Nugget Bridge Circuit Season 4 is Here
The long awaited fourth season of the Nugget Bridge Circuit is here. While the changes to the Nugget Bridge Circuit aren’t as dramatic as last season’s we have made some changes that will make for a better experience overall.
The most important and newsworthy changes:
The Nugget Bridge Invitational will give invites via a Circuit Point bar
Players will need to pass a certain number of Circuit Points to get an invitation to the Invitational. This removes the need to play in every single tournament and get caught up in the rat race of points. Now your destiny is in your own hands.
The Nugget Bridge Invitational will be seeded
So while you won’t be directly competing for invites to the Invitational, you will be competing for a higher seeding in the Invitational.
Live tournaments will now be Swiss plus top cut
Single elimination didn’t give much practice for players for the TPCi circuit. Often people would lose right away and be done, but with Swiss players get the chance to play the entire tournament in an effort to improve.
More consistent live tournament schedule
One of the major complaints in past was the random nature of the live tournament schedule. Despite posting the schedule in advance people were still clueless as to when the next tournament would be. Now the live tournament rotation is consistent which makes it easier to remember when the next tournament will be.
Live tournaments will have a lower best finish limit
The best finish limit in the past was severely inflated and very few people actually ever hit the limit. With a lower limit hopefully there is less need to play in every single tournament for the people who can’t make it.
For the time being we will be using the VGC 14 rules we have all grown to love, but when certain formats are announced we will match and make the switch so you can get the most practice in TPCi’s formats. We are excited to begin another season and we look forward to everyone planning to participate, you can find more information in our Online Tournament section of the forum and more specifically the post there about the new season. There you can find the first block schedule of lives as well as more information about Circuit Points, the Nugget Bridge Major, and more.
See you all on the battlefield!
About the Author
makiri started playing VGC in 2008 and has been an advocate for VGC play since then. With three Regional Championship victories and multiple other high placings, makiri is a seasoned competitor ready to impart knowledge of the game to others.
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I’m 100% ready! The first time I’ve been able to start a circuit at the very beginning.
Where can I sign up ?:o
Looking forward to hopefully taking part in the circuit this time around 🙂
Where can we sign up guys? This will be my 1st time participating on the nb circuit, it’s exciting 😀
So ORAS tutors will be allowed in tournaments after the 21st?
A great opportunity. Where can we sign up?
sign me up!
IN! mi in-game name is Javi, but its caught, my fc is 4742-5828-9933, gl everyone
Hello, what time will the game start on Feb 2? I’m from the Philippines, I kinda want to know so I can adjust my time for it. Thanks
Could some one tell me how to sign up