Community Tournament (Congratulations Alvendor on 1st Place!)

[Harti]

(07-28-2012 01:21 AM)GreatGonzales Wrote:  Interesting, but this requires both players to agree on a map. I would rather give each player the option to play on their favorite map. Or, we could choose the map for all players to use.

I'd go for choosing the same map for everybody.

Quote:Harti, are you entering?

Nah not at these busy times, I don't want to make anybody wait. I'll be abroad Aug 26th - Sep 15th and I pretty much know that the time before and after that will be packed with university projects.
I'll try to run my beta testing stuff and feedback during that period of time but I don't think I can take organizational stuff like finding out who my opponent is, which map I'm allowed to choose and whatnot.



Also - no offense intended - I'm not entering a tournament with a "weak ruleset" (that hasn't been tested yet). If Player 1 wasn't allowed to act during the first turn, not only Player 2 will get the original FTA positioning, there could also occur imbalances we haven't seen yet, like a turn 5 (3rd P1 turn) special (turn 3 doesn't work really often as you have to get your wit spaces) or something.
The best balance is still having two games on the same map because both players get to enjoy the FTA and both players have to suffer the conditions of going second. If there's a clearly better player in the matchup, they will usually win both matches, and if it's two equally skilled players, the tiebreakers will often decide. And, @ArtNJ, I do think that base health is more important than the turns it took.