Easy Gaming Group in collaberation with Comic Con Africa and The GeekHome proudly present:
Magic: The Gathering Arena championships 2020
A 4 day, 5 tournament series starting 24th September and ending 27th September.
24th September: New comer main event
24th September: Historic main event
25th September: Draft Side event
26th September: Standard main event
27th September: Standard main event single elim
27th September: Brawl Side event
Sponsors:
- Rabid Gnoll Gaming
- Dungeons & Magic
- Unplug Yourself
- Comic Con Africa
- Vain Venom Ink
- Luckshack
- Protea Gaming
- Tournament rules enforcement - Competitive REL (as recommended by WotC Tournament rule policy)
Extract from WotC Tournament rules policy: “Competitive tournaments are usually those with significant cash prizes or invitations awarded to Professional tournaments. Players are expected to know the game’s rules and be familiar with the policies and procedures, but unintentional errors are not punished severely. These are tournaments that protect the interests of all players by providing tournament integrity while also recognizing that not all players are intimately familiar with Professional-level tournament structure, proper procedures, and rules. Infractions in these tournaments are covered by the Magic Infraction Procedure Guide, located at http://wpn.wizards.com/document/magic-infractionprocedure-guide”
It is to be noted that most of comprehensive ‘in game’ rules are governed and controlled by the MtG Arena interface itself. In order to maintain the spirit by which these events are intended to be played, specific focus will be placed on the elements outside the scope of MtG Arena as well as situations that may arise specifically due to the nature of the medium being used to play Magic the Gathering.
NB! Should any player be unsure or feel something untoward has happened during a game they are currently, please do not hesitate to contact the event team immediately to investigate so that a fair judgement can be made for all players concerned. Adam Prevo’st, Crispin Stopforth and Anchen Lin (T.O) will be in all Sub groups aswel as Judge group and Discord (where participants in question will be invited to, to resolve the matter)
- Traditional best of 3 standard format to be played on MtG Arena platform.
a. Players are to make use of the Tournament Mode provided in the MtG Arena platform to play their matches against their tournament opponents.
b. Pairings are given via player controller, participants to arrange this way
c. Result reporting is to be made from both participants within player controller, accurately
d. With regards to disconnection, please provide your opponent with a 5 minute window to re-connect, If Arena allows (Arena is buggy at times). If opponent cannot re-connect within that time frame, restart match, concede first game and go to sideboard.
e. Featured matches will be chosen at random, participants chosen will be rquired to report to discord for streaming
f. Take note of your timer in the bottom left corner in game, if you time out, win awarded to opponent this way.
g. Judge rulings will be made through Gerhard Krause
h. Warnings, an accumulation of 3 warnings will result in automatic disqualification.
i. Disconnection in game, photographic/recorded evidence will be required from participant in question.
j. New pairing every hour on the hour
k. 50 minutes per round
l. Cut to be played in Challenge Mode, highest seed taking coin flip
Decklists to be submitted via player controller (no later than 23rd September 10pm
a. Decklists will be available per pairing via player controller
Ettiquette expectations.
a. Keep in mind, we are all from different walks of life, with different religious backgrounds. Be kind
b. Keep language use friendly within the WhatsApp sub groups, WhatsApp main group, Discord channel aswell as Facebook Group.
Discord is available for featured matches, when chosen, you will be required to deafen yourself.
Precon decks will be supplied for New-comer main event
Swiss
50 minutes per round
New pairing every hour
Cut to top 8 Single elimination
Highest seed in swiss gets coin flip
1st: R500 cash, winner playmat, Crystal "Loxie" trophy, 2x Comic Con Africa VIP passes for CCA 2021, 1/2 Box M21. 3x premium promo packs
2nd: R350 cash. top 4 playmat, 1x premium promo pack
3rd: R250 cash, top 4 playmat, 3x promo pack
4th: R150 cash, top 4 playmat, 2x promo pack
5th - 8th: 2x M21 boosters
9th - 14th: 1x M21 booster
Prize pool accurate to 14 players