[Europe Server] Discussions

[crude parrot]

[raven bough]

And there it is folks, we reached 1k
Never thought I saw the day coming for the EU

[exotic furnace]

eu at 1001

[raven bough]

im currently practicing with random people

and they concede the moment I either take down their best card or whenever they see they are screwed.

kinda annoying

3 min until the round is over everyone

[crude parrot]

[raven bough]

oh god its happening
Stay calm everyone

stay freaking calm

[crude parrot]

I am not calm

I'm going to explode

[rich falcon]

oh wait I forgot it ended

for some reason I thought there was a second time slot today

[spiral bay]

[raven bough]

I thought it would end in 2 hours
I only found out when I decided to check the time of it in #preliminary-queue

so uuuuh

[spiral bay]

Do you wanna play btw?

[raven bough]

congrats to everyone in the top 16 lol

[raven bough]

sure you can hop over to my world

[wicked lark]

GZ

Good Luck

[raven bough]

I have one goal for the knockout round
trying to survive the first best of three so I can go home with atleast a prize
and if I lose
oh well, I had fun either way

[wicked lark]

Same here
Good Luck to you Mate ❤️ 🤝

and also Everyone else

[raven bough]

You too buddy

[spiral bay]

damn three decks

[lost vortex]

@versed barn Question about Q20: Should we post message with the decks before or after the match?

[versed barn]

before the match starts~

[lost vortex]

Ok thanks!

[viral kite]

so we reveal ALL THREE decks to the opponent so they can prepare direct counters beforehand???

that sounds off

[versed barn]

both players have to agree on the deck they're going to use

[spiral bay]

Opponent reveals it too

[versed barn]

and the message must not be edited, the reaction of your opponent shows as a confirmation

[spiral bay]

I have a question, do we have to use decks in order we submit them?

[viral kite]

but support cards could be messed with shortly before the match

[versed barn]

there's no restriction on support cards, and you don't reveal support cards on your side

just the characters

[viral kite]

like using guardian's oath against oceanid/fischl/collei

not a card you would ever want against most decks

but would hard counter that deck

a bit problematic, isn't it

I get that it technically doesn't break tournament rules, but it eliminates a lot of the need for deck versatility and encourages overfitting against specific character combinations

[versed barn]

so you're suggesting to go completely blind on deck used?

[lost vortex]

it will be better, just 3 different, and post after matches

[viral kite]

that might be smarter yes

a lot of genius invokation is about not knowing the characters you will play against in advance

[versed barn]

mmm, i think it's the better way to go as well

so instead of "before", let's change to "after"

[lost vortex]

@versed barn (about Q20): if my opp choose same deck for next round - can I concede and tell him "you need different deck" or concede is against the rules?

[oak nexus]

Will we be notified beforehand when will those 23 hours start? If time will start without notification, my opponent and I may miss a good time to play a match. And also, what does it mean "it is necessary to show the character cards"? To show we need to screenshot? Then why the loser shouldn't post a screenshot?

[versed barn]

Conceding can be considered an offense, but not always. For this case it's OK to do so. However, you might want to take some measures and change ur deck if the opp seems fishy about it

[lost vortex]

Great! Exactly what is needed.

[versed barn]

Rounds of 16 starting <t:1676908800:R>
There's a command for the players to submit or help submit the proof for a match. The loser isn't required to send a screenshot, but it's necessary to do so to protect them from any possible conflicts that may arise

[lost vortex]

As far as I understand, if the winner posts a screenshot of the last hit, the opponent's deck is also visible there, so he does not have to take his own screenshot.

[vestal junco]

@versed barn I thought we are supposed to stream the matches, but isn't the time window for each round too big for that to matter?

[raven bough]

Only if you are place 3 and the final rounds
I believe thats what I read in the faq

Ye Q17

[vestal junco]

Oh I was blind then

Then those rounds must be played in some fixed time slots right

I didn't see any announced schedule for that yet

[raven bough]

You can discuss with yoyr opponent when you both are able to play
You must play 3 (or 2 if someone already won twice in a row) games in 24 hours

Q22

[vestal junco]

No, my point was that it would not make sense to stream a match that could happen any time in a day

[raven bough]

Ah i see

[vestal junco]

So there should be some shorter time window for the final matches so that people could cast them

[raven bough]

Well I have no clue about that

[vestal junco]

Well yeah that was my question

[raven bough]

https://gyazo.com/7fa805831b835ef8873c0e2d504a263f

?

[viral kite]

the matchmaking happened as I predicted

the most fair and unfair way possible

seeds

wait

no

[raven bough]

I salute you

[viral kite]

the match numbers are different, but if you pay attention, I as 6th got matched with 11th, or 6th from last

2nd got matched with 15th

it's not really a clever prediction since such seeding is common practice in many knockout tournaments

[raven bough]

I hate to be a bother but do you know who my opponent is?

as I lack the braincells to think atm

much apreaciated mate

[viral kite]

wait no

no no

[raven bough]

.

[spiral bay]

Can you see who am i matched against?

[viral kite]

I got confused by the match number

[spiral bay]

I also see a string if numbers

[viral kite]

they both have strings of numbers even in leaderboard

can't help you with that

[raven bough]

Ive had this problem too with the preminiary rounds

[raven bough]

Thanks for the effort anyway

guess ill have to find out when the private rooms are created

[versed barn]

you can copy paste that to ping the other

[viral kite]

wow chat is super active

[raven bough]

oh

[raven bough]

thats a new one

[versed barn]

but it's not really necessary though, when both players get moved into a room, you'll see who's who

[lost vortex]

I will be playing vs #16, #2 vs #15, so seeds, yes

[spiral bay]

i'm afraid that even if i win the first round, second one i think is gonna be against Rol, which is gg lol

Unless im misunderstanding how brackets work

[viral kite]

agh although I got matched against someone lower, vincent is a tough nut to crack

[raven bough]

I salute you already before its too late then

[viral kite]

1-1 against them, super nervous

[spiral bay]

Rol, do you wanna do friendly matches ; )

[raven bough]

I wish you all the luck in the world

[raven bough]

all of you actually

Yes im a softie

[spiral bay]

You too!

[viral kite]

I have 2 freeze decks ready, but I'm not sure what my 3rd deck should be

[raven bough]

I have 3 decks ready with all diffrent ways of playing

[lost vortex]

no, need some time to make new deck, cos i have only 2 stable :)

[viral kite]

(I like sticking to the same decks, as pretty much all of you know I've used the same deck for the entire prelims)

[spiral bay]

same tbh, i have only like 1.5 decks

I do not understand how to play the second one

[raven bough]

I was planning to use only 1 or 2 when I started in the tournament, but after losing I knew somthing had to change

[spiral bay]

Same

[viral kite]

I feel extremely uncomfortable using anything other than freeze or maybe quicken

bad sign imo

could mess around with Cyno quicken but idk

def not "inspired" by a certain someone ;)

[spiral bay]

😉

[raven bough]

Starting a match is always nerve wrecking for me
if their deck counters mine I know I can dig my grave

[raven bough]

sharing is caring

hhave to go afk for a bit so cya fellas soon

[viral kite]

that doesn't happen as often as you think, but it's still pretty often

the thought of directly eliminating someone makes me nervous

[raven bough]

https://gyazo.com/72708fd14550417d6cf49e8b9388d830

In case you still couldnt see it

[spiral bay]

Thanks!

[crude parrot]

Yooo

That's me!

[viral kite]

oh also I'm getting 8th max

if I pass round 1 I'm getting yeeted by 20/20 person

[stiff ingot]

The deck change thing might be in your favour

At least thats how I'm coping

Btw the knockout room says 3 proof required but what if only 2 games are needed?

[spiral bay]

the deck change thing is definitely working against me 😦 been trying to build third one and im continuously losing even against random players

not even mentioning how not sure i am about my second deck but that one works at least sometimes

[raven bough]

Perhaps im wrong but the FAQ said that you need 3 proof so I just assume you need to play 3 games even tho one player won the first 2
but thats my theory

omfg I am playing with randoms to test out 3 diffrent decks and they keep conceding the moment I take down one of their cards
Getting pretty annoying now

[viral kite]

I can't even try decks rn

can't even play genshin at the moment

[tight otter]

were the players of each round chosen randomly or?

[viral kite]

based on seed

my condolences mate

[raven bough]

lmao

[tight otter]

what seed 😭

[viral kite]

your placement in preliminaries

[tight otter]

am I being bullied 😔

Why am I against rol

[raven bough]

who are you up against?

oh

uuuh

[stiff ingot]

1st vs 16th

[raven bough]

I salute you from your grave

[stiff ingot]

2nd vs 15th etc

[viral kite]

^

I got matched against 11th

[silent sorrel]

How can I know who am I against..

[raven bough]

oh hey thats me

[viral kite]

lol

[raven bough]

round 4th out of 16

[silent sorrel]

Nice to meet

[raven bough]

hello fellow opponent

[viral kite]

have already played against my opponent in prelims

very solid opponent

[raven bough]

I dont believe we have played against each other timar

[stiff ingot]

I played against mine once maybe

I didnt duel at all past 5 days

[tight otter]

welp it was fun, guess im gone. I lost against rol all the times I was against them

[stiff ingot]

Scared I'm gonna be out of practice

[raven bough]

adios

[raven bough]

same here

[spiral bay]

I didn't play against my opponent once. I'm scared 😄

[stiff ingot]

Against Rol I won 2/3 I think

[raven bough]

I won 1/3 against rol

[lost vortex]

yea, Lixun strong

[spiral bay]

I think I won 1/3 against Rol

please lets do friendlies im begging /hj

[raven bough]

your quite popluar rol lmao

[lost vortex]

i played vs almost all lol

[stiff ingot]

I went 0/2 against Charlie tho

[oak nexus]

Who's in match #3?

[stiff ingot]

Neptune27_

[viral kite]

I'm nervous cuz I might end up against 20/20 person in QF

[stiff ingot]

Also 0/2 against Rikona

[viral kite]

if match 5 winner is placed against match 6 winner I'm done for

[spiral bay]

I'm nervous I won't enter QF ><

[raven bough]

Ill just see who am up against if I manage to even win the first round

[viral kite]

honestly 50/50 for me

[lost vortex]

me 0/3 vs rikona, no chances ever

[viral kite]

vincent is a solid player, I'm 1/1 with them

even

[spiral bay]

im better than all of you, i only lost once to rikona

[viral kite]

XD

[spiral bay]

you know as they say, i've never lost to grandmasters in chess

[stiff ingot]

My 2nd game with Rikona his agent had 1 hp left

[viral kite]

Lixun cracked

[stiff ingot]

Still lost

[viral kite]

best showing anyone has had

against rikona

[stiff ingot]

I just remembered I lost against Makoto the 1 game I had, bloom Keqing wasnt expecting the 6 dmg skill and misplayed

[viral kite]

granted I was a complete noob when I played against rikona

[viral kite]

ah rip

I think you'll probably win at game 3

that's my guess on how your match will go

[stiff ingot]

A wins a win

Not thought about my decks but the order I use em in is gonna make a big diff

[raven bough]

I just use 3 decks randomized

[wicked lark]

i wish you best of luck guys
may the Worthy be the Winner~

[wicked lark]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/679669447925301258.gif?size=96&quality=lossless

[raven bough]

couldnt agree more
good luck yall

https://tenor.com/view/sr-pelo-pelo-plush-memes-gif-20967602

[spiral bay]

how do you do time thingie in discord messages?

[raven bough]

?

[spiral bay]

Like

Sec

[raven bough]

Sorry but I dont understand what you mean

[spiral bay]

Like in round duration message. So it shows time in the timezone of whoever's reading

[crude parrot]

That's a thing?

[raven bough]

I think I understand what you mean

[junior harbor]

Timestamp

Just search discord timestamp on google and click the first one, you can generate one

[raven bough]

You want to see YOUR current time you have left in your timezone

[junior harbor]

<t:1676995200:f>

Like this yeah?

[spiral bay]

Yeah

[raven bough]

oh I missunderstood the message

[spiral bay]

yeah it's my bad, couldnt figure out how to phrase it

[crude parrot]

Woah you can do that?

[spiral bay]

Thanks!

[crude parrot]

That's cool

[raven bough]

didnt knew that either lol

[junior harbor]

https://r.3v.fi/discord-timestamps/

Heres the link

[spiral bay]

tysm

[wicked lark]

XDDDD

i was wondering about that too

[wicked lark]

the way you said it, was funny. like cute-funny

[spiral bay]

girls be speaking english near-fluently and the moment they dont know a word it turns into "time how"

[stiff ingot]

Anyone start playing yet?

[raven bough]

I will in half hour

[stiff ingot]

Not had any reply yet

[wicked lark]

Same

[crude parrot]

I've not started playing, but we basically have a time set so

[stiff ingot]

[wicked lark]

very nice

[oak nexus]

@rich falcon Hi, could you answer me in match room, please?

[crude parrot]

Maybe Neptune is asleep?

[stiff ingot]

@pine plover also

[lost vortex]

mine offline too :(

[rich falcon]

I didn't see the ping

I've been here but the server is in a closed folder so I guess I missed it

[lost vortex]

oh mb it helps?
@tight otter you want play today?

[oak nexus]

Remind me: we play until 2 victories on one side? That means it can be 2 matches in one round?

[stiff ingot]

Rules sound like you need to play 3 regardless

[sterile flame]

yes ~

[sterile flame]

it's best of 3 so you don't have to if you win the first 2, but you can play 3 if you'd like to

[oak nexus]

"4. Repeat these steps until all 3 match(es) are done." is making me feel that we need to play 3 games in any case so i asked

[rich falcon]

also, do we need to show each other our decks beforehand or not?

I remember reading something about that earlier

[stiff ingot]

Dont need to show decks

[crude parrot]

Pretty sure not

[rich falcon]

okay, nice

[stiff ingot]

Q21 in #1074538555927429182

[crude parrot]

Actually, now that I think of it

What happens if someone doesn't show up?

[tight otter]

ah sorry I was busy, if you're free now sure, I'll be available in a few minutes

[lost vortex]

yea, i'm ready

[wicked lark]

[vestal junco]

Any mod around?

Do we need to play a third match if one wins the first two?

[raven bough]

well I am not sure aout that but the messages above might help?

[wicked lark]

no

[vestal junco]

Well the bot doesn't finalise unless there are 3 results so...

[raven bough]

I assume you came out victourious @vestal junco ?

[raven bough]

well

Me and my competitor did 3 matches and

it only says 3 proofs submitted

here

[vestal junco]

[raven bough]

https://gyazo.com/b5bd9c694d375be39ce99cb69e6d8877

[vestal junco]

So what did you guys do

After those 3 proofs

[small bane]

well i think a mod needs to check the proofs before ending

[raven bough]

I just god a message from the mod that I came out victourious out of the 3 matches so I THINK you are fine with submitting 2 proofs as long as one player won both matches

[small bane]

it was written somewhere

[vestal junco]

So we just wait

After submitting the 2 results

[raven bough]

ig?
I think the brasket will be updated once this round is over

well you could aks your mod in the chat that got generated for you and your competitor

[vestal junco]

We only got sussy paimon though

[raven bough]

uuuh strange.... Then the only suggestion I have is ping or wait for a mod

well not that i think of it

The rules said you could ping/dm the genius invokation role for questions

[raven bough]

now*

[vestal junco]

Maybe we will just wait until tomorrow to see if any mod checks the results

[tight otter]

The matches I played against rol gave me depression

[silent sorrel]

Meh same

[lost vortex]

sorry

[raven bough]

once again sorry

[sterile flame]

[tight otter]

Good luck with the rest of the rounds yall!

[sterile flame]

i appreciate how nice all the competitors have been~

[lost vortex]

@sterile flame we played 3 matches and I uploaded screenshots, what to do now?

[sterile flame]

wait

[lost vortex]

ty

[sterile flame]

for a whole day

congratulations on top 8

[raven bough]

Seems like I wont have to worry with work tomorrow, and I can continue wiht my nostagia trip

[viral kite]

^_^

[stiff ingot]

Are just 2 games enough to submit?

[crude parrot]

Its best of 3 so if you won 2 games or lost 2 games, you don't need to to a third

[viral kite]

Qixing, can you start finalizing EU brackets?

every other region has finalized matches and I know for certain that EU has some finished matches that have yet to be finalized

trying to avoid pinging anyone but there aren't a whole lot of hours until the end of round 1

no one in chat

imagine pinging archons

[junior harbor]

im helping finalizing them rn

[viral kite]

:O

thankss

[junior harbor]

do you need your round finalized?

[viral kite]

yes

[junior harbor]

whats your round number

[viral kite]

6

there probably isn't any information from sussy paimon due to special circumstances

[junior harbor]

your opponent withdrawn from the match, you got an automatic win

[viral kite]

yes

[spiral bay]

Damn

[viral kite]

:/

[junior harbor]

huh wait ill ask if it still needs to be finalized

[viral kite]

not sure why only 4 rounds in the entire tourney have been finalized

when probably 14+ matches are finished

no pressure though, just wanted to make sure everyone in mod team is in the same page

[junior harbor]

well, most of the mods are busy rn but we will eventually finalize them all before next round

[viral kite]

ah my bad

thanks for the transparency though

[sterile flame]

as long as they're finalized before the next bracket starts, it's OK~

[raven bough]

so basically say that 2(or 3) games have been done and that all the proofs have been submitted, and your all clear

seems like all spots have been filled for the next round

[viral kite]

ofc knew rikona would win

can't even ask for advice from anyone since literally no one has beaten them yet

welp

this is the end of my tourney round unless a statistical anomaly happens

[spiral bay]

🤝

[oak nexus]

Is it ok that I am ??? in quarterfinals?

[raven bough]

congrats :)

[viral kite]

any qixing or adepti available rn? I know some are perma online but not sure if they can respond

[oak nexus]

I mean here instead of "???" should be my nickname. Is it ok if it's still like this?

[raven bough]

it takes some time to update

[viral kite]

yeah idk

[oak nexus]

oh ok

[viral kite]

besides you're facing against the one and only jester

[raven bough]

seems like you and Iwill be opponents
we played our first preliminary round together and here we seperate in a final showdown lmao

[viral kite]

will be the same case with rikona actually

[sterile flame]

wow

fate

[viral kite]

played my first game against rikona, obviously lost horribly

[raven bough]

also fate

[viral kite]

I SHALL NOT GO DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT

[raven bough]

Thats the spirit

[viral kite]

[spiral bay]

GO LIME GO!

[viral kite]

(certainly not when I'm probably only still in because of a vacation)

[raven bough]

atleast you will go down with a prize

or perhaps not yet

who knows

im not gonna call it, nor am I placing bets who is gonna win

[stiff ingot]

Idk who I'm vs

[raven bough]

cant see too sorry

[lost vortex]

@spiral bay hi :)
I can play in next two hours or tomorrow

[stiff ingot]

Hi @stark matrix when can you play?

[spiral bay]

@versed barn i didn't realise xinqiu swords would deal additional damage and didn't take screenshot of victory in time. uh. what do we do?

[versed barn]

Did u miss it, or the screenshot isn't up to the quality that showed u win the match?

[spiral bay]

I missed it, i only have the general "win" screenshot but it doesn't show the opponent

I mean theres silhouettes of characters but idk if that even counts

[raven bough]

Maybe you and rol can start a new match and you win purposely and rol loses on purpose so you can take a new screenshot?

[spiral bay]

@lost vortex thoughts?

[lost vortex]

go

[raven bough]

(Tho let rol deal some damage to your characters so it wont seem like cheating with your characters having 3 times 10 health

[versed barn]

it's best to redo the match if that happens!

sorry for the late reply

[raven bough]

Seems like the semi finals will be on sunday...

[spiral bay]

uh oh

basically monday for me

[raven bough]

same for me except for like 1 hour on sunday

[spiral bay]

literally same

wait are we in the same timezone

[raven bough]

CET?

[spiral bay]

Nope

Not even close

[raven bough]

lmao

[spare vapor]

Attention, Duelists!
We're conducting this survey to know more about what you think about the Preliminary Phase of the Cat's Tail Gathering Tournament. Your feedbacks and suggestions really matter as they will help us improve the event for future tournaments~!
Link: https://forms.gle/vGp6dsnGKyuQkBCT9

[raven bough]

I’ve already filled it in once, but I forgot to add to the section of what you would like to see next tcg tournament. That you can’t use certain cards (character, event, etc) during a round

[junior harbor]

that would ruin some decks imo

[raven bough]

Ye fair enough, it was the first thing that came to mind

[rancid quail]

I not understand rank in this server ?

Or tournament for play to tournament what need ?

[viral kite]

when are the round streams?

[versed barn]

[stiff ingot]

What happened to the semi finals?

[junior harbor]

wdym?

[stiff ingot]

#1071009830044704878 haven't been updated with the results? the matches were supposed to be on Sunday/Monday

[junior harbor]

the results will be updated when we start streaming the rounds!

if thats what you meant

[stiff ingot]

Did they not happen yet?

EU was scheduled for 26/27 Feb

[junior harbor]

the stream didnt happen yet , pon will just update when it'll happen

im not the one whos in charge of the streams so i cant really answer that

[exotic shadow]

so the matches happened but the stream didn't

[compact jacinth]

really hope this happens before new patch is live

[raven bough]

yep

[raven bough]

assume it will be after the patch
just keep in mind the games where played before the patch

[versed barn]

im here to revive the chat

[junior harbor]

dead

[spiral bay]

any news for us?

i cant wait to find out who won

[versed barn]

yes, very soon!

[raven bough]

Oh hey chat alive, thats good news to start the day with

[fair pine]

Wait was the chat dead before

[stiff ingot]

Always has been

[fair pine]

Who killed it and why’d y’all leave it dead

[raven bough]

https://tenor.com/view/kokomi-genshin-impact-goobye-chat-genshin-kokomi-genshin-gif-22322162

[exotic shadow]

so if I don't live in one of the listed countries I can't get prize money?

like, I live in the EU but not in any of the listed countries

does that mean I would just fall flat?

[raven bough]

For as far as I know, there will be a negotiation for your value prize
what you can get I don't know, but my guess for examples are

in game currency, merch, nitro, etc

[versed barn]

Update: A limit to the number of Preliminary Rounds playable per day will be present~

[stiff ingot]

niceu

tho it might make it harder to match

[spiral bay]

That's a eu exclusive problem, other servers have a normal amount of players

[raven bough]

im kinda tempted to join this trounament again, but I am not sure.

[spiral bay]

im definitely joining

[raven bough]

Should I join again, I frankly don't know. I am bored and have nothing better to do.... Well when I have time to play that is

(which is almost all the time)

[spiral bay]

well, if you wanna hear my opinion, you should totally join
if you end up not wanting to play you can just not play

[thin jungle]

we're gonna get more EU players this time around trust

[spiral bay]

oh god the tryhards are coming /lh

[raven bough]

I mean arent we all tryhards...?

we are playing over a prize

[thin jungle]

||true ||

[raven bough]

alrighty im gonna sign up

[median mauve]

Rather than tryhards, why not just say the good players?

It’s not like the players with good W-L record necessarily try more when there are other players who spend more time playing

[raven bough]

ye fair

[viral kite]

oh boy KevinZ is here as well

also wth happened to semifinals and finals in tournament 1

[raven bough]

Ye, they should soon anounce a stream in which the final and semifinal will be played in

When

Idk that unfortunately

[stiff ingot]

[viscid wadi]

hello guys

i will tryhard too\

[spiral bay]

hii

[raven bough]

heya

[thin jungle]

[stiff ingot]

changes to the scoring

[spiral bay]

Interesting

[raven bough]

The feeling of having a score of 100 is gonna make me feel like a pro

[versed barn]

display issue, fixed now

[viscid wadi]

Wait, how will i receive prizepool if i am from Russia? Credit cards are not working. Ok. Qiwi works?

[spiral bay]

you cant recieve prize in cash

[viscid wadi]

Or i have to try to make paypal/boostie

[spiral bay]

in primos/nitros/whatever else

paypal also doesnt work in russia lol. even if it did, still, country isnt in the list of eligible for cash prize

[viscid wadi]

Hmmm

Well, i can try to crawl with VPN something... Maybe i will manage to do something

Unfortunate

[lost vortex]

Prizes from the first tournament have not yet been sent out, so no one knows how this will happen.

[spiral bay]

true. im just trying to explain, that def dont expect cash if ur from country not on the list

[viscid wadi]

Well, i guess i don't have documents from another country, so well, it is physically impossible to receive prize...

(in cash)

[lost vortex]

I think if you have a working paypal - you can get money

[viscid wadi]

I don't have PayPal. Russian accounts now are sort of blocked, and cannot be registered bow

Now

Each electronic parcel asks password numbers

[junior harbor]

im pretty sure you can get the cash prize through paypal, but if you dont have paypal you can substitute it for items of the same price like welkin, genesis crystals etc

[viscid wadi]

Ok... Nitro of discord also...

[junior harbor]

yes

[raven bough]

when can the winners expect a message about the pirze from the first tournament?
I dont want to sound impatient

[lost vortex]

I think after the finals

[stark matrix]

Guys, the award of the last tournament?

Where is that?

[junior harbor]

pon will message the winners, the prizes will be sent around a month after

[raven bough]

after the livestream of the first tournament finals?

[junior harbor]

im pretty sure yeah

[raven bough]

alr that fills in my questions for now thanks

[junior harbor]

pon will just ping you to give ur details in dms

[viscid wadi]

Well... When i made vpn for myself i couldn't use credit card, but qiwi worked well...

(bought)

[raven bough]

out of curiosity do you know why paypal is banned in russia?

[spiral bay]

war

idk what to tell you lol

[junior harbor]

if you want to ask which services u can receive the cash prizes on just ping him

[raven bough]

I mean that could be fair but how does that have to do with paypal? Im props just stupid and can only assume things

[lost vortex]

almost all international transfers are not available in Russia, not only paypal

[spiral bay]

and i assume i cant discuss politics here but i can dm

[viscid wadi]

Well, political issues

[raven bough]

ah that makes more sense

[viscid wadi]

Thats all i can say

[raven bough]

and thats all you have to say
my brain finnaly woke up

[raven bough]

the tournament basically manes the revival of this caht

[rancid quail]

Where need to send the deck?

No i prepare the deck

Beacuse i think import of my account

I need to logged ?

[oak nexus]

Wrong server, you need Genius Invocation TCG server, tournament-staff-assist channel there

[short sonnet]

Sorry if this has been asked many times, i just joined today, but during the preliminaries i can use whatever deck i want yes?

[oak nexus]

Any deck, limits are only for knockouts (if nothing will change)

[short sonnet]

thanks

[exotic briar]

Question: are the rules recited in the video written anywhere on the server? specifically stuff about screenshots

[versed barn]

yes, every time a private room with you and your opponent is created, instruction about submitting screenshots will be there

[exotic briar]

Cool, thank you! Want to be 100% sure I don't forget anything.

[queen lark]

hii, i just joined and registered for the tournament, cant wait to play on monday!! good luck to everyone :]

[cedar notch]

wait, how do I register? I could only find the start button

[oak nexus]

#🎫register

There is register button

[cedar notch]

alright thanks

[raven bough]

Seems like more people are joining for europe, makes the queue time significant less :)

[spiral bay]

[weak depot]

hey, uhh, does anybody know as to who's sponsoring this tournament ?

[junior harbor]

Hyv

This is the second official server

[weak depot]

damn, that's amazing

also, is this the first tournament with a prize pool ?

[junior harbor]

No

There was a tourney before this

Wait actually

1st tourney had a $20 gift card

The one before this has a $300 prize

[weak depot]

ou, that's amazing, thnx

i hope such tourneys keep going on

[thin jungle]

[versed barn]

someone's getting Tong'ed

[thin jungle]

[junior harbor]

ping

[rancid quail]

Anyone send me the page for look the lvl

Or any italian speak with me for understanding

[cedar notch]

when is the next round?

[junior harbor]

#🎫register

[viral kite]

I'm not very optimistic about my chances of passing prelims this time with stiffer competition

and my horrendous win rate now being a genuine issue with the 5 match limit

[marble jacinth]

Give it a shot never know what may happen ;D

[crude parrot]

True!

[oak nexus]

6967? guess not all of them will join tournament, right?

[raven bough]

foreshadowing

[stiff ingot]

Definitely going to be more active this time

[rich falcon]

yes

[thin jungle]

[lost vortex]

Should we play in standard mode or event mode?

[versed barn]

Normal mode is the preferred way for preliminary, but it's not forbidden to play in heated battle mode. Just keep in mind that the Knockout will use normal mode

[lost vortex]

ok ty!

[oak nexus]

1 hour until battle starts

[raven bough]

the first round starts in a hour

oh

lol

[thin jungle]

we can do heated?

aight im ready

[static leaf]

How many games do you need to play in total?

[raven bough]

up to you

[glass wraith]

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOO

[raven bough]

you can play 5 a day

but if you dont do 2 today it will be added to tomorrow so 7 games tomorrow

[static leaf]

Can I play 5 games every day?

[raven bough]

sort of

[glass wraith]

dude you're from asia before right

[raven bough]

Here's an example:

1. At the start of the Preliminary Phase, you get 5 matches to play.
2. You play 3 matches, and leave 2 matches unused.
3. 24 hours pass since (1), you get 5 more matches to play. At this moment, you have a total of 7 matches available.
   quoted from #tournament-updates

[blazing beacon]

i am terrified this is so tense

[thin jungle]

yes... just created EU account just for this event

[static leaf]

So I can play 35 games all the time?

[glass wraith]

ohh pog

[raven bough]

if you wait until the final day with playing then ye

but in total 35 ye

[glass wraith]

LET'S GOOOO

[raven bough]

Ill have to drink some coffee with the family first before I can join playing the tournament

so I wish yall luck

[oak nexus]

guess who will play their first game with Ark

[glass wraith]

will not queue for 2 mins so i'm not matched up with ark

big brain play

[static leaf]

Do I have to play one round with one deck in one game?

[thin jungle]

we can go heated or normal btw

[glass wraith]

it's up to you

wait nvm i didn't get your question

pog

1 minute

[raven bough]

for the knockout rounds you must use 3 diffrent decks (atleast one diffrent character card)

[oak nexus]

ok started

[raven bough]

for the preliminary doesnt matter

[glass wraith]

good luck guys

[raven bough]

alr good luck yall

cya soon

[oak nexus]

glhf

[thin jungle]

GLHF

[glass wraith]

glhf

[blazing beacon]

good luck everyone

[glass wraith]

ark #1 european

[raven bough]

https://youtu.be/PkXrSkGlop0

[thin jungle]

[glass wraith]

someone send a message if you're matched up with ar

k

[raven bough]

wheeze

[static leaf]

and in the preliminary stage?

[glass wraith]

there's no deck restrictions in the preliminaries

[raven bough]

.

[static leaf]

ok

[thin jungle]

hmm no instant queue

[static leaf]

will there be 1 round in one game in the Preliminary Phase? or several?

[raven bough]

queueing takes time even tho multiple are queues lol

1

[glass wraith]

pog

[oak nexus]

was it instant last time on Asia Server?

[thin jungle]

1 round 1 game

[thin jungle]

in first day yeah

[static leaf]

thanks

[thin jungle]

like 2mins after queue... i got match already

now 3mins has passed

[glass wraith]

europe things

jk

[oak nexus]

i got a match

not Ark

[blazing beacon]

oh no

[marble jacinth]

Glll yallssss

[glass wraith]

oh

[static leaf]

by the way, what does exp affect?

[raven bough]

nothing much

if you are tied with someone in points

the one with the most exp (rounds played) will get prioroty in the best placement

yes I cant spell

Ive entered the queue but I have to go for a moment so if I dismiss a game sorry for that

[lost vortex]

hello :)

[versed barn]

it's alright, for your info in the #1074538555927429182 ...

Q14. I accidentally canceled / timed out the matchmaking request and have to wait for a certain amount of time until I can queue again. Is this expected?
A14. Yes. This is a system intended to prevent players from other problematic players. Keep in mind that the more number of matches canceled/timed out, the longer the wait until you can queue again. This punishment decays after you finish a match (win or lose), or wait for 12 hours.

[raven bough]

alr noted

[lost vortex]

EU :)

[versed barn]

sadge

[raven bough]

pain

[blazing beacon]

wow

that was insane

[thin jungle]

@versed barn

[blazing beacon]

if i didnt get two cryo circlets at the end there, i might've had a shot at winning. but those shields man, didn't realise how good they were

[thin jungle]

yeah physical dmg is halved with noelle shield

[blazing beacon]

im only now realising how important rng is

[versed barn]

sussy

[oak nexus]

how many people will advance to knockout rounds? is it 16 like previous time?

[versed barn]

yes, still 16

peeps start to show up in the leaderboard wow

waw Ark

[oak nexus]

12 peeps visible on the leaderboard made me ask

[junior harbor]

Woa ark not 1st place

[raven bough]

ive only played 2 games and im already ready to trow my laptop out the window

[blazing beacon]

i've lost twice already, i'm gonna cry

[raven bough]

your not hte only one lmao

[thin jungle]

if i get 5-0 today

not gonna play much in upcoming days

im just gonna chill

[thin jungle]

one more win and im done

[blazing beacon]

heyo ark, what are the odds you'd take part a friendly rematch outside of tournament stuff? first match was enjoyable and i wanna give it another shot :p

[stiff ingot]

Hope theres still people playing in the 2nd slot, I can only play after work

[versed barn]

4-0

[stiff ingot]

A12. Yes, the system can match you with the same player up to 2 times, after that you will not be matched with them again.```

Looks like it was changed, was 3 before iirc

[versed barn]

yep, that's correct

this number is changed based on the amount of registrants, just a way to prevent possible frauds in manipulating the system

[grim geyser]

Btw, for the winning screenshot, a person can also get killed by Klee’s sparky status thing. So it’s three scenarios rather than two like it says in the rules. I know, it’s such a trivial thing, but who should correct it?

[versed barn]

it's hard to determine such a case, it happens to Klee, Xingqiu (?), and sometimes Beidou... to fix something like this, it's best to take the screenshot that shows the character cards all down the moment the damage number shows up

[thin jungle]

sure we could go now

im done for today

[blazing beacon]

im mid round 0-0

[thin jungle]

now im just gonna wait and see how the leaderboard will progress each day

[blazing beacon]

stockpiling rounds til the end?

[thin jungle]

yeah

there will be leaderboard/seeding snipers

i can feel it

[spiral bay]

Yall are scary xD

[versed barn]

i need Tong here

[thin jungle]

@blazing beacon ping me if u wanna casual rematch

[blazing beacon]

yup shall do

[thin jungle]

hopefully soon cuz im doing some deck guide for KQM

[blazing beacon]

i'll try lose asap

[thin jungle]

[blazing beacon]

my hydro die luck is atrocious. theyve only got hydro die istg, theyve got like seventeen summons

what are the rules regarding conceding

[grim geyser]

Heheheh

@thin jungle It was super fun playing with you. You’re so good 0_0

[thin jungle]

thank you

you can check my youtube channel in my bio

[grim geyser]

XD Shameless

[blazing beacon]

this is the most drawn out loss in existence

[oak nexus]

i got 3 different peeps in 5 matches

[blazing beacon]

@thin jungle ready to do a round if you are

[thin jungle]

aight join me

u still remember my UID?

[blazing beacon]

uh

maybe

[thin jungle]

747770677

[blazing beacon]

so many sevens

noooo i just fought this team and lost D:

calling an immediate loss

[viscid wadi]

i wanted to snipe you...

lamentable MM system((((

[thin jungle]

gg

[blazing beacon]

oceanid is

not good in aya freeze

mona was better for that fast switch

[thin jungle]

yeah i agree

[blazing beacon]

maybe i should just get a different team lmao

[wooden wedge]

Hiii everyone! Does someone know that if I missed the first preliminaries 9.00-13.00 can I join the second one later on?

[oak nexus]

yes you can play any period

[stiff ingot]

You can yes

[wooden wedge]

Thanks! Lol forward to playing you guys! Yesterday I was practicing and got destroyed by a Noelle team so my confidence is low going into this...

Look*

[short sonnet]

no need to stress about it, just have fun playing, at least thats my motto 😄

[thin jungle]

[viral kite]

got my rear handed to me in most of my matches

[exotic briar]

Same

[viscid wadi]

Well, i am sorry... How you went btw)))

[crude frost]

Loving playing against everyone here :). but I assume that if you win a match but the other user declined the round conclusion, you get no points? :')

[marble jacinth]

That's definitely not normal. I just saw your report, so let me have a looks ;D

[glass wraith]

it's cuffing season

[thin jungle]

Day 2 is here

[glass wraith]

ark pog

gl guys

[versed barn]

ark pog

[thin jungle]

5-1

no one's queueing i believe

[still arrow]

EU smol server confirmed

[thin jungle]

imagine last day we can't get to 35 matches

[median mauve]

Good job katz

Every W against Ark is a W for EU

[ashen abyss]

Been trying since yesterday to get a match O.o

[thin jungle]

at least not gonna matched with him again

cuz max is 2

[still arrow]

OMG you guys are so insane fr

i mean that in a good way haha

(Come join the GITCG discord and learn our secrets)

[glass wraith]

can't find last match

[spiral bay]

Im in queue

Nvm

[still arrow]

(i like surprises . will look forward to our match)

[stiff ingot]

They should add a game mode where at the start the character cards are chosen either manually or randomly, and they give you a standard deck of 20/30 cards and you pick the last 10 according to what characters you got or whatever

[thin jungle]

@versed barn just saw asia chat... looks like something went crazy there

ofc didnt backread all of them

@vestal junco where are u?

[vestal junco]

Do I know you

[stiff ingot]

2-3 today

[short sonnet]

i dunno how but i managed to get 5-0 today even though i had terrible dice rolls

top8 goes to knockout right?

[oak nexus]

top16

[short sonnet]

oh, thanks

[thorny bloom]

4-1 today

[still arrow]

4-1 is fairly good

keep it up!

[thorny bloom]

I need to win next all 5 games if i want to stay on top in asia server

[glass wraith]

hi guys

i hope i can get back into leaderboards

[hollow imp]

and he had a lotus..

[glass wraith]

i'm currently rank 17

[hollow imp]

https://tenor.com/view/disappointed-disappointments-day-is-ruined-gif-15834250

[still arrow]

alright, I'll get a coffee and then get ready for EU

[viscid wadi]

Giconclude stopped working....

[grim geyser]

Same for us

[spiral bay]

For us too

[glass wraith]

same

[still arrow]

hmm

that's why the queue failed?

[spiral bay]

Its back

[grim geyser]

Eyyyy

[glass wraith]

are you pietroloz the big brain tc head

[viscid wadi]

No, i am zolorteip, ass headed TC staff

well, nit even staff

[thorny bloom]

i wanna meet tong 1 again

[viscid wadi]

he is in asia

[still arrow]

....my opponent canceled the game after losing

how should i proceed?

proof

@rocky condor

proof of the endgame victory SS

[raven bough]

I suggest pinging a @ genious invokator role as it says in #1074538555927429182

Ive seen a lot of trouble this tournament

[still arrow]

alright

[eager wolf]

Yeah....not fun.

[thin jungle]

i see lots of 11-4 in Asia damn

[junior harbor]

Report them, but since its canceled you can ping someone like ponpon so he can warn them, also sorry that happened to you!

Uh another sorry if i was late

[short sonnet]

Today i have played against a Kokomi/Diona/Xq deck, if you're reading this can you please send your deck to me? I would like to try it out myself (dms are fine if you dont want to send it here)

[latent umbra]

[young terrace]

Thats just dp with kokomi instead of barb

[thin jungle]

yeah

[thin jungle]

@versed barn @junior harbor wait does that mean that match was cancelled and not my win...?

[junior harbor]

doesnt count as a win but wont consume your quota

so you can play again

[versed barn]

it will be put under review, and depending on the context, it will be either canceled, or a result given

[thin jungle]

[thin jungle]

oh thanks

will not consume other quota until resolved then

[versed barn]

feel free to continue playing tho

[thin jungle]

4-0 technically... i will play last for today

even if my quota is still 3/5

so that inputting my score will be somehow easy on ur guys end

[left pawn]

you in eu play happy game me in as burning in hell

[thin jungle]

[thin jungle]

you have EU why not join us?

[left pawn]

net is fffk

[thin jungle]

[restive vault]

wait does this mean it's possible that a match where I used gireport because the opponent conceded and left the server, could be turned into a win for me instead of just canceled?

[versed barn]

conceding isn't considered a match with result, so it would still remain canceled

[restive vault]

Ah, ok

Ragequitters

[thin jungle]

im guessing my case will be resolved asap? or after prelim?

[glass wraith]

good day ponpon thank you for your hard work

[versed barn]

oftentimes all the reports will be resolved during the downtime of prelim, so in about 13.5 hours

[versed barn]

u too!

[thin jungle]

[short sonnet]

am i the only one not getting match?

[exotic briar]

I have had about 4-5 rematches with the same people at this point, so we truly are a small server x) Maybe no one online you didn't challenge yet

[stiff ingot]

Twice already.. deadge day

Wait no, not dead because it matched but the person didnt accept?

[marble jacinth]

That be what it says

[silent sorrel]

anyone queueing?

[short sonnet]

maybe the hype died down, it took me around 15 minutes to find a match

[stiff ingot]

Ppl got what they need for Welkin raffle and dipped

[short sonnet]

which is sad bc im really enjoying this preliminary

maybe there are more people queueing during the earlier time

[eager wolf]

Out of the three, Europe is usually pretty ded...

[stiff ingot]

Even with the few migrations

[exotic briar]

At least different people, I think. Bcs obv different time is better for different ppl, so it's likely. But in terms of waiting time, it's been very similar for me, so we are still a small server x)

[plain panther]

Play on Asia

[fringe estuary]

Lmao

[fluid moth]

[thin jungle]

going downhill

[still arrow]

same

[grim geyser]

Sad

Where did all these people come from

[vestal junco]

Same (2)

[still arrow]

kirano lost?

no more clean sheet

[spiral bay]

Damn

[vestal junco]

Lost to my arch enemy

Double ittos

[still arrow]

double itto be very strong

i wonder how itto character card will be

[exotic shadow]

is double Itto just Itto & Ditto?

[still arrow]

RIP 1-4 today

[spiral bay]

0-1 today

Lost one time and didn't feel like playing after that lol

[glass wraith]

i think he has the potential to replace noelle in noelle decks

[still arrow]

noelle is a really really good anchor

i tried replacing her with beidou a few times

but noelle is just much better

[glass wraith]

well have you tried replacing noelle with an actually good character

joke

[still arrow]

i mean the theory is the same

put WGS and lucky dog on claymore character

beidou still has 2 shield + 2 heal from skill

+2 dmg; vs 1 dmg /2 shield / 2 heal from noelle

[glass wraith]

but she does not have access to geo reso

[still arrow]

but these advantages only matter in 1v1 and you lose tempo

so yeah

and noelle burst is better

[glass wraith]

yeah noelle burst can surprise an enemy especially with adeptus

[eager wolf]

Noelle NA tho...

If you're fighting a WGS noelle and your hp drops below 6....

You're screwed.

[thin jungle]

[thin jungle]

10 more games to go

[viscid wadi]

I mean, everything went downhill in 3rd day...)

(in 2nd day actually too, but... i am loosing and losing just more and more)

[viscid wadi]

well, tbf, i feel, i still qualify, and i need more luck for weeklies to qualify majors legitely

[viscid wadi]

Noelle burst is created for anchor, tbf... MM can concure in case of hydrosummons behind her back

[short sonnet]

im afraid to play todays games

[stiff ingot]

5 quota is a bit much, lets just call it a week and not play more

[short sonnet]

sadly its much only for us eu players

i think

[vestal junco]

3 per day would honestly be better

I don't see any point in playing so many matches when all it matters is the win rate

[short sonnet]

ye thats true

[grim geyser]

Ffs why is the queue so slow

Might as well shower while I’m waiting

[short sonnet]

i dunno why eu is this ded of a server

[exotic briar]

wow, I won and my rank didn't move. Seems like we are head to head around these ranks point-wise

[short sonnet]

btw do we know how we will be paired in knockouts?

is there a system or is it just random

[stiff ingot]

Last time it was seeds

1st vs 16th, 2nd vs 15th etc

[short sonnet]

I see, thx

[spiral bay]

Anyone queueing rn?

[crude parrot]

Yep

[spiral bay]

im this close to going insane and building mmec

[vestal junco]

[stiff ingot]

Ikr

[exotic briar]

Wait, are semifinals today? I thought they would be after Sunday, hhhuh

[stiff ingot]

The previous tournaments

[crude parrot]

What's mmec?

[stiff ingot]

Same honestly

[exotic briar]

Oh. Phew. Thank you!

[stiff ingot]

The current fotm meta deck

[crude parrot]

Coincidentally a lot of summons?

Oh no wait, mm, mirror maiden?

[spiral bay]

yes

i lost again im going full joker

[crude parrot]

How many losses?

[spiral bay]

i dont remember tbh i think im 1-3 or 0-4 today

[exotic shadow]

sorry, but I needed those wins

[crude parrot]

I'm 0/9 today

[spiral bay]

it's all good man i dont blame you

[crude parrot]

Its suffering

[spiral bay]

damn that's rough

[vestal junco]

If you can't beat them join them

[crude parrot]

Its suffering

The joker arc

[exotic shadow]

just 12 more matches to play today

[silent sorrel]

yep full queue of mmec

I wonder if meta different at each server?

or it evolves parallely?

[crude parrot]

Ooooo

[glass wraith]

i'm sure the other servers are also filled with mmec

[crude parrot]

Actually a good question

[glass wraith]

judging from their chat discussions

[stiff ingot]

Probably less so than EU

[still arrow]

Surely Lament will become the counter tech

to George & Friends

[vestal junco]

Meanwhile me with 50% win rate using MM EC

[still arrow]

X to doubt

[spiral bay]

50

[still arrow]

23-2 rating

[vestal junco]

Because I only used that deck twice

[still arrow]

5head strats

[stiff ingot]

Its too expensive with 4 white

I had 2 days of 4-1 early on and the 1 losses was when I tried different decks

[median mauve]

I also have worse win rate with MM EC than the other deck I use

Clearly it means MM EC bad

[vestal junco]

It's time to practice

Your turn to find a counter deck

[median mauve]

I think the answer is stall

And Ting seems to think so as well

So I'll cook stall