Let's Talk Rapid Thought!

• Different decks required as in constructed tournaments.
• Rounds do not take as many time as regular tournaments, i.e. you simply play more games in the same timeframe.
• Possibly use of different round system (swiss, for example), because you can play ~5-6 rounds.

• Different decks required as in constructed tournaments .
• Also fragmentation of the tournament scene possible. If there are players won't like or are not willing to participate in this kind of tournaments (see the comment of Librarian with regards to the LA playgroup. Other players might skip a regular constructed tournament, when there's a Rapid Thought tournament upcoming in the same region/city in the same time frame.
• The table interaction (deals, votes, etc.) is reduced significantly, the multiplayer feel of VTES is definitely lost. This is the biggest drawback imho.

Ashur wrote:

I like Rapid Thought, without having tried it. I only had one question though - why the 3-player tables? Adonai answered in the other thread "Three player tables eliminate the cross table turns that don't effect you. They also take an extra 40+ minutes out of the game because everyone's turn always matters to you so you're always paying attention."

I don´t really like this. One of the cool things about VTES is the multiplayers crosstable-ally aspect. Maybe a compromise of 4 player tables? You still be forced to act fast because of the shorter round limit and no good pool gain.