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Hello again my friends, and welcome to your favorite part of the Newsletter, "War Games", where you can find information about CC Tournaments!
WorldCup4James has prepared an excellent introduction to the problem of reserves and replacing missing players. He also is again covering
Join This? Or Not! As for my own contribution, I had a chance to interview IcePack this weekend, and I hope you enjoy the results.
DaveH has another installment in his excellent
Dave's Tips series. This is number 18 if you're keeping track! Pursuant to a suggestion by
greenoaks , we will soon publish the complete Dave's archive in their entirety in some publically-accessible place (probably Tournament Q&A) so you can go through them step-by-step without needing to search through old newsletter issues.
In the next issue, we expect to have an article by our newest reporter,
woopintroysbutt ! We are also still looking for another new reporter, one who will cover the TPA beat. If you're a TPA enthusiast, please give this some thought!
Dukasaur Tournament Executive Missing in Action: TO Reserve Policies by WorldCup4James show
Discussion Topic: Ideal Reserves Policy You make the call Conquer Club Tournament Handbook does not require tournaments to include an explicit section on how organizers will deal with players who fail to accept invites and otherwise slow the pace of play. In other words, you, as organizer, are free to act as you please without providing any rules how you will do so.How much time is appropriate? at least 24 hours to join their games
mcshanester29 argues, you should "give at least 48 hours." This lenient approach also is generally friendly to players who alert the organizer if they will miss invites, so that grace time can be given. After all, as organizer you probably won't be sitting around with a timer counting down the seconds until 24 or 48 hours pass; the deadline is loose. Consider the Timing mcshanester29 and IcePack , who both are very active in the tournament world, also maintain that it depends on what stage the tournament is in to determine if a reserve is necessary. You might want to call for a reserve particularly late in the tournament and when nearly all other games are already finished in a round. It does seem like common sense to not hold the tournament back because of one player missing invites. The same stands true if the tournament is lagging; then, as IcePack asserts, "there is no need realistically to be strict." Stock up on the precious resource: reserve players accept some reserves (2-5 depending on the size of your tourney) just in case someone drops out or deadbeats
Play-Now thread. By the time a player reads your post and signs up, precious days will have passed.
Meet the Tournament Organisers: IcePack by Dukasaur show
IcePack has seven completed tournaments to his credit, and two more currently on the go. He is known for being creative, ambitious, and outspoken. This weekend I was able to have a quick Q&A with him.Dukasaur: IcePack: DK: IP: Breaking Thru Ice (First Edition) received a tonne of great feedback, people asking to "borrow" the concept, and at the time was pretty original. Everyone seemed excited to be a part of it, and by far of the tournaments I've run in the past, this was the most exciting.DK: Icey League Season 1 tournament. How is that going? Is there going to be a Season 2, and what things will change?IP: chapcrap to help me out as it required a lot of organization and time to create the games. Its going well, we are about to enter in the 6th Round and most everyone seems to enjoy the slow but fun pace it has set. There will likely be a Season 2, which may end up a little shorter than the original and will benefit from all the organizational tools we created for Season 1 that we didn't have in the first round.DK: IP: DK: IP: DK: Breaking Through Ice II . How is that going?IP: HighlanderAttack seemed to have it clinched early on, he went 5-0 in the first half of the tournament only to go 0-5 the last half! arno30 won the inaugural Tournament, by going 7-3. Very Impressive! I hope to have the same quality of opponents and challenge this go around, its a lot of fun. DK: IP: IcePack , Link0983 , Odeuminus ) won in an exciting tie breaker round. One pit Riskmaster101 vs everyone on a series of maps, in which I was crowned GOD. This was probably the most exciting win for me, as I enjoy a good 1 vs 1 round! The third was a 1 vs 1 tournament on one of my new favorite maps, London!DK: IP: DK: IP: DK: IP: (It's fixed.) Pickpawcket and Go Native! are two iTunes app store games, that are pretty unique. Go Native! is a trivia game where you compete vs other live players in multiple choice trivia, and you try to guess with the majority! Pickpawcket is a Top 25 puzzle game featured by Apple, about the worlds sneakiest cat burglar. You have several missions to complete, in which you must get past dogs, security systems, and other fun puzzles to get the very unique cat paintings the dogs stole! Both are featured games of the Loopycube group, of which I'm not directly apart of but strongly support. They create fantastic games for the app store, and are about to release their newest product shortly! DK:
Tournament Tips by DaveH show: Customizing Excel Menus
In previous articles I have shown how macros can be used to automate tournament results updating. These macros were accessed by a button, but they can also be accessed from a new Excel menu and in this article I'll show how you can customize your menu task bar to include sub-menus that run different macros.* Create a new spreadsheet; Code: Select all Private Sub Workbook_Open() * On the "Run" menu, click on "Run Sub./UserForm" (or press F5); .Caption = "&My Macros" ; Your main menu title can be inserted here;With .Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton) ; This "With/End With" set of codes adds a new sub-menu;.Caption = "My Macro No 1" ; Sub-menu title.OnAction = "RunMyMacro1" ; Assign the macro name here;.FaceId = 1098 ; Adds a nice little picture (try changing the number!)End With http://skp.mvps.org/faceid.htm . Have fun!
Join This? Or Not! by WorldCup4James show
Here we have another round of top-notch tourneys still hungry for players. These are the ones that stand out most, though you can certainly check out all the many tournaments available for your pleasure and leisure! 2004/2005 UEFA Champions League Benzorrr 's tournament; don't miss out football (soccer CCSOP: Conquer Club Series of Poker crazymilkshake5 invites "noobs and pros alike" to set off with 1,000 chips in search of Vegas-style victory! In this very interactive tournament, you'll have options to check, call, fold, raise, the whole nine yards as in real poker, while having the opportunity to play on nearly every CC map! Signups only last for two weeks so not much time is left!The Eras: Dawning and Discovery nolefan5311 gives you the opportunity to progress through the history of civilization in his eight-tournament series. Join in one of eight groups befitting the theme of the era of mankind; from Egypt to Gilgamesh in Dawning and 13 Colonies to High Seas in Discovery . After the long trek through the story of humanity, the eight winners from all eight tournaments will fight to the death in the grand finale!Fastest Finisher I rjhankey 's 1v1 tournament. Be smart in choosing the perfect map that not only ensures that you'll win, but also that you win in the fewest number of rounds! Doodle Earth and Luxembourg fans, have at it Genghis Khan (Quadruples) RUBENIUSSS ' bracket-style Quads tournament on Eurasia. "East against West" is the theme; do you have what it takes to be Genghis Khan?Create/Join a Tournament or Tournaments Tab and take a look at the many others waiting to be filled.Requests for Immediate Players section of the tournament forum. You can be playing very quickly after signing up as a reserve.
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