WHAT IF : Limited Phathom/Ghost Tournament

over 1 year ago (Edited)

My recent participation in splinterlands tournaments came out with some ideas. I assume the game developer has already adventured in this format whether by discussion or testing; but if not than I hope this shall be put into consideration. ( plz excuse my English and hope y'all enjoy my ugly drawings) 😄

ABBREVIATIONS

T.O = Tournament Organizer

Tournaments battle I visualize are like GLADIATORS [the movie] :

There was a fair mix of citizens, convicts and prisoners of war enlisting in gladiator training schools. On rare occasions, people from the Roman nobility also took part in the gladiator fights, with the most famous example being the Roman Emperor Commodus.

which in this context participants can be Human ( regardless of status), Bots or other life forms (leeches included) . Just like the Street Fighter/King of Fighter game I use to play challenging bots, human and those camping in arcade whole day just to train their skills; entry level was minimal and anyone could come join and play challenge matches.

The current splinterlands tournament setup (before modern format launch) is like people who wants to play golf (example) but needs

Golf sets (with expensive golf set to normal or lesser range) people with normal or lesser range can't join the expensive range.
Golf member (with staked sps) in order to participate and earn rewards.

These membership type tournaments can continue as it has it's own benefits . Moving forward if splinterlands wish to tap the Esport or bigger tournament participants in order to lure skill base players, than it's recommended a new tournament format/setup is needed.( example open tournament)

The open to all tournament can be like "PHANTOM/GHOST LIMITED event" (where a list of cards are shown for selection but will not be added to your collection).

This will test the skill of deck making with limited card.

( As mentioned in townhall, most players are WILD type and find it pretty hard to adapt limited choice of cards like modern). A case study refence can use magic the gathering draft/seal format where deck building is made and challenge in a given amount of time. [ Can be part buffet of option quote by Uncle Aggy]

DEV to create a master control panel where T.O can select summoners/creature in POOL , ruleset is optional but will come in handy for future
As shown in design, the feature of video call or limiting message ( preferable emoji message to limit negative language) will promote interaction with T.O or maybe audience.

OPEN LIMITED PHANTOM TOURNAMENT

The tournament style I like to see has the same setup as BRAWL or ANYTIME tournament (24hr submission period) with single elimination till top 8 - 10. The only extra will be top table where a [ GUest/invited participant] joins in (more on that later ).

Round-robin group match till top 8-10 could also be considered if it doesn't overload the server. [picturing if 5k-10k participant all battle at the same time ]

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Tournament Organizers (T.O) randomly select list of cards ( WILD cards ) to be added in pool. Example:

POOL A (choose 1 splinter among : life/death/earth/water/fire) 15-20 random creatures of splinter choice + 8 neutral creatures [example in pic , player choose DEATH and will display death + neutral creature to choose from and construct deck)

POOL B ( choose 1 that's not already been chosen in POOL A) Creature amount same as POOL A but of different splinter (either same neutral creature as in pool A or different)

POOL C ( Dragon splinter ) : choice of Pool A or B creatures amount + 3 or 4 random dragon creature ( pre selected by T.O)

Participants signed up using traditional method of keychain ( bla bla) but will be assigned a [Sub-name] ( example: l4l4l4 signed up and given sub-name [U001]), this sub-name will be used for the tournament (original name and rating will not be visible, no one will know who is the sub-name assigned to . Even T.O won't know). Only once reach top 8-10 or game is finished than all sub-name will reveal the original participant names.
To simplify it will be imagine your usual test buddy were to dressed in cloak and mask ,battled in tournament only to reveal that it was your test buddy that you fought after tournament ends.
Reason being : To eliminate information gathering and prediction (whether is player or bot or other life form)

FUNCTION OF GUEST/STREAMER ACC

Since all battles will be auto-battle mode , it's developer option to have battle log in graphic format or text format (Example https://splintertools.io/history/bubke battle log to save space/server). Once reach Top 8-10, those participant data can transfer back to normal site with a guest entry inserted. Guest auto enter at top 8-10 with exception that only 2 splinter can be chosen and construct the deck ( choice of which splinter either by T.O or participants voting poll ). Top 8 -10 battles should be in Round robin style which won't take up too much time (30mins max), so that guest acc can showcase all battles to viewers.

Future role of Guest acc can do live top 8-10 for each top participant and view their constructed decks once the demand is there. For now it's guest invite ( streamer, previous limited winner or even random staff members or even UNCLE AGGY )

As initial trial stage, this tournament should be held once a month as not clash with other tournaments being held. Other reason is to build up hype and also reward pool. Tournament economics needs to factor in for the longevity of it ( just relying participant fee may not be enough). Example of building up reward pool can be from a small portion from potion sales. Other option of reward pool build up can be from portion of advertisement fee as well.

ENTRY FEE

For new sign ups, besides spell book and other benefits, could consider giving a tournament pass(non transferable) for this tournament only. Deadline on this tournament sign up for new players should be done 2-days before tournament starts so issues like KYC or others can have time to resolve.

Existing account can pay with Dec or Sps.

The entry fee figure may need to consider future dedicated T.O, developer, marketing etc if somehow this tournament becomes popular.

REWARDs

Besides the rewards pool as prizes, another option to attract participants in this tournament can also be in form of badges for top achievers or card ( both soul bound if possible) that's only available in this tournament.

Initial idea was giving out prize from pool, still sketchy and might talk about it more next time.

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FUN STUFF

An open to all tournament by dumping everyone to FURIOUS CHICKEN's den and see who survives format .

Another idea came up was making a side event from the Limited Phantom/Ghost tournament . Once participant finished constructing/ submitting their deck, they be placed in FURIOUS CHICKEN's den ( bot controlled ) of unlimited furious chickens... The Goal is to see who survives the longest😁

This side event can be used for participants in single KNOCK OUT round where there's DRAW result. [ If a DRAW results happens, both participants entry be brought to side event site and battled out with the chickens; the winner will be brought back to tournament and continue]

That's all for this segment , hope y'all enjoy reading. Cya when I Cya !

CREDITS

All the images in this article are credited to splinterlands.com , splintercards.com , splintershare.info . Cover image and edit made in canva.com , lunapic.com