Posted this in the tournament rules 2007-thread, but didn´t get an
answer. Trying with a new topic:
I play the first round in a tournament. I´m player C, and player A
gets an optimal draw and ousts B in a couple of rounds. He also damages
the whole table with a couple of nasty votes, so all others are pretty
weak. I have no chance of ousting D, who has cards in play that are
nearly impossible for me to bypass (say tons of votes, demonstration,
Quentin and I play a vote deck), but are trumphed by the deck of A.
I´m a deck duck, but D has a small chance to oust E if he is given a
few turns. In my influence phase, I have 3 pool, no untapped minions
and zero untaps in my deck. My predator (A) has many minions with
plenty of bleed in play.
Isn´t smarter to selfoust here to make sure that A gets a clean sweep?
In that case, I´m at an even level with more players and have
maximized the number of tournament points that I can get from this
table (30 instead of 24 (5-0 compared to 4-1))
Is tournament points (ever) a factor when you play to maximize your
sucess?
agzocgud wrote:
> Posted this in the tournament rules 2007-thread, but didn´t get an
> answer. Trying with a new topic:
>
> I play the first round in a tournament. I´m player C, and player A
> gets an optimal draw and ousts B in a couple of rounds. He also damages
>
> the whole table with a couple of nasty votes, so all others are pretty
> weak. I have no chance of ousting D, who has cards in play that are
> nearly impossible for me to bypass (say tons of votes, demonstration,
> Quentin and I play a vote deck), but are trumphed by the deck of A.
> I´m a deck duck, but D has a small chance to oust E if he is given a
> few turns. In my influence phase, I have 3 pool, no untapped minions
> and zero untaps in my deck. My predator (A) has many minions with
> plenty of bleed in play.
>
> Isn´t smarter to selfoust here to make sure that A gets a clean sweep?
Sure.
It's Play to Win either way, since you're still getting all your zero VPs.
> In that case, I´m at an even level with more players and have
> maximized the number of tournament points that I can get from this
> table (30 instead of 24 (5-0 compared to 4-1))
>
> Is tournament points (ever) a factor when you play to maximize your
> sucess?
No. Not by the "play to win" rules, anyway.