Dear Yoshi & Team: About Current TT Tournament Model

[ChocoFeru]

Yes, the problem is that there's no way to prove it, but of course there's people that has and will do it on every Tournament.

The team can always just find another way on a hotfix/patch. I really was expecting something exciting with the Triple Triad, and it's so sad that a Tournament like this ruined the fun around it D:

[ZellosWilder]

The tournament format is so bad... having played many different card games especially poker this is one of the worst formats I have ever seen... on Lich server the top 5 have all cheated... :( Choosing which players you play and being able to play the NPCs is a big turn off I'm not sure how they decided that was a good idea, who comes up with this sort of a design for a tourney... all card game tourneys involve some kind of luck and some skill there is neither if you can just exploit by playing who ever.

I'm actually really disappointed in the end with TTT (Triple Triad Tournament) not what I expected, it could of been a more intense/epic experience now it just feels pointless knowing that players will cheat because of how SE made it :/

[ZellosWilder]

They should of done a bracket tournament structure 16 or 32 or 64 ppl kinda like pvp frontlines using duty finder with all the players in all your servers in your data center where you can enter up to 7 mini tournaments in a week that way it's as random as it can get and you get more points for finishing in higher places and the players with the most pts at the end of all the 7 mini tournaments in that week are the winners.

Example for 32 player mini tournament:

1st 15pts (won all 5 matches)
2nd 10pts (won 4 lost 1)
3rd-4th 7pts (won 3 lost 1)
5th-8th 5pts (won 2 lost 1)
9th-16th 3pts (won 1 lost 1)
17th-32rd 1pt (lost the match)

[ZellosWilder]

If there is a draw the match will be played again but players will be able to change their deck unless one of the rules is sudden death.

When players are knocked out of the tourney they can then either quit or watch the other matches while the tournament is still being played. Players will not be able to see who they are playing against until the end of all the matches and the results are shown.

7 mini tournaments played during the week with the highest amount of pts that can be earned being 105pts and with maximum amount of 35 matches in total if you are able to win all your matches in all 7 tourneys. Each player will be able to enter up to 7 so they will be able to play at least 7 matches in that week if they lose all their matches.

[h0tNstilettos]

The tournament format is so bad... having played many different card games especially poker this is one of the worst formats I have ever seen... on Lich server the top 5 have all cheated... Choosing which players you play and being able to play the NPCs is a big turn off I'm not sure how they decided that was a good idea, who comes up with this sort of a design for a tourney... all card game tourneys involve some kind of luck and some skill there is neither if you can just exploit by playing who ever.

I'm actually really disappointed in the end with TTT (Triple Triad Tournament) not what I expected, it could of been a more intense/epic experience now it just feels pointless knowing that players will cheat because of how SE made it :/

Exactly. Same here with tournament experience. I'm still shocked SE never did a hotfix. People keep saying the reason is that they can't prove who cheated so it would be taking card from the legit players. No it would not be taking a card because they would have to have the card first. I'm extremely diappointed now that many cheaters will have the Lightning card, and even that in and of itself is flawed having the winning card exclusitivity affect gameplay instead of it just being card vanity.

[Kalandros]

all the super organized power-winners are coming out in force tonight, I'm about to be knocked from 2nd place to 4th.
I should've abused the system ]:

[Phantasmage]

So, as expected, tournament has closed and cheaters got their cards and high MGP rewards. Now, I'm left wondering if there will be any sort of compensation for players that actually cared about the Tournament and felt let down by the lack of "fairness".

Presently, we're left with no choice but to accept that we got screwed for playing legitimately and wait for a new tournament that might or might not be cheating-proof. Meanwhile, players that *smartly* chose the best way to get their Lightning card will obviously have the opportunity to get the next card in line on the next tournament. In other words, cards collectors like me have no way to catch up anymore, even if we take into consideration that Lightning's tournament will eventually be back.

I ran out of salt, rant over

[Zanarken]

I know this is going to sound melodramatic, but I am pretty disappointed with how this was handled. It has left a negative connotation with both Triple Triad as well as the development team for not supervising/organizing this tournament. It was very clear from day 1, that a large # of individuals were not playing through legitimate means. Players selling wins for gil, players within same FC boosting one another in the open. Yet, no action was taken. Is there no governing body in this game? We have gold spammers harassing players several times an hour, we have bots everywhere & now this. Does game integrity mean nothing to Square Enix?

[Serigala]

A lot of people out there don't care if they are ruining your experience or not. I just came back after a couple months off specifically for Triple Triad because I loved the game. Played against all the NPCs and collected every card possible except Gaius (I can collect 100+ of 3 other cards this guy holds and can't get one Gaius?). Entered the tournament and stressed out highly over every match, and ended with a score of 1651, which I am still extremely proud of. And about 24 hours before the end of the tournament, two players magically end up with scores 200-350+ points higher than me. One positive, I will not stress out over how I play anymore because the end results will not matter.

Maybe something will change over time, and I can resume my hunt for rare cards, but for now there's nothing I can do but wait. Unfortunately the people who do not care about your well-being will find the loopholes. It was the first tournament, and something was bound to go wrong.

[Madigari]

In other words, cards collectors like me have no way to catch up anymore, even if we take into consideration that Lightning's tournament will eventually be back.

Look at the bright side. The cheaters will be back for that tournament as well, because there's still a sizable MGP reward for placing, even if you already have Lightning's card. This won't stop until SE actually fixes the tournament!

There. Don't you feel better now?