best decks to online tournaments, time to switch gears for a while.

Cabal-kun
10-28-2008, 05:14 PM
No reason not to try for both, isn't it?

I find it interesting that the first place Innovation prize is better than what you get by winning the tournament outright. Works fine for me, anyway - I already brought most of what I consider the best decks to online tournaments, time to switch gears for a while.

It might be a little imbalanced, but it is fitting. I sort of had a 'Project Runway' prize in mind, where the winner gets money to start their own line. Here, you get money to construct your deck in real life.

TheInfamousBearAssassin
10-28-2008, 11:54 PM
RE, Innovation:

Does Quinn count if I'm the one playing it?


Also, why the Hell not?

The Rack
10-29-2008, 12:15 AM
RE, Innovation:

Does Quinn count if I'm the one playing it?


Also, why the Hell not?

Yeah, what about me and Funkbrew?

georgjorge
10-29-2008, 03:08 PM
Shouldn't that also be posted in the Tournament Announcement section ?


Also, what if I am playing Quinn ? That would be pretty innovative of me, because I usually don't even touch control decks like these with a long stick...:mad:

Cabal-kun
10-29-2008, 03:11 PM
Shouldn't that also be posted in the Tournament Announcement section ?

Maybe?

It seems most online tournament related stuff was posted in the Community Board, so I was just following precedent.


RE, Innovation:

Does Quinn count if I'm the one playing it?


Also, why the Hell not?

No. Because it was out way before the last tournament even started. Sorry Jack, you'll need to come up with a new 'slow as balls but makes the opponent cry control deck'. :wink:

TheInfamousBearAssassin
10-29-2008, 03:29 PM
S'reasonable. I'm in. I have to decide what deck to play. Might try something new.

Cabal-kun
10-29-2008, 06:48 PM
*Update*

Cecilia has withdrawn from registration, and he's taking the SoA packs with him. The Innovation portion is down to only first and second. I suppose the third can get honorable mention, but that seems rather lackluster.

Edit: Greiver9977 has offered 2 packs of ALA and 1 pack of Lorwyn

Zach Tartell
10-29-2008, 08:16 PM
If somebody will be kind enough to walk me through (like, get on AOL and actually link me to the places that I'm supposed to go to and such) I'll donate something.... real to the pool. Like, a card that is played in Magic card decks.

That we play here.

Cabal-kun
10-31-2008, 02:03 PM
If somebody will be kind enough to walk me through (like, get on AOL and actually link me to the places that I'm supposed to go to and such) I'll donate something.... real to the pool. Like, a card that is played in Magic card decks.

That we play here.

I'll be on all day.

AIM = fistofthecabal

Oh, and we have 30 or slightly higher participants now. :smile:

TheInfamousBearAssassin
11-01-2008, 05:19 AM
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Zach Tartell
11-02-2008, 07:11 PM
My biggest complaint is that I have to log onto that shithole of a site of Salvation (not that it's so bad normally, 'scept for those GOD AWFUL sigs).

Where is my deck code again?

Eldariel
11-02-2008, 07:49 PM
I'm confused, are you asking how to figure out your security code on MWS? If so, open Magic Workstation, open your deck (make sure you've selected the deck grid instead of the master grid - deck grid is the lower one) and then go "Tools - Get Deck Security Code". If not, pardon me for failing at reading comprehension.

As for the sigs, you can just uncheck the "show signatures"-option in your User Control Panel - Edit Options if they're troublesome. I mean, the problem can't be that big if it's only one click to get rid of.

Cabal-kun
11-02-2008, 07:56 PM
As for the sigs, you can just uncheck the "show signatures"-option in your User Control Panel - Edit Options if they're troublesome. I mean, the problem can't be that big if it's only one click to get rid of.

But then you can't complain about it anymore. :rolleyes:

I kid I kid.

Eldariel
11-04-2008, 10:36 PM
First round has been posted. If you signed up for this tournament, get over there, check your pairings and contact your opponent (and post in the thread once you've done so, so you can be awarded the walkover once it turns out you're up against a no show).

IBA, your opponent is mikey k159. He doesn't persumably have an account here, but his AIM is mikey k1990 (with a space or "_", I'm not entirely sure).

THEchubbymuffin
11-05-2008, 02:29 AM
Hey I've gotten PM's from my opponent, and he tells me he's playing a deck with a deckcode other than the 2(?) he has registered. What do I do?
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EDIT: Nevermind, reading is tech.

TheInfamousBearAssassin
11-07-2008, 04:43 AM
This has been brought (http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showpost.php?p=3332121&postcount=121) to my attention.

I can't post there, but Isamaru, you can post here. Other drama aside, I would appreciate it if you didn't spread libel about me around, since

a) It's grossly immoral, and

b) It's also grossly illegal.

Since you show such concern, the summary; I never claimed to be going to Iraq. I e-mailed Andy Heckt to end my suspension from the DCI a few months early, since Columbus was likely the last Legacy tournament I'd be going to in a while, as I was shipping out to training a few months later. I was then at military training posts for almost a year before an injury that rendered me airborne inoperable for my contract job led to my eventual separation from my first contract, and am currently enlisting under a different one in a reserve capacity.

But thanks for the idle speculation and defamation. You're a swell guy.

emidln
11-07-2008, 07:39 AM
In the spirit of having nothing better to do, I'll chime in here.


a) It's grossly immoral

Perhaps according to your moral values (hence the statement) but morality is an extremely variable concept. There are moral theories in which Isamaru's statements in that post are moral (Ethical Egoism for example). Personally, I believe his statement was moral.


b) It's also grossly illegal.

Probably not. While an interrogative isn't a generally accepted defence to libel, for an interrogative to be libelous American courts have generally held that an interrogative must be what we might commonly term rhetorical. It appears that Isamaru's offending question was actually seeking information. More to the point, any sort of libel action would easily be shot down as Isamaru was clearly not aware he was spreading libel. The only real out against this kind of defence is to show that they were negligent in not being aware of the libel. Isamaru's question is proof that he was intent on aquiring the truth, the formed question itself being disproof to any negligence claim. The proper response to all of this seems to be "no." More elaborately, your response here would have done just fine.


Since you show such concern, the summary; I never claimed to be going to Iraq. I e-mailed Andy Heckt to end my suspension from the DCI a few months early, since Columbus was likely the last Legacy tournament I'd be going to in a while, as I was shipping out to training a few months later. I was then at military training posts for almost a year before an injury that rendered me airborne inoperable for my contract job led to my eventual separation from my first contract, and am currently enlisting under a different one in a reserve capacity.