]incam[ Tournament !

[kyle]

is there a page for ladle 26 yet?

no but it is always first Sunday of the month.

[sinewav]

and 8th october would be a wednesday, right?

Yeah, my bad. I meant to write 11 October. That just seems so far away. Then again, maybe some leftover Ladle enthusiasm will prod people into playing.

And there is no Ladle 26 page yet. I keep meaning to teach myself how to set up that page, but I'm in a lazy mood lately.

[epsy]

There is, thanks to pike.

[2020]

26th sounds good to me

i was going to start editing the blurb but don't know what server
and the whole set up is different as defined by rain
i also like the idea of calling it iTRON hehe

unless someone else takes the lead
i'll set it up over the weekend...
though i am not sure about the initial picking teams procedure because i can't remember experiencing it...

i'd like to use epsy's code
http://playfortress.wordpress.com/pickup/
and wonder if that's still working
and whether we need a specified server for it...

i really like the idea of the winners staying on...
and when a team gets beaten
it gets replaced by the next line of players who have listed themselves on the epsy server thing...
or i guess the spectators can be invited in

hmmm
someone else should do this...

[epsy]

Well I would gladly have it host incam fortress but there is 1/ a lack of servers 2/ a lack of players (and I'm really being optimistic with "lack")

[dreadlord]

did you ask Z-Man for servers yet? and durka and perhaps word or chrisgw ...

[sinewav]

Ok how about this: We schedule the iTRON tournament for 11 October. It will be a "everyone show up at this time here and we'll pick teams" kind of thing. We only need one 8v8 server running 0.3. THEN, we add...

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ROUND_CONSOLE_MESSAGE Join us this time next week in something-something server for the iTRON incam tournament. See something-something for details...

...to all the Ladle servers the on the previous weekend; you know, to promote it. Actually, I think Ladles are a great place to advertise future events. There are so many good ideas here. And since we RINCLUDE the Ladle settings, what's an extra line?

Tell me if I'm on to something. I'm a little buzzed right nao.

[dreadlord]

nah, imo it's nice, especially the idea to announce it on ladles ... there are many potential players who could join the tournament

[2020]

ok
11 october it is!

it's important that we get some choice in the team picking
either through epsy's protocol
or we use traditional team/clan sign ups
because otherwise
you could end up being in a team who just doesn't give a monkey's
and since it gets really intense
things could go go nuclear even faster than it does with standard competitions

[2020]

just played 2 hours fortress incam
most of it at point

what a rush
especially going down the centre grind
it's the closest you can get to feeling what it's like being a bullet
and at the end of it
nose to wall against the enemy

astounding experience

thanks again to zman and all the developers who have contributed to the code
and the player community for the high level of game play

this game is future-proof
we just need to think clever

[kyle]

so this is next week?
any specific server settings?
i can put up a few servers if anyone has some.

and where are the signups, and times?

[2020]

i've updated the stuff on the wiki
http://wiki.armagetronad.net/index.php? ... tition_Hub

the Sign Up page needs a lot of doing up
especially regarding which server we are playing on
http://wiki.armagetronad.net/index.php? ... On_The_Day

anyone care to specify the rules for determining who the captain is?
http://wiki.armagetronad.net/index.php?title=IFC/Rules

because i remember the first days of the ladle
it was always hell trying to talk to players while they are goofing around on the grid
so i think it would be nice to have team-captains agreed upon before the evening...
i suggest some kind of nomination here
1
we nominate some team-captains for the day
2
the number of captains will depend on the number of players on the day
eg a team captain per 8 players
so with less than or equal to 16 players in total
we have two captains
with less than or equal to 24 players in total
we have three captains
with less than or equal to 32 players in total
we have four captains etc
3
captains are enabled by order of nominated popularity here

i can't believe we will have more than 32 players
so the maximum number of captains we need to nominate is four

can we create a poll?
not sure how to set one up

happy to nominate

• sinewav
  kyle
  pike
  dreadlord

it's important that these peeps guarantee they are coming
and hence i have nominally chosen those who have been active in setting this baby up
(i'd like to include epsy just because i'd like to use his protocol somehow
but i am not sure how as yet : )

[sinewav]

We can always use an IRC bot to randomize captains. Heh, I think captains are the least of our worries... getting people to show up is the big hurdle.

Thanks for taking the initiative on this i2020.

[Cosmic Dolphin]

Should we put our names on the sign up page somewhere or is it still just show up???

[kyle]

i'm not so sure i can play then, but maybe make a the signup list say whether they would like to be a team captain or not. then randomize those. those players should all be able to use IRC and meet in #armagetron.tourneys Saturday before the competition lets say at 19 GMT when they are picked through a randomizer and then they can choose their players from there.