I'm glad you're calling it out in case people missed it, but I placed this particular bit in the "strategy limitations"
I'm not sure how familiar you are with the other setups, but it will basically be something like this. Each participants, over the course of 3 drafts, drafts 3 characters to use for an amalgam.
It should be explained in the original introduction post, but there are plenty of veterans here, or you can just PM me. If you have questions about specific picks then you should PM me as to not reveal your strategy
I was thinking a bit over a week pr. match and around 5-6 posts.
Excellent advice, stating off this weekend might be a bit rushed.
I'll ask if Badabing can remove the bit about starting the draft in 3 days
Well, be careful. I like doing it quickly, but you also might not want to let one person pick 3 people before someone else picks any. It's a strategic nightmare. Or maybe you like that type of chaos...some hosts/judges/participants revel in that kind of craziness.
If you're persistent with PMs to participants, you can do 3 separate rounds fairly quickly. Blair's method isn't terrible, but not all will like it. One thread can handle it either way though...saves forum clutter, I suppose.
Also, all body/mind/powers at the same time? Basically, will the first pick need to be one of the 3 (body, for example)? Or can you pick them in any order?
just to throw it out there, I at least had the decency to promote a strategy with a character I'd never let someone draft into the tourney
again we see, inimalist > digimark
EDIT: anyways [SPOILER - highlight to read]: draft magic users from the cross-gen universe, nobody knows who they are and they are fantastic. I got a trans level character into a low herald tourney through that method
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i disagree with digi in one regard--the longer you wait the more time people have to find reasons NOT to compete. i've hosted one of these as well. the reason it worked effectively was because i did very little waiting around, and it people missed the draft night, oh well. you'll never get everyone to be able to commit to one night, so people use proxies to make picks, or they find the time. i already mentioned in my pm that time is ltd for me. we have committed participants, committed judges and a tourney outline (why not just recycle the one that was used--just change a couple things you didn't like in the rules). i say start it up asap and get it going. just make sure you are available to answer questions and deal with issues promptly. i'd suggest having a solid second to give you hand with tough decisions. maybe bran or odg would be good with letting you run issues past them, but both are on infrequently. or maybe jake (since he doesn't seem to want to join in for some reason........) would help you deal with issues. in any event, i would definitely suggest having someone around to help with stuff that comes up.
my vote is for getting started quickly and getting this thing moving along just as quickly.
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I understand the draft part. I don't understand what happens then.
Are there brackets of matchups and the two drafters debate their choices? Does everyone debate who would win? Is this like a league or play offs (does every draft have a thread against every other draft or are they knocked out if they "lose")? Do arguments go on for days or posts (you answered that in the post I'm replying to)? Do all judges judge every thread?
And (as you can probably tell) I am not at all familiar with the concept at all (at all)...in fact I didn't know KMC had a Battlezone forum (and still don't know what a Battlezone forum is), I just noticed cause inimalist sent me the link to the writing tournament
Double-edged sword though. This has happened before, but in nearly every case they lost with a vastly more powerful team because nobody had context for the feats or knew the character well. Obscurity has its pros/cons, and they tend to equal out in many cases. Harder to plan for, harder to create trust in judges about the characters.
Actually, the whole thing is tongue in cheek, I'm just talking shit mostly and trying not to give anything to major away or spoil anyone's plans, same with the Manny example or your Warlock example I suspect
That being said, I was 2-0 with Giselle Villard /shrug but ya, spent most of the threads trying to give context to her feats, and I could imagine it being even harder for a less powerful character.
Khell had Grail (Wildstorm, Wetworks) in a low meta tourney once upon a time. Kid probably could've soloed the whole tourney. I'm not even sure he made the semis. This was before scans were a thing, so while there were a few thrown around in each match, there was absolutely no context for most of what he did.
I hosted that one, so there's some egg on my face for allowing it. But none of us really knew what was going on back then.
I'm in but as for drafting in time, I'm afraid it will be during my business hours. Anyways, I've got one odd idea and I'd like to try it (not so odd, through, tourney veterans might guess at least "Mind" and "Powers" parts).
Abhilegend
Leonidas
Damborgson
Psycho Gundam
Sin I Am
Charlotte Debel
ID
Unconfirmed
Srankmissingnin (Not sure about the meta tier)
Zopzop (Showed interest)
Bardock (Showed interst)
Endless Mike (Said he'd check it out)
Emi-ko (showed interest)