C3V/SoV GenCon Tournament 2015 -- Cut the Cake!

[caps]

Really curious if Rÿchean joined in or not.

Hopefully I'll be there next year.

[MegaSilver]

Originally Posted by capsocrates

Really curious if Rÿchean joined in or not.

Hopefully I'll be there next year.

Rÿchean did not play. Neither did Hendal.

I had a lot of fun with Cut the Cake, as I have every time I played it. I'm considering doing it again next year. We'll see.

One game was Vark Wolves vs. Vark Wolves, which I barely won by taking out only Manuavi.

[Dad_Scaper]

It is a complex format. I don't know what we're doing next year, or even if we're going to GC. But I know we are less likely to participate in a tournament with the Cut the Cake format.

When you pick a format that you need a paragraph to explain, instead of a sentence, you are discouraging some people from participating. You may be encouraging others, but know that there is a tradeoff.

[Kinseth]

Originally Posted by Dad_Scaper

It is a complex format. I don't know what we're doing next year, or even if we're going to GC. But I know we are less likely to participate in a tournament with the Cut the Cake format.

When you pick a format that you need a paragraph to explain, instead of a sentence, you are discouraging some people from participating. You may be encouraging others, but know that there is a tradeoff.

Perhaps it needs to be simplified more?

Pick 2 Armies of the 4 that will be played, and i'll take what army I want. Or you can defer, and i'll pick the 2 armies that will be played, and you take what you want?

[Dad_Scaper]

Not my tournament. I've said all I have to say about it. If people want to play Cut the Cake, and it's guys who know enough to find out about that tournament, it may even be the perfect place for it.

I bow out of the discussion. Carry on.

[MegaSilver]

I just copied and pasted the rules from the online event. The format is simple. One person decides the two armies to be played that game, and the other person picks which one of those armies they will play with.

[vegietarian18]

Especially after the in person event I have to say that I too am much less likely to play if Cut the Cake is the format. Online you at least have time to think through the potential matchups, but in person people just kind of choose whatever. Normal Take 2 is fine but even then I'd rather just see a bring and play one army, C3V allowed, especially since the event is casual anyway.

[Dysole]

I don't really care. I enjoyed the format (although I was brain tired about halfway through and dropped after Round 3 because that's the first time I've played 12 games of Scape in one day) and I made my decisions fairly quickly (a couple of them were poor decisions but I blame that on my brain not functioning properly). I am the kind of person who doesn't really care too much about the format (although I have preferences) but likes making armies.

~Dysole, who thinks the concept is simple but the actual text could fill up a lot although that tends to be true the more you stray from bring 1

[dok]

I'm pretty sure that changing the format from cut the cake, to regular take two, to prebuilt, to alternating Reverse the Whip, or whatever, would not change the total numbers playing by more than 1 or 2 in either direction. I suspect the very same is true of the championship, for what it's worth.

[WOOKIE]

I went 3-1. I ran
Raelin, Isamu, Capt. V. & 8xPathfinders
Hornwrangler, 3xShieldsmiths & B-11

One of my favorite events. We need to run this event next year during an earlier time. More people will show.

[MegaSilver]

Originally Posted by WOOKIE

I went 3-1. I ran
Raelin, Isamu, Capt. V. & 8xPathfinders
Hornwrangler, 3xShieldsmiths & B-11

One of my favorite events. We need to run this event next year during an earlier time. More people will show.

Awesome to hear! I would love to run this event at an earlier time, but I'm locked into whenever they have Open Play.

[WOOKIE]

Originally Posted by MegaSilver

Awesome to hear! I would love to run this event at an earlier time, but I'm locked into whenever they have Open Play.

Maybe Thursday. Switch things around a little.

Thoughts??