Interested in Tactics Tournament at Who's Yer Con?

General GTG Events
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Please let me know if you would be interested in playing in or helping to run a Sentinel Tactics Tournament at Who's Yer Con in Indianapolis, April 17-19.

 

This would be a small and informal tournament. No cash prize, not streamed, no invite to later tournaments, etc. -- just for fun. 

 

I envision a maxium of eight teams and quite likely only a single elimination tournament. Draft/ban w/ timed play, likely playing on the same map as was used for the inaugural tournament, though that's open to discussion. Running two games at a time w/ single elimination should require no more than four hour-long timeslots.

 

Again, please let me know what your interest will be, and quickly. I'm not looking for firm commitments, just an idea of whether or not I should start pursuing this seriously.

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I'm interested in helping out, if I can be useful, and I'm currently available.

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I saw the video. You were great handing out the characters people picked!

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I've just realised that the con name is a pun!

That's awesome. :)

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You're forgiven for not getting the pun since you don't have a reason to know the nicknames for all the various US states. :)

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Thanks - glad it looked good. There were definitely things that could have gone / I could have done better / differently. Hopefully most of that didn't show and/or wasn't distractingly noticable.

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I'm interested!

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Sweet.

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Oh, I'm also interested in helping organizing/moderating/etc.

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I did know that nickname though, but I hadn't realised the pun because I hadn't said the con name out loud. They look very different in print so it didn't occur to me until I said it in my head. 

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Are you sure you said it or was it one of the other voices in your head???

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Well I didn't say anything so I guess it must have been Silverleaf.

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I would be interested in supplying a set of painted miniatures to be used as a prize for this tournament, as well as official rules and brackets, if you are interested.

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It could have been the other voice, but I haven't seen her around for ages.

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That would be amazing. I will let you know if/when it becomes a real thing.

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Paul, is that offer still good if we do a single elimination tournament rather than double elimnation?

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Russ and others interested in helping organize/run games -- I'd like to get your opinions on how to organize this.

 

For a single elimination tournament with eight teams, running two games at a time, I figure we could do this in four timeslots:

Time 1: Teams A,B,C,D play

Time 2: Teams E,F,G,H play

Time 3: All four winners play in the semi-finals

Time 4: Finalists play

 

I think it would be good to have a team of three organizers for this -- Two people to be judges for each of the concurrent games in each timeslot, and one person to do anything else that needs doing. Could probably get by with two people, if need be. In a pinch I think I might be able to do it by myself.

 

I envision running demos of the game Fri night, looking to drum up interest in the tournament, doing the first three timeslots Sat, then doing the finals on Sun.

 

A double elimination tournament with eight teams, running two games at a time, would require either eight or nine timeslots. 

Time 1: Teams A,B,C,D play

Time 2: Teams E,F,G,H play

Time 3: Two games in secondary bracket

Time 4: Two games in primary bracket -- first two semifinalists determined

Time 5: Two games in secondary bracket -- last two semifinalists determined

Time 6: Two semi-finals game

Time 7: One or two more semi-finals games, if secondary bracket semi-finalists win

Time 8: First finals game

Time 9: Second finals game, if necessary

Time 10: Third finals game, if necessary (note, it's not possible to have games in both Time 7 and Time 10)

 

This seems like too much to try to do for a small group of organizers, but if we went the double-elimination route, I expect we'd do the first five rounds in the afternoon on Sat, the semi-finals in the evening on Sat, and then the finals in the afternoon on Sun.

 

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Sounds great, Andy.

Since we're talking about a free event (as everything at Who's Yer Con is free), I don't see any reason to go double-elimination. It's (mostly) for fun, so folks will be forgiving on that account. Also, if it's a double-elimination event, that will likely turn off folks at a small con like this as it will take up too much time.

I'm assuming there are ways to let folks know this is happening before the con? Maybe drum up some interest before we even get there?

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The offer totally stands if you do single elim, or round robin, or whatever format works for you.

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I'm in.  I need to redeem myself from the first tournament.