pre organisation of comps

sheepy · March 11, 2010, 01:18:25 PM

I know last time that we talked about getting the comps organised b4 hand.

Would it be possible to sort a signup site? or would it be easier to use ink and parchment? I was also thinking that for the main team comps to try and seat people with there teams as much as possibly, I seem to remember that this was a suggestion from the last LAN. Would it be to much hassel and just do random teams again?

TeaLeaf · March 11, 2010, 04:46:21 PM

Straightforward list of people on a page is easy enough. It would takelonger to code a page than to write it into a post imo.

Seating is a tricky one. Some people want to sit together so I do not think it is an option to choose where people sit based on what you want for a competition team. Once the seating plan is sorted then it would be possible to select teams from the given seating arrangements, but you will always end up with an inevitable element of mix'n'match.

Penfold · March 22, 2010, 10:35:20 PM

Let's go with the tear off tabs and ice buckets.

Seemed to work well last time out and saves an awful lot of shouting.

target · April 08, 2010, 10:10:43 AM

Also, the random nature of that can allow for some interesting tactics

Personally, I'd go with random as otherwise there is the potential for unbalanced teams - there is still that potential but it should be very much reduced...

Penfold · April 08, 2010, 10:59:05 AM

OK here is the timetable from the last LAN.

This thread determined that we don't think we should run Arma II and we can't run BC2 as we can't do a dedicated server.

I'll create the name cards with the tear off strips (no they won't be perforated!) for the ice buckets as sign ups.

Some L4D/L4D2 is a possibility and may be factored in (which variant?)

Games to be played
CS:S (team KO)
Degal (2 man KO)
Cod4 (small team (4/5?) KO)
L4D - Team KO - needs to be a very quick map, not played each way round just each team to play each side.
Race

Timetable - Saturday
11:00 - 12:30 - CS:S Team KO
12:45 - 15:00 - CoD4 & lunch break
13:00 - 15:50 - Deagle
16:00 - 16:45 - dMr
17:00 - 18:30 - L4D

This is very flexible and given our reduced numbers we may get through things a lot quicker.

Discuss, comment + amend as you wish

sheepy · April 08, 2010, 01:09:17 PM

spot on pretty much exactlyl what i was thinking

Penfold · April 08, 2010, 01:25:04 PM

Cool. Sheep, is there anything else we need to do apart from on the day?

Can someone make a decision about L4D vs L4D2 ?

Luminance · April 08, 2010, 05:46:43 PM

As L4D2 is the most played at this moment, I'd say go for L4D2 (unless people don't sign up).

I think L4D2 with the new point system, is also better for tournaments, the make for tighter games, so more fun imo.

The icebucket tearoff seemed to work, still, I would like to see the teams more balanced then pure randomness, so maybe after randomization look for the number of beginners and experts in all teams, and see if that is balanced enough. (Its a bit more work but, if it should increase the fun for the other teams in case there would have been and overpowered one)

OldBloke · April 18, 2010, 03:34:54 PM

I will be setting up the LAN server for L4D2. The new content 'The Passing' might even be ready for the LAN.

Luminance · April 18, 2010, 06:26:09 PM

excellent

Penfold · April 19, 2010, 09:40:40 AM

Quote from: Luminance;307750...I would like to see the teams more balanced then pure randomness, so maybe after randomization look for the number of beginners and experts in all teams, and see if that is balanced enough. .

I agree and it's easy to do. We'll just pre-determine a captain for each time and then randomly draw the other names out of the bucket under each captain. If we think it's better to have two players pre-chosen then that's fine too.

Luminance · April 19, 2010, 05:18:24 PM

Quote from: Penfold;308429I agree and it's easy to do. We'll just pre-determine a captain for each time and then randomly draw the other names out of the bucket under each captain. If we think it's better to have two players pre-chosen then that's fine too.

Yeah something like that would work too

OldBloke · April 19, 2010, 05:48:08 PM

Line everyone up against the playground wall and let the captains take turns in picking teams.

Worked in school

... and the fat kid won't be the last pick as it's virtual gaming

Penfold · April 19, 2010, 06:07:16 PM

Ouch that's brought back some memories. I was always the last kid to get picked. In fact I swear that if they had to play with one person less it would have been preferable to picking me.

No idea why that was but hey ho, I'm obviously not mentally-scarred by it.

Luminance · April 19, 2010, 07:20:01 PM

Quote from: Penfold;308461Ouch that's brought back some memories. I was always the last kid to get picked. In fact I swear that if they had to play with one person less it would have been preferable to picking me.

No idea why that was but hey ho, I'm obviously not mentally-scarred by it.

I had that too, untill I started getting higher grades, then I suddenly was the 2nd first to pick lol.