JediCaesar wrote:
My two sons plan to attend the regional in Janesville next Saturday
Excellent!
Are you somewhat close to the area or travelling some distance?
JediCaesar wrote:
I have a few questions ...
All were very good questions. The only dumb question is the one left unasked.
To add to the other replies:
JediCaesar wrote:
(4) How does the tournament work? Is it bracket-style?
It is Swiss-style. All of us will play 4 or 5 rounds depending on if more or less than 16 players participate. As you win, you players others who are also winning. If you are losing, you'll play others who also have opportunities to improve their game. If you're in the middle, then you get to play against others who are in the middle. It's a great system that pairs players of equal abilities and also allows the better players to move into the top 4.
At the end of the 4 or 5 rounds, we will have prizes for everybody. We pick from a pool of Star Wars stuff; when you pick depends on the standings at that moment.
The top 4 will continue on in a bracket playoff format to determine final top 4 standings and find out what trophy they go home with (yes, we have more superb Engineer provided trophies). While they play, the rest of us can watch those better players and learn, play more games (same 200 point format or other fun formats), talk about how our day went or Star Wars in general, or go home if it's closer to our bed time. Some of us old guys need our naps just like our little ones do. :>)
JediCaesar wrote:
(5) Is there an age-limit? They are 13 and 10 years-old.
Nope. We're non-discriminatory. We love to see people of all ages, gender, etc etc come out and enjoy this great game. And moms/dads are welcome to play. wink wink nudge nudge
JediCaesar wrote:
I wish to make sure that we don't show up and are unable to participate as planned due to some reason we haven't anticipated.
We'll make sure they can play.
JediCaesar wrote:
I have a few questions ...
Hopefully we've been able to answer any questions you or your children had. Let us know if you have any others or if any responses were confusing.
Otherwise, looking forward to seeing you and everybody else Saturday and having some fun.