7th Official Tournament

[dragonmegaXX]

Originally Posted by SocoNhydro420

This is true and it makes me sad

The skill range for D6 is so massive that there is a wide range of players who will never even have a chance at earning a top 8 spot. I think they should at least split D6 into D6a and D6b and give top 4 in each the tokens, or maybe even a D6a D6b D6c D6d and give to top two. That way everyone in D6 will have a similar chance to get tokens. This could be implemented in other divisions too but i think D6 needs it the most.

Only D6 because if you use it in like D4, the lowest in D4a is better than top in D4b but doesnt win anything and gets butthurt.

[dAnceguy117]

question because I'm a nub:

how exactly is one's division placement decided? I don't wanna sandbag by accident. my average rank is garbo

[ohsosilly]

Originally Posted by SK8R43

lol ohsosilly you're oh so silly Zyph isnt D2 XD

lmao, oh i know, Sk8r. I know. x.x

[MarioNintendo]

Originally Posted by dAnceguy117

question because I'm a nub:

how exactly is one's division placement decided? I don't wanna sandbag by accident. my average rank is garbo

The Tournament admins do it by hand so no worries.

[dAnceguy117]

Originally Posted by MarioNintendo

The Tournament admins do it by hand so no worries.

kool, thanks for the response.

Originally Posted by sticklydude

Hopefully I won't be out in the first few rounds. I'll be out the first AAA or die round comes along.

Originally Posted by flashpantss

I havent played in months, I'm going to get pooped on. But hopefully, i'm still able to put up a challenge

good luck, dudes! maybe we'll all be in separate divisions, and then we can have a hilariously inane competition to see who gets knocked out last

[gold stinger]

inb4 top 8 get the wisest were wrong instead of vROFL.

[pikakirby123]

I'm gonna guess a placement in D2 because of my massive skilldrop. QQ .-.

[Zekramcross]

Originally Posted by pikakirby123

I'm gonna guess a placement in D2 because of my massive skilldrop. QQ .-.

Placements are not affected my current skill level. What I mean by that is that they are going off your level ranks.

[Herogashix]

I've been practicing really hard, I hope I get D2. I've been in D1 so long.

[One Winged Angel]

Something neat that could be done in order to minimize complaints w/ respect to placements during a tourney would be to create six tokens, with one unique token given out to the top 8 of each division. Anyone placed a division higher would auto-receive the unique tokens given out in lower divisions at the end of the tourney. e.g. anyone placed in D2 receives the top 8 D1 token, anyone in D4 receives the top 8 tokens for D1-D3. Would prevent sandbagging as players would have the motivation to try harder in order to get placed in the highest division they possibly can.

The idea could prob use a bit of tweaking but the gist of it is there.

[dragonmegaXX]

Originally Posted by One Winged Angel

Something neat that could be done in order to minimize complaints w/ respect to placements during a tourney would be to create six tokens, with one unique token given out to the top 8 of each division. Anyone placed a division higher would auto-receive the unique tokens given out in lower divisions at the end of the tourney. e.g. anyone placed in D2 receives the top 8 D1 token, anyone in D4 receives the top 8 tokens for D1-D3. Would prevent sandbagging as players would have the motivation to try harder in order to get placed in the highest division they possibly can.

The idea could prob use a bit of tweaking but the gist of it is there.

+1

[pikakirby123]

Originally Posted by Zekramcross

Placements are not affected my current skill level. What I mean by that is that they are going off your level ranks.

Ok, good to know. I'll try re-skillboosting then.

[00Razor00]

Originally Posted by One Winged Angel

D6 should honestly have the cutoffs for tokens and other prizes extended 50% further than other divisions, just because of how ridiculous the upper tier D6 players are in skill compared to lower tier.

i.e. top 12 for vrofl instead of top 8, etc.

/$0.02

+1

[nois-or-e]

Originally Posted by One Winged Angel

D6 should honestly have the cutoffs for tokens and other prizes extended 50% further than other divisions, just because of how ridiculous the upper tier D6 players are in skill compared to lower tier.

i.e. top 12 for vrofl instead of top 8, etc.

/$0.02

The prizes have been organised for the last few months, and funnily enough you may be pleasantly surprised~

Official thread is still a day or so away, glad to see people are getting excited ;D

[FFR4EVA_00]

Originally Posted by Coolboyrulez0

in before sandbaggers or cries thereof being the main theme again of this tourney

i've already been accused of sandbagging and the divisions haven't even been decided yet
also everyone saying that d6 has the widest range in skill is forgetting that, in all technicality, d1 ranges from people who can't pass super mario to *insert arbitrary cutoff here*

[demonllama6124]

going off level ranks sucks for me cus i stopped playing of course when ffr went down and im just now starting to get the hang of 4 finger spread. Wish i could wipe all my scores clean and start over without making an alt

[TC_Halogen]

Originally Posted by awein999

top 8 players play in d7. top 3 get vrofl.
the rest is d6

Originally Posted by SocoNhydro420

This is true and it makes me sad

The skill range for D6 is so massive that there is a wide range of players who will never even have a chance at earning a top 8 spot. [...]

While I'm not a fan of divisional splitting, I agree with this. Think about a mid-high D6 player who might be pushed into a 7th division and finishes in 16/32 of that division.

Think of that same player being put in D6A out of D6B and finishing in the bottom 50% of D6A? They automatically outclass their lower division by being put in the higher flight, which means they're doing better than at least 50% (more than likely higher, since a higher flight likely won't split evenly) of their competitors already (theoretically, as they're facing tougher opponents), plus they finished better than half of the A-flight as well. Yes, it's not much of a difference in terms of overall people beaten, but it sounds more like an accomplishment.

Also, a very important point must be made here:

also everyone saying that d6 has the widest range in skill is forgetting that, in all technicality, d1 ranges from people who can't pass super mario to *insert arbitrary cutoff here*

in all honesty, this is my defense for never wanting a divisional split.

[Mike Weedmark]

Originally Posted by FFR4EVA_00

i've already been accused of sandbagging and the divisions haven't even been decided yet
also everyone saying that d6 has the widest range in skill is forgetting that, in all technicality, d1 ranges from people who can't pass super mario to *insert arbitrary cutoff here*

What matters isn't the gap, but how easy it is to bridge the gap. In the span of a competition you can get good enough to top D1 even starting from nothing, whereas if you get placed at the bottom of D6, that's basically where you're finishing.

It applies to D5 too. I'm pretty sure my scores are below the D5 cut, but if I got placed there, in no way would it be possible to finish top 8, although the mobility is still higher than D6.

[Cyr]

Originally Posted by dragonmegaXX

Share your sob stories about how you're going to come in last place and how everyone who places better than you really sucks and just got lucky as hell.

Sob stories? Hah. I plan to win the tournament.
I had my paws surgically replaced with lion-o's from Thunder Cats and when I get to 8's I just start breaking keyboards with the power of Greyskull.

...now if only I can find a keyboard strong enough to contain my magnificence ;-; thunder cats hooooooooooooooo

[FFR4EVA_00]

Originally Posted by Mike Weedmark

What matters isn't the gap, but how easy it is to bridge the gap. In the span of a competition you can get good enough to top D1 even starting from nothing

personal experience tells me this is not true