Hello,
In celebration of the upcoming Brawl release and for SmashBoards anniversary coming up in Aug (or pick some other occasion ), I am thinking about adding a tournament ranking/ladder system to SWF.
I need your help, however, before it is created. First, it would be nice to know if you guys would even want a ranking system like this.
My idea is to have an area where tournament directors can add their tournament to the schedule, kind of like how they add their tournament to the calendar now. Users will be able to search through the database for tournaments based on different criteria (date, state, region, etc...).
In addition to this, when the tournament is over, the director will have a place where he/she can put up the results. This would take the place of the tournament result rooms. The ranking system would then award points based on the results.
This would be integrated with the forums, and users would be able to display their smash bros. ranking below their avatar and in their profile, etc.
So the main question is how should the ranking system work? Basically I think dividing tournaments up into classes would be the best way to do it. For example, level 1 tournaments would be the smallest, level 2 tournaments would be a bit bigger, while level 3 tournaments would be the biggest events. For finishing 1st in a level 1 tournament, the user would be awarded a certain amount of points. Level 2 tournaments would be worth more, etc.
This would probably be the best way to do it, but what should be the criteria for level 1,2,and 3 tournaments? Size alone? Prize money?
I am not a tournament player, so I would really like you get the opinions of you guys before I do this. Please note that this system will not create tournament draws or anything like that.
If you have any additional features that would be useful to add to a system like this, feel free to suggest. For example, I might suggest that the system keeps the smash bros 64, melee, and brawl tournaments on separate ladder systems.
Please be reasonable with the suggestions!
Thanks,
Gid
In celebration of the upcoming Brawl release and for SmashBoards anniversary coming up in Aug (or pick some other occasion ), I am thinking about adding a tournament ranking/ladder system to SWF.
I need your help, however, before it is created. First, it would be nice to know if you guys would even want a ranking system like this.
My idea is to have an area where tournament directors can add their tournament to the schedule, kind of like how they add their tournament to the calendar now. Users will be able to search through the database for tournaments based on different criteria (date, state, region, etc...).
In addition to this, when the tournament is over, the director will have a place where he/she can put up the results. This would take the place of the tournament result rooms. The ranking system would then award points based on the results.
This would be integrated with the forums, and users would be able to display their smash bros. ranking below their avatar and in their profile, etc.
So the main question is how should the ranking system work? Basically I think dividing tournaments up into classes would be the best way to do it. For example, level 1 tournaments would be the smallest, level 2 tournaments would be a bit bigger, while level 3 tournaments would be the biggest events. For finishing 1st in a level 1 tournament, the user would be awarded a certain amount of points. Level 2 tournaments would be worth more, etc.
This would probably be the best way to do it, but what should be the criteria for level 1,2,and 3 tournaments? Size alone? Prize money?
I am not a tournament player, so I would really like you get the opinions of you guys before I do this. Please note that this system will not create tournament draws or anything like that.
If you have any additional features that would be useful to add to a system like this, feel free to suggest. For example, I might suggest that the system keeps the smash bros 64, melee, and brawl tournaments on separate ladder systems.
Please be reasonable with the suggestions!
Thanks,
Gid