now for the longer version with more details
the WSOW is an idea of making a season of tournaments and eventually have a seasonal rating
The season consists of ten 64 players double elimination tournaments
you can play all but only the best 7 are counted
Each tournament awards points based on your final position the player with the most points at the end wins
because there is no way to seed players tournaments will be double elimination to make it a little more fair
in order to have the best player win and not the most active you need to compete in 7 tournaments out of the 10
you will not get to choose which tournament you will play in
it will be by a system to favor the player with the least tournaments joined
all players will be invited to tournament#1 players that do not join will get a 3 day early invite to tournament #2 after 3 days the rest will be invited
this will continue throughout the whole season the players with the least tournaments gets an early invite
General settings:
3 day auto boot
vacation honored
Templates
1. Strategic MME
https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?TemplateID=3261872. Ancient Greece
https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?TemplateID=3261943. Turkey
https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?TemplateID=3261974. Strategic ME
https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?TemplateID=3923525. Phobia
https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?TemplateID=3923606. East Asia & Oceania
https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?TemplateID=3262047. Battle Islands V
https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?TemplateID=3261928. Europe
https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?TemplateID=3262069. Guiroma
https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?TemplateID=32620810. Strategic ME
estimated schedule
on the opening day of the tournament tournament #1 will be created
when tournament #1 starts tournament#2 will be created
when tournament#2 starts tournament#3 will be created
when tournament#3 starts tournament#4 will be created
tournament#4 will be different it will be 2 tournaments:
4A. an elite tournament for the top 32 players of season 1
4B. a tournament for players that want to gain access for tournament 10A
tournament#5 will be created 3 month after tournament#4 starts
when tournament#5 starts tournament#6 will be created
when tournament#6 starts tournament#7 will be created
tournament#8 will be created 3 month after tournament#7 starts
when tournament#8 starts tournament#9 will be created
when tournament#9 starts tournament#10 will be created
tournament#10 will be different it will be 2 tournaments
10A. an elite tournament for the top 16 players of tournament 4A and the top 16 players of tournament 4B
10B. this tournament will have less "big" names so it is a chance for the less skilled players to win
Tournament #11 will be the masters and it will be open only to the top 8 players and will go like so:
2 RR of 4 players template will be decided by players ranked 1 and 2
RR A:players ranked 1 3 6 8
RR B:players ranked 2 4 5 7
from each RR 2 qualify to a small 4 players single elimination Strategic ME tournament
points for tournaments 1,2,3,4A,5,6,7,8,9,10A
1st=2000
2nd=1200
3rd=800
4th=600
5-6th=400
7-8th=300
9-12th=200
13-16th=150
17-24th=100
25-32th=50
33-48th=25
49-64th=10
points for tournaments 4B,10B
1st=1000
2nd=600
3rd=400
4th=300
5-6th=200
7-8th=150
9-12th=100
13-16th=75
17-24th=50
25-32th=25
points for tournament 11
200 for every RR win
400 for semi final win
1000 for final win
sign up tournament
I have disabled the forward invite option for this sign up tournament
however it is an open tournament so any player that was not invited may join if he/she meets the prerequisites
the actual tournaments will not be open and only players that join the sign up tournament will be invited
some disadvantages:
1. luck is a big factor as you can get a hard draw and be eliminated early
2. the season will be long
3. one player can stop progress by being slow/taking back to back vacation
4. not every player will get to play in all the tournaments he would like to
5. there will likely to be a big skill difference that could deter top players as this is not an exclusive competition
some advantages:
1. boots and resignations will not be a big factor (unless they are at a very high percentage)
2. each tournament is individual so unlike other great ideas i have seen 1 or 2 early eliminations does not rule you out and you can still win the overall season
3. low number of games at once maximum of 4, probably 2-3 at a time at the start and 0-1 most of the time
4 .you are not obligated to play any game/template you don't know/like and still have a chance to win overall season
5. possibilities of future seasons such as adding 2v2 tournaments, rank based tournaments and to use this rankings as the base for other ideas
questions and feedback are welcome may it be positive or negative
and finally thanks for your patience if you have managed to read all of this
spreadsheet where I will update points of season 2 and final results of season 1
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0Arn0ahIN9qcsdFVFVVoyajlud3BoNkJoUWZfR3RFMkE&outpu
Edited 12/18/2014 12:24:36
