The "Best Tournament" of 2009

[barterer2002]

I tend to like more complex tournaments. My three nominations this year are

1. TLO (the original). which I enjoyed the format of team play for dubs, trips quads as well as 1v1. Reminded me of Nate's old Band or Die tournaments but with more games etc. organizer Lindax
viewtopic.php?f=92&t=75528

2. Survivor. An interesting concept by Mushin that was well run and well thought out.
viewtopic.php?f=92&t=46144&p=2194391&hilit=survivor#p2194391

3. Musical Chairs by keiths31. I don't normally like tournaments where you don't have to win to advance but this was an interesting concept.
viewtopic.php?f=92&t=64707

(along with its successors)(Musical Chairs: European Tour viewtopic.php?f=92&t=77399 , Musical Chairs North American City Tour viewtopic.php?f=92&t=74363 , Musical Chairs USA tour viewtopic.php?f=92&t=90000 , Musical Chairs AOR viewtopic.php?f=92&t=93544 , Musical Chairs Battle of Britain viewtopic.php?f=91&t=99918&p=2362120&hilit=musical+chairs#p2362120)

[Lindax]

Thanks guys, still room for more!

Please remember to post the tournament thread link, so I can make sure I'm posting the proper tournament

Lx

[Lindax]

One week left for nominations.

Come on folk, I wanna see more tournaments!

I'll nominate one:

Name of the Tournament Organizer: stahrgazer

Name of the Tournament: Around the World in 80 Days

Link to the Tournament: http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=92&t=70665

Reason(s) why you nominate this tournament: Interesting concept where we went from single players to doubles teams, triples teams and quad teams, every round choosing a new team mate from the previous round’s losers. One thing I particularly liked about that was that I played with players I did not know and would not have played with otherwise.

Lx

[Qwert]

so many finished tournaments in 2009,and its look that people dont interesting in this competition.
Fail before start.

[Lindax]

so many finished tournaments in 2009,and its look that people dont interesting in this competition.
Fail before start.

Mmmm.... Instead of being negative, you could nominate a tournament

Lx

[amazzony]

I'd first like to say that it's extremely hard to pick only 3 for this competition because there are so many great organisers running magnificent tournaments. But when I finally explained to myself that we are picking a tournament and not an organiser then it made things a bit easier (a special contest to pick best organiser would be nice also and maybe add new categories next year - best teams' tournament, 1v1, franchise... just throwing ideas out because there are so many finished tournaments and picking only a few from them is not easy).

Here are 3 that stood out for me (I went through 20 pages of finished tournaments for this ).

2008 College Basketball Season by flexmaster33
I don't even think that this tournament needs explaining why it's among one of the best tournaments ever ran but here are some keywords - great idea, extremely well ran, huge number of games and players, magnificent scoreboards and updates.

Speed Tournament Doodle Terminator by DJ Teflon
I did not play in the tournament but first ever speed tournament is worth a huge applause and definite nomination.

Edit. barterer2002 reminded me that this is a rescued tournament so it can't be nominated. I'll post third nomination later.

CC Scavengers by Natewolfman
Extremely original idea!

Also, I'd like to thank denominator for the nomination

[barterer2002]

Thanks guys, still room for more!

Please remember to post the tournament thread link, so I can make sure I'm posting the proper tournament

Lx

Sorry, Went back and added in the links

[Qwert]

Mmmm.... Instead of being negative, you could nominate a tournament

Im dont play so many tournaments-and i can not count mine Tournaments-expecialy Bracket series,who is very popular.
And im not negative ,im (neutral)

[Lindax]

I'd first like to say that it's extremely hard to pick only 3 for this competition because there are so many great organisers running magnificent tournaments. But when I finally explained to myself that we are picking a tournament and not an organiser then it made things a bit easier (a special contest to pick best organiser would be nice also and maybe add new categories next year - best teams' tournament, 1v1, franchise... just throwing ideas out because there are so many finished tournaments and picking only a few from them is not easy).

Here are 3 that stood out for me (I went through 20 pages of finished tournaments for this ).

2008 College Basketball Season by flexmaster33
I don't even think that this tournament needs explaining why it's among one of the best tournaments ever ran but here are some keywords - great idea, extremely well ran, huge number of games and players, magnificent scoreboards and updates.

Speed Tournament Doodle Terminator by DJ Teflon
I did not play in the tournament but first ever speed tournament is worth a huge applause and definite nomination.

Edit. barterer2002 reminded me that this is a rescued tournament so it can't be nominated. I'll post third nomination later.

CC Scavengers by Natewolfman
Extremely original idea!

Also, I'd like to thank denominator for the nomination

I hear you ZZ. A contest for the best TO is a good idea, as well as using various catagories next time. Maybe I'll ask your help next time.

I was going to nominate the Speed Doodle Terminator Tournament as well. I did participate and it was very exciting!

Thanks guys, still room for more!

Please remember to post the tournament thread link, so I can make sure I'm posting the proper tournament

Lx

Sorry, Went back and added in the links

Thanks Barterer. I'm glad to see I found the right tournaments!

Mmmm.... Instead of being negative, you could nominate a tournament

Im dont play so many tournaments-and i can not count mine Tournaments-expecialy Bracket series,who is very popular.
And im not negative ,im (neutral)

Fair enough qwert, thanks.


I found another one I'd like to nominate:

Name of the Tournament Organizer: MrMoody
Name of the Tournament: Premium+Freemium Classic Doubles
Link to the Tournament Forum Thread: viewtopic.php?f=92&t=84526
Reason(s) why you nominate this tournament: Hooking up with a, to me, totally unknown freemium made it fun. In general it was nice to see freemiums in a tournament, which made the concept very interesting. The tournament was also very well run.

Lx

[amazzony]

Always ready to help you, Lx


Here's my third nomination, just a wonderful tournament from an amazing organiser. I know I might be biased as I reached so far but that's why I think I know exactly what a great job bartere2002 did with this long/huge tournament and how much work it required.
Battle for Supremacy

[Lindax]

I have a 3rd one too:

>Name of the Tournament Organizer: ConquerAce
> Name of the Tournament: Feudal War Masters
> Link to the Tournament Forum Thread: viewtopic.php?f=92&t=85107
> Reason(s) why you nominate this tournament: I'm a huge fan of Feudal War and it was nice to play a tournament on it with a variety of settings and game types.

Lx

[Lindax]

This is the last day for nominations, we can use a few more

Lx

[HighlanderAttack]

By far the best tourney of the year:

A.- Tournament: 2008 College Basketball Season
Tournament Organizer: flexmaster33

[Lindax]

By far the best tourney of the year:

A.- Tournament: 2008 College Basketball Season
Tournament Organizer: flexmaster33

It's not voting time yet mate

Today is the last day for nominations, voting will start tomorrow.

Lx

[olkok]

> HighlanderAttack
> Around All CC's Maps: Centerscape(Midgard)
> viewtopic.php?f=90&t=77007
> very well run, really fun to play(one of my favorite maps), Around All CC's is a great series

[Lindax]

> HighlanderAttack
> Around All CC's Maps: Centerscape(Midgard)
> viewtopic.php?f=90&t=77007
> very well run, really fun to play(one of my favorite maps), Around All CC's is a great series

This was the last nomination, which means we have 21 nominated tournaments. Thanks to all that nominated a tournament. I'll set up the voting soon.

Lx

[denominator]

Nominator: denominator

Anyone else find that amusing?

[Lindax]

Nominator: denominator

Anyone else find that amusing?

Yep, I chuckled when I typed it.

Lx

[Lindax]

The voting will end in a few hours. Last chance to vote!

Lx

[Lindax]

The results are in. The Best Tournament of 2009 is:

2008 College Basketball Season By Tournament Organizer: flexmaster33

Congratulations!

For the other results, please check page 1.

Lx

[flexmaster33]

That's awesome...thanks to denominator for the nomination and to all who voted for me and others in this poll...here's hoping for some more big tourneys in 2010. I admit I feel a bit guilty for having to bow out of duties for 2009 hoops...I'll be back in full force for 2010

[barterer2002]

Congrats Flex, I've heard nothing but rave reviews on that one. A well deserved win and a good year for tournaments. Thanks to everyone who's hosted and/or participated in a tournament over the past year. As with anything else, there are sometimes disagreements amongst people but overall I think that 2009 was a great year for tournaments and I look forward to a great 2010

[amazzony]

Congratulations, Flex, your tournament really deserved it and I agree with it completely!

Also, thanks to those who voted for my tournament!

[stahrgazer]

Thanks for the nomination and votes, guys.

Congratulations, Flex, that tourney obviously took a ton of work, you deserve the win!