From:	Phil Jaros <chakan@****.PYROTECHNICS.COM>
Subject:	Re: Tourney Format Possibility???
Date:	Wed, 4 Mar 1998 03:59:23 -0600

Dennis wrote:

>Each player plays one deck, and lest just say there are 8 players. Each
>player plays one opponent (one on one play prevents friends from teaming up)
>and a 60 min round time limit will be inforced. The object is to get as most
>reputation in the time limit before your opponent to a total of 75 (75 minimum
>to win). If you reach 75 before your opponent, and before the time limit
>expires, you get a Full win, 2 points, and a Total Rep. modifier of your
>finishing rep #. The opponent would get a Full Loss, with a rep total of the
>amount he had when his/her opponent won. If the time limit expires, the
>active player finishes his/her turn, and the two rep totals are compared.
>Each player would get one match point, and a rep total of the amount of rep
>they finished with.

I like this format better then the rules FASA put out a couple of months
ago. It prevents people from making decks that simply try to go for a
Runner laiden deck that tries to gain a bunch of Rep and neglects mounting
a defence.

The only problem is that it really isn't a viable format for a large scale
tournament...

>Sample 4 round tourney (8 players). For example, round
>one ended like this

<example deleted to save space and to delete the fact that someone named
Phil came in last...>


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