Subject: Re: Enhanced K-Value Tournaments Date: Wed, 24 Jun 98 16:10:42 -0400 From: fairbank@muhthr.hlo.dec.com To: "Mike Donovan" CC: "'fkusumot@ix.netcom.com'" Mike, I imagine you got your information about K Values from this page. http://www.wizards.com/DCI/Enhanced_KValue.html Anyone who wants to get K-Value criteria directly from the DCI should go there. > 2. Under the new system, a Level 1 judge can run a tournament that has > a "K-Value" of 24. This type of tournament only requires deck checks, > prizes of $100.00 or more, and 16 or more competitors. Not many places > across the country consistently have larger tournaments than this. As a > result, someone doesn't "have to be" a Level 2 judge to run normal > sanctioned tournaments. Actually you'll notice there are two types of criteria. Mandatory, and Variable. In order to be eligable for an enhanced K-value, a tournament must meet ALL of the Mandatory criteria, but only needs to meet one of the Variable criteria. So in your example, the tournament would only need 16 people, or $100 in prizes. Both are not required. That means I (a level IV judge) could run an Standard tournament requiring deck lists and checks, using a very strict interpretation of the Floor rules, with 8 players, giving away $2,500 in prizes, and have the tournament eligable for a K-Value of 48. So to address your concerns as best I know, 1) I don't know how rating floor tournaments will be accepted. I think they will become popular however, because even though the K-Value will be higher, players won't have to worry about losing a ton of points to someone ranked 1600 when they are at 1900+. Plus as I said before, these events don't require big money prizes to get the high K-value. 2) PTQs will most likely be eligible for a K-Value of 40 under usual circumstances. I haven't heard of a single PTQ drawing less than 32 players, and since WotC already requires the Mandatory criteria for 40 points, all PTQs should usually be 40 point events. 3) Grand Prixes also should meet all criteria for 40 point events. I would imagine some Grand Prixes would be 48 point events, if a level IV judge is head judge. 4) I would imagine the PT will be a 48 point event. 5) I made the same mistake with my initial ready of the criteria. Remember only ONE of the variable criteria need to be met. 6) I know the WotC tournament center already holds invitational events in Seattle, although they haven't been sanctioned, so I would expect others to follow quickly. Here are the answers to some other questions I asked Jason Carl when this announcement was made. Lines starting with > > are me, > is Jason. > >So here's my first question. Will expected K-Value be part of the > >sanctioning application, and if so when can we expect the new forms to > >apply for enhanced K-Value? > > Yes! Anticipated K-value will become part of the sanctioning > application. The program becomes effective on September 1, 1998; we plan > to make new sanctioning applications available well before that date, > probably in August. There should be no problem in noting anticipated > K-value for those events which were sanctioned in advance of the new > application forms. Naturally, the sanctioning application on our Web site > will be updated as well. > > >Also will TOs be able to apply for increased K-Value if they initially > >sanction a lower K-Value event, but end up meeting the requirements for > >an increased K-Value (judge level increase, huge turnout, etc)? > > Yes! :-) > > >Related to the last question, will it be possible for events already > >sanctioned, but scheduled after September 1st, to apply for enhanced > >K-Value since the policy was announced after the event was sanctioned? > > Yes! :-) > > >If a tournament meets all the criteria for an enhanced K-Value event, will > >it still be possible to hold it under a lower K-Value? > > > >For example I run an event that meets all the relevant criteria to reach > >a K-Value of 40, but the players wish it to have a K-Value of 16. Would > >that be possible with the enhanced K-Value changes? > > Thanks for your questions! The answer is: Yes! If a sanctioned > tournament meets all the criteria for a particular K-value, the organizer > may elect to hold the event at a lower K-value if s/he chooses. -Nat -- Nat Fairbanks DCI Level IV Judge fairbanks@alum.wpi.edu New England Area I am merely a judge. I am NOT an offical netrep of WotC. What I post is how I might rule in a tournament. It is NOT an official ruling.