Multi-Player Head to Head Tournament

[geoschmo]

Ok, we seem to be stuck at 14 here. I have sent an email to the 14 that have already replied confirming whether or not they still want to play, so I may end up with a couple less than that. I won't start the tourney unless I can get 16 people.

If we get a rush here then I will allow more than 16, but I am only going to open it up in Groups of 4. 16, 20, 24, etc. That way it works out to even games all the way through the tourney.

What this means is it is possible that as many as three people will want to join and won't be able too. The only way yo gaurantee you aren't one of those 3 is to sign up soon.

Tentative start date is Friday May 18th.

Email me at dayton_dragons@yahoo.com if you would like to join and I will tell you how.

Remember, this is open to anyone, as long as you can commit to staying with your game. We haven't settled the rules yet, but most likely it will be 24 hr turns. Definatly no less than 24 hrs, possibly more if enough people want the extra time.

The idea here is to have a little friendly competition, not to be a burden on anyone.

Geoschmo

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Join the Space Empires IV Multi-Player Head to Head elimination Tournament Today!!!
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[geoschmo]

BIG NEWS!!!!!!

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We have 16 people signed up! WOO HOO!!!!

I would very much like to run the tournament on the PBW server unless someone has an objection to that. Because of this we will need to run the games on Version 1.30 and no modifications. However, custom ship sets are no problem.

If you aren't signed up with PBW please do so. http://seiv.admiral.com Get registered and check it out, kick the tires, see what you think. If you have any questions about it and can't find an answer, post something in the forum there or send me an email.

Brackets for the first round will be random and will be set by this weekend. All rounds will be games with an equal number of players, preferably 4 but that will depend on the total number of players in the tournament at that time.

The idea behind this is to test your strategy head to head against other humans. But I want to keep the games moving. Since we are having a multi round tournament, this could take a long time if we don't.

All games will be small quadrant, five starting planets, medium starting tech, no ai. If you have never played a medium tech start with five planets, I suggest you run a few games against the ai before this weekend. It can be a little different. Things happen a lot quicker in the early turns.

Turns will be set for 72 hours (3 days) but the beauty of PBW is that if everyone gets there turn in before the deadline, it will run automatically. You could potentially get through several turns a day if everybody is active. If you don't submit a turn by the deadline, the ai will run that turn for you. You don't want that. [And your opponents don't want to hear you whine about it. ] I can put the games on hold for holidays if everyone wants. I can also pause games in extreme circumstances. But you will have to let me know about it by email, and I will leave it up to the people in your game.

All other settings ,including racial points, to be default unless by agreement of all players involved in that game.

In an elimination tournament, survival is victory. If we end up going with 16 players, each of the first round games will end when one player is eliminated. For the purposes of the tourney elimination means no more planets. Hiding a few ships in a nebulae doesn't mean you are still alive.

If in the event nobody is eliminated, the loser will be the lowest score at the end of 15 years (150 turns)

The second round will be random brackets again of the surviving players. These may have to be changed if we get more than 16 people. I'll let you know.

If anyone has any problems with any of these setups, let me know now so we can work out a compromise.

Happy Conquering!
Geoschmo

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It's not too late to get in. We would like to have more than 16 if we can. Send me an email at dayton_dragons@yaoo.com and I'll tell you how you can join.

Geoschmo


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Join the Space Empires IV Multi-Player Head to Head elimination Tournament Today!!!
http://www.geocities.com/dayton_drag...OURNAMENT.html

[geoschmo]

The Tourney is underway!!!

First round matchups have been set, games will be starting soon.

It's not too late to join if you want. Send me an email at dayton_dragons@yahoo.com if you want in.

Geoschmo

[Puke]

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Originally posted by geoschmo:
The Tourney is underway!!!

First round matchups have been set, games will be starting soon.

It's not too late to join if you want. Send me an email at dayton_dragons@yahoo.com if you want in.

Geoschmo

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any chance of a public posting of the history files so us rabid fans can watch the tourney progress?

[capnq]

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any chance of a public posting of the history files so us rabid fans can watch the tourney progress?

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I dunno, that sounds like it would give too much information to your opponents in the games. We could post "in character" reports a la the "Game Stories" thread, though. (Vetted by Imperial Security, of course. )

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Cap'n Q

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the
human mind to correlate all of its contents. We live on a placid
island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was
not meant that we should go far. -- HP Lovecraft

[Puke]

how about after each leg, so the results can be viewed after each elimination? would be easier to compile that way too.

[capnq]

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how about after each leg, so the results can be viewed after each elimination?

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I think that would still be giving away information to the next round's opponents. Maybe I'm being too paranoid, though; this tourney is going to be my first game against human players.

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Cap'n Q

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the
human mind to correlate all of its contents. We live on a placid
island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was
not meant that we should go far. -- HP Lovecraft

[This message has been edited by capnq (edited 23 May 2001).]