database categories

[Dukasaur]

Maybe it's time for an overhaul of the database categories.

It struck me very odd that my new Polymorphic Trips tournament is listed as Triples rather than 1v1. Personally if I had to do one or the other I would have said "1v1". It is quite debatable which one it should be, but really neither one fits well. Polymorphic games require a whole new category that is neither quite team nor quite 1v1.

And, if we're going to add a new category for Polymorph, maybe now is the time to look at all the categories and see if there are any others that perhaps need to be modified?

[greenoaks]

Polymorph is 1 player vs 1 other player

[Dukasaur]

Polymorph is 1 player vs 1 other player

Yes, it is. But it plays like a team game, not like a standard 1v1. I think Polymorph should be a separate category that is neither of those.

But if nobody except me and you is discussing it, maybe it doesn't matter.

[DaveH]

Interesting debate, but it is 1 persons "strategy" versus another, therefore 1 vs 1.

[Night Strike]

Yep, it probably should be its own type. There are still standing requests for updating the system to have multiple tags per tournament as well as adding more descriptors, but I don't know where those stand in the priority lists.

[greenoaks]

Polymorph is 1 player vs 1 other player

Yes, it is. But it plays like a team game, not like a standard 1v1. I think Polymorph should be a separate category that is neither of those.

But if nobody except me and you is discussing it, maybe it doesn't matter.

i don't mind if it has it's own but right now 1v1 is the correct option, not Triples. atm someone who doesn't have 2 team mates is going to avoid entering your thread.

and i'm with NS on this, an overhaul is needed. i think it was discussed a year or two ago but didn't go anywhere. maybe 3 categories - Game Type, Play Order, Special Gameplay.

[blakebowling]

Yep, it probably should be its own type. There are still standing requests for updating the system to have multiple tags per tournament as well as adding more descriptors, but I don't know where those stand in the priority lists.

I can't promise that this will happen with the next few weeks. But I can tell you that we will be turning our focus towards tournaments soon.