Signature Duel Tournament

This comes with Lana's blessing (to dispel any thoughts that I'm going rogue here).

Over in the comics forum we've had regular tournaments which are usually very popular. Copy/paste that idea in this forum, and you'll see where I'm going.

Provided there's enough interest, I'd like to spearhead a tournament that goes a bit further than our regular duels. We'll have seedings, brackets, eliminations...and an eventual winner. The winner, besides adding some more duel wins to his/her belt, will be the "KMC Signature Champion" until another similar tourney puts their "championship" on the line (every few months seems reasonable, though it's certainly up in the air).

I'd be doing most of it...but would also ask selected others to be guest judges and stuff like that. If this happens, I'd like to enter as well, though there'd obviously be someone else judging my matches to make it impartial.

Questions? Concerns? Remarks?

Mainly what I need is a "I'm in" or similar affirmation if you want to be in it, so that we can get a decent head-count. We can make most even numbers work, though 8 or 16 is obviously the ideal for a bracket-style tourney.

-DM 😎

I'm in...

Originally posted by KENobi™
I'm in...

Sure..

🙂 Hmmm...looks like interest won't be a problem.

Keep in mind this'll run slightly slower than normal duels, but once the matches start it should only take about 2 weeks.

I'd also like to set up the matches randomly, but I'm thinking setting the top few seeds aside for heavyweights (like Ken, for example, and others if they join) might be good...to heighten the drama of the later matches.

I'll join in 😊

And of course if you need any help with this, Digi, you only need ask ✅

In.
Definitly.

Originally posted by Lana
I'll join in 😊

And of course if you need any help with this, Digi, you only need ask ✅

😊

I was hoping you'd join...lends some extra credibility to the proceedings. 5 already then, and I guess I make 6. I'm shooting for 16, so this might have to stay up for a day or two until the slots are filled. But if they're not, we'll improvise.

P.S. Anyone can feel free to PM anyone they think would be good for this (Duel regulars and such). And feel free to voice any opinions, ideas, or questions.

Originally posted by DigiMark007
😊

I was hoping you'd join...lends some extra credibility to the proceedings. 5 already then, and I guess I make 6. I'm shooting for 16, so this might have to stay up for a day or two until the slots are filled. But if they're not, we'll improvise.

P.S. Anyone can feel free to PM anyone they think would be good for this (Duel regulars and such). And feel free to voice any opinions, ideas, or questions.

I'll bet anything that Barker, DW, Godshinto and TOH will join in....probably Hotsauce, TheLaw, DEV1L....and any other random people we manage to draw on here.

Here's a thought....

Do we need overarching rules, like a standard file size limit for all matches (my initial thought would be 450x150 and circa 40KB)...or should it change match-to-match?

Hmmmm.

I think something like 450x150 and 50kb would be fine for all of them, since that's more or less the standard for the duels themselves.

How about for each level of the tourny there is only 1 set of rules. Same render, everything. It changes for each level though.

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Originally posted by KENobi™
How about for each level of the tourny there is only 1 set of rules. Same render, everything. It changes for each level though.

Pretty much what I was thinking would be best.

Originally posted by KENobi™
How about for each level of the tourny there is only 1 set of rules. Same render, everything. It changes for each level though.

Actually, I was planning on saving something like that for special cases. Say we have...maybe 14 people. At the end of round 1 we'd have 7 left. Not a good number. To get an eighth, I would put everyone who lost in round 1 in a battle royale style match with the same render to give them the chance to get back in it. Kinda crazy, but it could be fun.

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But nothing is set in stone yet. So please comment if you like/dislike any of these ideas. I'll gauge popular opinion as much as possible and make decisions as needed. I'm not either for or against the same-render right now, but once we have everyone I'll see what everyone has said and decide. Thanks though...it could streamline things quite a bit if we do it. 🙂

Sorta like a wild card thingy?

I think the first round should be a free-for-all, in that everyone can pick their own images, style, etc. and just have to adhere to size restrictions that are set.

Originally posted by Lana
Sorta like a wild card thingy?

I think the first round should be a free-for-all, in that everyone can pick their own images, style, etc. and just have to adhere to size restrictions that are set.

Images...you mean like pick their own renders?

Anyway, I kinda agree. Looking at the same render 16 times might be a tad too much.

Originally posted by DigiMark007
Actually, I was planning on saving something like that for special cases. Say we have...maybe 14 people. At the end of round 1 we'd have 7 left. Not a good number. To get an eighth, I would put everyone who lost in round 1 in a battle royale style match with the same render to give them the chance to get back in it. Kinda crazy, but it could be fun.

Im up for this one 👆

Originally posted by DigiMark007
Images...you mean like pick their own renders?

Anyway, I kinda agree. Looking at the same render 16 times might be a tad too much.

Yep. Toss a little variety into the mix, and allow everyone to work in their styles with something they're most comfortable with for the first round.

Originally posted by Lana
Yep. Toss a little variety into the mix, and allow everyone to work in their styles with something they're most comfortable with for the first round.

Hmph. Interesting. An obvious break from normal duel protocol, but it could be fun.

It would still have to be head-to-head though....not "16 people GO!" type of thing. And at least the later rounds should have a set render.