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Offline BigMax

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« Reply #15 on: August 04, 2003, 09:04:07 PM »
Seeker,
I like most of your ideas... But I think informal is better.  

We'll host it, and if a squad shows & wants to fly together - let them.  

If single pilots show and want to join, plug them into a group.

Four sounds about right, is definitely the most we need.

Registration is a bad thing... Simply because it means we'd have to spend time planning and if one didn't show, we'd have to plan it all over again while the players wait.

I think that as teams log in, we assign them numbers and then use their numbers like seeds in a sports bracket system to host a double elimination tournament, round robin, or a free-for-all.  Setting needs to be as the community dictates. (ie #1 plays #20 of 20, #2 plays #19 of 20, etc...)

As far as how frequently we host it, let the community decide that too.  I'm thinking 5 teams = worth doing again; 7 = do it again in 2 months, and 10 = run it again next month.

We'd also need a unique name... & an afternoon to host it on.  This one needs to as neutral to time-zones as possible.  I'm thinking noon or so on a Saturday or Sunday EST.  It should allow ALL US and EUROs to join together.  Granted, there will be NO perfect time, but this will probably fit the customer base the best.

I HATE IMPOSED RULES!!!!
Good competition, as few rules as possible = the most fun!, which needs to be the #1 goal!

Also, we have a third intersted CM, WT wants in too!
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« Reply #16 on: August 04, 2003, 11:00:49 PM »
Sounds like fun. 412th would be there.

In regards to registration, I think anything where you let walkons come and go as they please will end up making the organization fall apart too easily, with players possibly switching teams mid-stream, or new players coming in trying to start new teams, etc.

Single KOTH is hard enough to explain to newbies. It might become a real burden to try and explain team KOTH during the event.

Some sort of pre-registration could be used to allow team captains to sign up. That captain could then get 3 other players for his team, or accept walk-ons if he needed them come game day.

If teams had less than 4 members, they could sit out a round, or fly short-handed.
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« Reply #17 on: August 05, 2003, 01:33:01 AM »
my small squad of 3 ppl could make it to the euro time one ;). we hsave a member from U.K.


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« Reply #18 on: August 05, 2003, 01:59:58 AM »
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You'd rather we Emailed HTC direct? :D


Oops... Hope you didn't misunderstand. Just sayin' that it brought back memories. Nothin' more nothin' less. :)

The way I see it, though... I'm not too sure it was the best thing for alla CMs to jump into this particular thread and start hammering out process. You just wanted to get a feeler from the community to see if there was any interest in the 1st place. Kinda shifted direction from the start. Uhm... thassall - I'm outtahere! :D
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Offline Seeker

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« Reply #19 on: August 05, 2003, 05:06:00 PM »
BigMax wrote:

I like most of your ideas... But I think informal is better.

Me too! But I hate explaining when I'm CM'ing (but I can walk and chew gummmmmmmmmm)

Midnight wrote:

I think anything where you let walkons come and go as they please will end up making the organization fall apart too easily, with players possibly switching teams mid-stream, or new players coming in trying to start new teams, etc.


Exactly! I want to reduce the  on-the-night work load for CM's on this- I want to fly! But I really like KOTH's informal attitude as BigMax rightly stresses above; afterall I want to fly in this! :) I think this may be the most crucial aspect of the concept, how we balance the lassitude of KOTH with meaningfull squad administration (if it's only a game, then why keep score?)

Nash wrote:

I'm not too sure it was the best thing for alla CMs to jump into this particular thread and start hammering out process

I'll shut up now then :-)
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« Reply #20 on: August 08, 2003, 08:59:32 AM »
you could  force them to all join squads the size of 4 men or get kicked....  this shold keep the workload small.... just make sure everyones in a squad before ya roll each round...
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« Reply #21 on: August 12, 2003, 09:09:38 AM »
If you don't allow walkons, you won't get enough people to make it work.

I also don't think we should refer to it as a squad v. squad type of event because some people will not get involved because they think they need to be in a squad.

It is a team event.  Teams don't necessarily have to be made of squadmates although that would be permitted.

People show up and form teams.  Once we reach the time limit, if you are not on a team, the CM puts you on one.  You can't up if your not on a team.
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« Reply #22 on: August 18, 2003, 05:25:02 PM »
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If you don't allow walkons, you won't get enough people to make it work.
I agree....

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I also don't think we should refer to it as a squad v. squad type of event because some people will not get involved because they think they need to be in a squad.
I agree...

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Originally posted by najdorf
It is a team event. Teams don't necessarily have to be made of squadmates although that would be permitted.
I agree...

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People show up and form teams. Once we reach the time limit, if you are not on a team, the CM puts you on one. You can't up if your not on a team.
I agree...

The way we'd have to do it is to "lock" the arena @ XXPM and keep it locked until it's over.

We should open it to walk-ons so that ALL interested players can participate.

Allowing players to form their own teams may or may not be in the best interest of the game... (I.E. Fester, Leviathon, WldThing, and NathBDP).  There are other foursomes that could compete, but very few.... It would detract from ALL other players interest.

I think it should be a "choose-up" type format.  We'll have the host CM's (2) choose team captains, and we'll randomize the selection order.  Then the nexte round we'll reverse the order to pick team member #3 and so on...

But, if we wanted to hold "a bring your best foursome" tourney we could do that too.

We can run it either way, but we need to focus on our target audience:  An AHer that is competent but at an intermediate skill level and likes to work Wing Tactics.

We need to have a question answered - "Who will participate?" Then we'll know how to proceed.
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« Reply #23 on: August 18, 2003, 07:05:08 PM »
alright we have all out now to set a date


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« Reply #24 on: August 28, 2003, 01:24:52 AM »
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« Reply #25 on: August 28, 2003, 03:07:02 AM »
good punt ... we going to do this thing?
how about we set it for late-sep?....

pick a weekend CM's ...that's proably all it takes .... and some advertiseing.  
If Flossy or some other CM will finalize a genral rule set it would help tho ....  player picked teams ... CM picked teams whatever .. lets just try it once ....
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« Reply #26 on: August 29, 2003, 09:17:03 AM »
Suggestion for Rules.

Played like regular KOTH.  Last team standing wins round.  First team to 3 rounds wins title.  Each round winner picks plane for next round.

We set time and date for event.  Once xxx time hits.  CM begins placing players on teams.  The teams don't have to be split to the nth degree to ensure fairness, but we don't want Icemaw, BigMax, Wldthing and ManeTMP on the same team.

Teams are named Team 1, Team 2, etc.

Once a fourman team has been named, they form squad named as above.

No Double teaming.  2 Teams are not allowed to work together.  You are not allowed to fly if you are not on a team.  If there are not the right number of players for 4man teams, some teams are to be made 3 man teams who can pickup walkons as they come into the arena.

This will be a difficult event to CM, so no whining or *****ing about your team and how is composed or we'll never get the thing off the ground.
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Offline B17Skull12

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« Reply #27 on: September 05, 2003, 10:20:30 PM »
punt for bigmax to pick a date plz!
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Offline BigMax

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« Reply #28 on: September 24, 2003, 08:44:56 PM »
I wish we had more people posting in response to this idea...  It looks there are a certain few who really want to try to make this work, but the other 98% of the community is disinterested.  I will however ask Skuzzy to get permission to do it.  I'm certain we will need at least one month's lead time to promote it properly.  I have Friday off from my paid job, honey-do's not withstanding.

I'll try to come up with a rulez post by then.
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« Reply #29 on: September 25, 2003, 07:55:43 PM »
once again
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