We've all, best beloved, heard a lot about how many SFB rules were left out of SFC. Time pressure can be so stressful, and the cucumber sandwiches do get soggy if you leave them sitting too long while you are trying to get that last rule into your code. I don't blame Taldren for leaving some of the rules out. But then again, not all of SFB was intended to use all of the rules. I was always impressed by just how close you could get to a simulation of Tournament SFB using the SFC package. (Yes, the drone rules do get pesky, but then drones rules are always pesky, best beloved.)
This thought puts me in mind of the most fun I ever had in tournament play: a tournament in which each particiant was allowed to enter multiple times, so long as he took a different ship each time. (And paid the entry fee.) I'm of a mind to duplicate this experience right here in D2 land, if any of you are of a mind to try.
A cash prize would be given, and maybe even a trophy. And maybe I could be convinced, best beloved, to pay you a personal visit. Imagine me, Herr Burt, staying in your home. Eating your food. Maybe even sleeping in your bed (you get the floor), and giving you all sorts of captainly advice!
Here is what I had in mind:
*You may enter the tournament up to three times, but each time must be with a different ship. You will not have to fight yourself in the first round, and only the best of your ships goes forward into the second round.
*Tournament ships would be used. These would be EXACT COPIES of the tournament SSDs that are now current in competitive SFB. Yes, some translate better to SFC than others. Keep this in mind when you choose your entries. This will require me to make a tourney shiplist since current SFC tourney ships do not include all options and are not corrected with the latest updates. (Eg. The Rom King Eagle gets a bit more armor these days.) I'll include several copies of an Orion tourney ship, and Orion players may choose two to be their "ship". They get to chose which of the two to use after learning the race of each opponent.
*Exact tournament rules would be used. Most of the rules reduction that is done for SFB tourneys has already been handled by SFC, (eg. no narrow salvos) but a few more rules would need to be added that the players would have to be mindful of. (For example, in SFB tournmenets you may gain ECM by launching weasels and various other methods, but you may not spend any power on ECM or ECCM.)
*Combats would be flown using the SFC tourney map, with no terrain.
*Combats would be flown in two rounds. In the first round, everyone fights everyone else once. (You don't have to fight your own ships.) In the second round, the top 8 ship records are chosen and seeded, and then fight a single elimination for the eventual winner. If a player has more than one of his ships qualify for the second round, the best ship advanced. If a tie, he chooses which he wants to take.
*Each win must be documented by sending me a film of the combat. You win my eternal affection if you post to the D2 forum a running commentary.
*Supplies will be limited only to what a tourney ship would have in a SFB tourny game, including fighters, shuttles, marines, drones, etc. Yes, drones are a bitch since in SFC their upgrades are an all or nothing deal. I haven't worked it out exactly yet what will happen, but the Kzin will be able to do something with drones that no one else can.
*I reserve the absolute right to toss out on his ear, without warning, anyone who makes an arse out of himself.
*I reserve the right to enter the first round of the tournament, but will not advance to the second round even if I score in the top eight. (Then again, I may not enter. But it would be fun.)
As I said, a cash prize will be given. The size of the prize will depend upon the number of entrants and the amount of interest in paying a nominal entry fee. (If there is a fee, it will all go to the prize, and thus the prize will be bigger.) If the winner is interested, I can provide them with a "trophy", which would consist of a carefully painted (by moi) SFB miniature of their winning ship.
More rules to follow after I've made them up determined interest in the tourney.
So, anyone up for it?
-Herr Burt
Topic: D2 Tournament Ship Tourney: Up for it? (Read 3633 times)