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Be a Part of Upper Deck Entertainment!
Upper Deck Entertainment (UDE) wants you to be a part of our team by running tournaments
for our games. You'll be eligible for great prizes, and you'll attract new customers
with some of the most exciting new trading card game programs around. This includes
our new Hobby League program, which features great point-of-purchase signage, eye-popping
interactive materials for players, and new prize cards every month, as well as the
hugely successful Tournament Pack (TP) program for the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG.
Requirements:
- It is important to carry live product for the games which you’re trying to run Organized
Play for. Though you are not required to purchase this product through
Upper Deck, you must have some on-hand, and we will have it available by the case.
- You must have a hobby shop with a physical store location in a business district.
- You must have a current business license and/or resale permit or tax ID reflecting
the name and address of the store.
- You must never, under any circumstances, sell or resell any UDE
Hobby League or Tournament Pack cards. Even if you buy them from the secondary market
or back from your players after you’ve given them out as prizes, you still must
never sell any of these items
Once you are approved:
- You'll receive literature that gives information on our organized play programs
and an overview of our tournament programs and ordering processes.
- You'll also have access to special promotional items to enhance your store or to
be used as additional prize support for your new UDE tournaments.
- Your store will be added to our official UDE Store Locator, which can be
found at entertainment.upperdeck.com/storelocator.
- Hobby League host stores are also added to our searchable Hobby League locator
at entertainment.upperdeck.com/hobbyleague.
Once you're established as an Official UDE Hobby Gaming Account, you'll be able
to run Hobby League and purchase Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG prize support and other hobby store
exclusives for any UDE game.
For those of you interested in running sanctioned tournaments, the
first step is becoming a certified tournament organizer (TO). To do so, you must
pass the first level of our Tournament Organizer Certification Test, available online
at entertainment.upperdeck.com/certification.
Becoming a qualified TO will give you access to our tournament management software,
MANTIS, and UDE Player Registration cards. You will need a UDE number in order to
take the TO test. You can get a UDE number by emailing
ude@upperdeck.com with “UDE Number” in the
subject line.
Here are some of the benefits of the UDE tournament program:
- ELO ratings and rankings system allows players to track their performance from all
UDE events
- Ability to run and report more than one tournament a week
- Ability to run Swiss-style tournaments (not just single elimination)
- Tournament management software automatically uploads results
- Full Judge and Tournament Organizer Certification Program
If you have any questions, please email us at
ude@upperdeck.com.
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