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Registration for the DCC tournament is like any other event at Gen Con with one exception: you only register for round 1 because rounds 2 and 3 are qualify-only. Advancing teams are announced at Gen Con.please outline for me exactly how registration for the DCC tournament works?
In a word, yes. Yes it does. Traditionally we've sold out hella-fast, so don't dally if you'd like to get in.I understand that you sign-up online when the date comes around, but does it fill-up right away?
That said, we have added several 1st round slots to the tournament...more people are going to have a chance to compete than ever before.
A few things to say about this:If you are lucky enough to get signed up, are you put together randomly at a table?
- Ideally you'll have a team of four participants. This year we've arranged things with Gen Con so that one individual can sign his entire team up for a round. This is new and we're pretty stoked to finally have this worked out.
- Individuals without team-mates will get matched on-site to others without team-mates, to a minimum team size of 3 (so if you sign up and we can't find at least two others to be on your team, you can't participate). Believe it or not, we've had these ad hoc teams advance pretty far in years past.
- That said, it is in your best interests to get a team, download the Player's Pack when it becomes available, and review its contents. The Player's Pack will contain the pregenerated characters, tournament rules, and give the basic introduction to this year's tournament premise. Familiarity with the contents of the Player's Pack will accomplish two things: first, you'll be able to jump into the timed event faster; second, you'll have an advantage over other teams that did not prepare.
- The tournament will be held at the same location it was at last year: Union Station. This is NOT at the convention center; it's right next to the Omni Severin and the Crowne Plaza (it's attached to the Crowne Plaza).
Check out the lower-left corner of this map, the blow-up: http://www.indymotorspeedway.com/v1/cit ... maplrg.htm
- Finally, this needs to be said again: the tournament is going to be 4E. Familiarity with those rules will be crucial to success.
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If there are any more questions about this year's tournament, feel free to post them.
See everyone in August!