Posted by King_Ghidra on 2014-04-16 10:53:39
Shame the entry conditions are pointlessly random. I'll never be on side with the idea that I should get excited for a major and probably play some games to prep for it, only to be told "Oh, the dice came up a 1, not many teams in this qualifier now and yours isn't one of them. Thanks anyway!"
Or "Oh you applied to the Khorne qualifier, well that was silly, everyone has applied to that. You should have applied to Nurgle, not many in that one, you would have got in."
If it's supposed to be about quality - only the best of the best - and players and teams should get in based on team development or skill, fine, but at least make it transparent.
"But it's chaos, it's random!" Yeah, great fluff. So immersive.
There are dozens of potential ways tournies can be made interesting and compelling for the player base, and this certainly isn't one of them.
And as far as ever turning players away from a major is concerned, I think that's a bad idea in principle.
Posted by King_Ghidra on 2014-04-16 11:04:13
btw, I applied, of course - I'm an optimist and I love the Majors.
(I note that currently the Tzeentch Group members are visible - this isn't the case for the others and I assume is not intentional)
Posted by xnoelx on 2014-04-16 11:17:54
Heh, applying with a 540 TV team? Now that's optimism.
Posted by ahalfling on 2014-04-16 11:54:37
I thought I was going to be out of town for two weeks with my wife and would have to miss this one. Turns out I'll only be out for 5 days, and my wife can't go, so I should be able to play in my down time. Let's go, dark elves!
Posted by gamelsetlmatch on 2014-04-16 15:00:42
Snot Wars to the rescue!
Posted by BooAhl on 2014-04-16 16:58:40
Lets Unforlom Necros 2014!
Posted by JimmyFantastic on 2014-04-16 20:11:45
I agree that hurr durr randumb is a stupid move for a major.
But damn I love majors, wish I could partake!
Posted by Wreckage on 2014-04-17 02:15:17
My 1750 TV pro elves didn't make the cut... incredibly frustrating format...
Posted by bigGuy on 2014-04-17 09:43:41
Got 2840TV Orges. Mixed feelings...
Posted by SvenS on 2014-04-17 09:44:01
I like the randomness and meta myself
That said OMG the tzeentch championvgroup :O
Posted by the_Sage on 2014-04-20 21:05:16
Apparently mine was a 16 player one, so I got in with my 1880 TV.