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

[Sir_Dr_D]

This sounds like a good idea. I would like to sign up as well. Though I realize the chances of myself getting in at this time are small.

[Fantomen]

Sadly, I think this will be too time consuming for me. I'll have to drop out.

[Hadrian_II]

I would love to play in this tournament, but i will be travelling for a month, but if the tournament would be delayed for 5 weeks

[AreaOfEffect]

Pardon for my absence everyone. The holiday season overflowed much more then I thought it would and my internet has been dodgy. Be prepared for a lengthy response to everything.

[vfb]

Ah, it's all the way up to 39 now!

If you're gonna hit 64, I'd better sign up. So, count me in please.

[AreaOfEffect]

*The list of player's has been updated.

*I've changed the game settings so that renaming in on.

*I've made a slight revision to the match-up (pairings) rules and explained how pairings for later rounds is handled.

*The reasoning section has been updated to reflect these changes.

Wraithlord, ideally I want to start rolling for nation picks real soon. The real question is, are we going to make the 64 player mark. In my opinion I don't think that's not going to happen. My goal will be to settle the map issue first. I'll put out a last call and see how many players we have after a map is found.

On the subject of making predictions, feel free to post whatever you think. Just be sure to note that its just your opinion. Truminator, as for being a bookie for bets, I'm sure your just joking. If your not, then start a new thread?

Meglobob, interesting comparison to the world cup. I just might use that for the game name.

Apsophos, I'm familiar with organizing "swiss" tourneys. I use to organize brackets for my college's speech and debate team when we hosted. It can be a lot of work, though not as much in this case since I wouldn't have the added complexity of assigning judges. Still, I'm not interested in that sort of tournament just yet. This is for the fun of it.

Ink, I've decided to pair people up based on their order of readiness. The first to games to be complete will determine the first two match-ups. This will hopefully lead to the least amount of down time for players. I swear I wrote this down before Micah pointed it out so obviously. The original post has been updated to reflect this decision.

As for the Maps discussion, I'm taking in all your input. However, I want view the maps myself before I settle on which ones to use. Unfortunately my "new" computer has major lag issues when playing dominions, which is rather odd. I need to switch to the other PC before I can navigate the game at a reasonable rate.

Wrathlord again, for your "clarification question", yes. They would need to roll for the nation. In relation to this topic, it isn't actually possible to mod some nations due to some unique features that some nations have, LA Ry'leh comes to mind. So having same-nation matches is not entirely possible. Also, making mods is beyond the scope of my interest.

Welcome to the game zlefin, Kheldron, slMagnvox, Xanatos, shard, Sir_Dr_D, and Hadrian_II. I know your anxious to know if your playing or simply made it time to be alternates. Honestly, unless more interest is drummed up in the next day or two, you may not get the chance to play in this game.

Fantomen, sorry you can't play. Good luck.

I'm keeping track of any picks people send me, but I'm not actually looking at them until I'm done with the maps. AdmiralZhao, your pick is noted, though I'll leave you the option to submit again via PM.

Edit: Welcome to the list vfb.

[AreaOfEffect]

* Added two more items to the checklist.

I could use additional administrators. There are likely to be issues with games at all times of the day I would like to find people who will check the game page regularly and respond. I want to make sure we have support for games 24/7. Please post if you want to volunteer.

[Aethyr]

I would be happy to assist with the admin duties as needed.

[Micah]

WRT the uneven bracket size, maybe you could assign first round byes to people, either based on HoF win status or just randomly or to the last people that sign up instead of excluding people?

[slMagnvox]

Originally Posted by AreaOfEffect

Welcome to the game zlefin, Kheldron, slMagnvox, Xanatos, shard, Sir_Dr_D, and Hadrian_II. I know your anxious to know if your playing or simply made it time to be alternates.

Hi AoE. You doubled me up again, I was already on the list.

EDIT: I thought I remembered lining up against Jarkko? Maybe?

23. KIM . . . . . . . . . . 24. slMagnvox
25. Jarkko. . . . . . . . . 26. Apsophos
27. AdmiralZhao . . . . . . 28. Lingchih
29. Swan. . . . . . . . . . 30. Stagger Lee
31. ghoul31 . . . . . . . . 32. Graeme Dice
33. zlefin. . . . . . . . . 34. Kheldron
35. slMagnvox . . . . . . . 36. Xanatos