Paul van Gijssel

@fabtcg Player & Content Creator, Worlds Paris top 8, PT London top 4, Calling London & Calling Valencia Champion @TheBlueprintFAB🟦

[The Blueprint @TheBlueprintFAB]

The post-Worlds Paris podcast is live!!🟦

Featuring @evanherndontcg for the first time on the pod, he, @ghsfab, @juaancholito and @PVGTCG talk about the past weekend, how to do well at tier 4s, and much more!!

Link(s) below!👇
#fabtcg

[Paul van Gijssel @PVGTCG]

@Santab5k @mldalton13 It’s more to do with me creating content.

I have 8 PTIs, they should’ve guaranteed me 2+ years of competing.

Or if you’re taking a break, knowing you can be ‘on the train’ directly after.

It’s nice to plan stuff further ahead/ have a sense of clarity when it comes to this.

[Paul van Gijssel @PVGTCG]

I'm usually very positive about LSS and their policies, but I have to speak up about this. I know it's egocentrical so excuse me for that:

I feel like this is unfair, PTIs were earned with an assumption they could be used for any tier 4 tournament. Hence the name (1/x)
#fabtcg

[Paul van Gijssel @PVGTCG]

@CakeTCG It hurts me that LSS is so quick to change something players own and hard-earned/ had well-thought out plans for🥲

I’m the biggest advocate for them, but this change is wrong and needs to be rectified for players owning PTIs.

[Paul van Gijssel @PVGTCG]

@MaxKlein_SC This is exactly what I mean.

I never sold and was never planning on selling PTIs anyway, they were a sign of trust that I could join any tier 4 in the future even if an important life event came up.

It would be the right thing to do by LSS.

[Paul van Gijssel @PVGTCG]

@SimonNielsenTCG I think that’s part of it

Weirdly enough it feels lower level because it’s higher EV

As well as more people buying PTIs for it

As well as a lot of Nationals invites/ SAGE WCQs qualify for it

I think to make Worlds more prestigious, first make Nationals more prestigious too

[Paul van Gijssel @PVGTCG]

@mldalton13 I don’t care for any monetary value my PTIs might have, I will never sell mine.

I care about them fulfilling promises they made when I earned them.

I care about taking a break when life demands it and getting back on the circuit right after.

The game is not dying at all.

[Paul van Gijssel @PVGTCG]

@mldalton13 Why not? It’s quite literally a “Professional Tournament Invitation”?

You are okay with them changing something retroactively after you earned it?

[Paul van Gijssel @PVGTCG]

@mldalton13 “We don’t want players that top 8ed a 1400 player Calling or top 8ed a Pro Tour at Worlds anymore, Worlds should be the peak prestigious event. Welcome top 4 finishers of Nationals Latvia”

It sounds quite funny to me

(sorry Latvia)

[Paul van Gijssel @PVGTCG]

@DaylonMack @fabtcg How will it be more prestigious? Aren’t PTI holding players the best players in the game? You only got them for Calling/PT/Worlds top 8s

They could’ve also made a change where PTIs weren’t transferable for Worlds, if that was the problem

[Paul van Gijssel @PVGTCG]

@mldalton13 You misunderstand what I mean, they can still make these type of events sometimes without making PTIs unredeemable for Worlds always.

Worlds won’t be more exclusive by barring players with 1+ PTI, they are literally the most skilled players in the game. It’s an excuse.

[Paul van Gijssel @PVGTCG]

@mldalton13 They can make those events not accessible with a PTI.

No reason to make this blanket change.

These are simple solutions by the way, retroactively changing property already earned is unfair. There’s no other way to put it.

[Paul van Gijssel @PVGTCG]

@mldalton13 There aren’t a million PTIs floating around and I’d argue that players with 1+ PTI are more skilled on average than top 12 placing Nationals players.

The problem is people buying PTIs for Worlds. There’s enough that could be done without erasing value from current PTI owners.

[Paul van Gijssel @PVGTCG]

@SimonNielsenTCG Worlds could be prestigious without current PTI owners losing

I think players who own 1+ PTI are good players

Worlds atm feels lower level than Pro Tours, as you actually need to win an event to qualify for a PT

With less&higher attendance Callings, PTIs are more exclusive too

[Paul van Gijssel @PVGTCG]

@TeamPummelParty I'm saying they should make this change for future PTIs, changing existing PTIs is wrong. There's no other way to put it.

[Paul van Gijssel @PVGTCG]

@TeamPummelParty PTIs you already earned should just be Professional Tournament Invitations, just like you earned them to be.

You can make this change (which I do think is probably good for Worlds) without devaluing a bunch of people's property. That's just straight up wrong.

[Paul van Gijssel @PVGTCG]

@WillLeeBrad It's scary

[Paul van Gijssel @PVGTCG]

And new PTIs should be called 'Pro Tour Invitations'
You can easily make this distinction on your GEM profile. Also, PTIs will be more exclusive already with less Callings this year, so I don't understand the reasoning to do it now.
LSS, this is wrong to do to your playerbase🥲

[Paul van Gijssel @PVGTCG]

I get that Worlds needs to be more exclusive to make them distinct from Pro Tours, but this is not something you can just do. If anything, if they want to make this change: PTIs that are already earned should be able to be used for any Worlds in the future. (3/x)