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The TimmyB Tournament- starting August 23rd!

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Dementio:

--- Quote from: Byron Cavendish on August 01, 2014, 03:30:17 am ---The judging will be fair. If we see something like a full health ship running into a mountain that will be a bit silly and greedy for the spirit of this competition. Winning isn't the ultimate goal, it's to have a great experience. We won't be heavy handed with the judging.

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What if engines and balloon are down, the enemy is leaving you while going for the next point and you are stuck in the middle of nowhere? It won't be a fun experience trying to rebuild everything and slowly crawling back into the fight, especially not if the point is already captured by then.

NallyNally:
Uhm, while it does seem like a lot of fun, the whole thing just should be unranked in order to keep rage levels in check. It's very chaotic, it has random matchmaking on a competitive environment, it has random events giving extra points...

We all know competitive play can be demanding, time consuming and stressful. Having prizes is a neat idea and I'm all for it, but the lower the stakes are in this particular tournament, the better, in my opinion. So it won't become rage fuel. And the odds of people calling foul play on this are out the roof, man.

Byron Cavendish:
That is why the particular prize details were not posted. The particular extra points were not posted. I understand your concern, but don't look at it from a competitive few point, of "must win at all costs". This is an event to bring crews of different teams together in a fun, crazy way. You guys just wrapped up HC, and after this will be a long fall of super competitive MLG events. This can be a fun change of pace if you let it be. Winning is the icing, not the goal. Let go and have fun with it!

NallyNally:
If it's a tournament and it's even half serious, there are gonna be people who want to win it. And if it's not half serious, then it's not really a tournament.  :-\

I can see you mean well with it and wish you the best of luck, though. Hope it ends up as something fun that people will remember fondly and not a dark hour for the community.  :D

Thomas:
I kind of agree with The Valz. While it does seem like a very fun event, putting it in a tournament form with prizes (and exclusive badges no less) makes it competitive. I would recommend doing away with the exclusive badges, or giving them to all the players who participated. Costume prizes for the winners should be fine, as most competitive players won't take it as seriously and are more likely to just have fun with it.

On the other hand, if you want to keep the competitive nature by offering exclusive prizes, there should not be a vague and potentially biased system for extra points. They could be announced before the event, but they should always be known. Having a secret list for extra points in a competitive (or semi-competitive) setting could lead to a lot of drama.



But overall it looks like a very fun event, and you'll definitely be seeing a Holy team or two present.

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