Calling all competitive clan leaders! First of all, note that I do not belong to any competitive clans myself! Thus, I can remain completely impartial in running the challenge I'm proposing here.
I am an experienced tournament organizer (almost all of you have clan members who have played in my tournaments in the past, if not yourselves) and I would like to run a clan tournament (obviously outside of the tournament arena, since it wouldn't fit the "half of the entries open to anyone" criteria). Allow me to describe it, before you all start laughing. <grin>
This idea is borrowed with permission from a tournament that flexmaster33 is currently running based on a track meet. I was considering running a regular tournament in this format, but I got to thinking...this sort of a tournament lends itself perfectly to the way the clans are set up.
Essentially, each clan would be a "track team" for the track meet, and different events would match up with different maps (some events actually encompass more than one map and some events are team events (relays), though most will not be. Just as with real-life track teams, some clans are larger than others.
Each clan member is limited to, at most, four events (fewer is ok too). As well, any participant in the decathlon event is ineligible for any other events in this tournament. For that reason, this tournament should not add any significant burden to a clan member's number of active games. The clan's "event lineup" would be passed to me by the clan leader (though hopefully after some consultation with their clan members) and off we will go. Clan leaders are, of course, eligible to participate.
I believe this format allows room for the map specialists in your memberships to partake, as well as those who are more diverse in their skills.
I have decided that I WILL have a premium prize for this tournament, provided I get enough interest for me to run it. I will be donating ONE (and only one) full-year premium prize to the clan that wins the track meet. The clan leader will have full authority over who which of his clanmembers will receive that prize (he can decide in any manner he chooses to). My only requirement is that it not be the clanleader themselves who takes the premium prize (a good leader looks after his troops!).
So...talk it out with your clanmembers, and let me know what you think in this thread. Feel free to ask questions. Thanks!
I sent a PM to all of the clan leaders, but at that time, I did not have the idea thoroughly fleshed out with the specifics for all of the events (there will be 21 of them). However, I now have this for everyone to look at.
Clan Leaders, please respond in this thread even if you already responded to my PM previously.
I have reserved the next boatload of posts in this thread, so that each event is highlighted in its own post to help everyone distinguish the various events a bit better. I will leave the general rules here in this initial post.
There is no premium requirement, as I will closely follow every event and so can then ensure the freemium athletes are directed to their next starting position for their event, as necessary, as they finish each game. All I ask is that they reserve one game-slot for each event they are entered in, so as to keep things moving at a reasonable pace.
An athlete may only be allowed to enter a maximum of four events OR the decathlon. If an athlete participates in the decathlon, they are ineligible for all other events. An athlete may, of course, enter as few as one event.
It is not a requirement for a team to place an athlete in every event (though I do suggest that you do, for possible scoring purposes).
As per normal ConquerClub rules, truces in-game are perfectly allowable (this is part of the game, after all). However, all such working-together must be in the public game-chat. Any secret diplomacy (even among teammates) regarding the conduct of a specific game could result in a medal ban for those athletes for illegal steroid use. DON’T USE DRUGS!
Because clan members will be seriously interested in aiding one another (due to the team scoring method), I will make every effort to ensure (as much as I can) that clanmates will not be in the same groupings together until the Finals of their events (at which point it is obviously impossible to avoid). Yes, I am stating that clanmates can aid one another, AS LONG AS IT’S IN THE GAME CHAT. Of course, that also means they’ll probably get ganged up on if they do, so it’s a double-edged sword.
ALL EVENTS ARE SEQUENTIAL FORMAT ONLY!
EVENT START ORDER
Decathlon
10,000m Run
400m Relay
1600m Relay
400m Run
5,000m Run
3000m Steeplechase
1500m Run
100m Dash
Pole Vault
Discus
Long Jump
400m Hurdles
200m Dash
High Jump
Hammer Throw
100m Hurdles
800m Run
Triple Jump
Shot Put
Javelin
