ViscerothSWG 3,940 Posted March 15, 2016 New tournament rules are out. https://images-cdn.fantasyflightgames.com/filer_public/a7/9c/a79ced72-1da1-466a-97d7-5bd573457afd/x-wing_tournament_regulations_v10_high_res.pdf Basic and Advanced tournament structures (rounds and cuts) They state you can mark your dice now (I think that's new?) And this section, from all the dice threads: Sharing ComponentsBefore a tournament round begins, any player may request that a single rangeruler, set of maneuver templates, and/or each other’s dice be shared for theduration of the round. Any decisions are subject to review by a marshal or a judge. 13 ObiWonka, TasteTheRainbow, WWHSD and 10 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stone37 3,353 Posted March 15, 2016 Excellent additions to the rules. All materials must be made available to both players. Only way to may the inconsistency of the materials used fair. 4 Flamestalker, CheapCreep, Reiver and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
player1399050 42 Posted March 15, 2016 I like the change, improved wording on tiebreakers and the changes to tourney structure. FFG OP is definitely listening. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ynot 670 Posted March 15, 2016 It says it goes into effect April 2nd. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CBMarkham 2,441 Posted March 15, 2016 Intentional Draws, huh? Is that one new? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WWHSD 9,273 Posted March 15, 2016 Intentional Draws, huh? Is that one new? Yup. Tournament Regulations, Pg. 6: "Intentional Draws During Swiss rounds, players may intentionally draw a game so long as a leader is present for any discussion between players prior to the agreement. The leader’s presence is required to prevent any breach of the tournament’s integrity. The leader will not intervene as long as players follow the “Unsporting Conduct” on page 3. If two players intentionally draw a game, each player receives 1 tournament point and a Margin of Victory of 100, just as if they were to arrive at a natural draw over the course of play." 2 EvilEd209 and thatdave reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WWHSD 9,273 Posted March 15, 2016 The new document also defines a number of "roles" that I don't believe were previously present. 2 Flamestalker and Slugrage reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
testobviouslyfalse 577 Posted March 15, 2016 Modifications to ships are now technically legal! As long as you are clear as to what ship it really is!!! AWESOME 13 Velvetelvis, Conandoodle, Khyros and 10 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nigeltastic 3,808 Posted March 15, 2016 This update and the language on the cover page suggests to me we're in for a nice fat faq overhaul and update too! 4 DraconPyrothayan, Reiver, WWHSD and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WWHSD 9,273 Posted March 15, 2016 They redid the tournament tiers as well: Relaxed, Formal, and Premier. 1 Flamestalker reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darkcloak 1,281 Posted March 15, 2016 Hmmm, good thing it doesn't come into play until April. The less I have to memorize before an event the better, mine beats the cut by one week so I'll have plenty of time to sort through this stuff. Intentional draws? That... leaves a sour taste in my mouth. Why would someone want to take a draw? 1 ForceSensitive reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ynot 670 Posted March 15, 2016 intentional agreed upon draws are now allowed. See page 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CBMarkham 2,441 Posted March 15, 2016 Large base ship points are now rounded down? Did they used to be rounded up? That's a change, yeah? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tervlon 545 Posted March 15, 2016 Back to only FFG playmats again. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ynot 670 Posted March 15, 2016 Intentional Draws, huh? Is that one new? Yes it is new. Before it was strictly against the rules as it was considered collusion but now is allowed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WWHSD 9,273 Posted March 15, 2016 Large base ship points are now rounded down? Did they used to be rounded up? That's a change, yeah? Nope. They've always been rounded down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Panic 217 1,857 Posted March 15, 2016 Hmmm, good thing it doesn't come into play until April. The less I have to memorize before an event the better, mine beats the cut by one week so I'll have plenty of time to sort through this stuff. Intentional draws? That... leaves a sour taste in my mouth. Why would someone want to take a draw? in the case of my SC final round of swiss was between me #1 in swiss and "John" #2 in swiss, with a top 8 cut and both of us being undefeated and having extremely high MOV even if one of us gets tabled we will still be #1&2 but we have no preference of who we face in the cut. an intentional draw would keep it so that our strategy for how we play our list is completely unknown to each other until we meet in the cut, if we do at all. During our game we joked during the entire game about just "1harding off the board to keep you guessing how it will be in the finals" never did, but after beating him he gained sum much important information about how i fly my list and had a much better matchup against me in the finals, still beat him, but nonetheless it was a closer match by far. 2 DHKnecht and ViscerothSWG reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ynot 670 Posted March 15, 2016 Hmmm, good thing it doesn't come into play until April. The less I have to memorize before an event the better, mine beats the cut by one week so I'll have plenty of time to sort through this stuff. Intentional draws? That... leaves a sour taste in my mouth. Why would someone want to take a draw? My son and I frequently get paired against each other in rounds further into the tournament. Now we don't have to grudgingly knock one of us out. We can agree to a draw. This is allowed in other games and is about time it was allowed here. 3 DarthEnderX, gamblertuba and Reiver reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kdubb 6,642 Posted March 15, 2016 Am I the only one not seeing red text where changes have been made? It says there should be red text... lol 3 Plainsman, Wishbone and Slugrage reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slugrage 4,994 Posted March 15, 2016 I do like that the role of "Spectator" is now clearly defined. So the Leader can actually tell people to be quiet and stop coaching people who are playing. Single player tournament X-Wing... It's not a team sport! 9 oneway, Wishbone, Holmelund and 6 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ynot 670 Posted March 15, 2016 Back to only FFG playmats again. Nope - only if you bring your own. Venues can still provide whatever mats they have. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CBMarkham 2,441 Posted March 15, 2016 Large base ship points are now rounded down? Did they used to be rounded up? That's a change, yeah? Nope. They've always been rounded down. ...what the, ...what? Well, I've been giving away 1 free pt in about 1/3rd of my games then. Good times. 1 Panic 217 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icareane 459 Posted March 15, 2016 I think that is new: "Players cannot reference outside material or information during a round." The TO is now responsible to provide chairs: "In addition to arranging a location, the organizer is responsible for securing tables that can hold a 3’ by 3’ play surface for each player, as well as chairs." 5 Rodafowa, polmoneys, CheapCreep and 2 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WWHSD 9,273 Posted March 15, 2016 Intentional Draws, huh? Is that one new? Yes it is new. Before it was strictly against the rules as it was considered collusion but now is allowed. It still can be considered collusion. PG 6. "The leader will not intervene as long as players follow the “Unsporting Conduct” on page 3." PG 3. "Collusion among players to manipulate scoring is expressly forbidden." So if the discussion between the players in anyway deals with manipulating scoring, it's stil collusion. If part of the discussion sounds like: "Hey, as long as neither of us lose this match we both make the cut" it's probably still illegal. 2 Boba Rick and ForceSensitive reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DagobahDave 1,621 Posted March 15, 2016 (edited) Back to only FFG playmats again. If a venue provides playmats for their event, they may use third-party playmats. Nah, it's fine. Edited March 15, 2016 by DagobahDave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites