I was just advised that giving a nice tick as a prize could violate the terms of use / rules. I've not checked myself, though someone should probably do so eventually.

Another suggestion was to try and get a GM to supervise the tournament (think Phreak casting LoL tournaments type of thing).

Awesome! The rules sound fine. I think bragging rights are enough.
Hopefully RAGE will be able to fill a 16 man.

i think 8v8 is good. 16v16 is a bit too much .

yea 8-12 would probably be easier to get more groups in, and no siege

6v6 is the format we've been theorycrafting around and playing with. We've had a few 6v6 with Vice, Decibel and GoS. I'd say it is the best size to prevent the instant vaporization of players that you would be getting in higher group sizes.

The best pvp squads i know cant even fill 2 groups.

zergligns vs zerglings.. for the swarm!

What happens if there are two teams from the same faction who beat everyone else? Is it declared a tie between those two? Is there a feasible tie breaker?

Potentially a win for the faction, or, going by Cyrodiil lore, participate in a lag fight. Whatever group crashes first, loses.

Disruption would like to participate. Let's pick a time... @mystikkal is my in game name. We are DC.

Crown are you going to host it? You should make an officials rules post and have folks register (on forums is usually suffcient). Then you can make brackets - I recommend 2 out of 3 fights with double elimination.

Honestly, you shouldn't restrict any gear (e.g. nirnhorn). It's too hard to enforce and for some people, thats their gear and they don't want to go spend gold on new gear (or dont have gold). If there are certain exploits (e.g. CC lock out) you could make it a rule, but I think that's going to be hard to enforce as well.

You need to have a limit on how large the "arena" is... i.e. don't let ppl run across the whole map.

I say res's are fine... adds an interesting dynamic.

I'd say no to siege but don't feel overly strong about it.
[*] I say 6v6 - 12v12 works
[*] I also think we should make this a weekly event.. the laggy blob pvp is real right now

Need this on EU as well

I think we should discuss where is a good place to do this and what the boundaries are. I can look tonight but does anyone have suggestions? I think it should be big enough that you can retreat a little but small enough where people are losing sight of people who are res'ing etc. Good terrain is key.. a spot where you can line of sight some times, but should still be pretty open-fielded. Should also be away from the action so we aren't interrupted.

I also say we do it on Thornblade.. its the least populated atm. People can then prepare for the tourney by not being homed there (therefore no one has alliance buffs)

Maybe we could have 2 separate tournaments, 8v8 and 16v16?

or maybe 6v6 and 12v12?

Etaniel wrote: »

LegendaryMage wrote: »

Etaniel wrote: »

Need this on EU as well

I suggested this a few days ago if you remember, though it was a 4v4 fight that never happened. Let's do some 6v6, 7v7 or even 8v8.

Unfortunately I don't think Smurf Squad is active enough to build a 6 man solid group

Just don't make it as guild vs guild then, most of the best players won't be able to participate in those fights otherwise.

Update summary:

• I can host and stream the tournament
• There will be no prizes, just bragging rights
• People seem to want 6v6 and 12v12 matches (we'll see how many sign up for each)
• Matches will be best of three
• No siege allowed
• Resurrections are allowed
• There are no gear restrictions

Things to discuss next:

• Should there be limits on classes (I don't think so, though minimum one of each would be interesting for 6v6 or 2 of each for 12v12)
• How should elimination work - or should there even be elimination? I like the idea of having each group should fight each other group in a best of three series, though this isn't fair if one faction has more groups than another as points for winning a series would not be balances. I need your thoughts on this..

Bonus game of capture the flag - we put one person from each faction (I vote Sarenvog as AD flag!) at the end of a field (imagine a big triangle with the flag person at the points of the triangle) about 50 yards apart. This person will be naked (no gear equipped) and not allowed to move (blocking allowed). All three teams start on their flag. The winner is determined when both of their opponents' flags are dead, and they have stacked back on their own flag (who is alive). Resurrections allowed. There will be strategies involved of who to send as attackers vs defenders and to which side. You're not out until all your team are dead and your flag is dead.