Hello everyone -
For quite some time, many players have wanted to know if there were rules for team dueling. Until today, there weren't any, and players had to take it upon themselves to create their own rules. Undoubtedly, many sets of rules were often different. Therefore, we have decided to release a set of rules that we encourage that everyone can and should use when dueling in 2 vs 2 matches. "The Team Dueling Rules" are now available for everyone to use. They can be found at the end of this post, and also as as part of the Tournament Policy Document Appendix A: Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG, which can be found at www.ude.com/policy. They will also be available on the main Yu-Gi-Oh! website shortly.
However, it does not end there. UDE will be backing up Team Dueling with support throughout its current Organized Play structure of Yu-Gi-Oh! events. You will soon be able to play in Team Dueling matches to win prizes in your local hobby league, and also as side events at Regionals and Shonen Jump Championships. All of these events - local hobby league, Regionals side events and SJC side events - will qualify the top teams for a "Yu-Gi-Oh! Team Dueling National Championship" event to be held at US Yu-Gi-Oh! Nationals as well. There will be some prizes at that event as well, but keep in mind that Team Dueling is meant first and foremost as a fun, alternative way to play Yu-Gi-Oh!, so don't expect that the Team Dueling Championship prizes will be on par with the Individual Nationals prizes. We will make an announcement when this part of the program is ready to get under way, likely sometime in early 2008. However, you can still play in Team Dueling tournaments for fun in your local stores and maybe even as side events at some Regionals and Shonen Jump Championships until then, although there will be no "nationals qualification" until then.
Team Dueling events can already be run easily using MANTIS. When you choose the option to Create New Tournament, go to the Advanced Settings tab and you can set the "Team Structure" to "Two players per team". You will then be able to assign players to teams and pair the teams up, run the event using MANTIS, and upload the results as you normally would a regular tournament.
And now, without further adieu, The Team Dueling Rules
<B><SPAN>A-28 Team Dueling
For quite some time, many players have wanted to know if there were rules for team dueling. Until today, there weren't any, and players had to take it upon themselves to create their own rules. Undoubtedly, many sets of rules were often different. Therefore, we have decided to release a set of rules that we encourage that everyone can and should use when dueling in 2 vs 2 matches. "The Team Dueling Rules" are now available for everyone to use. They can be found at the end of this post, and also as as part of the Tournament Policy Document Appendix A: Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG, which can be found at www.ude.com/policy. They will also be available on the main Yu-Gi-Oh! website shortly.
However, it does not end there. UDE will be backing up Team Dueling with support throughout its current Organized Play structure of Yu-Gi-Oh! events. You will soon be able to play in Team Dueling matches to win prizes in your local hobby league, and also as side events at Regionals and Shonen Jump Championships. All of these events - local hobby league, Regionals side events and SJC side events - will qualify the top teams for a "Yu-Gi-Oh! Team Dueling National Championship" event to be held at US Yu-Gi-Oh! Nationals as well. There will be some prizes at that event as well, but keep in mind that Team Dueling is meant first and foremost as a fun, alternative way to play Yu-Gi-Oh!, so don't expect that the Team Dueling Championship prizes will be on par with the Individual Nationals prizes. We will make an announcement when this part of the program is ready to get under way, likely sometime in early 2008. However, you can still play in Team Dueling tournaments for fun in your local stores and maybe even as side events at some Regionals and Shonen Jump Championships until then, although there will be no "nationals qualification" until then.
Team Dueling events can already be run easily using MANTIS. When you choose the option to Create New Tournament, go to the Advanced Settings tab and you can set the "Team Structure" to "Two players per team". You will then be able to assign players to teams and pair the teams up, run the event using MANTIS, and upload the results as you normally would a regular tournament.
And now, without further adieu, The Team Dueling Rules
<B><SPAN>A-28 Team Dueling