2011-11-26, 19:18:42
(This post was last modified: 2011-11-26, 19:26:27 by olivercamel.)
Hi,
Because we have decided to make the BTT2012, now it is time to discuss some details about the tournament. If we can agree on most aspects, I will further define the BTT2012 rules.
Below I will list some ideas in my head. If you don't like it, or have better ideas, feel free to post yours. If you are thinking some topics I forget to mention, please also post it.
I will only mention the parts we want to change comparing to last BTT. For those parts I don't mention here, you may assume they will be the same as in BTT2010.
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1. 4v4 instead of 5v5
Having 4v4 instead of 5v5 will make the team smaller, make the game faster. It is also easy for team leaders to create/organize smaller teams. And meanwhile we can have more teams for the BTT. I think we can all agree that BTT2012 will be only in the form of 4 players vs. 4 players games.
2. Team Size (4~5 players per team)
In BTT2010 we allowed 5~8 players in a team. We allow 3 extra players because (1) this gives more different combinations to a team, you cannot predict who in your opponent team will play the next game. (2) also if someone cannot make the time, the extra players can cover for it.
But it turned out the 8 players is too much. And some of them was too inactive for the team. So this time we will allow less extra team members. For now I am thinking each team must have at least 4 players, and no more than 5 players. 1 player extra only.
3. Winner Prize
The winner prize for BTT2012 will be similar to last time. The winner's name will be mentioned in the loading screen. And the winner team will get money provided by me as prize. The money won't be too much cuz i am not that rich :) But it does help to make people thinking seriously for the games.
Last time the prize was 50 EUR for 1st team and 30 EUR for the 2nd team. In the next btt, I am thinking to give the prize of 100 EUR for each member of the 1st team. But only for the 1st team, not for the others. I don't know if this can be a good idea. But it does help to save my time to manage less money transections.
4. Tournament System
Last time we used double elimination. This is a fast system but has issues. E.g. the teams in the winner bracket is having less amount of games than the teams in the loser bracket.
This time I am thinking to introduce a game system similar to the football world cup. The tournament will be organized in 2 phases.
Phase 1 is the group games. Say if we have 16 teams, there will be 4 groups, each group 4 teams. The 4 teams within the group will play against each other. And the top 2 teams will go to the 2nd phase. Phase 2 is single elimination, we will have 8->4 games (or 1/4 final), semi final and final games.
During the group game time, the point system is also introduced. A win earns 3 points. A lose earns 0 point. If a game is draw, both teams earn 1 point.
A game is draw if it cannot finish within 1 hour, which using the clock in the BT map up right cornor.
If 2 teams have the same point, the rank is decided by: team kill-death. If it is still the same, the rank is decided by team kills. i.e. if 2 teams have the same points, the team kills more and dieds less will rank higher. If 2 teams have the same number of delta kill - death. The team who kills more rank higher.
In the 2nd phase, there will be no draw games. Each game has to play till the end.
Because we have decided to make the BTT2012, now it is time to discuss some details about the tournament. If we can agree on most aspects, I will further define the BTT2012 rules.
Below I will list some ideas in my head. If you don't like it, or have better ideas, feel free to post yours. If you are thinking some topics I forget to mention, please also post it.
I will only mention the parts we want to change comparing to last BTT. For those parts I don't mention here, you may assume they will be the same as in BTT2010.
--------------------------------
1. 4v4 instead of 5v5
Having 4v4 instead of 5v5 will make the team smaller, make the game faster. It is also easy for team leaders to create/organize smaller teams. And meanwhile we can have more teams for the BTT. I think we can all agree that BTT2012 will be only in the form of 4 players vs. 4 players games.
2. Team Size (4~5 players per team)
In BTT2010 we allowed 5~8 players in a team. We allow 3 extra players because (1) this gives more different combinations to a team, you cannot predict who in your opponent team will play the next game. (2) also if someone cannot make the time, the extra players can cover for it.
But it turned out the 8 players is too much. And some of them was too inactive for the team. So this time we will allow less extra team members. For now I am thinking each team must have at least 4 players, and no more than 5 players. 1 player extra only.
3. Winner Prize
The winner prize for BTT2012 will be similar to last time. The winner's name will be mentioned in the loading screen. And the winner team will get money provided by me as prize. The money won't be too much cuz i am not that rich :) But it does help to make people thinking seriously for the games.
Last time the prize was 50 EUR for 1st team and 30 EUR for the 2nd team. In the next btt, I am thinking to give the prize of 100 EUR for each member of the 1st team. But only for the 1st team, not for the others. I don't know if this can be a good idea. But it does help to save my time to manage less money transections.
4. Tournament System
Last time we used double elimination. This is a fast system but has issues. E.g. the teams in the winner bracket is having less amount of games than the teams in the loser bracket.
This time I am thinking to introduce a game system similar to the football world cup. The tournament will be organized in 2 phases.
Phase 1 is the group games. Say if we have 16 teams, there will be 4 groups, each group 4 teams. The 4 teams within the group will play against each other. And the top 2 teams will go to the 2nd phase. Phase 2 is single elimination, we will have 8->4 games (or 1/4 final), semi final and final games.
During the group game time, the point system is also introduced. A win earns 3 points. A lose earns 0 point. If a game is draw, both teams earn 1 point.
A game is draw if it cannot finish within 1 hour, which using the clock in the BT map up right cornor.
If 2 teams have the same point, the rank is decided by: team kill-death. If it is still the same, the rank is decided by team kills. i.e. if 2 teams have the same points, the team kills more and dieds less will rank higher. If 2 teams have the same number of delta kill - death. The team who kills more rank higher.
In the 2nd phase, there will be no draw games. Each game has to play till the end.