A Star Wars: Destiny Network
It is strange to be in the midst of Prime Season and have such “apathy” for our game. We, as players, are frustrated about the lack of anything exciting on the horizon. How do we get over the doldrums of this?
When I look at this, from the Star Wars point of view, it feels as if we have just been frozen in carbonite. You remember the scene – that gripping “I Love You… I Know.” What we have here is the same situation.
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The Athenian aristocrat Pheadrus once said that “things are not always what they seem.”
I’m taking this way out of context (sorry Plato), but I often paraphrase this quote and say it a little differently: “things aren’t always as bad as they seem.” We have a tendency to view the world through cloudy lenses sometimes. When we do, every setback seems insurmountable, every challenge feels Sisyphean, and every piece of bad news feels like it’s going to radically alter our lives. Recently, the Star Wars: Destiny community received some unexpected bad news: Covert Missions has been delayed. I want to offer you some perspective on that today, and tell you that I don’t believe things are as bad they seem right now on social media. The ship isn’t sinking, we don’t need to launch the lifeboats, and nobody has to make any SOS calls just yet.
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With a somewhat unpredictable expansion release schedule, the positive change in Organized Play, and the typical summer lull, Gen Con hosted what is arguably the most significant tournament in Star Wars: Destiny life-cycle, kicking off a season of high-level play down to the resurgence of Prime Championships and all the way to the World Championships. In many ways, this showcases what Destiny is and is going to be about for the next several months, and also how the game will sustain as we begin year four this October. What is perhaps most interesting about this event, is highlighting many exciting firsts for Star Wars: Destiny.
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When I began playing Star Wars: Destiny, the tournament circuit was structured as (from smallest to largest) Quarter, Store, Regional, National, and World Championships. This hierarchical structure allowed you to choose the level of competition in which to participate. After just a year, Galactic Qualifiers (GQ) were introduced, disrupting the balance, but not in an unwelcome way. Instead of competing for position, you competed for prize support. For each victory you were awarded a certain number of prize tickets, with bonuses being earned for those finishing in the top. The only flaw of the GQ structure was the elimination of players after two losses, which negatively impacted morale.
Continue reading “Tournament Tumult: Reorganization of the FFG Tournament Structure”