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Originally Posted by Bobby aka Dizzy
I have a few questions that if answered should lead to less confusion down the road, I strongly recommend that a policy is formed to settle these situations, Chippie. I'm sure that a few other problems may arise, I encourage you to think through all possible problems now so you can mitigate long delays.
- What happens when two players do not complete the scheduled matches by the deadline? Who advances?
- Are matches to be played in a specific mode (battle/ctf)? Who decides the levels?
- Are matches to be played to a certain score/timelimit?
- How are match times to be arranged? Are they set by you or do the individuals arrange times themselves? What happens when a time agreement can be not reached?
- In the case that someone does not show up for an agreed match time how is it verified that the one person (or even both) did not show up? Will missing agreed on times hurt chances if matches are not completed?
- How are the starting matches determined?
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- This could indeed happen. In case both players aren't willing to play, it's heads or tails. In other words, I decide who goes on. If, which will be more likely, one player wants to play on the other doesn't, the player who is eager to play will go on. Since this is pretty hard to find out, I'll take a closer look at each case. I will start a conversation between the two players and if everyone claims that they want to play, I'll just arrange a match for them.
- Matches are usually played in CTF. This means, if one player wants CTF and the other wants Battle, CTF is the mode players will play in. On the other hand, if both players prefer Battle, Battle will be played. About the levels: this is also arranged by the players themselves. If they can't get a real compromis about which map they'll play on, they should contact me. In that case I'll pick a map from the JJ2WC Mappool (in case of CTF) or a random Battle level. But this is not likely to happen.
- Rounds are always played till 5 points or 5 roasts, and a match is won after winning two rounds (best of 3)
- Match times are usually arranged by the persons themselves. Again, if a compromis cannot be found, I'll try to solve it through a conversation on MSN. If one player isn't able to play the match at all (because the player is on holiday) it would be the best if the match is played later on, during the next week. If the player with the time problems is still not able then, he has lost the match. If you can't play, you shouldn't have signed up for the tournament.
- This is indeed a problem, the best solution would be a screenshot by the host of the match, showing the game with the present player clairly on the names list, including the decided time. If this screenshot seems valid enough, I'll contact the missing player. If he really wasn't present on the right time, he lost the match. If he claims the screenshot is fake, further investigation and a possible new time will be arranged, unless the host and present player can really prove the screenshot is real (in example, by showing chatlogs of the time agreement and letting me join the server etc.) This could all be faked, but that's just a piece of trust. No system is really water-tight, I think. Feel free to come up with a water-tight solution
- I'll have a look at the first four places of last season, and I'll take care that they are not facing each other during the first rounds. For the other 28 players, the places are just randomly decided.
I hope I answered all questions properly
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