12SEP2018 UPDATE







MAY UPDATE

TOURNAMENT CONSIDERATIONS

Registration Closure Follows

Tournament Registration is now closed.









Current Tournament Announcement Follows

PREFACE

ANNOUNCEMENT

TOURNAMENT SPECIFICS

"Stock Only"

20m Cbills,

Plateau Valley

Sunset

90-seconds

Determination of Match Host

To sign up for the Tournament,

~ Tournament Registration will close at noon HBS-Time (Pacific Time / GMT-7) on Thursday, 24th of May.

TOURNAMENT CONSIDERATIONS

Congratulations to both @WilliamVonBillhelmHelmet and @Kidzin for making the Tournament FINALS. In a hotly contested and very closely fought match, @WilliamVonBillhelmHelmet emerged victorious! Well fought and well earned Good Sir. :bow:And a very special thank you to all of our 91-tournament participants. Each and everyone of you were our Tournament MVPs!All I did was push the needed Challonge and forum buttons, our 91-BATTLETECH Gamers provided all the thrills, chills and edge-of-your-TWITCH-viewing-seat excitement we could handle.Thank YOU, one and ALL!And as always, good luck and good gaming.SEE YOU ALL NEXT YEAR! (Matches are now underway. Match videos, stories and results can be shared in this thread: https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...om-valhallas-tournament-of-champions.1101307/ Please use this thread's posted "Threadmarks" to find all the latest week's Commencement and Resolution posts.Please complete all matches in a timely manner.If any problems or questions arise, please contact me at the earliest possible opportunity. I can not work to resolve specific problems and questions if I don't know about them. : )And as a precious touchstone of our tournament, please review:1.) Please treat everyone with respect. This is a game.2.) Please be responsible for your actions and words. This is a game.3.) Please be welcoming and keep it considerate. This is a game.4.) Have fun and be kind to one another! This is a FUN game.:bow:The Tournament will begin in slightly less than 24-hours.All Tournament Specifics and Considerations are included below.Challonge's Tournament Predictions feature (quite like choosing bracket winners during America's Men's College Basketball March Madness) is now open to all who have a Challonge Accounts.Predictions/Bracket Selections will only be possible during the next 24-hours, before the Tournament begins in slightly less than 24-hours.Here is the final Tournament Bracket: https://challonge.com/BATTLETECH_VToC The field of participants was well shuffled just prior to closing registration. ALL participants had an equal chance for a first round bye.If there are any questions please let me know as soon as possible, either here in thread or via PM.:bow:: Both previous Tournament Threads ( Open Forum Valhalla Forum) are now Closed and Locked (Thank you @stjobe :bow: ). They have served their purposes to determine if there was sufficient interest by my fellow BATTLETECH Gamers in such a Competitive Multiplayer Tournament () and thanks to @HBS_Eck and our Community Managers at Paradox, the Winner of this Tournament will indeed be granted access to the BATTLETECH Valhalla Forum, if they have not already purchased access during the BATTLETECH Kockstarter. If the winner already was access, they will have have earned the distinction of having had for themselves EARNED access as Tournament Champion. :bow:: On May 25th, the inagural Valhalla Tournament of Champions will begin. While I hope to fill at least 64-billets on the Tournament Bracket, the Bracket and Match Reporting App we will be using ( Challonge.com ) can handle up to 256 competitors. As long as those who participate have some Competitive Multiplayer Big and Stompy FUN, I'll judge this tournament a success.The Tournament is a double elimination Tournament. The Challonge.com tournament I have already set up will handle both the original bracketing and double elimination tracking.Again, I will not be participating myself, so as to better coordinate and manage the Tournament.1.) This is aTournament, no Custom Mechs, MechWarriors or Maps may be used.2.)of any kind may be used. While Modding is fast becoming the life's blood of BATTLETECH Replayablity for myself and no few others, this Tournament will use a purely vanilla version of BATTLETECH from start-to-finish.3.) The BATTLETECH Match Value can be up to and includingbut not a single Cbill more.4.), an entire Lance must be fielded for each and every Tournament Match. This is a Lance on Lance Tournament. A participant's Mech and MechWarrior selections can change between each Round of the Tournament, up to and including the Finals.5.) The map to be used throughout the entire Tournament is. And the mood to be used on this map is6.) Match Timers will be set to7.). For example, Round One will last from noon HBS-Time (Pacific Time / GMT -7) on Friday, 25th of May, through noon on Friday, 1st of June. Upon which time we will immediate begin Round 2, which itself will proceed until noon on Friday, 8th of June, and so on until the Tournament is complete. Since gamers from across the world will be participating in this Tournament, I looked to my own difficulties in scheduling and often time rescheduling matches with my friends in other Time Zones. A week, I feel is more than reasonable amount of time to schedule and hold a single match per week.8.): for each round, I will randomly select either the Bracket's first/top position or the Bracket's second/bottom position to "Host" that Round’s matches. As we move on to the second Tournament Round, I will again randomly select which position in the Bracket is to "Host" that Round’s matches. And so on, and so forth, through to the Finals.first establish an account with Challonge.com , using a BATTLETECH game or BATTLETECH forum recognizable name, then follow this link to join the Tournament: https://challonge.com/tournaments/signup/g7WbrUNRuE Depending on the number of participants, there may be "Play In" matches or a number of first round "Byes" ~ the key thing is that EVERYONE GETS TO JOIN (at least up to the 256-player limit.) As required I will shuffle seeds prior to the Tournament Start to ensure random pairings.1.) Please treat everyone with respect. This is a game.2.) Please be responsible for your actions and words. This is a game.3.) Please be welcoming and keep it considerate. This is a game.4.) Have fun and be kind to one another! This is a FUN game.While I tried to learn all I could from the Community tournaments @Dog Solitude held for us under MWT , this is the first tournament I have organized. If at any time during the tournament a problem arises, please please please bring it to my attention at once. I can't work to resolve what I do not know is a problem.Thank you for interest in this thread and tournament. If you have any questions, comments or concerns please share them below.