Ruleset: 30 Minute Battle, Minimum Dice 3, Maximum Dice 5, Character HP 20, Shared HP

On 6/2-6/4 at 22:00-1:00 JP time, there will be 4 ships called G-1 GP/PRE01~04.
These ships will have special tournaments on them which, when won, will raise your Gather Points, or Gather. While you are on a Gather ship, you will be able to see your Gather Rank above your name, same as you would normally check you rank on regular ships.

Gather gained from each tournament round
1st round win 100
2nd round win 200
3rd round win 500
Finals win 1000

Tournaments start every half an hour, so there are 7 possibilities to enter.

Gather points gained are not changed regardless of facing a human or CPU opponent, so CPU bashing (in the tournament of course) is perfectly acceptable for gaining points.

On 6/5, at 1 AM JP Time, the tournament preliminaries will be over. the top 32 players will be announced on the JP Episode 3 Web Site by 10 AM JP time, and will be able to send their information to be qualified for the finals.

If you are in the top 16 according to Sega's list, you will be allowed entry into the special G-1 GP/ENTRY ship on 6/5 from 13:00-15:00 and from 21:00-
23:00 JP time.

If you are in the top 16, you are to go to the ship, and give Sonic Team your Guild Card Info, your Partner's Guild Card Info, and your Team Name to be used for the tournament. You're done after that point until the finals.

If you make the Top 32, head to the ship from 23:00-24:00 JP time. You may still get an entry. The way this works is this:
Lets say the first place player chooses the third place player as his partner. Rather than having the Top 16 people pick their partners for the 32 player finals, there are now only 15 teams. So 17 then gets to choose his partner to make up that last team. So, if you're not in the top 16, but close, you still stand a good chance, given that most high ranks will be playing in pairs.

Then we have the finals. On 6/6, from 17:30-17:50 JP time, the 32 players will be able to enter the special G-1 GP/FINAL ship. The tournament will begin at 18:00 JP time. At that point, any prospective spectators may then enter the ships and do their thing.

And now we come to the prizes...

The winning team will recieve for each player:
A years subscription to Game Gather
An award certificate in the form of your favorite card
3000 yen in Webmoney
An exclusive Episode 3 Quo card
A mystery prize

And the runners up will recieve
An award certificate in the form of your favorite card
1500 yen in Webmoney
An exclusive Episode 3 Quo card
A mystery prize

That about covers it! Good luck, and have fun!

ST posted announcing that the new Ripples quest, an online quest for 2 people is up and available. This quest will be online from Tuesday, May 25th until Tuesday June 8th. This quest has the same map as the one that will be used in the Gather Cup. The Gather Cup Map is up online to play, so that people can get used to it before the Cup and plan strategies. More info will follow shortly.

Remember that Grand Prix prelimary rounds are on:
Wednesday, June 2nd starting at 10 pm - 1 am (JST)
Thursday, June 3rd starting at 10 pm - 1 am (JST)
Friday, June 4th starting at 10 pm - 1 am (JST)

Final Tournament is on:
Sunday, June 6th starting at 6 pm (JST)

The official name of this tournament is "F1 Gran Prix - Who Is the World's Strongest Team?"

This tournament, unlike the previous two, is different in that it will be a Team Tournament. So you'd better be tailoring your decks together with a friend if you want to make it anywhere in this tournament!

The preliminary point rounds will be spread over 3 days, unlike the marathons that heralded the last two tournaments. Dates are as follows:

June 2nd 10 PM - 1 AM JST
June 3rd 10 PM - 1 AM JST
June 4th 10 PM - 1 AM JST

The qualifiying teams then play on to the main Tournament date on June 6th from 6 PM JST

The winning team then also plays an exhibition match against the Game Gather Staff after the finals are over. Who knows what kind of decks these guys will bring to the field?