Hello and welcome to the qualifier event for the 2018 World Cup! Now, quite a few of you have already qualified thanks to winning a major vassal tournament over the last year (or the 2017 World Championship). In addition, all the previous winners of the World Cup get automatic entry (though I doubt @clontroper5 will be showing up this year) and the top 4 from the previous year's World Cup get automatic entry.
But a lot of you don't have your ticket punched already to this prestigious online event with literally no prize support other than glory and possibly a new archetype of list named in your honor. That is where the World Cup Qualifier Event comes into play!
How Do I Sign Up?
Easy, post below that you are signing up. Now wasn't that easy?
Where Do I Send My List?
You don't! You can change up your list all you want, and play whoever you want. Everything is very open ended. If you play someone in Vassal who is also signed up for the event, or already qualified, it counts as a qualifier game! You don't even have to schedule it in advance, though I'd suggest doing so anyway.
How Do I Qualify?
Well, the basic way to qualify is to earn an average of 7 points per game over at least 3 games. We're calling this method of qualification Fly Fast - Win Big. Simply put, play 3 games, earn 21 points, and you earn a Blackjack Award and the qualification slot. Well, I know you're wondering what if you get blown out your first game, should you even bother? Well, if you play 4 games, you earn a Mulligan to spend on one of your games, so you only count your best 3! If you play 5 games, you only need to score 28 points over your 4 best games. That was my score at US Nationals over 5 rounds, so you should be able to manage that. If you have to mulligan, you get the Mulligan's Island Award and the same qualification slot the Blackjackers get. Neither one is a physical award.
Slots will be awarded until we have 32 qualified players, or until December 18th, whichever comes first. Prior to starting, we have 14 qualified players (well, 13 and whoever wins the Autumn Vassal Tournament), so that leaves 18 slots open first come, first serve. There are other ways to earn your slot as well...
What Other Ways Can I Qualify?
Well, you could also play 6 games over 6 weeks. I mean, I'm not going to be super strict about 1 game per week, but don't like play a game a day or something. No matter what your score, that amount of dedication proves you got what it takes to
be a warm body
Just Have Fun
in one of the PODs, and play all 3 of your games, and earns you a
Spirit of Competition Award
. It's like a trophy, but not a physical one. More like a Playstation trophy. You've got until December 18th to get 6 games in, that seems reasonable.
The other way you can qualify is not for the faint of heart. During the event, Bounties will be posted. The first participant to claim a bounty gets a Bounty Hunter's Award and qualifies. Again, not a physical award. Be warned! Bounties are dangerous to collect at the best of times, and your skills will definitely be put to the test if you try to claim one. Bounty games count as qualifier games, and losing one can tank your qualifier score! But imagine the glory of collecting one.
Are Spoiled Cards Legal?
Is it in Vassal? It's legal. If your opponent doesn't want you playing with Thrawn yet, find a different opponent. Hopefully they spoil more MC-75 soon.
When Does This Event Start?
Now. Sign up, start playing.
I Still Have Questions?
Ask below, I'll add answered questions to the OP.
Slots are filling up fast!?
If these get filled that doesn't mean the fun has to end.
After those slots are filled, AT LARGE RESERVED slots open up for you to win, in much the same way! Each player that wins an AT LARGE RESERVED slot will get a number, based on the order in which they qualify for the slot. When the World Cup begins, any of the 32 slots that aren't filled by a Qualified player for any reason will be filled instead by the lowest number AT LARGE RESERVED slot.
For Example:
Admiral Tidus is the first player to qualify after all 32 qualification slots are closed. He is given AT LARGE RESERVED (1).
General Sindula is the second player to qualify after the slots are closed. She is given AT LARGE RESERVED (2).
General Grievous isn't available to play in the World Cup this year. His slot is given to Admiral Tidus, because he has the lowest number AT LARGE RESERVED slot.
If google converted it correctly, that is 5PM EST for me on Saturday which I am 99% sure I can do.