Olympic Triple Triad Tournament

[Slothy]

Continuing with our 25th anniversary Olympiad, I'm here to bring you the only event that makes any sense for FFVIII:

Triple Triad

The rules are simple:
- Sign up in a post below
- Players will be randomly assigned a placing in the tournament brackets
- Winners move on to subsequent rounds and losers get participation awards (not really)
- Play continues until we have two finalists who will duke it out for the Gold. The two players who fail to make it into the finals will play for third place.

The tournament format is single elimination. Each round will be a single game for expediency. Semi-finals will be best of three. Finals will be best of five. All games are will be played using the Forums triple triad feature so all anyone needs is to buy a deck or two and play. After each game is complete, if both players can post the results here that would be wonderful so I can keep track of the winners.

In three or four days I will end the signup phase so I can make up the brackets and people can get started. So sign up early folks to make sure you get in. Current signups are below.

Tournament brackets:

Prelim:
Vivi22 versus Goldenboko

Now the first round brackets will go as follows:
1. Winner of prelim. Vivi22
1. Jiro

2. Gamblet
2. Rantz

3. Shauna
3. Tifa's Boobs

4. Karifean
4. Quin

Game rules are as follows:

You should play with everything activated (Same, Same Wall, Plus, Combo, Closed) except the troutty ones (Elementary, Random). This effectively levels the playing field, regardless of what level cards are being used.

[Rantz]

I am so entering.

Edit: Should we limit it to certain card levels? I have up to level 4 cards, dunno what everyone else has but it's nearly impossible to win against a lv4 deck with a lv2 deck, at least without the Plus rule.

[Goldenboko]

I am entering this.

[Gamblet]

I'll enter too. (I have lvl 1 cards only) haha

EDIT:Lower the price a little?

[Quindiana Jones]

I am entering this with the most enthusiasm possible.

[Jiro]

I will destroy you all. Sign me up.

[Shauna]

Yeah, so I probably only have Lvl1 cards. Is it even worth my time entering, or am I going to get smashed? Competition is only good if there is actually a chance of winning. :3

[Slothy]

I'd imagine you may be at a slight disadvantage, but level 2 cards aren't dramatically better than level 1 so a win should still be possible, if a bit more difficult. Perhaps I'll bring this up with the Olympic committee, but I'd still enter even if I only had level 1's if only because this is all for fun. And who knows, you could potentially pull off an upset victory.

[Shauna]

I was gonna sign up regardless.

Just like to complain a bit. xD

(Also how do I even Triple Triad oh god I have been gone too long)

[Slothy]

Don't feel too bad. I've honestly never played TT here either.

[Quindiana Jones]

You should play with everything activated (Same, Same Wall, Plus, Combo, Closed) except the troutty ones (Elementary, Random). This effectively levels the playing field, regardless of what level cards are being used.

[Gamblet]

You should play with everything activated (Same, Same Wall, Plus, Combo, Closed) except the troutty ones (Elementary, Random). This effectively levels the playing field, regardless of what level cards are being used.

This.

[Slothy]

Loving the participation so far, but come on guys. Let's at least get it to an even number so my OCD doesn't drive me crazy.

[Slothy]

Double posting to make an announcement: I'll be ending signups tonight and getting the tournament brackets ready. If anyone else wants to sign up, you've got around 6-8 hours or so depending on when I get to this tonight.

[Slothy]

Yep, it's the sites Triple Triad, and it shouldn't be a problem to give a few extra days to complete the first round so you can participate Sam. Is it just Saturday and Sunday that don't work for you? I can set the deadline for Monday or Tuesday if so. We might tighten things up a bit in later rounds if most people can get their games in quickly, but I'd rather take a little longer and not disqualify someone because they can't get a game in before the deadline.