Issue 32: 29/07/08
Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 7:16 pmIssue 32: 29/07/08
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
Index
Seeking Staff
Currently Taking Signups
Tournament Updates
Coming Soon
The Tournament Roll of Honour
Interview with SkywardShadow
Next Issue
Notes
Staff
Seeking Staff
Hello, ConquerClubbers!
The newsletter is looking to expand its team by two new staff members. Here are the positions available:
News Hound Do you have a nose for news? The newsletter needs someone organized, able to meet deadlines, has good use of grammar and punctuation, able to write on news events and make them interesting, objective and able to take assignments as well as report independently. If this sounds like it interests you, please PM Gozar for more information.
Graphic Artist Looking for someone with an eye for art, who can create multiple heading designs for the newsletter. Must be flexible with suggestions. For more information, please PM Gozar
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
Halo Quads Tourney
Organizer: LB Ninja
Conquer Club Island Soccer League
Organizer: sensfan
Don’t Take Too Long 2v2 Edition
Organizer: max is gr8
AoR Doubles
Organizer: Kemmler
Amazing Race: Europe
Organizer: Night Strike
Team Tournie. Behind Enemy Lines I.
Organizer: Androidz
The Quick Doubles Tournament
Organizer: overanalyzer
Doubles League Bracket Style
Organizer: Forza AZ
1 versus 1 Tournaments
Bring It On
Organizers: Lufsen75 and thekidstrumpet
AFL Tournament
Organizer: Tk 421
1-st in the World Championship - June 2008
Organizer: Dzubson
The League of Elimination
Organizer: max is gr8
QWERT BRACKET TOURNAMENT
Organizer: qwert
Extreme Shopping I
Organizer: Androidz
NCAA Football Tourney
Organizer: blacky44
Inaugural U9’s World Soccer League
Organizer: e_i_pi
General Tournaments
8 Player Singles Tourney
Organizer: Rasputin!
Organizers vs. Players
Organizer: Mr_Adams
Emperor Of Rome
Organizer: RAM16
History of World
Organizer: markec
The States Tourney
Organizer: bspride
4 Maps Tournament
Organizer: markec
World War 3
Organizer: Tk 421
Indochina Tournament
Organizer: QingShiHuangDi
Australian Open Tennis
Organizer: Ryall55
Olympic Tournament
Organizer: Iron Maid
Privates of Privates
Organizer: Boss_oss_ss
Cooks of Cooks
Organizer: Boss_oss_ss
Reliving World War II
Organizer: anamainiacks
Hitman Europe
Organizer: ralphctpc
US Pro Sports Showdown
Organizer: gameplayer
Premium Prize
Battle for the New World
Organizer: red monke7
Formula 1 2008ish Tourney
Organizer: Boss_oss_ss
Moto GP 2008 Season
Organizer: Boss_oss_ss
United Nations CC Conference
Organizer: anamainiacks
Best Player in Football
Organizer: buckeye1
CC Olympics 2008
Organizer: Night Strike
Clans only tournament
King of Realms
Organizer: Risk_Killer_1
OCTOPOD Threshold Tournament
Organizer: Zemljanin
Gilligan’s 20th Tournament Bash
Organizer: Gilligan
Classic Bracket Tourney
Organizer: sampsonite
Extreme Football League
Organizer: Ritter8point0
Assassin’s Creed Tournament
Organizer: GrimReaper.
Master Your Discipline
Organizer: pela666
Canadian Classics Tournament
Organizer: Ikickauassagood
The Jack of All Maps: Season 2
Organizer: Luvr
International Tour
Organizer: gawdofwar
Legion of the Damned NFL Season
Organizer: red monke6
Only people with no clans
WWIITS- A Day that Will Live in Infamy
Organizer: Sir. Ricco
Classic Battle Royale
Organizer: max is gr8
The Greatest Baseball Team Ever
Organizer: barterer2002
13
Organizer: drake_259
2008 Major League Soccer Season
Organizer: markec
The 8 Thoughts
Organizer: drake_259
Needing Reserves
Reserve pool for all EIOT tournaments
Organizers: Natewolfman, Sir. Ricco, Gozar, Gilligan, amazzony, barterer2002, jennifermarie, lord voldemort
Age of Realms Trilogy Tournament
Organizer: Sir. Ricco
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!
Battle Europe II
Organiser: Gozar
Finals are currently underway.
The Legend of Tor Na’Mit
Organizer: Gozar
Second round should begin this week.
The Long Walk
Organisers: Gozar
Round Nineteen 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 Three underway.
Sir. Ricco’s Mission – Survive the Longest V4.0
biscuit boy wins
Gozar’s Battle for Waterloo Tournament
Two games remain to determine the last finalist. Seven of eight finalists have been determined.
amazzony's Musical Chairs
EdwinG wins
barterer2002's Alien Invasion
EdwinG wins
jennifermarie’s The C-list
Standings update 30/04/08
Bring It On
Organizers: Lufsen75 and thekidstrumpet
As of Round 25 - due to polls and popular vote Bring it on is staying a 3 game series but is eliminating freestyle from the champions settings list. We're always taking challengers and new recruits.
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: When Battle Europe II wraps up
The Tournament Roll of Honour
Here are some recent tournament winners.
”New World Tournament” –Tom913
”Got the Skill? [Arms Race]” –killmanic
”Davis Cup 2008” – BENJIKAT IS DEAD & Velvecarrots & lt.pie & waseemalim
”Bloodthirst” –Eats
”The Irish Revolution” –Kilazul
”Randomocity Tournament” –prismsaber
”Foundry Update 3.0” –aspalm
”Mission: Survive the Longest V1.2” –Bones2484
”The Cold War” –Humrlmo
”’You’re Eliminated’ VII”- killmanic
”Boxing Champions League” –denominator
”Foundry Update 3.1” –bigdaddyslim2
”6-man Fog of War Tournament” –wolfmaster
”The Escalating Tournament” –kratos644
”Small Map Tournament” –MuzzaG
”Doodle Earth Assassin King” –Blockhead15
”Coast vs. Coast” – BaldAdonis, harvmax, MyrrhMan, and killmanic
”Double Elimination Delight EIOT” –graulenst
”Less>More” –Sir.Ricco
Interview with SkywardShadow
This week we had the chance to talk with organizer and player, SkywardShadow. All questions are reader submitted, so if you have something you want to ask an upcoming organizer; PM me. Next week’s interview will be with poptartpsycho18. If you have not submitted your questions, you have until Tuesday to either PM me, or post in this thread.
In two weeks, our series will continue with an interview with Ryall55. I have already started a thread for this interview, so if you have any questions you can post them by clicking here.
Now, on with the interview.
Q: Hello, SkywardShadow.
A: Greetings!
Q:How did you find this website?
A: I was on another dice-game website, and saw two people recommending this one.
Q: Why did you join CC?
A: CC feeds my gaming addiction through the day, with a minimal time commitment.
Q:Why did you start to play tournaments?
A: My friend NateWolfman started running them. I branched into others from there.
Q:What made you want to start running tournaments?
A: Amazzony's and Nate's tournaments inspired me to try and tackle one of my own.
Q: How long have you been organizing tournaments?
A: Not long, just a couple of months.
Q:What tournament did you first run?
A: Dojo Yaburi, which is still ongoing.
Q: Where did you come up with your tournament ideas?
A: I was browsing the tournament idea forum, found an abandoned idea, and put my own twist on it.
Q: Who do you look to for inspiration when organizing your tournaments?
A: Nate, Amazzony, and Optimus.
Q: Go into a nice drawn out speech about how Natewolfman is your mentor and the coolest ever…..
A: When I was a wee-lad, Nate picked me up, and molded me into a lesser version of himself. I've been striving to emulate his awesomeness ever since. He beats me. Help.
Q: Describe the experience of your first tournament ran, and first played in.
A: Dojo Yaburi has been an extreme time-commitment, due to the complicated organization. I don't really remember my first tournament, other than losing very quickly!
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: Still running the first one! I have no specific plans on how many I will run, or when I will quit.
Q: What is your favorite tournament you’ve played in? Why?
A: Band or Die was a blast, as it was a team effort with a neat twist.
Q:Do you prefer to run or enter tournaments?
A: Enter.
Q: Is there a specific type of format that you tend to gravitate towards? Why? Is there a format that is your favourite?
A: I just prefer fun themes. Any format will work.
Q: Do you find it easier to choose tournament settings yourself, or to let the players customize them?
A: Choosing them myself would be much easier, but it depends on the theme on which I prefer.
Q: Overall, are you playing a lot in tournaments? If not, then why and where do you find your games to play?
A: I do play in many tournaments right now, otherwise, I look at all of the open games on my favorite maps.
Q: How excited where you with your first CC win?
A: The image of Australia awash in my color will forever stay with me.
Q:Have you ever won a tournament?
A: I did! I won the Super Speed Tournament. Yay for lucky drops and dice, eh?
Q: What is your most disappointing tournament loss to date?
A: I suppose coming in 2nd in Band or Die while we were so close to winning.
Q: In your mind, what makes a successful tournament?
A: When the participants have a good time.
Q: What do you consider to be the most successful tournaments you've seen run?
A: Those that spawn sequels, and encourage us to join all the other tournaments by the same organizer.
Q:Have you ever been disappointed in a tournament you have run? What about one you entered?
A: Hmm, one or two that I entered never launched, which is always disappointing.
Q: What makes a successful organizer?
A: Remaining upbeat about the commitment, and the obvious ability to stick it out.
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: I personally find that themes are the biggest attention-getter. It adds that extra layer to the old "roll the dice". Having a nice graphic or something similar will help it gain a bit of attention.
Q: Is there anything in particular that you dislike about tournament organizing?
A: The time commitment!
Q: For you, what is the best part of being a tournament organizer?
A: Seeing my favorite theme take fruit, and seeing others enjoy it as I do.
Q: What mistakes do you see tournament organizers make the most?
A: To expect the players to do a lot of follow-up work on their games, when most of them will just join what they're sent and forget about it.
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: We've all made some games with wrong settings... but I accidentally eliminated a team because one of the players didn't seem to exist anymore. It turns out that I simply copied/pasted his name wrong.
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: I would hate to come up with a fun theme, and then be unable to play. That said, I want a different team to actually win the prize.
Q: Do you use a "schedule" for updating your tournaments, or do you just wait until they need an update?
A: I tried to follow a schedule and failed. I update when time permits.
Q:Should “question marks” be allowed to join tournaments?
A: I have to say no, play a few games first, to show that you're more likely to be in it for the long-haul.
Q:Do you feel it is better to give a bye to players whose opponents deadbeats the tournament, or to use a reserve?
A: Give a bye, though it would really depend on format.
Q: If you could change one thing about Conquer Club in general, what would it be?
A: I wish I could see the game name when I was in the game, instead of only in the "my games" section. I've forgotten the point of some of my tournament games when just quickly taking my turns.
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: Add the ability to make more than one game at a time.
Add the ability to have "empty" games that won't fall out of the system for a long period of time, if no-one joins. This would allow me to have everything ready ahead of time, with minimal upkeep and update time.
Add the ability to set up PM "templates", choosable from a drop-down menu.
Take nothing away!
Q: If you are thinking purely on balance of tournament games is there anything you would want changing?
A: Maaaaybe, in tournaments only, have a different system of awarding points from one player to another. So that a cook playing a major in a 1on1 game doesn't stand to gain so much based almost purely on luck.
Q: Is there anything that you would recommend to encourage new tournament organizers?
A: Start small and simple, unlike my own choice.
Q: List your top 5 biggest tournament headache's to this point
A: Time, updating my charts, watching some peeps bicker in the forum, fixing my own mistakes... that's all I've got.
Q:How much time does CC take from your day?
A: Non-update days, an hour. Update days, 3 hours.
Q:Are you a member of any clans or usergroups?
A: The Truculent Alliance!
Q: Why did you pick the name SkywardShadowl?
A: If you know, you know, and if you don't, you don't.
Q:Where are you from?
A: Indianapolis, IN. GenCon is next month!
Q:Favourite play colour?
A: Blue! Which reminds me! I wish we could pick "favored" colors, and join games as that color.
Q: Who is your favorite tournament organizer (excluding yourself)?
A: Nate would smite me if I chose anyone else.
Q:Favourite and least favourite map?
A: Favorite changes over time... but probably World 2.1. My least favorite is probably Doodle Earth.
Q:Favourite settings?
A: No Cards, Chained, Fog of War.
Q:Freestyle or sequential?
A: Sequential
Q: Any tournaments planned for the future? What are they?
A: I'll brainstorm a new complicated theme when Dojo Yaburi is over.
Q: Thank you for your time.
A: Thank you for honoring me with this interview.
Next Issue
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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
Index
Seeking Staff
Currently Taking Signups
Tournament Updates
Coming Soon
The Tournament Roll of Honour
Interview with SkywardShadow
Next Issue
Notes
Staff
Seeking Staff
Hello, ConquerClubbers!
The newsletter is looking to expand its team by two new staff members. Here are the positions available:
News Hound Do you have a nose for news? The newsletter needs someone organized, able to meet deadlines, has good use of grammar and punctuation, able to write on news events and make them interesting, objective and able to take assignments as well as report independently. If this sounds like it interests you, please PM Gozar for more information.
Graphic Artist Looking for someone with an eye for art, who can create multiple heading designs for the newsletter. Must be flexible with suggestions. For more information, please PM Gozar
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
Halo Quads Tourney
Organizer: LB Ninja
Conquer Club Island Soccer League
Organizer: sensfan
Don’t Take Too Long 2v2 Edition
Organizer: max is gr8
AoR Doubles
Organizer: Kemmler
Amazing Race: Europe
Organizer: Night Strike
Team Tournie. Behind Enemy Lines I.
Organizer: Androidz
The Quick Doubles Tournament
Organizer: overanalyzer
Doubles League Bracket Style
Organizer: Forza AZ
1 versus 1 Tournaments
Bring It On
Organizers: Lufsen75 and thekidstrumpet
AFL Tournament
Organizer: Tk 421
1-st in the World Championship - June 2008
Organizer: Dzubson
The League of Elimination
Organizer: max is gr8
QWERT BRACKET TOURNAMENT
Organizer: qwert
Extreme Shopping I
Organizer: Androidz
NCAA Football Tourney
Organizer: blacky44
Inaugural U9’s World Soccer League
Organizer: e_i_pi
General Tournaments
8 Player Singles Tourney
Organizer: Rasputin!
Organizers vs. Players
Organizer: Mr_Adams
Emperor Of Rome
Organizer: RAM16
History of World
Organizer: markec
The States Tourney
Organizer: bspride
4 Maps Tournament
Organizer: markec
World War 3
Organizer: Tk 421
Indochina Tournament
Organizer: QingShiHuangDi
Australian Open Tennis
Organizer: Ryall55
Olympic Tournament
Organizer: Iron Maid
Privates of Privates
Organizer: Boss_oss_ss
Cooks of Cooks
Organizer: Boss_oss_ss
Reliving World War II
Organizer: anamainiacks
Hitman Europe
Organizer: ralphctpc
US Pro Sports Showdown
Organizer: gameplayer
Premium Prize
Battle for the New World
Organizer: red monke7
Formula 1 2008ish Tourney
Organizer: Boss_oss_ss
Moto GP 2008 Season
Organizer: Boss_oss_ss
United Nations CC Conference
Organizer: anamainiacks
Best Player in Football
Organizer: buckeye1
CC Olympics 2008
Organizer: Night Strike
Clans only tournament
King of Realms
Organizer: Risk_Killer_1
OCTOPOD Threshold Tournament
Organizer: Zemljanin
Gilligan’s 20th Tournament Bash
Organizer: Gilligan
Classic Bracket Tourney
Organizer: sampsonite
Extreme Football League
Organizer: Ritter8point0
Assassin’s Creed Tournament
Organizer: GrimReaper.
Master Your Discipline
Organizer: pela666
Canadian Classics Tournament
Organizer: Ikickauassagood
The Jack of All Maps: Season 2
Organizer: Luvr
International Tour
Organizer: gawdofwar
Legion of the Damned NFL Season
Organizer: red monke6
Only people with no clans
WWIITS- A Day that Will Live in Infamy
Organizer: Sir. Ricco
Classic Battle Royale
Organizer: max is gr8
The Greatest Baseball Team Ever
Organizer: barterer2002
13
Organizer: drake_259
2008 Major League Soccer Season
Organizer: markec
The 8 Thoughts
Organizer: drake_259
Needing Reserves
Reserve pool for all EIOT tournaments
Organizers: Natewolfman, Sir. Ricco, Gozar, Gilligan, amazzony, barterer2002, jennifermarie, lord voldemort
Age of Realms Trilogy Tournament
Organizer: Sir. Ricco
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!
Battle Europe II
Organiser: Gozar
Finals are currently underway.
The Legend of Tor Na’Mit
Organizer: Gozar
Second round should begin this week.
The Long Walk
Organisers: Gozar
Round Nineteen 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 Three underway.
Sir. Ricco’s Mission – Survive the Longest V4.0
biscuit boy wins
Gozar’s Battle for Waterloo Tournament
Two games remain to determine the last finalist. Seven of eight finalists have been determined.
amazzony's Musical Chairs
EdwinG wins
barterer2002's Alien Invasion
EdwinG wins
jennifermarie’s The C-list
Standings update 30/04/08
Bring It On
Organizers: Lufsen75 and thekidstrumpet
As of Round 25 - due to polls and popular vote Bring it on is staying a 3 game series but is eliminating freestyle from the champions settings list. We're always taking challengers and new recruits.
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: When Battle Europe II wraps up
The Tournament Roll of Honour
Here are some recent tournament winners.
”New World Tournament” –Tom913
”Got the Skill? [Arms Race]” –killmanic
”Davis Cup 2008” – BENJIKAT IS DEAD & Velvecarrots & lt.pie & waseemalim
”Bloodthirst” –Eats
”The Irish Revolution” –Kilazul
”Randomocity Tournament” –prismsaber
”Foundry Update 3.0” –aspalm
”Mission: Survive the Longest V1.2” –Bones2484
”The Cold War” –Humrlmo
”’You’re Eliminated’ VII”- killmanic
”Boxing Champions League” –denominator
”Foundry Update 3.1” –bigdaddyslim2
”6-man Fog of War Tournament” –wolfmaster
”The Escalating Tournament” –kratos644
”Small Map Tournament” –MuzzaG
”Doodle Earth Assassin King” –Blockhead15
”Coast vs. Coast” – BaldAdonis, harvmax, MyrrhMan, and killmanic
”Double Elimination Delight EIOT” –graulenst
”Less>More” –Sir.Ricco
Interview with SkywardShadow
This week we had the chance to talk with organizer and player, SkywardShadow. All questions are reader submitted, so if you have something you want to ask an upcoming organizer; PM me. Next week’s interview will be with poptartpsycho18. If you have not submitted your questions, you have until Tuesday to either PM me, or post in this thread.
In two weeks, our series will continue with an interview with Ryall55. I have already started a thread for this interview, so if you have any questions you can post them by clicking here.
Now, on with the interview.
Q: Hello, SkywardShadow.
A: Greetings!
Q:How did you find this website?
A: I was on another dice-game website, and saw two people recommending this one.
Q: Why did you join CC?
A: CC feeds my gaming addiction through the day, with a minimal time commitment.
Q:Why did you start to play tournaments?
A: My friend NateWolfman started running them. I branched into others from there.
Q:What made you want to start running tournaments?
A: Amazzony's and Nate's tournaments inspired me to try and tackle one of my own.
Q: How long have you been organizing tournaments?
A: Not long, just a couple of months.
Q:What tournament did you first run?
A: Dojo Yaburi, which is still ongoing.
Q: Where did you come up with your tournament ideas?
A: I was browsing the tournament idea forum, found an abandoned idea, and put my own twist on it.
Q: Who do you look to for inspiration when organizing your tournaments?
A: Nate, Amazzony, and Optimus.
Q: Go into a nice drawn out speech about how Natewolfman is your mentor and the coolest ever…..
A: When I was a wee-lad, Nate picked me up, and molded me into a lesser version of himself. I've been striving to emulate his awesomeness ever since. He beats me. Help.
Q: Describe the experience of your first tournament ran, and first played in.
A: Dojo Yaburi has been an extreme time-commitment, due to the complicated organization. I don't really remember my first tournament, other than losing very quickly!
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: Still running the first one! I have no specific plans on how many I will run, or when I will quit.
Q: What is your favorite tournament you’ve played in? Why?
A: Band or Die was a blast, as it was a team effort with a neat twist.
Q:Do you prefer to run or enter tournaments?
A: Enter.
Q: Is there a specific type of format that you tend to gravitate towards? Why? Is there a format that is your favourite?
A: I just prefer fun themes. Any format will work.
Q: Do you find it easier to choose tournament settings yourself, or to let the players customize them?
A: Choosing them myself would be much easier, but it depends on the theme on which I prefer.
Q: Overall, are you playing a lot in tournaments? If not, then why and where do you find your games to play?
A: I do play in many tournaments right now, otherwise, I look at all of the open games on my favorite maps.
Q: How excited where you with your first CC win?
A: The image of Australia awash in my color will forever stay with me.
Q:Have you ever won a tournament?
A: I did! I won the Super Speed Tournament. Yay for lucky drops and dice, eh?
Q: What is your most disappointing tournament loss to date?
A: I suppose coming in 2nd in Band or Die while we were so close to winning.
Q: In your mind, what makes a successful tournament?
A: When the participants have a good time.
Q: What do you consider to be the most successful tournaments you've seen run?
A: Those that spawn sequels, and encourage us to join all the other tournaments by the same organizer.
Q:Have you ever been disappointed in a tournament you have run? What about one you entered?
A: Hmm, one or two that I entered never launched, which is always disappointing.
Q: What makes a successful organizer?
A: Remaining upbeat about the commitment, and the obvious ability to stick it out.
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: I personally find that themes are the biggest attention-getter. It adds that extra layer to the old "roll the dice". Having a nice graphic or something similar will help it gain a bit of attention.
Q: Is there anything in particular that you dislike about tournament organizing?
A: The time commitment!
Q: For you, what is the best part of being a tournament organizer?
A: Seeing my favorite theme take fruit, and seeing others enjoy it as I do.
Q: What mistakes do you see tournament organizers make the most?
A: To expect the players to do a lot of follow-up work on their games, when most of them will just join what they're sent and forget about it.
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: We've all made some games with wrong settings... but I accidentally eliminated a team because one of the players didn't seem to exist anymore. It turns out that I simply copied/pasted his name wrong.
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: I would hate to come up with a fun theme, and then be unable to play. That said, I want a different team to actually win the prize.
Q: Do you use a "schedule" for updating your tournaments, or do you just wait until they need an update?
A: I tried to follow a schedule and failed. I update when time permits.
Q:Should “question marks” be allowed to join tournaments?
A: I have to say no, play a few games first, to show that you're more likely to be in it for the long-haul.
Q:Do you feel it is better to give a bye to players whose opponents deadbeats the tournament, or to use a reserve?
A: Give a bye, though it would really depend on format.
Q: If you could change one thing about Conquer Club in general, what would it be?
A: I wish I could see the game name when I was in the game, instead of only in the "my games" section. I've forgotten the point of some of my tournament games when just quickly taking my turns.
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: Add the ability to make more than one game at a time.
Add the ability to have "empty" games that won't fall out of the system for a long period of time, if no-one joins. This would allow me to have everything ready ahead of time, with minimal upkeep and update time.
Add the ability to set up PM "templates", choosable from a drop-down menu.
Take nothing away!
Q: If you are thinking purely on balance of tournament games is there anything you would want changing?
A: Maaaaybe, in tournaments only, have a different system of awarding points from one player to another. So that a cook playing a major in a 1on1 game doesn't stand to gain so much based almost purely on luck.
Q: Is there anything that you would recommend to encourage new tournament organizers?
A: Start small and simple, unlike my own choice.
Q: List your top 5 biggest tournament headache's to this point
A: Time, updating my charts, watching some peeps bicker in the forum, fixing my own mistakes... that's all I've got.
Q:How much time does CC take from your day?
A: Non-update days, an hour. Update days, 3 hours.
Q:Are you a member of any clans or usergroups?
A: The Truculent Alliance!
Q: Why did you pick the name SkywardShadowl?
A: If you know, you know, and if you don't, you don't.
Q:Where are you from?
A: Indianapolis, IN. GenCon is next month!
Q:Favourite play colour?
A: Blue! Which reminds me! I wish we could pick "favored" colors, and join games as that color.
Q: Who is your favorite tournament organizer (excluding yourself)?
A: Nate would smite me if I chose anyone else.
Q:Favourite and least favourite map?
A: Favorite changes over time... but probably World 2.1. My least favorite is probably Doodle Earth.
Q:Favourite settings?
A: No Cards, Chained, Fog of War.
Q:Freestyle or sequential?
A: Sequential
Q: Any tournaments planned for the future? What are they?
A: I'll brainstorm a new complicated theme when Dojo Yaburi is over.
Q: Thank you for your time.
A: Thank you for honoring me with this interview.
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