Ultimate Doubles Tournament [Round 4 starting]

nmhunate · Post by **nmhunate** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 4:50 pm

Name: This tournament will be called the Ultimate Doubles Tournament

Purpose: Conquer Club is a game of intense strategy and skill, but, like life and real-life warfare, is heavily impacted by the vagaries of fortune. Any one game can be decided by an unlikely dice roll or a favorable card distribution, so that often times lesser players are able to beat out even the best.

However, with a sufficient sample size, the best players and teams will distinguish themselves. With this in mind, we are creating this tournament with the goal of maximizing the impact of skill and strategy, while minimizing the influence of fortune. We have decided that the best way to do this is to create a tournament with a very limited number of teams (12), which will be called upon to play each other in a large sample of games.

We feel that the two teams that rise to the top of their respective divisions will be the best in the tournament, and the winner of their championship series will be respected as the best team.

Format: 12 doubles teams. The teams will be divided into two divisions of 6 teams. All games will be classic map, flat rate, sequential, unlimited.

Eligibility: All players are welcome. Since we will be playing three games at once it is recommended that you are a premium member.

Schedule: Each team will play each team in its own division 9 times, and each team in the other division 3 times. The games will be divided into 3-game series. Each game of the 3 game series will be played simultaneously. (For example, team x plays team y in a series of three games, and all three games are played at the same time. Each series must be completed within 1 week.) Each team, accordingly, will play 63 games.

Team Names: Each team will be asked to choose a team name. This name can be any that both team members agree upon.

Alternates: Each team will be allowed to have one extra player to serve as an alternate to maximize efficiency and speed up the competition.

Championship: The team with the best record in each division qualifies for the league championship series. The two teams will play each other in a best of 9 championship series. The first team to win 5 games will be declared league champion. The championship series will begin the week following the end of the regular season, unless tiebreakers are needed to decide either of the divisional champions.

Tiebreakers: if two teams should finish the season with an identical record atop a division, a one-game playoff will be played to decide the divisional champion. That game must be completed within one week of the end of the regular season.

Either post here with you and your partner screen name and team name or pm nmhunate or gpellamjr

Here are the twelve teams that have signed on to join the tournament:

Augusti Caesares: nmhunate, gpellamjr
Dark Spidermen: night strike, spidey
Team Semp: evil semp, mrs semper
Bring it on: wild_tiger, lokisgal
Flashex: flashleg8, the1exile
Bonnie & Clyde: Haggard, Z00T
BEERSCHOT: Demon666, tonyke
No name 2: juzzyruz, Robert 24
The Schrutes: Wiggin, neufdog6117
Purple Cobras: djt5483, larry holland
Undercover Dominators: michiganfan22, el scorcho
LoD: rayray, paulmac

The divisions were chosen at 14:39 MST 02 July. I took the sum of the scores of each team and tried to balance each division average score as best I could. The divisions are within 5.75 points of each other. The divisions are as follows:

Division 1:
(11-1) Team Semp
(10-2) Undercover dominators
(7-5) Dark Spidermen
(4-8 ) Flashex
(3-9) Bonnie & Clyde
(1-11 ) The Schrutes

Division 2:
(9-3) Bring it on
(8-4) Augusti Caesares
(8-4) Purple cobras
(7-5) BEERSCHOT
(3-9) LoD
(1-11) No name 2

gpellamjr · Post by **gpellamjr** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 4:54 pm

As soon as we get tourney privileges this is what the first part of the schedule will look like.

Ultimate Doubles League Schedule

Divisional Play Round 1
Week 1:
Division 1 Games

The Schrutes vs. Dark Spidermen (603976)
The Schrutes vs. Dark Spidermen (603977)
The Schrutes vs. Dark Spidermen (603979)
Undercover Dominators vs. Flashex (603980)
Undercover Dominators vs. Flashex (603981)
Undercover Dominators vs. Flashex (603982)
Team Semp vs. Bonnie & Clyde (603983)
Team Semp vs. Bonnie & Clyde (603984)
Team Semp vs. Bonnie & Clyde (603985)

Division 2 Games

Beerschot vs. LoD (603986)
Beerschot vs. LoD (603988)
Beerschot vs. LoD (603989)
Augusti Caesares vs. Purple Cobras (603990)
Augusti Caesares vs. Purple Cobras (603992)
Augusti Caesares vs. Purple Cobras (603993)
No Name 2 vs. Bring It On (603994)
No Name 2 vs. Bring It On (603995)
No Name 2 vs. Bring It On (603996)

Week 2:
Division 1 Games

Bonnie & Clyde vs. Dark Spidermen (642620)
Bonnie & Clyde vs. Dark Spidermen (642623)
Bonnie & Clyde vs. Dark Spidermen (642624)
Undercover Dominators vs. The Schrutes (642626)
Undercover Dominators vs. The Schrutes (642627)
Undercover Dominators vs. The Schrutes (642629)
Flashex vs. Team Semp (642632)
Flashex vs. Team Semp (642633)
Flashex vs. Team Semp (642634)

Division 2 Games

Bring It On vs. LoD (642652)
Bring It On vs. LoD (642653)
Bring It On vs. LoD (642654)
Augusti Caesares vs. Beerschot (642618)
Augusti Caesares vs. Beerschot (642628)
Augusti Caesares vs. Beerschot (642630)
Purple Cobras vs. No Name 2 (642655)
Purple Cobras vs. No Name 2 (642656)
Purple Cobras vs. No Name 2 (642658)

Week 3:
Division 1 Games

Team Semp vs. Undercover Dominators (681858)
Team Semp vs. Undercover Dominators (681859)
Team Semp vs. Undercover Dominators (681860)
Dark Spidermen vs. Flashex (681861)
Dark Spidermen vs. Flashex (681864)
Dark Spidermen vs. Flashex (681866)
Bonnie & Clyde vs. The Schrutes (681868)
Bonnie & Clyde vs. The Schrutes (681871)
Bonnie & Clyde vs. The Schrutes (681872)

Division 2 Games

LoD vs. Augusti Caesares (681873)
LoD vs. Augusti Caesares (681875)
LoD vs. Augusti Caesares (681877)
Beerschot vs. Purple Cobras (681878)
Beerschot vs. Purple Cobras (681879)
Beerschot vs. Purple Cobras (681880)
No Name 2 vs. Bring It On (681881)
No Name 2 vs. Bring It On (681883)
No Name 2 vs. Bring It On (681885)

Week 4:
Division 1 Games

Team Semp vs. Dark Spidermen (708495)
Team Semp vs. Dark Spidermen (708496)
Team Semp vs. Dark Spidermen (708497)
Bonnie & Clyde vs. Flashex (708498 )
Bonnie & Clyde vs. Flashex (708499)
Bonnie & Clyde vs. Flashex (708501)
Undercover Dominators vs. The Schrutes (708502)
Undercover Dominators vs. The Schrutes (708503)
Undercover Dominators vs. The Schrutes (708504)

Division 2 Games

Beerschot vs. No Name 2 (708506)
Beerschot vs. No Name 2 (708507)
Beerschot vs. No Name 2 (708509)
LoD vs. Purple Cobras (708511)
LoD vs. Purple Cobras (708514)
LoD vs. Purple Cobras(708515)
Bring It On vs. Augusti Caesares (708516)
Bring It On vs. Augusti Caesares (708517)
Bring It On vs. Augusti Caesares (708518 )

Week 5:
Division 1 Games

Undercover Dominators vs. Bonnie & Clyde (779162)
Undercover Dominators vs. Bonnie & Clyde (779163)
Undercover Dominators vs. Bonnie & Clyde (779165)
Team Semp vs. The Schrutes (779166)
Team Semp vs. The Schrutes (779167)
Team Semp vs. The Schrutes (779168 )
Flashex vs. Dark Spidermen (779169)
Flashex vs. Dark Spidermen (779170)
Flashex vs. Dark Spidermen (779172)

Division 2 Games

No Name 2 vs. LoD (779173)
No Name 2 vs. LoD (779175)
No Name 2 vs. LoD (779176)
Beerschot vs. Bring It On (779177)
Beerschot vs. Bring It On (779180)
Beerschot vs. Bring It On (779181)
Augusti Caesares vs. Purple Cobras (779182)
Augusti Caesares vs. Purple Cobras (779184)
Augusti Caesares vs. Purple Cobras (779185)

Night Strike · Post by **Night Strike** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 4:55 pm

I'll play. I think Spidey will be on my team: I'm waiting for a PM confirmation from him. I don't know a team name yet.

gpellamjr · Post by **gpellamjr** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 4:57 pm

Great, Night Strike! Just let us know when you have your stuff finalized.

Greg

lokisgal · Post by **lokisgal** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 9:29 pm

I"m in I will add my partners name later

Night Strike · Post by **Night Strike** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:25 pm

Ok, spidey will play on my team (although he's not available to start games until Monday). Our name will be Dark Spidermen. I may or may not find an alternate.

Post by **Evil Semp** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:38 pm

Team Semp will play.

Evil Semp and Mrs Semper

flashleg8 · Post by **flashleg8** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 7:18 am

Interested, I'll see if my team mate wants to play.

Wild_Tiger · Post by **Wild_Tiger** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:35 am

Wild_Tiger / Lokisgal
Team: BRING IT ON!

flashleg8 · Post by **flashleg8** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 1:46 pm

flashleg8 wrote:Interested, I'll see if my team mate wants to play.

Sign up flashleg8 and the1exile...
Team name to follow.

(when we decide on one!)

Night Strike · Post by **Night Strike** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 2:39 pm

Oops, I meant to leave the Dark in our name so it would end up as Dark Spidermen.

gpellamjr · Post by **gpellamjr** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 2:46 pm

Got ya there, Night Strike. :wink:

Jeronimo · Post by **Jeronimo** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 2:51 pm

Any1 likes to play with me if they don't have a teammate yet?

Z00T · Post by **Z00T** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 4:15 pm

hi,

Haggard & Z00T

team; Bonnie & Clyde

Z00T · Post by **Z00T** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 4:23 pm

sorry, just a question ....

>>> Each series must be completed within 1 week .... <<<

given the time difference between teams (us teams on gmt-6, european teams on gmt+1, etc.) chances are big each turn will take between 2 or 3 days ..
in a week that would mean just 2 or 3 turns at most ....

quite optimistic to think each game will finish within 3 turns ...

or do you only mean that each team must have joined his games within a week ??

gpellamjr · Post by **gpellamjr** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 5:15 pm

Well, it's important that we keep a rythm. It's not like we're going to say that you forfeit if you don't finish your game in time. I just want people to play as quickly as possible. If you don't think you can keep up, then you shouldn't join. I understand that some games will go long, but I will be optimistic for the time being.

Greg

djt5483 · Post by **djt5483** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 5:32 pm

i want in...my partner will probably be larry holland but if he dont wanna play ill just get someone else

Z00T · Post by **Z00T** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 5:37 pm

sorry, i never said i can't play ...

but i don't expect people to get up at 3 in the morning to play, as i will not get up in the middle of the night to play ...

the last tournament we have played we had 15 games simultaneous, so as to keep up 3 games .....

but still that is not the answer to the question ... i think you should change the >>completed<< into joined, and either mention a 'reasonable' duration to call a game a draw or just let all games go to an end.

i'm not trying to interfer with your organization of the game, just trying to avoid 'problems' before the occur :wink:

Demon666 · Post by **Demon666** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 6:23 pm

i'm in with tonyke

djt5483 · Post by **djt5483** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 6:57 pm

i would say instead of a time period for games to finish just make it a certain number of rounds and if its not over but then just call it a draw

gpellamjr · Post by **gpellamjr** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 7:05 pm

What? Are you from Europe? We don't do draws in the US of A!

Just kidding.

For now I'd prefer to have a winner for each game.

It's not a big deal really. Like I said before, the priority is to see to it that everyone plays their games as quickly as they can.

Greg

djt5483 · Post by **djt5483** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 7:26 pm

theres a tie in football like once every 10 years lol

juzzyruz · Post by **juzzyruz** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 4:11 pm

I'm in with Robert 24

gpellamjr · Post by **gpellamjr** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 4:20 pm

Do you have a team name?

Wiggin · Post by **Wiggin** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 4:45 pm

i want in, my partner will probably be neufdog6117, i just have to get confirmation, i will give a team name when i post my confirmation