[Ansteorra] Hellsgate's Commander's Crucible

[Don Pieter]

Doesn't sound that way to me Tivar. Sounds like they are doing a Swiss five and those with the best records become team leaders. I am guessing that they will figure out how to pick teams after that. Not a snowball at all. 

Pieter

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On Jun 4, 2012, at 9:03 PM, Chris Zakes <dontivar at gmail.com> wrote:

> At 10:19 AM 6/4/2012, you wrote:
>> Greetings to the Lists,
>> 
>> My apologies if you see this more than once.  I want to get this out to as
>> many folks as possible.
>> 
>> On June 15-17, the Stronghold of Hellsgate will be holding it's Premier
>> Champion's event, Commander's Crucible.  The site is Camp Mabry in Austin,
>> TX.
>> 
>> We will be choosing our Premier Champions in Chivalric, Rapier and A&S.
>> 
>> Formats will be determined on the day of the tournament.  As of right now,
>> if there are enough entrants to the Chivalric and Rapier lists, the
>> Commander's will be determined by melee.  The intent is to run either a
>> standard Ansteorran tourney or Swiss Five (on both fields), with the top
>> fighters advancing as melee commanders for the final rounds.
> 
> 
> It sounds like you want a "Snowball Melee" format:
> 
> In the first round, the fighters will be paired up like usual; A and B fight, and, say, B loses. He's now part of A's team. In the next round A and B will fight the team of C and D. The winning team captain now has *three* fighters on his team, and they go on to face other teams of four in the next round. This continues until there is an overall winner.
> 
>        -Tivar Moondragon
> (Who can't come out and play, because he has to work that weekend. Bother.)
> 
> 
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