Posts from 2016 Winter Tournament: "Frozen Heart"

Wasn't there a draw here? Is it no longer valid?

It's already done, I'll make a new one now

Added 35 minutes ago
Round 7 draw:

Will-Dwp
Dexterwar-Bolivar
Moz-GL
Stefan-Vip
Noom-Killandaction
Dmitrik-m777gt
Stiletto-Yaghen
Eldarmoon-Chernobog

Round deadline - until 02/19

I don't understand, to be honest. Please explain it to me for my general knowledge:
Why is Dexterwar, who is in 1st place, playing against Bolivar, who is in the group of underdogs?! Dex (considering his previous opponents) should be playing against G_L.

I'm not really paying much attention to the draw, but I've already played against GL.
P.S. If the draw is final, I'll start playing tomorrow.

I plan to launch a spring tournament on March 1st.
I want to discuss the tournament format with active players; the Swiss system didn't work well, and there won't be enough time for a round-robin tournament with a large number of people; the tournament duration is 3 months.
Here's an option: a tournament for 13 people, 12 games, exactly 3 months long.
Anyone can register, but if there are more than 13 participants, the lowest-ranked players will be eliminated.
The tournament will not be official, but rather part of my series of seasonal games, culminating in a winter tournament for the title of best player.
We will use the local ranking system; it seems like it's already being launched. If it doesn't launch, I'll calculate it myself.
The advantage of this scheme is that if all the experienced players register, there will be almost no newbies left, making the game more interesting.
In general, the idea roughly corresponds to Mozovsky's proposal on the league, only slightly expanded and without complications.
Share your thoughts on the idea and offer your own! The main limitation is a 3-month timeframe and no more.

So, he's playing with someone else. But honestly, who cares? I don't really mind... Why am I so worked up? :D

I don't really pay much attention to who gets which faction. If you get Dex, that's good.
And it's even better that it's not Eldar or Chernobog bots.

I only have one question: do you really need to wait until the end of the tournament to ban Eldar and Chernobog? Isn't six rounds enough to understand that they're not playing, they're not contributing anything to the tournament, and they don't care about it? Shouldn't they be removed from the schedule now?
Is it necessary to show a large number of participants in the final standings for this tournament?
Yavgen, for example, clearly stated at the beginning of December that he was withdrawing from the tournament. (We sometimes play together). Why put Yavgen on the schedule? It's February now.
Maybe it's worth reducing the number of participants to those who are actually participating (the three players I mentioned in this post can easily be removed). We'll play the tournament faster and finish it sooner.
Or am I missing something?

P.S. Vip, since you yourself admitted that the Swiss system is falling apart in this situation, can you make a suggestion for future rounds? The suggestion is: don't pair me with bots. If you really want to keep them, pair them with each other. Like in the 7th round - and that's how it will be until the end of the tournament.

I was thinking that many people will be away for the May holidays, so it would be better to reduce the number of games.

Here's an option for the spring part of the series:
4 groups of 4 people each, a little more or a little less depending on the number of participants, 1 game with each, the price of each game is very high, only 2 participants advance from each group! This lasts for a month.
Then, a playoff according to the A1-D2, A2-D1, B1-C2, B2-C1 scheme, 2 games, the first is random, the second is a mirror match, the same map for both games, if there's a tie, the one who achieves a faster victory advances.
Then, the same scheme for the semi-finals and finals, with a break for the May holidays, which is exactly 3 months. In total, a maximum of 9 games.
The groups will be formed according to the principle of strong player, strong player, average player, newbie, depending on the participants' rating.
The main focus is on the playoffs, where, in theory, the strongest players should be concentrated.
This is a great scheme, by the way :) We should use it.

What prevents us from organizing 2 tournaments? One could be a seasonal tournament, as Vip suggested, and the other could be a completely random Heroes III tournament?

I've experienced all the drawbacks of the Swiss system; I won't use it again. (

Added 2 hours 16 minutes ago
) I plan to launch a spring tournament on March 1st. I want to discuss the tournament format with the active members. The Swiss system didn't work out, and a round-robin format won't be feasible with a large number of participants, given the 3-month tournament duration.