In hopes of creating some action on both sides on our gaming competition, despite the fact that it's hard to even out users on certain platforms I'm suggesting this to you all. The reason I'm posting it here instead of the suggestions thread is so that all gamers are welcome to help tailor this to our needs. This is not us suggesting to staff, this is us organizing ourselves. All feedback and CC is not only welcome, but appreciated.
What I am suggesting is a rotating game calender. Just as we have the Signature and Avatar of the week, we can have our own competitions. My idea works like this. Members will propose games to be added to a list, if the game recieves enough votes (you need the game to vote in, obviously) then it will be added to said list. The games will then rotate in and out of our Game of the Week spot. Example being three games are proposed to be added. Games 1 and 2 recieve enough votes, but 3 does not. Games 1 and 2 will rotate each week untill new games are added. Game 3 is not without hope, as it can still be added if it's player base grows and the new players vote in.
Different systems is an issue, so we need to be very clear about what game we are proposing/own. Also, if we have too many games are added to the active rotation we can have different competitions for the seperate consoles, but the same game. Shrinking the list, but increasing the participants for the week. This list is not purely for PC and consoles, however. DS, PSP and Wii owners are welcome to add their games to the list and have every right to hold the GotW slot untill our list grows.
(copy/pastes game type examples from the suggestion thread)
We could obviously tailor details to better fit the girth of our player base for said competitions. Details would alter per game, but there is no reason we could not get creative.
There is the ever obvious death match, or team death match. One match would really be pretty short and weak, so it might be best to average together amounts. Collecting scores would be a pain so another option would be to have a score keeper in the match. Said score keeper can record the top three and average together scores after whatever set amount of rounds. First could be worth 3 points, second 2 and third 1. This is just a rough draft still, so it could use improvement.
Capture the flag style games, best two out of three with set teams. Whatever team wins, plays a final free for all to determine the single winner. Or maybe the winner can even be determined by the amount of captures.
Co-op games are not ruled out either. If each game has a nuetral time keeper, we could do speed runs of games. Also, for games that have survival modes we can have a competition who can survive the most rounds.
Fighting games (MK, anyone?) have the obvious tournament style competition we can do.
To be honest, though, this all entirely from a PS3 owner's perspective. People with games such as Pokemon or whatever are free to set up their own guidelines and set the games in rotation. I have no idea how Wii, DS or PSP games work so I cannot give you valid suggestions for these things.
What I am suggesting is a rotating game calender. Just as we have the Signature and Avatar of the week, we can have our own competitions. My idea works like this. Members will propose games to be added to a list, if the game recieves enough votes (you need the game to vote in, obviously) then it will be added to said list. The games will then rotate in and out of our Game of the Week spot. Example being three games are proposed to be added. Games 1 and 2 recieve enough votes, but 3 does not. Games 1 and 2 will rotate each week untill new games are added. Game 3 is not without hope, as it can still be added if it's player base grows and the new players vote in.
Different systems is an issue, so we need to be very clear about what game we are proposing/own. Also, if we have too many games are added to the active rotation we can have different competitions for the seperate consoles, but the same game. Shrinking the list, but increasing the participants for the week. This list is not purely for PC and consoles, however. DS, PSP and Wii owners are welcome to add their games to the list and have every right to hold the GotW slot untill our list grows.
(copy/pastes game type examples from the suggestion thread)
We could obviously tailor details to better fit the girth of our player base for said competitions. Details would alter per game, but there is no reason we could not get creative.
There is the ever obvious death match, or team death match. One match would really be pretty short and weak, so it might be best to average together amounts. Collecting scores would be a pain so another option would be to have a score keeper in the match. Said score keeper can record the top three and average together scores after whatever set amount of rounds. First could be worth 3 points, second 2 and third 1. This is just a rough draft still, so it could use improvement.
Capture the flag style games, best two out of three with set teams. Whatever team wins, plays a final free for all to determine the single winner. Or maybe the winner can even be determined by the amount of captures.
Co-op games are not ruled out either. If each game has a nuetral time keeper, we could do speed runs of games. Also, for games that have survival modes we can have a competition who can survive the most rounds.
Fighting games (MK, anyone?) have the obvious tournament style competition we can do.
To be honest, though, this all entirely from a PS3 owner's perspective. People with games such as Pokemon or whatever are free to set up their own guidelines and set the games in rotation. I have no idea how Wii, DS or PSP games work so I cannot give you valid suggestions for these things.