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5.26.04  Philly Review

very… sleepy…. body…. must….. rest….

As you can imagine I went to Philly for the major Marvel Vs tournament and even though I got in town yesterday my body still needs to recover. I’m doing this quick write up before I crawl my way back to bed to give you an idea of what the event was like.

The tournament was very well ran and major Kudos to Alex Charsky, the head judge and his crew of very cool yet stern judges for a great event. The only thing I disliked about the event was the lack of respect for the judges who were working their heads off to make sure everyone’s questions were being answered in a timely manner. No, I’m not sucking up to them even though I should because I’m sure I’ll be seeing them at other major events. = p I’ve been the head judge at many 100+ and a couple 300+ player events and know how much of a headache it can be. Especially when you’re running back and forth from table to table and are constantly getting insulted and disrespected by players who don’t like the rulings you are giving them and even dare to challenge you or question your knowledge of the rules.

I’m not saying the judges are always right on the rulings they make but I will assure you that a level 4 head judge will never give you a wrong ruling just to screw you up because he simply doesn’t like you. I’ve played in many tournaments of many different games and have lost matches because one of the volunteer judges game me one ruling and later in the tournament the head judge reversed/corrected the ruling. I will be lying if I said I wasn’t enraged but at the end of the day it was my own fault because if I felt the judge who gave me the first ruling was not right I could have called for the head judge to ensure the right ruling was being made. The moral of the story is that if you feel you’re being given a wrong ruling you should ask for the head judge in a respectful manner and if you don’t agree with the ruling the head judge is giving you please try to control your emotions. Even if by some act of god the head judge makes a mistake in 1 out 1000 ruling he’s giving he has the final say and you calling him names and attacking him will not help you in any way, shape or form and could even get you DISQUALIFIED.

Before the tournament the head judge announced there were 180 players and that the event was a 40K tournament. What does 40K mean you ask? Well, every local sanctioned tournament you play in is 10K because your official judge will most likely be a level 1 judge. The K value of the event depends on the level of the judge. If there’s a level 2 judge running the event you get a 20K value event, if there’s a level 3 judge running the event it would be a 30K event and so on.

Now that we know where the K values come from and why some tournaments have different values let’s answer the more important question. How does the K value of the event affect me?
The number of points you get for wining a match is multiplied by the level of the judge running the event. Let’s say that in a 10K (ran by a level 1 judge) tournament you would get 5 points for defeating your opponent. If the tournament was a 30K event (ran by a level 3 judge) you would get 15 points instead for defeating that same opponent (base value of 5 points x the level of the head judge). Yup, this means that even if you have lost your 3 first matches and there’s no way you’re going to make the top cut you should consider staying in the tournament to earn some points. So don’t forget that if you’re playing in a 40K event you will be getting 4 times the amounts of points you would normally get for defeating your opponent and since you’re already there you might as well follow trough and play to the end.

The tournament ended up being 7 rounds of Swiss with a cut to top 8. >.< No, I’m not making that up and 100% disagree with the idea that a tournament with this many players only has 7 rounds of Swiss and HATE the fact that the cut was to top 8 instead of 32.But putting things into perspective the judges didn’t have any other options because it was Sunday and the tournament had to end that very same day. In a perfect world this would have been a 2 day event but it wasn’t and the judges had to make a call and as much as it pains me to say it I think made the right one. I just pray that Upper Deck learns form this and that their next major events are scheduled for 2 days instead of just one because this was every player’s nightmare. Since at the beginning of round 6 there were 3 players undefeated and about 20 players with a 5:1 and god knows how many players with a 4:2 record it was all going to come down to tie breakers. I don’t know how many players with a 5:2 record made the cut but am pretty sure that there where A LOT of players with a 5:2 record who didn’t make it.

I was one of those 4:2 records at the start of round 6 and was ranked number 43 which told me that all I needed was to win my next match, for all the players I played against to win their next round and some of he 5:1 to drop for no reason how so ever for me to even have a chance at making top 20. Being the scrub that I am I lost my 7 match to none other than a Sentinel deck that was pretty decent but me missing my 4th drop on game 2 and my 4th and 5th drop on game 3 helped my opponent a bit to say the least.

My eyes are starting to shut and I’ve been correcting too many spelling errors while attempting to write this small general review of the Philly. So I’m off to bed and continue puking the McDonald’s food I had at Philly. X_x

[[WRITER’S NOTE: If you ever visit Philly DO NOT eat at McDonald’s! I tried two different ones and I didn’t know there was a way to screw up McDonald’s food but discovered that Philly residents have found a way to do it.]]

 

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