From:	hansen <hansen@********.COM.SG>
Subject:	Re: [FASA] Tourney Rules (repost)
Date:	Tue, 28 Apr 1998 14:11:48 +0800

>>Personally, for any card game, I think Sealed Deck is really the way to
go,
>>even for Magic, which it is much harder due to the 5 Color scheme of the
>>game... With SRTCG, there are very few totally unusable cards,
>>considering. Plus, this solves a few of those nagging problems that pop
up
>>with Prebuilt Decks (Trolls and Urban Brawls/Bug Hunts come to mind...)
>>that will invariably have people whining :]
>
>I love sealed deck, but I think it's problematic to try to have a Sealed
>Deck tourney at a major con. Why? Because when you get a group of good
>players together, whoever gets the best deck will win. It's not the guy
>who pulls Lord Torgo as his rare. It's the guy who pulls 2 Stompers, 2
>Katanas, 2 Hand Razors and a Stiletto. Certain cards become INCREDIBLY
>powerful in sealed deck - in Magic, it tends to be that if one person gets
>a bunch of fliers to attack, and direct damage to remove your opponent's
>fliers, they win. In this, it could be the person who gets 3 or 4 useful
>guys, 3 good gear cards, and some removal cards (GAQ, WGC, Bad Rep) that
>runs away with it, even if other players are better.

>
>Jon Palmer

Well as in shadoweun.. luck to those who run the shadows......