1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:14,080 Hello and welcome back to Illumination, the Disney Lorcanah podcast. 2 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:20,720 My name is Max and I'm Sam and we are here to talk to you this episode about tournaments. 3 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:26,320 Now that Lorcanah has gotten the store championships, we're starting signups for challenger events. 4 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:30,880 There's all kinds of things coming down the pipeline for Lorcanah in terms of a competitive 5 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:31,880 scene. 6 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:34,840 So we're actually getting some information directly from Ravensburger about it. 7 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:39,480 We're seeing tournament rules, comprehensive rules, we're seeing actual things start to 8 00:00:39,480 --> 00:00:40,880 gel and come together. 9 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:45,660 We figure now would be a good time to talk through the concept of a tournament because 10 00:00:45,660 --> 00:00:47,300 it can be overwhelming. 11 00:00:47,300 --> 00:00:50,560 If you've never done a tournament, it's been a while since you've done a tournament, or 12 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:53,080 if you just faced down another tournament right away. 13 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:54,200 It's always daunting. 14 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:55,480 It's always overwhelming. 15 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:57,680 It's a big hurdle to climb. 16 00:00:57,680 --> 00:00:59,600 So it's probably worth talking about. 17 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:02,320 So what can you do to ready yourself for a tournament? 18 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:04,560 I think it kind of breaks down to two steps. 19 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:05,880 It's know the meta, right? 20 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:06,880 That's step one. 21 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:07,880 What are people playing? 22 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:11,520 Even if you don't want to play an established meta deck, that's okay, but you should know 23 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:13,160 what you're up against, right? 24 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:16,320 If you have the secret sauce that beats the decks in the meta, awesome. 25 00:01:16,320 --> 00:01:17,320 That's terrific. 26 00:01:17,320 --> 00:01:20,120 That's exactly a mentality you should have. 27 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:23,240 However, you also need to know that deck inside and out. 28 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:26,280 You need to have the understanding of fine tuning. 29 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:28,480 What are the optimal plays within a turn? 30 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:32,860 The optimal sequencing for you to use dependent upon what the opponent's doing. 31 00:01:32,860 --> 00:01:35,300 So obviously practice is really important. 32 00:01:35,300 --> 00:01:39,680 Even if you're just practicing on your own and pretending they have out some number of 33 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:43,240 random ghost characters, just to make sure you sequence things in the right order, like, 34 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:47,220 oh, I could have gotten more information if I did that first or, oh, this actually ended 35 00:01:47,220 --> 00:01:51,600 up being a little suboptimal because I could have gained a lore there that I didn't this 36 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:52,600 way. 37 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:54,600 I could have done something instead of actually just paying for it. 38 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:56,320 And I had enough left over at the end of my turn. 39 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,800 I could have just paid for it instead of exerting my character and putting it at risk. 40 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:03,640 A lot of things that you have to know about your deck and understand about the lines of 41 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:07,060 play and the play patterns that your deck presents to you. 42 00:02:07,060 --> 00:02:10,720 So what I'm trying to say in a nutshell is try not to audible at the very last second. 43 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:14,480 And if you're a tournament player and you've been playing TCGs for a long time, you have 44 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:15,480 done this. 45 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:17,440 I have done this a lot. 46 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,440 You think there's some new deck or something flashy or something really cool. 47 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:21,440 And you're just like, you know what? 48 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:22,440 I'm going to abandon it. 49 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:23,840 That's the other thing I've been practicing with. 50 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:26,640 I'm just going to go for this new flashy good stuff. 51 00:02:26,640 --> 00:02:27,640 Try to avoid that. 52 00:02:27,640 --> 00:02:29,520 Give yourself time to practice. 53 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:31,520 Make sure you understand what you're doing. 54 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,040 Try to keep yourself ready to go for the tournament. 55 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:37,960 That's truly the two big steps for the tournament. 56 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:38,960 What do you think, Sam? 57 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:39,960 You agree? 58 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:40,960 I do agree. 59 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:41,960 I think you said it well. 60 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:44,880 You know, you want to know your deck and you also want to know what decks the opponents 61 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:46,320 are going to be playing. 62 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:47,320 Absolutely. 63 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:50,280 So obviously in tandem with this, you can watch a hundred thousand videos. 64 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:52,440 You can read a hundred thousand articles about this next topic. 65 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:53,600 I want to breeze right through it. 66 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:54,640 Get plenty of rest. 67 00:02:54,640 --> 00:02:56,440 Make sure you're drinking something. 68 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:58,640 Stay hydrated and make sure you stay fueled. 69 00:02:58,640 --> 00:02:59,720 Pretty obvious, right? 70 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:00,720 Try and get some sleep. 71 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:04,200 All of your practice should not come the very night before the tournament. 72 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:06,200 You're going to have trouble sleeping because you're going to be excited. 73 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:07,360 You're going to be nervous. 74 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:08,360 That's okay. 75 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:09,360 That's understandable. 76 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:10,800 Put yourself in the best position to get rest. 77 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:15,400 You're going to need to drink water or whatever beverage you have available, hydration drinks, 78 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:16,680 whatever you may have on hand. 79 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:17,680 Drink something. 80 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:21,920 Keep the fluid flowing through your body so that you can operate and make sure to try 81 00:03:21,920 --> 00:03:25,600 and pack some kind of snacks so you can grab a quick bite. 82 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:28,600 Rounds go long and by the time you're done, you have to jump right into another round. 83 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:32,840 You're not going to have time to go grab some food outside the venue most likely. 84 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:36,920 So make sure you are prepared for that inevitability that you're going to be hungry and you're 85 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:42,560 going to be thirsty by keeping some fluid, keeping some fuel for your body with you. 86 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:45,440 Easy, simple, but can't be said enough. 87 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:50,400 Now the next part of this, you know your deck, you know the meta, you're rested, you're fueled. 88 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:51,560 What do you need to know next? 89 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:53,560 Well, what is the goal of the tournament? 90 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:54,840 Is it a cut to top eight? 91 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:56,460 Is it a cut to top 16? 92 00:03:56,460 --> 00:04:00,680 Is it an event that's multiple days like these challenge events and there's a day two component? 93 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:05,320 You need to understand what a cut is and then you need to understand how do you make that 94 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:06,320 cut? 95 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:09,320 What kind of record do you need ideally to make that cut? 96 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:10,920 You can Google this information. 97 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:12,860 You can ask an experienced friend. 98 00:04:12,860 --> 00:04:16,560 You can certainly speak to a judge and go in this event, how many points do I need to 99 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:20,880 continue or if it's a best of three tournament, which should my record look like at this point? 100 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:25,520 I wouldn't ever rely on your opponent specifically for information because as the rounds go on, 101 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:28,920 if you have a decent record, they may tell you, you can just both draw that round and 102 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:30,720 you'll both be able to move on. 103 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:31,720 They're not looking out for you. 104 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:32,780 They're looking out for them. 105 00:04:32,780 --> 00:04:36,080 So they may not be a hundred percent correct based on that information. 106 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:39,900 So you need to think things through and make sure you understand what the goal is. 107 00:04:39,900 --> 00:04:42,300 So that's kind of what is required of you, right? 108 00:04:42,300 --> 00:04:45,400 Like I have to win a tournament is a huge thing. 109 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:50,040 So I think the best thing you can do, and this kind of moves us into the mentality part 110 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:51,040 of this, right? 111 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:53,600 Like we've done everything for our body to get us to the state. 112 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:57,460 Now we've got to get our mind sharp and focused at the tournament and that's understanding 113 00:04:57,460 --> 00:04:58,960 what is your first goal, right? 114 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:00,860 Sam, what's the first goal at a tournament? 115 00:05:00,860 --> 00:05:01,860 You want to win a tournament. 116 00:05:01,860 --> 00:05:02,860 What's the first thing you got to do? 117 00:05:02,860 --> 00:05:03,860 Play. 118 00:05:03,860 --> 00:05:04,860 We got to play, right? 119 00:05:04,860 --> 00:05:05,860 You got to win some rounds. 120 00:05:05,860 --> 00:05:06,860 Yeah, win. 121 00:05:06,860 --> 00:05:07,860 How many rounds? 122 00:05:07,860 --> 00:05:08,860 Well, it depends on the size of the tournament. 123 00:05:08,860 --> 00:05:09,860 It depends on the cut. 124 00:05:09,860 --> 00:05:10,860 It depends on how everything goes. 125 00:05:10,860 --> 00:05:15,300 You need to know that and then you need to actually play and you need to be able to go 126 00:05:15,300 --> 00:05:17,880 compartmentalize one step at a time, right? 127 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:19,380 It's really easy to say that. 128 00:05:19,380 --> 00:05:23,780 It is much harder to execute on it, but it is a hundred percent the truth. 129 00:05:23,780 --> 00:05:25,940 The old adage of how do you eat an elephant? 130 00:05:25,940 --> 00:05:27,500 Sam, how do you eat an elephant? 131 00:05:27,500 --> 00:05:28,500 One bite at a time. 132 00:05:28,500 --> 00:05:30,500 Yeah, she'll eat an elephant one bite at a time. 133 00:05:30,500 --> 00:05:35,140 Sam just learned this little turn of phrase, riddle, whatever you want to call it, but 134 00:05:35,140 --> 00:05:36,140 it is true. 135 00:05:36,140 --> 00:05:39,200 Like you look at an entire elephant, you go, I have to do what now? 136 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:42,100 But if you just go, okay, I just got to take a bite and then I got to take a bite and then 137 00:05:42,100 --> 00:05:43,100 I got to take a bite. 138 00:05:43,100 --> 00:05:44,860 That's a very simple goal to achieve. 139 00:05:44,860 --> 00:05:45,860 I got to win a game. 140 00:05:45,860 --> 00:05:46,860 Okay. 141 00:05:46,860 --> 00:05:48,400 Now I have to convert that into a winning a match. 142 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:50,380 Now I have to convert that into doing the same thing again. 143 00:05:50,380 --> 00:05:51,380 All right. 144 00:05:51,380 --> 00:05:52,380 I've done that. 145 00:05:52,380 --> 00:05:54,860 Now I got to convert that into the same thing again a few more times and now I need to convert 146 00:05:54,860 --> 00:05:55,920 it into a record. 147 00:05:55,920 --> 00:06:01,380 That's good enough to break into the day two, top 16, top 32, top eight, whatever it may 148 00:06:01,380 --> 00:06:02,380 be. 149 00:06:02,380 --> 00:06:03,380 That's your goal. 150 00:06:03,380 --> 00:06:04,380 Keep it simple. 151 00:06:04,380 --> 00:06:06,540 Keep it realistic and keep it singularly focused. 152 00:06:06,540 --> 00:06:09,800 You look at an entire track covered in hurdles, that looks daunting. 153 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:11,340 Worry about the hurdle that's coming up. 154 00:06:11,340 --> 00:06:13,220 Don't worry about the hurdle that's five away. 155 00:06:13,220 --> 00:06:16,100 Don't worry about what are you going to do if you make the top four and you have to play 156 00:06:16,100 --> 00:06:19,660 against the person in the room who's really, really good and you're scared of playing them. 157 00:06:19,660 --> 00:06:20,660 Don't worry about that. 158 00:06:20,660 --> 00:06:22,280 You're playing your round opponent. 159 00:06:22,280 --> 00:06:23,280 You lost a game. 160 00:06:23,280 --> 00:06:25,020 You have to come back and win two. 161 00:06:25,020 --> 00:06:26,020 Worry about it. 162 00:06:26,020 --> 00:06:27,020 Worry about that. 163 00:06:27,020 --> 00:06:28,300 Focus on that problem. 164 00:06:28,300 --> 00:06:33,220 Not well, if I only get one point in this two game set that I'm going to maybe not have 165 00:06:33,220 --> 00:06:34,860 enough points over the course of the day. 166 00:06:34,860 --> 00:06:35,940 Don't worry about that yet. 167 00:06:35,940 --> 00:06:39,240 Worry about the obstacle that is in front of you and that's the person that's across 168 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:40,240 from you. 169 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:41,460 That's what you need to focus on. 170 00:06:41,460 --> 00:06:43,220 Focus on each individual turn. 171 00:06:43,220 --> 00:06:44,220 Focus on your lines of play. 172 00:06:44,220 --> 00:06:49,340 You can zoom in and zoom in and zoom in as much as your mind will let you. 173 00:06:49,340 --> 00:06:51,580 So try to keep your mind from wandering. 174 00:06:51,580 --> 00:06:52,820 Again, sounds like a duh. 175 00:06:52,820 --> 00:06:53,860 Yeah, no kidding. 176 00:06:53,860 --> 00:06:57,220 But try doing it in a tournament when there's something on the line, when there's cards 177 00:06:57,220 --> 00:06:58,220 you want. 178 00:06:58,220 --> 00:07:01,500 Worry about the match you don't want to play that you're going to run into. 179 00:07:01,500 --> 00:07:07,060 It's really easy to make this whole process more intimidating, the very best thing you 180 00:07:07,060 --> 00:07:12,940 can do is you can begin to remove the things that are overwhelming about it and focus on 181 00:07:12,940 --> 00:07:14,020 the next goal. 182 00:07:14,020 --> 00:07:15,020 What am I doing? 183 00:07:15,020 --> 00:07:18,660 I'm playing somebody and I'm going to have to win two games most likely and that's my 184 00:07:18,660 --> 00:07:19,660 goal. 185 00:07:19,660 --> 00:07:20,660 I'm going to try that. 186 00:07:20,660 --> 00:07:21,660 How do I do that? 187 00:07:21,660 --> 00:07:22,660 I win one game at a time. 188 00:07:22,660 --> 00:07:23,660 That's my goal. 189 00:07:23,660 --> 00:07:25,900 Sit down with this person, win a game, try to win another game. 190 00:07:25,900 --> 00:07:27,220 That's what I'm aiming for. 191 00:07:27,220 --> 00:07:31,260 Whether it's a two game set, whether it's best of three, you need to win those two games. 192 00:07:31,260 --> 00:07:33,460 So focus on that. 193 00:07:33,460 --> 00:07:37,820 And it's again, a lot harder to do, especially then you have to focus on the game state. 194 00:07:37,820 --> 00:07:38,820 What are you inking? 195 00:07:38,820 --> 00:07:39,820 How are you mulligining? 196 00:07:39,820 --> 00:07:40,820 What are you playing? 197 00:07:40,820 --> 00:07:41,820 What are you exerting? 198 00:07:41,820 --> 00:07:42,820 What are you singing? 199 00:07:42,820 --> 00:07:46,940 You can see why knowing your deck and knowing the meta helps take some of that burden away 200 00:07:46,940 --> 00:07:48,300 from you on the day of the tournament. 201 00:07:48,300 --> 00:07:49,300 You go, okay, cool. 202 00:07:49,300 --> 00:07:50,380 They're playing red purple. 203 00:07:50,380 --> 00:07:51,740 I know how to play red purple. 204 00:07:51,740 --> 00:07:53,100 I know how to play against it. 205 00:07:53,100 --> 00:07:54,260 What cards I want to see. 206 00:07:54,260 --> 00:07:56,660 I know what cards I want to play in what order. 207 00:07:56,660 --> 00:08:00,660 I know how to at least make a good game out of this. 208 00:08:00,660 --> 00:08:02,140 So you not being ready. 209 00:08:02,140 --> 00:08:04,500 Now that's one more thing stacked onto the pile, right? 210 00:08:04,500 --> 00:08:05,500 You don't know your deck. 211 00:08:05,500 --> 00:08:07,080 You don't really know the meta too well. 212 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:08,080 It's making it hard. 213 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:09,080 Is it impossible? 214 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:10,380 Absolutely not. 215 00:08:10,380 --> 00:08:15,740 You can walk into the store with a deck that you've played a couple of times just by yourself 216 00:08:15,740 --> 00:08:16,740 or flipped hands out. 217 00:08:16,740 --> 00:08:18,620 So you kind of know what it's supposed to be doing. 218 00:08:18,620 --> 00:08:20,140 You can certainly win. 219 00:08:20,140 --> 00:08:21,220 Anything is possible. 220 00:08:21,220 --> 00:08:23,180 Is it going to be a lot harder to? 221 00:08:23,180 --> 00:08:24,180 Yes. 222 00:08:24,180 --> 00:08:29,480 Also, yes, you're not doing yourself any favors by stacking the deck against you in that regard. 223 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:30,860 So be really careful. 224 00:08:30,860 --> 00:08:33,020 You want to also be able to learn. 225 00:08:33,020 --> 00:08:34,020 You lost a game. 226 00:08:34,020 --> 00:08:35,580 Why did you lose the game? 227 00:08:35,580 --> 00:08:36,740 Because they did this. 228 00:08:36,740 --> 00:08:37,740 Okay. 229 00:08:37,740 --> 00:08:39,480 Is there a way you can avoid them doing that again? 230 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:43,420 Can you avoid getting the game into a place where that card matters as much? 231 00:08:43,420 --> 00:08:47,460 Those are things to briefly think about as analytically as you can. 232 00:08:47,460 --> 00:08:50,060 Try to remove your emotions from the, you feel bad. 233 00:08:50,060 --> 00:08:51,060 You're so close. 234 00:08:51,060 --> 00:08:52,060 You don't want to lose now. 235 00:08:52,060 --> 00:08:54,020 Again, focus on what you have to do at hand. 236 00:08:54,020 --> 00:08:55,020 Okay. 237 00:08:55,020 --> 00:08:57,580 I need to make sure that in order to win this game, I need to avoid this situation. 238 00:08:57,580 --> 00:09:02,080 I'm going to do my best to navigate the game in such a way to make that less impactful 239 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:03,900 during the next game, because that's your goal. 240 00:09:03,900 --> 00:09:04,900 Win the next game. 241 00:09:04,900 --> 00:09:07,380 So make sure you're thinking about it like that. 242 00:09:07,380 --> 00:09:08,980 It's really the whole thing. 243 00:09:08,980 --> 00:09:10,860 A couple other things that are related. 244 00:09:10,860 --> 00:09:12,480 Do not be afraid to call a judge. 245 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:15,180 This I know for newer players is very intimidating. 246 00:09:15,180 --> 00:09:17,980 Some people may have anxiety about having somebody come over. 247 00:09:17,980 --> 00:09:20,360 You may feel anxious about how that makes your opponent feel. 248 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:23,900 You are allowed to and encouraged to call a judge. 249 00:09:23,900 --> 00:09:24,900 Ask them a question. 250 00:09:24,900 --> 00:09:27,260 If you're not sure, don't lean on your opponent. 251 00:09:27,260 --> 00:09:28,380 Don't lean on your brain. 252 00:09:28,380 --> 00:09:30,140 You're thinking about too much. 253 00:09:30,140 --> 00:09:31,820 You're already overwhelmed. 254 00:09:31,820 --> 00:09:36,300 Trying to remember a rules interaction is exactly why a judge is at the event. 255 00:09:36,300 --> 00:09:40,660 Whether it's the tournament organizer acting in that role or they have a judge on staff 256 00:09:40,660 --> 00:09:42,580 for the day for the event. 257 00:09:42,580 --> 00:09:44,420 That is what they are there for. 258 00:09:44,420 --> 00:09:48,580 Let me tell you, as a former Magic judge, I would rather get a question than have to 259 00:09:48,580 --> 00:09:51,580 sort out a messy game state because one wasn't asked when it should have been. 260 00:09:51,580 --> 00:09:53,420 So don't be afraid to ask a clarifying question. 261 00:09:53,420 --> 00:09:56,580 If your opponent does something you're not sure of, go, hang on one second. 262 00:09:56,580 --> 00:09:58,860 I just want to double check with a judge real quick. 263 00:09:58,860 --> 00:09:59,860 That's okay. 264 00:09:59,860 --> 00:10:03,460 If an opponent ever makes you feel belittled about calling a judge, you can always have 265 00:10:03,460 --> 00:10:07,060 the judge talk to you away from the table, away from your opponent. 266 00:10:07,060 --> 00:10:10,300 The judge will give you a little bit of a time extension in a lot of cases so you can 267 00:10:10,300 --> 00:10:14,500 finish your match at a good playable pace so you can put a lot of intention and thought 268 00:10:14,500 --> 00:10:18,420 and you can have a conversation with the judge about your opponent if need be. 269 00:10:18,420 --> 00:10:20,260 It doesn't have to be, it can be about something in your hand. 270 00:10:20,260 --> 00:10:22,980 It can be also at the table and go, hey, this happened. 271 00:10:22,980 --> 00:10:25,180 Is this the right way that this happens? 272 00:10:25,180 --> 00:10:26,180 Simple as that. 273 00:10:26,180 --> 00:10:28,940 Be ready to call a judge as needed to help you. 274 00:10:28,940 --> 00:10:31,380 Sam, have you had to call a judge yet for any Lorcona questions? 275 00:10:31,380 --> 00:10:32,380 No. 276 00:10:32,380 --> 00:10:33,380 Haven't either. 277 00:10:33,380 --> 00:10:37,500 I've asked theory questions to people in a judge role, but I haven't had to call them 278 00:10:37,500 --> 00:10:38,500 over for a rules interaction. 279 00:10:38,500 --> 00:10:39,940 There's nothing wrong with it. 280 00:10:39,940 --> 00:10:42,020 Again, judge is happy to come over and answer our questions. 281 00:10:42,020 --> 00:10:43,340 They're really what they're there for. 282 00:10:43,340 --> 00:10:46,460 A lot of times they're just like kind of pushing in chairs and cleaning up, walking 283 00:10:46,460 --> 00:10:47,460 around. 284 00:10:47,460 --> 00:10:50,860 It's just kind of like you're passing the day a little bit, time's going by, but if 285 00:10:50,860 --> 00:10:52,980 people ask you questions like, oh, okay, let me come over. 286 00:10:52,980 --> 00:10:54,140 They're excited to come help you. 287 00:10:54,140 --> 00:10:55,580 That's really, I'm not even kidding. 288 00:10:55,580 --> 00:10:57,100 You're like, oh, okay, a question. 289 00:10:57,100 --> 00:10:58,620 Maybe I can help the situation out. 290 00:10:58,620 --> 00:11:02,380 I've heard judges called a couple of times, but I've not myself had to. 291 00:11:02,380 --> 00:11:03,380 Right. 292 00:11:03,380 --> 00:11:07,140 And like that, in that vein, you want to make sure that you avoid cascading errors. 293 00:11:07,140 --> 00:11:10,380 If you make a play mistake and you know it and you're like, oh, I shouldn't have done 294 00:11:10,380 --> 00:11:11,380 that. 295 00:11:11,380 --> 00:11:14,540 But now you're afraid like you may look foolish or have to do something a little inefficiently. 296 00:11:14,540 --> 00:11:18,220 If it's still the right thing to do, even though it's done out of order, still do it. 297 00:11:18,220 --> 00:11:21,260 Don't let it avalanche on you because you'll back foot yourself a ton. 298 00:11:21,260 --> 00:11:22,460 I'm sure you're familiar with this. 299 00:11:22,460 --> 00:11:24,740 Or even missing a trigger or something like that. 300 00:11:24,740 --> 00:11:28,660 Tell yourself, do it again because you're upset that you missed it the first time. 301 00:11:28,660 --> 00:11:29,660 Absolutely. 302 00:11:29,660 --> 00:11:32,500 It's really important to not let those things cascade out of control. 303 00:11:32,500 --> 00:11:35,220 It's like, oh no, I was supposed to do this and then do this. 304 00:11:35,220 --> 00:11:36,340 Will you miss the first part? 305 00:11:36,340 --> 00:11:37,580 Maybe still do the second thing. 306 00:11:37,580 --> 00:11:39,580 If it's the right thing to do, take a moment, reevaluate. 307 00:11:39,580 --> 00:11:40,740 Is this still the correct thing? 308 00:11:40,740 --> 00:11:41,740 I'm going to do it. 309 00:11:41,740 --> 00:11:44,660 You may look a little foolish or you may joke with your opponent like, yeah, I kind of screwed 310 00:11:44,660 --> 00:11:45,660 that one up. 311 00:11:45,660 --> 00:11:46,660 That's okay. 312 00:11:46,660 --> 00:11:47,660 We all have. 313 00:11:47,660 --> 00:11:51,660 That's part of why these games are hard and part of why there's a fun aspect to it because 314 00:11:51,660 --> 00:11:53,540 we're all humans trying to do it. 315 00:11:53,540 --> 00:11:55,260 It's not going to be a perfect play every time. 316 00:11:55,260 --> 00:11:59,060 We're not robots who are programmed to do it right in the correct sequence every time. 317 00:11:59,060 --> 00:12:03,740 I have a question for you about miss trigger or a judge question. 318 00:12:03,740 --> 00:12:07,540 If you miss a must trigger, how far back does that go? 319 00:12:07,540 --> 00:12:11,020 If you missed it at the beginning of your turn, say a location, lore, when is it too 320 00:12:11,020 --> 00:12:12,020 late to get that? 321 00:12:12,020 --> 00:12:13,020 Do you call a judge? 322 00:12:13,020 --> 00:12:14,020 What's the answer? 323 00:12:14,020 --> 00:12:15,020 Do you know? 324 00:12:15,020 --> 00:12:16,020 The answer is absolutely call a judge. 325 00:12:16,020 --> 00:12:20,420 It depends on what's happened and how hard that situation is to rectify. 326 00:12:20,420 --> 00:12:25,260 Or something as trivial as missing lore, my guess, and please do not be like, I learned 327 00:12:25,260 --> 00:12:27,180 this on the illumination podcast is how it works. 328 00:12:27,180 --> 00:12:29,780 This is not a judge giving you this information. 329 00:12:29,780 --> 00:12:33,220 It should be easy enough to go, okay, I will add to your lore total. 330 00:12:33,220 --> 00:12:34,780 They'll ask the opponent, is that true? 331 00:12:34,780 --> 00:12:35,780 Did they miss it? 332 00:12:35,780 --> 00:12:36,780 Do you have that written down? 333 00:12:36,780 --> 00:12:40,180 They'll look at both of your lore totals and go, okay, let's go ahead and add that number 334 00:12:40,180 --> 00:12:41,180 on. 335 00:12:41,180 --> 00:12:45,900 We both understand that the new total is this and they will probably give you what is either 336 00:12:45,900 --> 00:12:50,980 a warning, which usually it's, I haven't parsed through all of the floor rules yet for Lurkana 337 00:12:50,980 --> 00:12:52,720 if they've all been put out there. 338 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:56,940 So many warnings will result in some kind of a penalty, which is typically something like 339 00:12:56,940 --> 00:13:02,160 a game loss on like the third or fourth time it happens, which is extremely rare. 340 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:07,900 So it gets more difficult if it's like, oh, I was supposed to put this card on the bottom 341 00:13:07,900 --> 00:13:15,080 of my deck with Ursula a few turns ago, but now it's in my discard pile still. 342 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:17,420 And I wanted to do this kind of thing. 343 00:13:17,420 --> 00:13:20,940 It can get a little tricky because it's like this should have been put on the bottom already 344 00:13:20,940 --> 00:13:24,940 or it's rare in Lurkana, but if a deck is shuffled and things should have been a certain 345 00:13:24,940 --> 00:13:29,060 way and they weren't, it becomes very hard to rewind those situations. 346 00:13:29,060 --> 00:13:32,760 So what the judge will typically do is try to walk the state, the game state back as 347 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:35,580 far as they can to a point where it makes sense. 348 00:13:35,580 --> 00:13:39,620 But if it irreparably damages what's happened since it generally will be treated as something 349 00:13:39,620 --> 00:13:40,620 that was missed. 350 00:13:40,620 --> 00:13:43,780 And again, they'll explain the situation to both players and the player who missed it 351 00:13:43,780 --> 00:13:45,340 will be given a warning. 352 00:13:45,340 --> 00:13:48,060 So that's pretty much how it goes. 353 00:13:48,060 --> 00:13:49,260 Why do I bring all this up? 354 00:13:49,260 --> 00:13:50,440 Why does all this matter? 355 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:53,980 Because I want you to feel like you have a chance during the tournament. 356 00:13:53,980 --> 00:13:59,080 Sam and I both went to our local store champs on Sunday and Sam and I both lost round one. 357 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:00,500 What'd I tell you after round one? 358 00:14:00,500 --> 00:14:01,500 Not to give up. 359 00:14:01,500 --> 00:14:02,500 We could still make it. 360 00:14:02,500 --> 00:14:03,500 Cut to top eight. 361 00:14:03,500 --> 00:14:04,500 We're good. 362 00:14:04,500 --> 00:14:05,500 There was 20 people. 363 00:14:05,500 --> 00:14:06,500 We are cutting to top eight. 364 00:14:06,500 --> 00:14:07,500 A lot of opportunity in there, right? 365 00:14:07,500 --> 00:14:09,180 Like you can do the rough math. 366 00:14:09,180 --> 00:14:12,020 That's a little over a 33% chance that you can still get in. 367 00:14:12,020 --> 00:14:14,300 So I again lost round two. 368 00:14:14,300 --> 00:14:15,300 So did I. 369 00:14:15,300 --> 00:14:16,940 And I still same thing. 370 00:14:16,940 --> 00:14:17,940 Don't worry. 371 00:14:17,940 --> 00:14:18,940 There's still a chance. 372 00:14:18,940 --> 00:14:20,060 It's a lesser chance. 373 00:14:20,060 --> 00:14:24,100 Every round loss is eliminating opportunity, but there's still a chance. 374 00:14:24,100 --> 00:14:26,440 You went on to win the following game, I believe. 375 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:28,940 And then did you lose the next one after that? 376 00:14:28,940 --> 00:14:29,940 Yes. 377 00:14:29,940 --> 00:14:30,940 And then you won the one after that. 378 00:14:30,940 --> 00:14:31,940 Yes. 379 00:14:31,940 --> 00:14:34,360 And I ended up winning out the next three matches. 380 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:38,580 So I was started with two losses, got three wins at the end of five rounds when the tournament 381 00:14:38,580 --> 00:14:40,580 was ready to cut to the top eight. 382 00:14:40,580 --> 00:14:42,380 I managed to get in at eighth place. 383 00:14:42,380 --> 00:14:46,580 And then I managed to get one of the stitch promos by getting fourth place because I beat 384 00:14:46,580 --> 00:14:49,120 the top seed, which is difficult, right? 385 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:50,740 They were the best ranked player in the room. 386 00:14:50,740 --> 00:14:51,740 I got lucky. 387 00:14:51,740 --> 00:14:56,020 It was a good matchup for what I was playing and I managed to eke out the promo, which 388 00:14:56,020 --> 00:14:57,140 is really cool. 389 00:14:57,140 --> 00:15:00,460 And I was happier still that it proved my point of you can still get in. 390 00:15:00,460 --> 00:15:01,460 Just keep trying. 391 00:15:01,460 --> 00:15:02,460 Remember, it's that next. 392 00:15:02,460 --> 00:15:03,460 What's the next step? 393 00:15:03,460 --> 00:15:05,380 And the next step is always win the next match. 394 00:15:05,380 --> 00:15:09,020 Even if you get knocked out, especially if you're going to go to multiple different tournaments 395 00:15:09,020 --> 00:15:11,780 or you're planning on playing side events at a larger tournament, you might want to 396 00:15:11,780 --> 00:15:13,020 stay in for another round or two. 397 00:15:13,020 --> 00:15:14,120 Just you've already paid. 398 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:18,100 You can get a little bit of experience with the deck, maybe that you didn't have before 399 00:15:18,100 --> 00:15:22,700 and try to learn and apply that to the next goal, which is the next thing you're going 400 00:15:22,700 --> 00:15:25,740 to do, which is to then start the whole process over again. 401 00:15:25,740 --> 00:15:30,700 I also don't want anybody to walk away thinking that because you didn't get into the top, 402 00:15:30,700 --> 00:15:33,820 whatever you didn't win the tournament, you set an expectation for yourself and didn't 403 00:15:33,820 --> 00:15:34,820 mean it. 404 00:15:34,820 --> 00:15:35,820 Doesn't mean you're a bad player. 405 00:15:35,820 --> 00:15:37,040 Doesn't mean that you're a good player. 406 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:38,160 If you manage to win. 407 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:39,740 There's a huge factor of luck, right? 408 00:15:39,740 --> 00:15:44,260 We get a new card every single turn of a game in a card game and that's totally randomized. 409 00:15:44,260 --> 00:15:47,300 That's shuffled up and there's only so many that are allowed to be drawn. 410 00:15:47,300 --> 00:15:48,960 So many that are to be put in the deck. 411 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:55,060 So don't feel like your result is a direct reflection of you as a player of this game. 412 00:15:55,060 --> 00:15:56,860 You're going to have crazy good days. 413 00:15:56,860 --> 00:15:58,460 You're going to have horrible days. 414 00:15:58,460 --> 00:16:00,820 Even if you're playing the same deck, it doesn't matter. 415 00:16:00,820 --> 00:16:05,780 I have lost at my locals with like four people showing up and on the other side of it, I've 416 00:16:05,780 --> 00:16:09,180 won in other card games, much larger tournaments than that. 417 00:16:09,180 --> 00:16:11,700 It doesn't mean that I'm bad or good at the game. 418 00:16:11,700 --> 00:16:13,620 It just means that I did well that day. 419 00:16:13,620 --> 00:16:17,140 And what I'll do, I'll sleeve up another set of cards or take that same set of cards and 420 00:16:17,140 --> 00:16:20,380 I'll go play the next day and try to have a good result. 421 00:16:20,380 --> 00:16:21,620 That's just a result. 422 00:16:21,620 --> 00:16:24,580 It's one factor in how good of a player you are. 423 00:16:24,580 --> 00:16:27,900 So do not kind of undersell the other things that come with this. 424 00:16:27,900 --> 00:16:30,500 If you get to go places, you're going to meet new people. 425 00:16:30,500 --> 00:16:31,940 You're going to make friends. 426 00:16:31,940 --> 00:16:33,500 You're going to build memories. 427 00:16:33,500 --> 00:16:36,660 You may find a new spot that you want to go play when you go to a store you've never been 428 00:16:36,660 --> 00:16:37,660 to before. 429 00:16:37,660 --> 00:16:44,060 There's so, so, so much value that you're going to gain experience everything outside 430 00:16:44,060 --> 00:16:47,060 of just a tournament result. 431 00:16:47,060 --> 00:16:52,300 When you go to a game tournament is very different from a lot of other social things. 432 00:16:52,300 --> 00:16:56,060 If you've never been in a trading card game tournament, it's tense, but everybody's in 433 00:16:56,060 --> 00:16:57,060 it together. 434 00:16:57,060 --> 00:17:00,700 So there's a lot of nervous excitement, a lot of nervous energy, a lot of relief. 435 00:17:00,700 --> 00:17:01,700 Everybody's comes together. 436 00:17:01,700 --> 00:17:03,700 It's a nice piece of camaraderie. 437 00:17:03,700 --> 00:17:06,420 We had 20 people that showed up to our local store champs. 438 00:17:06,420 --> 00:17:10,660 I was in one the day before 23 and it's just fun how it brings people together. 439 00:17:10,660 --> 00:17:14,060 You laugh, you tell stories, you got to share your bad beats stories. 440 00:17:14,060 --> 00:17:17,460 You got to talk about the amazing top deck that won you the game. 441 00:17:17,460 --> 00:17:18,460 It's fun. 442 00:17:18,460 --> 00:17:19,860 It really is exciting. 443 00:17:19,860 --> 00:17:23,540 It's nerve wracking and everybody's in that same exact boat. 444 00:17:23,540 --> 00:17:30,580 So please do not let one singular piece of data define you and how you think of yourself. 445 00:17:30,580 --> 00:17:31,580 You're great. 446 00:17:31,580 --> 00:17:32,580 There's only one thing left to do. 447 00:17:32,580 --> 00:18:01,140 Keep questioning.