Hang on! The Road to Battle is leading straight to Madison! What are Battle Road Tournaments? The Battle Road series is designed to provide players with small, entry-level events on a local scale. Battle Road Autumn tournaments give players another opportunity to work on their premier ratings, potentially earning an invite to the Pokémon TCG World Championships.They have a K-Value: 4 and take place at locations all around North America during Sept and Oct 2011. You can find details at the Main Pokemon Website here.
Sunday Oct 2, 2011 Pegasus Games Click here for a Google map (zoom in or out to help you find it from your location!) Registration from 10 - 10:45am Limited seating of about 60 for this chance at a Battle Road Victory, so don't be late!
Plus Door Prizes and more! Don't miss your chance to shine! This Premier tournament is FREE to enter, What do I need to know about this special tournament? The tournament is run using the Modified Constructed Format (HeartGold SoulSilver through Emerging Powers) and Age Modified Swiss pairings. Be sure to check the new Black & White Rulebook and the updated Rule Changes as of the release date of the Black & White set, as well as any TCG Errata, as found on the Main Pokemon website in the Rules & Resources section. The number of Swiss rounds run will depend on total attendance at the event, most likely 3 - 6 rounds, in the new format, '30 minutes + 3 turns', and you'll play different players for each of the Rounds. Some newer players often mistakenly think that if they lose their first match, they're out, but that's not the case, only in the Finals.. After the main event, we'll post the Standings, and up to the Top 4 ranked players will play Single Elimination (best 2 out of 3 in 1 hour's time) until we have a winner in each of the 3 age groups. Decklists will be required... I'll have them there for you to fill out there at the event, or you can print it out ahead of time. So, what time do you suggest we be there?? What do I need to bring with me? You'll need to bring your own 60 card legal deck, bring your own damage counters or dice, you may want to bring a sack lunch or money to buy lunch, snacks, products for sale, or to enter in some of our Side Events after the Main Event, but no money is required for entry to this event. You should also know your POP ID number. Many of you are already in my computer from playing in past events of mine, but still, if you're in a League or have an ID number, write it down and bring it with you, and if you're new and don't have a POP ID number yet, no worries... I can get you set up with one right there. Format: Modified Constructed - Bring your own best HGSS-on Modified decks to play in this tournament. Remember, this is a Battle Road Event... so keep in mind the following rules and restrictions: Of course if you have any questions at all as to if your deck is Tourney ready or not, please feel free to stop in a little early and have us check over your deck for you. If you arrive and find that your deck is not legal to play in this tourney, don't worry, you will still be able to play. There are plenty of interesting starter decks available to purchase right there at Pegasus Games, including the five newest Black & White decks, and we may also have a limited number of loaner Preconstructed Theme decks. This event will most likely will be Age Separated Swiss (everyone will play within their own age group in all the rounds, the number of rounds being determined by number of players in each age group) The Battle Road series will have a K-Value of 4.
Are there Prizes? Top 4 finishers in each of the three age categories receive the following prizes: What are the prizes?Participants will receive 1 Play! Point just for playing! * click here for info on Play!Points 1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
4th Place
5th – 8th Place
But are there Door Prizes? Sure! We'll have an assortment of various items for door prizes! All sorts of different items, including Booster Packs, posters, Deck boxes, Pokemon Beachballs, Pokemon stickers, as well as a Pokemon Hat made by yours truly (I'll post a pic soon!)...these and other various Pokemon items will be randomly given out at various times to random players. Will you be making any more Pokemon hats to give away? Will there be side events? Will there be an Art Contest? Oh sure! I know how you all love to express yourselves with your Pokemon themed artwork! Feel free to bring in your creation or work on it in our Art Area in between rounds. If table space is limited to set up an art area before the event starts, we'll do it in the Junior area after they've finished their main rounds. 'Support the Store' Raffle - As a thank you to Pegasus Games for hosting our event, I'd like to encourage our players to purchase items from their store. Show me your receipt for items that you purchase there and I'll give you a Raffle ticket. Spend $5 or more and I'll give you an extra raffle ticket for each extra $5 you spend! The more you spend in the store, the more chances you get! After all the main rounds are finished, I'll draw a lucky number to win 3 booster packs. Food- Tentative Time Schedule (This schedule and number of rounds may certainly vary, depending on the number of players for each age group. This tentative schedule is based on 3 rounds for Jrs with a Top 2, 4 rounds for Srs with Top 2 and Masters with Top 4.) Registration…10pm to 10:45 pm (if your decklist is turned in after 10:45pm, you'll have a Round 1 loss but be in Round 2. I really encourage you to either have your decklist already made out when you arrive, or be sure to arrive by 10am to fill it out there. You don't want to miss out on Round 1!) After the Main rounds, we'll post the standings and, depending on the number of players in the age group, the top 2 or 4 ranked players will turn in their Decks to be checked before continuing on to the Top Cuts. Those players will play best 2 of 3 matches in one hour. The winners of that round will advance to the Top 2 Finals to determine the winners, and those who didn't make it will receive 2 booster packs each for 3rd and 4th place.. Again, this is a tentative timetable. We'll try to stick to it as best we can, but of course times may vary due to the actual number of players attending and unforeseen events that may delay things.
If you have any questions at all, feel free to contact me... email me (pokemama@ gmail.com) or call me at 608-322-0549, and be sure to mention in your message if it's about Janesville, Madison, or Rockford as they're each a week apart.
I hope that you'll be able to make it to Pegasus Games for this fun, but competitive event! Then meet us in Janesville on Sun Oct 9th and Rockford on Sat Oct 15th for one last chance to claim your Victory! See you there! Click here for my list of Battle Road tourneys in our Northern IL/ Southern WI area. Check out as many as you can! (You can also check out the complete listing at the Pokemon website!) |