Pockettactics presents.... Summoner Wars Premier League!

Baelnor

Hello All!

I would like to test the waters for another Summoner Wars tournament. It will be a round-robin tournament with a league table. It will be a great way to get a few games up against some great opponents and the timeframe should not extend more than a month (!), but hopefully a lot less.

Challonge sign-ups: http://challonge.com/tournaments/signup/efk4q5r23y

Format: Round-Robin. I'd like to get at least 8 players.

Game Length: Each game should be set to 14 days. This will mean the tournament will last for two weeks.

Special rule: You must keep your faction throughout the entire tournament. Since we are starting all of the games at basically the same time, there will be no selection advantage.

(Stolen from @Thedukester) This is a community event: If you've never posted here, please do so to introduce yourself. Just one post is good enough. But if you can't be bothered to introduce yourself, I'm going to delete your entry.

Invites: Once the tournament starts, make sure you link up on game centre and sort out the invites. I would suggest that the "home" team invites the "away" team, but since it is blind pick there is no advantage.

Game reports: A brief paragraph in here on how your game went would be great to keep everyone involved.

Hopefully there is enough interest to get this started!

Jeff

Awesome, Baelnor! I missed the first tournament. I'm eager to get in on this one!

Owen

Baelnor I love it. And I'm in.

hereafter

I signed up as my gc name Thenafter.

Lexicon

I haven't been playing that great lately but I'm in. I need more shiny Owen trophies.

Baelnor

Thank's for all of the interest guys! I am going to keep signups open over the weekend and close it off on Monday. So if there is anyone missing that should be in here let them know.

@deathmtn! You should be in on this :)

deathmtn

Whoa, thanks for stepping up, @Baelnor! I'm in.

Baelnor

If anyone wishes to join but is having problems, just post your Challonge username here (or PM me your email) and I will add you to the sign up.

karajohn13

I'm in (as always)! Thanks Baelnor!
@Owen Any word for the winner's prize? ;)

Owen

Does anybody with any graphic design chops want to take a stab at a Summoner Wars Premier League logo?

@Karajohn13 always with the prizes, this guy :)

waarbat

Count me in! @Baelnor Thanks for setting this up.

pacman1477

I've lurked on the site for a while, but you have inspired me to finally register and post. How could I resist the chance to lose to Hereafter in yet another Summoner Wars competition ;)

One question, when you say same faction, do you mean same faction, but can change the deck build between games? Or same deck through the whole competition?

Baelnor

Same faction throughout. However, since it is Round Robib, the idea is to have all your games running at once, allowing for a swift finish to the tourney. But feel free to use different versions of the same faction, so long as the faction remains constant.

karajohn13

Owen said:

Does anybody with any graphic design chops want to take a stab at a Summoner Wars Premier League logo?

@Karajohn13 always with the prizes, this guy :)

You know I suck in every tournament man, I only play a couple of rounds!!!! I just ask for the prize, to make things more spicy!!
Have a nice weekend my friend

robthomasson

Signed up. Now that makes 10 of us so far, and - if I understand correctly - that means that we will all be playing at least 9 games at once. Nothing gets past me. Now, I had games this week against @pacman1477 and @deathmtn that were exhausting, let alone what @Lexicon810 put me through in the SW tourney, so 9+ concurrent games means that I will need time to book psychiatric care for the duration of this event. Or I could man up.

Choosing the faction will be tricky - they've all disappointed me at one time or another.

Lexicon

@robthomasson Might I suggest you pick a faction that loses to me? That would be nice. I haven't slept since our last game due to the nightmares....

deathmtn

Whoa, same faction throughout? I didn't see that before. That is going to be the hardest decision of the whole tournament! Also, this may end up being a dwarf festival.

Owen

I'm doing Jungle Elves - bring it on.

hereafter

I'll pick the dwarves or the Phoenix elves. Depending if one isn't chosen yet.

waarbat

Fallen Kingdom here.

lookmanohands

If the game is set to 14 days, each player gets 14 days. Meaning the game can take up to four weeks:) Which I assume is the month you mention in your intro paragraph.

Baelnor

@lookmanohands that's right! That way we can have a fair bit of time to finish all the concurrent games.

I will close this off Monday morning Australia time (which will be Sunday night US time)

No dwarves for me :). Cloaks or elves I think

Hadrosauron

Hi all. I'm new to the forum here (though I've been reading the blog for a while). This tournament sounds fun, though.

Owen

Welcome aboard, @Hadrosauron - make sure you sign up on Challonge, link's in the OP.

blackfire1929

Hi, I'd like to join too! Please sign me up: challonge: blackfire1929.
Question: I always read the news on pt and even follow on twitter, the sign up started a few days ago, where was it mentioned?

Baelnor

Okey Dokey,
I have 12 people on there that I know and understand. There are two people on there who have not introduced themselves (justjeff and didddly). They will be removed tomorrow morning unless they post here and let themselves be known. You cant search for the tourney in challonge, so they must have had the link from here.

Anyways, closing off tomorrow when I wake up :)

hereafter

I know someone that wants to join but cannot confirm his mail and post until Monday.

GC is ananab tilps
His user name is ananabtilps. I hope you don't mind Baelnor.

doublebullout

Just downloaded and played through the tutorial. Seems like an exceptionally well-designed and detailed game. Go ahead and sign me up if entries aren't closed yet and complete beginners are welcome. I don't mind learning on the fly, but will understand if experience is preferred for this one.

gc & challonge: doublebullout

MLKeener

I'm not a great player but I can't resist a tournament! Good dice, all!

Baelnor

@hereafter I added your friend, get them to post here if you can.

To everyone else, I have initiated the league, start co-ordinating the games!

Owen

blackfire1929 said:

Question: I always read the news on pt and even follow on twitter, the sign up started a few days ago, where was it mentioned?

I don't always mention tournaments on the front page (they get started here on the forums), but maybe I should.

Best of luck, everybody. May the dice gods treat you fairly. ;)