2nd 1v1 Clan Challenge [Congrats EMPIRE!] MVP: pconnolly365

[IcePack]

The original idea from barterer2002, he has given me permission to run the 2nd edition of the clan event.
EMPIRE won the inaugural event!

The original intent here is to have fun and show depth and breadth of clans so its intended to not have "specialist" dominating the challenges per se with a fun quick bracket tournament.

SIGN UP DEADLINE JULY 29!
START DATE: Sept 1!

format

A minimum of 8 clans will be used, I will take as many as sign up (depending on the number there may be a play in round).
All games will be 1v1. Each clan will have 20 home game series with a 41st game series played on Classic (auto seq no spoil, chained, sunny, no trench). Each game series will be a best of 5 series with identical maps and settings in all 5 games.
Clan Rep's will create the games and invite players.

map and settings restrictions

For purposes of this event there will be no freestyle, manual or trench settings.
Unlimited forts will be allowed on certain (primarily single start) maps only (Feudal War, Feudal Epic, AOR1, AOR2, AOR3, Galapagos, Jamaica, New World, Lunar War, Poker Club, Monsters, Arms Race, City Mogul, Peloponnesian War, Das Schloss, Route 66, Treasures of Galapagos, WWII Poland, Clandemonium, King's Court, Baseball, Woodboro) (please let me know if I've missed any)
Beta maps will not be allowed. Beta Maps: 1982, Africa II, Dark Continent, Eurasia, Eurasia Mini, Island of Doom, Kings Court II, Knights, Portland, Rail Asia, Salems Switch, Trench Warfare
FOG OF WAR RULE is to be determined between the clans playing (default is NO FOW RULE).

player restrictions

The purpose here is to show the depth of a clan rather than merely that there are 1 or 2 stud 1v1 players in it. With this in mind, each clan must provide at least 12 different participants with each participant taking a maximum of 4 series out of the 40. 41st Game series will NOT count towards a players game series total.

map usage

Each clan may use the same map only twice in its home set and may not use Classic more than once (since it will also be used for the 41st game). If a map is repeated within the rules the players must be different in each series. Random can be used and does not count toward map totals.

Timeframe

1v1 games are relatively quick in nature so the schedule will go Week 1 Monday will have Clan 1 (higher seeded clan) create and send all games to Clan 2. Clan 1 must be in their home games by Tuesday. Clan 2 must be in their away games by Thursday. Week 2 will be the Classic neutral game only, Clan 1 creating and joining by Tuesday and Clan 2 joining by Thursday Week 3 will see Clan 2 creating all their home games and sending them to Clan 1 on Monday with all joined by Tuesday and Clan 1 joining all games by Thursday.

seeding

Prior to the start, one representative of each of the clans will send in a seeding chart of all other clans (not including their own). If the organizer finds any of the seeding lists unreasonable he will send such list to 3 other clan reps and if 2 out of 3 find it unreasonable that seeding list will be discarded. Depending on the numbers there may be first round byes.

timing

Sign Ups End: July 29
PM to Leaders for Seeding votes: July 29-August 5th
Score Tabulated/ Bracket created: Aug 6-10th
Prediction Entries Accepted: Aug 10-31st
Clan Planning time given: Aug 10-31st (3 Weeks should be plenty of time to plan vs first opponent)
Start Date: Sept 1
First Games Sent: Mon Sept 3rd

reporting

Each clan shall set up a page in the clan forums detailing the clan war and when one or the other wins their 21st set (must be over, not merely not in doubt) send me a PM with the results.

Other Info and Penalties

Clans may negotiate settings outside the "general" settings for their specific wars.
No "fog of war" rule breaches will be remade. Site rules for timing out, missing turns etc apply.
Penalties:
Escalating Scale for Penalties (wrong settings, not enough players used, and player exceed maximums) Games to be Corrected and:
1st - Warning and Game Remade
2nd - Game Remade w/ 1 of 5 games scored for the opposition
3rd - Game Remade w/ 2 of 5 games scored for the opposition
4th - New Clan Contact and Forfeiture of the 5 Game Series
All future - Forfeits

Freemium Policy

I think a good rule to go by is one "series" per freemium, per round. But they need to play enough keeps / keep slots open enough that it doesn't hold up the round.

If it begins to be a problem for any clan / individual the clan / individual maybe asked to limit that players involvement or open more slots etc.

All other issues not listed here will be decided at my discretion, and if a conflict of interest occurs a CD will be consulted.

To sign up I'll need your clan name, primary contact and secondary contact. If you'd like to list the players you may but it will not be necessary.

[IcePack]

Clan Sign Ups

1. OSA - benga (TBD)
2. HH - keefie (TBD)
3. TNC - Epitaph1 (TheCrown)
4. the Fallen - IcePack (aad0906)
5. EMP - lord voldemort (TBD)
6. KORT - JaneAustin - ManB (Bruceswar/denthefrog)
7. MD - deantursx (ViperOverlord)
8. TFFS - patrickaa317 (shoop76)
9. ++LEG++ - chemefreak (TBD)
10. TOFU - TBD (CoF) Dropped
11. MB - Bragsie (TBD)
12. AKA - razorvich (TBD)
13. ID - Ishihara (TBD)
14. RotS - NoSurvivors (TBD)
15. FOED - uckuki (TBD)
16. Knights Templar - DaveH (TBD)
17. WAR - gradybridges (TBD)
18. 1RFG - General Brock II (TBD)

[IcePack]

Bracket & Predictions Here:

http://challonge.com/1vs1clan

[IcePack]

Results of Scoring for Seeding:

Here are the results of scoring:
Rank: Clan: Avg: Median: Mode: Range

1. KORT (1.38; 1; 1; Range 1-3)
2. EMP (1.75; 2; 2; Range 1-2)
3. FOED (3.50; 3; 3; Range 1-10)
4. ID (4.69; 4; 4; Range 4-11)
5. TNC (6.75; 6; 6; Range 3-12)
6. WAR (7.25; 7; 7; Range 3-12)
7. MD (7.56; 6.5; 4; Range 4-15)
8. LEG (7.88; 9; 10; Range 3-10)
9. OSA (8.19; 8; 7; Range 4-12)
10. FALL (8.56; 8; 8; Range 4-16)
11. TFFS (9.38; 10; 11; Range 4-13)
12. HH (9.63; 10; 12; Range 6-14)
13. 1RFG (10.94; 12; 12; Range 5-13)
14. AKA (12.63; 13; 13; Range 9-14)
15. MB (14.38; 14; 14; Range 12-15)
16. RotS (14.63; 15; 15; Range 12-16)
17. KT (15.44; 16; 16; Range 11-16) Out in Play-in
18. FOED Dropped

[benga]

osa in

[SaviorShot]

I will try an convince WAR to join!

[IcePack]

Update: Random can be used and doesn't count towards map total(s).

[Keefie]

HH in

[TheCrown]

TNC is in.

[IcePack]

The Fallen will also participate

[lord voldemort]

We will defend our title

[IcePack]

Excellent! Updated

[uckuki]

hi Ice

many clans have people who go to school and are hesitant to take on heavy game loads in August.
can you set up the timeline so the competition starts in early September?

[Leehar]

hi Ice

many clans have people who go to school and are hesitant to take on heavy game loads in August.
can you set up the timeline so the competition starts in early September?

As last years finalists alongside us, you could quite feasibly get a bye as one of the top seeds?

[denthefrog]

KoRT will play too
contact to be decided

[IcePack]

hi Ice

many clans have people who go to school and are hesitant to take on heavy game loads in August.
can you set up the timeline so the competition starts in early September?

I'm flexible with start up. The original thought was starting sometime in early-mid of August.
Tho I agree w leehar, there are still play ins / byes to be considered so there may not be a need.
Ultimately people can comment here and if there is strong support for Sept 1 and not an August date I can work with that.

Please vote on timing.

IcePack

[IcePack]

PS - once all sign ups occur, I will also include a prediction chart from challonge for everyone to enjoy participating in (if interested).

IcePack

[deantursx]

Manifest Destiny is in...I'll be the contact

[patrickaa317]

The best of 5 series, does that have to include the same player in all five of the games?

And I'm checking with my fellow fourskins to see if we will be in.

[IcePack]

The best of 5 series, does that have to include the same player in all five of the games?

And I'm checking with my fellow fourskins to see if we will be in.

Yes. 20 home maps, best of 5 for each map. One player plays the entire best of 5.
IE: IcePack Classic ESC ch sun (best of 5)
Patrickaa Lux flat rate ch sun (best of 5)
Etc

[Razorvich]

AKA are interested...checking with the clan..will report back in 48hrs

[IcePack]

7 clans signs up with 2 possibles so far.

We also have a tie essentially right now for the start dates.

Let me know (even if via PM) if ur considering this event

IcePack

[Leehar]

7 clans signs up with 2 possibles so far.

We also have a tie essentially right now for the start dates.

Let me know (even if via PM) if ur considering this event

IcePack

Did you send a pm call-out to all the competitors from the previous iteration?

Also, feel free to use the article by Bart since he's handed over the reigns to the tourney to you.

1v1 Clan Challenge by Barterer2002 (G1)

Spoiler

As long as clan wars have been around there has been a conflict about the inclusion of 1v1 games in the batches. Many clan matches have included only team games while some have had one or two "best of" 1v1 series. With the recent addition of clan medals and the announcement that any series that included a 1v1 series would not be eligible for a clan medal the debate came up again.

As the debate raged in the clan medal thread last December it sparked an idea in my twisted head to do a 1v1 clan challenge. And so I broached the idea in Generation One to garner interest. The goal, from my perspective, was to have a wide support so I wanted at least 12 members playing and to do it without relying upon any one player's special map. There was some debate within G1 as to whether a 1v1 clan challenge was something we were interested in but there was enough interest to pursue it. We were, however, just beginning another challenge so I tabled it for a month while that one ran.

At the beginning of Feb then I posted that G1 would be interested in a 1v1 clan challenge. As I posted it I didn't know if there would be any takers. There are certainly some who feel that 1v1 has no place in clan wars and would resist and for all I knew, every clan would feel that way. I was hoping to have one clan interested in trying it. Instead, I heard from 5 that first day. Since I run tournaments, with a little encouragement I was convinced to run the 1v1 tournament among the clans. We had 6 that had expressed at least some interest and I PMed the other clans that I could find listed in the CC thread to drum up a little more. Some weren't able to drum up enough support within their clans to participate but we ended up with 12 clans participating.

I'm pleasantly surprised to have had that many participants in the first edition of the 1v1 clan challenge. As scottp notes "I think most of the guys in The Legion started out as good singles players before joining a clan, so it's good to exercise those abilities in a team format (like a college track or wrestling meet - you compete as an individual but win as a team)."

Mudpuppy notes "Personally, I am a huge 1v1 fan. When I first joined the clan world I was disappointed to discover that heads up games were widely shunned." And even within clans: "As a clan, about half of the Dragoons were chomping at the bit to join while the other half showed little interest."

Overall I think its been a positive experience, hopefully one that we can repeat in the future.

[IcePack]

Leehar, I haven't yet but probably will send something out tonight if I get time.

Ice

[uckuki]

FOED is interested, though not sure if we'll have enough people to qualify.
August start will probably be mission impossible for us. if it's September we'd likely
have the requisite number (I'll recruit few people in the meantime).