Is it possible that without the gauntlet the variety of competitive teams could be smaller.

In other words:

With no gauntlet, the pool of competitive pieces is say 20.

With the gauntlet, the pool of competitive pieces is 40.

Obviously, these aren't the real numbers, but my opinion is that there is a very real possibility that the gauntlet could lead to more variety, if one can look beyond the gauntlet.

Sorry to snip your post, you made a lot of good points, but this resonated with me greatly and wanted to comment.

As a self described "purist" of the game, I think this is the easiest solution to keep the "fun" and "competitive" (whatever those terms mean to each individual player from moment to moment) happy with a rotating schedule.

It's getting to be a pretty big game, and bigger with each expansion. There's room for all kinds of play, no?

I don't think it should be banned, I do think how ever that the player should see it the other players are ok with the using of the gauntlet. It's a fairly new piece and should be perfectly usable.

A third of our players this Friday choose to use the Gauntlet and the winner of the tournament won without using the gauntlet. That winner was VGA Disciple.

Very proud of him.


Awful Jackass.

I will say this and then keep trolling elsewhere:

If the venue is a close-knit group with refined playstyles, I would never ban the gauntlet. But if there are even a couple new players I would restrict it.

Banning is a bit extreme, but I can understand it in this particular situation.

im thinking we are use it wrong the way i see it is that to use 1 2 and 3 you need all six gems on the IG before you can by what the trait and the way 3 is worded

That's an interesting point.