Forum Brawl - Rules

[The Oracle]

ART BY TOOSCHEE | LOGO BY SCAREDGIRL

What is Forum Brawl?
Forum Brawl is a forum event where 12 teams compete against each other if different tasks that happen all around the forums.

Teams will have 7 members, each with their own special role. Players go head-to-head against players from other teams by doing tasks based on what their role is. The community decides which players perform the best, and points are awarded accordingly. After 6 rounds of brawling, the team with the highest score will be the winner.

What makes Forum Brawl different from most other events is the fact that there is no PvP in Forum Brawl. The event is all about creativity, artistic skills, and most importantly, forum awesomeness.

Brawlmaster
We will have two Brawlmasters who are responsible for Forum Brawl event. They will have an active role in designing the tasks for each round, and will handle all the day-to-day actions like posting new topics or replying to questions about the event. Brawlmasters will be appointed by the Elements Council. This time around they are Naesala and UTAlan.

How to Join Forum Brawl
Forum Brawl will usually happen right after War event ends. Once the sign-up topic is posted, any community members may join the event. When you join, you need to choose the top 3 roles you would be interested in, in order of preference. Picking the right role for you is extremely important because it will affects what you will be doing in the event, so please do not choose a role you are not familiar with. All this will be explained in detail in the sign-up topic. If a role does not receive enough people wishing to be in it, it may be dropped from the event.

Roles
1. Boss
Each team will have a Boss whose main responsibility is to build the team. Boss will also participate in the event by dueling other Bosses in random tasks. Boss is different from other roles because you cannot sign-up as a boss. Masters of each element will first be given the opportunity to become a Boss. If a Master is unable or unwilling to join the event, he or she can name a replacement. The event is not compulsory, so Masters should not be afraid to use a replacement if they feel they do not have enough time or interest.

2. Card Designer
Card Designer duels other Card Designers by producing a new card idea based on theme and restrictions posted each round.

3. Deckbuilder
Deckbuilder duels other Deckbuilders by building unique decks based on theme and restrictions posted each round.

4. Artist
Artist produces unique Elements related art. This category includes any visual medium, so photography, film, and such are permissible in addition to drawings.

5. Writer
Writer produces unique Elements related stories and poems.

6. Off-Topicker
Off-Topicker gets tasks that are related to one of the section in Off-Topic Discussions. This role requires well-rounded skills in many different areas (or amazing Google/Wikipedia skills).

7. Forum Expert
Forum Expert works with many of the things that make the forums great that don't fit into above categories (Wiki, Tools, etc.).

Building the Team
All the players will be divided into the roles based on their preffered roles then added to an alphabetical list. This list will then be sent to all 12 Bosses, who will reorder the list from most preferred to least preferred player. Brawlmasters will build the teams by first arranging all 12 lists in random order, then going through each list, one by one, picking the most preferred available player, until each team has a total of 7 players (Boss + 6 others). After all the teams are full, any player without a team, will unfortunately be left out of the event.

Rounds
Forum Brawl has a total of 6 rounds, each lasting 7 days. A new round will start as soon as the last one ends. Tasks will be relatively simple so 7 days should be more than enough time to perform them. Overall workload of Forum Brawl will be much less than in events like War and Trials. The event lasts 7-8 weeks in total.

Scoring
Scoring will be based on community vote and bonus points given by the Expert Panel.

1. Community Vote Poll with all the submissions, anonymously given and in random order. One vote for each forum member who is Jr. Member above. Poll runs for 6 days. Submissions are ranked based on the final results of the poll. Because the voting is to be anonymous to lower bias, self advertising is grounds for automatically losing a round. Don't worry, after votes are tallied everyone's name will then be shown so you can receive proper credit! In the event of a tie, points for the places that tied will be added together and divided equally (e.g. 1st and 2nd tie, both teams would gain 10 points). Any leftover points will be dropped. 1st = 12 points 2nd = 8 points 3rd = 5 points 4th = 3 points 5th = 2 points 6th = 1 points 7th = 0 points 8th = 0 points 9th = 0 points 10th = 0 points 11th = 0 points 12th = 0 points

2. Expert Panel Both Brawlmasters and Administrators pick their favorites in all 6 categories. Each submission that is picked by one of the members of the Expert Panel, scores an additional 2 points. One submission can receive bonus points from more than one Expert Panel member.

Scoring will happen during rounds so that the scoring of round 1 will happens during round 2, scoring of round 2 happens during round 3, etc.

Winner
The team that has the most points after all 6 rounds, wins the event. All members of the team will receive a cool forum award icon and tons of respect.




This event is no longer under construction, but we still appreciate feedback. If you have any ideas on how to improve the rules, please post it here. Thank you.

[PlayerOa]

This sounds very interesting.

[Djhopper :)]

I approve. This would be a good thing to have on your CV if you ever wanted to run for elements council.

[EmeraldTiger]

This sounds like something I could do.

[Naesala]

Sounds fun, I may be up for this.

[kev]

Sounds awesome.  Props to SG or whoever came up with the idea.

It feels a little odd to have an elements Event lasting six weeks long that doesn't involve the game itself.  Like maybe we should find a way to include logins and ad views.  Dunno.

I recognize the above is more a description rather than rules, but here are some notes for when the rules are being written :

• When you say "players go head-to-head" do you really mean all twelve Artists compete against each other?  In my mind head-to-head means one-on-one, which'd mean some kind of brackets system.
• Tiebreaker might not be a bad idea to note.
  • What happens if two artists receive the same number of votes?  12 points each?
  • What happens if two teams are tied at the end of 6 rounds?
• To what extent is it okay I help my teammates with their tasks?
• Player replacement rules?
• Will Brawlmasters be responsible for all event ideas or will you be taking community ideas?

[Scaredgirl]

It feels a little odd to have an elements Event lasting six weeks long that doesn't involve the game itself.  Like maybe we should find a way to include logins and ad views.  Dunno.

Yes, that is true. Hmm.. I guess we could consider replacing the "Deckbuilder" role with "PvE'er". Although deckbuilding is big part of War, I wanted to add it here as well, because it's a big part of the forums too. But if we had a role like PvE'er, we could include deckbuilding to that, but expand it to other things as well.

• When you say "players go head-to-head" do you really mean all twelve Artists compete against each other?  In my mind head-to-head means one-on-one, which'd mean some kind of brackets system.
• Tiebreaker might not be a bad idea to note.
  • What happens if two artists receive the same number of votes?  12 points each?
  • What happens if two teams are tied at the end of 6 rounds?
• To what extent is it okay I help my teammates with their tasks?
• Player replacement rules?
• Will Brawlmasters be responsible for all event ideas or will you be taking community ideas?

Yes, all twelve compete against each other. Original plan was to make 1vs1 seeding like in War, but that would probably complicate things too much.

In case of a tie, a Brawlmaster can cast a vote to break the tie.

Two teams being tied at the end of 6 rounds is pretty unlikely, but if it happens, we could have one last sudden death round between the Bosses of those teams.

I think that the whole team should be able to chip in by throwing in ideas or helping by other means. It's not that big of a deal really if the person gets outside help, as long as that outside help is from inside the team.

We will ask community ideas later. It's going to be done using PM's so that we don't spoil the surprise.


Thanks for the comments.

[ralouf]

I like this idea hope I'll be available for this

[FlareGlutox]

Sounds nice and makes me come up with the idea to merge the different roles and tasks for one of the rounds.

To clarify what I mean, an exaggerated example would be to have the Card designer make an interesting card, the Artist produce some art especially for that card, the Deckbuilder form a False God deck around that card, the Writer to come up with a name and story for that False God, and the Off-Topicker to find and explain some scientific and/or mythological context, that fits the card or the False God pretty well.
This is of course just an example and it would also fit my idea, if just two or three roles were merged, but I think it's pretty clear what I mean now.

[nilsieboy]

what about the trials, will they happen at the same time?

[Jappert]

This sounds like something I could do.

You'd go for 24 cards+ if there was an auction involed!

I personally like Card Design and love deck building. That Deckbuilder role is most appealing of all to me!

[RavingRabbid]

what about the trials, will they happen at the same time?

You silly.

This event is the new War.
Or well, it can be.
Masters will now not only have to master the Art of War, but they will have to master Art itself.