Editor’s Note
Hello, tournament fans, players and organizers.
I hope you are all enjoying yourselves out there. Keep sending your submissions, and I will keep putting them in.
Thanks, and enjoy!
Gozar
Table of Contents
A Message From the Tournament Directors
Seeking Staff
New Staff
Fun Facts
Currently Taking Signups
Tournament Updates
Coming Soon
The Tournament Roll of Honour
Interview with drake_259
Next Issue
Notes
Staff
A Message from the Tournament Directors
From the desks of the Tournament Directors:
Another exciting announcement has been posted in the Create/Join a Tournament forum detailing some of the great improvements to the tournament forums. These include Tournament Deputies, Tournament In-Game Tags, and Upcoming Changes. Please take a few minutes to read up on them here.
~Night Strike
Seeking Staff
Hello, ConquerClubbers!
The newsletter is looking to expand its team. Here is the position available:
News Hound Do you have a journalistic flair and an interest in writing stories about CC news and events? If so, this could be the position for you. For more information, please PM Gozar
New Staff
The Tournament Newsletter is pleased to welcome Sir. Ricco who will be helping out with some graphic design. Look for some changes in the coming weeks!
Fun Facts
First things first, I must change a Fun Fact from last week. I had said Bones2484 had won 10 tournaments, yet it was BaldAdonis. I don’t understand why I’m always mixing them up.
Standard tournaments are completely outranking any other – it has 200 complete -- Doubles is in second with only 37.
Gozar’s The Long Walk has been running for over a year – and doesn’t show any sign of finishing any time soon!
Currently Taking Signups
Here are just some of the tournaments that are currently taking signups. Just click the title to visit the thread.
Teams Tournaments
Classic Doubles
Organizer: Jerrytheman
Strikers Cup Challenge
Organizer: RAM16
Mixed Doubles
Organizer: MrBenn
Madden 09
Organizer: sergentgforce
1 versus 1 Tournaments
Bring It On
Organizers: Lufsen75 and thekidstrumpet
American 1v1 Knockout
Organizer: t-o-m
16 Bracket Showdown
Organizer: max is gr8
The Quest…
Organizer: Natewolfman
Battle of Emoticons 4
Organizer: Sir. Ricco
Ultimate All Maps 1x1 Tourney
Organizer: Army of Achilles
Global Warming
Organizer: drake_259
1vs1 King of Doodle Earth
Organizer: assassin07
History Class
Organizer: gameplayer
Don’t Take Too Long – Bracket Edition
Organizer: max is gr8
Pirates of the Mediterranean
Organizer: gameplayer
Not your typical 1v1, read carefully
General Tournaments
Classic Bracket Tourney
Organizer: sampsonite
2008 Major League Soccer Season
Organizer: markec
The Battle of the N00bs 2
Organizer: a.sub
Second Chances Tournament
Organizer: conquerclubgamer
Men Vs. Women
Organizer: max is gr8
Amazzony’s Assassinations II
Organizer: amazzony
Do You Want to Build a Roller Coaster?
Organizer: Diamonds14
The World………. Versus
Organizer: Lukeplastow
Modern Pentathlon
Organizer: max is gr8
Don’t Take Too Long – League Style
Organizer: max is gr8
Super Mario 64
Organizer: Fire Mario
All for One and One For it All
Organizer: killukbrisk
Fantasy World Golf Championship
Organizer: blockhead15
Sam’s World Domination
Organizer: samuelc812
WWIITS – The Death Railway
Organizer: Sir. Ricco
Bamboo Jack of the WWIITS series
DSL tournament
Organizer: Rumondo
Termination: Waterloo
Organizer: amazzony
A Trip Up the Nile
Organizer: TaCktiX
Unanimous – AoR I, II, & III
Organizer: max is gr8
Mayors of Luxembourg
Organizer: The Neon Peon
I’m All In
Organizer: yeti_c
Boss_oss_ss’s Big Bracket Tourney
Organizer: Boss_oss_ss
A first of many
Easy as 1, 2, 3! Africa
Organizer: dittoeevee8888
Tournament Updates
Here are how some of the currently ongoing tournaments are progressing. Just click the title to visit the thread. Want your tournament listed here? Use the form at the end of this letter!
The Legend of Tor Na’Mit
Organizer: Gozar
Third Round is getting underway after BaldAdonis was sent to limbo.
The Long Walk
Organisers: Gozar
Round Twenty games are now beginning.
Eight In One Tournament Headquarters
Eight tournaments by different organizers, with the winners competing for a premium prize. Join one, or join them all, the choice is yours.
Gilligan's Bracket Tournament III
Hath has won.
lord voldemort's Double Elimination Delight
graulenst has won.
Natewolfman’s Lost in Translation Tournament
Round Four underway.
Sir. Ricco’s Mission – Survive the Longest V4.0
biscuit boy wins
Gozar’s Battle for Waterloo Tournament
Seven of eight finalists have been determined. A tie breaking 2 player game is taking place to determine the last finalist.
amazzony's Musical Chairs
EdwinG wins
barterer2002's Alien Invasion
EdwinG wins
jennifermarie’s The C-list
Standings update 30/04/08
President of Conquer Club
Organiser: cazmart
lostatlimbo & bspride are the winners after some hanging chads were decided. Thanks to all for entering and patience at the finish.
License to Kill
Organiser: conquerAce
Ever want to kill someone else's target in an assassin game.... well this tournament is for you. The target pairings are secret and the game format is Terminator... so there is plenty of incentive to kill, kill, kill... Problem is you could already be dead...
Status of tournament - Round 6
Approx. number of games remaining - 12 players eliminated
Dragon Warrior
Organiser: MEK
One game remaining in round 4 of 5. White Moose is currently our leader with 7 dumplings, Gozo_the_Great is in second place with 6 dumplings. Round 5 will have 2 dumplings up for grabs so it is still possible for someone else to move up and have a playoff with a tie after round 5.
Coming Soon
Here are some tournaments that noted tournament organisers are planning on running soon.
Battle Asia from Gozar
A continuation of the 3 player ‘Battle’ tournament series, this one with an Asian theme.
Look for it: Soon
Championship Series from barterer2002
New tournaments based on a single map.
The Tournament Roll of Honour
Here are some recent tournament winners.
"Termination Scotland" -White Moose
"Championship Series: AoM" -Jackofalltrades
"Termination: Duck and Cover" -militant
"Championship Series: AOR2" -Godd
"Amazing Race: USA" -flavanoid and eats
"The Fight Across the Continents" -Diamonds14
"2345678 League" -Gozar
"War of Extermination" -MostMackinest
"Quads Solar System" -Blitzaholic, Osujacket, Eye84free, Dividebyzero
”Battle Europe II” –Natewolfman
”2 Standard Game Victories: Seige!”- lluisferrater
”NCAA Football Tournament”- littlebrother2k7
”A Quick KO!” –AtreidesHouse
”President of ConquerClub” –lostatlimbo
”Conquerer of Conquer Club” –Chadwick31
”The Rescue of Optimus Prime” –killmanic
”Great Tourney” –ralphcptc
”Original Classic Map vs New Classic Map” –Ditocoaf
”One Shot, One Kill” –bradlyg
”Cardless Canadians” –SlayerQC
”All Quiet on the Western Front” –killmanic
”Hearts Doubles Tournament” –dragon dor and loes
”Championship Series: Classic” –Bonobo
”You Only Live Twice” –prismsaber
”Championship Series: Africa” -barterer2002
”Don’t Take Too Long” –drake_259
”Mario and sonic Tournament” –AtreidesHouse
”USA Dubs Tournament” –chard and Condor
”Amazzony’s Assassinations” –Bones2484
”Map Blaster II: The Redemption” –colson
”AoR Terminator” –bazmac
”Boxing Champions League” –denominator
”Championship Series: AoR1” –ParadiceCity9
”Ultimate Feudal Wars Singles” –GROND 2cd.
”Conquer the World” –ralphcptc
”AoR 1v1” –White Moose
”Lufsen’s MixUp (Africa)” –magneto_acolyte and elmerfudd
”Apocalyptic Tournament” –casper and nickfoxx
Newsletter Interview
This week we sat down for an interview with drake_259.
Next week, our interview will be with max is gr8. If you have any questions you can go post them in this thread.
In two weeks time, we present an interview with Luxurious. Some may know her better as the wife of Optimus Prime. Any questions for her, you can post them in this thread.
Now, on with the interview!
Q: Hello, drake_259.
A: What did Hercules say to the Cerberus? Hello, Hello, Hello (so does a policeman)
Q:How did you find this website?
A:I searched it on google
Q: Why did you join CC?
A:I played with my dad once and enjoyed it, but I had no one to play with so I searched for it until I hit this.
Q:Why did you start to play tournaments?
A:I wanted to try them out
Q:What made you want to start running tournaments?
A: I guess the same as above I just wanted to try them out
Q: How long have you been organizing tournaments?
A:Since Friday June 13, 2008 1:01 am
Q:What tournament did you first run?
A:DC Vs. Marvel
Q: Where did you come up with your tournament ideas?
A: The just come to me when I'm either playing a game or something that occurs to me in real life
Q: Who do you look to for inspiration when organizing your tournaments?
A:Poptart
, and also from a few others like Marfski and amazzonyQ: Describe the experience of your first tournament ran, and first played in.
A:DC Vs. Marvel is going really smoothly which is great and i have had no drop outs, i think because it was running so smoothly which wanted me too go on making more tourneys.
Q: How many tournaments have you run already, and do you have a goal in mind for how many you want to run in total before you "retire"? How many are you running right now?
A:None completed but i have 3 ongoing,
Q:What tournaments have you organized?
A:DC vs. Marvel, 1v1 Elimination and 13
Q:What is your favourite tournament you have run?
A:Well it depends on what about it, DCvM because it has been running smoothly, 1v1 Elimination because your working with stats, and 13 which is my fav, because if there is a certain amount of people who have been eliminated you have to search the logs for it, and you're in the games more often.
Q: What is your favorite tournament you’ve played in? Why?
A:Don't take too long, but I think that's because I won it. My true favorite will have to be Norses' Football Hooligan tournament
Q:Do you prefer to run or enter tournaments?
A:Both, because they each have a different atmosphere
Q: Is there a specific type of format that you tend to gravitate towards? Why? Is there a format that is your favourite?
A: Sequential, Chained, No Cards
Q: Do you find it easier to choose tournament settings yourself, or to let the players customize them?
A:I'll choose them myself, but if I or a player thinks there's something wrong with the tournament, I'll stick up a poll and get the majority vote, unless its the early stages and there's no need for one.
Q: Overall, are you playing a lot in tournaments? If not, then why and where do you find your games to play?
A: Let's just say I have 30 games going, 25 of them are tournaments
Q: How excited where you with your first CC win?
A:lol let me tell you something, I have a brilliant short-term memory(e.g. I can remember 30 on simon), but my long term is as bad as a fishes short-term so I don't have a clue
Q:Have you ever won a tournament?
A:Yes, Don't take too Long
Q: What is your most disappointing tournament loss to date?
A:I'm not sure what it's called but I lost to MEK
and I had got to the semi-finals and this was before I had won Don't take too Long.Q: In your mind, what makes a successful tournament?
A:An organizer who keeps the players updated and stays natural
Q: What do you consider to be the most successful tournaments you've seen run?
A:Football Hooligan Tournament
Q: What is the best Tournament that you think has been underestimated?
A:My tournament 21
lol, I thought it was a such a great idea and not one player signed up but I guess players don't like to focus on much except from winning.Q:Have you ever been disappointed in a tournament you have run? What about one you entered?
A:Nothing except 21
and there have been a few that I have enter that were bad, World War 3 was the worst, loads of people were dropping out because the organizer wasn't keeping the players updatedQ: What makes a successful organizer?
A:Who keeps the players updated and keeps track of the games on their own rather than getting the players to do it, as some of us forget about it as we play so many games (myself, I'm always just checking the games even though I know there not finished.)
Q: How do you attract players to your tournament, and what aspect (besides a reward of a premium prize or something like that) of a tournament do you think appeals to a lot of players and why?
A:Put it in my signature and bump the hell out of it lol. And its the layout that appeals to people, I mean I joined the Mario 64 tournament because it has a brilliant layout, but I didn't like the formats and maps that where in it
Q: Is there anything in particular that you dislike about tournament organizing?
A: Keeping track of deadbeaters
Q: For you, what is the best part of being a tournament organizer?
A:Getting to see the whole view of the tournament instead of one part
Q: What mistakes do you see tournament organizers make the most?
A:Not using [Game][/Game.] (I admit I didn't use this either lol, I just thought organizers used the URL, lol I gave them a lot of credit then)
Q: With experience comes the wisdom of knowing what mistakes you've made in the past so you can avoid them in the future. What mistakes have you made in your tournaments that you are sure to avoid in future tournaments?
A: Not using the [Game][/Game.] and try and keep the thread laid out well, with pretty colours to bring in the customers
Q:What is your opinion on organizer neutrality? Should organizers be allowed to place themselves against their own clanmates in tournaments? Should organizers be allowed to join their own tournaments at all?
A:Yeah clan mates should be able to join but they must be equal to everyone else unless stated otherwise. They should be able too because we then get both atmosphere of the tournament.
Q: Do you use a "schedule" for updating your tournaments, or do you just wait until they need an update?
A:I update them when they need to be
Q:Should “question marks” be allowed to join tournaments?
A:I had two in my tournament 13, one deadbeated and the other joined, but I think they shouldn't join as they should play a few more games on public before they join as otherwise they would be playing on maps they couldn't even think about, but that's there choice too make so if they want in, they can have in, but as I said I do recommend them playing more games first.
Q:Do you feel it is better to give a bye to players whose opponents deadbeats the tournament, or to use a reserve?
A:If its late in the tournament then yeah, because its more unfair sticking a replacement in the semi-finals when they did no work too get there, but if its a 4 player tournament I would just change the settings to 3 players etc
Q: If you could change one thing about Conquer Club in general, what would it be?
A:I would get the old feedback system back. I hate the new one lol
Q: If there was something that the Conquer Club administrators could implement into the game to make tournaments easier to manage, what would it be? Similarly, is there anything you would like to see taken away from Conquer Club to make running tournaments easier?
A: Have sections for the games and when you enter a game have it open a new window.
Q: If you are thinking purely on balance of tournament games is there anything you would want changing?
A:Not what I know of.
Q: Is there anything that you would recommend to encourage new tournament organizers?
A:Use the [Game][/Game.] I can't brag enough about this, it makes the players life so much easier and they would be more likely to join your future tournaments.
Q: List your top 5 biggest tournament headache's to this point
A:
1.deadbeats
2.people not using [Game][/Game.]
3.bad layout
4.asking the players to keep track of their own games
5.Freestyle
Q:How much time does CC take from your day?
A:Every fortnight weekends 1-3 hours, any other day I could take up up 15 hours lol, that's if cc is lucky
Q:Are you a member of any clans or usergroups?
A:Marvel/DC Heroes, Mythology and Cinemaddict
Q: Why did you pick the name drake_259?
A:It goes back to when I was in year 8 which was about 4 years ago, I used to play a game called battlefield 1942 in a school club, I chose that name because I loved dragons, and I used that for everything until I started play runescape, and the characters are limited to 10 so I had to shorten my name, so I chose drake and added _ and a few random numbers
Q:Where are you from?
A:England, East London
Q:Favourite play colour?
A:Red because it stands out for me the most
Q: Who is your favorite tournament organizer (excluding yourself)?
A:poptartpsycho18
Q: Who is your favorite tournament director?
A:Optimus Prime or Night Strike, please don't make me choose
Q:Favourite and least favourite map?
A:Iceland (thanks Rj) and New world, i hate AOR, AOM, waterloo and anything else like that
Q:Favourite settings?
A:Chained, No cards (Iceland: Sunny) (New World: Foggy)
Q:Freestyle or sequential?
A:Sequential but I'm trying to learn freestyle at the moment
Q: Any tournaments planned for the future? What are they?
A: Well people are trying to do these tournaments where people choose a country and fight for them, I will take this challenge on and try to make it work (keep and eye out for it their will be a fat juicy years premium prize)
Q: Thank you for your time.
A:Over and Out
Next Issue
Interview with max is gr8 max is gr8 will answer your questions in our tournament interview series.
Notes
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