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The Las Vegas Open Invitational Series is a year long set of events that lead up to the Invitational Tournament at the Las Vegas Open! Tournament Organizers can apply to run Marvel Crisis Protocol events to get their players points to qualify for the highest echelon of competition in these events spanning the year.
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LVOIS Suggested Guidelines:
You can view and share the LVO Rules google doc here.
LVO LVOIS Championship Event RulesHow does a player qualify for The Marvel Crisis Protocol LVOIS?
Players will attend sanctioned qualifying events and receive points based on their performance. Only the top 8 players will receive points. The amount of points will be determined by the size of tournaments, with an ending bonus based on attendance for tie breakers.
Players will be awarded spots in The MCP LVOIS based on winning a qualifier. Winning a qualifier event qualifies you for a spot in the invitational. You may play in as many tournaments as you wish. Make sure your event organizer gets your name, email address, and Longshanks number, so points are collected for you.
If a player is already qualified (or a Judge at LVO) the automatic qualification will go to 2nd place (Top tables, the person that looses to whomever wins the event. Or if there are 3 undefeated players going into the final round, it will be determined by SoS between those players. )
All qualifier events must be approved by the committee.
The top 58 players with 1st place wins will be invited to the MCP LVOIS. 5 spots will be filled from the LCQ (Last chance qualifier) events at LVO. The winner from the previous year will fill in the final 64th spot. If an individual is not able to make the event that is in the top 59 we will go down the points list until we have the top 59 committed to The Invitational, as long as they meet the requirements to earn the top 59 spots. The cutoff for consideration is a minimum of 10 points. We will start filling in players with points in Nov/Dec. In the event that someone has to drop once the convention starts we will pull additional players from the LCQ events.
The “Last Call” for qualified players confirming they are attending the Championship is Dec 8th. After that players from the points lists will be invited to fill the open spots.
Last call for event results turn in will be Dec 7th, unless the date of the events is after this which will need to be promptly turned in for points calculation.
Points break down as followed
(All players will receive a decimal point score of the total players in the event for tie breaks. Example: and event with 23 players, the winner will receive 20.23 points)
15 or less
If your event has less than 16 players, the first place player will receive points equal to 100% of the players in attendance. Example: If you have 10 players show up, 1st will receive 10, 2nd 6, 3rd 5, 4th etc.
16-22 Players
1st: 16
2nd: 10
3rd and 4th: 8
5th and 6th: 7
7th and 8th: 6
23-46 Players
1st: 20
2nd: 12
3rd and 4th: 11
5th and 6th: 10
7th and 8th: 9
47-68 Players
1st: 24
2nd: 16
3rd and 4th: 14
5th and 6th: 13
7th and 8th: 12
69+
1st: 30
2nd: 20
3rd and 4th: 18
5th and 6th: 17
7th and 8th: 16
(Version 23-01-2024)
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Invitation event application and rules
If you wish to run a Qualifying event please fill out the form below and take note of the rules for a Qualifier.
1. All Qualifying events should use the most current MCP rules, AMG Challenger Document, and/or LVOIS standards.
2. All Qualifying events may not have pre qualifiers to get into a Qualifying event unless all the events are played on the same weekend. (Online leagues with a set start roster will be an exception)
A) Example: Kingdom Con may hold a Standard on Friday and a Battle Realm on Saturday and the top 8 from both events can qualify to play in the Invitational Qualifier on Sunday; this is perfectly fine.
B) Example: Random events held throughout the year cannot be played to "seed" or hold spots for a qualifier later in the year. 5 random local events during the year to "seed" any size event for an Invitational Qualifier event is not allowed.
3. If you are listed as a Judge or Tournament Organizer you may not compete in the event you are running. (Though you may play the “Bye” to give a player a game for their default win)
4. You may apply for more than one Invitational Qualifier, each Invitational Qualifier must be a minimum of 90days/3 months apart. Please fill out a different form for each event date. Please try to submit applications at least 30 days prior to event date. This allows people the chance to make travel plans for qualifiers.
5. All Qualifiers must be completed by December 31st. This will give players enough time to schedule for the event and travel plans.
6. Digital/Online Events will be considered, but will be limited.
7. Team events are allowed, but they can ONLY be points events with top 3 teams receiving points.
8. Events are not limited to North America, the whole world is allowed to apply for events.
9. We recommend using Longshanks.org for pairings and roster lists. Ranked events are not required.
10. When approved you will also receive an email from admin at LVOIS.com with information you will need to supply at completion of event.
11. If results are not turned in within 30 days of event completion the event may be dropped from the qualifier series, no invitational awards given, the spot given to another event, and only be able to have a POINTS ONLY event next year if you apply.
Full qualifier spots are currently full. We will release the last batch of Full Qualifiers in June for events that were not able to schedule until later in the year. You may still apply for events currently. They will just be Points Events.
You can use the following form to apply
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qCwkSSYB4VO1xf4LDFjWBlVIM-ob2EtBVZo6mZKW79Q
Updated 2024-04-04
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Player Point Totals updated as submitted
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