On 7/15/2017 at 3:16 AM, Green Knight said:Greetings Admirals!
With the Vassal Summer 2017 Tourney winding down (1 semi and 1 final left to play), it's time to think about the NEXT tourney:
The cleverly named Vassal Autumn 2017 Tournament!
I have learned some valuable lessons from both the Summer Tourney and the preceding Freshman tournaments, which should make this tourney run even more smoothly. And with fewer concessions (although we can never reasonably hope to completely eliminate those).
Nothing is set in stone yet, but here are my ideas:
- FAQ-compliance. Yeah, we'll actually comply with the new FAQ this time
- We'll do a 2-zone (Euro/NA) Swiss, followed by elimination rounds (or maybe a separate 3-rounds swiss?).
- The zone split should make initial matchups easier
- I quite liked the 4 round format, but maybe it takes too long and players lose interest, so the 3 rounds is better?
- I'm currently thinking top 3 from each zone, plus a wild card (top MoV in any match).
- Another option would be top 6 from each zone, plus 2 wild cards (top MoV and a sort of 'congeniality' entrant).
- I'm thinking 2 weeks per round. If it drags much beyond that we run into the problem of ppl losing interest.
Comments?
GK:
First, thank you for all that you do. Please know that many of us really appreciate how important the **** you do is for us.
Second, I agree wholeheartedly with the above in bold. The split will make games easier to schedule, and two weeks is enough. If you can't find a night to schedule in two weeks, then it is probably a good idea to skip that Vassal tourney.
Third, I'm in. Bring it.
