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Here if you haven't yet. Time to discuss the Survey and some important questions it asked. Also notice it didn't ask any questions about Konami making themes and how the themes seem to be slowly dwindling away. Lets hope Konami leaves the theme making department once and for all.
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Checking RegulationsQuestions 7 and 8 were major ones.
7) How many times did you enroll in the Stardust Overdrive Sneak Peek?
Once.
Twice.
Three times.
Four times.
More than four times.
8) How much did you pay to enroll in the Stardust Overdrive Sneak Peek?
I paid $20 (U.S.), $25 (Canadian), or the equivalent. Or less.
I paid more than $20 (U.S.), $25 (Canadian), or the equivalent.
In both cases guidelines have been put in place and you can only enter the sneak peak once and get 5 packs of Overdrive. As for charging more, if there is no added benefit or product, then Hobby stores are only supposed to charge $20. Our Hobby store ignored both rules and allowed us to enter as much as we wanted and could afford.
Mine charged 25 dollars to enter the tourney and get your packs. You had to pay 5 dollars more to enter a swiss style tourney and you could use any advanced deck you wanted.
Most of us entered because the prizes were mats, none of which were raffled off.
Anyways my tourney is just another example of a badly regulated event that Konami would not be pleased with. Mats should have been raffled off and the tournament should not have been swiss style with advanced decks.
No one even used the cards they pulled in Stardust overdrive.
Konami really needs to clamp down on their hobby stores so this kind of thing stops but at the end of the day what can they really do?
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T-shirt and Mat RegulationsTechnically they should have been raffled off but again we had no such luck and with question 9 Konami asks us that very question:
9) At the Stardust Overdrive Sneak Peek, what did the store do with the Stardust Overdrive Game Mat and T-Shirt?
They were both given out randomly.
At least one was given to the winner.
They were not given out.
Other (please explain what they did).
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TCG ExclusivesDid we like them or not? Konami asks us on question 12:
12) Which of these Stardust Overdrive world premiere cards are you interested in collecting? (Check all that apply.)
"Koa'ki Meiru Beetle"
"Koa'ki Meiru Maximus"
"Shire, Lightsworn Spirit"
"Rinyan, Lightsworn Rogue"
"Yellow Baboon, Archer of the Forest"
"Gemini Scorpion"
"Metabo-Shark"
"Earthbound Revival"
"Reptilianne Poison"
"Gateway of the Six"
None of them.
I wish I knew more about these cards.
I'm not interested in collecting any of them and most people agree with me there. Really bad exclusives here Konami. Maybe this is because we got such nice cards in Hidden Arsenal. Either way I'm not complaining too much. Hidden arsenal makes up for these TCG exclusives.
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Final ThoughtsThat was basically the survey and as mentioned before there was no mention of the theme problems we had before.
With Hidden arsenal being released and with the ability to get 4 holos and a secret per pack, I gladly forgive any mistakes Stardust Overdrive might have had.
Brionac and Catastor more than made up for it and getting all those holo's, a lot which are good or have potential, was amazing.
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Just a quick side note for the community. If anyone knows the answer to this question, please post it in the comments. Basically is the Konami Judging Guidelines posted yet and if not what rules should Judges go by when it comes to penalties and play in general?
Thanks for taking the time to read this and look forward to Sunday when we should have more videos for you on our Youtube channel. Follow us on twitter and we'll update you the minute we start uploading. Take care til next time!
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