Explain damnation alleys please

[P_J_Keller]

I'm inexperienced when it comes to tournaments and due to time constraints i was only able to sign up for Thursday's Jumpstart and Friday morning's Damnation Alleys.

I really don't understand what is going on with Damnation alleys with new alleys opening up each hour. Can someone please explain the concept for this tournament?

Thanks

[Rÿchean]

Mini tournaments, single elimination. You are grouped up with 7 other players then paired off into 4 games, winners advance. Top finisher of the 8 players gets the prize.

[Grungebob]

You buy a ticket to Damnation alley. We will start a new 8 man mini tourney every hour that day starting with the 11 am one. Every hour after the first, we will gather eight more ticketed players and send them through the alley. The eight players will be seated at the first 4 maps and imediately start playing. The 4 winners from that round will move down to the next set of maps (there will be 7 total), while we seat an additional group of 8 players. The day will proceed like this with each group of winners advancing down the table to the next set of maps.... That is the Damnation Alley. So feel free to buy a ticket and show up whenever, but remember that it is first come first serve, and that we take named tickets in priority over generics. We will likely have a sign up sheet going each day so you can reserve a spot.

[damja]

Originally Posted by Grungebob

You buy a ticket to Damnation alley. We will start a new 8 man mini tourney every hour that day starting with the 11 am one. Every hour after the first, we will gather eight more ticketed players and send them through the alley. The eight players will be seated at the first 4 maps and imediately start playing. The 4 winners from that round will move down to the next set of maps (there will be 7 total), while we seat an additional group of 8 players. The day will proceed like this with each group of winners advancing down the table to the next set of maps.... That is the Damnation Alley. So feel free to buy a ticket and show up whenever, but remember that it is first come first serve, and that we take named tickets in priority over generics. We will likely have a sign up sheet going each day so you can reserve a spot.

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[P_J_Keller]

Thanks GBob & Rÿchean

Anything we need to know about the maps? Any special terrain present?

[Rÿchean]

Maps will be unveiled no later than July 1. (that gives about 7 weeks of knowing the maps before the con starts; ample time) We will be selecting 10 maps that will be built multiple times. Expect roughly half the maps (4 to 5 of the pool of 10) to have Jungle. A thread will go up with the chosen maps once the final selections have been made.

[P_J_Keller]

Thanks again

BTW - what did you think of Queensryche's cover album?