World Cup of VTES

So I am watching this little tournament they have every four years in
different places. Right now it's in Germany. Argentina looks strong,
but anyway...

It might be fun to do something like that for VTES.

I think it would be cool to do it like the Continental Championships,
but there would only be one representative from each country, and that
person would be flown to the venue by White Wolf, with their expenses
paid for by themselves, or if they can get a sponsor (?!). Perhaps the
first one would be in Atlanta GA.

These would be the winners of specific tournaments leading up to the
event, or perhaps the winners of the national championships.

What this would also mean is that nations with large VTES populations
(like the US), would only have one representative, as would nations
with small VTES populations (Japan, Lexembourg, etc). Just like in
football, Trinidad & Tobago only sends one team, as does England (even
though there are some hundreds if not thousands of professional teams
in England).

The events would perhaps be 3 rounds of "pool" play on the first day.
No player will play at a table with the same other player. Let's say
there are 30 players on day one. 15 advance to day two.

The top half of the players in "pool play" would advance to a round of
limited play (15 players). There would then be a draft (the next day?)
that would be 2 rounds worth. Top 5 finishers in the draft event play
in a final round of constructed death to declare the winner of the
World Cup of VTES.

A slightly different tournament from the Continentals, and it could be
held every 3rd year or so... And it might not be able to be called the
World Cup, I'm not sure if FIFA owns a trademark or not. Isn't there a
Rugby Union World Cup too?

best -

chris

librarian wrote:
> So I am watching this little tournament they have every four years in
> different places. Right now it's in Germany. Argentina looks strong,
> but anyway...
>
> It might be fun to do something like that for VTES.

Here's how I'd do it:

Each team (country) has exactly five representatives, minimum of five
teams. I believe it is mathematically possible with 25+ people that in
a three-round tournament, you will never face the same person twice
with the additional restriction that you will face none of the your
four teammates either.

So, seed the tournament appropriately and run it for three rounds,
sorting the results by Game Wins, Victory Points, and Tournament
Points. And to top it all off, run one final round of play for *ALL*
competitors, but this round is for points. There are plenty of ways to
determine how much first is worth relative to second, etc based on the
total number of entrants.

What I mean is this, if you are in the top 5, you are at the final
table and get a guaranteed 5th place finish worth of points for your
team/country. If you finish the first round 6th-10th, you get minimum
10th place points for your team/country. After the fourth and final
round, add up all the points for each team member and that team wins
the event!

Jeff