Uploaded the flyer in the first post. I hope you don't mind, but I removed the Dominion picture from the flyer. It made the file 18KB instead of 2000+KB.
(I also fixed your avatar.)
A couple of suggestions:
* Using Total Victory Points leads to some bad incentives, for a lot of reasons. What about just pure ranks, i.e., 1, 2, 3, 4?
* The flyer lists all the potential sets that may be used in the tournament. This seems like something that the forum could easily work through to determine the optimal strategy...
1. Thanks for the avatar fix and yes that's OK for cutting out the pic on the flyer- no needed of course.
2. As for the Total Victory Points- that is only a tie breaker if needed. Which I don't see happening. Advancment WILL be by rank first. That rank is determined by Total Wins- if needed to break any ties in the ranking then Total Victory Points will be used. For example, after 5 rounds of pre-lims with 32 players, the top 16 will advance to SE rounds. If there is a tie for the 16th placement then we will determine who goes by Total Victory Points.
As far as individual games played in the Pre-lims, if in a 3 or 4 players game if there is a tie- both players will get credited for the win. In SE rounds though- this can't happan so again we will have to go back to a Total Victory Points count to determine who advances. So as you can see this will rarely happen, if at all.
I'm sorry this wasn't clear enough in the flyer. Does it sound unclear to anyone else?? If it is, I'll go change it. If you are registered, I will have your e-mail and you will get the updated flyer directly.
BTW this system is almost what they use for the US Finals and Worlds, so I wanted to keep in line with what they do. I say almost b/c they don't use the Vicotry Point tie-breaker. I asked Jay what they used for ties in order to advance in single-elimination rounds in the US Finals and Worlds. He said they flip a coin!!! Ouch!!! That's rough, that's why I put the Victory Point tie-breaker in for our tournament- softens the blow a bit.
3. The sets being used for the Pre-lims were determined based on how many games I received from RioGrande to use. I wish I could do well-mixed sets (from 3 or more expansions), but because of the limited games we have (4 Base, 4 Intrigue, 1 Seaside, 1 Prosperity, 1 Hinterlands, 1 Cornucopia), we can't do that. If we get more than 64players then I will have to ask RioGrandeGames for more game.
4. There are 2 or 3 of the listed sets that I am concerned about that might take longer to play- past the 40-45min time limits (I can be flexible 5 extra min here if the game if close to being done.) If I have to cut it off then I will need to use Victory Points when time is up to detemine winner(s) for those games.
5. As far as the forum working through these sets for the optimal strategy, what would be wrong with that if everyone has access to the same forum, which I am now telling others about??? All players are free to practice these sets as many times as possible. Use the forums, whatever. Everyone is on the same footing either way. Also, I would think that this would make rounds faster, which is more desirable for all I think. However, only 1/2 of the players will make it to the SE rounds. At that point, sets will be randomized via a randomizer. Promos may be used and you may see 3-5 expansions in each randomization b/c by reducing the number of players in SE, we will have the ability to use all the left-over expansions to make more diverse sets at that time.
What do you guys think about these issues??? I put out the announcement for this tourny early for a reason- so that we can iron out any glitches, this being our first major Dominion tourny in the area.
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Topic: Dominion Regional Qualifier, June 23 2012 @ Oakland University, Michigan (Read 40721 times)