- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Excalibur
It's all about communication. There are people on this website that just want to play Halo. They don't do any of this "join chapters" stuff and probably visit this site every two months. This is why it is extremely easy for an organizer to loose touch with them. So you have a choice. You can either communicate with them using PMs on this site, and maybe make a group for the tournament (that's what I did) or you can send messages via Xbox Live. The people who visit this site regularly would obviously respond well to PMs. Likewise the ones that don't visit much would need messages sent to them over Xbox live. If you're going to accept both types of people, then you're going to need to use both methods of communication. Sorry.
I appreciate this, but there's no way anybody's going to go people-hunting. The only things the organisers can do is perhaps post a front-page story when appropriate, and I think maybe a group would be a good idea. I'm slightly reluctant because it's meant to be a community thing, and confining it to a private forum takes away some of the publicity, but I'll go ahead and found one if enough people think it'd help. Another thing is, people who visit the site just for Halo 2 could be a little too competitive, and may not wish to participate at all without some form of reward. I don't want to seem like I don't want to bring people into the community, but there's no way we can reach out beyond the front page of Bungie.net and the column itself. The only feasible thing I can suggest is for the participants to invite some friends along.
Team by Chapter:
Pros:
* If you assign one leader per Chapter, then all you have to do as the organizer is talk to that one leader of the group (maybe administrator) and then expect him to relay messages to his teammates. Cuts down on work for you.
* Teams have a sense of comradeship and the tournament will have a more serious feel.
Cons:
* If you set a size limit for teams, then a large number of people in bigger groups will get left out.
Random Teams
Pros:
* Almost everyone who signs up will get to play.
Cons:
* The players will be unhappy with teammates and more argueing and yelling might occur.
* There's a bunch more people you have to contact incase they don't follow the site.
Posted by: sir_brilliant
I like the original idea, but this, this is bad. I personally have enough trouble relying on people i know while playing halo 2, let alone people i don't know. And i know plenty of people who feel the same way.
I think it would be better to simply allow people to be part of the tourney in pairs, teams of four, eight, whatever. Individual's should be for a seperate individual contest, for another time.
Just my thoughts.
Here's the main problem. One possible solution is that we allow chapters to enter up to 3 teams, say (who will compete in different parts of the tournament ladder) and allow individuals to enter, who will get teamed up with other individuals. That would seem to satisfy the majority.
Or, as impurity suggested, chapters submit smaller teams and get teamed up with others randomly. It's not about winning, but I can appreciate how annoying it would be to be teamed up with someone who can't rack up a single kill. It'll have to be put to the vote at some point, and ultimately somebody's going to end up disappointed, but that's all we can do.