I know, you guys are all excited with TGT and the new cards. BUT, I think with the next tournament, we should change it up some.

We should do more like the cardstone challenges. Each stage of the tournament will feature different rules.

Example: group play could be standard conquest, because if we have 40+ people, it's hard to manage and get games played as it is.

First stage of brackets: bo3/5 -
deck 1: only has odd/even attack values
Deck 2: same thing but health values
Deck 3: attack/health values must equal even/odd value.

Next stage could be to only use cards that have a battlecry or uses battle cry. Mix in deathrattle instead.

Use only cards that have lightning bolts on them and triggers for it, etc.

It could keep things lively, so we're not seeing the same 8 decks.

Great idea/thread

Was going to make the next tourney single deck format (will explain that in another thread) but def would love a challengestone too

Just personal thoughts. I tend to think keeping it simple w/o all these types of rules is better.

IF you guys must have something to flavor your game, how about something like: All class cards and only common neutrals (or common and rare neutrals)?

Only cards from a certain expansion: classic prerrably

Only TGT cards, amirite

No Mages, Paladins, Hunters or Warriors.

8 groups of 4 in the group stages, you play a different person in your group each round (predetermined). All rounds are best of 5 conquest.

Round 1: Normal Rules.
Round 2: No spells (coin is ok)
Round 3: Minions must cost 4 or more crystals

Top 2 from each group move on to 16 person bracket (tiebreaker if 2 tied is winner of their match, if more least games lost)

Round of 16: Normal
Round of 8: Class cards only
Round of 4: No cards from the classic expansion
Finals: Best of 7 conquest. Normal.



actual rules vary etc, but i think it'd be cool to do a smallish challengestone type tourney. Maybe alternate between normal ones and that every few months or something.

I'd love to play single deck with sideboard.

I feel like the more constraints you put on a tourney the worse it will get. People here are smart enough to quickly exploit the new hierarchy that is created by limiting the available card library. You will end up seeing less variety than you would have by leaving deck creation completely unrestrained.

3v3 teams would be super fun

oooo this!

I'm def in for teams. That **** would be great.

The problem with a team league is it could be a scheduling nightmare getting all 6 online at the same time. Best bet is to pick a time slot for the games before any signups happen, like Tues-Thurs 8-11. A poll would probably be best to find which dates people want.

Hottest character tournament. We post pictures and vote until we have winner.

i like this

How about 1 class ban and 1 class your opponent picks for you.

Like if you had to bring 3 decks, your opponent bans 1 class, you get to pick 2, and the remaining class your opponent selects for you.

I dunno, just anything to increase the variety of decks/classes.

This severely punishes people who haven't dropped a bunch of money on the game who may only have 4-6 playable classes. Like, I can field solid decks in any class except Druid, but I own no copies of Force of Nature, Ancient of War or Ancient of Lore, so I would never play in such an event despite having 8 playable classes.

Plus, it increases the time before the game starts and makes it more difficult to schedule matches. We have a hard enough time just getting people who sign up to play their games. I don't want to imagine how long it would take for the 2 people contact each other... Do picks/bans, and then make a deck based on the opponents pick for you.

Sure, not all people are bad at this and getting games played. Every tournament, we'll have several groups being held up until x and y play.