Ok, I have been thinking about some ideas for a new tournament. What I want to do is another Survivor Tournament, but this one will be much more like the actual TV show. It will be very wierd for Space Empires. Nothing like anyone has ever done before. Many of you might not like it, and that's fine. I think it will be interesting enough that some people will like it though. And it should go much faster then the other two Survivor Tournaments.
It will be called "Survivor 3: Tribes"
First of all, it will be 20 people, no more. Maybe less if there isn't enough interest, but if I can't get at least 16 I won't do it I think.
Second, unlike the first two tournaments you will use the same empire file from begining to end in Survivor 3. You might think that's not a big deal, but as you will see later it can be very significant.
Once everyone has joined and we are ready to start I will randomly assign you to one of two equal sized tribes, like the TV show.
Each round of the tournament will be an "Immunity Challange" and have a specific victory condition. Some of these will be typical SE4 stuff... "Who ever is in first place after X turns, that persons team wins", and "First person eliminated, his team loses that round"... But some of them will be unusual for SE4 games. Stuff like...
"Which team has the most colonies by turn X"
"Which team has the highest
total score"
"First team to make contact with all it's members"
"Most total tech researched within X turns"
"Suprise Victory condition" You won't know what you are supposed to do, but I will tell you when one team does it.
I'll have some other stuff I haven't thought up yet, and I have some ideas I don't want to share because I want them to be a suprise.
Because of the wierd victory conditions I am going to have to be able to view everybodies empires to verify what's happeneing. Because of this I will need everyone to enter their correct empire password in PBW, and if you change it in game you will need to let me know. Also because of this I will have to sit out the tourney as a player, but that's ok.
So you can see now why using the same empire file for the whole tournament might be more nteresting. Since each round will have different objectives you might be better off to create an empire that is more well rounded instead of one that is "combat tuned." You also will want to consider taking a racial trait, although you might not use them for every round.
Once the victory conditions for each round is met I will announce the victorious team and the losing team will have to go to "Tribal council" and vote off one of it's members. That's right, you get voted off instead of being eliminated by losing. I expect this is the main thing most people will object to, but I want to give it a try anyway.
At some point I will merge the two tribes. The immunity challange format will continue. Each rounds winner will be exempt from the elimination vote. The exception will be when we get to two players left the final game will be a classic 1 V 1 duel to the death.
Ok, so you are interested? Make sure you are. Think about the format before you join. Are you going to be happy if you play your butt off, but your team loses because another guy is incompetant and you get voted out anyway? If you don't think you can deal with something like that please don't join.
Also, I want people that are going to be able to play often and stick with the tournament till the end. Rounds will be different time limits. Some will be ALPU, some will be fully auto 24 hour turns, although you aren't going to get kicked for missing turns. But your team might not like it if it causes them to lose immunity.
Flexibility, creativity and endurance will be key factors in succeding and enjoying this tournament.
So, what do you all think?
Idea for new "Survivor" tournament...
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