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Mage Wars => League / Tournament Play => Topic started by: paradox22 on January 23, 2013, 04:28:49 AM
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According to the newsletter Bashcon will host the very first official Mage Wars tournament! Exciting! Any of you forum dwellers making the trip? :) I'd like to, but it's a 10 hour drive for me...still undecided.
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i wish. i live in texas so the trip is out of my reach.
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I will be, scooping up a bunch of my friends from Pittsburgh and we're headed out!
Are the actual mage wars guys going to be there?
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Is there someone that would be so kind as to forward the email to me? I just realized I'm not signed up for the organized play emails :(.
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I know my team and the AW team will be going. I should be down on Friday (work permitting or Saturday). I do not know if any of the other teams will be attending.
BTW this is the link to the OP page http://magewars.com/jsite/organized-play
This is the Mage Wars Bash con event page (http://bashcon.com/registration/index.php?q=civicrm/event/info&reset=1&id=214)
For those too lazy to follow the link.
[spoiler] OFFICIAL Mage Wars tournament hosted by Arcane Wonders. Players will register in five 90-minute rounds of swiss-style competition to see who will be the Champion of the Arena. Prizes for the top players TBD. Requirements in complete description.
OFFICIAL Mage Wars tournament hosted by Arcane Wonders. Players will register in five* 90-minute rounds of swiss-style competition to see who will be the Champion of the Arena. Prizes for the top players TBD.
To be eligible for the tournament, players must have created a 120-point spellbook for the Beastmaster, Priestess, Warlock, or Wizard, using spells from the Mage Wars Core Set, Core Spell Tome 1, and Core Spell Tome 2.
Players may use promotional cards if they are represented in the sets listed above. Tournament rules, objectives, and FAQ will be posted soon. Tune into www.magewars.com for more information.
*Number of rounds may be adjusted based upon attendance.
When
February 16th, 2013 10:00 AM through 10:00 PM
Event Fee $ 10.00[/spoiler]
This is now the official: BashCon 2013 Event Discussion Thread
Good luck to all attending.
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Paradox, I've been doing a lot of thinking about this, and I've decided you're going to go.
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Well now i have no choice!!!
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Remember all AW will have a big presence at BashCon. This will include demos, the tourney, possibly a strategy and tactics of MW discussion.
I would also like to do a feature match table but I still do not know if this will come together in time (My plan was to have this filmed and post the videos of the matches on the web).
What I was wondering is who is planning on attending.
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I will be there, plus I'm bringing along either three, or four friends.
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Im planning to attend
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Looks like registration at the con itself is $10 for a day badge. Do you have to pay the $10 to register at the con and the $10 event fee for the tournament?
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Yes, per the facebook page post from 02/07.
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For those that missed it
Allow me to add some clarification to address some of this.
The tie breaker (in current format) goes to the mage who has been dealt the least amount of damage. This means that if I do 20 points of damage to the priestess over the course of a game and she heals 11 of it and in turn does 18 damage to me, I win the tie having done more damage to her during the game than she did to me.
Healing is not a factor in tie-breakers.
Just to keep you informed, we will be taking our tournament setup live for the first time at Bash Con in Toledo, OH. We will be sure to post how that went, winning decks, winning strategies, and more once that happens.
Here is the link in case you can join us!
Bash Con XXVIII (http://www.bashcon.com/)
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Okay, so it's imperative that you track both the damage you've taken, and the damage your opponent has token over the course of the game on a piece of paper, since there is no way for this to be tracked using the markers. Is that right?
Also, where was this posted?
Edit: FOUND THE POST :).
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I've been doing some thinking about this... in my experience you can't trust other people during tournament play. Your opponent can to easily 'miscalculate' mana usage, or health usage - and there are a LOT of times where even just one mana matters. For that reason, it's very important you track both of your opponent's vitals yourself - mana and health. You also need to keep track of total damage sustained by both players throughout the game. That's a total of 4 numbers that change quite a bit throughout the game. I haven't yet experienced this so I have to speak from a place of theory, but it is a bit worrisome.
Now, on the flip side, if tracking these numbers doesn't turn out to be a huge pain - then I really like this system for tie breakers. It strongly encourages more aggressive play than the alternative (most life left), and feels pretty fair overall. I'll be going to bashcon, so I look forward to seeing the system in action and am confident that no matter what I'm going to have a good time slinging spells :).
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I made a big comment along the same lines, then realized that the quote is only for tie-breakers. Still if you can't turtle and win this way though.
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Is there a turn time limit for BashCon?
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My wife and I are both planning on playing. We're fairly new to the game but want to be a part of the first ever tourney!
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The BASHCon Tournament will be five 90 minute Swiss-style Rounds.
Thanks you everyone for all the support!
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Prior to starting play, will there be a way for the judges to check each spellbook and verify that it's legal and contains the proper 120 point limit? Or will we be on an "honor" system. Usually at big miniature tourneys they have a form you fill out and list your army/points. Will you guys be using a similar form?
Also, does the tourney start at 10:00am, or does "registration" start at 10 am.
Thanks!
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Spellbook Registration begins at 10:00 am. We will have Spellbook registration forms for you to fill out and I will be posting these online by Wednesday afternoon in .pdf.
Thanks,
Pat
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Spellbook Registration begins at 10:00 am. We will have Spellbook registration forms for you to fill out and I will be posting these online by Wednesday afternoon in .pdf.
Thanks,
Pat
Excellent! You read my mind!
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Both Heat and I will be the on site Judges for the event. I wanted this all ready to go before the event and looks like we are on track. :P
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So, will there be a specific Mage wars "area/booth". I'm looking to get some games in on Friday night. Anyone else attending the con wanna meet up for some Friday night Mage wars?
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Yes sir! We will be running demos at our "Showcase Booth" Friday - Saturday until 9 PM, and Sunday until the 4 PM.
We look forward to seeing you there!
-Pat
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Congratz to piousflea for taking 1st place!!!!
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Congratulations on winning the 1st official MW tournament piousflea.
What did you play?
What was the breakdown for the tournament?
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Warlock beatdown deck. Will have to post the details later.
There were 11 of us contestants at Bashcon, out of which I saw two warlocks, a wizard, two priestesses, and a metric boatload of beastmasters.
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We had 12 but 1 no showed to round 1
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It was an awesome tournament thank you to shadow and heat for running it. I was very pleased with how smooth it ran. I was glad to take part, and glad to finish in 4th place with a record of 3-1!
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Your welcome. Glad you had a good time.
The next two major events will be Origins and Gencon. Patrick has already ask Heat and I to get the time off. It looks like we may have some smaller events before then. I wonder what we have planned to the 1st year anniversary :whistle:
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It was an awesome tournament thank you to shadow and heat for running it. I was very pleased with how smooth it ran.
Congrats Paradox! It was a pleasure to meet you and yes, Shadow and Heat did an excellent job and deserve many kudos!