So round one is over.

[Petoux]

Vegna is issuing her opinion in a semi-constructive way. I would of course have liked to have heard more of her ideas than cut it back to a 1v1, but I think that's more for another thread.

1.: I'm a guy.

2.: For more ideas ... hmmm... not to much else to say. I think another problem is finding judges that judge in a good amount of time. You got timezones, hw, work, shit happens, gf/bf/wife/husband/etc, grounded, chores, etc.

...

The rounds after are the ones that bring the excitement. The first round is to weed out the, no offense, "weaker" writers to make room for the epic clashes of the best the tournament has to offer.

So don't worry. It's just getting started.

Why is the first round always a bum compared to others? Just curious....


Anyway ... communication is definitely key yes ... without it, you are pretty much doomed to lose.

You have to pray that you and your partners internet works great too. My oppenents partners internet crashed when it was their turn. He was forced to fight solo.

Poor guy.

[Lightfoot]

Why is the first round always a bum compared to others? Just curious....

The rounds after are the ones that bring the excitement. The first round is to weed out the, no offense, "weaker" writers to make room for the epic clashes of the best the tournament has to offer.

-.-

[Shadowed]

In response to GUA not knowing how to run a tournament:

These are the problems that became inherent in the ToL.

1: Angryn3wb designed it, and it became his baby. But he's an inflammatory troll, and it was only a matter of time until either he got banned (Which happened) or he pissed off people through his dickishness (Also happened).

2: After Angry got banned, Krystin took over. Now, for those that didn't know her, she has never actually roleplayed, doesn't know the first thing about it, and is a contemptible witch to boot. Note to Althanas staff, she's not on this site, and has left GUA, so I hope it's okay to say that. But anyways. She ran the tournament to the ground because she had no idea how to do it. The other RP head of GUA at the time was likewise an incompetent git. The people who knew how to run tournaments were shunted to the side, which is one of the primary causes of GUA's failure concerning the ToL.

Now, I'm new to Althanas, so presumably those problems won't be/aren't an issue here. GUA is a forum first, roleplaying forum second, while here, it's a roleplaying forum first. So from that I assume the staff here all know how to RP, and know the logistics of running a tournament. The very fact they've outlawed appeals means they at least know that much. So, yes, I have more hope for this tournament than I did for ToL. If round two starts within a week, we'll be in good shape - a month per round, with a likely, what, six rounds? Yeah, that's not so bad for a tournament. The ToL taking 15 months, well, that just finished it.

[Cyrus the virus]

I'm pretty sure the Althanas folk assaulting the ToL and how that went down is pointless, so let's just not do that, yeah?

[Lightfoot]

I migrated from there so I'm immuned like the crazy racist grandma that won't shut up about her granddaughter's new "colored" boyfriend.

[Syaoran]

I did not get the whole...work with your opponent thing. Just...it didn't sit right with me.

I'd love to stay in the tournament, but my partner wishes to stop. Therefore I am abliged to go with him.

I like the arena, but frustrations through the waiting and the above mensioned co-op with the opponents.

I look forward to the judging though ^.^ I wanna see how I did.

[Cyrus the virus]

You're frustrated because you need to work back-and-forth with your opponents?

[Qaron]

I enjoyed round one thoroughly, to be honest. My team, Team Zetsumei versed Team Awesome. My team member and I discussed it before hand and it was decided that I would take Atle. It was a really good fight. We enjoyed it thoroughly, Atle and I regularly corresponded via PM, and we broke bones, drew blood and did some serious damage to one another. It was an enjoyable fight. I just wish it could have gone on longer so that we could have fully explored one another's abilities. It was a shame, though, that my partner went AWOL after his first post and didn't manage another post until the round was almost over. In any case I loved fighting with Atle and would be more than happy to do so again. I'm hoping that both teams make it through, one by winning, the other by fate points.

As for the arena, I quite liked it. Plenty of scope for the imagination, and ruined castles are something I seem to always end up fighting in. We worked very well together, keeping the arena consistent and it all went smoothly.

Big fan, really hoping to go through to round two, so hurry up on the judgement judges!

[BlackAndBlueEyes]

I don't see what the big deal is over the time its taking for the judgments to come out.

Round 2 doesn't start until the podcast says so.

*indignant arm crossing and scoffing*

[Shadowed]

Because I'm impatient and American, thus I believe in instant gratification and a god-given right to have it?