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Suggestions for Improving Showdowns

Discussion in 'Ogres Hall' started by ogreman, Mar 16, 2012.

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    ogreman

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    We are going back to a stricter schedule and going to not allow multiple week matches until the very end.
     
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    Ok, the Online Shooter Showdown 214 will be starting soon:).
     
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    Aki013 League of Legends Player Ogre Veteran

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    This is great,i will support Crossfire ^^.
     
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    Then it should be your top prediction when that starts:).
     
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    Well, will probably need somebody besides myself to run this Online Shooter Showdown. Any volunteers?
     
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    cemex Espion Ogre Veteran

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    i would like to help
     
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    Good, study the following format because might do it again like that this year:). This one was quick last year and that is what we need again.

    Ok, so since we're doing a 12 game showdown...

    Week 1 & 2 - predictions thread is opened, members predict their top 3 or 4 (4 would be simpler, but 3 is doable too and perhaps better for 12 games only as you did 4 with 16 games) . Each game gets points for being in a members top 4 (I'd go with 6 points for predicted winner, 4 points for 2nd place, 2 points for 3rd place, one point for 4th place (if we're doing the 4th place)) . At the end of Week 2, predictions thread is closed (locked) and points for each game are added up to determine seeds. The game with the most points becomes the top seed, and the rest are sorted accordingly.

    Week 3
    - Elimination round. 4 Match threads(polls) are opened:
    - 5th seed vs 12th seed - winner goes to quarterfinals and gets seeded as 5th
    - 6th seed vs 11th seed - winner goes to quarterfinals and gets seeded as 6th
    - 7th seed vs 10th seed - winner goes to quarterfinals and gets seeded as 7th
    - 8th seed vs 9th seed - winner goes to quarterfinals and gets seeded as 8th
    Additionally, each of the matches gets its own debate thread (without a poll) where any member can participate and represent any of the games and debate with others on why that game in particular should win. The voting itself would be done in the match thread.

    Week 4 - Quarterfinals, part 1. 2 Match threads(polls) are opened, along with the 2 debate threads for the matches. The matches are:
    - 2nd seed vs 7th seed - winner goes to semifinals and gets seeded as 2nd
    - 3rd seed vs 6th seed - winner goes to semifinals and gets seeded as 3rd

    Week 5 - Quarterfinals, part 2. 2 Match threads(polls) are opened, along with the 2 debate threads for the matches. The matches are:
    - 1st seed vs 8th seed - winner goes to semifinals and gets seeded as 1st
    - 4th seed vs 5th seed - winner goes to semifinals and gets seeded as 4th

    Week 6 - Semifinals, part 1. A match thread(poll) is opened, along with the debate thread for the match. The match is:
    - 2nd seed vs 3rd seed - winner goes to final as 2nd seed, loser gets ranked as 3rd in the overall standings

    Week 7 - Semifinals, part 2. A match thread(poll) is opened, along with the debate thread for the match. The match is:
    - 1st seed vs 4th seed - winner goes to final as 1st seed, loser gets ranked as 4th in the overall standings

    Week 8 - Finals. A match thread(poll) is opened, along with the debate thread for the match. The winner of course wins the showdown, the loser gets ranked as 2nd in the overall standings.

    Some notes:
    1 - in case of a tie at the end of the voting, the game with the lower seed wins due to the fact it managed to secure a draw despite being the underdog. That way we avoid any unnecessary delays.
    2 - in case of a tie at the predictions where the seeding is determined, ogreman should rank tied games at random as he is the most unbiased person for the job
    3 - in case of delays with starting of match threads/debate threads, the end date for the voting does not get moved to a later date unless we're talking about a major delay that could affect the outcome of the voting.
    4 - to prevent spam and thread necromancy, all the voting threads and debate threads should be locked at the end of the week they were opened in.
    5 - I have not included the blog portion of the voting for the simplest reason that it can be fixed by anyone that knows how to use the refresh button of their web browser. You can still add a blog portion for each match, but without the voting part, readers should instead be linked towards the forum match thread and match debate thread.

    If the structure is acceptable and nobody has any objections, I suggest that week 1 starts as soon as ogre reads this and that end date of the weeks should be the same as the end date of the calendar week to avoid any confusion. Also, there should be a clear set timezone to avoid any confusion, since members of gameogre come from all over the world, and unless a clear timezone is stated, there is likely to be some confusion over what the exact end time is.
     
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    Might get this started as soon as Friday.
     
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    Ok, going to try to get this started today:).
     
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    Thats great,if you need some help i think i can help too :)..
     
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    The Showdown will be starting later today for sure. :)
     
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    Glad to see it start:).
     

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