Announcing: The B.ORG March Madness Tournament! (Recruitment)

by Revenant1988 , How do I forum?, Wednesday, February 19, 2014, 17:59 (3941 days ago)

image created by the wonderfully talented Bones

Hello greater B.org denizens! Today I am proud to announce to you the 1st Bungie.org March Madness tournament!

For this competition, teams will face off with custom settings on Halo 4, designed to emulate Halo 2!
(What can we say- the buzz about Halo 2A has us excited ;D)

Teams

-Players sign up individually, in this thread.
-There will be 8 teams of 4.
-Players will be carefully assigned to a team by the organizers (Rev, Snipe, and Bones) to promote the best balance possible, and ensure that everyone has a chance to win. The goal here is to have intense, close games, the whole way through. Nobody wants to see TSD stomp everything. That's boring.
-Once teams are assigned, they will vote for a captain as a point of contact, and choose a team name (this can be silly, or srs bsns. Whatevs, we won't judge).
-Teams will then be seeded at random.

Rules

-Must be a regular poster on HBO or DBO (semi-regular posters are cool too)
-We’re not looking for just Pros- any skill level is welcome and needed.
-Team captains will arrange one day of the week to play 3 games in Halo 4.
-The games will consist of

(1) game of Competitive Slayer
(1) game of Traditional Objective
(1) Community based game fitting the March Madness theme

-The team who wins the best of these 3 games will be declared the winner of that week’s match and will move higher into the tournament. The loser of the match will continue to be matched against other teams in the lower bracket. *If a team wins the first 2 of 3 games, they are not required to play the final game, but it is encouraged.

-At the end of the tournament, the team with no losses will be declared the victor and shall earn a prize! (Prizes are still in the works, and we’ll announce them when things are official)

When

-Starting Monday March 3rd, running for 3 weeks
-Teams will meet up once a week at a time determined by their respective captains. ---Teams may compete at any time of the day, any day of the week.
-Each matchup for the week will take about an hour overall to form the party and play the 3 games. You’ve got an hour a week to play Halo 4 with your bro’s don’t ya!?
-Results of each match up must be sent to Revenant by a team captain by the end of Sunday each week, 11:59 PM.
*Team captains may simply report the score of each game, or may link to it via waypoint. Screen shots and film clips are encouraged, especially if they highlight great team work or hilarity.

Where

-All games will be played on Halo 4 forged maps. These maps were hand selected and tested by Snipe, myself, and other members of the BORG community for balance. They feature a variety of faithfully crafted remakes from previous Halos as well as a dash of original content, some of which is currently in matchmaking.

The maps and game types will be announced Monday each week, and will be available for download from Revenant and Snipe’s file shares.
*Each team must play the maps and games set forth by the organizers- no substitutions!

Player Traits

All players will play with preset player traits similar to the traits of Halo 2/3. This includes

Enhanced base movement/speed
No sprint
No armor abilities
Preset weapon loadouts

Other things

-This is for the B.ORG community as a whole- it matters not if you are strictly HBO or DBO.
-The goal of this tournament is plain and simple: To have fun.
Meet new friends! And kill them! Talk about Destiny, future Halo, the state of AAA gaming, it’s all good.

-If this goes over well, we are considering making this a more frequent event, playing other games (as they become available of course). Your feedback and participation are appreciated! We are confident that between the two sister sites, we can get 32 of you to make this happen. We can’t do it without you! Even if Halo 4 isn’t your choice game, I’m confident you’ll still have fun with your friends.

Summary

1.) 3 week tournament starts March 3rd
2.) Players sign up individually, will be hand placed on a team by organizers
3.) Teams will meet once a week, play best of 3 predetermined games
4.) Results will be sent to Revenant for weekly re-cap
5.) Winners will progress in the upper bracket until only one remains, losers in the lower bracket.
6.) Prizes TBD.

What now?

If you want to join, reply to this thread with
a.) Your GT
b.) Any questions you may have