viperboy_74
Smash Master
Hello Midwest,
As some of you have heard from our Facebook group, we are going to start a circuit in the Midwest. If you're unfamiliar with this idea, it involves around 5 or 6 large tournaments, with a points based system. Your points vary, depending on how you place at each event. The top few players with the most points at the end of the circuit get a large pot bonus, as well as every event along the way having their own, usual cash prizes.
Now, with that out of the way, there are a few things to address, thus the point of this thread:
1) we need a mini board to make decisions, probably 3 or 5 people who are active, know the scene, and know the players. These decisions must always be at the benefit of the community, and This board must be able to communicate at least once a week, likely more.
2) we need people who are willing and able to run massive events. Im sure there are an overwhelming amount of people who will want to do this, but things as location, venue options, and accommodation's will come into play
3) we need mass amounts of hype to get this in full swing as designed!
These are early stages of big plans, and there is a lot to discuss. Please, for the time being, refrain from discussing things such as:
1) what are pay outs
2) what games or events will be featured
3) rule sets in general
If you're interested in this as a player, as a TO, as joining the board, or anything else, this is the place to do it!
Lets do this up right, midwest
Update 2/14/14
The Discussion so Far is as follows:
Breaking the region into MW:E and MW:W, to accommodate both location extremities of the region.
I've taken Juggleguy's idea, and I'm going to run with it a bit and elaborate a few minor issues I foresee.
One of the problems that I foresee is that if the points from each circuit come together for a grand finale, there's likely going to be someone who attends most of these on both sides, thus giving an unfair points advantage. Our idea to fix this:
A centralized first tournament (I'm looking at you, Champaign and SMYM) where both circuits start their points, and a centralized last tournament (I'm looking at you, Chicago or South Bend FC.) From there, we split to 2 circuits, 3 or 4 tournaments for MW:W and 3 or 4 for MW:E (same number required, though)
From there, any single person is only allowed to capitalize on the 5 or 6 tournaments worth of points, with the first and last being 2 of them, thus only allowed to accumulate circuit points at any 4 events in between. Anyone is welcome to go to any MW:E or MW:W tourney, obviously, but your points only count for 4 events outside of the Opener and the Finale (the highest 4 you've received, to make incentive for going to multiple tourneys.)
Ideas on this?
Edit: a more visualized breakdown
MW:W Circuit....................MW:E Circuit
SMYM (shared).................SMYM (shared)
Event 2.............................Event 2
Event 3.............................Event 3
Event 4.............................Event 4
Event 5.............................Event 5
FC (shared)......................FC (shared)
You can attend any of these events, on either side, you're allowed 6 total tournaments worth of points, if you attend 8 events, say, your best 6 placements are the points used.
As some of you have heard from our Facebook group, we are going to start a circuit in the Midwest. If you're unfamiliar with this idea, it involves around 5 or 6 large tournaments, with a points based system. Your points vary, depending on how you place at each event. The top few players with the most points at the end of the circuit get a large pot bonus, as well as every event along the way having their own, usual cash prizes.
Now, with that out of the way, there are a few things to address, thus the point of this thread:
1) we need a mini board to make decisions, probably 3 or 5 people who are active, know the scene, and know the players. These decisions must always be at the benefit of the community, and This board must be able to communicate at least once a week, likely more.
2) we need people who are willing and able to run massive events. Im sure there are an overwhelming amount of people who will want to do this, but things as location, venue options, and accommodation's will come into play
3) we need mass amounts of hype to get this in full swing as designed!
These are early stages of big plans, and there is a lot to discuss. Please, for the time being, refrain from discussing things such as:
1) what are pay outs
2) what games or events will be featured
3) rule sets in general
If you're interested in this as a player, as a TO, as joining the board, or anything else, this is the place to do it!
Lets do this up right, midwest
Update 2/14/14
The Discussion so Far is as follows:
Breaking the region into MW:E and MW:W, to accommodate both location extremities of the region.
I've taken Juggleguy's idea, and I'm going to run with it a bit and elaborate a few minor issues I foresee.
One of the problems that I foresee is that if the points from each circuit come together for a grand finale, there's likely going to be someone who attends most of these on both sides, thus giving an unfair points advantage. Our idea to fix this:
A centralized first tournament (I'm looking at you, Champaign and SMYM) where both circuits start their points, and a centralized last tournament (I'm looking at you, Chicago or South Bend FC.) From there, we split to 2 circuits, 3 or 4 tournaments for MW:W and 3 or 4 for MW:E (same number required, though)
From there, any single person is only allowed to capitalize on the 5 or 6 tournaments worth of points, with the first and last being 2 of them, thus only allowed to accumulate circuit points at any 4 events in between. Anyone is welcome to go to any MW:E or MW:W tourney, obviously, but your points only count for 4 events outside of the Opener and the Finale (the highest 4 you've received, to make incentive for going to multiple tourneys.)
Ideas on this?
Edit: a more visualized breakdown
MW:W Circuit....................MW:E Circuit
SMYM (shared).................SMYM (shared)
Event 2.............................Event 2
Event 3.............................Event 3
Event 4.............................Event 4
Event 5.............................Event 5
FC (shared)......................FC (shared)
You can attend any of these events, on either side, you're allowed 6 total tournaments worth of points, if you attend 8 events, say, your best 6 placements are the points used.
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