Pro Tourney

[Walrus]

Hi LB

Good on you for making the effort.
I'll put my hand up for this one.

I agree with Weasel, keep it short and sweet.

Straight knock out is the fastest way but you need even numbers.
8 guys, make 3 battles to get to the winner, quarter, semi then final.
20 turns x 3 = 60 days...add 20 more for delays, 2.5 months to get a result.

Round robin, 6 players, each must play 5 battles to have one game against each possible opponent.
Slower...if one guy leaves...the flow is destroyed.
1 turn per day (if you are lucky), 20 turn battle x 5 = 100 days absolute min time needed...more realistic 140-50 days with set up , delays etc, so 3-4 months to get a result.

I suggest using ELO to rank players in a knock out. Highest ELO should not meet until the final, same way a tennis tourney would be managed.

If you get a sensible format together, you can count me in.
I can usually manage a turn per day, especially if we don't have to deploy and are just entering the map on the march.

Keep it simple, keep the numbers down, (players, map size, turns).
I love no-flag games, happy if that's the case too.
If you want this thing to actually make it to the finish, make it a straight knock out.
Better a short, fast and hard tourney that actually finishes, than a complex, awesome idea that dribbles to a non-conclusion like many prospective tournies have already done here.

Listen to Weasel, his track record of finishing tournies he created is 100% (8 for 8) (same for me too btw, but I am not as prolific!).

Good luck buddy!

Jason / Walrus