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    Posted: 11 Oct 2016 at 02:01
I plan on doing another Tournament in about six months. But this last Tournament has brought up some questions so I thought I would create a post to get what you guys think. 


1) How long the Tournament should be?

2) How long should the notice be?
(keep in mind I still have to collect the API keys. This time around I will be having the alliance leaders gather the API key and send them to me.)

3) will people still be willing to take part if there aren't any prizes?

4) when should I do the snapshot of the Alliance for handing out awards?
(in my last Tournament  I did rewards based on what alliance the person was in at the end of the Tournament so alliance switching wouldn't cause any problem when I went to hand out prizes and sent the devs the player ID list for medals)

5) I will be using the combat API key for my next Tournament because the combat API key has better stats, and I already have code for it but will this turn anyone way from taking part in the Tournament?

6) What do you guys think about having an unknown end date?
( of course if i were to do a unknown end date no one in any of my alliances would know about the end date but i will tell rikoo or maybe SC about the end date to make sure the pick of the end date isnt based off of bias and what not. but it isnt likely to stop the complaining.)

7) So other then a king of the hill Tournament what other types of Tournament would you guys want?

8) What do you guys think of having a Elgea and BL  Tournament? 
(meaning we could have two number 1st 2nd 3rd places or something like that)

9) What do you guys think about doing a server wide war of the wall  Tournament?
(for more information please read this post by BladeOfLife http://forum.illyriad.co.uk/my-next-tournament-plans_topic6987_post95194.html#95194 )

edit spelling and grammar 


Edited by kodabear - 17 Oct 2016 at 04:57
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1) Two to four weeks

2) One or two weeks

3) Yes

4) When the tournament starts

5) No (can only speak for myself, of course)


Edited by Steven Quincy Urpel - 11 Oct 2016 at 02:09
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1) Two weeks to a month at the most.

2) At least a week.

3) Yes. The fun is worth more than prizes.

4) At the end seems to be the best option.

5) Using the full Combat Report API will not stop SkB from playing.

EDIT: Clarification on #4.: If there is not much notice(as was the case with the Tinkers' tournament) then the end seems a better option. But if there is a week or more notice, then I prefer the beginning as that would prevent some alliances from doing something that is not in the spirit of the tournament.


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i'm in agreement with Urp. (i'll hear about this, i'm sure.)
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Even if your answers are the same as ones that are already posted please still answer as this is a poll type thing too. 
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1) Two to four weeks

2) One or two weeks

3) Yes

4) When the tournament starts

5) No (can only speak for myself, of course)


Edited by Steven Quincy Urpel - 35 minutes ago at 21:09

I agree with Urp. 
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1. two weeks is plenty. will keep folks closer to home squares
 
 2. surprise was a good start for tinkers so real quick

 3. yes

 4. when it starts no exceptions

 5. np 
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Most needed to divide the occupation time  by the number of members in the alliance to arrive at a fair score. This will level the playing field for the smaller alliances. And be a far more interesting event.

Not essentially, but large alliances could split themselves up for the tourney duration. 

You could perhaps even limit the number or players in each alliance to maybe teams of 10 or 20. Teams could form for just the tourney then return to their normal alliances. It would be very tactical to pick your teams well.

Surely this would be far far more interesting for everyone.




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    1) How long the Tournament should be?

    In my opinion, 3 weeks seems optimal. Not to short of a time frame to be irrelevant for an adequate challenge, but also not so long as to a major drain on resources and upsetting to any plans that may be in the works.


2) How long should the notice be?

At least 2 weeks.


  1. will people still be willing to take part if there isn't any prizes?

    Like the medals, but yes, I would be happy to compete for the challenge.


4) when should i do the snapshot of the alliance for handing out prizes?

I for one dislike the idea of shifting Allegiances during a tournament if this is supposed to be Alliance (team) based competition, so at the beginning.


5) I will be using the combat API key for my next Tournament because the combat API key has better stats and I already have code for it but will this turn anyone way from taking part in the Tournament? Not in my case.
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i agree with Angrim.

that distances me for agreement with Urp, right?
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