PAUPER MASTERS ONLINE
Player's Rulebook
---PRESENTATION---
Pauper Masters is a non-profit organization, with events that have taken place in Rio de Janeiro since November 2017, and that is expanding its horizons to the world of Magic Online (MTGO).
Within the Rio's Pauper scenario, we are a competitive event, and we try to keep in mind the discernment that the player is expected to be aware of the game's conduct, in addition to the necessary knowledge of the rules of the event before, during and after its participation.
Finally, although we made clear the competitive content of the event, we emphasize that our main priority is fun and enjoyment by our competitors, team members and spectators and we count on the collaboration of the community as a whole for this objective.
--- DISCLAIMER ---
The Pauper Masters organization team has the right to:
A) Make changes to this Rulebook as needed, in order to make a better and more fluid event.
B) Make a print screen of Discord screens and / or conversations by participants and / or collaborators on MTGO or other platforms exclusively for the purpose of resolving conflicts that may occur during the circuit.
C) Publicize nicknames and decklists of players who qualify for Pauper Masters Online or who receive the Pauper Masters Qualifier registration through one of our partner events.
1) --- BEHAVIOR RULES ---
We remind players that maintaining cordiality and education towards other competitors and the organization of the event is crucial for its smooth running, always prioritizing respect for others and the cordiality that must be primarily mutual between human beings.
Therefore, any message that has by any means some kind of offensive, discriminatory or defamatory content by the players towards the other participants and / or the organization will receive a Warning.
Any player who receives 2 Warnings, for whatever reason, will be dropped from the event and will not be entitled to reimbursement for registration, in addition to losing any and all prizes that could be won in the tournament, as provided for in the Magic Tournament Rules.
2) --- COMMUNICATION ---
All event communication will be done through our Discord channel (https://discord.gg/4pUFXWuFeM ).
It is the players' full responsibility to follow the messages on Discord.
If a player is not present or does not respond to Discord messages in a timely manner, he will assume full responsibility for the risk of being harmed by a communication failure generated by the same.
All official Qualifier communication will be done on the #qualifier tab of our Discord,
All official Masters communication will be done in the #masters tab of our Discord.
Our team is not responsible for messages sent anywhere else on our Discord, in our private, in the Magic Online chat or other means of contact by private message.
The administration has no obligation to follow messages and communications between players made on other platforms during the event.
3) --- REGISTRATION RULES ---
Registration for the Pauper Masters Qualifier must be made at least 10 minutes before the event starts.
Entries must be made through the Cards Realm website (https://mtg.cardsrealm.com/)
The player must contact one of the organizers on MTGO or Discord to set the fee, in the amount of 2 TIX, to validate his registration, the player must also present his decklist on the Cards Realm website at least five minutes before the start of the event.
The management will convene in the Chat of the event at Discord all players who have any pending issues in terms of registration and / or decklist TEN minutes before the start of the event.
If the player does not respond and / or does not request a resolution of the pending issues until the start of the event, the player will be dropped.
If the player has already made the payment, but has been dropped due to the absence of a decklist or decides to drop the event BEFORE the start of the event, he can request reimbursement for his registration.
Players who receive their registration through one of the collaborating events are not entitled to reimbursement of the registration if they do not decide to play or are dropped, as the registration was paid by the team of the collaborator or sponsoring store.
We remind all participants that, regardless of any unforeseen events that may occur during the event, it is PROHIBITED to change the decklist during one of the events' rounds, even if for unforeseen reasons some rounds of the event may need to be postponed to another day .
4) --- ROOM CREATION RULES ---
Pauper Masters Qualifier events start every last Saturday of the month, at 13:00 (GMT -3.0)
All event rooms must be created in the PAUPER TOURNAMENT PRACTICE ROOM, using the following pattern:
[MASTERS] R1 vs OPPONENT
The rooms must allow spectators so that the Streaming team and the event organization can have access to it.
Players who do not leave their room open to spectators will receive a Warning.
It is preferable that the players agree among themselves who will create the room. If your room is created but your opponent does not respond to your messages or does not enter the room you created, notify the administration as early as possible so that we can try to resolve the issue.
It is RECOMMENDED and PREFERABLE that players add their opponents as friends and create the game room allowing only friends to join the game, in order to avoid the countless players in the Tournament Practice area who enter any open room.
Players who create separate rooms, and where one does not enter the other's room within the NO-SHOW-TIME deadline will receive WARNING and their result will be declared a tie (0-0).
5) --- ROUND RULES ---
All rounds will have a maximum time of ONE hour (on the clock of the round at the Cards Realm website) to be played.
If all matches end before the one hour period, the next one will start earlier.
Matches that do not end within ONE HOUR (On the clock on the round) will be considered a tie (1-1), if the match is more than 3 minutes in length, summing the clock of both players, both Competitors will receive a Warning for starting the match outside the estimated time.
The administration reserves the right to extend or not to extend the period of the rounds by a few minutes if any game is being completed or has been interrupted due to any technical question from the players.
After pairing the round, players will have up to TEN MINUTES (on the clock on the round on the Cards Realm website) to introduce themselves to their opponents. Players who do not submit within that time will have a 0-2 loss.
It is necessary that the player whose opponent does not attend must have the room created and open when manifesting his opponent's non-attendance. In the absence of this requirement, the player will receive a Warning.
Players who do not present themselves to their opponents within the deadline will be requested by the event team, and in case of no response, they will be dropped from the event and will not be entitled to any refund regarding the registration fee.
If a player is disconnected from the MTGO during an ongoing game and the program gives his or her opponent a victory, it is recommended that the winner take a screenshot of the victory, as a guarantee.
The Pauper Masters team is not responsible for problems in the match caused by technical problems on MTGO such as bugs and crashes, just as they are not responsible for failures of Internet connection by any player.
Upon completion of the game, BOTH players must present the result on the Cards Realm tournament page.
If there is any disagreement in the outcome of any game, the Administration will contact both players on Discord so that they can resolve the disagreement.
If there is no peaceful resolution between the players regarding the disagreement of the result, the administration will request a print screen of the game history of both players (Located in Settings> Game History) to be able to give the resolution based on the prints received from both players.
On this occasion, if one of the players for some reason is giving wrong information about the result, he will receive a Warning.
Players who are in disagreement with the result of the match will have FIVE MINUTES to present their screenshots and other evidence that will lead to the resolution of the issue.
Please note that it is BOTH players' responsibility to submit the screenshot.
If players do not present conclusive proofs within this period, the result will be set to 0-0 and both players will receive a warning.
The Pauper Masters organization is not responsible for any and all conversations between players through private messages.
Given the nature of our prize distribution, which aims to be as rewarding as possible for the entire Top 8 and because we recognize that the most equal distribution favors the intentional tie between players to guarantee places, INTENTIONAL TIES ARE PROHIBITED from the Pauper Masters Qualifier 1.02 onward.
Any and all players denounced, with screenshots, for attempting any kind of bribery to guarantee the prize will be immediately DROPPED from the tournament, without the right to a refund and losing any and all rights to the event's prize.
Players who enter the wrong decklist in a match must inform their opponent AND the Organization of the event. The match will be restarted, the player who entered the wrong decklist will receive a Match Loss (he must, therefore, grant game 1 to the opponent) and a Warning.
If the error in the decklist for any reason occurs outside of Game 1, the player in question will receive a Game Loss and a Warning, regardless of the outcome of the first game.
Players who, in some way, offer external assistance in a match (For comments in the match chat, for example), will receive a Warning if the screenshot with the nick and comment of the player in question is presented.
The Pauper Masters team is NOT RESPONSIBLE for external assistance provided by means outside the tournament platform (Magic Online Rooms).
6) --- QUALIFYING RULES ---
The TOP 4 players from each Qualifier will qualify for Pauper Masters Online.
Qualified players can continue to participate in the Qualifiers if they wish.
If a TOP 4 player already has a place on the main event, the new place will be passed on to the subsequent player that does not yet have it yet.
7) --- REIMBURSEMENT RULES ---
Players who:
A) Gives up on participating in the event BEFORE it starts
B) Be dropped in advance of the event due to the absence of decklists.
Can ask for reimbursement of their registration if the payment has been made.
All reimbursements must be requested BEFORE or AFTER the event so that it can be done in the fastest and most practical way possible.
Any request for reimbursement made DURING the event will not be attended to as it will be interfering with the smooth running of the event.
Players who, for any other occasion, are dropped from the event or have given up participating in the event WILL NOT be entitled to reimbursement AND will not be entitled to any prize they could be eligible for, such as the slot or the prize for the Top 8, as provided in the Magic Tournament Rules.
8) --- PRIZE RULES ---
The Qualifier prize is always made up of the amount related to the total number of participants in the event, since 1 tix of each registration is for the Qualifier prize and the other 1 tix is for the final event prize
Every Pauper Masters Qualifier event has a MINIMUM prize of 25 Tix, divided equally by the Top 8.
In the event that the event may have less than 25 players registered, the missing amount will be deducted from the amount to be added to the Prize Pool of the final until 25 Tix is closed for the Qualifier prize.
For example, if 20 players register for a Qualifier, they will be charged 5 Tix of the final prize to be added to the current event's prize, leaving 25 Tix for the Qualifier and 15 Tix for the final event.
The value and distribution of the prize will be announced between the first and the second round.
At the end of the event, the Organization will post the Top 8 players in order of placement and announce the prize amount in tix for each place, in addition to those classified for the main event.
The organizer named ImpatienTraveller will contact the players through MTGO and / or Discord to give the prizes.
9) --- SOCIAL MEDIA RULES ---
The Pauper Masters team will announce on their social networks (https://facebook.com/paupermasters and @paupermasters on Instagram) the NICK and DECKLIST of all players qualified for Pauper Masters Online, in addition to NICK and DECKLIST of all players that are registered to a Qualifier through one of the collaborating events.
Players who participate in the events hereby AGREE to this practice and may be asked for their decklists if it is deleted from the Cards Realm servers.
10) --- PAUPER MASTERS ONLINE RULES ---
The Pauper Masters Online's main event will take place on Sunday, June 27, 2021 at 13:00 (GMT -3.0), with a total of 24 players, ranked in the Top 4 of each Qualifier.
Qualified players must register for the event and will receive an "OK" regarding the registration fee when their place in the event is confirmed.
The player must register his decklist up to 10 MINUTES before the start of the event, otherwise, the player will be requested by the Organization and if there is no response from them, they will be dropped and WILL NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO REIMBURSEMENT, since they occupied the position of another potential competitor among the 24.
If one or more players are dropped from the event before the start of the event, their seats WILL NOT BE REPLACED and the event will start with less than 24 players.
In addition, all Pauper Masters Qualifier rules are valid and applicable to Pauper Masters Online.
--- WARNINGS GUIDEBOOK ---
In order to centralize penalties in a single place for participants to consult, we have placed this Warnings Guidebook for reference.
A player with 2 Warnings will be dropped from the event, without the right to a refund of the registration and without the right to the prizes they could receive, following the rules of the Magic Tournament Rules.
Warnings will be applied on the following occasions:
A) The Player uses derogatory, defamatory or discriminatory terms of any nature during his match or in the official communication and / or if he offends any of the competitors or collaborators.
B) Players who do not follow the standard used for our control of matches ([Masters] R1 vs OPP with rooms allowing spectators).
C) If the player reports a NO-SHOW-TIME but does not have his room open when requesting.
D) Players who finish their games outside the estimated 60 minutes with more than 3 minutes of remaining game distributed between the two clocks.
E) Players who, for some reason, act in bad faith as to the result of a match and cause an investigation of the result through a Game History screenshot.