Location and Timing

• The tournament will be held on Thursday, February 8th, 2024

• Check in for the tournament will start at 5:00PM Doha Time (GMT+3) and the first round will start at 5:15PM Doha Time (GMT+3)

• The venue location will be in Legion Gaming Lounge, The Pearl (First floor)

• Location link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/kFP9huvVZZBBmas28

Player Requirements

• Players must bring their own valid 60-card deck (Deck rules below)

• It is highly preferable that players bring their own playing accessories (Dice, Playmat, Coin, etc.)

Deck Rules

Format

• Standard: (SW - Battle Styles) ---> (SV - Paldean Fates)

• Regulation Mark: E and above (The regulation mark is the letter in the bottom left of a card signifying which block it belongs to, if a card is block D or before, it is not legal for this tournament.)

• It is important to note that if a card belongs to one of these sets, and does not follow the regulation mark rules, it is not legal.

Proxies

• The use of proxy cards is limited to 10 per deck. (It is highly preferable that they are printed)

• A proxy card is a card that is placed in a deck to replace a missing/non-owned card.

• The best method of making a proxy card is using the Limitless TCG tool for printing proxies to get the exact size of a standard Pokemon card. (https://limitlesstcg.com/tools/proxies)

• After printing and cutting the proxies, turn around and place a low-value card (using basic energy cards for this is recommended) into a sleeve, and place the proxy into the sleeve.

Tournament Settings

Tournament Structure

• This tournament will be held in Swiss structure (Explained in "More Info"), and will proceed to top cut if the participant threshold is reached.

Rounds

• This tournament will be played round by round, in order; since each round pairings are dependent on the previous round results.

• For each round, every player will have to play 1 match. (On rare occasions, some players may have a bye on a round, which is a free win).

• All matches in the Swiss phase will be played in a 50 minute, Best of 3.

• All matches in the Top cut phase will be played in a 60 minute, Best of 3.

• The round timer will be one timer running for all players, and when it runs out, all players still playing a game must follow the rules that decide the winner of the game in this case. (Explained in "More Info").

More Info

What is Swiss?

• "Swiss" is a tournament structure format where in every round, all players play 1 match without eliminations, regardless of their Win/Loss/Tie record. In every round, each player is paired with a different player equal to, or similar to their current score.

• After a set amount of rounds, the ranking between players is shown by the score earned in the Swiss phase (Win = 3 points, Tie = 1 point, Loss = 0 points).

• Tie breakers of points is determined by calculating "Resistance", which represents how well the opponents of a certain player have done during the same phase.

• It is important to note that the ranking is all automatically calculated by the LimitlessTCG website and shown online.

Unfinished Matches during Timeout

• When the timer goes out as players are playing a match, players have to play 3 more turns before ending the game, regardless of what happens in these turns.

• The turn of the player playing their turn during the timeout is counted as Turn 0.

• After the player who is playing turn 0 ends their turn, their opponent plays their turn (Turn 1 of timeout), then back to them (Turn 2 of timeout), then back to the opponent (Turn 3 of timeout).

• If no winner has been decided after all 3 turns have been completed, The game ends as a tie In Swiss phase. In the Top cut phase, the result of the game is decided by the player who has the least amount of prize cards remaining. If both players have an equal amount of prize cards, then that game is considered a tie.

• After the result of the timeout game has been concluded, the player who has more game wins is the winner of the match (ex: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1). If both players have an equal amount of games won (0-0, 1-1), then the match is considered a tie.\

(In the case that both players are even in game scores and it is necessary that a winner is declared for top cut progression, the game is continued until one player has less prize cards, in which case, they win the match)

• If you are facing any issues implementing these rules, call a judge/organizer to help.