My Dad and I have been playing VS since day 1.
We have built good decks and would like to get on the Pro Circut. Our biggest problem is that we haven't been able to get a local tourney started yet, and the local venue dosen't go out of its way to support the game because it is heavly into TYO, MTG, and Heroclix. everyone at the venue I play at seems to think Versus is just a fad.Too bad for them.
Anyway due to the lack of support in the area we don't really know the process for getting on the pro circut. Any advice from people who have experiance with the pro circut would be greatly appreciated.
TY.:)

To be eligable to play in the Pro Circuit you need to acculmulate 10 Pro Circuit credits. These represent your 'entrance fee'.

Pro Circuit credits can be earned by placing highly in Pro Circuit Qualifiers (PCQs) or $10,000 tournaments.

The winner of a PCQ, and the top ten players in a $10k all get 10 credits in one go. If you repeatedly do quite well in these sorts of events though, you will accumulate the 10 you need.

So you don't need Pro Circut credits to go to a 10K event? or did I read your post wrong.?

You do not need Pro Circuit Credits for 10K events, only the cash to enter the tournament.

aside from the ability to access the big events, is there anything else that can be done with Pro Circuit Points?

How much does it take to get into a 10K event.?

Last time I checked, $20. Maybe $25.

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In addition to 10K events you can also acquire PC points at PCQ events - points are awarded to top finishers in both the constructed and sealed events. To get dates/locations of PCQ events, head over to the OP page for Vs. at the ude website.

PCQ's can be a great way to get points with potentially little competition. Some PCQ's can potentially have small numbers of players in one of the two formats - with as little as a dozen people in either sealed or constructed depending on the player base.

Also, if you and your dad ever get the chance - be sure to attend one of the big conventions that UDE attends and has their pro-circuit like either of the GenCon events. They almost always have a 10K and PCQ at the event AND they have what is called Grinder Events right before the PC. Grinder events are last minute tournaments (usually on a Thursday) that grant entry to the winner(s) to the PC on the following day.

Also at SoCal, they had this contest where you could duel one of the old PC champs that had just recently been hired to 'steal' away their PC points because they were no longer allowed to play in the PC. Keep your eye on the fansites as well, for the first PC there were a number of contests to win a slot on the PC.

Lasty, to my knowledge, your PC points don't wipe at the end of the year. This means you can keep accumulating them until you finally get enough to play on the PC. And lastly if you do well on the PC - you also get more PC points, making it likely you'll get enough points to get an auto invite to the next PC. Some people call this the 'Gray Train'.

Remember, in events like the 10K you don't need to win to get points - check out the UDE webpage and it will let you how far down you can finish and still get points. This is important because if you're a 'good' player but maybe not a tournament winning player you can still accumulate enough points to get on the PC.

And really lastly - look for other ways to take advantage of the system. A good example here was the Marvel Vs. DC 10 K event at SoCal. The DC side of the event had less people than the Marvel side. I had friends that went into the DC side and only won a few games and walked away with PC points - then on the next day his champion won the event and his prize money doubled.

Hope this helps. Good luck getting on the tour.

"Our biggest problem is that we haven't been able to get a local tourney started yet, and the local venue dosen't go out of its way to support the game because it is heavly into TYO, MTG, and Heroclix. everyone at the venue I play at seems to think Versus is just a fad.Too bad for them."

Yup. And 10 years ago people thought Magic was a fad. Realize that you and your dad have the power to turn your store into a Vs. store if you take a pro-active hand in changing the environment. What you need to do is get other players playing the game at the store - potentially 6 others if you can find them to get drafts going, though we run team sealed with 6 (total) players here and that seems to be just as good.

Your store owner will support the game if he sees there is an established repeating player base that will keep buying product. You need to get other people involved - let them know about support programs (like the hobby league) and >definately< show them that the game is good in draft/sealed (use Superman).

One big problem is that many of the other players may not want to become involved not because they don't like or won't like the game after they learn it - it's because they've sunk SO much money in the other games the don't want to have to do that all over again.

This is why you need to play in the store and play limited events. It's the easiest way to get new players (that already know how to play TCGs) into the game. To play in a draft - it's only going to cost them 10 dollars in product - the cost of a movie. That 10 dollars will get them hours of play and maybe they can sell/trade a few cards to get their money back at the end (or even make money if they pull a money rare).

Don't make them think of it as another constructed deck worthy commitment. By running one 8 man draft a week (or you can run a sealed event) - you show the store owner that he's going to be able to sell a box of product a week (and maybe he charges for the tournament) and you show your player base that there's something different to get involved with on 'X-day' night.

One thing that non-Vs players need to know about Vs (both Magic players and YGO players) - is that if you know how to play one of those games - it's pretty easy to learn Vs. Vs. shares many of the same mechanical 'concepts' as both of those games while still being new and different.

Get proactive, establish a repeating player base and maybe before you know it - your store will be able to host PCQ's or maybe even 10Ks and you won't have to travel. Also, if you get an established player base, your store might be able to start running Sneak Peak events.

Good luck.

agreed on building a player base, this is why i often give new players any commons and uncommons they need for their brand new decks, as i've got them to spare, and it helps give them decks they'll do decently with.

So... If you don't place well at a PCQ do you get any points at all?

Nope

Well... How high do you need to place in order to get points?

i think 10th

were courtosey invites just for the first pc or can you still apply to get one, just curious for a friend