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I voted.

Where is 2 of 3 an option that is utilized currently?

I think that might be in the tournament guide where it also lists other options that are never played like single or double elimination instead of swiss.

I voted for mulligan but that doesn't really excite me as an alternative, it is just a rule that should have been official years ago (like the first player doesn't draw rule). 
Getting rules for sideboarding, 2 of 3, or alternate formats are more interesting.

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I voted for one deck. A sideboard would be interesting, but I'm not sure if it could be practically implemented.

I voted.

I voted.

I voted!  Not only that, but I was the first vote!

Thus was answered the age-old question: Can one post "FIRST!" on the second page of a message board thread?

I did NOT vote, by the way, I'm more interested in the discussions about each of these that have erupted

I voted for one deck and would again.

I voted as well.

ok I would like to give my thoughts on most of the choices for voting

Banning/Limiting cards

does there really need to be banned cards?
yugioh is very well known for banning and limiting their cards, Magic on the other hand only limits theirs depending on which type of playing on Friday Night Magic your trying to play in. Redemption as far as I know is the ONLY game that doesn't have cards on a ban list, and in my mind, that's the way things need to be cause if we were to ban cards, then Redemption would just become like any other card game. now as far as limited goes, I think that should apply to type 2. but if we're talking of banning Samaritan water jar, then that would be the only exception I would have

Creating a card cycle

can someone please explain this part to me? I don't understand whatsoever

Implementing a mulligan rule

ok so there have been talks that there needs to be a mulligan rule, going back to magic, MTG does that, yugioh though doesn't, but in Redemption's case, I think there should be a mulligan rule, but have it to where you have to reshuffle your drawn souls and then redraw 8 cards

Using a best 2 of 3 system

this is what I voted and why is simply cause that would give me a chance to play more games, and to me that's a huge plus

Adding a deck sideboard

if I could vote more then one, I would have added this vote too.
going once again, back to magic and yugioh, they both have sideboards and I like the idea of having a sideboard cause it adds variety to the game and to one's strategy

Checking in only one deck

ok I must say about this; yes and no, I think this idea could be a pretty good one but one thing I think needs to happen for this is, the sideboard idea has to go along with checking in one deck so a player can make the changes they need, before and after every round.
I think there should be a test tournament variation when it comes to decks is either; 2 decks no sideboard or one deck with sideboard

Im not mentioning "leave things the way they are" because, in my personal opinion and I think this would apply to most people on the boards who play the game would agree with me on this part but, currently in the game's situation, things don't need to stay the same cause if some things don't change, then we won't see growth in the game and it will go any other direction but downward

I feel like cycling will be the way to go to keep the game fresh after cactus stops producing cards.
I voted.

Quote from: New Raven BR on March 25, 2015, 09:17:59 AM

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Creating a card cycle

can someone please explain this part to me? I don't understand whatsoever

A card cycle is like what Magic does for their primary categories: The only "valid" cards are ones from a subset of recent sets, something like from the last 2 years or whatever.

For Redemption that would mean something like all sets older than Priests are no longer tournament-legal. Or all sets older than Women, or older than G/H, something like that.

Also, in magic, that cycling only affects one of four formats of play, in magic you are referring to standard.  Modern includes cards through the 8th edition cards forward.  Also good to note, magic's standard and modern decks are buiilt card quantities the way type 2 decks are build up to four of any card in a 60 card deck (the number of cards in the deck is where this differs from our type 2), also they have one format called commander which is also still played where its a 100 card deck, and you can have no more than 1 of any cards per deck (this is more like type 1 except that there are more cards in this category, and this category doesn't preclude you from using cards based upon when they released. It only precludes you from using cards that are "banned" from play, not cycling.

Steven

The poll shows 13 people voted for not having 3 decks submitted in a tournament, so I would argue that either getting down to sideboard or 1 deck should also be a discussion, which one, who is for it, who is against it.