Hi, sorry if this has been covered already, but a quick readthrough of
existing threads in this forum didn't really help.
I'm interested in maybe joining the new year's tournament (so what if
I get beat, it should still be fun!) but I'm not sure of what the
rules/guidelines are for playing.
Is there an FAQ somewhere dedicated to this, so that I don't need to
bother players already here?
If not, could someone just do a quick rundown of how the
tournaments work here? Like are they timed, are the games
administered through the site or is additional software required, what
are the rules on time outs, how are people matched up, etc.?
Thanks, and looking forward to playing some great matches!
-mike
Hello Mike,
Most of the answers to your questions can be got from clicking on
the "tournaments" icon near the top. On that page it tells you the
name of each tournament, the timeout setting, whether the
tournament is still open for new entrants, group size and so on.
As for the other things:-
No additional software is required; they just fit into "your games" like
all your other games. The tournament games have a little symbol by
them to denote that they are tournament games (funnily enough!).
Timeouts were not automatically enforced in the first few tournaments,
although a general concensus did get formed that if "claim win" came
up in a tournament game then it would be taken. Indeed, I believe
there was talk of making it an automatic win the second someone
timed out.
At the moment people are matched up according to rating. So in each
group you typically would get 4 players with ratings of 1750, 1500,
1300 and 1150. There may be tournaments in the future where each
group is drawn randomly, or perhaps tournaments for specific rating
bands.
Any other questions then ask away!
Mark
