In vacation in Japan so haven't been following much

See a lot of talk about I.D.

What is it, and why do some seem so upset about it

Thanks

Whole Top 8 of a regional just took advantage of the rule to be guaranteed Top 8.

Although 9th already had 2 losses and the Top 8 all were x-0 or x-1 so it does make a lot of sense.

Yet if they didn't, because 9th won his last game (even though it wouldn't matter), he would've been 6th due to MOV.

So yeah...

They essentially dicked over everyone who wasn't top 8 in the 5th round of swiss by doing it. Basically, it made playing the final round of swiss useless for everyone else. AKA: A **** move.

An intentional draw is a thing you can do where neither player plays, you get one victory point, zero MOV. you are not allowed to discuss it without a TO present.

The intent is that, say you are ranked first going into the final round. You may elect to draw, as your game likely would not affect the overall standings.

However, all 8 people of the top 8 just did it, effectively ending a regional a whole round early, and denying somewhere around a dozen people the chance to make the cut. The number 9th ranked player won his game, and would have been ranked 6th and made it into the single elimination rounds.

That the rules allow 8 people to effectively end a tournament early is insanity.

It just proved that Intentional draws are bull ****

Intentional draws should be like "sike!!!! You BOTH LOSE!!!!"

If I was in the top 8 and everyone else wanted to do that, I would either make my guy play or just drop. I don't want to be associated with something like that. Probably the drop.

So if top 8 dont play, everyone else still does dont they?

Then if the 9th player wins, wouldn't it be possible for him to bump someone else?

Sorry I don't quite get it

At a store championship I attended we did the top 4 cut.

I won the first St game

The last game was myself and a friend.

He already won a store championship from a few weeks earlier and I did beat him earlier that day.

I was also in top spot due to scoring, so is that kind if the same?

We decided since he already won we'd call it there

It was also getting late and we had a 2 hour drive ahead of us

What about the Tournament Rules under Unsporting Conduct?

"Collusion among players to manipulate scoring is expressly forbidden."

I really can't see how the top 8 could do this without collusion.

Sounds like the TO ****** up

An intentional draw is a thing you can do where neither player plays, you get one victory point, zero MOV. you are not allowed to discuss it without a TO present.

The intent is that, say you are ranked first going into the final round. You may elect to draw, as your game likely would not affect the overall standings.

However, all 8 people of the top 8 just did it, effectively ending a regional a whole round early, and denying somewhere around a dozen people the chance to make the cut. The number 9th ranked player won his game, and would have been ranked 6th and made it into the single elimination rounds.

That the rules allow 8 people to effectively end a tournament early is insanity.

The players ranked 9+ at that point could have avoided it by going x-0 or x-1 instead og x-2

The 8 players at the topspot earned their way there.

It´s not a **** move or against the rules to do the math and decide that at this point it makes sense to use the rule for ID if it garanties you a spot at the knockout rounds, while playing might risk your spot.

Given the most extreme abuse of this rule I can think of happened the first few times it went into practice FFG won't be unaware of it for long. Then they'll choose to either embrace it or they'll fix it.

For me, fixing the "You may still use the old Damage Deck"-Rule is more important.

Ban Paul and his cronies for collusion, black list the TO, then strike the rule.

Best case scenario