Organizing punaball cups has always been a bit tricky, because many teams sign up and then don't play their matches. Storm's league was nice, but the problem occurred again after some time.
I have some ideas for the future, and I would like to know your opinion.
2vs2 "random" Punaball Cups
I thought that a way to have all matches played would be to play all matches at once! With 2-4 servers, we can have a 8-16 teams cup in one night (2 hours). Teams can be arranged before cup starts, no signup needed. Just show up, get a mate, and wait for your turn.
Matches should be very short (5min time limit), except probably semifinals and finals (unless we want to keep the 5min rule).
We would need a proper system to organize this (web-based?).
1vs1 League
This would be easier to organize. It could work like football leagues with divisions (Serie A, B, C1, C2..). Short seasons (monthly?), with promotion/relegation system.
Future PunaBall cups
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2v2:
Ehm 5 minute matches? It would probably take longer to set a game up than actually play it. Sounds like a big hassle, but I'd certanly be game if someone sets it up.
1v1: That would require more people with autoserver access. The promotion relegation system: about time. The reason many people quit playing punaball tournaments/leagues like this is because they get their asses handed to them with 10-0 results a bit too often. The problem may be the first time this would be done: how to assign people into the divisions. Lots of big egos in punaball.
Ehm 5 minute matches? It would probably take longer to set a game up than actually play it. Sounds like a big hassle, but I'd certanly be game if someone sets it up.
1v1: That would require more people with autoserver access. The promotion relegation system: about time. The reason many people quit playing punaball tournaments/leagues like this is because they get their asses handed to them with 10-0 results a bit too often. The problem may be the first time this would be done: how to assign people into the divisions. Lots of big egos in punaball.
Since the whole cup is supposed to be played in one night, all tracks can be added at the beginning of the cup, then open 4 more spots after each game.xzeal wrote:Ehm 5 minute matches? It would probably take longer to set a game up than actually play it. Sounds like a big hassle, but I'd certanly be game if someone sets it up.
The cup could be organized using a "waiting server", or a web-based chat (probably the waiting server directly inside TS would be faster).
Well, I don't think this is a problem: there can't be big mistakes (max +/- 1 category, I guess), so after a season everything would be okay.xzeal wrote:The problem may be the first time this would be done: how to assign people into the divisions. Lots of big egos in punaball.
I need more feedback: if there are many players interested, we can proceed with organizing one or more tournaments. Tell your opinion!
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