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2009-06-27

Doors Open: 10:00 a.m.
Polk County Convention Center
501 Grand Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa 50309

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Pastimes is happy to announce that Yu-Gi-Oh! Regional Qualifying tournaments are back!

Regionals are back - and there are many changes.

Everyone who plays will receive 5 booster packs - just for playing!!

Main Event

 

Yu-Gi-Oh! Regional Tournament

Registration: 10:00 a.m.

Start Time: 11:00 a.m.

Entrance fee: $20

Format: Constructed - Advanced

Format Description: Yu-Gi-Oh! Constructed Deck

The Deck used for dueling in a Constructed - Advanced Format event must contain a minimum of 40 cards and a maximum of 60 cards. Also, this deck must follow the Forbidden and Limited Card list that can be found at http://www.yugioh-card.com/en/rulebook/

In addition to your dueling Deck, you can also have 15 additional cards in a separate pile known as the Side Deck. The Side Deck allows you to modify your Deck to better suit your strategy during a Match. Between Duels, you can exchange any card from your Side Deck with any card in your Deck - as long as you end up with the same number of cards that your Deck began the Match with. The Side Deck you create must contain exactly 15 cards at the beginning of a Match. In other words, if you don't have enough cards to create a 15 card Side Deck, you cannot use one at all. In any Match, the Deck and Side Deck combined cannot contain more than 3 copies of the same card. Also, be aware of Forbidden and Limited Cards.

The Extra Deck, which contains your Fusion and Synchro Monsters, can have anywhere from 0 up to 15 cards and is also subject to the Forbidden List.

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: Top 4 $25 Dollar Gift Card to Best Buy
Top 8 Regional Playmat
Top 32 invites to US Nationals
Also Booster Pack Prizes Based on Participation!

Side Events

 

8 man side event

Description: Advanced format constructed

Notes: When we get 8

Entrance fee: $8

Format: Constructed

Format Description: Yu-Gi-Oh! Constructed Deck

Structure: Single Elmination

Structure Description: ygo single elimination

Prizes: 1st Place 2 boosters
2nd Place 1 Booster

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