Dear Yoshi & Team: About Current TT Tournament Model

[Zanarken]

They will do it.
The "fix" will occur in the next patch which will be after the next tournament is played.
So the Cecil card goes to another cheat.

How is this acceptable? This would never be tolerated if it impacted the raiding community. Imagine if the new Alexander raid became available, the first static to enter found a way to circumvent it, then were rewarded with exclusive loot that no one else on the server could obtain. Then were allowed to keep said loot. That is exactly what is going on here. Seriously, just cancel the upcoming tournament SE. Its what you should have done with the first tournament on day 1, when reports from every server suggested match fixing/buying wins took place. Hosting a second tournament under the same conditions will only further damage the Triple Triad community. Anyone who possesses a Lightning Card is treated with disdain as there is a strong likelihood it was obtained through dishonorable means. Do not do the same with the Cecil card.

[Siyron]

How is this acceptable? This would never be tolerated if it impacted the raiding community. Imagine if the new Alexander raid became available, the first static to enter found a way to circumvent it, then were rewarded with exclusive loot that no one else on the server could obtain. Then were allowed to keep said loot. That is exactly what is going on here. Seriously, just cancel the upcoming tournament SE. Its what you should have done with the first tournament on day 1, when reports from every server suggested match fixing/buying wins took place. Hosting a second tournament under the same conditions will only further damage the Triple Triad community. Anyone who possesses a Lightning Card is treated with disdain as there is a strong likelihood it was obtained through dishonorable means. Do not do the same with the Cecil card.

It's already happening. Can't beat them, become them.

[Madigari]

It's already happening. Can't beat them, become them.

You can't beat gil sellers, either. Are you going to start selling gil as well?

Just because someone else is rolling in the muck doesn't mean you need to get dirty as well. Cecil cards will come again and again and again. Your character and reputation, on the other hand, can only suffer so much.

Hopefully, this will be the last time that this sort of behavior will be going on. It all depends entirely on what changes are coming on the 31st.

[Archadius]

In the words of Officer Michaels...

"I can't believe this is happening again..."

[Siyron]

You can't beat gil sellers, either. Are you going to start selling gil as well?

Just because someone else is rolling in the muck doesn't mean you need to get dirty as well. Cecil cards will come again and again and again. Your character and reputation, on the other hand, can only suffer so much.

Hopefully, this will be the last time that this sort of behavior will be going on. It all depends entirely on what changes are coming on the 31st.

Even if you become a gil seller you still get tells from other gil sellers anyway. Your example is a bit far fetched.

You need to get dirty to win it, especially with this kind of system. And you're right, Cecil, Lightning and all the other cards will come back again and again so why get mad over something you can't get now but can get later.

Character reputation over tournament cards... Hehehe that's cute.

[Madigari]

Why cheat over something you can't get now, but could get legitimately later? There's absolutely no point to sullying your reptuation.

Character reputation over tournament cards... Hehehe that's cute.

I personally know of at least two people on my server alone that are regarded poorly (shouted about, warned about in Triple Triad linkshells, etc.) because they solicited people to throw matches for them, and I barely interact with other people on my server. I don't know why you think it's so far-fetched that people who show poor sportsmanship would suffer a backlash for it, especially when that poor sportsmanship garnered them a very exclusive prize that they didn't ethically earn.

It's not like these matches are Duty Finder, where you probably won't see the people in question ever again. They're all from your own server.

[Nyalia]

Yay. Time to win 10 times vs Elmer and sell whatever matches I have left over.

[Siyron]

Why cheat over something you can't get now, but could get legitimately later? There's absolutely no point to sullying your reptuation.



I personally know of at least two people on my server alone that are regarded poorly (shouted about, warned about in Triple Triad linkshells, etc.) because they solicited people to throw matches for them, and I barely interact with other people on my server. I don't know why you think it's so far-fetched that people who show poor sportsmanship would suffer a backlash for it, especially when that poor sportsmanship garnered them a very exclusive prize that they didn't ethically earn.

It's not like these matches are Duty Finder, where you probably won't see the people in question ever again. They're all from your own server.

Because they'd rather cheese it now before it is actually competitive, why wait till later when it's harder when they can get it now when it is easier. That's pretty obvious... they want to get it done and over with. Their reputation on the other hand, probably don't even care about it. Since it's not directly related to PvE or PvP related, it won't stop them from getting into groups! Maybe your groups but hey.. *shrugs*

[Grekumah]

Any news about the "Tournament"?

Apologies for the delay for providing an update regarding adjustments to the Triple Triad Tournament, as we understand many of you have been looking forward to participating in them.

First off, we are not going to be making adjustments to the current tournament for the following reasons:

1. If we were to make adjustments to the active tournament it would affect the development of Patch 2.55 and Heavensward.

2. Since this tournament uses a system that follows a set rotation schedule, if we were to stop a tournament midway through, it wouldn't be possible to obtain the rare cards that are available from the current tournament until much later, and this would disappoint many players who were looking forward to trying to obtain those cards.

We are, however, planning to make adjustments to the tournament rules in Patch 2.55. After this, we will also make additional minor adjustments moving forward. We're still in the process of making final adjustments, and we will announce the specific details at a later date.

[Shake0615]

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Thanks for the reply, Greg. But can you address the concern that people who win tournaments (fairly or not) will wind up with a permanent advantage (the rare card), thus creating an uneven playing field and still incentivizing cheating? As I have understood it from the community, awarding powerful cards in TCGs is not standard practice for the above reasons and I'd hate to see something like that hurt TT.