Qualifying question

If a player would place high enough in a regional qualifier tournament to earn a qualifying spot, but doesn't intend to go to a Continental Championship, can he or she yield his/her spot to the next-highest-ranked player? If so, can he/she do this only by dropping from the tournament after the third round (before the finals), or can he/she play in the finals and then either drop or otherwise decline his/ her invitation? Apologies if this question has been asked before and I missed it. Josh slackin on the searchin

Joshua Duffin wrote: > If a player would place high enough in a regional qualifier > tournament to earn a qualifying spot, but doesn't intend > to go to a Continental Championship, can he or she yield > his/her spot to the next-highest-ranked player? > > If so, can he/she do this only by dropping from the tournament > after the third round (before the finals), or can he/she play > in the finals and then either drop or otherwise decline his/ > her invitation? You'd have to decline before starting play (to avoid having undue pressure put on any of the players from the #11 finisher). -- LSJ (vte...@white-wolf.com) V:TES Net.Rep for White Wolf, Inc. Links to V:TES news, rules, cards, utilities, and tournament calendar: http://www.white-wolf.com/vtes/

"LSJ" <vte...@white-wolf.com> wrote in message news:3EDCAE2C...@white-wolf.com... > Joshua Duffin wrote: > > If a player would place high enough in a regional qualifier > > tournament to earn a qualifying spot, but doesn't intend > > to go to a Continental Championship, can he or she yield > > his/her spot to the next-highest-ranked player? > > > > If so, can he/she do this only by dropping from the tournament > > after the third round (before the finals), or can he/she play > > in the finals and then either drop or otherwise decline his/ > > her invitation? > > You'd have to decline before starting play (to avoid having > undue pressure put on any of the players from the #11 finisher). Do you mean "before starting play for the tournament" (ie before the first round begins, such players would declare that they don't want qualifying spots)? Or before starting play of the final round? If it's not the former, I'm not clear how pressure from the #11 finisher would be avoided - he or she would still want anyone from place 1-10 to drop after the third round but before the finals start. Although I guess there would be less time to pressurize those players, if the window of pressure opportunity is only the time between the end of the third round and the start of the finals, as opposed to the entire duration of the finals. :-) Josh cooking under pressure

Joshua Duffin wrote: > "LSJ" <vte...@white-wolf.com> wrote in message > news:3EDCAE2C...@white-wolf.com... > >>Joshua Duffin wrote: >> >>>If a player would place high enough in a regional qualifier >>>tournament to earn a qualifying spot, but doesn't intend >>>to go to a Continental Championship, can he or she yield >>>his/her spot to the next-highest-ranked player? >>> >>>If so, can he/she do this only by dropping from the tournament >>>after the third round (before the finals), or can he/she play >>>in the finals and then either drop or otherwise decline his/ >>>her invitation? >> >>You'd have to decline before starting play (to avoid having >>undue pressure put on any of the players from the #11 finisher). > > Do you mean "before starting play for the tournament" (ie > before the first round begins, such players would declare > that they don't want qualifying spots)? Or before starting > play of the final round? > > If it's not the former, I'm not clear how pressure from the > #11 finisher would be avoided It's the former, correct. [ quoted text not captured ]