CM Then and Now

[RNL Tiger]

So what now?

POS has his mini-tournaments, there are some regular tournaments, intersite tournaments and ladders.

At the moment though that seems to be slowly eating away at the faithful. Slowly they are moving away.

What would bring back the excitement of the early days?

Nothing?

Campaigns?

Short tournaments?

Long tournaments?

New ladders with different scoring?

What do you think?

Good Hunting.

MR

Speaking as a newcomer to the Blitz, I think the following may contain one or two good ideas that could be used:
1) A more varied and changing ladder system [some of this was covered in Der Kuenstler's thread] but also to include other categories aimed specifically at those who simply enjoy to participate such as "Most Improved"; "Tries hardest - most losses in 12 months"; "Best player in ELO 1800-1899, 1900-1999, in 2000-2099...
2) Segregate the ladder into "divisions" [like football] purely from the perspective of having promotions and demotions and thus creating more interest in the ladder[s]
3) Themed tournaments such as everyone playing the same scenario or everyone playing with the same parameters [POS tournament is an example and great fun]
4) Matches against another club i.e. say 20 players from "board 1 to board 20 - just like chess - playing their opposite number in another club

Having not been at this club for long I have not witnessed any decline in interest but I hope that some of this helps...