I am having a ball playing best-of-##s with various people here, and thought I would make an official side tournament. It’s a great way to get extra games in if the league isn’t satisfying your itches, plus each series has its drama and momentum, and you get to feeling like you’re making a Qt3 pal.
If you want to join in, no need to PM me. Just announce your interest in the thread and someone will hook up with you.
Right now, I don’t have an endgame in mind (e.g. playoffs). I suspect that such things will emerge over time, but can’t foresee. Let’s not worry about it for now!
I’d like to propose a twist on the best-of-## structure, though, for this tournament. Rather than simply counting wins, the two players would keep track of point differential. This will require a bit of minusing. Players would not play to a win total, but would play until one of the players is ahead by a certain amount, like 100 points. For example, if game 1 ended 80-60 to player A, and then player B won the second game by 100-90, player A would go into game 3 up by +10. The games would continue until one of the players was up by a set amount.
I like this idea because every point would matter, so beatdown games would still be worth playing through.
If you’re interested, just post in bold, state how many points you’d like to set as your goal, and see if anyone takes you up on it! Once someone has won, announce your win, and I’ll keep track of the standings. Maybe we’ll crown a champion somehow down the road, and reset the tournament.
I’ll start, even though I’m already playing Mark Gray (best of 99) and Scott Gibson (best of 33) and Prolix (not in Ascension, but in Lost Cities, best of 21), because I want MORE.
Anyone want to challenge me to 100 points?
(I only want to play someone who will share email addresses or phone numbers for communicating during the series.)
I’m not sure what this side thing should be called, but perhaps a name for it will evolve…
