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

[Squirrelloid]

Originally Posted by LDiCesare

Also, I fon't get your method of choosing a number between 0 and 99. Unless you consider 0 to be closer to 99 than to 98 (i.e. numbers wrap), then 50 has the highest probability of being closer to any random number, and picking anything but 49 or 50 is a losign strategy.

Not strictly true - if more than 2 players need to compete, the player choosing 50 is likely to get sandwiched between 49 and 51, and thus be virtually guaranteed to not get it.

Honestly, the nation should just be randomly assigned so there isn't some crazy game theory based on n-person number picking where n is a variable going on. (My guess is 40 or 60 is optimal with 3 people, 35 or 75 with 4 people, etc... - but at some point choosing centrally becomes a winning strategy if everyone follows the above strategy, or if everyone else unluckily picks the same side of 50).

Oh, expressing interest.

[llamabeast]

I wonder if it would be a good idea to exclude water nations? Well actually, I think it would. Land v water is no fun at all.

I'm tentatively interested, but I'd rather not commit for certain quite yet as I may have a very busy January.

I assume this will last quite a few months in total? Sounds pretty fun actually, because the time commitment in a 2-player game should never get too heavy.

[sansanjuan]

Alas, mid-Jan is probably too soon for me to start another game. However, I wanted to post so you'd know there is interest in this mega-duel format beyond those who have signed up.
-ssj

[yandav]

Count me in.

[Bananadine]

It's probably too soon for me to start another game, but sign me up anyway. This idea is too cool.

[Belac]

I am in. I figure to be eliminated quickly enough that it won't be too much of a timesink.

[Raiel]

I'm in.

I noticed quite a few players mentioning time constraints related to January and ongoing games. Perhaps it would be worth postponing the start to the end of the month or the beginning of Feb. Just an observation - it should all work for me.

[AreaOfEffect]

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LDiCesare and Llamabeast, I agree that water nations can be difficult to tackle. However, it comes down to numbers. As I see it, there are 62 land nations and 7 water nations in total. If we end up with 64 players, then we'll need the full set. I'll agree to a all land duel if we don't reach that mark though.

LDiCesare and Squirrelloid, a wrap around would solve the issues with probability. 0 will equal 100 and 99 will be closer to 2 then 7. As for why, I'm the sort of person who likes a semblance of control over randomness, even if its just an illusion. Besides, its more fun this way.

Wrathlord, a static 48 is fine. Quickhost will of course be active.

sansanjuan, If you would like, I could place you down as an alternate. Perhaps you can step in for someone post-mid-January.

[Baalz]

48 hours is fine because who the hell wants to bend their life around Dominions, but I did want to make sure people do try to keep things moving along as the tournament is going to move at the pace of the slowest player. With 2 players people should really aim to knock out several turns per day for the first several turns...if people really take 2 days per turn then this tournament is going to take 2+ years. It might be good to define a time limit in days, and an official way to determine the winner at that mark so that everyone isn't waiting an excessive time for one or two games.

[Aethyr]

I'm in.