2012 DominionStrategy.com Championships

The 2012 DominionStrategy.com Championships (DSC) is a 2 player online Dominion tournament organized by Dominion Strategy. This is the second iteration of the annual tournament.

Format and Rules

• Each round of the tournament is the best of 7 games between two players. Ties are replayed.
• The tournament follows a traditional bracket format, with seeding determined by Isotropic level on a day chosen in the week before the tournament. In cases where a player was not on the current leaderboard, that player's last appearance on the leaderboard was used instead. Players with no data received the lowest seeds in the tournament.
• Tournament organizer theory presented ten official rules for the tournament, with other clarifications being made as necessary.

10 Official Rules

• Registration will close one week from the tournament announcement on Sunday, December 2 at 11:59:59PM EST, or after 256 players have registered, whichever is first.

• Registration is first-come first-serve, with one exception. Any player with an Isotropic level over 35, or any quarterfinalist from the 2011 DominionStrategy.com Championships who registers after registration has closed (but before December 2) will be permitted a wildcard entry, replacing the last person to register. There is a maximum of 16 such wildcard entries. In other words, the first 240 to register are guaranteed to compete, and the last 16 to register may be subject to replacement by a high-ranking wildcard.

• To register, fill in this form. We require all entrants to register on the forum so that they can keep up with their games and avoid no-shows. If you are not registered on the forum you will not be permitted to compete.

• Players will be seeded into a single-elimination bracket. Seeds will be determined by Isotropic rankings on a date of our choice. Any player who does not appear on the Isotropic leaderboard will receive either an appropriate seed based on past Isotropic leaderboard rankings, or be unseeded. Please be sure to play at least one game on Isotropic this week so that you can appear on the leaderboard.

• Every game will be a 2-player game and must be played on Isotropic. Each round will last for one week. The first round begins on Monday, December 3 and ends on Sunday, December 9.

• Each match will be first to four wins (ties do not count). Players may, upon mutual consent, agree to play under any constraints they wish (e.g., with/without veto mode, sets limited to a particular expansion, with/without point counter, identical starting hands). If the players are unable to reach an agreement, they shall play with randomly selected cards (excluding any fan-made cards), no veto mode, identical starting hands, and the official point counter. Use of unofficial point counters, notepads, etc. is not prohibited.

• The most recent losing player should go first in the next game; Isotropic should automatically give starting position to the person who most recently lost. If the match has already been completed, however, failure to alternate starting positions is not grounds to dispute the match result. First player in the first game of the match is determined by whichever player is "on top" in the bracket.

• Players are expected to arrange convenient times to play with their opponents. In the event of a dispute, players can provide evidence of their presence on Isotropic at the agreed-upon time by linking to an Isotropic log of themselves playing a solitaire game at that time. If neither player submits such evidence, both will forfeit.

• Results must be posted in this forum topic with links to Isotropic logs. Please remember to grab Isotropic logs immediately after every game. We greatly encourage players to review their games and discuss the match in the topic.

• The winner of the tournament will receive a copy of any Dominion expansion.

Brackets

Finals

Division Semi-Finals

Division Finals

Final Four

Grand Final

Bronze Match

Players

Notable Players

• The tournament featured 15 of the 17 players who have reached the #1 spoton the Isotropic leaderboard in 2012.
• The tournament featured all 9 players to reach Level 50 on Isotropic.
• The tournament featured 7 of 8 winners of past Isodom tournaments as well as the top four finishers from the 2011 iteration of this tournament.