19/12/2025
I really enjoy Riftbound and have had a ton of fun learning and playing the game, but to say the registration for Bologna regional left a bad taste in my mouth would honestly be a understatement. I have no seen anything this bad in 20 years of playing card game and attending large scale tournaments. A complete and total misstep by Riot, they should not trust UVS to run the game any longer. A relative unknown company who ran one crappy unknown card game. And you are trusting them with your billion dollar IP. I don't get it. I really and truly don't. I was looking forward to competing in the first EU Regional, but after the site crashed while confirming my payment, that is no longer an option. Will I still attend? Probably, after 40 minutes I was able to finally secure a spectators badge.
The pricing on this event was insane. The scalping even worse. If the rumors of a UVS employee buying 100 premium spots to try and re-sell are true, then I must reaffirm my position and say take the game way from UVS. 79 Euro for a standard ticket that gets you basically nothing. 610 Euro for a premium that gets you 2 booster boxes, an playmat, and a chance to buy 2 more booster boxes? Non-sense. Tickets for a TCG tournament should NEVER be transferable.
This is strike 1. I do enjoy the game, but I am a competitive person. Rent more venue space, let the players play! You can afford it. Don't use "staff shortage" as an excuse because at this moment there is 0 staff outside of the secret TO that nobody knows about. There's been no judge call, no staff call, nothing. DO BETTER! LET THE PLAYERS PLAY!