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Have any hosts out there tried this out?

There had been a plan to use it for the upcoming T2 Only tournament (just for T2 MP), but now it sounds like most people would rather not. Just wanted to see if there was any feedback from anyone who has tried it (T1 or T2) in their tournament.

I was not around the boards much when it was being discussed but thinking it over, I would much rather see the T2 restricted limits be 4 and 4. With the decks generally being twice as big as T1, it makes sense.

Perhaps this is something that can be discussed for next tournament season and will be used more often as a result.

We've been testing NJban in ROOT and Ive enjoyed it very much.

The restricted format for T2 MP was ugly. All it did was slow games down and cause more time outs that normal.

After thinking it over some more, I'm not completely convinced that was the case  (at least in my games).

Round 1 was not a time-out, though I think John won on the final round. Still he got to 7, and I think with one more turn I would have gotten to 7 as well.

Round 2 was definitely ugly but that was more about Soul drought for everyone. Pretty sure that all of us had at least 3 or 4 turns with nothing to attack for, and it was a 4-4-3-2 final score I think?

Round 3 was a time-out, but I won with 6 and would have reached 7 with one more turn (unless my deck had been shuffled I would have drawn into New Jerusalem with another turn).

After all, the game where 2 ANBs were played finished in time...because there were Souls available. 

I think it was one of those "correlation =/= causation" type deals so don't get too excited there Mr. ANB 

T2-2P was just as bad with time outs, if not worse. I think the issue is with defense in T2, not with dominants.