Post by mrgametheory on Aug 25, 2006 11:05:56 GMT -5
Ok, I have been mapping out several creative and exciting things to make this tournament / Tournaments work. The funding for the tournaments is not the problem, I have that covered. I understand I am losing money on these tournaments and nuts I may lose up wards to a few thousand dollars doing this, but I am actually getting excitement from this and I have been wanting to bring money into Civ 4 since my 10th post on these boards and considering I don't play civ anymore, this is a way for me to stay involved in the gaming world, but on another level.
I do have 2 concerns.
1) I need a TD to help coordinate this tournament with me and If one from Ladder doesn't want to coordinate this with me, than I am accepting applications for 1-3 qualified Gamers who would be interested in running the first series of Cash tournaments for Civ 4. I don't expect these tournaments to make any money for a few billion years but Inevitably I would like to hope that they will pay for themselves and the ones who helped me make these tournaments successful, will receive their just reward. If no one helps me run these tournaments that is fine, I will try my best, but I will not promise anything special and due to my lack of time I can't say how committed I can be to something like this.
2) Obviously I'm worried that there will be a lack of people willing to participate in this tournament. Once again, the money is there, if 1 team signs up for this thing and thats it, I am going to hand them $200 and say Good job. If it does come down to there only being a few players for this tournament than I will probably not have another one. But I am making a guarantee to you all. If a minimum of 25 teams successfully Sign up for this Tournament than I will have another tournament within 30 days after this tournament and the Cash prize will be $300. We will continue to go from there. Pretty much, I am putting everything in your (All Civilization 4 Players) hands. I am giving the Civ 4 community the chance to become what other major games have become and if you want to just blow this off that is fine. To be honest, I have already accepted the fact that the turnout will not be so hot, but I still have hopes and it is better to give this a try.
If you want to make this thing work than make it work, all I am doing is putting up the money for it.
I highly suggest you all use this time to advertise this Ladder league website and send people here and get them to partake in this tournament. This is not just a Ladder League event, every Civ 4 player, ladder member or not, is allowed in this tournament, so I suggest you all spread the word to the best of your abilities. When this thing starts I am going to request that all teams that enter tell me who told them about this tournament and the people who actually helped put this thing together will get their just reward.
The date is set and I will be putting up all the official information for this tournament in the next 5 Days.
Up to this Point the Rules for the Tournament are as follows:
All teams which enter will be set randomly to play each other in standard tournament fashion.
There will be 3 events:
1v1 - 125 Turns - Mirror - Ancient - Pick - Standard Rules
Cton - 250 Turns - Wheel - Ancient - Pick - Full Negotiation allowed, (Without Tec trading) - Other Standard Rules apply
2v2 - 125 Turns - Mirror - Ancient - Pick - Standard Rules
1st place gets 5 points
2nd place gets 3 points
3rd place gets 1 point
Whoever has the most points at the end of the tournament wins and will receive 75% of the Prize and 2nd place receives 25% of the prize. 1st place Prize is $150 and 2nd place Prize is $50.
If there is a tie for 1st place at the end of this tournament than a 1v1 game would occur to settle everything.
The Time for the Event is 8AM PST on Saturday September 16th
Each Team will be comprised on 5 Players - 4 Will actually participate in the tournament and 1 will be a sub which can take the place of any player in the tournament at any time, but this player can only be subbed in once and once that player is subbed in they can no longer be subbed in and the player who was subbed out can no longer partake in the tournament.
(I suggest you strategically organize your team)
The entry fee is ($1 per team). I have already created a PayPall Merchant account and normal account and payment for this tournament can go 2 ways. You can either pay for this tournament 100 Hours in advance and only pay $1 or pay for this tournament up to 45 Minutes before it starts and Pay $1.40. I am setting the entry fee up this way so that people can get on paypal and get accustomed to it and the structure of these tournaments. I will provide all of my paypal information in the next 5 Days. Each team is going to need to pick a team name (not a clan name), and name the specific 5 players on their team. All of the names of the members of each team must exactly match their Civ 4 lobby names. I will put up more information on this in the next 5 days.
I am setting the tournament up like this so there is absolutely no room for people to scam this tournament in terms of money. There will also be judges and strict rules up for this tournament that I will need someone to help me with due to the fact that I don't have warlords ( I may get it) and I need to know the rule changes and and how best to host this thing. ( This is where I would appreciate the better players providing me with some insight so all you experts out there please feel free to lend me a hand and send me a draft of how you think he specific rules of this tournament should be and I will pick the one which is the best)
You have around 22 days to get prepared for this tournament, pick your teams, and spread the word.
My Aol Instant Messenger name is MrGameTheory and if you would like to speak with me about this just drop me a line.
Good Luck to us all and this is your chance to actually make something out of this game.
I do have 2 concerns.
1) I need a TD to help coordinate this tournament with me and If one from Ladder doesn't want to coordinate this with me, than I am accepting applications for 1-3 qualified Gamers who would be interested in running the first series of Cash tournaments for Civ 4. I don't expect these tournaments to make any money for a few billion years but Inevitably I would like to hope that they will pay for themselves and the ones who helped me make these tournaments successful, will receive their just reward. If no one helps me run these tournaments that is fine, I will try my best, but I will not promise anything special and due to my lack of time I can't say how committed I can be to something like this.
2) Obviously I'm worried that there will be a lack of people willing to participate in this tournament. Once again, the money is there, if 1 team signs up for this thing and thats it, I am going to hand them $200 and say Good job. If it does come down to there only being a few players for this tournament than I will probably not have another one. But I am making a guarantee to you all. If a minimum of 25 teams successfully Sign up for this Tournament than I will have another tournament within 30 days after this tournament and the Cash prize will be $300. We will continue to go from there. Pretty much, I am putting everything in your (All Civilization 4 Players) hands. I am giving the Civ 4 community the chance to become what other major games have become and if you want to just blow this off that is fine. To be honest, I have already accepted the fact that the turnout will not be so hot, but I still have hopes and it is better to give this a try.
If you want to make this thing work than make it work, all I am doing is putting up the money for it.
I highly suggest you all use this time to advertise this Ladder league website and send people here and get them to partake in this tournament. This is not just a Ladder League event, every Civ 4 player, ladder member or not, is allowed in this tournament, so I suggest you all spread the word to the best of your abilities. When this thing starts I am going to request that all teams that enter tell me who told them about this tournament and the people who actually helped put this thing together will get their just reward.
The date is set and I will be putting up all the official information for this tournament in the next 5 Days.
Up to this Point the Rules for the Tournament are as follows:
All teams which enter will be set randomly to play each other in standard tournament fashion.
There will be 3 events:
1v1 - 125 Turns - Mirror - Ancient - Pick - Standard Rules
Cton - 250 Turns - Wheel - Ancient - Pick - Full Negotiation allowed, (Without Tec trading) - Other Standard Rules apply
2v2 - 125 Turns - Mirror - Ancient - Pick - Standard Rules
1st place gets 5 points
2nd place gets 3 points
3rd place gets 1 point
Whoever has the most points at the end of the tournament wins and will receive 75% of the Prize and 2nd place receives 25% of the prize. 1st place Prize is $150 and 2nd place Prize is $50.
If there is a tie for 1st place at the end of this tournament than a 1v1 game would occur to settle everything.
The Time for the Event is 8AM PST on Saturday September 16th
Each Team will be comprised on 5 Players - 4 Will actually participate in the tournament and 1 will be a sub which can take the place of any player in the tournament at any time, but this player can only be subbed in once and once that player is subbed in they can no longer be subbed in and the player who was subbed out can no longer partake in the tournament.
(I suggest you strategically organize your team)
The entry fee is ($1 per team). I have already created a PayPall Merchant account and normal account and payment for this tournament can go 2 ways. You can either pay for this tournament 100 Hours in advance and only pay $1 or pay for this tournament up to 45 Minutes before it starts and Pay $1.40. I am setting the entry fee up this way so that people can get on paypal and get accustomed to it and the structure of these tournaments. I will provide all of my paypal information in the next 5 Days. Each team is going to need to pick a team name (not a clan name), and name the specific 5 players on their team. All of the names of the members of each team must exactly match their Civ 4 lobby names. I will put up more information on this in the next 5 days.
I am setting the tournament up like this so there is absolutely no room for people to scam this tournament in terms of money. There will also be judges and strict rules up for this tournament that I will need someone to help me with due to the fact that I don't have warlords ( I may get it) and I need to know the rule changes and and how best to host this thing. ( This is where I would appreciate the better players providing me with some insight so all you experts out there please feel free to lend me a hand and send me a draft of how you think he specific rules of this tournament should be and I will pick the one which is the best)
You have around 22 days to get prepared for this tournament, pick your teams, and spread the word.
My Aol Instant Messenger name is MrGameTheory and if you would like to speak with me about this just drop me a line.
Good Luck to us all and this is your chance to actually make something out of this game.