Ever Decreasing Circles II [Winner: soccerghost]
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 9:16 pm
Ever Decreasing Circles is back, and it's bigger and better than before!
EDIT: This tournament has filled unexpectedly quickly. Please head over to the identical Ever Decreasing Circles III to sign up: viewtopic.php?f=90&t=135864
Premiums only please, with 97%+ attendance.
This tournament will be played on the smallest maps on CC - each map being smaller than the last!
In the Preliminary Stages there will be 18 mini-tournaments (each with only 3 games) - the winner of each mini-tournament will go through to the Final Stages. 3 of these mini-tournaments will be played at a time so that this stage does not drag on for too long.
Settings:
Standard
Sequential
Escalating
Unlimited
Sunny
Preliminary Stages
Each mini-tournament will follow this plan:
24 players play 1 game - 4-player - winner moves on
6 players play 1 game - 3-player - winner moves on
2 players play 1 game - 1v1 - winner goes through to Final Stages
Here is the order of maps (1 for each mini-tournament):
[spoiler=MAPS]Map 1 - Austerlitz
Map 2 - Greenland
Map 3 - Halloween Hollows
Map 4 - Netherlands
Map 5 - USA New England
Map 6 - Ireland
Map 7 - USA South West
Map 8 - Indochina
Map 9 - Circus Maximus
Map 10 - Haiti
Map 11 - Egypt: Nubia
Map 12 - Greater China
Map 13 - Cyprus
Map 14 - Egypt: Upper
Map 15 - Duck and Cover
Map 16 - Madagascar
Map 17 - USA West
Map 18 - Egypt: Lower[/spoiler]
Final Stages
The 18 winners of the mini-tournaments will play in the Final Stages - if a player has won two or three mini-tournaments they will have two or three chances in this stage! If they have won more than 3, runners-up will play-off for the remaining spaces.
The Final Stages will be in 2 parts - the Luxembourg Stage and the Doodle Earth Stage.
Luxembourg Stage
18 players play 1 game - 6-player - winners through to Doodle Earth Stage
15 losers play 1 game - 5-player - winners through to Doodle Earth Stage
12 losers play 1 game - 4-player - winners through to Doodle Earth Stage
9 losers play 1 game - 3-player - winners through to Doodle Earth Stage
Doodle Earth Stage
The 12 winners from the Luxembourg Stage will play:
12 players play 1 game - 3-player - winners through to Bracket
8 losers play 1 game - 2-player - winners through to Bracket
Bracket (Also on Doodle Earth)
Quarter Finals - 8 players - 1v1 - Best of 3
Semi Finals - 4 players - 1v1 - Best of 5
Grand Final - 2 players - 1v1 - Best of 9
EDIT: This tournament has filled unexpectedly quickly. Please head over to the identical Ever Decreasing Circles III to sign up: viewtopic.php?f=90&t=135864
Premiums only please, with 97%+ attendance.
This tournament will be played on the smallest maps on CC - each map being smaller than the last!
In the Preliminary Stages there will be 18 mini-tournaments (each with only 3 games) - the winner of each mini-tournament will go through to the Final Stages. 3 of these mini-tournaments will be played at a time so that this stage does not drag on for too long.
Settings:
Standard
Sequential
Escalating
Unlimited
Sunny
Preliminary Stages
Each mini-tournament will follow this plan:
24 players play 1 game - 4-player - winner moves on
6 players play 1 game - 3-player - winner moves on
2 players play 1 game - 1v1 - winner goes through to Final Stages
Here is the order of maps (1 for each mini-tournament):
[spoiler=MAPS]Map 1 - Austerlitz
Map 2 - Greenland
Map 3 - Halloween Hollows
Map 4 - Netherlands
Map 5 - USA New England
Map 6 - Ireland
Map 7 - USA South West
Map 8 - Indochina
Map 9 - Circus Maximus
Map 10 - Haiti
Map 11 - Egypt: Nubia
Map 12 - Greater China
Map 13 - Cyprus
Map 14 - Egypt: Upper
Map 15 - Duck and Cover
Map 16 - Madagascar
Map 17 - USA West
Map 18 - Egypt: Lower[/spoiler]
Final Stages
The 18 winners of the mini-tournaments will play in the Final Stages - if a player has won two or three mini-tournaments they will have two or three chances in this stage! If they have won more than 3, runners-up will play-off for the remaining spaces.
The Final Stages will be in 2 parts - the Luxembourg Stage and the Doodle Earth Stage.
Luxembourg Stage
18 players play 1 game - 6-player - winners through to Doodle Earth Stage
15 losers play 1 game - 5-player - winners through to Doodle Earth Stage
12 losers play 1 game - 4-player - winners through to Doodle Earth Stage
9 losers play 1 game - 3-player - winners through to Doodle Earth Stage
Doodle Earth Stage
The 12 winners from the Luxembourg Stage will play:
12 players play 1 game - 3-player - winners through to Bracket
8 losers play 1 game - 2-player - winners through to Bracket
Bracket (Also on Doodle Earth)
Quarter Finals - 8 players - 1v1 - Best of 3
Semi Finals - 4 players - 1v1 - Best of 5
Grand Final - 2 players - 1v1 - Best of 9
