Welcome to Geekend!

• The first Pokémon TCG major tournament in Qatar is here!
• This tournament will be held at the Geekdom venue during the next Geekend event held in May 2025

Registration Process & Important Information

• Players must create a https://play.limitlesstcg.com account in order to sign-up

• Registration will close about 1 week before the start of the tournament

• Registration information required is: Deck list, WhatsApp number AND/OR Email

• WhatsApp is recommended to be in proper contact with the judge team, using Email might cause delays in communication

• Deck list edits are allowed even after registration is closed, up until before the start of the tournament

• The tournament will be split into 2 groups for the first phase

• After the registration period ends, players will be sent information about the group they are playing in as well as the link to register to their respective group through the given contact information.

• Players need to respond and confirm their attendance within 2 days, or they will be removed from the tournament.

• If a player who is registered isn't able to attend the event anymore, it is highly recommended they inform the judge team so that they give a chance to other players in the waitlist to play.

• It is important to note that deck lists will be private, only judges who are not in participation at all will have access to them to make sure everyone is playing fairly.

• Players without a valid deck list will be removed from the tournament before it begins.

Series

• This tournament is part of a series that lasts over the course of 3 months. (April, May, June)

• This tournament will be counted as a major tournament, which means top placements net double the points that a local tournament would!

• This series will keep track of player rankings and provide more ways to involve competition in the game!

• You can find the series with more details here: https://play.limitlesstcg.com/series/67e8783f40ab762997eb0af7/details

Location and Timing

• The tournament will be held on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, May 22nd - 24th

• Check in for the tournament will start at 3:00PM Doha Time (GMT+3)

• The first round will start at 4:00PM Doha Time (GMT+3)

• Please note that we are going to be extremely strict about the timing
  and anyone arriving late will receive a round 1 loss

• The venue location will be at Geekdom building, Lusail

• Location link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/vwMBMNG2Fk2Xw95f8

Notice

• This tournament has a registration cap of 32 players.

• This tournament follows the official rules of Play! Pokémon as closely as possible.

• For reference: https://www.pokemon.com/static-assets/content-assets/cms2/pdf/play-pokemon/rules/play-pokemon-tournament-rules-handbook-10062023-en.pdf

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: (SV - Base set) ---> (SV - Journey Together)

• Regulation Mark: [G, H, I] (The regulation mark is the letter in the bottom left of a card signifying which block it belongs to, if a card is block F 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

• Please try to use proxies only if you really can't get ahold of the cards you need. We encourage players to build up their binders as much as they can because official leagues allow no proxies at all, and we are trying to work towards that future.

• The use of proxy cards is limited to 10 per deck. (Only ENGLISH printed proxies are allowed), and the card being used as the back of the proxy must be a real, TPCi card.

• Penalties will be issued to players using invalid proxies as it will count as an invalid deck.

• 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 Pokémon card. (https://limitlesstcg.com/tools/proxies)

• After printing and cutting the proxies, place a low-value card (using basic energy cards for this is recommended) into a sleeve, and place the proxy into the sleeve. (Do not turn around the card as that can be used to mark the card for some sleeves.)

Tournament Settings

Tournament Structure

• This tournament will be held in 2-Group Swiss structure, and Single Elimination top cut.
• Players are being split into groups to allow for a higher participation cap with the amount of tables available on site.

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. (In the case where there is an uneven number of players, some players may have a bye on a round, which is a free win).

• All Swiss matches will be played in a 35 minute, Best of 1.

• After Swiss, the top 8 placers will advance to top cut, where they play in single elimination, 50 minute, Best of 3.

• The tiebreaker for 3rd place will be decided by the two 4th placers' swiss standings. (However, both will get the same points and prizing)

• The round timer will be a shared 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 Information").

• You can find the round timer at all times in your dashboard.

More Information

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 time runs out as players are playing a match, players have to play 3 more turns in total 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 declared 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 decided, 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.