I rarely play DCI, so I won't be losing any sleep over the floor rule updates, but it's great to see that the multitude of "This is how we should un-ban GOWK!" threads that often devolved into flame wars should be gone.

Quoted for gobs and gobs of truth. For anyone worried about the new point system at their LGS...re-read this post several times until you fully understand every bit of it, and hopefully it should alleviate your worries.


Honestly, as several others have said, it will have very little affect on local LGS. In a 3 round tourney, if the undefeated player goes to time every game, he will still end up in 1st place. Now, in a 4 round tourney, if the undefeated player goes to time every game, he'll only end up with 8 points. So, a 3-1 player who finished all 3 games could have 9 points and come out on top. But you know what...don't view it as a negative. View that as the encouragement that it's supposed to be to the undefeated player to learn to play the game faster. Trust me, it can be done. One of the guys at our venue used to struggle to even get half-way done with his games. Now, he finishes probably 75% or more, or they are at least very close to fully decided.


The only concern I have about the new points system is how it's going to be handled at GenCon. How will the people entering the scores know what to put in? Will the slips at each player's position have a spot to write down either a 3 or a 2? And what sort of guidelines need to be in place for people who have games that aren't quite finished, but are quite obviously fully in favor of one player? Just call a judge over? Will there be anything done in order to make sure that people just don't arbitrarily put down 3 points, when they really should've had only 2?

I think I know the answers to some of those things, but I'm just trying to make sure everyone involved is starting to think about them already. It will require an added measure of involvement from the judges I think.

OK, so without the judge's involvement, it would just be a matter of the players being truthful. That's fine. I see some room for fudging of results there, but I understand. It will simply be a matter of convincing players that when a loser insists on the game being recorded as only worth 2 points, that the winner needs to not get upset, they need to understand that the losing player is just enforcing the rules. I could certainly see a few people at GenCon getting bent out of shape if their opponent refuses to sign-off on the 'full win'. Judges will have their work cut out for them, I'm afraid. Just train them well before hand. :)

Excellent post. There will be issues, there were with the old rules. But just as with the old rules, it is up to us as a community to keep the game great. We all know that, even if it seems like we forget sometimes :)

I appreciate the perspective on the time issue, even though I did not quote it. I too believe that will be the scenario at almost all local stores. It has been in my experience at least.

From the sound of it, any map can be used at any level. I may be wrong, but that's how I interpret the map chart. Doesn't mention a point level anywhere at all...

Additionally, the concept of a particular point level being "huge friendly" in regards to maps is gone. To counter this new disadvantage huges lose Rigid in all formats rather than just in Limited. There's some mixed blessings here, but given how often huges are played in the former "huge friendly" format, it doesn't seem like much of a loss for the greater flexibility the new system offers.

Jan 26.

With the map change, will that allow my LGS to play cloud City at 200?
Or am I reading this all wrong?

Yes, if your LGS selects the 'Standard' format for maps, then you will be able to play things like Cloud City, Death Star, and Muunilist Grand Plaza at 200 points, which we could not do before.