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eelektrik
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Simple question for everyone, but what games would you like to see tournaments for this year? Whether its a returning tournament you want to see again, or something new, feel free to throw out the suggestions...
As for myself Id like to see....
Tabletop:
Pirates of the Spanish Main
Carcassonne(With or without expansions, takes less time without though)
Console:
Mario Kart Double Dash
Dead or Alive 4
Geometry Wars
Although Geometry Wars is not a multiplayer game, one could still do a tournament for it in multiple ways... Easiest and in my opinion least interesting way would be to just have everyone play 2 or 3 games each and using their best game the person with the highest score wins... Alternatively, you could actually split it down into 1 on 1s where you take turns playing your 2 or 3 games(With some kind of reasonable time limit, for those kicking alot of ass) and the person whose best score is higher moves on. I prefer the latter because it would include some form of direct competition.
As for myself Id like to see....
Tabletop:
Pirates of the Spanish Main
Carcassonne(With or without expansions, takes less time without though)
Console:
Mario Kart Double Dash
Dead or Alive 4
Geometry Wars
Although Geometry Wars is not a multiplayer game, one could still do a tournament for it in multiple ways... Easiest and in my opinion least interesting way would be to just have everyone play 2 or 3 games each and using their best game the person with the highest score wins... Alternatively, you could actually split it down into 1 on 1s where you take turns playing your 2 or 3 games(With some kind of reasonable time limit, for those kicking alot of ass) and the person whose best score is higher moves on. I prefer the latter because it would include some form of direct competition.
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Pirates of the Spanish Main
Warmachine
Console (formerly Tabletop)
MK DD
Guitar Hero
Karaoke Revolution
I'd love to try Tabletop Guitar Hero...
That being said, i'd love to see Smash Bros Melee (all items enabled, only a few stages disabled like ice mountain) make an appearance again. Mario Kart DD only seems proper to keep in the tournament list from last year as well. Guitar Hero could be really really cool (though I haven't played it) and most people seem to have a blast with the game so it's a winner all around. I'd love to see Street Fighter 3: Third Strike or Capcom vs SNK 2 there as well to back up the 2D fighter status at PAX, or maybe even a Power Stone 2 tourney.
For old school, i'd love to see a head to head Tetris tourney, especially if that 10 player DS version comes out before PAX, or maybe a Dr. Mario head to head. Super Mario Kart for SNES battle mode tourney would attract a bunch of nostalgic people who used to love it as well.
It's a little different, but i'd LOVE to see a booster draft tournament for Magic: The Gathering in the tabletop rooms. Maybe something fun like 6 boosters from 6 different sets for each player and instead of head to head format it's a multiplayer format in 4 player matches or something similar. Jazzes up the matches a little, and allows new players to have a decent chance.
I'm sure the organizers will do decently well though.
I mean, I'd lose terribly by picking cards and going 'hey, that's neat!' instead of going for a deck that works, but that's fine with me!
Yeah, Booster drafts were always my favorite type of Magic tournament, I dont even play Magic anymore and Id be up for a booster draft... I was asking for one last year, but no luck...
Im not sure if it would work or not, with so few cards in the packs and not always the same number of cards, but would a Pirates booster draft be possible? Ive never seen anyone mention doing them before so I dont know if its even been attempted...
And I still think Double Dash is better then Mario Kart DS simply because the co-op gameplay is still fucking genius...
Yes...but has anyone tried Eight player team mode?
As for tabletop, I'd be down for a MTG booster draft as well. And that is about all I go for in terms of tabletop. Or if the rules were less restraining on which cards and sets we could use (like if we could pretty much use any cards that we have, despite the age), I bet the MTG tournament would become more popular.
Heh heh heh....you want some more, eh?
As for consoles, the standard Double Dash/SSBM tournament is in order. But there should be whole sections specifically for wi-fi portable tournaments: Hot Shots Golf for the PSP and DS Mario Kart, for instance. The only difficulty with those is that it's difficult, if not impossible, for a crowd to see what's going on, which kind of defeats the purpose of a PAX-level tournament.
Now, I can't say much about using the following for tournaments, but they most definately need to be present with the maximum number of controllers/input devices: Guitar Hero, Karaoke Revolution, Donkey Konga, and maybe DDR. A whole console music room.
Borfase, how did they mess up the DS blue shell?
The only issue that i'd have with the booster draft is the cost. Who would pay for the boxes if it was done unofficially? What if there's 5-6 boxes and MORE than 36 people in the booster draft (which could easily happen) having more players than boosters per box? What would the prize be?
I'm thinking of an unofficial booster draft incase they don't have one in the tournament list itself. Also, i'd take part.
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Your god damned right I want some more...
hahahaha yes! that would rule.
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I suggest a very special custom map for Warcraft 3, specifically, one of the most popular (if the most popular) custom map for the frozen throne expansion:
Defense Of The Ancients - Allstars!
Official Site:
http://dota-allstars.com/index.php
I already have many people on another forum I frequently visit who are very interesting in playing and competing in a dota tournament.
How does everyone else feel about this particular game/map becoming a tournament at PAX?
Anything else W3, or any other PC games in general people would like to compete/play at PAX?
Question:
Are there going to be PCs provided for freeplay and Tourney use like last year? Or will all PC gaming/tourneys be only available for those who partipate in BYOC?
I play dota regularly so Im in a good position to shoot this one down. A smallish to decent sized dota tournament would take a long time to play.
The average game lasts 1-2 hours. Considering PAX is time limited and there are other tournaments to get done during the day, the freeplay machines cant be dedicated to just one game tournament for that day.[/list]
I play dota regularly so Im in a good position to shoot this one down. A smallish to decent sized dota tournament would take a long time to play.
The average game lasts 1-2 hours. Considering PAX is time limited and there are other tournaments to get done during the day, the freeplay machines cant be dedicated to just one game tournament for that day.
This would be a good time to speak up and have your suggestions heard, but DOTA is a tough one.
However if one would want to have an un-official DotA tourney amongst the BYOC people id be willing to help with the brackets and recording of that. Mostly because I play the game a lot, I wouldnt be able to participate in it though :P I dont have that much free time at PAX.
I would suggest however, a -dm modified tourney (possibly with ar?). This would significantly shorten gametime due to hero pool drying up with every death. I dont think ar dm is a good pick however, because then you have to stick with generic item builds. However, vanilla -dm would be a great gameplay modifier for tourney play, because you have to pick counter heros to the enemy team, and strategize what kind of attrb heroes you will be going with among your teammates.
Average dm game would be roughly an hour? who knows, maybe even quicker among seasoned dota vets.
Edit: Come to think of it, even if it was a 3-tier game consisting of 8 teams, that still would be 3 hours. Guess that would be quite difficult to chain off the PC freeplay room for such a long period of time. I guess it would only work unofficially in byoc, or if it would be in the wee hours of the morning when there would be less people around (and I believe as it currently stands, the MC will not be open to general conventioners at these times?).
Ah well, maybe we can do something unconventionally in byoc when the times comes
I personally hate -dm, for toruney play -sm should be used and maybe -ar to shorten things a bit. -dm changes the game too much so its not like dota anymore.
I could assist in an unofficial tourney if one is formed (aka enough intrest).
Message me on aim if you would like to discuss.
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Why's it have to be one or the other? :P
Guitar Hero, Gitaroo Man, and KaraRevolution.
Maybe with some background Dance Dancing?
I'm a terrible Dance Dancer. Well, on a pad anyway. Maybe if there were poles... Kidding aside, DDR would indeed be amusing to watch.
Karaoke Revolution up front, backed by Guitar Heros and a line of dance-dancers.
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