Life in 19 by 19 tournament 2011

[Shaddy]

I'm 2d kgs, and sign me up!

[CSamurai]

"Sooooo...

[Jordus]

Count me in of course!

[hailthorn011]

I'd like to participate. I'm 12k

[emeraldemon]

So what do we need to make this happen? Someone to set deadlines? Someone to build the brackets?

[Phelan]

Yup, basically that. I've only been collecting participants. I figured we'd need more before organizing brackets and deadlines.

Added Jordus, and hailthorn011, you were already in. :p

[Sevis]

If I'm not too late, I would like to be in. ^^

[schultz]

If I'm not too late, I would like to be in. ^^

You're in plenty of time, welcome to the party.

I guess the big points of clarification (most already brought up) is when to start this and the basic rules.

I personally have no problems waiting for a similar start time to make this the "Annual L19 Tournament," but have no problems starting sooner as well. And are we still planning on having the winner of the bracket challenge Tabemasu for the "title?"

As for rules, sticking with the same time settings? It's already been established so I would vote to stick with those and keep all the basic rules consistent between years unless there is a major reason to clarify or streamline things if some one thinks some thing isn't working - though I haven't had, or heard, of any complaints from last year.

[Aphelion]

I'm in too.

[Suji]

I'm in. I wanted to wait a year when this was going on last year.

[Aphelion]

Surely this doesn't have to be an annual tournament? I'm all for us starting tomorrow and having a new one every month.

[Dusk Eagle]

I'm not. If it's done too often it loses its specialty. With one tournament a year, it can be quite an exciting and special event. With a tournament every couple of months, its marginal utility will diminish quickly and I'm betting a lot of people would lose interest. So I'd prefer if it was only held annually.

For a more ongoing thing that doesn't end, someone willing to devote the time could set up an L19 ladder. But if I recall correctly from GD, after a little while people stopped playing on the ladder. That's what I fear will happen if too many L19 championship tournaments are held.

[HermanHiddema]

I would like to play again this year, but I cannot play earlier than October. If a similar format as last year is used, maybe that is an option. If it isn't then that's fine too, but I won't be playing

[SinK]

I'm in.

[tj86430]

Given that it takes some time to organize and run, but there is fairly large interest and everyone interested can not participate at any time, I'd suggest that we do this twice a year: a spring tournament and a fall one. If needed these tournaments can have slight differences to increase interest in both.