[AT] Conquer Map Marathon Cup - Completed

[Mad777]

Hi Everyone! Tournament Directors Group is proud to bring the first of a kind Auto-Tournament to you!

Before going further I want to thanks xroads who came with the idea & Razorvich who helped me and made this banner
I also want to thanks bigWham who participate and sponsorized with prizes and injected 11,000 credits.

Now and because this will be a fully 1v1 automated tournament the setup has been already mentioned into the public page and of course you won't need to post here for signing in, just join the tournament and wait it to be full.

The basics are each player will stay all rounds and plays those 242 maps (Live map only, No Beta nor Special Event maps), map bulk per time of release order, all settings to be randomly chosen by the computer therefore, please, don't shoot the messenger here...I won't be able to control that action
Settings that has not been included are Trench, Unlimited & Adjacent to allow the tournament to run within a 10 to 11 months period at the most.
Of course each player should know that the game loading to be 11 games per round, each new round won't start until the ongoing round has all games completed.

On top of the prize list, I added a GA medal for:
Each player who wins 150 games throughout the whole tournament.
Each player who wins 2 consecutive round by 11-0 (not valid if against a deadbeat opponent)
Each player who wins 3 rounds by 11-0 within the whole tournament (not valid if against a deadbeat opponent)

For this first edition there isn't a medal since we are testing the crowd and see if this tournament becomes popular enough to make it as a yearly event that could have its own Medal (winner of this edition will retro-actively receive that medal if it does happen in the future).

This thread can be use by anyone to post comment, suggestion and/or just blabla about this tournament, I will use it as well to mention updates and comment about, I hope, the smooth running of it.

Tournament Link

Let's stop the talk and get this one full!

GA medal streak table:
Round 1:
None.
Round 2:
Biddwin123 won 11-0 against Zhaohan, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
overlander won 11-0 against Butters1919, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
Round 3:
Scarjaxer won 11-0 against hypno1973, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
council won 11-0 against Vonkillenoffen, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
Ukey won 11-0 against Zhaohan, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
ltcomdata won 11-0 against Butters1919, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
Round 4:
Keefie won 11-0 against TimWoodbury, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
Round 5:
Fyrdraca won 11-0 against Ivanthehorrible, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
agentcom won 11-0 against Nailsale, VALID
josko.ri won 11-0 against TimWoodbury, VALID
Not the Messiah won 11-0 against patrick1234321, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
Jurasu won 11-0 against KingDunk, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
Round 6:
Robespierre__ won 11-0 against hardwood, VALID
updalions won 11-0 against cookie0117, VALID
Round 7:
slats789 won 11-0 against TimWoodbury, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
Mad777 won 11-0 against notoejim, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
Keefie won 11-0 against MrBoom, not valid (opponent lost Premium, forfeit)
Round 8:
Vid_FISO won 11-0 against hwhrhett, VALID
agentcom won 11-0 against ScamNL, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
Robespierre__ won 11-0 against ltcomdata, VALID
Round 9:
Acuernas won 11-0 against hwhrhett, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
MTIceman41 won 11-0 against kristian6814, VALID
Round 10:
kizkiz won 11-0 against kkelly, VALID
ooge won 11-0 against persianempire, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
morleyjoe won 11-0 against hwhrhett, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
Googilibear won 11-0 against rayofsun, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
fc1966 won 11-0 against koenji, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
Round 11:
josko.ri won 11-0 against Mussollini, VALID
brsteelers74 won 11-0 against TX AG 90, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
General cod won 11-0 against rayofsun, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
adam666 won 11-0 against hardwood, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
osman76 won 11-0 against Generalissimo, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
Mad777 won 11-0 against koenji, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
Keefie won 11-0 against hypno1973, VALID
MTIceman41 won 11-0 against persianempire, not valid (opponent lost Premium, forfeit)
Round 12:
All Black Rugby won 11-0 against ooge, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
Acuernas won 11-0 against hypno1973, VALID
Nando won 11-0 against adam666, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
agentcom won 11-0 against Delf, VALID
Round 13:
Keefie won 11-0 against cookie0117, VALID
Round 14:
Scarlet Lady won 11-0 against aokkid, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
RKCVED won 11-0 against Delf, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
council won 11-0 against thelord, VALID
igotaished won 11-0 against hardwood, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
osok68 won 11-0 against bernooch, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
Witt13 won 11-0 against acuernas, VALID
Round 15:
Biddwin123 won 11-0 against bernooch, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
osman76 won 11-0 against ltcomdata, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
Round 16:
Fyrdraca won 11-0 against Biddwin123, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
MTIceman41 won 11-0 against king blaze, VALID
agentcom won 11-0 against hypno1973, VALID
Round 17:
grt won 11-0 against rmjw10, VALID
All Black Rugby won 11-0 against Biddwin123, VALID
josko.ri won 11-0 against Silly Knig-it, VALID
Round 18:
Gawddog won 11-0 against Nando, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
Round 19:
JPlo64 won 11-0 against Nando, VALID
josko.ri won 11-0 against Mussollini, VALID
Round 20:
Jack_Strap won 11-0 against Nando, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
cazmart won 11-0 against kkelly, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
grt won 11-0 against ReDBuLLS, VALID
misteryforall won 11-0 against Gawddog, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
Round 21:
osman76 won 11-0 against Ukey, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
evetobl13 won 11-0 against Nando, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
updalions won 11-0 against Djfireside, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
grt won 11-0 against Mussollini, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
Round 22:
MY1101 won 11-0 against Nando, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
agentcom won 11-0 against serram, VALID
Ukey won 11-0 against cazmart, VALID
thelord won 11-0 against Djfireside, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
JJ41375 won 11-0 against Mussollini, not valid (opponent deadbeat)
KeithMethot won 11-0 against seamusk, not valid (opponent deadbeat)

GA medal - streak win list:

agentcom: R5, R12, R16, R22 (GA medal awarded)
josko.ri: R5, R11, R17, R19 (GA medal awarded)
Robespierre__: R6, R8
updalions: R6
Vid_FISO: R8
MTIceman41: R9, R16
kizkiz: R10
Keefie: R11, R13
acuernas: R12
council: R14
Witt13: R14
grt: R17, R20
All Black Rugby: R17
JPlo64: R19
Ukey: R22

[xroads]

Thanks for the support and making it happen!

[Swifte]

Mad, you're way off, this will run 2 years at least if you must wait for all games to finish each round to fully complete. Not the end of the world, but let's not start with a completely false premise.

[xroads]

Depends on who we get for players. 1 slow player will really slow things up.

10-11 months makes a round every 2 weeks, not too bad since they are 1 vs 1.

[Swifte]

What is your plan for replacements? People will inevitably disappear. Will each of their opponents get 11 free wins for the rest of the tournament?

Why should whether or not there will be future editions of this tournament determine whether or not a Tournament medal will be awarded. This tournament meets all the requirements to be eligible for a tournament medal by a long shot. Thus it should award one.

[Swifte]

Depends on who we get for players. 1 slow player will really slow things up.

10-11 months makes a round every 2 weeks, not too bad since they are 1 vs 1.

Even with reasonable paced players, which surely not all 100 people would be, a round is 550 games. The odds of them all concluding in 2 weeks even with reasonable players seems very low to me. At least some % of each round will be close and take a while.... or said another way, it only takes 1 game out of 550 per round to go 3-4 weeks to make each round go closer to a month.

[Mad777]

What is your plan for replacements? People will inevitably disappear. Will each of their opponents get 11 free wins for the rest of the tournament?

Let's see how this work, there is way to work behind the scene if the case comes up.

Why should whether or not there will be future editions of this tournament determine whether or not a Tournament medal will be awarded. This tournament meets all the requirements to be eligible for a tournament medal by a long shot. Thus it should award one.

You think a year of Premium & a green star (which worth 2500 credits) for the winner isn't enough? That is 6,000 credits to win this tournament.

[Mad777]

Mad, you're way off, this will run 2 years at least if you must wait for all games to finish each round to fully complete. Not the end of the world, but let's not start with a completely false premise.

This is not a premise but an expectation and/or a hope...time will tell...

[josko.ri]

I also think there should be a special medal for this event. It is very hard to be the first out of 100 players after 242 games played.

Maybe Conquer Cup medal should be awarded, name similarity with Conquer Cup is obvious (Conquer Map Marathon Cup).

Also, why (1 Points per Game) is not written for round 6? does that round has special scoring? I also dont see point in writing 1 Point per game everywhere, aren't anyway games worth 1 point always?

Also I suggest to play versus 11 DIFFERENT opponents, so that someone who gets opponent who left the site doesn't receive 11-0 free points but that 11 different players receive 1-0.

[Silly Knig-it]

Also I suggest to play versus 11 DIFFERENT opponents, so that someone who gets opponent who left the site doesn't receive 11-0 free points but that 11 different players receive 1-0.

I like this idea because as people drop you can just let them go. So in latter rounds one might play the same player for a couple of games (11 games each time) but you don't have to worry about rotation because the person is gone. If they default you just plug in opponents. (I don't think that is totally clear but if you like the premise, I will flesh out how it works.

[josko.ri]

I would also add, it would be nice extending the draw to 122 players and make draw not totally random but semi-random, that everybody plays every other player twice = 2*121 = 242 games. So nobody will then be more or less lucky with the draw as everybody would have the same draw.

Also win strike of 50 is impossible, even 20 in a row win strike will not be achieved by anyone, I can guarantee that. I suggest to make it one whole batch of 11 wins in a row for getting GA medal, everything more than that is impossible to achieve by anyone so there is not point to have GA medal so hard that nobody will win it.

[xroads]

For this first edition there isn't a medal since we are testing the crowd and see if this tournament becomes popular enough to make it as a yearly event that could have its own Medal (winner of this edition will retro-actively receive that medal if it does happen in the future).

So another words they arent going to go through the trouble of designing & implementing a new medal if no one signs up for the tourney. If people sign up, play it goes well, there will be a new medal and it will be awarded for this tourney as well.

[grt]

Also win strike of 50 is impossible, even 20 in a row win strike will not be achieved by anyone, I can guarantee that. I suggest to make it one whole batch of 11 wins in a row for getting GA medal, everything more than that is impossible to achieve by anyone so there is not point to have GA medal so hard that nobody will win it.

Not sure about you but I'm fairly confident I could win 50 games I don't see it say win 50 consecutive games. To me a win strike of 50 means winning 50 games across the whole tournament - maybe I misunderstood.

Edit: also agree 122 players makes perfect sense - play everyone twice.

[Mad777]

josko, good idea for player amount, I adjusted it to 122, I also corrected the round 6 miss, it shows now the "1 point per game".

Now as far playing against 11 different players, im not sure how it will work to be honest, remember this is a first of kind and will have to see if anything can be change for the next edition if any.

To all, as far the GA medal, remember GA meant General Achievement! This medal should be reserve for "spectacular" results or special win pattern/condition, I've seen since I join the TD group that some instance a GA medal was given for kind of easy scenario. The GA medal condition should be such that not several player can achieve it otherwise tell me where is the "spectacular" action? I've seen weird things since I joined CC and seems to me that nothing is impossible
Therefore this tournament has 2 scenario:

1) win 150 games out of the 242 and you will get one (62% win)
2) win 50 consecutive games and you get one.

I hope I clarify all those questions so far...I want to say that I appreciate the feedback.

[IcePack]

Win streak (not win strike) just FYI. I know you aren't native English

Other than that it looks fun. Is it open to sign ups now?

[Mad777]

Win streak (not win strike) just FYI. I know you aren't native English

Other than that it looks fun. Is it open to sign ups now?

I know why I like you now , Thanks for correcting me, I will change the word...

And yes it's open since yesterday...click the link in the OP

[Keefie]

Wow, what a tourney

Edit: Just noticed this in the details: 'Remember to take your special google' I think google should be goggles

[Vid_FISO]

So, somewhere between 11months and 2 years, what are the sitting rules?

[grt]

1) win 150 games out of the 242 and you will get one (62% win)
2) win 50 consecutive games and you get one.

150 games - seems more like it
Win 50 consecutive games - this will never happen - would love to see someone prove me wrong though.

[xroads]

1) win 150 games out of the 242 and you will get one (62% win)
2) win 50 consecutive games and you get one.

150 games - seems more like it
Win 50 consecutive games - this will never happen - would love to see someone prove me wrong though.

I will bet 50 credits that someone does it at least once.

[Mad777]

Wow, what a tourney

Edit: Just noticed this in the details: 'Remember to take your special google' I think google should be goggles

Man, perhaps I should submit a suggestion for an auto-correct mode

Thanks, corrected.

[Mad777]

1) win 150 games out of the 242 and you will get one (62% win)
2) win 50 consecutive games and you get one.

150 games - seems more like it
Win 50 consecutive games - this will never happen - would love to see someone prove me wrong though.

I will bet 50 credits that someone does it at least once.

I increase to 100 credits!

[Leehar]

The 150 games is definitely achievable, but the 50 consecutive seems unrealistic, so they are definitely at odds with each other. Maps are just too inherently luck based to get a 100% win rate for such a big population. Even conquerors only get such results by cherry-picking opponents on their favourite maps.

Celliotti tried something similar by making it best of 3 sets in his league to reduce the luck factor, but even then, the best anyone has been able to do in 4 years is 20 wins. Again, it's not directly comparable, but there's just too much randomness with CC for it to be feasible. Heck, you could up the 150/242 to 200/242, and there would still likely be more GA's than with the 50 in a row.

[gigi_b]

1) win 150 games out of the 242 and you will get one (62% win)
2) win 50 consecutive games and you get one.

150 games - seems more like it
Win 50 consecutive games - this will never happen - would love to see someone prove me wrong though.

I will bet 50 credits that someone does it at least once.

I increase to 100 credits!

I'm interested in this bet. So both Mad and xroads bet on 50 consecutive games being not only achievable, but achievable with these settings. I'm in: 150 credits it won't happen. I mean I'm so confident, that it doesn't even matter if one gets 2 or 3 "free" rounds.
We have maps with starting bonus and maps with large no of starting terts that makes the starter's advantage too big to turn around....impossible.

[KingDunk]

Sounds good. Surely winning the test run is enough to justify a small trophy regardless. There are plenty of easier tournaments that you can bag a trophy for - although I'm embarrassed to say I've still never won one. I therefore don't expect to win this tourney, so I represent this point on behalf of whomever does.