Help with Creating a Standard Single Player World Cup

[Teflon Kris]

How about creating a single-player World-Cup tournament?

The winner would be World Champion!

Just an idea that I would need help with - a lot of help!

Single player, standard format. As entry is for all players (not just premium) , it would be the 24-hour round format.

When you read below you'll realise that the whole competition would take some time, probably like the World Cup of Football (or that other word horrible some people call it). Perhaps an annual event that could build-up each year in numbers, if it gets off the ground.

It begins with Continent stages - players play several games against opponents within their continent (eg. North America, Europe), on that continent's map.

Then is the 'World Cup Finals' stage - with the best performing players from each continent moving on to play a series of games on International Maps (e.g. World 2.1). After a couple of games, players move on to best of three knock-out rounds, up to a final.

If it proves popular, games could all be 4-player+?

No doubt there will be lots of entries from North American players, plenty from Europe and limited numbers from elsewhere? In that case, the number of players qualifying from each continent could be proportionate to entries.

This might look something like this:

North America
40 North American players each play a number of 4-player games on a North American map. Players are divided into groups of ten and games arranged so they play the other 9 players in their group once or twice. In each game, players score 3 for a win, two for a second and 1 for third (0 for first eliminated). The top four players from each group (on points) - therefore the best 16 performing players - qualify for the Finals stage. Alternatively, North American administrators may prefer to regionalise further and/or have 'conferences' in the style of the NFL/AFC etc.

Europe
27 European players, in 3 groups of 9, each play a number of 4-player games on a Europe map. Players are divided into groups of nine and games arranged so they play the other 8 players in their group once or twice. In each game, players score 3 for a win, two for a second and 1 for third (0 for first eliminated). The top three players from each group (on points) - therefore the best 9 performing players - qualify for the Finals stage.

Asia & Oceania
18 Asian players each play a number of 4-player games in three groups of 6, on Asia and Australia maps. In each game, players score 3 for a win, two for a second and 1 for third (0 for first eliminated). The top two from each group go through to another group of 6. The top four players then qualify for the Finals stage.

South & Central America & Africa
12 South & Central American and African players, in two groups of 5, each play a number of 4-player games on Carribean, Central America and Africa maps. Games are arranged so they play the other 7 players in their group once or twice. In each game, players score 3 for a win, two for a second and 1 for third (0 for first eliminated). The top three from each group go through to another group of 6. The top three players then qualify for the Finals stage.

Finals Stage
32 players would have qualified. They could be mixed up into 4 groups of 8, again 4-player games, this time on a World Map. Top four (on points) from each group could move on to the next stage. This would be best-of-three 4-player games against players from other groups. The best two players from each best-of-three match could move on to best-of-five semi-finals, again best two players moving on to best-of-seven final match.

Finer Details
1. Players from other parts of the World not specified (e.g. Carribean, Mexico) would play in the most appropraite continent group needing players (e.g. South America).

2. Game conditions (e.g. sequential/freestyle no spoils/normal spoils/escalating fog of war) could be randomly determined to attract more players and make the tournament a competition for versatile players.

3. The continental group stages would not be a competition in their own right - they could be organised seperately (e.g. Freestyle King of Europe / North American Leader). In the World Championship, continents would have a number of qualifying players but no outright continental. Just one winner, the Worl Champion.

[Teflon Kris]

Please note that the 'Freestyle King of Europe' tournament is entirely seperate to this tournament. It will provide valuable insights and has shown there is a market for a World Cup however.

Hopefully someone may run similar seperate tournaments for other continents to 'test the water'. The 'North American Leader' tournament is, perhaps, a good example.

[Night Strike]

I'm going to move this into the Tournament General Info forum for you to get some input on design, and then you can start a new thread for it when you're ready.

[Stephan Wayne]

when ever you get the details worked out id like to play

[Optimus Prime]

Go have a chat with amazzony and MarVal, they just recently completed work on a tournament that followed the World Cup pretty much exactly if I remember right. It was a singles tournament and involved a lot of work.

They can probably give you some pretty good tips.

[Teflon Kris]

Cheers

Would continental tournaments be a allowed, with only players entering from that continent (or surroundings)?

Then, would it be possible to hold the finals tournament, with only players qualifying from the continents tournaments?

If the answers were yes to both, it would make administration much easier as different people could run each tournament - e.g. North Americans may wish their tournament to be in a different format such as American Football style with conferences rather than groups. Europeans may wish their tournament to be like the UEFA Champions League with group stages then knock-out rounds.

I'll speak to the guys suggested.

Many thanks

[samuelc812]

Cheers

Would continental tournaments be a allowed, with only players entering from that continent (or surroundings)?

Yes this is possible

Then, would it be possible to hold the finals tournament, with only players qualifying from the continents tournaments?

You can but a medal will only be awarded for Finals Tournament

If the answers were yes to both, it would make administration much easier as different people could run each tournament - e.g. North Americans may wish their tournament to be in a different format such as American Football style with conferences rather than groups. Europeans may wish their tournament to be like the UEFA Champions League with group stages then knock-out rounds.

I'll speak to the guys suggested.

Many thanks

[Teflon Kris]

OK.

Any volunteers to administer the continental group stages?

[ciancama]

I'm in...european player

[MOB]

I AM IN EUROPEAN WITH FRANCE

[Night Strike]

If you all want to sign up for his tournament, he's looking for reserves, but the tournament is now in the Ongoing forum. This thread is not for signing up to play.

[player]MOB[/player], your signatures is WAY too big. Please reduce it.

[Teflon Kris]

This Tournament is not up-and-running yet.

Currently there is a Freestyle King of Europe tournament in the Ongoing forum.

That tournament is seperate, not the qualifying group for the World Championship.

[acores2005]

I'm in...european player

[Sionach]

I'll give it a go for Europe.

[blakebowling]

If you all want to sign up for his tournament, he's looking for reserves, but the tournament is now in the Ongoing forum. This thread is not for signing up to play.

[Night Strike]

I'm in...european player

I'll give it a go for Europe.