So, January's competition didn't work out as well as I was hoping (or initial feedback hinted at). Oh well... I'm working on different ideas and crossing the ones that fail off the list for future events. Because of last month's failure and the fact people seem to need an incentive to game these days, I figured I'd run a comp centered around a new rewarding scheme. Simply put, the "winners" of Gaming Nights and ICTEs are generally the same group of 3-4 people week in and week out, which means average joe JOer never gets a chance to earn a Crescent for him/herself. February should change all that...
The February Gaming Competition will focus on rewarding active gamers who can't seem to place in regular Gaming Nights. For February, rewards will be based on a tiered system with members qualifying for different sets of awards based on how many matches they win. The tiers break down as follows:
1) 5-10 matches played
2) 11-20 matches played
3) 21-34 matches played
4) 35+ matches played
So, the top player in Tier1 will earn a low-level Crescent. In Tier 2, the top two participants will earn Crescents. Tiers 3 and 4 have CF bonuses along with higher level crescents, and the top participant will also earn a Pendant of Blood. (Note: Placing is determined by most wins, followed by most losses. 10-5 beats 10-0)
Now, these awards will only be earned if there is a high enough level of participants.
Top Participant: Cr-R + PoB
Tier 4: Cr-A, Cr-S, Double CFs
Tier 3: Cr-E, Cr-T, 1.5x CFs
Tier 2: Cr-T, Cr-Q
Tier 1: Cr-Q
You can also check out the Competition Link.
PS: Read my last news post for a refresher on the whole gaming thing. It might help you not fail at stuff :P
PPS: I've added a section to the Gaming Servers wiki that explains how to run mods for JA and JO - just in case some people get confused.
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This looks good!
Finally!
Someone has discovered that maybe not lessening the rewards for active players might actually encourage people to participate. This type of philosophy of not penalizing people who participate because others don't or you get a gamer like me that loves the game just does not have the time to sit down and play JA to the point of mastering every technique needed to be number one.
This type of concept might actually get me and other casual players of these games in the ladder finally.
Will the crystals be something that JH members will have to earn? Or will certain crystals be awarded for activity?
If so, will the crystals be ranked by its attributes?
Uh... Raid, I think you may be a bit confused.
i think he wanted to post to the DGM report =)
Eludajae - I hope what you say is true, but the only real way to prove that is by participating in the Gaming Nights so that I know it's a success. Hopefully this will pull in more people and I can work a leveled rewards system into future competitions.