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[Create On!] Make Your Own Tournament!
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How would YOU make a tournament?
If you've ever wanted to make a tournament instead of just participating in it, what would you do? That's basically all this thread is: A test of imagination. Having finally managed to do one of these a little while ago, I'm just curious to see what others would do if they limit themselves to the same criteria as I did, which really isn't all that much.
1) Have some kind of theme using multiple games. Don't just simply throw in the most popular games. Almost anyone can make a pure Smash Bros. tournament or Halo 2 tournament. This is your chance to make something unique.
2) You must limit yourself to only what you own in terms of games and systems. There are exceptions to this which are:
-Help from volunteers/friends are allowed and they can bring their own things, but it still has to be things you own. Example: You own a Wii, but for whatever reason you don't want to bring your own. Your friend can bring their Wii if they want. Additional controllers are fine as well because you can ask each participant "BYOC".
-If you think one part of your tournament could go on too long because of a lack of systems, you are allowed one extra system and game from your friends beyond what you own ONLY ONCE. Example: If you own one Gamecube and SSB:M, you are allowed to use two Gamecubes and two SSB:M assuming a volunteer/friend can bring that. It still can't be a game that YOU don't own.
-Getting a room of a certain size/number of TV's to use has to be realistic to what you can do. For example, renting a room and TV at your school should be realistic.
3) Make the final round something memorable. Maybe bring a game everyone's heard of but few people have played? Kinda like how the Omegathon had Tengen Tetris. Or do something like a race to who can beat Super Mario Bros. first?
That's all there is to it. It should be simple enough for some of you that own easily triple the small library I have. Let's see what you can think up.
If you've ever wanted to make a tournament instead of just participating in it, what would you do? That's basically all this thread is: A test of imagination. Having finally managed to do one of these a little while ago, I'm just curious to see what others would do if they limit themselves to the same criteria as I did, which really isn't all that much.
1) Have some kind of theme using multiple games. Don't just simply throw in the most popular games. Almost anyone can make a pure Smash Bros. tournament or Halo 2 tournament. This is your chance to make something unique.
2) You must limit yourself to only what you own in terms of games and systems. There are exceptions to this which are:
-Help from volunteers/friends are allowed and they can bring their own things, but it still has to be things you own. Example: You own a Wii, but for whatever reason you don't want to bring your own. Your friend can bring their Wii if they want. Additional controllers are fine as well because you can ask each participant "BYOC".
-If you think one part of your tournament could go on too long because of a lack of systems, you are allowed one extra system and game from your friends beyond what you own ONLY ONCE. Example: If you own one Gamecube and SSB:M, you are allowed to use two Gamecubes and two SSB:M assuming a volunteer/friend can bring that. It still can't be a game that YOU don't own.
-Getting a room of a certain size/number of TV's to use has to be realistic to what you can do. For example, renting a room and TV at your school should be realistic.
3) Make the final round something memorable. Maybe bring a game everyone's heard of but few people have played? Kinda like how the Omegathon had Tengen Tetris. Or do something like a race to who can beat Super Mario Bros. first?
That's all there is to it. It should be simple enough for some of you that own easily triple the small library I have. Let's see what you can think up.
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I WILL NOT BE DOING 3DS FOR NWC THREAD. SOMEONE ELSE WILL HAVE TO TAKE OVER.
Spoiler contains Friend Codes. Won't you be my friend?
I WILL NOT BE DOING 3DS FOR NWC THREAD. SOMEONE ELSE WILL HAVE TO TAKE OVER.
Spoiler contains Friend Codes. Won't you be my friend?
My Friend Codes!
More Friend Codes!
Mario Kart Wii: 3136-6982-0286 Tetris Party: 2364 1569 4310
Guitar Hero: Metallica: 1032 7229 7191
TATSUNOKO VS CAPCOM: 1935-2070-9123
Nintendo DS:
Worms: Open Warfare 2: 1418-7870-1606 Space Bust-a-Move: 017398 403043
Scribblenauts: 1290-7509-5558
More Friend Codes!
Mario Kart Wii: 3136-6982-0286 Tetris Party: 2364 1569 4310
Guitar Hero: Metallica: 1032 7229 7191
TATSUNOKO VS CAPCOM: 1935-2070-9123
Nintendo DS:
Worms: Open Warfare 2: 1418-7870-1606 Space Bust-a-Move: 017398 403043
Scribblenauts: 1290-7509-5558
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I WILL NOT BE DOING 3DS FOR NWC THREAD. SOMEONE ELSE WILL HAVE TO TAKE OVER.
Spoiler contains Friend Codes. Won't you be my friend?
More Friend Codes!
Mario Kart Wii: 3136-6982-0286 Tetris Party: 2364 1569 4310
Guitar Hero: Metallica: 1032 7229 7191
TATSUNOKO VS CAPCOM: 1935-2070-9123
Nintendo DS:
Worms: Open Warfare 2: 1418-7870-1606 Space Bust-a-Move: 017398 403043
Scribblenauts: 1290-7509-5558
Me and my co-coordinator said fuck that. Lowball (lowest score on the team is the team score), Plots, and Oddball where the order of the day. That first one pissed a lot of people off because most "Teams" were really just one or two guys and the rest were bullet/plasma sponges.
That sounds like something similar to what happened at my tournament. I didn't have enough people for how the tournament was designed, so instead of elimination all the way, I split the players up into two groups after the first round, where afterwards one side played one set of games and the other side played a different set of gamaes, based on performance in the first round.
Then a couple of people came up to me and asked which side would be the side that would have Smash Bros. Melee in it. If it was one of the games on the side that didn't perform as well as the others, they would've deliberately sabotaged themselves in the first round solely so they could play Smash Bros. Melee.
I wasn't exactly happy some people actually considered doing this.
Edit: Oops, I never got to the punchline.
I WILL NOT BE DOING 3DS FOR NWC THREAD. SOMEONE ELSE WILL HAVE TO TAKE OVER.
Spoiler contains Friend Codes. Won't you be my friend?
More Friend Codes!
Mario Kart Wii: 3136-6982-0286 Tetris Party: 2364 1569 4310
Guitar Hero: Metallica: 1032 7229 7191
TATSUNOKO VS CAPCOM: 1935-2070-9123
Nintendo DS:
Worms: Open Warfare 2: 1418-7870-1606 Space Bust-a-Move: 017398 403043
Scribblenauts: 1290-7509-5558
Works well if you take a genre and make people play a horrible game in it. "It's fighter round, LET'S PLAY SOME FUCKING MACE THE DARK AGE."
Or, if you're feeling particularly evil run the game they want you to, but implement the most random rules. "Smash Brothers Melee it is. Everyone must be Bowser or DK. Coin Battle on Hyrule. Only Poison Mushrooms." "Halo2, you say? Alien Pistols only on Waterworks."
I would see that as a challenge of my abilities, not as a bullshit game.
Yeah, I have actually had pretty much same idea. In start of each round, new game is chosen by using roulette program that has goddamn awful, obscure fighting game on each slot. After roulette has chosen new game, each player would have 15 mins to familiriaze himself with the game, and deduce good strategy*.
* Read: Way to abuse the game
Prep time is for pussies.