Shadow_Hunter
May 1st, 2007, 10:55 PM
Tournament Guide!
This guide will help you on making a good running tournament. READ THIS BEFORE STARTING ONE!!!
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Making A Tournament:
When you first start the tournament, it would be a very good idea to look at someone elses' successful tournament. It will show how other people have run it. If you want to start something unique though, it would be very nice to include the following.
1) Explain what the tournament is about. When it will start, or how many members it will take before it starts. Be sure you make clear how long each round is going to be.
2) You have to make sure you have a LEGIT prize. If you know you won't have the credits by the end, DON'T MAKE THE TOURNAMENT! If you really want to, decrease the prize value.
3) It's highly recommended to explain what type of skill you need to have in expert, intermediate, or whatever difficulty levels you have.*
4) Explain how you want the scores. PM'ing them, posting them in the thread, etc. This is a VERY good piece of information.
5) Make a list of all the people already in the tournament. Creating a line dividing the eliminated from the non-eliminated will be useful for your rounds later on.
http://i18.tinypic.com/6gtzrl0.jpg
6) Take some time to do some history on the players, and make sure none of them are too good for their place. Shashakiro can not join beginner.
7) ENTRY FEES ARE NOT ALLOWED!
8) Make sure you point out if any subscriber only option can be used or not, to make the tournament fair.
The First Round:
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1) Pick the songs! Make the songs big and clear to read! Some people may not see it with all the text.
2) Announce in a new post in your thread when the round has begun! Others will have no idea it has begun if you don't tell them.
3) Pick decent difficulty songs! If it's beginner, don't pick Vertex BETA! Make sure it has the decent amount of skill needed for the group.
4) NEVER DIFFICULTY JUMP! If the song is Standard, don't move to Very Difficult!.
5) Make sure to pick tiebreakers! Tiebreakers are important if people are fighting to stay in.
6) This is recommended: Alert the users who haven't submitted, excluding the first round. Some users are busy, and need a heads up. Always be nice, and remind them!
7) Sometimes extra time is needed in a round, but don't extend the date by too long. An extra night would always help a few people. Make sure you give them enough time to play the song!
The Final Round/The End:
http://i15.tinypic.com/669sk6q.jpg
1) The final round should get extra time if necessary. The final round decides the final 2, of course.
2) "I can't play it because I ????". Don't extend the date even longer. If it is going to be too long, eliminate the user by default.
3) When the tournament ends, send the users the credits. Don't try cheating them, Tass will know. If a tournament user does cheat credits, don't make a thread about it. PM an Administrator for further help.
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*You can make your tournament have any name for the divisions, but the most common are Beginner, Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, and Experts.
Some of these rules vary for each and every person, but follow these rules, and you should make a fine tournament!
Good luck everyone!
This guide will help you on making a good running tournament. READ THIS BEFORE STARTING ONE!!!
-------------------------------------------------------
Making A Tournament:
When you first start the tournament, it would be a very good idea to look at someone elses' successful tournament. It will show how other people have run it. If you want to start something unique though, it would be very nice to include the following.
1) Explain what the tournament is about. When it will start, or how many members it will take before it starts. Be sure you make clear how long each round is going to be.
2) You have to make sure you have a LEGIT prize. If you know you won't have the credits by the end, DON'T MAKE THE TOURNAMENT! If you really want to, decrease the prize value.
3) It's highly recommended to explain what type of skill you need to have in expert, intermediate, or whatever difficulty levels you have.*
4) Explain how you want the scores. PM'ing them, posting them in the thread, etc. This is a VERY good piece of information.
5) Make a list of all the people already in the tournament. Creating a line dividing the eliminated from the non-eliminated will be useful for your rounds later on.
http://i18.tinypic.com/6gtzrl0.jpg
6) Take some time to do some history on the players, and make sure none of them are too good for their place. Shashakiro can not join beginner.
7) ENTRY FEES ARE NOT ALLOWED!
8) Make sure you point out if any subscriber only option can be used or not, to make the tournament fair.
The First Round:
http://i16.tinypic.com/52onjev.png
1) Pick the songs! Make the songs big and clear to read! Some people may not see it with all the text.
2) Announce in a new post in your thread when the round has begun! Others will have no idea it has begun if you don't tell them.
3) Pick decent difficulty songs! If it's beginner, don't pick Vertex BETA! Make sure it has the decent amount of skill needed for the group.
4) NEVER DIFFICULTY JUMP! If the song is Standard, don't move to Very Difficult!.
5) Make sure to pick tiebreakers! Tiebreakers are important if people are fighting to stay in.
6) This is recommended: Alert the users who haven't submitted, excluding the first round. Some users are busy, and need a heads up. Always be nice, and remind them!
7) Sometimes extra time is needed in a round, but don't extend the date by too long. An extra night would always help a few people. Make sure you give them enough time to play the song!
The Final Round/The End:
http://i15.tinypic.com/669sk6q.jpg
1) The final round should get extra time if necessary. The final round decides the final 2, of course.
2) "I can't play it because I ????". Don't extend the date even longer. If it is going to be too long, eliminate the user by default.
3) When the tournament ends, send the users the credits. Don't try cheating them, Tass will know. If a tournament user does cheat credits, don't make a thread about it. PM an Administrator for further help.
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*You can make your tournament have any name for the divisions, but the most common are Beginner, Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, and Experts.
Some of these rules vary for each and every person, but follow these rules, and you should make a fine tournament!
Good luck everyone!