2 words: 悲剧
died in swiss.
match 1: OXX
vs lightlord
match 2: OO
vs gladiator beast
match 3: OXO
vs burn
match 4: XOX (time out)
vs lightlord
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so much talk about the organisers and judges, i should start with myself.
if i win all my matches, there's nothing organisers or judges can do to stop me from claiming the championship. unless by finding faults to DQ me, or do what they did yesterday by conducting less than required swiss rounds.
but well, i feel i don't deserve to win. although i can push it to lucklords, but the 2 that i met in swiss are no better than those lightlords i meet every week.
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lets go to the things that should not happen yesterday:
1. deck check
when i submit my deck list for deck check, it's only done by scanning if i've illegal cards in deck. but not comparing if it matches what i write on the list. although this 'shortcut' method is practiced in other countries. remember charles easton's world qualifier this year?
2. format
with 150+ players, a 5 round swiss before a top 16 single elimination format. the number of swiss round should be decided on number of players, hence only 1 player will have a full score. but this is not followed everytime, and the best excuse i can think for them is restriction of venue. basically it's the organiser booked a place in smu to host this tournament but it's not huge enough to hold 150+ players to play a swiss round in a single wave. so the time used will be doubled as there're 2 waves for 1 swiss round. and the time is also restricted, lights will be off in smu after a certain timing. this can be improved by getting a bigger venue (money problem) or make it a 2 days event (money problem) so the best way is make it a single elimination from the start, but probably some people will feel they pay $10 entry fee to lose 1st round and go home. which discourage some players, hence less income for organisers.
P.S. there's more to format in later of the day which will be mention at the bottom
3. judges
the judges are not capable to solve basic ruling problems during gameplay, and of course more problem with metagame deck cards' ruling. and worse, 'house rule' is being posted online. when a judge has came to a decision on a ruling conflict between players, it's not final. as the player who is in disadvantage just carries on arguing with the judge, the decison is changed then again. i also see judges play in the tournament as player, unacceptable.
4. specific cards being 'unbanned' in format
raiou, gorz and sarcophagus are specifically named weeks before the tournament that they can be used. when qualifier within the country is concerned, the format is played according to the country respectively. e.g. japan allows duel terminal exclusives. USA allows TCG exclusives. so singapore should be played under asian format, which means that 3 cards can't be used. and if cards are to be unbanned, it should be named by the source. e.g. valuable book exclusives. and not just unbanned because the judges/organisers just like it. and the news is not being spread officially but just within the small community, and i'm sure there're players who didn't know about it.
5. pairing in swiss rounds
a computer program (mantis) is used for pairing in swiss, however clear manual conspiracy is being done.
- players should never meet the same opponent within swiss, jeryl and sam were paired up again.
- more than 1 player is paired down. just swiss round 2 alone, there're 3 pair down matches.
- in swiss round 2, someone with 1 win from round 1 is given a bye.
- akira is recorded as 1 win, when he had 2. but organisers proceed with pairings, which means he's paired down.
6. crowd control and time control
when basic tournament management i mentioned above can't be meant, i doubt crowd and time control will be in radar. spectators were too closed to players, this can still be accepted. but time for each match is not kept constant for all rounds, 1 round has 30min and the other has 40min. and when time is called, it's not announced to all players.
7. change of format during tournament
when it's supposed to be 5 round swiss with top 16 single elimination, it's last minute changed to 4 round swiss with top 8 single elimination. when i mention above that there will be more than 1 player with all wins if the number of swiss round is not sufficient, which is unfair. now with 4 round swiss and top 8 cut point, there're players with all wins don't make it to top 8 still. bravo~
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