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Decay wrote: I'll throw my 2 cents in here since I was the last person to run a 2v2 tdm tournament successfully here.

Consider using whatever the current tdm compilation is and let the players pick any map from said compilation. It's more exciting when there is such a variety and teams being unpredictable with their choices. If needed (teams can't agree), have an arbitrator (ie tournament runner) pick a tie-breaker map.

Make small divisions if there are obvious skill gaps (not fun for either party).

Of course, common sense is to let players pick their own partners.

Keep registration fairly low for easy maintenance and speedy completion. It's not the end of the world if one team doesn't get in, there will always be others. Not like there's a reward at the end.

Hound on people to make sure their games get down, pick 1 or 2 people that have done a good job in running stuff (is stdl really a prime example I DUNNO).

I would say go N/OS. Freelook/item respawn, the rest of the flags OS.

Good luck, I love 2v2 tdm, it's my favourite mode of play. Hope it turns out well.

Decay wrote: You clearly don't know shit about tdm.

Picking a partner for tdm is more than just skill, it's based on picking someone that you know you will enjoy playing with, someone you can communicate well with, someone you know can work well with your times, someone you know well and can work well with in terms of strategies and overall coherence. It's less about "hur dur skil" and more about how well you operate with a particular player.

Picking your own partner means likely picking a friend which means it will be more fun which gives incentive to get games done and thus a higher chance for a REASONABLE completion time.

Decay wrote:

Nati46 wrote:

Decay wrote: You clearly don't know shit about tdm.

Picking a partner for tdm is more than just skill, it's based on picking someone that you know you will enjoy playing with, someone you can communicate well with, someone you know can work well with your times, someone you know well and can work well with in terms of strategies and overall coherence. It's less about "hur dur skil" and more about how well you operate with a particular player.

Picking your own partner means likely picking a friend which means it will be more fun which gives incentive to get games done and thus a higher chance for a REASONABLE completion time.

Why do you think that everyone would have this consideration in mind? Obviously some strong players would just pick the best player so that they will dominate together, basing teams upon these friendships would just create very lopsided teams, sure we can follow your idea and have a swift+fluff team or something of the sort and call it a day, but I want this to be more interesting rather than make it easy to predict who's gonna win before it even started.

I.... wha.... why.... how... hurgh. This is hardly... holy shit...
You should consider a new name for yourself, the one I gave you 3 years ago.

Decay wrote: I explained it with my other post. You're being willfully blind and any explanation would bounce off that brick skull of yours.

Decay wrote: I'm not expecting you or anyone to accept my view. It seems you just don't understand it. If anything you're pushing your own views here. I am simply expressing my disbelief about how stupid they are. You are the most unreflexive individual I have ever had the displeasure to meet in my entire life. You also have one of the biggest victim complexes. When something doesn't go your way, instantly the other person must be trolling. The brick is the ultimate symbol of your intellect and personality.

You're treating this like a duel tournament, or ctf tournament. It's neither, and hey guess what you haven't run either of those game modes successfully, and are already gearing up to run this into the ground. I don't know about you, but I'd actually like to see some success. I have a lot of TDM experience and was offering my advice as someone who 1) has lots of TDM experience and 2) has actually run a successful TDM tournament here. If you don't understand the fundamental aspect of TDM, you're fucked right from the beginning. Tournaments depend on the players. You're giving people the short end of the stick.