The tournament will start in the fourth week of June 2003. The first preliminary/practice round will use the newly submitted AoW2 Mapmaking MP maps (those for 4+ players) so it would help with the map evaluations as well. These games will be non-WL though and the purpose is to allow the doubles team members sometime to adjust to each other and perhaps even switching partners, if there are conflict of styles, etc., before the actual competition. This round will last until the start of the actual tourney. The final doubles team will need to be set by the end of the prelims and the ranking of the teams will be based on their most up-to-date WL standings at that point.
This thread will be used for sign up for this contest. You may sign up as a doubles team or simply as an individual looking for a partner.
Looking forward to the blockbuster game postings in this inaugural tournament! Enjoy! Outlier out ... Deadline for entry: 11:59 pm EST Saturday, June 21, 2003. Expected no. of entries: 8 doubles teams are preferred. If more people have signed up, then one or more first round match would involve more than two teams. That is, it could be a 2 vs. 2 vs. 2 (or 6-players) map or a 2 vs. 2 vs. 2 vs. 2 (or 8-players) map, depending on the seeding. Preliminary/pre-qualifying/practice round: Have setup preliminary/pre-qualifying/practice matches using the mapmaking contest's maps. Please see Game 5 - Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 4 Game 7 - Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 4 Game 9 - Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 6 **Winner of Game 9 will be declared the Game 10 - Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 8 **Winner of Game 10 will be declared the 1. Standard AoW2 WL [This message has been edited by Outlier (edited 07-29-2003 @ 09:08 AM).]
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Official seeding of AoW2 Doubles Tourney
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__ 117: waterfly.................Email: torsten dot staedler at t-online dot de (5 80%)(-1)
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__ 112: JWorth...................Email: jay at immaterial at net (10 70%)(+3)
Total: __ 107: Kris Lighthawk...........Email: kris at hco dot kollegienet dot dk (5 80%)(-1)
_____ : greenmonster..................Email: grnmnstr at nycap dot rr dot com
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__ 91: Evil Roc..................Email: evil-roc at dol dot ru (14 36%)(+1)
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__ 92: LordTheRon................Email: lordtheron at lycos dot nl (5 20%)(-1)
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__ 100: BlackCat.................Email: Blackcat at email dot de (zero gamer)
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__ 100: Roger....................Email: rampantroj at yahoo dot com (zero gamer)
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__ 100: legolas20................Email: lusiphurscyla at hotmail dot com (zero gamer)
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Tentative Schedule
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Game 6 - Minstrel & Roger vs. Loser of Game 3
Game 8 - Dafyth & JWorth vs. Winner of Game 3
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Rules & Format
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2. Triumph Studios v1.20 ruleset must be used.
3. All participants must have registered in the AoW2 WL by the start of their first tourney game. Otherwise, the match may be forfeited at the discretion of the judging committee (Outlier & Cay for now).
4. Players must log their turn (even with just a simple 'turn sent' message) so the progress can be tracked.
5. Players must play their turn within 48 hours unless notice is given via the player or his/her partner. Allowance for longer time is normally granted but the judges reserve the right to disqualify a team should excessive abuse of this provision occurs.
6. All passwords, if used, must be sent to the judges as soon as they are used in the game.
7. The tourney judges are currently Jamie (tv007f2243 at blueyonder dot co dot uk), King David (kngdvd at outgun dot com), Outlier (outlier at hyperhub dot net) and Cay (cay at heavengames dot com).
8. The maps to be used in the tourney will be chosen according to the following format:
i) There will be a total of three maps available to be chosen for each match. At least one of the maps will be a 'well-balanced' one from the existing AoW2 library or the maps downloaded at the AoW2 heavengames site or one of the affiliated sites.
ii) Similar to the WL Challenge format, the highest seeded team will pick the map to be used in the match (from the list of three maps).
iii) The lowest seeded team will then get to pick one of the pre-set teams first, followed by the next lowest seed, if the match involves more than two teams, and so on.
iv) The wizards' starting race, ability and sphere will be as specified in the map, unless stated otherwise.
v) The set of maps will be available to be downloaded at least two days prior to the start of a match.
9. In the Final Championship Game, all turns are to be submitted to the judges as well as to the next player. The tournament organizers reserve the right to the further use of these results.
10. The tournament judges reserve the right to call an end to a match in the event that the duration has reached two months, except for the championship game. The final turn played must then be forwarded to the judges and a winner will be declared depending on the relative position of the teams.