Florida Materia Cup | Rudrose Ramblings # 2

Episode 2 of my new series where I talk about the upcoming Florida Materia Cup, Unboxings, and more.
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[@aticron]

I think these more podcast style items are fine but I think it's worth trying some visual that corresponds to the topic(s) at hand. Will help people figure out if they want to just listen while they do other stuff. Almost like a meeting agenda so you know if there's anything worth listening in for. I also think folks expect visuals on youtube so you could lose some folks from that stand point. Content Ideas: I always enjoy someone walking through new deck ideas, the one you did showcasing mono ice and your thoughts while playing was very interesting. Maybe take your question on "is anyone using X card" and trying to show case ideas on how to build around it? Pre-materia cup videos, doing some predictions on decks you'll see, how you think the meta might play, sort of like they do before sports match ups. Not sure if you know who's going to an event but predicting what they might bring and how they might do could be one angle for content. Also might be interesting if you could interview some of the more notable players prior or after an event or folks who brought interestings?

[@rudrose_entertainment]

Thanks for the feedback! I'll consider all of it.

[@Mixx1290]

I had this exact convo on Reddit not too long ago. I hate Bo1. For locals, sure I think it's fine. But for LQs, Materia Cups, etc., the whole tourney needs to be Bo3.You can switch it up a bit, but getting stomped out in a Bo1 because you don't know what opponent is on or you draw super bad sucks. I think big tourneys should go like this: Swiss/Day 1 -Bring 2 decks with normal 2 deck construction rules: On the deck lists you denote which one is Deck A and Deck B -First half of Swiss rounds, everyone is on Deck A. Single Deck Bo3, 75 minutes. -Second half Of Swiss Rounds, everyone on Deck B. Single Deck Bo3, 75 minutes. ---If there are an odd number of Swiss rounds, majority of them are done with Deck A (7 rounds = 4 rounds with Deck A, 3 rounds with Deck B). Top Cut/Day 2 -Standard 2-Deck Bo3, 90 minutes. Players can choose which deck they open with; they don't always have to start with Deck A. I think this is WAY more fun and allows for players to actually feel like they are playing a game of skill/thought instead of getting stomped by the unknown or drawing really bad in Bo1. Switching decks halfway through the day would also make it less of a grind compared to playing the same deck all day. And time/mental fatigue be damned. At this level of play, I'm there to get games in and prove myself. Bo3 means more games and using your brain more. If you can't hang with a possible 14-21 games in a 7 Round Swiss event, that's on you. To me, part of what makes a great competitive player is being able to stick it out for the long haul and continue to do well.

[@rudrose_entertainment]

That's a fun idea. I'd love to see how it would work with that.

[@imustbeabutterfly]

As someone who just finished playing in the Florida Materia Cup, I will share my experience: in 7 rounds I literally played 7 unique decks. It was wild, closest thing was that there was 2 Mono Fire deck but one was Magissa based and the other was similar to the YYTs list. BO1 format hurts and I wish it was BO3. The judges almost had us set up for a top cut to 32 but I guess SquareEnix's system stopped it because once it finally started working they announced it was cut to top 16. For the record I scrubbed out. I played two of my local people who in testing; I beat and I just failed in tournament lol oh and I played a Twins deck because I love FF4.

[@rudrose_entertainment]

Top 32 would have been nice, sorry that got changed on you. I have definitely seen the light on Bo3 vs Bo1 and I can't see any reason to play Bo1 in this day and age.

[@balambtransfer8317]

If Bo3 takes too long then having decklists shared before the Bo1 would be a good way to try and at least gameplan around it. Knowing what your answers are and the answers to the opponent's answers can help mitigate that "this game's over turn 2" feeling if you don't know to dig for a specific answer like Ixion was for me in my store qualifier against 7 cost WoL.

[@rudrose_entertainment]

In the match I mentioned last week I had a Demon in my pre mulligan hand. Terrible hand but if I know I'm against aggro knights? I might actually keep it.

[@MrFinalMax]

I think the Bo3/Bo1 divide comes from how other Japanese card games run some of their events. I’ve noticed that some games needed to do Bo1 Swiss rounds to accommodate venues better than Bo3 rounds.

[@rudrose_entertainment]

That's interesting, didn't know that.

[@DragonSlayer0031]

I don't get it. Isn't the TO in charge of the format? In Europe we are allowed to have Regionals or Store Celebrations as a Bo3 or Bo1. For locals it is the same. TO can make them to Bo3 if the capacity and playerbase allow for that.

[@rudrose_entertainment]

I honestly don't know. I've never seen a major tourney in FF conducted that way. And if they are allowed I don't know how one convinces them to change it. It always seems very set in stone.

[@DragonSlayer0031]

@@rudrose_entertainment The German Materia Cup for example is always a Bo3 tournament even in swiss. For locals you can talk to your LGS-staff or organizing player/community lead.

[@rudrose_entertainment]

@@DragonSlayer0031 That's awesome you guys get to play Best of 3. That sounds way more fun.

[@politicalmoderate190]

Regarding the unboxing, it is definitely a niche crowd. Over the last month, for a research project, I was collecting as many cards from the Highlander TCG as I could. I won't go in to the research, but a key component was getting as many of these cards as I could. As such, I spent this last month opening, conservatively, 6-8 boxes, brand new, with about 50-50 booster pack boxes and starter deck boxes. EACH TIME I opened something, I had a little thrill that I'd get something new and neat, but I had a definite vested interest in seeing what the cards were. I'll admit, the last two boxes I bought, I was worried about storage and repeats, so it became more "dear Lord, how many more copies do I have of this?" as opposed to "I hope there's something cool coming," but that's a unique situation. I think if you do an unboxing with a "hunt" in mind, like you're looking for or hoping for something specific; that would be a lot more fun to watch as opposed to "here's another 13 that go to the fire."

[@googleruinedyoutube4707]

I like seeing obscure 90s games like that opened, but with FF... What's the point? It's a boring game to collect.

[@jaredevers6459]

I wanna see anti meta become meta, because seeing someone running WOL is just boring.