Lotr Tournament Amsterdam planned on 7th of february: The open Middle-Dutch

[TheJord]

I dont think I am going to come. A tournament that is based on the old cards of the game doesnt really appeal to me, especially as your not even having an Expanded section!

[Elrohir]

Hi,
Do we play also "War of the ring" & "hunter block"? Like a kind of qualification, so we play finals in standard. According to this, TheJord might be persuaded to come...

I am generally against expanded, because it doesnt seem to be witty to me...

Time is raising towards until tournament starts, I can't stand it!

[MADG0BLIN]

It's been a while since I read the whole topic, but why isn't the Austria format an idea? In that case old players can play their old cards and other people can also use new cards.
I think it's a great format, really enjoyed it in Germany last year.

[TheJord]

Austrian format would at least open the tournament to people who kept up with the game, instead of limiting it to those who stopped when Shadows came out.

[Mc Tono]

The tournament is definive on the 7th of february.

Negotiated with the Mrs. : "Mc Tono is of the party" as we say in Holland. (literally translated)

Looking forward to playing against other Lotr players.
Is there a list of how many  (and who) are coming?

[Olorin]

Austrian format would at least open the tournament to people who kept up with the game, instead of limiting it to those who stopped when Shadows came out.

This is the reason why so many players join the tournaments in Austria/Germany. Everyone's "invited" and it's much better than expanded format!

I would like to join a tournament and I would like to visit Holland once - but it always depends on time and money you have left to be able to join such an event.

[Gil-Estel]

The German/Austrian people should come! They are most welcome and extreme fun people!....Super Geile Leute!

Oh and I will be there!

[Olorin]

Oh, as far as I can remember, Gil-Estel left an extraordinary sympathic impression to the german girls... 

...and you're right - those german guys are extreme fun people!


I would prefer that you are playing Austrian Format instead of those block formats - most players are demoralized, disadvantaged or even disqualified due to this (lack of cards).

[Smeagollum]

Jord,

You forget one thing: there will also be people who don't know the cards after set 10. It seems to me that it would not be honest to them. Besides that i think that it would make the tournament unbalanced. I am convinced that pre set 11 and post set 11 are not equally matched.

But what i do not see as a problem is as 2 opponents to decide to play something else. But that they need to decide under eachother. So if we play the tt-block and 2 players decide to play hunters instead against eachother. I don't see a problem with that.

[Mc Tono]

The only problem  smeagollum: I don`t know who I will be playing against until I get to Amsterdam and I can`t bring 25 dex. So I think "It would be wise my friend" to limit the tournament-games to the formats and leave room for other games to be played next to the games that matter.
Can you post a list of the number of players who already signed in? And how many games will we play in each round?

[Gil-Estel]

Well, glad to see everything is getting in order, but I agree with Jordy that it is a shame that newer cards aren't used at all. I have collected all the cards, have a complete collection but for this tourney I can't use any......which is a shame. So Austrian format would be excellent, but I can imagine it is too short of a notice to change anything.

And an update about which players will come would be welcome...And TJ, you have to come. The fun we would have!!!! We could play lotr all night at Schiphol or something like that hahaha

[Smeagollum]

If I would know what an "australia system" is I could think about it. So far of what I read of it it is not entirely clear to me.

[Gil-Estel]

Ok, in het Nederlands dan maar (In Dutch, for I can explain it better that way)

Je bouwt een deck en zowel je shadow als je fellowship mogen of uit 1-10 zijn of 7-18. De bijzondere sets 9, 14, 16 en 19 mogen altijd. Dus zo kan bijvoorbeeld je shadow Moria Swarm zijn en je fellowship Hunter Elven. Het mooie van deze decks is dat oudere decks nog een heel grote kans van slagen hebben. Uruk-Hai swarm met StmtN is en blijft een lelijk deck, net als Moria, zeker als je het combineert met de nieuwe Balrog uit serie 19. Ik heb gezien dat er op die manier meer balans is en dat het voor de oudere spelers ook zeker interessant is. Ik bedoel Enqeua LoM is ineens weer een dreiging. Ook zo'n hekel aan een fully loaded Durin? Wormtongue mag weer gespeeld worden.... Op die manier dus....

[Olorin]

If I would know what an "australia system" is I could think about it. So far of what I read of it it is not entirely clear to me.

...not Australia System... Austrian Format... Österreich... Autriche... Ostenrijk...

[Smeagollum]

Okay somewhere on the planet Where lays Austria again? hahaha just kidding

But responding on Gil-Estel:

Maar hoe zit het dan met oude sites. Sommigen decks benodigen de oude sites. In Amsterdam hebben we het volgende systeem:

Oude site shadowcost - orginele regio + gespeelde regio + totaal twilight
voorbeeld: Site 2 block tt met een cost van 2 - 0 van region 1 ( wat overblijft mag niet onder de nul vallen) + 6 (indien regio 3) = 8
Gebruiken jullie dan eenzelfde soort systeem?