Battle of the Bands [Updated - Seriously!] :P
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 8:25 amSo, A new tourney idea has sprung upon me. Finally, your favourite bands get to battle it out on the world stage for global supremacy!. It's time to Fight For Your Right to deploy, Fortify Me To The Moon and go Killing In The Name.
All games will be standard, casual and sequential. You may pick all other settings that suit your band (or yourself). So for example, my favourite band is Tool, so I'm going to be them, and you can't be
First in, best dressed. Post date is final, no discussions will be entered into.
And I think Tool are a pretty mental band, so I'm going to go with 8 Thoughts (although I've never really liked it but nyeh) also I think Tool are escalating, unlimited and definately fogged.
There, it's that easy. Even let the band make up the story of the map for you. It'll be more fun that way. Try explain your choices. (any rationalisation is acceptable). Play your bands map, not your own.
So, now to the nitty gritty of structure. I've had a problem in the past with my tournaments being too big/complex and getting overwhelming, so I'm going to work to change that. I will attempt to split groups into the following genre based brackets.
Rock, Metal, Hip Hop/Reggae, Pop, Electronic, Country/Folk, Jazz/Blues, Art Music/Progressive
Of course, as Tool, I will be in Metal.
I am happy to have long-winded and self-important discussions about which band belongs in which genre, and if we get enough in one genre I am happy to split it into sub-genre's if deemed necessary or screamed loud enough. Get your muso wank on in here!
So that's 8 brackets to begin with. I will look to have 5 bands in each bracket. You will each play 5 games, one at a time (so freemium is okay) against each other. 5-player and rotating around each bands "home turf". Also in order to reduce the workload of me sending out mass messages, I'm going to distribute. It is the responsibility of the Band Headlining the Gig to pm their support acts. I will message you when it is your home map, and let you know the game number, password and your opponents names. You will need to forward on the message to 4 people. Not that difficult a task, I'd hope
The scoring system will be 3 points for a win, and 2 points for an elimination. Highest score from a match is 9 (with a win and all 3 eliminations). Reporting and keeping track of your own score is your responsibility. I will also do it, by checking through game logs. I will keep a semi-regularly updated scoreboard in the post below. But you need to make sure I've got it right. No need to post about it in the thread, I would rather have all the extra posting be about wanky music stuff. If you feel I'm made a mistake with the scores, pm me about it.
Once each bracket has been completed, and a winner declared, I will split the 8 brackets into 2 meta-brackets. I think it will be
Rock, Metal, Jazz/Blues, Country/Folk and Pop, Hip Hop/Reggae, Electronic, Art Music/Progressive
Each meta-bracket player will play a 4-player game on each players home turf. Same scoring system applies (unless I discovered it was faulty and had it replaced).
The top two players of each bracket will form the final bracket, and will again conduct a 4 round robin with an extra map. The 5th and final map will be classic, flat, unlimited to represent Global Domination. The winner will be the one with the highest score. If there is a tie, there will be a back count to scores in previous rounds. In the unlikely event of a perfect tie, a single 2 player match will be played on world 2.1, no cards, adjacent... Because I'm a mean bastard... (this might change if that actually happens).
So, to be in, post;
All games will be standard, casual and sequential. You may pick all other settings that suit your band (or yourself). So for example, my favourite band is Tool, so I'm going to be them, and you can't be
First in, best dressed. Post date is final, no discussions will be entered into.
And I think Tool are a pretty mental band, so I'm going to go with 8 Thoughts (although I've never really liked it
but nyeh) also I think Tool are escalating, unlimited and definately fogged.
There, it's that easy. Even let the band make up the story of the map for you. It'll be more fun that way. Try explain your choices. (any rationalisation is acceptable). Play your bands map, not your own.
So, now to the nitty gritty of structure. I've had a problem in the past with my tournaments being too big/complex and getting overwhelming, so I'm going to work to change that. I will attempt to split groups into the following genre based brackets.
Rock, Metal, Hip Hop/Reggae, Pop, Electronic, Country/Folk, Jazz/Blues, Art Music/Progressive
Of course, as Tool, I will be in Metal.
I am happy to have long-winded and self-important discussions about which band belongs in which genre, and if we get enough in one genre I am happy to split it into sub-genre's if deemed necessary or screamed loud enough. Get your muso wank on in here!
So that's 8 brackets to begin with. I will look to have 5 bands in each bracket. You will each play 5 games, one at a time (so freemium is okay) against each other. 5-player and rotating around each bands "home turf". Also in order to reduce the workload of me sending out mass messages, I'm going to distribute. It is the responsibility of the Band Headlining the Gig to pm their support acts. I will message you when it is your home map, and let you know the game number, password and your opponents names. You will need to forward on the message to 4 people. Not that difficult a task, I'd hope
The scoring system will be 3 points for a win, and 2 points for an elimination. Highest score from a match is 9 (with a win and all 3 eliminations). Reporting and keeping track of your own score is your responsibility. I will also do it, by checking through game logs. I will keep a semi-regularly updated scoreboard in the post below. But you need to make sure I've got it right. No need to post about it in the thread, I would rather have all the extra posting be about wanky music stuff. If you feel I'm made a mistake with the scores, pm me about it.
Once each bracket has been completed, and a winner declared, I will split the 8 brackets into 2 meta-brackets. I think it will be
Rock, Metal, Jazz/Blues, Country/Folk and Pop, Hip Hop/Reggae, Electronic, Art Music/Progressive
Each meta-bracket player will play a 4-player game on each players home turf. Same scoring system applies (unless I discovered it was faulty and had it replaced).
The top two players of each bracket will form the final bracket, and will again conduct a 4 round robin with an extra map. The 5th and final map will be classic, flat, unlimited to represent Global Domination. The winner will be the one with the highest score. If there is a tie, there will be a back count to scores in previous rounds. In the unlikely event of a perfect tie, a single 2 player match will be played on world 2.1, no cards, adjacent... Because I'm a mean bastard... (this might change if that actually happens).
So, to be in, post;
- Your band.
Your map settings (map/cards/fortifications/fog) and reasoning for each.
Your genre, which is disputable if enough people disagree.
Whether you are Premium or Freemium.
The first concert you ever went to.
The first album you ever owned.
