Clan Activity Discussion

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The Benefit of Clan Tournaments
I'd like to add that a good way to boost clan activity is to increase the incentive to be active in a clan in the first place. Currently the main benefit is having people who are more likely to practice with you. However, that's a fairly weak incentive as there are plenty of nice people willing to help you out who aren't in your clan.

I think the best way to encourage clan participation is to make a Clan League running throughout the year in the same vein as the Good Game Clan Tournament. If we have more tournaments between clans it should help a lot.

1. Gives more of a reason for clans to exist in the first place
2. Can build clan loyalty within players and a desire to help your clan succeed

The way Outwitters currently is setup (no "short time limit mode"), large tournaments for individual players aren't very practical to hold frequently. They simply take too long to get through multiple rounds. However, I feel that Clan tournaments/competition, unlike individual tournaments, can really flourish in Outwitters. Why? Because all games can be played simultaneously. This means that we can guarantee getting through clan tournaments much more quickly if we set them up well.

Clan Tournament Format
Here's a potential format for clan tournaments. The GGCTournament format is good, but I think it's a bit too large and takes too long to be a regularly occurring event

Regular Season
- Any number of clans can join
- Each clan plays a match against every other clan
- 1 day per turn limits on games with a bit of leeway.*
- 5 games in each match
--- 4 1v1 and 1 2v2
--- Each player may only play one 1v1 game per match, but players who play a 1v1 may still play in the 2v2
--- 1 point per win

Finals
- Top two scoring clans from the regular season play each other
- Same game format as in the regular season
- Instead of points for wins, clan who wins the BO5 wins the finals!

Maps and Teams in Tournament Matches?
As for the maps and teams in the games, it could be done a number of ways. We could simply decide the maps ahead of time but allow players to choose their teams. However, the Good Game Clan tournament brings up an interesting alternative. Instead we could do the following:

4 1v1s total per match grouped into 2 pairs with designated teams. For example

[Clan 1] vs [Clan 2] on [Map]

Pair 1
Feedback v Scallywag on Glitch
Scallywag v Feedback on Glitch

Pair 2
Adorables v Veggienauts on Skullduggery
Vegginauts v Adorables on Skullduggery

This way helps avoid particular problematic matchups that could delay the tournament (SvS on Peakaboo for instance) and also promotes interesting games. We can change the maps and match-ups featured each clan tournament so we have a good variety. It also could be a way to look for solutions to difficult match-ups for teams on particular maps.

* Details on turn time limit "leeway". The exact rule can be tweaked, but here's an example. You have 3 days banked. If you go to 4 days, you use all 3 of your extra days (opponent should take a screenshot every time you go to 2 days+). Then if you ever go to 2 days again you lose. However, your 3 day bank can be distributed in many ways. For example, you could go to 2 days 3 times as long as you never go to 3 days. Or you could go to 2 days once and 3 days once (1 day over limit + 2 day over limit = all 3 days of bank used). This means that players have to take their turns at a reasonable pace (1 per day at least), but if they still have some leeway in case something turns up (like a couple weekend trips or a one-time 4 day absence).

(10-02-2013 02:14 PM)mr_13en Wrote:  I'd be down to join a clan, if you'd have me...but honestly I don't know how much I'd post here.

Welcome to the forums! But yes, this is exactly the kind of reason I think having consistent clan tournaments would be nice as it would give players like mr_13en more reason to visit the forums and either participate in the clan or simply to cheer his/her clan on.