Originally posted by DigiI'm rooting for Blair
Updated Standings:Group A:
Smurph: 1-0
Charlotte: 1-0
Omega: 0-2Group B:
Digi: 1-0
Gundam: 1-1
Blair: 0-1Smurph v. Charlotte next week is largely ornamental. It will determine seeding, but not eliminations. Digi v. Blair has much more riding on it, and I'm glad that it does. Should be a fun match.
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Originally posted by psycho gundam
nothing against you, but that's the only way i can stay alive. plus the re-draft creates more possibilities so...."Blair win
ds" is my only hope
How do you figure? If I beat Blair, you and I move on to the semis. You'd be the #2 seed, but would have a chance to re-draft. I'm your better hope. A 3-way 1-1 cluster**** would suck for everyone but Blair at this point.
Originally posted by Digidon't think that would ever happen tbh.
I actually wanted to try a similar idea a long time ago: it would be a series of interconnected Battlezones, but each match would be determined entirely by the two people entering it. So, for example, Smurph and leo would agree to rules and conditions, find judges, etc. and maybe Jinzin and I would do the same. Then the winners would face off with their own unique match conditions. There would be no continuity between matches other than the participants themselves.I figured that if each was a standalone thing, there would be no timetable to the "tourney" and therefore no down time. Just a lot of really fun matches.
I think the structure of tourneys force people to be prompt and on time. without that structure, people can delay, drag on, or even just discontinue it. Sure, there are some who are dedicated enough to battlezone it, but there's a reason the battlezone has sounded far better in theory than in actuality.
Originally posted by Starscream M
I think I like one person teams better than two person teams....it just seems so to flow so much better.
Originally posted by Starscream M
this tourney has been running quite smooth so far, good job leo!
Originally posted by Starscream M
I've found this tourney to be quite neat and organized.I think I like one person teams better than two person teams....it just seems so to flow so much better.
this tourney has been running quite smooth so far, good job leo!
I always think I'll hate partner tourneys until I actually get into it with a partner. And it's really a lot of fun. I partnered with Scoob and then Newjak/Leo, and both were cool. The latter in particular was good because we had 6 characters on our teams, and in wild battle settings. So it was more than any one person could reasonably handle. I took 2 of the 6 and just rocked sh*t, and the other two did the same.
So I think there's a right place for it. Partners in this tourney would suck, for example, because there's not enough going on for 2 people. And I don't mean post-count-wise (which has been low thus far) but the power level, environments, and lack of prep. But herald tourneys, for example, could always handle partners well.
But yes, kudos to leo, but as I learned firsthand (and others have as well) the smoothness of a tourney is often out of the host's hands. No-shows in participants and judges is what normally crushes tourney "momentum" the most. So there's some luck involved regardless of the host's dedication. Leo's been qucik and consistent with his rulings, though, and has a large judging pool, which are really the two biggest things.
I have had some great experiences in team tourneys, first I had Akuki/Charlotte and then two goes with Id. Akuki was great though I have no lost love for Charlotte as she seems to have gained a habit of constantly badmouthing our performance and strategies in that tourney in discussions. Id was great, a real good research partner and ideas person.
Originally posted by King Kandy
I have had some great experiences in team tourneys, first I had Akuki/Charlotte and then two goes with Id. Akuki was great though I have no lost love for Charlotte as she seems to have gained a habit of constantly badmouthing our performance and strategies in that tourney in discussions. Id was great, a real good research partner and ideas person.
Heh. Sometimes the soup doesn't congeal. Or something.
😕
But your success with those respective partners I think reflects your thoughts on the pairings. I always wanted to blow minds and team up with, like, Trick or someone. That would be a riot. Ending in tragedy, of course. But a riot nonetheless.
Originally posted by Digi
But your success with those respective partners I think reflects your thoughts on the pairings. I always wanted to blow minds and team up with, like, Trick or someone. That would be a riot. Ending in tragedy, of course. But a riot nonetheless.
Originally posted by Digi
Heh. Sometimes the soup doesn't congeal. Or something.😕
But your success with those respective partners I think reflects your thoughts on the pairings. I always wanted to blow minds and team up with, like, Trick or someone. That would be a riot. Ending in tragedy, of course. But a riot nonetheless.
Originally posted by King Kandy
I'll blow minds once I have actually pulled off a tourney win... until then i'm going to just try and come up with solid teams and character choices.
heh, indeed.
Originally posted by Enyalus
Think big. Team with KMC's resident peak human.
The original KMC peak human was JPlatinum ("JP" to his minions), who actually entered a tournament and got slaughtered by Scoobless. He was the one who tried to draft Bruce Lee, and ended up with Batman Beyond and some Street Fighter character, iirc. Him, I'd partner with.