Paladin77

Thought this might help?

Send the link to others working on the project, so we can start a real discussion.

I still haven't begun the story, yet. I'm trying to finally pin down something that makes sense, and will involve most of the characters.

So far, I think it will begin like...

In a medieval land there is a kingdom, where a legend of a hero who will save their land from a great evil exists. That hero is deemed Marth (he will probably be the chapter 2 main boss). However, the day before Marth leaves on his quest, A man/woman/thing/creature/freak emerges from a portal. this person is *dramatic music* CHARACTER X! charX is from another time, where a great "lord of evil" reigns over the land. Marth hears this and is determined to stop this futue from arising, and leaves on his quest. Shortly after, it becomes apparent that charX is the true hero (leading to a rivalry between him and Marth) and charX leaves on his own quest, taking him throughout the kingdom, across time, and eventually back to his own future. finally, in an epic battle with the "lord of evil," charX fixes the world for good (or does he?).

I will try to add (much) more detail, as well as a hopefully surprise ending. I think I will also write the thing in a word document, then only release part of it at a time. So people will learn the story as they go along, instead of reading it before they finish.

nuu avee !

Also, take a look a this if you haven't done so already.

http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=208597

Alright, I took a look at your tournament and I'll do my best to point some things out.
Hopefully I don't repeat too much of what Kirbywizard and Shadowfire said.



When it comes to making a large, successful, THEMED tournament, you want to organize your OP as much as possible and make it easy to read for potential contestants. Making it aesthetically pleasing is always a plus as well.

Your OP is ok in both regards, but it could be better. It's not really a huge issue, but it's something to think about. Take a look at my Gym Battle tournament to get a idea of what a good OP looks like
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Your theme is original and decently well thought out, which is good to see. But some parts instantly turned me away from wanting to join, and I'm sure it did for a lot of other people as well.

People don't come to OTL to fight computer players, and from what I saw, CPU's play a large part. Correct me if I'm wrong. I know there are some human players as well, a few of the bosses I believe, which is good.

Also, NO one is going to want to take the time to send you replays of every match they do to confirm that they did the match and didn't cheat. I know it's probably the only way to be sure they did the match correctly, but that's why CPU's are never a good idea in an online tournament. That and they're boring to fight.

Items CAN be used in online tournaments, but try to avoid using them if you want to attract a large amount of people. Items are best used in smaller tournaments or not at all.
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A prize, if you can afford to offer one, is always a good way to attract some decent players. I've offered a prize for nearly all of my tournaments, even if it was a small prize, and they were all relatively successful. Tournaments do not NEED a prize to be successful however, but it can help.

Themed tournaments will either fail miserably or be decently popular. I've only ever done a Low tier tournament, and my current Gym Battle tournament. I wasn't sure my Gm tourney would even get 32 people, and yet people kept on joining. I even had people wanting to join after I had 64 people.

This isn't really a pointer, but I feel that one of the main reasons that people joined my tournaments is because I'n decently well known, especially in OTL. I've been participating in online tournaments since Summer 2008 and hosting them since last December. I know that sounds stupid, but it's true. You'll see an OTL regular make a tournament, and they'll get 32 people in a couple days no problem. I've seen it happen multiple times.
Getting yourself well known kind of just takes time. Also, sometimes starting with a simple non-themed tournament when you're new to hosting tournaments is a good idea, but you've hosted two already as far as I know.
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I think that's all I have for now. Just keep at it and hope for the best. If you have any more questions then feel free to ask me.

I GOT ONE! finally I found a good-quality pic of Layle.

Well that makes sense (about the FF series). But if that's your problem, know this:

there are many FF sub-series. For instance, there is the epic FF tactics series (FFT, FFTA, FFTA2) and the Crystal Chronicles series (CC, CC2, CCTCB) both of these are exclusively Nintendo releases (no sony/microsoft crap) and are incredibly good. While (out of these) I've only played FFTA for myself (hopefully CCTCB soon), the others have been, and will always some of the best-looking games ever for me.

Don't think I have anything against Sony or Microsoft... it's just does me good to see Nintendo get the chance it deserves with a series like FF.

I dun think I can Brawl toni-morning. Tomorrow, I'll be free... but I'm just not up for a fight at this hour. I checked my Wii when I got home. I haven't booted up Brawl, but the blue-light of "you've got mail" it tude says I got your replays. I'll see them tomorrow, too.

FFCCTCB (long name) is nothing like the other FF games. Just look up Crystal Bearers E3 or Crystal Bearer's Gameplay on Youtube. It is AMAZING!

OK. I found a new (holiday) one. I'll start using the other avi again when the Holiday rush is over.

Oh... is it the quality that bad? I'll try to find a better one. Maybe if I find one that's zoomed-out?

It's supposed to be Layle from the soon-to-be-released FINAL FANTASY Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers.

It's gonna be released on December 26th... yeah. Square Enix epic failed there...

I'm not going to bed any time soon! My shopping got me all charged up (never thought I'd say that!) so I'm ready to pull and all nigh- *snore*...

JK. I'm here for a while longer.

OK. I got a new avi! and it's 1-in-the-morning! yay!

i need caffine...

I'm back!

... and I think I already got the videos. Wait. do you mean the Mini-boss trials?

OH! I got a video from yesterday. I was "basic Brawling" on wifi as and I managed to get three KOs (one on each person) using only the punch! Needless to say, the manlyness of earned me the match! I then went on to Random Wario, with whom I epic-failed with...

No but I can use him.

Looks like Zen can be MK after all and I can't at the moment. Oh and I need to give you orders for that Perfect World tourney.

Mk .

Got my Wi-Fi back. Still need a boss?

Diddy looks good! I don't know much about his advanced techniques, but your standard game looks pretty good. You manage bananas well (better than me, at least) and you know when and how to use Diddy's smashes. Maybe you could fight me (let me test my mains) with your Diddy so I can get a better idea. I'm-a gonna go christmas shopping, so till later (again) see ya!

whoops I posted this on my page by accident. Don't think I ignored you... I wrote this at 2 hours ago:

"I added your Wii. It just takes a while to register. I'll look at the videos later. they won't play on WiiInternet, and I have to go in a few minutes anyway. see ya!"

I gonna watch the videos now.

Right... hmm...

I looked at KCDT and it looks good. Formatting got kinda screwed up (might just be WiiInternet), but otherwise looks fine!

Hopefully we'll get some reliable people this time!
Anyway, could you sign me up for KCDT? My info is in the first post, but make me or / insted of my old chars.

Hmmm... I'd rather the Sequel not be mentioned (in case I never get it running) but as for the chapters thing... I don't see why there can't be 3. If there's an issue with Plot... that's one thing. Bu there are some REALLY LONG tourneys out there. One (DTP's Gym battle tourney) lasted months...

"Note to player: You will gain 1 point for the shop if you 1 stock gannon, 4 points for the shop if you 2 stock him, and 10 points for the shop if you 3 stock him, and 13 points and 1 Chapter life if you 4 stock him"

make it say "and 1 extra chapter life", since they always recive a life for beating the boss.

In the sequel, I think I'll have 3 chapters (though I might have 5). It would probably follow the same sequence (6 cpu's, 3 mini-bosses, 1 boss) in each Chapter, but i might include certain transition scenes in between each chapter.

When I get the plot moving, I'll send a preview to you, so you'll have a better idea of what I mean by "transition scenes."

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OOOOOh the 1 was misplaced

Oh. I tried to add your Wiinumber last night, but it said it wasnot valid. I tried to copy it onto a post-it note, but I might have got the numbers wrong. Could you also check yours? just make sure the one on SWF if the right one?

Nah. I think the sequel will be a different story entirely. it would be teh same concept, but under different circumstances. To go along with the high-tier final-Boss theme, I think Snake would be the last boss. I'll try to write the plot for the beginning. I might even start defining matches, but the final product won't be released until after this one is finished.

Looks better. Work on it when you see that it may look better another way.
Its good for now.

You need colors, but they have to run a bit more smoothly together.
Pick a certain font. Uh, Try to create an overall style for the whole thing. Not just a bunch of things put together.

Use the center, bullets, etc.

Let me show you my main Thread that I used to host tourneys in.

May seem confusing, but I hosted multiple tourneys in it.
Link:
http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=215818
http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=215818
http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=215818

A lot more than anyone else on OTL.

actually nvm... we'll do it tomorrow. I gotta go to bed.. Late night, early morning makes Jack a sleepy boy.

hellz yes. CPU's as team-mates.

If I'm hosting, who do you want on your team? and what color?

awesome... I am currently reviving the KCT... just a few more PMs... and...

y'know... once this tourney comes to a close, I might try to organize a sequel. I think this one is well under development. And it could become sorta a trial run for mine.

Would you be able to help with that if I ever do it? I've got some ideas for a plot... but not too much in development.

ya! sure! my Wii code is in the "about me" section on my profile.

I'm happy as the Ganon Boss for now. If another spot opens up in Chapter 1 that I like... then that's another story. But we'll deal with that when it actually happens.

OH! that makes more sense! Maybe... you should be Ganon Boss. I'm OK... but you, sir, ****!

yah. I just needed to fix my controller. I use a wave bird, so I needed to get new batteries. as for the SWF memo, just reminding you to turn it on, cuz of the first few fights.

I got batteries. Let's go!

Ok .

Sry I so late. Laundry + dinner + wtf? = long wait. You still wanna do this?

Well actually my Wi-fi is down so I don't think I'll be able to perticipate.

Sorry Pal

It says awaiting registration still... Have you added me? THe friend code i have for you is 2621 2291 5503