8th Official FFR Tournament - Final Round!

[Nick Skyline]

Originally Posted by psychoangel691

The tournament link to the dash has been removed temporarily from the sidebar because I kept getting asked over and over why people weren't seeing their name on there. Once everyone is put into a division I'll have it put back for you guys.

Okay...that explains why I could only access it through the address bar.

[sayuncle990]

In for D6

[TC_Halogen]

Originally Posted by j-rodd123

there should be a big clickable sign-up graphic on the front page, should probably get on that lol

Not going to happen, because it encourages people to not come here and read the thread, which will lead to unnecessary questions later.

[Jub]

Oh mai gawsh
i can't wait
yargishmargin flippity-doo

[j-rodd123]

Originally Posted by TC_Halogen

Not going to happen, because it encourages people to not come here and read the thread, which will lead to unnecessary questions later.

ok well then expect less entrants lol

[psychoangel691]

Originally Posted by j-rodd123

ok well then expect less entrants lol

I didn't have the signup button on the front page the last time I did it either and we had over 600. There's less in the winter than summer because people have school but it's not less by much. Plus there's a front page post about the tournament it doesn't have to link directly to the signup page, it links to this thread where all the information is.

[j-rodd123]

true, but i don't think it's arguable that having the sign up button on the home page will result in more entrants

[Plan_Bsk81127]

iirc the last tourn did have a signup link on the front page. When you clicked the graphic for the tourn it directed you to the signup page.

[j-rodd123]

yea the summer one definitely did

[psychoangel691]

I'm not talking about the summer, I'm talking about the one I last ran. I didn't have the signup link on the front page because I want people to read the thread OP so they know what's going on.

[Plan_Bsk81127]

If you are worried about people just going straight to the signup page and not seeing this thread you could always add a link to the thread on the sign up page and have a notification saying something like "Be sure to see this thread for rules/guidelines". A front page link to signups is always helpful for those who dont use the forums and by putting the link to the thread on the signup page you will prob have a better chance of directing them here over the link being in a couple bold words of a post. Just my thoughts.

[xNiX]

Originally Posted by Plan_Bsk81127

If you are worried about people just going straight to the signup page and not seeing this thread you could always add a link to the thread on the sign up page and have a notification saying something like "Be sure to see this thread for rules/guidelines". A front page link to signups is always helpful for those who dont use the forums and by putting the link to the thread on the signup page you will prob have a better chance of directing them here over the link being in a couple bold words of a post. Just my thoughts.

+1

[psychoangel691]

Originally Posted by Plan_Bsk81127

If you are worried about people just going straight to the signup page and not seeing this thread you could always add a link to the thread on the sign up page and have a notification saying something like "Be sure to see this thread for rules/guidelines". A front page link to signups is always helpful for those who dont use the forums and by putting the link to the thread on the signup page you will prob have a better chance of directing them here over the link being in a couple bold words of a post. Just my thoughts.

They don't come to the thread. They go to signups without reading anything else if that's what's up there in big letters. Right now they're directed to the thread where they can find the link to signup and the front page post states they can find all the information here (including how to signup). It worked fine the last time I did it and frankly I'm not worried about it. Old officials required people to post in the tournament thread before the dash was available and there were 1000s of signups for that including non forumgoers.

[Zephei]

Originally Posted by psychoangel691

They don't come to the thread. They go to signups without reading anything else if that's what's up there in big letters. Right now they're directed to the thread where they can find the link to signup and the front page post states they can find all the information here (including how to signup). It worked fine the last time I did it and frankly I'm not worried about it. Old officials required people to post in the tournament thread before the dash was available and there were 1000s of signups for that including non forumgoers.

I agree.

How definite are the prizes as of now? I don't think I'm the only one that would like to see the pot sweetened, especially in the way of tokens.

[Xiz]

Originally Posted by Zephei

I agree.

How definite are the prizes as of now? I don't think I'm the only one that would like to see the pot sweetened, especially in the way of tokens.

+1 >.>

Well I mean, coming after Hallogen's tourny, I seriously put my all, got 4th and got something like 90k credits. Now im not saying do that much, but doing a bit more would be kinda cool...

[psychoangel691]

As of right now these are the tokens we have to offer. FFR doesn't have subscriptions or t-shirts to give out anymore. I have had offers from users for prizes but I will not put them up unless they're in my possession because of past issues with prizes not being delivered to winners. If I were in a better situation financially right now I'd make up some shirts or something myself, but I'm just not in that type of position currently. Sorry guys.

[Zephei]

Originally Posted by psychoangel691

As of right now these are the tokens we have to offer. FFR doesn't have subscriptions or t-shirts to give out anymore. I have had offers from users for prizes but I will not put them up unless they're in my possession because of past issues with prizes not being delivered to winners. If I were in a better situation financially right now I'd make up some shirts or something myself, but I'm just not in that type of position currently. Sorry guys.

Oh, I meant the token and credit distribution, e.g.:
7th official, D6 3rd place - 360000 credits, 5 event/support tokens
8th official, D6 3rd place - 150000 credits, 1 event/support token
7th official, D6 16th place - 60000 credits, 5 event/support tokens
8th official, D6 6th through 16th place - 0 credits, 0 support/event tokens
I would be surprised if the top 3 in D6 don't already have every support and event token. The prizes for the 7th official make more sense to me.

[Mollocephalus]

Originally Posted by psychoangel691

The tournament link to the dash has been removed temporarily from the sidebar because I kept getting asked over and over why people weren't seeing their name on there. Once everyone is put into a division I'll have it put back for you guys.

was just wondering what was up with that, thank you for telling us

(though i was just patiently waiting and not being a )

[psychoangel691]

Originally Posted by Zephei

Oh, I meant the token and credit distribution, e.g.:
7th official, D6 3rd place - 360000 credits, 5 event/support tokens
8th official, D6 3rd place - 150000 credits, 1 event/support token
7th official, D6 16th place - 60000 credits, 5 event/support tokens
8th official, D6 6th through 16th place - 0 credits, 0 support/event tokens
I would be surprised if the top 3 in D6 don't already have every support and event token. The prizes for the 7th official make more sense to me.

In reality it doesn't. If you look at the way most tournaments are held for things there aren't even divisions and the prizes generally don't extend far. Most of the time only top 3 will win anything. We actually allow more opportunity to win because we offer divisions. D6 is tough yeah, but if you want the prize then push for it. There have been plenty of people in the past that have come up and beaten people you wouldn't expect in tournaments. Frankly I think people need to stop with the I can't attitude and actually push. On another note, how exactly does extending the prizes downward help the top 3 in any way if they have the tokens as you're assuming? If anything the focus should be alternative prizes for the top 3, not extending prizes further down.

Edit: Also, it basically defeats the purpose of coming in first when people all the way down to 16th are receiving all tokens. I didn't even realize he did that in the last and he shouldn't have.

Originally Posted by Mollocephalus

was just wondering what was up with that, thank you for telling us

(though i was just patiently waiting and not being a )

It's really better off anyway since none of the placements are final and could be changed. I'd rather not have people look at their division then end up switched and be upset or confused. It's just better if things can be more set in stone.

[BLAZZE]

I signed up even though I don't think I've played this game seriously in like 4-5 years. Will be interesting I guess.

Also...didn't I run the first tournament ever on this site and it was horrible as hell?