Playing against Teams

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Does anyone think it's unfair to build teams in V.S. I myself am part of a "team"(we don't have a name and only 4 members) but I can see how someone can feel that they are at a disadvantage when they go by themselves to a pcq. The reason why that person feels like they are at a disadvantage is because they are!!!!!!!!!!! LOL. But back to the subject. The lone tournament "go-er" can feel like the odds are stacked up against them, but that's not the case. There are many pros and cons going to a pcq by urself or in a team. If u're out there trying to win every pcq... then having a team member can hurt. Then you have to also think... every person has to be good on the team.... which is hella hard to accomplish. Also if a team pushes one of their weaker members to the top it's easy for the lone go-er to take them out. But me personally I'm in it for the big cash. i'll take loses so my other teammates are able to cash out too. Now if I could get the 4th member to carry their weight and make my loses worth something!!! LOL.
 
Aint no way the 4th member could ever carry that much weight. He's a Fatboy!!!

I think teams are important because putting 4 heads together beats just 1 when it comes to building a deck, playtesting and simple knowledge of the game.
 
Grippingrain20 said:
Aint no way the 4th member could ever carry that much weight. He's a Fatboy!!!

I think teams are important because putting 4 heads together beats just 1 when it comes to building a deck, playtesting and simple knowledge of the game.
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True, look how fast you were able to pick up the game and start winning PCQs. I know when theblacksuperninja and I started playing we learned by losing. We prepped you pretty good for your first PCQ and you ended up taking first!
 
*Shrugs* I picked up the game by myself... tested by myself (still do really, with the exception of guys I know now that I see everyone once and awhile) and the first PCQ I ever played in I came in 3rd... *Shrugs*...

I guess I'm just that good, lol.
 
I don't think being on a team has that much of an advantage over playing alone. I have never been on a team and had success at VS and that other game. :) You do get to test and play more when on a team but it doesn't offer much more than that in my opinion. The only other thing that comes to mind is splitting the cost going to bigger tournaments but I get a few people together and do that anyway. Also any money I win I don't have to split with others. I'm to Greedy to do that anyways.
 
I use to think being on a team didn't make a difference until I got shafted a couple of times. Teammates scoop to one another to push as many as possible to the top eight pushing out the competition. It happened to me 3 times in the philly area where I was on the bubble but some stategic scooping and drops pushed me off the bubble.... that's just one of the benefits, play testing and getting input from other people on a regular basis is also great....
 
That's why you just take my route and go undefeated or only have 1 loss through swiss rounds. That tends to give you top 8 finishes, ;).
 
Well, where Help and I are from its easy to finish top 8 if you have at least half the sense God gave a canary. For the moment. We're headed in Magic's direction though. One day it won't be that easy when 80 people show up for the PCQs.
 
I can say from experience being on a team DOES REALLY have pros and cons when going to bigger events. I play Yugi more primarily than VS., but I can say when you and 3 other teammates are x-0 in whatever round, you fear the pairings because by that point it is almost unavoidable. Some of my team went to Shonen Jump in North Carolina and were 6-0 going into round 7. Then they played each other. Obviously they came out of the round 6-1 and 7-0. At the end of the day they both came out 7-2, to make 14th and 15th where top 8 was desired. And the question has been put out there: What if they didn't have to play each other in that 7th round?

But being on a team also means that you have more time to playtest, and focus on different kinds of decks so that when you get there and find out which deck most likely has the best chance, you have someone running that deck. We won our last regional with a Last Turn deck (for those of you who know yugioh). Only because it caught a lot of players by suprise...noone saw it coming.
 
DaAmazing1 said:
True, look how fast you were able to pick up the game and start winning PCQs. I know when theblacksuperninja and I started playing we learned by losing. We prepped you pretty good for your first PCQ and you ended up taking first!
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Thanks for the props man. I will always give credit where it is due and I wouldn't have picked it up nearly as quick as I did if it wasn't for you and theblacksuperninja.
 
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