LMS Tourney

[ItzAcid]

/me returns to the topic and enters the tournament. Hope it goes well

[Z-Man]

Hmm, teams? I thought this was an individual thing. Anyway, putting my name in the hat of freely available players. Note: I suck, and that is unlikely to change much even with practice.

[LucK]

Yea I was in lazy copy/paste mode at the time. I forgot I hadn't done the wiki yet so I just rushed through it.

[Lackadaisical]

So is this going to be 1v1 or will it have more people per match?

[Phytotron]

"Position Statement":

My problem with this is isn't the what, but the who and the why. I don't really have a problem with the general concept of someone running an (inaccurately titled) "LMS" tourney using Shrunkland settings. If that person is halfway decent, in generally good standing, and doesn't get at least half his entertainment in this game from "messing with" [i.e., trolling, flaming, harassing, irritating—insert whatever term you want here so as to avoid silly semantic excuses] people on an ongoing basis. And if that person's motivations for making the tournament are honest and good-natured. That is not the case here.

Luck came up with this within 4 hours of the thread I made stating my disapproval of those clan kids "cloning" Shrunkland. In fact, I believe I recall seeing him in their server during that intervening period. And it's well established that he has been [again, insert what you like: poking, prodding, pestering, provoking, antagonising—dang, broke the alliteration] me for months now. And this includes misusing these competitions as a medium for it, as in the previous case of his petty "Team Phytotron" gag. This thing is, as I see it, obviously yet another antagonistic act on his part.

So, in my view, anyone who chooses to participate in this is condoning and willingly acting as a pawn in this troll of his. Moreover, for those of you who regularly participate in these competitions, one might characterise this as an abuse and fouling of the integrity of such events, which surely shouldn't be used to take out someone's personal vendetta—if anyone cares about that sort of thing.

[compguygene]

Hmm, teams? I thought this was an individual thing. Anyway, putting my name in the hat of freely available players. Note: I suck, and that is unlikely to change much even with practice.

Hmm, this is too tempting. I rather suck at times as well. Could be fun to be on a team with Z-man! Barring an unforeseen scheduling conflict, I might just play in this for the fun of it!

[LucK]

Hmm, teams? I thought this was an individual thing. Anyway, putting my name in the hat of freely available players. Note: I suck, and that is unlikely to change much even with practice.

Hmm, this is too tempting. I rather suck at times as well. Could be fun to be on a team with Z-man! Barring an unforeseen scheduling conflict, I might just play in this for the fun of it!

Sorry it was an error on my part it's not team. Ok here is how I see it in my head. Since this is only a trial I want 8 players. Each server is made up of 4 players matches go to 20 and the first 2 players t reach 20 from each server move on to the final round.

I mean I want to find the best way to do this so if anyone has any suggestions on what to try after this one it is much appreciated.

[Z-Man]

Phytotron: I understand the personal concerns. However, my point of view is this: Either a something is a good idea or it isn't. If it isn't, well, we should scrap it. If it is, it deserves support. If we don't help make this one happen, who will step up to organize the next attempt, and when? Sure, you can see it as a provocation, but I prefer to see it as a chance to make something good happen.

LucK: the mode sounds good to me. I suppose the first one to reach 20 will leave and then a new match is started, just like in the TSTs?

[LucK]

Yes that's right.

[gawdzilla]

I signed up, this looks like a quality tournament LOL.

[LucK]

Cool. We need 3 more players.