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Perhaps we could organize a Tournaments for newcomers to help them get acquainted with the forum. I would be willing to do it, as I have the time, but I lack the experience. I'm also ready to help Kash with the newcomers. In general, the attitude towards newcomers on the forum is excellent; many players supported me when I first joined.
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Let's approach the problem of forum development from a different angle :D Quite often, you can read on various Heroes forums that it would be good to organize a Tournament with a prize fund, but there is no sponsor. I think the problem is not the money, but the fact that the winner wants to hold some material proof of their championship in their hands, put it on a shelf, and show it to their friends. And this is a perfectly natural desire, as they say: it's better to touch something once than to see it a hundred times. :) Today, I visited a company that specializes in advertising and also produces various business cards, banners, badges, and trophies. Moreover, you can order any trophy, up to the Stanley Cup. But the important thing is that they can manufacture it according to your design (drawing), using different materials, and add inscriptions, reliefs, patterns, and figurines, etc. And it's not expensive: a medium-sized trophy costs only 1500 Rohlandian rupees. So, I'm ready to donate to the championship. But I would like to ask Raper, since you are involved in design, could you create a design, please? And for different Tournaments, there are badges (although only round ones, they don't make shield-shaped ones), very high quality, especially I liked the blackened steel badge with a golden trim and an inscription. Maybe you have the strength to prepare designs for badges for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, and I would order them and give them to the administration. Regarding Tournaments for newcomers, I really have a lot of time to organize them, but I have absolutely no experience. I would like someone from the organizers to share their knowledge about the pitfalls and challenges in this matter. It seems to me that a MINI-Tournament would be suitable for newcomers: a small number of participants and a simple selection system. Let's say - 8 participants in an Olympic system with double elimination. Such a Tournament would be quick, but it can be held much more often. I think the rules for such a game can also be simplified, because the goal of the Tournament is to introduce the newcomer to the forum and the community, to give them an idea of how to arrange a meeting, how to submit a report, how to choose races, how to behave with opponents and colleagues. I'm not offering myself as a referee, because I definitely have zero experience in that. Maybe Pit for LM can help me. :) Well, I have a few more ideas (for example, to give a special prize to players who played the longest and most grueling game during the season. Let's call it the "Mighty Gorgon" prize, a prize for the audience's favorite :D). But the best thing is to hold Tournaments on a regular basis - that's the recipe for success. PS Kash recommends moving my post to another topic, but I don't know which one. I ask the moderators to delete my post or move it at their discretion, but I will not retract my words. 2 Pit for LM, sorry if I offended you...
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Let's approach the problem of forum development from a different angle :D Quite often, you can read on various Heroes forums that it would be good to organize a Tournament with a prize fund, but there is no sponsor. I think the problem is not the money, but the fact that the winner wants to hold some material proof of their championship in their hands, put it on a shelf, and show it to their friends. And this is a perfectly natural desire, as they say: it's better to touch something once than to see it a hundred times. :) Today, I visited a company that specializes in advertising and also produces various business cards, banners, badges, and trophies. Moreover, you can order any trophy, up to the Stanley Cup. But the important thing is that they can manufacture it according to your design (drawing), using different materials, and add inscriptions, reliefs, patterns, and figurines, etc. And it's not expensive: a medium-sized trophy costs only 1500 Rohlandian rupees. So, I'm ready to donate to the championship. But I would like to ask Raper, since you are involved in design, could you create a design, please? And for different Tournaments, there are badges (although only round ones, they don't make shield-shaped ones), very high quality, especially I liked the blackened steel badge with a golden trim and an inscription. Maybe you have the strength to prepare designs for badges for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, and I would order them and give them to the administration. Regarding Tournaments for newcomers, I really have a lot of time to organize them, but I have absolutely no experience. I would like someone from the organizers to share their knowledge about the pitfalls and challenges in this matter. It seems to me that a MINI-Tournament would be suitable for newcomers: a small number of participants and a simple selection system. Let's say - 8 participants in an Olympic system with double elimination. Such a Tournament would be quick, but it can be held much more often. I think the rules for such a game can also be simplified, because the goal of the Tournament is to introduce the newcomer to the forum and the community, to give them an idea of how to arrange a meeting, how to submit a report, how to choose races, how to behave with opponents and colleagues. I'm not offering myself as a referee, because I definitely have zero experience in that. Maybe Pit for LM can help me. :) Well, I have a few more ideas (for example, to give a special prize to players who played the longest and most grueling game during the season. Let's call it the "Mighty Gorgon" prize, a prize for the audience's favorite :D). But the best thing is to hold Tournaments on a regular basis - that's the recipe for success. PS Kash recommends moving my post to another topic, but I don't know which one. I ask the moderators to delete my post or move it at their discretion, but I will not retract my words. 2 Pit for LM, sorry if I offended you...
