Posts from Discussion of the format and rules for the upcoming Third Tournament of Elements.

I don't like unnecessary complications with the rules and the draft. We started with a circular draft, and now we've moved to a Swiss system. I don't want to be disappointed. What's with your obsession with Alex and "maximum hassle with the rules," and then you yourselves don't always understand who's right and who's wrong, I've noticed it more than once. Just run a tournament with a minimum of complications, where everyone plays everyone else with a full draft, and everyone will play in that tournament; there will be no need for any polls!
P.S. We used to play with a full draft, and there were many participants. Then you started messing around with the rules, and I think that's one of the reasons why the number of players in tournaments has decreased so sharply!

I'm generally fine with the current format. The most important thing is that we play a round-robin tournament where everyone plays each other once, with a week for each match and 4 days for rematches. We can divide it into rounds to control dynamic players, but with the option to play matches in advance. A complete set of templates and factions from 8, using standard schemes of 1-1-1... and 1-2-2...-1. I don't think anyone will object to these rules, and there will be minimal questions. A tournament lasting 3 months with the current number of participants.

You don't understand me: write your version of the rules in this thread: "from" and "to," and make sure there are no "complications." What's the problem? It's so easy...
I promise that your rules will be the rules for this tournament, but first, make sure that no one expresses dissatisfaction during the discussion, and that the majority are "FOR" your rules.

...and you're spouting nonsense again!..

Especially for Vip.rus and Noom.
Consider withdrawing from the tournament; stop fooling around: are you all some kind of newbies?!
Surely your skill level won't allow you to play with any system of map templates, factions, and so on, right?!

Kirill, I'm not kidding – I'll be very busy in late October and November; I'll be leading a clan in Arctic MUD for a month or so. I'd rather just play for fun when I have time or join as a substitute.

What Noom said: Round 1 is a pure Swiss system, from round 2 it's a Swiss system with the elimination of players who have lost twice.
In a pure Swiss system, there will be no elimination; we just need to determine the number of rounds.
I'm fine with this option too...

I'm in favor of this tournament format: a pure Swiss-system tournament, with a round-robin format if there are more than 9 participants. I've already written my rules.

P.S.: Kirill, maybe it's time to stop torturing yourself? The player correctly stated that the rules should be written first, then registration. Otherwise, we can discuss it endlessly. Noom can't participate, which is a pity, but what can we do? Vip, Igrok, and Vitaly don't want to participate in the tournament according to the written rules – that's their choice, and we'll proceed without them. Even if only 6-7 people remain. At least we'll be playing instead of complaining that something is wrong.

I agree.
I made another mistake, but only because I wanted to do it the best way possible...
I won't do that again.

I'm in favor of this tournament format: a pure Swiss-system tournament, with a round-robin format if there are more than 9 participants. I've already written my rules.

P.S.: Kirill, maybe you should stop torturing yourself? The player correctly stated that the rules should be written first, then registration. Otherwise, we can discuss it endlessly. Noom can't participate, which is a pity, but what can we do? Vip, Igrok, and Vitaly don't want to participate in the tournament according to the written rules – that's their choice, and we'll do without them. Even if only 6-7 people remain. At least we'll be playing, instead of complaining that something is wrong.

Great! Let's add the format (round-robin) and my rules regarding template selection and pairing. I'll conduct the draw for the first three rounds at 00:00 Moscow time today.

As I understand it, the following players are participating in the tournament:
alex_nv, theoretik, G_L, KillAndAction, JonnyP, BOLIVAR, Yaughen
Or am I mistaken about the participants? Please respond before 23:45 Moscow time.