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Old April 26th, 2021, 06:21 PM
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Re: Utah Monthlies 2021

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I think a simpler way to do it (and essentially get the same result) would be just to have the opponents choose the 1 army (of the 3) that their opponent could NOT use. otherwise, it was a pretty interesting format that forced some really interesting army building and matchups.
Sir H and I were discussing this at the tournament, and I think this would be a good way to do it, if we ever re-use the format. Overall, I didn't notice anyone having trouble past the very start. I thought it was pretty fun.
In the event that you bring something to a tournament that isn’t suitable for lack of knowledge of the format rules, it can make the game time less than enjoyable. Since having fun is really all I care about when it comes to these things, I’d rather hit the mark when building my armies.
I think understand what you mean. We want to have a variety of different formats to keep things fresh each month, so that no one looses interest. On the other hand, formats such as Protect the Crystal, have burned people before, who didn't realize that your opponent doesn't actually have to fight your army, if they can just kill your crystal before you can stop them. We expect everyone to read the rules of the format, and ask questions if something isn't clear, or confuses them, but some aspects of a format won't become apparent until you actually start playing. For that very reason, we also understand that we need to make sure we aren't doing anything too complex. There does need to be a line drawn somewhere, and we probably walked that line with this last format. We could have made things clearer, and if we ever use it again, we will make sure to spell things out better. I have brought this up internally, and We (the monthly staff) are discussing this privately to make sure we don't ever cross that line.
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