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[2v2 S5] General: Tourney Started; Sign-Ups Still Open

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 2:52 pm
by Ace Rimmer
Hear ye, hear ye, all who wish to participate in the next installment of Ace's tourney sponsored by SFCON (season 5), post in bold below.

The rules will be standard Ace Rules, the stats will be better (Senator?) and the games longer, er more enjoyable. We shall also go with FlexiTeams™, so post whether or not you want to be in Team A or Team B (names will come later).

Post screen shots here: http://forums.introversion.co.uk/defcon/viewtopic.php?t=7513


[biG]
47 [Ghost]
Ace Rimmer
Admiral Yoshi
Blackbeard
countersmurf
Endless
Fitxa
LadySnowhitepink
Maj.Kong
Mogwai
(MOR)
Nightwatch
Red Button
Shai Hulud
Synthethic
The Great Ryansby


SBN
Baton
Bastek
ChemicalRascal [Chemical]
Eral
Groeteschele
home in alaska [Edward]
Jordy...
Losty
MEGATRON
Mrmot
PurityOfEssence
R3D
Schubdüse
seii taishògun
tllotpfkamvpe
trickser [Senator]
Turgon
Vicious
YUL
Zorotama


Post screen shots here: http://forums.introversion.co.uk/defcon/viewtopic.php?t=7513

Rant/Be An Imbecile In This Other Dedicated Thread.

Rules

How scoring will work

Combined score of both team mates, not position, will determine the winners. There is no limit to the number of games that can be played nor is there a minimum.

Game settings

Default everything except you have the option of Random Cities and/or Random Territories. Population, units, victory timer, etc all remain default. You must choose your in-game teams before the game starts.

Pause should be an enabled feature.

What are FlexiTeams™?

A combination of InstaTeams™ and PermaTeams™. You play as an individual with the option of also playing for your team (or not). Each player will have an ELO-esque rank which will be updated each time they play. There will be two 'teams' and players can choose to play a team vs team game (Team Member A/A vs Team Member B/B) or simply a competitive 2v2 (Team Member A/B vs Team Member B/A). Any games with A/A vs B/B will be counted ranked as an individual and team game. Team games are not mandatory.

Why FlexiTeams™?

PermaTeams™ provide great team 'spirit' and encourage competition but due to low numbers of Defcon players, creates unbalanced results (elites vs noobs/newbs, active vs hardly here, etc) and often prevents games from actually starting because you can end up with 10 people from one team showing up with 1 person from the other (when you need at least two).

"Go Team Edward!!", "Grr, Team Jacob" *smacks Team Edward with shovel*

InstaTeams™ provide great numbers of games because anybody can play with/against anybody else at any time but lack team spirit and therefore create a less than satisfying experience in the end. In short, games become a bit dull over the weeks because you are only in the game for yourself and not fighting for something 'greater'.

"Yay! I won. ... Hmm, where's the confetti? Anybody?"

Infusing PermaTeams™ with InstaTeams™ should (in theory) provide a bit of team rivalry and therefore encourage people to play while also allowing games to actually get played

Thanks to Schubdüse for the idea; blame him if it goes horribly wrong. (just kidding)

Miscellaneous rules

Drops from a game require a restart if before Defcon 3, up to the players if after (majority vote). That means if you have technical problems, make sure you fix them before playing :wink:. Screen shots must be provided for results to count. There will be a specific thread for screen shots.

There are no 'hard and fast' rules except the 'posting of game over screen shot to count'. I expect most to play fair and with decent sportsmanship. I'm not momma kitty and you're not kittens; complaining is ignored. This is a tourney for the players by the players and is meant to provide competitive, rage-quit-free, enjoyable games with a purpose. All players that can behave are welcome regardless of age, skill, or IQ.

*By posting below and joining up, you agree to the conditions above and can not complain about them later. :P If you have a problem with the rules, give an alternative solution and it will be considered.

Rant/Be An Imbecile In This Other Dedicated Thread.

Post screen shots here: http://forums.introversion.co.uk/defcon/viewtopic.php?t=7513

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 2:58 pm
by Mogwai
Yay! I'm in, Mogwai, Team A

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 3:14 pm
by Nightwatch
Nightwatch, Team A


Ace, this teamchosing wont work

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 3:18 pm
by Ace Rimmer
Nightwatch wrote:Ace, this teamchosing wont work

If not, I'll fix it till it does. :wink:

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 3:47 pm
by Schubdüse
WTF!??? Ace Rimmer, Mogwai AND Nightwatch in the same team???

K! Deal!

Schubdüse, Team B

Mrmot, Senator and (MOR) join me and let's kick their b**ts! :twisted:

(Find the right word, xander :wink: )



Edit:
Dear Ace, maybe you should post the rules and the meaning of FlexiTeams™ again.
I can hear them crying: "What ruuuules?"

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 7:15 pm
by Ace Rimmer
Posted.

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 8:38 pm
by Groeteschele
Noob belongs to noobs.

Groeteschele, team B.

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 9:51 pm
by R3D
im in.

so team a or b ?

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:03 pm
by Ace Rimmer
It's up to you (for now).

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:27 pm
by Schubdüse
Ace Rimmer wrote:Posted.

Thank you.

Ace Rimmer wrote:Thanks to Schubdüse for the idea; blame him if it goes horribly wrong. (just kidding)

I think it's fool proofed. What can go wrong? When there are no team matches, we will have just another 2vs2 tourney.
And these matches will be much more fun than those friendly 2vs2 games, anyway.

Groeteschele wrote:Groeteschele, team B.

Welcome Gretel to Team B. The team with the best and beloved players.

Here, receive your welcome gifts:

1. Blastics boobs to kill time while waiting on the server.
Image
Lady, I could obtain a plastic male chest with real hair, if you join Team B. Think abou that...

2. Beer to dope your tactical and strategical skills.
Image
Brosecco, Lady?

R3D wrote:im in. so team a or b ?

Pfffff, what a question! Who wants to join the Team A**hole???

And consider the gifts...

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 11:37 pm
by Admiral Yoshi
I'm in Team A. Since Schubduse and Groeteschele are going to have MrMot, Senator, and (MOR)!

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 2:54 am
by ChemicalRascal
I choose whichever team has less members!

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:40 am
by DTNC Vicious
im in

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 12:28 pm
by Fitxa
i'm in!
When do we start?

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 1:30 pm
by Blackbeard
How about making it a Semi-Speed Defocn Tourney? i.e. Realtime is allowed up to Defcon 3, to allow for "pro" placing :P , then from De focn 3 it's a minimum of speed 5 to the end of the game (I'm assuming that's technically possible :? ).

Just think it would be fun (and I would have time to play the shorter games) that's all :lol: .