Im in, that is if Im not to late.
Im in, that is if Im not to late.
Registration starts at 12 AM EST on Friday, January 19th, Arsenic.
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I'm still debating on that, but I don't see why rounds need to be any longer then 7-10 days. It's a one-on-one battle only, so I don't see why they should take that long.Originally Posted by Letho
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Is there going to be no IC context for the tournament?
"The problem with escapism is that when you read or write a book, society is in the chair with you. You can't escape your history or your culture. So the idea that because fantasy books aren't about the real world, they therefore 'escape,' is ridiculous. Even the most surreal and bizarre fantasy can't help but reverberate around the reader's awareness of their own reality." -- China Miéville
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I dunno, I can't see any battles shorter than 2 weeks finishing, except those by two members who are perfectly coordinated and who can post as soon as it's their turn.
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I tend to agree with this. Two weeks would be ideal, but ten days would be acceptable.
"The problem with escapism is that when you read or write a book, society is in the chair with you. You can't escape your history or your culture. So the idea that because fantasy books aren't about the real world, they therefore 'escape,' is ridiculous. Even the most surreal and bizarre fantasy can't help but reverberate around the reader's awareness of their own reality." -- China Miéville
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In my experience, there's also a large contingent of folks who will sign up, and then not show up. Just the way it goes. You could give them six months and they wouldn't finish a thread. Because of the new rubric, not finishing a thread doesn't really hurt your score as much as it used to.
I think either ten days or two weeks would be fine, also that single-week long rounds would be fine too (provided judges could turn scores around quickly). I would strongly suggest against extending the tournament rounds longer than that, since it seems to help tourneys lose steam more easily.
10 days seems like a good compromise between the two.
Could we say that battles that are under X number of posts, the person who dissappeared automatically loses, so the uncommited won't advance to the next round to screw things up further?
EX: Bugar Head vs. Snot Nose
Bugar Head posts first day
Snot Nose posts second day
Bugar Head posts fourth day
Snot nose never shows his face again
Bugar Head automatically advances.
X to be determined.
Yeah, Storm, but when we start running our tournaments in a way that doesn't cater to those who actually participate, there's a problem. I'd feel weird if our main reasoning for short rounds is "the inactive people wouldn't have posted anyway".
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