This is a thread to accept entries into the Grand Festive Diplomacy Tournament 2007, and also to discuss the best options for how to run the competition. If 49 applicants can be found then great; we'll have two rounds with the winners of Heats 1 - 7 going into the Final and perhaps the runners up from the heats going into a 'Those Who Came Closest' game.
I think, because the merit of such a competition is in the recognition, the points should be set fairly low, at least in the heats. That way, everybody can potentially reach the final - even a beginner. It would be a shame if somebody wasn't able to take part because they didn't have enough points. With this in mind, I think approximately 10 - 50 points a good balance. I am open to suggestions, however.
Assuming we get enough players, the first round would look a little like this:
Heat 1: Seed 1, 14, 15, 28, 29, 42, 43
Heat 2: Seed 2, 13, 16, 27, 30, 41, 44
Heat 3: Seed 3, 12, 17, 26, 31, 40, 45
Heat 4: Seed 4, 11, 18, 25, 32, 39, 46
Heat 5: Seed 5, 10, 19, 24, 33, 38, 47
Heat 6: Seed 6, 9, 20, 23, 34, 37, 48
Heat 7: Seed 7, 8, 21, 22, 35, 36, 49
The seeds would be calculated either by points, or by wins, or by win / game ratio. Does anybody have any thoughts on this?
If we fail to get enough players, the number of games will decrease. With 6 games, the winners will go through with the highest second place; with 5 games, the winners and 2 highest 2nds and so on.
So, entry open to all. Apply below in this thread, or e-mail me at [thomas.ogilvie *at* Gmail.com]
Closing dates for applications is Saturday the 17th November, 12:00 GMT.
ps- If anyone knows the best way to accomplish this technically, ie whether passworded games are best, and whether you can create games without participating in them, please let me know.
Okay, to clarify lukas's question: wins are above all, and then the player with the most SCs in a draw will go through. In the event of there still being a tie, all players involved in the draw will score 1 point for every SC they have held for every year that was played. So the player who had 4 SCs in 1901 then 6 in 1902 beats the player who had 3 SCs in 1901 then 6 in 1902, 10 points to 9. Does that make sense?
This is simply a two round system where those who do well in round 1 will go into round 2. I'm pleasantly taken aback by the number of people interested, and if the first Tournament proves a success I will look at the possibility of having more in the future, and adapting it so that it more accurately reflects a DipCon structure: Each player playing, say, 5 rounds and gaining a score based on that. But first things first.
The list of players 'in' so far:
gameover, Chrispminis, The Mahatma, thewonderllama, AteTrack13, Nick Douglas, Darwyn, mightyrobot, Sirither, Jatexic, footballer_22, PolishTeaParty, Kent C Tugood, rexx78, whoami, Theodrus, Evilduck, Gobblededook, Rait, ZeroZero_Peras, bc2000, stoni90, SJC Howard, Seattle, Arthurmklo, milt, merano, ravendevil.
That's thirty. Nineteen more places to go, then reserves.
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