General OverviewFor a couple months, I have had an idea for a competitive event. I have put off writing down this event for the entire time, until just recently when a clan member pointed out an event with a similar main idea. So, I decided to revise my idea and write it down. I want to make it clear that this idea is simply a concept.
This event would consist of three stages. Each stage is run in a different format with different rank formats. Players will sign up as a crew, and will be assigned one or two other crews to play with. The reason for this is that it is a lot easier to get 3 other players to play together than it is to get 7 others.
The preliminary stage is a 3v3 league. Each teams will play 3 matches, one of each gamemode, for each week. My original idea is to run this stage for one week. The leaderboard in this stage is based on each game's score. The winner of a match will receive 7 points, while the losing team will receive points equal to the amount of points they receive, scaled down. Examples for this and a better explanation can be viewed on the
Google Doc. The top two-thirds (or close, depending the amount of teams signed up), would advance to the main stage.
The main stage is a 2v2 best of 2 league format. Don't worry, this does work. If a team wins both of their matches, they receive 3 points on the leaderboard,and the losing team receives 0 points. If each team wins a match, they all receive 1 point.
The final stage is a round-robin between the main stage crews with the 4 highest scores.
If you would like a more in-depth view of each stage and some sample calculations, click
here.Possible Change IdeasSince writing down my original idea, I have thought of several ideas to alter this competition, which will be listed below:
- Selecting team mates for preliminary stage.
- Finalists selecting another crew from the eliminated crews to partner with for a finals tournament bracket.
- Increase the length of the preliminary stage, and decrease length of the main stage.
- Swap the order of the main and preliminary stages.
- Completely eliminate the preliminary or main stage.
If the preliminary stage were to be eliminated from the competition, the event would be a 2v2 league. with the same format as the main stage. The only difference would be in team selection. Teams have one of three options when signing up: sign up as a full team (2 ships), sign up as a single ship and selecting another signed up, or random teammate selection. Once selected, teams would be final. The final stage would be a double elimination tournament of the top four teams.
If the main stage is eliminated, the event would be a 3v3 league with the same format as the preliminary stage. During each week of play, two rounds will be played as deathmatches, and one round will be either crazy king or king of the hill, each on alternating weeks. Teams will sign us as a single ship, and will be randomly matched together for week one. For the rest of the weeks, I can either continue to assign them randomly or create a program that will match them in a systematic way.
If you have made it all the way through this, I thank you. If you have any thoughts on this tournament, whether it be a suggestion, a change or a question, please do not hesitate to post a reply or PM me. I am quite new to competitive Guns of Icarus, so I welcome any ideas.