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Title: Turbo Tournament
Post by: CrimsonDef4Life on September 10, 2007, 04:28:52 PM
Here's the deal with the turbo.  You have 10 minute matches with 30 seconds per each persons turn.  You have five rounds so at the most, the tournament lasts an hour.  This would hurt speed decks because they only have 30 seconds per turn (you'd have to move fast to actually get the play within 30 seconds with all that drawing), it hurt decks that take a while to get going, and make it so you'd have to build a well balanced deck in order to win.  All the other redemption rules apply. 

We did this for fun at my college and it was a great time.  You have to quick on your toes with this.  This can get tense and funny at the same time when there are two minutes left with a score of 2-2. 

Also as an option (we did this) was when the rounds were over, you'd set up a single elimination tournament at the end.  It would extend the tourney a bit longer and in the end, you'd have people sitting around watching, making it like a sporting event with people cheering you on.  You'd have to have a strong mental make up if people annoy you when they watch, but it's a lot of fun.  Just thought I'd suggest it.

Bryan Hermann
Title: Re: Turbo Tournament
Post by: D-man on September 10, 2007, 09:44:54 PM
Sounds fun.  I like it because, like you mentioned, it displaces many currently popular deck types.
Also, did you play this in Multiplayer?
Title: Re: Turbo Tournament
Post by: Cameron the Conqueror on September 12, 2007, 10:35:40 AM
I like the idea!
Title: Re: Turbo Tournament
Post by: CrimsonDef4Life on September 12, 2007, 11:00:03 AM
We haven't tried it for MP yet, but we think it would be a blast.  have to set the time limit a little higher I would think.
Title: Re: Turbo Tournament
Post by: New Raven BR on September 12, 2007, 12:00:57 PM
cool i'm a quick loser  :D but seriously i played quick games before why wouldn't this be any differant?
Title: Re: Turbo Tournament
Post by: Cameron the Conqueror on September 12, 2007, 12:12:06 PM
cool i'm a quick loser  :D but seriously i played quick games before why wouldn't this be any differant?

this ensures it is a quick game, unlike if it is just 2 speed decks
Title: Re: Turbo Tournament
Post by: captain BTN on October 06, 2007, 02:32:15 PM
you see the thing is its close to impossible to finish a game in 10 mins or less unless one person is really bad (like me ;D) or one person is just oober good
Title: Re: Turbo Tournament
Post by: D-man on October 07, 2007, 05:08:05 PM
The only problem is, some people might just stall when blocking and you'd never get a rescue.
Title: Re: Turbo Tournament
Post by: Prof Underwood on October 01, 2008, 02:42:16 PM
I know this idea hasn't been looked at in a long time.  However I think it is interesting.  I would think about trying one of these, but I am unsure what to do about 1 part of the game.

If you only have 30 sec to take your turn, what do you do about battle.  It would seem that your opponent could stall in playing their EEs so that your 30 sec would finish before you were able to actually finish a battle.

Or is the battle itself not included in the 30 sec?
Title: Re: Turbo Tournament
Post by: CrimsonDef4Life on October 01, 2008, 05:37:10 PM
Hey there,

The battle isn't included in the 30 secs, but the opponent must be swift in his attempt to block.  At least that is the way we run it when we do it for fun.

Bryan
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