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Re: The Playgroup Category
« Reply #25 on: July 15, 2012, 08:54:20 PM »
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It might be cool if the three were a T1-2P, T2-2P and TEAMS.  That way a playgroup would get plusses to demonstrate versatility.
That wouldn't really be practical to do at Nats though. Also, many groups probably won't have T2 decks.
I don't understand your first comment.  If you have time to play three T1-2P games, why wouldn't you have time to play one T1-2P game, one T2-2P game, and one TEAMS game?

You do know that T1-2P games tend to be much shorter than T2-anything or Teams, right?
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Re: The Playgroup Category
« Reply #26 on: July 15, 2012, 08:55:32 PM »
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It might be cool if the three were a T1-2P, T2-2P and TEAMS.  That way a playgroup would get plusses to demonstrate versatility.
That wouldn't really be practical to do at Nats though. Also, many groups probably won't have T2 decks.
I don't understand your first comment.  If you have time to play three T1-2P games, why wouldn't you have time to play one T1-2P game, one T2-2P game, and one TEAMS game?
Because three Simultaneous T1-2P games will be done faster than one T2 game, as a general rule. I like the idea (thinking of you guys in the cities--uncontested best T2 group around), but for the first time it might be best to limit it to T1.

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Re: The Playgroup Category
« Reply #27 on: July 15, 2012, 09:54:10 PM »
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Our playgroup does NOT have anyone to compete in T2, so if we did go that route, we'd have to be limited to Playgroup Type-A :)

As for the number of players if all the games between 2 playgroups are simultaneous, then the number of players representing each playgroup wouldn't affect the time per round.  I would like 4 or 5 players rather than just 3 if possible.  It would make the event more of a "playgroup" event rather than just a few pals who play together sometime.  And I'm guessing there will be at least 8 "playgroups" that will have at least 5 players at Nats.  (TN, KY, OH, MN1, MN2, John M.'s, Roy's, and probably somewhere else).

As for KY being "southern OH", I think for this event it would actually work better to split, since we'll probably both be well represented, and it would help the event to have more "playgroups".  But thanks for the invite :)

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Re: The Playgroup Category
« Reply #28 on: July 15, 2012, 09:56:43 PM »
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I'm pretty excited for this :)

I get to pick which MN playgroup I'm a part of right? I've attended just as many Twin Cities tourneys as I have Rochester ones.
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Re: The Playgroup Category
« Reply #29 on: July 15, 2012, 10:07:07 PM »
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I'm pretty excited for this :)

I get to pick which MN playgroup I'm a part of right? I've attended just as many Twin Cities tourneys as I have Rochester ones.
Technically, yes...

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Re: The Playgroup Category
« Reply #30 on: July 15, 2012, 10:14:34 PM »
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Can we have multiple entrants for a single playgroup?  Even if we ignore nominal possibilities such as RDT, Wild Bill's playgroup had like six or seven different players who placed at Nationals last year.

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Re: The Playgroup Category
« Reply #31 on: July 15, 2012, 10:19:44 PM »
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Can we have multiple entrants for a single playgroup?  Even if we ignore nominal possibilities such as RDT, Wild Bill's playgroup had like six or seven different players who placed at Nationals last year.
I'm definitely okay with this, and it could be an alternative for Prof U's playgroup as well. You will have to choose how to divide yourselves though.

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Re: The Playgroup Category
« Reply #32 on: July 15, 2012, 10:32:45 PM »
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Yeah - Go with 3 man groups.

That way GA group can roll.

We can have MNTC A, and MNTC B.

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Re: The Playgroup Category
« Reply #33 on: July 16, 2012, 12:01:36 AM »
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GA may be slightly weak if I can't convince tyler to compete lol.
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Re: The Playgroup Category
« Reply #34 on: July 16, 2012, 02:37:32 AM »
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Wild Bill's playgroup had like six or seven different players who placed at Nationals last year.
All the more reason for them to be in a single group.  Make some room for other playgroups to place too.  The event really won't end up being very interesting if the top 3 spots end up being MN1, MN2, and MN3.

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Re: The Playgroup Category
« Reply #35 on: July 16, 2012, 07:25:57 AM »
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Wild Bill's playgroup had like six or seven different players who placed at Nationals last year.
All the more reason for them to be in a single group.  Make some room for other playgroups to place too.  The event really won't end up being very interesting if the top 3 spots end up being MN1, MN2, and MN3.
I can understand that. Maybe all y'all could allow injury substitutions between rounds and the Captain of the playgroup could vary the team membership as rounds progress?

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« Reply #36 on: July 16, 2012, 06:04:57 PM »
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You could also do it as in elimination format and let RDT all kill every other playgroup.

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Re: The Playgroup Category
« Reply #37 on: July 16, 2012, 10:15:29 PM »
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As for KY being "southern OH", I think for this event it would actually work better to split, since we'll probably both be well represented, and it would help the event to have more "playgroups".  But thanks for the invite :)

You're welcome sir, and I completely agree with you. Our playgroup is upwards of 12-15 at this point when they all show up.

 


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