Hearthpwn

Welcome to ManaGrind's Sunday Clash Tournaments!

"MG's Sunday Clash are tournaments which take place every other Sunday in between the major LIVE tournaments. The main purpose is to cater to those who are unable to partake in our Live Saturday tournaments and have a strong desire to participate. These clashes will be in a SWISS format and have a cap of 52 players and priority will be given to those who show up first."

The tournament will be effective at 4:00pm(EST) 1:00pm (PST) on the 4th day of August 2013

BEFORE SIGNING-UP PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING (Not respecting the following rules could result in an automatic forfeit):

Prerequisite (NEW RULES MUST BE MET):
1.) Be a registered user of the Cockatrice emulator.
2.) Use the TeamsSpeak (TS) 3 channel (info below)
3.) Have a competent level of understanding of both the rules of Hearthstone AND be familiar with using Cockatrice
4.) Have the most recent version of the Hearthstone port for Cockatrice
-> 5.) NEW PLEASE READ - When registering to the tournament make sure to include the relevant logo for the class you will be playing ( you can download it at: https://sourceforge.net/projects/hearthstone/files/?source=navbar ) in your CHALLONGE PROFILE SETTINGS, UNDER AVATAR (it will allow us to efficiently analyze tournament data). However if you do not know what class you will playing you can put any class icon and change it before the tournament starts.

General Rules:
1.) Players will be in private rooms on TS.
2.) Attitude and sportsmanship will be expected otherwise penalties will apply.
3.) No information is to be leaked to competing players until after matches are completed.
4.) Spectating is encouraged for all players at any stage of the tourney.
5.) Abide by the "Honor System."

In-Game Rules:
1.) Your Hearthstone Deck must have 30 cards in it.
2.) Starting Life for both players start is 30.
3.) The use of "The Coin" is in effect. (2nd Player Receives a Spell Card that Cost 0 Mana Crystals that give them an Additional Mana Crystal that turn)
4.) Follow all approved community based rulings and blue posts from official forums.
5.) All controversial rulings are to be resolved using logic and general consensus from the community.
6.) Sideboard used only for tokens/minions required for specific spells.
7.) Each player must run the same deck the entire Tourney. Swapping cards will cause disqualification.
8.) Once the turn has been passed there is no turning back unless specific/mandatory effects have not been respected. IE: Taunt/Secrets etc. You may only go back to your previous turn. Subsequently the previously mentioned effects will be ignored/discarded if they were not caught prior to the start of your next turn.
9.) When random effects occur, player in question will pick relevant cards by SHIFT dragging from their deck and PEEKING at them one by one: IE: Mindgames, Captain's Parrot etc.
10.) Bane of Doom applies solely to Blood Imp, Voidwalker, Flame Imp, Dread Infernal, Succubus, and Felguard

The following card(s) are banned from the tournament:
---> Nozdormu

Brackets/Winnings:
1.) All seeding will be randomized by our tournament system, Challonge. The administrators of these tournaments do not have any say in how players will be matched up.
2.) We will be using the Swiss Format - Best of 1 Match.
3.) Depending on the size of the tournament the total number of rounds and the amount of players advancing to the final Single Elimination Tournament will be as follows:
4-8 participants will have four (4) rounds and the top two (2) will advance.
9-16 participants will have five (5) rounds and the top four (4) will advance.
17-22 participants will have six (devil) rounds and the top eight (music) will advance.
23-36 participants will have seven (7) round and the top eight (music) will advance.
37-52 participants will have eight (music) rounds and the top sixteen (16) will advance.
4.) The Grand finale will be Best Of Three (3).

Helpful Tips:
1.) Have all tokens/minions required for Hero powers/spells/abilities etc prepared in either sideboard or deck
2.) Study up on recent blue posts and rulings (http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/forum/9252662/)

TO REGISTER PLEASE CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK :
http://challonge.com/tournaments/signup/KeGBeipmks

TEAMSPEAK 3 CHANNEL: hearthstoneplayers.com

If you would like to be part of ManaGrind's core team and implicate yourself in future tournaments and/or simply want to communicate ideas and suggestions please e-mail Ezmod at: ezmodhs@gmail.com

We would also like to thank http://www.goodbobbycalamari.com/ for making the port and keeping it updated!
To install Cockatrice and the Port to have the Hearthstone database please go to :
http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/forum/topic/8728553893#1

See you there!