Mega-Dueling Tournament - Rules, Settings, Check List, and Sign Ups

[Baalz]

Yeah WL, no objection at all to recording stuff, that sounds like fun. Given the level of interest maybe I'll line up some sponsors. I do tend to agree with Meglobob that this format tends to highlight my strengths as a player while minimizing my weaknesses (end game micro). Not that I particularly expect to win, certainly no shame to losing to Wraithord round one and might be fun to do some losers bracket duels for those that do get knocked out early and are still interested in playing.

[Bananadine]

I don't know a lot about screen capture but I've been using CamStudio lately for a project, and I can vouch for its goodness (for simple work at least) and freeness. I just tried it on a Dominions 3 battle and it worked acceptably well.

Here's how I record videos:

Capture the basic video into a giant, weakly compressed file with CamStudio, which has been configured to use the lossless CamStudio codec. (I think you have to download this codec separately.)

Use SUPER (http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html, also free) to convert that into a much smaller, better-compressed file that uses some awesome lossy format like H.264. (There are probably a lot of free conversion tools; SUPER is the first acceptably good one I was able to find.)

[WraithLord]

Yeah, I also tend to agree with MB. According to my one game only experience playing with you (Artifacts) I think that one of your major strengths is super optimal openings. Then add to that the pure awesomness of being probably the topmost dominions strategy expert. And last, I have 0 blitz experience and my skill set is probably heavily based on regular dominions MP - So yeah, I think you have an advantage here
That said, I'm certain that it would indeed be very interesting to see how this plays out.
Naturaly, the final outcome will probably also be effected by (in game) luck and our nation picks (some nations have rock, scisor, paper relations).
Also, whether or not the nations we've picked be public knowledge will make a big difference.

AoE, Baalz, Thanks for your approval for posting video captures.

LDiCesare, thanks for the tip. I D/Led camstudio and already captured my first battle. It's making it way slowly to my you tube channel

[WraithLord]

AoE, when will we know our final nation assignment?- Would it be private or public knowledge (until first round at least)?

And hey, why only Baalz, Lingchih and me get mentioned? What about MB, Psycho, WingedDog and chridpedersen?- Should be some hype to go along with these names as well

AoE, do you think it would be interesting to make a vote on who ppl think be the winners and at the end compare it to real results?- It will also help hype the tourney.

[Squirrelloid]

Originally Posted by WraithLord

AoE, when will we know our final nation assignment?- Would it be private or public knowledge (until first round at least)?

And hey, why only Baalz, Lingchih and me get mentioned? What about MB, Psycho, WingedDog and chridpedersen?- Should be some hype to go along with these names as well

I did say the upper bracket was rougher, and that list of names mostly explains why i thought that.

If people were really that interested I could post my predictions for all round outcomes based on current arrangement, and my estimated likelihood of the predicted result.

[Ink]

Originally Posted by WraithLord

...Then add to that the pure awesomness of being probably the most enthusiastic dominions strategy guide writer...

Fixed

[Zeldor]

Hmm... why do you want to go with different nations anyway? It'd be more fair to use same nation. X vs X, ex. Ashdod vs Ashdod. Nation for each round could be random. It's quite easy to clone nation with a mod afaik.

Also - why eliminate defeated players? Let's do it like in normal tournaments in other games [I think MtG uses that] - first round can be random. Next round people with 1 victory play against random opponent with 1 victory, those with 0 play against 0. Repeat every round, winner is the one with highest score at the end. You can always use that as preliminary sorting [3-4 rounds?] and play elimination ladder later to determine winner.

[WraithLord]

Originally Posted by Zeldor

Hmm... why do you want to go with different nations anyway? It'd be more fair to use same nation. X vs X, ex. Ashdod vs Ashdod. Nation for each round could be random. It's quite easy to clone nation with a mod afaik.

It's more fair? but is it more fun?- Is it more interesting?

Currently, This is kinda like the free all style fights, you know, like UFC and MMA. It helps answer not whose the best player neto but who is most deadly when wielding nation X. There's close corelation between the two but they're not neccerily the same answer.

[Aethyr]

Ha! Squirrelloid's odds eh?

[Trumanator]

Can you act as a bookie too?