I'm considering doing some d2jsp Starcraft tournaments and am looking for a base of how many people would be interested in participating. Assuming the number of people willing to partake is high, we can break down the tournament according to skill level. i.e.: bronze players vs bronze, silver vs silver, etc... I'm open to any ideas/suggestions!


Thanks,
-Mike

depends on prizes imo
also needs proper organization

I'm just getting a base as to how many people would be interested, prizes and whatnot can be arranged after we figure out how many people are actually willing to participate. No point in having logistics if we don't have anyone to apply them to. I agree with you though, once there's an idea as to how many people want to participate, we can start doing prize pools (either by donations or entry fees or both, assuming it's okay with paul). I've an idea as to how it'd work and whatnot so people aren't in a circlejerk waiting around. Thanks for the comment!

This post was edited by icedrag on Feb 10 2014 08:32am

Well i thought at least you had something to throw into the prize pool, just coming here organizing tournaments without any background won't lure anyone. Put up a prize and people will show up. There were and are tournaments going on here.

Tournaments work out well if you do it right.

I highly recommend a one day tournament, otherwise it's just a shit-fest.

Speaking from experience...

The best way to divide tournaments is to have two: one for players platinum and under, and one for players diamond and over.

Your tournaments either need to be a day long or a month long; either do everything in a single day (grueling) or give players a week per round so they can find time to play each other. I have had a lot of success with the lengthier model.

Do not be afraid to DQ people that do not show up to play their games. The reason most tournaments die is because the person running them is afraid to drop no-shows from the proceedings.

Come up with rules for deciding the starting map and subsequent maps (all rounds start on map x, loser picks from ladder maps?).

Let me know if you need help organizing, drafting the rules, or running the tournament.

A weekend long tournament. 2 days.
I could help and also would like to play.

< Silver, I'm available after 5 (mountain) standard week days and I'm generally available during the weekend.



Kind of sucks for metal though. You always get 2 plat players who are ex top diamond/master that just shit stomp the low leagues and walk away with the prize money. It's happened in every tourney I've played in.

This post was edited by jadeoshbogosh on Feb 10 2014 02:47pm

Bronze here, cause I haven't played in like 5 months... Do like a gold/ silver and under tourney

I'm always up for a small tournament. Unfortunately I can't really play during the weekend so that rules out most jsp tournaments...