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Re: Next Colorado Event?
I guess I just see the kill 'em all scenario as the core game, and everything else as a variant of that. Since I'm not playing a ton of competitive 'scape, my inclination is to play not much less than 50% kill 'em all.
I'm also showing my preferences among the other scenarios, I guess. HoB has a pretty strong following and I'm looking forward to playing it more. Capture the flag is really not so different from regular play, although it's a bit more positional, which I think is kind of neat. "There can be only one" seems like it would play sort of like capture the flag, only a bit swingier. "Escape" seems like it would play really, really, really differently from a normal scenario, and I'm not sure I like the idea of it when combined with Marvel heroes that can take 300+ points off the board almost immediately. So, I've got a pretty set Kill>HoB>CTF>TCBOO>Escape preference order. I can probably be convinced to push things more toward balance, though. We're really getting ahead of ourselves here, though. We agree on a basic concept for how we will structure things, and the rest can get hammered out in map selection. While I freely admit that it's more fun to talk about points, maps, and formats, we should probably focus on getting a date, time, and location. |
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one thing to keep in mind is that for other events there won't be prize support, so the style of play and a definitive winner is not so important. It isn't even important to have balanced maps or a schedual, start time or end time, keeping everyone playing, or anything. It can be truely all about having fun.
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Im good with any date you guys come up with and as for location no preference. As for game type I really dont care I just want to play and have fun.
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Here's a suggested set-up, assuming we'll have the room from 10 to 6:00 (which I believe are the Library's Hours on Saturdays): 10:00 to 10:10 - Get in and arrange tables, chairs, etc. 10:10 to 10:40 - Map Building Contest: each contestant has 15 minutes to build a map from 1 Master Set and 1 Terrain Expansion; all game day attendees vote for best map. 10:40 to 11:00 - Complete rest of maps for tournament. 11:00 to 5:00 - Rolling Rumble Tournament - 520 pt Armies (drafted from a 750 pt pool); Maps: 3 Kill 'em all, 3 HOB, 3 Capture the Flag, 2 There Can Be Only One, and 1 Escape! 5:00 to 5:30 - Scaper Trivia Bowl, Tournament Results, and prizes (if any) handed out for Map Winners, Trivia Winners, Tournament Winners, and maybe some miscellaneous prizes for, say, person who drove the furthest, player who smelled the least bad, etc. 5:30 to 6:00 - Clean-up |
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Just throwing this out there: what if we had a single-elimination tournament? That would allow those who come to be competitive to be competitive, but allow some flexibility for those who are more just getting together. Once you're eliminated from the tournament, you can play any variety of side-games (including 4-player games or whatever).
Obviously, there are downsides-- if you're interested in the competition, but you lose in the first round, you might be disappointed. Still, it might be a good trade off between a serious tournament and a casual game day... |
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As for the tournament itself - the 3/3/2/2/1 HoB/CTF/TCBOO/Escape breakdown sounds fine, but I'd still like a little more kill 'em all. If I'm the only one, though, we can set that aside. And of course, exactly how many maps are needed is really a function of how many players we have... so while we can and should start this discussion at this point, the final breakdown is necessarily going to be up in the air for a while. As long as we're running with our "tie scenarios to maps" concept (which I really like), then, if we are also going to use drafting pools, then how about using different point totals for different maps? I'm not saying we have to do this, but it would further encourage diversity in army builds. Quote:
I have two alternative ideas for ways to build something more competitive into the rumble structure, if people are interested in that:
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Well, the beauty of it is that those who aren't interested in participating could help build the official maps for the tournament while the contestents built their entries! Abra-cadabra! I'm a genius! I like the idea of using the winner as an HOB map... Quote:
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Actually, I didn't mean to increase the competitiveness, but rather to decrease it-- single elimination allows for more casual games and flexibility of format for those who are eliminated early. There are a lot of problems with it, though, and seeding is a major one... |
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Seriously, though - yeah, the idea of using the rumble to set up the semis and finals seems to make more sense than starting with an elimination draw. Setting that aside, though, I still like the second idea in general. This gets to my earlier argument that close games are more fun than blowouts. (Of course, you had your most fun game playing a 2-1 army against a 1-3 army, so maybe I'm off-base here.) |
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[quote=dok;942621}No clear victor? Watchutalkinaboutwillis? Q9 would have sent all those heroes to the grave, and The blade gruts would have been nothing but tasty snacks in zombieland. [/quote]
MBS would of made Q10's armor worthless. Granted the Zombies would beat the blade gruts, but I'd of used them to take down railen, and quite quickly at that. With all my disengage nothing could save her. finally the _ak brothers would have nor problem eating or otherwise tearing apart all those zombies. Seriously though there was a clear winner, it order for it to had been a tie I would have had to of won one more game. Or for me to be the winner, actually have played Dok. He did win the tournament fair and square and there is nothing about it to debate. Still it would be nice to see someday who could win that fight. Over at my house some day if we can work it, on a map we can both agree on perhaps? |
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