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Title: Abysmal Utopia
Post by: Scotty on October 13, 2010, 07:15:02 PM
Abysmal Utopia
A Stick Online scenario-based tournament



Description:

Abysmal Utopia is a scenario-based tournament where teams fight eachother across multiple battlefields to determine who is the strongest team to achieve domination across the span of the Stick Online world.  Teams will experience numerous battles in order to claim the land, ultimately declaring one as supreme, with the entire map as their own to rule over.

Tournament Rules Index:

TL;DR:
Title: Re: Abysmal Utopia
Post by: Scotty on October 13, 2010, 07:16:19 PM
The Teams:

Five properties compose a team:

To start a team, you must first determine whether you want to hold the responsibilities as a TO (Team Organizer).  If you are capable and have the time to dedicate to keeping your roster updated, you are a prime candidate.  The following steps are to be taken to start a team:

Further Team Clarifications:


The below quote is the template the teams will use to create their team's forum topic.  Remember to post it in the General Discussion forum.  Replace all <text> with applicable names.  You may omit the Phase 2 Roster portion of the post until Phase two of the tournament begins.  Ensure that all formatting is included (bold words, list, etc...).  If your first post in your teams topic does not replicate the below quote, your team will be denied access to the tournament until it is corrected:

Quote from: Your team's first topic's contents
<Team's name>

Phase 1 Roster:

  • Team Leader: <in-game name verbatim>
  • Assistant Team Leader: <in-game name verbatim>
  • Team Member: <in-game name verbatim>
  • Team Member: <in-game name verbatim>
  • Team Member: <in-game name verbatim>
  • Team Member: <in-game name verbatim>
  • ...

Phase 2 Roster:

  • Team Leader: <in-game name verbatim>
  • Assistant Team Leader: <in-game name verbatim>
  • Team Member: <in-game name verbatim>
  • Team Member: <in-game name verbatim>
  • Team Member: <in-game name verbatim>
  • Team Member: <in-game name verbatim>
  • ...
Title: Re: Abysmal Utopia
Post by: Scotty on October 13, 2010, 07:17:18 PM
The Provinces:

Each Team is tied to a single province at the beginning of Phase 1 in the tournament.  As battles progress, teams will have the opportunities to invade and conquer new provinces.

Title: Re: Abysmal Utopia
Post by: Scotty on October 13, 2010, 07:18:00 PM
The Preliminary Tournament:

Once all eight teams have their topics posted with a roster containing no less than five teammates, and all billets filled, a date for the preliminary tournament will be set.  The purpose of the preliminary tournament is to determine who will be able to pick their provinces.  The tournament will consist of four rounds:


The following rules will apply during the preliminary tournament:
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  • <team 1> AND <team 2>, PREPARE - The first team (<team 1>) will enter the platform that the tournament staff stands on, to his left.  The second team (<team 2>) will enter the platform to the tournament staff's right.  You will all start on the same platform that the tournament staff member who is announcing the battle is on.  The tournament staff member will not proceed further until all members are on the same platform.
  • Round <#/3> READY - All four members per team are present and on the correct platform, the battle is about to commence.
  • GO - Fight it out!
  • <team> WINS - <team> has won by having at least one remaining team member from the winning team survive the fight, with no members of the opposing team still present on the platform fighting
  • <team> WINS BRACKET - <team> has one the best of three, and will proceed to the next bracket, or be determined as winner, based off the current bracket the teams are fighting in.
[/list]

After the tournament is over, each team's TL will post in this topic, in the order they won, their choice of province to rule over. 
Each team will be assigned a number during the tournament by the tournament staff, ranging from the number 1 through the number 8.  The team's TL, who received the number one will post first with their province of choice.  After that, the team's TL who was awarded the number two will post his province, all the way to the team who was awarded the number seven, with the team who was awareded the number eight being designated the remaining province.


First Tournament Round:

+-1st Bracket-+------2nd Bracket------+-----3rd Bracket-----+----------------------Winner----------------------+

+-- Team 1 +
|          +-+
+-- Team 2 + +-- Winning Team 1 --+
             |                    +--+
+-- Team 3 + +-- Winning Team 2 --+  |
|          +-+                       |
+-- Team 4 +                         +-- Winning Team 1 --+
                                     |                    +-- Winning Team (first pick, losing team second pick)
+-- Team 5 +                         +-- Winning Team 2 --+
|          +-+                       |
+-- Team 6 + +-- Winning Team 3 --+  |
             |                    +--+
+-- Team 7 + +-- Winning Team 4 --+
|          +-+
+-- Team 8 +


Second Tournament Round:

2nd Bracket Losses

+-- Losing Team 1 +
|                 +-- Winning Team (third pick, losing team fourth pick)
+-- Losing Team 2 + 


Third Tournament Round:

1st Bracket Losses

+-- Losing Team 1 +
|                 +-+
+-- Losing Team 2 + +-- Winning Team 1 --+
                                         +-- Winning Team (fifth pick, losing team sixth pick)
+-- Losing Team 3 + +-- Winning Team 2 --+
|                 +-+
+-- Losing Team 4 +


Fourth Tournament Round:

Third Tournament Round Losses

+-- Losing Team 1 +
|                 +-- Winning Team (7th pick, losing team remaining province/last pick)
+-- Losing Team 2 +

Title: Re: Abysmal Utopia
Post by: Scotty on October 13, 2010, 07:18:48 PM
The Phases of Battle:

Over the course of the competition, there are two phases:


If you lose control of all your provinces during phase one, you are placed into a holding queue until phase two begins.  The following Sunday when phase two begins, you are permitted to submit an attempt at revolting, and taking control of your last controlled province.  Tournament Staff will post in this topic when it is time for teams who've lost control of all their provinces to revolt, at which time, the TL for the revolting teams will post in this topic their intent to revolt.  When that post is made, the tournament staff will designate a date for that revolting team to battle the team that took control of the revolting team's last controlled province. 
If the revolting team succeeds at beating the opposing team during a revolt, they will regain control of that province, and be back in the tournament for phase two.  If the revolting team reclaims their province, and coincidentally eliminates the previously controlling team off the map (i.e. the team who they are revolting against only has control of that province and none other, and loses it to the revolt), they are eliminated from the tournament, and cannot participate in phase two.
If the revolting team fails to reclaim their province, they are eliminated from the tournament for phase two.
If all teams who revolt manage to reclaim their province before phase two commences, the tournament will revert back to phase one, and will continue on as though the tournament just started.  In the unlkely event that this happens, there are no revolts permitted in-between the next transition between phases one and two.  If a team loses during this period in phase one, they are automatically eliminated from the rest of the tournament.[/list]
Title: Re: Abysmal Utopia
Post by: Scotty on October 13, 2010, 07:19:24 PM
The Rules of Invasion:

In order to invade a province, the team must occupy a province that neighbors the province they wish to invade.  The neighboring of the provinces is determined by the tournament map.  If you do not neighbor a province, you may not attempt an invasion it during that round.

The following guidelines are to be adhered to when attempting to invade a neighboring province:

The weekly submission topic is to abide by the following format.  You may simply quote this and paste it with your individual team's info plugged in:

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<Team Name>'s Weekly Battle Summary

Invasion List:

  • <Neighboring Province>
  • <Neighboring Province>
  • <Neighboring Province>
  • <Neighboring Province>
  • ...

Unavailability

  • <weekday>
  • <weekday>
  • ...
Title: Re: Abysmal Utopia
Post by: Scotty on October 13, 2010, 07:20:03 PM
The Battles:

Each team will have at least one opportunity to invade per round, depending on the phase of the tournament.  All invasion dates are determined by tournament staff, abiding by team's availability.  The invasion must occur on a neighboring province as defined on the map (the map is updated weekly to reflect the team's conquered provinces).  Your province must neighbor one which you intend to invade, else you may not have the opportunity to invade that province this round.  

Being that all invasions will occur throughout the week, if you invade a province after another team has already invaded and overtaken the province, you must either invade the new occupant, or bow out.  There is no penalty for losing an invasion, other than not occupying the invaded province.  If you lose in an attempt to defend your province from an invading province, you will surrender your province to the other team for them to rule over.  

If you are defeated within the first phase of the tournament, you are placed within a holding period until Phase 2 begins.  At the beginning of Phase 2, your province will have one opportunity to invade the country which you previously surrendered that caused you to fall out of the tournament.  This optional rebellion may result in you reclaiming your lost province should you win the battle.  If you win the battle, the province returns back to your control, and you may continue on with the duration of Phase 2.  If all teams manage to recover their provinces that they previously lost, in effect returning all eight teams on the map, Phase 1 will be re-instated until less than eight teams exist for the beginning of Phase 2.  Tournament staff will call for all teams who have lost during Phase 1 to roger up that they intend to revolt within this topic at the beginning of Phase 2.  Your team will be given ample time to post your intent, but if you miss the cutoff, you are out for the rest of the tournament.

For the individual battles, each team will select four individuals out of their team to invade or defend.  Only four team member may battle in a given battle.  It is required that either the Team Leader or Assistant Team Leader be present for each battle.  If the Assistant Team Leader fullfills the role as the acting Team Leader for the duration of the battle, he assumes all responsibilities that would typically be fulfilled as the Team Leader for the duration of that battle only.  It is recommended that more than four are prepared to fight, so that if one must bow out of the fight for unforseen circumstances, another may step in.  

The four participants must be determined before the start of the battle.  The remaining members may remain along the sidelines of the battle, prepared to step in should he be needed (non-participants will remain sitting, facing away from the center of the battlefield to indicate their lack of participation).  Each battle will be no more than three rounds, best of three winning the battle.  The invading team will stand on the left side of the battle moderator (tournament staff), and the defending team will stand to his right before the battle begins.  Once the moderator declares "GO" in the in-game chat, the the battle will commence, and the teams will commence battle.  

At all times will PvP remain toggled on for the entire duration of the tournament (including times between the three matches).  If a player is killed during a battle, he will respawn, and sit along the side lines, facing away from the battlefield.  At no point is the battle to occur past the point at which the moderator sits on the side, or the spectators, and respawned fighters.  If PvP is toggled off at any point during the tournament, that user is automatically disqualified.  If a player who is currently within the battle moves past the moderator of the battle or the spectators and respawned, that user is disqualified.  The moderator may make well defined borders before the tournament battles begin, so pay attention.  If these borders are crossed by any actively fighting member during the battles, that user is automatically disqualified.  

If a member is disqualified, he is removed from the remainder of that battle's rounds, and may not further participate for the duration of the battles, with no replacement to fill in for him.  

If unidentified participants interfere with the battle (ie random player decides he wants in on the fight), they will be marked as interference, and the battle will be temporarily halted until the user is removed from the battlefield, at which point the moderator will split up the teams and resume the battle.  Once the round is over, all team members will resume their positions, invaders to the left of the moderator, defenders to the right, awaiting the moderator's "GO" to begin the next fight.

A battle may not commence without a member of the tournament staff present.  The tournament staff is responsible for reporting the status of the fight, who has won, who lost.  All decisions made by the tournament staff are considered final, and are not disputable.  Any attempt at attacking the moderator, either in-game physically, verbally (in-game or on the forums) will result in punishment being dealt, determined by the staff members.
Title: Re: Abysmal Utopia
Post by: Scotty on October 13, 2010, 07:20:48 PM
Tournament Staff:

The following members are considered tournament staff for Abysmal Utopia:

I am in need of players to participate.  You must be reliable, punctual with regards to battles, and willing to assist with the tournament.  While you will not be able to participate within the tournament, your actions and assistance will most definitely not go unnoticed!

Might I also ask that GMs take part as tournament staff?  It would prove invaluable to have GMs with their almighty mod powers to assist with crowd control should the preliminary tournament get some un-welcomed attention, or battles manage to attract some of the more immature of the community's members.
Title: Re: Abysmal Utopia
Post by: Scotty on October 13, 2010, 07:21:28 PM
Team Rosters:

The following teams are accepted and will participate within the tournament:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Title: Re: Abysmal Utopia
Post by: Scotty on October 13, 2010, 07:22:07 PM
Before the date for the preliminary tournament is set, I await a few prerequisites to be fulfilled.  The tournament will begin until the following criteria is satisfied.

Once the above criteria are completed, a date for the preliminary tournament will be set, and Abysmal Utopia will begin!
Title: Re: Abysmal Utopia
Post by: Titan on October 14, 2010, 07:24:52 AM
I would be happy to help as tournament staff.
(I do have school during the week however.)
Title: Re: Abysmal Utopia
Post by: Scotty on October 14, 2010, 02:40:17 PM
Updated the Tournament Staff category.  Click Here (http://www.stick-online.com/boards/index.php?topic=1472.msg31019#msg31019) for a link to the topic.
Title: Re: Abysmal Utopia
Post by: Scotty on October 14, 2010, 04:49:02 PM
Updated with a TL;DR version for all you impatient folk.  View it here (http://www.stick-online.com/boards/index.php?topic=1472.msg31012#msg31012)!
Title: Re: Abysmal Utopia
Post by: Forum on October 16, 2010, 12:02:13 PM
I'm thinking of making a team it's just if i have enough time and if i can get people to join -.-
Title: Re: Abysmal Utopia
Post by: Danimal on October 16, 2010, 06:05:16 PM
I think I'm inescapably recruited to take part. However I will help out as a GM when I am not fighting.
Title: Re: Abysmal Utopia
Post by: HamsterPants on October 17, 2010, 06:59:18 AM
I would love to sign up for a staff position. There is, however, an issue with the reliability of my internet service... There are some days when it randomly slows down or disconnects, though it usually doesn't happen, when it does it can be a pain...
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