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Quick GPT Question

June 22, 2013 06:48:53 PM

Bret Siakel
Judge (Level 1 (Judge Academy))

USA - Pacific Northwest

Quick GPT Question

Exactly 8 players.

3 rounds of swiss cut to top 4?

I've never had exactly 8 players… I just want to be sure.

June 22, 2013 06:51:17 PM

David Záleský
Judge (Uncertified)

Europe - Central

Quick GPT Question

No, 3 rounds of single elimination. Or, to put it differently, 0 rounds and
cut to top8.


2013/6/22 Bret Siakel <forum-4733-8ee2@apps.magicjudges.org>

June 22, 2013 06:54:22 PM

Bret Siakel
Judge (Level 1 (Judge Academy))

USA - Pacific Northwest

Quick GPT Question

That was the other choice I had in my head. Thanks.

June 22, 2013 07:02:52 PM

Jim Shuman
Judge (Level 2 (Judge Academy)), Scorekeeper, Tournament Organizer

USA - Southwest

Quick GPT Question

Originally posted by Bret Siakel:

That was the other choice I had in my head. Thanks.

FYI 3 rounds swiss no cut is the same as single elimination and lets all players get good value for their entry.

June 22, 2013 07:15:10 PM

Jan Brinkmann
Judge (Uncertified), Scorekeeper

German-speaking countries

Quick GPT Question

Originally posted by Jim Shuman:

Bret Siakel
That was the other choice I had in my head. Thanks.

FYI 3 rounds swiss no cut is the same as single elimination
Actually not, since in swiss a match may end as a draw due to the time limit.

More information can be found here: http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Events.aspx?x=grandprix/welcome Just a click on the “Info” link in the very right column of the corresponding GPs row.

June 22, 2013 08:02:13 PM

Emilien Wild
Forum Moderator
Judge (Level 3 (International Judge Program))

BeNeLux

Quick GPT Question

If you feel that your players may be disappointed by the fact that the event is directly be single elimination and want to provide good customer service, you can propose to those who get eliminated to still give them handmade pairings so they can still play 3 rounds.
Just make clear that for any purpose they are not part of the official event anymore and are just playing for fun.

June 22, 2013 08:12:23 PM

David Larrea
Judge (Level 5 (International Judge Program)), Scorekeeper

Iberia

Quick GPT Question

You can find more information about GPT on each GP web at wizards.com
There you will see the number of rounds and playoff based on the number of players and if it's sealed/constructed.

For example, for Grand Prix Miami you must look at this url:
http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/events.aspx?x=mtg/event/grandprix/Miami13/trials



El 22/06/2013, a las 20:03, Emilien Wild<forum-4733-a174@apps.magicjudges.org> escribió:

June 22, 2013 08:51:30 PM

Philip Böhm
Judge (Uncertified), Tournament Organizer

German-speaking countries

Quick GPT Question

An overview for the GPT fact sheets of each GP: http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Events.aspx?x=grandprix/welcome