As in the previous editions there are two main events, independent of each other, and both together will determine the Ruby Champion.
The Metagame implications go to the final ranking of the Ruby Champion candidates not on one of the two tournaments!
Saturday:
Tournament 1: Ruby champion qualifier – Selection of candidates
40/40 Celestial
UPDATE
IG3 is legal – we hope to have some at the ToRC; if you want to play an IC3 card that you don’t have, you may play with a laser copy under 2 conditions 1) it must be of good quality and all text legible 2) you must announce it on the decklist
Empire at War – NOT legal
Swiss and tops dependent on the number of participants.
From 10h30 - 23h00
After swiss rounds are finished, various side events will be proposed:
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Sunday: Test of the Ruby Champion – Brilliance, court politics, favours, influence and pulling strings
Tournament 2 (for all ): 40/40 Celestial (legality of IC3 identical to the conditions on saturday) – All (open) strongholds from legal factions are allowed; that is factions in the current environment. (a list can be found on the FAQ).
From 9h00-18h00
Ideally 18h00-18h30 prize ceremony
ToRC has a tradition of being a different and innovative tournament, and we’ll stay in that line
* Note I was under the impression that Empire at War was released at GenCon, this not being the case, I can’t confirm its legality before a release date is known – sorry for any confusion my original post may have created.
Determination of the Ruby Champion
Ruby champion qualifier – Selection of candidates
That’s the easy part:
At the beginning of the tournament each player is given a choice pf personalities, of his faction, one of which he/she represents (a list will be supplied before the event)
The Top of each Clan on this tournament are candidates t0 becoming the 10th Ruby Champion!
Test of the Ruby Champion – Brilliance, court politics, favors, influence and pulling strings
The complicated part:
First explanation in brief (no maths involved):
Ruby champion will be one of the candidates with a good overall score (both tournaments) and who gains additional support from his/her supporters, therefore Brilliance, court politics, favors, influence and pulling strings
Second explanation (maths involved):
Influence points are collected amongst the candidates in order to determine who amongst the chosen is going to be the 10th Ruby Champion
Each candidate has a starting value depending on the performance of Day 1.
Each victory = 10 points (including swiss + tops)
In addition their performance on Day 2 will be added (and losses are deducted).
If a candidate plays the same deck, the value of a victory is 10, the value of a loss is 5.
If a candidate plays a different deck the value of a victory is 12 the value of a loss is 6
Court politics, favors and influence:
All other participants can support any one of the candidates (regardless of clan etc.).
(In case they don’t want to choose whom to support, they will be added to the winner of the day 1 event)
For each round, the all supporters together add an influence value between 0 and 10 to each of their candidates (swiss rounds and tops).
The influence value is calculated as follows:
Number of wins x 10 / (number of supporters – x – y)
(x = 0 if 0-5 supporters,
x = 1 if 6-10 supporters,
x = 2 if 11-15,
x = 3 if >15)
(y= number of games amongst players that support the same candidate)
Influence value is always rounded down to the next full number.
Examples:
Round1 Crane has 8 supporters, 6 of them win, this adds 6×10 / (8-1) = 8.57 = 8 points
Round2 Crane 2 wins, this adds 2×10/ (8-1) = 2.85 = 2 points
Round1 Unicorn has 3 supporters, 1 of them wins, this add 1×10 / 3 = 3 points
Round2 Unicorn 3 wins, this adds 3×10/3 = 10 points
Round2 Scorpion has 13 supporters, 9 of them win, this adds 90×10 / (13-2) = 8.18 = 8 points
Round2 Scorpion 2 matches are same supporters, 8 total wins, this adds 8×10 / (13-2-2) = 8.88 = 8 points
Round3 Scorpion 3 matches are same supporters, 9 total wins (out of 10 possible), this adds 9×10 / (13-2-3)= 11,25 = 10 points (max.)
The scores are calculated and published during the rounds that follow.
At the end of the event the title of Ruby Champion is awarded to the player with the highest influence score based on the Sunday event.
In case of a tie, the player with most supporting players gets the title.
Capice?
Kakita Kasukaru
4 August 201013:28
How do you determine how the decks are different? Here are a couple of examples reflecting my question:
* different Clan
* same deck but a couple of cards change
* similar decks but 1 military oriented and the other honor
* completely different decks (one scout one duelist).
phantasiespiller
4 August 201017:40
very good points!
Most of the time it is easy to draw a clear distinction between same and different decks. So I don’t worry about these …
First I count on the player’s sense of fair-play by announcing the same or a different deck (in essence).
As such the decks in question will be checked by the TO team and there should be an obvious difference between the deck of day 1 and day 2. Change of clan is an option, but not necessary. The winning strategy of the deck does not necessarily have to be changed (honor, military) but the way this strategy is implemented should definitely change (duels, items, followers, etc.).
Replacing a couple of cards with similar cards will not be considered as a deck change …
Since there are only a few players concerned, we will be looking at the situation as it is on Sunday and see case by case with the concerned player. It should be clear though that a new, different deck can be used, and might prove beneficial towards the race to the title.
Tom
Medalliah
10 August 201022:37
Hello, i’m very much looking foward to this event! However on the subject of deck changing, i wish to ask a few questions myself (Not just on decks mind you!).
1) How much of the deck has to change for it to be considered different? Example-i have two different Scorpion limited dishonour decks. One has battle actions and defends a little, the other runs ninja and shugenja and doesn’t go near battle. Is this considered diffeent?. (Another example would be Crab Hero dueling and Crab hero non-dueling or Mantis big follower and Mantis follower swarm.)
2) Can you change who you support between games/tournaments? Or is it once you’ve picked/not picked and been given to the guy who finishes first are you locked in?
3) What strongholds will Ronin be allowed to pick from? Will they only have Palace of the Breaking Dawn or could they pick any unaligned stronghold? (Nanashi Mura/Lost Traveller Castle/War Camp of the Yodotai lol
?)
Thanks in Advanced!
phantasiespiller
10 August 201023:37
Hi,
1) as stated earlier, the TO team will check with the candidates on a one-by-one basis whether they play a different deck on day 2 to day 1. As such the mechanics and combos should be different, even if the overall strategy (winning condition) is the same. The way you describe it should be ok.
Also as noted on the ryoko-owari forum, you can also play a different clan from day 1 to day 2. So if you qualified as top Crane, and want to play Shiro Matsu on Sunday, you will still be considered as Crane candidate.
2) Befiore R1 on Sunday, all candidates are introduced and presented. By the end of R1 every player can decide whom they support;that choice is final then.
3) A list of strongholds will be provided soon … on a sidenote, Nanishi Mura was a draft SH, never legal in constructed … (if I recall that right)
Tom