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2010-08-01

Doors Open: 10:30 a.m.
Pastimes
8502 W Golf Rd
Niles, Illinois

Printable version
2HG

Main Event

 

2 Headed Giant

2 Headed Giant Standard Constructed First Place wins free Entry to GenCon!

Registration: 10:30 a.m.

Start Time: 11:00 a.m.

Entrance fee: $25 Per team

Format: 2HG Constructed - Standard (M11)

Notes: For this tournament, the following card is banned: Serra Ascendant

Format Description: Each player's constructed decks must contain a minimum of sixty cards. Players may not use sideboards, and cards which retrieve a card "from outside the game" cannot find anything.

2HG Constructed uses the Unified Deck Construction Rules. With the exception of basic land cards, a team's combined decks may not contain more than four of any individual card, counted by its english card title equivalent. All cards named Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest are basic.

The following card sets are permitted in this Standard tournament:
Magic 2011 (M11), Zendikar, Worldwake, Rise of the Eldrazi and Scars of Mirrodin.

Structure: Swiss

Structure Description: Most of Pastimes tournaments utilize a system of pairing called "Swiss".

The principle of a Swiss tournament is that each player will be pitted against another player who has done as well (or as poorly) as him or herself.

The first round is either drawn at random or seeded according to rating. Players who win receive a point, those who draw receive half a point and losers receive no points. Win, lose, or draw, all players proceed to the next round where winners are pitted against winners, losers are pitted against losers, and so on. In subsequent rounds, players face opponents with the same (or almost the same) score. No player is paired up against the same opponent twice however.

Here is a summary of the modified swiss pairing system:

* Round one : All players are paired randomly.
* Round two: the winners of round one will play each other, the losers of round one will play each other
* Round three: the players with 0-2 records play each other, likewise with the 1-1s, and the 2-0s.
* Round four: the 0-3s play each other, as do the 2-1s, the 1-2s, and the 3-0s.

Sometimes, however, it is not possible to pair players with exactly the same records (due to drops or draws), so you may be "paired" up or down a record.

After an amount of rounds set at the beginning of the tournament (based on the number of players), the player with the best record wins.

Number of Swiss Rounds to be played. There is a fairly set standard for the number of Swiss Rounds in an event based on the number of participants:

Attendance Number of Swiss rounds
Attendance = 9-16 Swiss Rounds = 4
Attendance = 17 - 32 Swiss Rounds = 5
Attendance = 33 - 64 Swiss Rounds = 6
Attendance = 65 - 128 Swiss Rounds = 7
Attendance = 129 - 226 Swiss Rounds = 8
Attendance = 227 - 409 Swiss Rounds = 9
Attendance = 410 or higher Swiss Rounds = 10


Prizes: First Place 2 4 day Passes to Gen Con! 2nd-8th Booster Packs of M11

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