Do most stores use a timer during playoffs in a single elimination tournament? During our games day they were originally using a timer during the top 8. Because we were tied at time, the result would have been randomly determined by the program. Much unhappiness ensued and we ended up playing the third game anyway. I lost, but no problems there.
The question is, is this common? The owner has been told by Wizards that he can use a timer. Our normal fnm is round based on attendance, then payoffs based on record. Which is not an issue. But gameday plays to top for the mat. And they are having their first PPTQ next week, would this be normal or acceptable for that? I work there part time, and I want to have the events run both correctly and to have it be attractive to players. So what would be both normal to most players as well as most likely to attract and keep players.
Thanks, Mary
If you are tied for time in single elimination, then whoever has the most life wins.
If for some reason both players have the same life, then the game goes into sudden death, and the first player to lose life loses.
(relevant ruling: 2.3 End of Match Procedure)
"randomly win" is, as far as I know, 100% unacceptable. Trying to do something like that (like rolling dice to determine win) will get both players penalized for manipulating match results.
As for the timer question... I'm not sure I understand. Generally, all games have time limit (45 to 50 minutes on average), although top 8 sometimes gets a bit of leeway.
Are you talking about using a chess clock? I've never heard of any tournament using that kind of system outside of Magic Online, and I'm quite sure its not allowed for in the tournament rules.
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The store where I play uses an hour clock (vs. 50 minutes normally). They usually give unlimited time to the finals. It is just because they often have other events coming in later and don't have enough room for both events.
If you are playing at a normal pace that should be plenty of time.
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The question is, is this common? The owner has been told by Wizards that he can use a timer. Our normal fnm is round based on attendance, then payoffs based on record. Which is not an issue. But gameday plays to top for the mat. And they are having their first PPTQ next week, would this be normal or acceptable for that? I work there part time, and I want to have the events run both correctly and to have it be attractive to players. So what would be both normal to most players as well as most likely to attract and keep players.
Thanks, Mary
If for some reason both players have the same life, then the game goes into sudden death, and the first player to lose life loses.
(relevant ruling: 2.3 End of Match Procedure)
"randomly win" is, as far as I know, 100% unacceptable. Trying to do something like that (like rolling dice to determine win) will get both players penalized for manipulating match results.
As for the timer question... I'm not sure I understand. Generally, all games have time limit (45 to 50 minutes on average), although top 8 sometimes gets a bit of leeway.
"Sometimes, the situation is outracing a threat, sometimes it's ignoring it, and sometimes it involves sideboarding in 4x Hope//Pray." --Doug Linn
If you are playing at a normal pace that should be plenty of time.