I would like there to be not TOO many games so people aren't getting tired, which seems to happen in some of the longer 1v1 tournaments. So I think best of 1 is the way to go, but maybe we could do best of 3 for the championship. I definitely want a chance for the diversity of tactics available on TROLOL to be shown by some of the best players. E.g. early bomber, walking the ACU across to other islands, ACUs lurking along the shore, and other shenanigans.
But not the tactic of sending floaty t1 spam out. There are many small islands with mexes on FINNS OF TROLOL and I could see auroras or zthueeys being very effective against them. And people could send zthueeys or auroras against another player's starting location or naval factories. So I think, to get the kind of games that I am envisioning, I have to insist on not having those units, which probably means i should just prohibit the two factions entirely.
I assume the best day to do it is Saturday March 30 or Sunday March 31, to have an April Fool's Day theme but not put it on a weekday. I am not insistent on that theme and I'm willing to put it on another day.
When I proposed to end the day with an FFA game or two, I was thinking about ending the tournament on a lighthearted note. But I'm not sure that's going to work. For one thing, some of the players might cooperate too much in an FFA if there is a prize at stake. So maybe there needs to be some other way to end it. Like one or more 4v4 matches with scrambled starting locations on maps like Seraphim Glaciers, Ocil Wetlands, or even Seton's. Basically if you win the tournament you get the right to participate in a bonus match for a second cash prize, and this bonus match is also amusing to spectators. Every single game should be fun to watch, is the goal here.Statistics: Posted by armacham01 — 12 Feb 2019, 07:24
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