Ever since closing the survey I ran back in April about why people don't participate in our weekly Standard Pauper Player Run Events, I've wanted to start up a new Standard Pauper "league-style" event. For those of you unfamiliar with this format, participating players are assigned an opponent each week and must contact one another and setup a time to play out that match sometime during that week, whenever it is suitable for both players. After the match is played out, both players report the result, and that ends a round of play. It then operates like a typical Swiss event, where each round you're paired against an opponent with a similar record until you've played out the requisite number of rounds, and then you cut to a playoff or simply award prizes based on the rankings after Swiss.
With the release of Oath of the Gatewatch not scheduled until February 8th of 2016 on Magic Online, there are 16 weeks following the start of the new season for MPDC and SPDC. What I would like to propose for this new league would be the following structure:
- The league would start on Sunday, October 26th and run for 5 weeks, corresponding to 5 rounds of Swiss. Then, at the end of 5 weeks, we would cut to a Top 8 Double Elimination format.
- Then, at the same time, the second phase of the league would begin, starting an entirely new 5 rounds of Swiss. Those participating in the Top 8 Double Elimination would be ineligible for this second phase. This would run another 5 weeks, and then once again we would cut to a Top 8 Double Elimination.
- Finally, once the second Double Elimination bracket is complete, the two 1st place winners would battle for the ultimate prize in a best-of-5 match to determine the Grand Champion of the Double League.
So before beginning such an endeavor, I wanted to get some feedback from my readers. What do you think of this structure? What kind of prizes would be appropriate for this event? How could we get the word out about it most effectively? And would there be others willing to help sponsor the event by donating prizes? Let me know in the comments below.
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ReplyDeleteGreat, count me in for playing and donating.
ReplyDeleteJoekewwl
Sounds great! I would participate and as co-host of SPDC I would reach out to CardHoarder, our new sponsor, to help with prize support.
ReplyDelete~ DrChrisBakerDC
I would definitely play you know I love the format and having a bit of flex in the schedule is nice.
ReplyDeleteI would love to play more standard pauper MTG. However, I am still very confused about how clans & leagues work on MTGO. If I can figure out how to join, I would love to join.
ReplyDeleteSteve, this league has nothing to do with mtgo clans and leagues.
ReplyDeleteAll you need do is set a 1 vs 1 match with your a sign player and play the match. Then report results to the place the host has set up for reporting.
Most likely mpdcmagic.com or similar place.
So should be easy enough to figure out.
Joekewwl
Steve, this league has nothing to do with mtgo clans and leagues.
ReplyDeleteAll you need do is set a 1 vs 1 match with your a sign player and play the match. Then report results to the place the host has set up for reporting.
Most likely mpdcmagic.com or similar place.
So should be easy enough to figure out.
Joekewwl
Joseph, I signed up today, through Gwyned's newest blog entry.
ReplyDeleteAnd thank you for the advice!