Online Tournament over Ad-Hoc Party

Mordax Praetorian

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Greetings All

I'm organising a tournament for the US Version of Dissidia over Ad-Hoc Party

Ad-Hoc party is a download for your PS3 for allows PSP games such as Dissidia to be played over the internet

I don't know the specifics because I don't have a PS3 (why I'm not playing myself) however, a quick Google Search should yield instructions

We're looking both for players and for referees, so please send your sign ups to either to the E-Mail below

Full rules document follows:
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Sign Ups:-

Accepted by E-Mail to Mordax.Dissidia@GoogleMail.com before September 21st only

Largest bracket that can be made with available sign ups at that point

First Come First Serve

With Sign Up:
Desired name for Tournament
Other Names Known By
Character of Choice
Dates Unavailable until November
PSN Identity
MSN/Windows Live Messenger Identity

Brackets:-

Each player will be assigned and sent a number upon receipt of a complete sign up

When sign ups close, another referee who does not know to which players each number referes to will create and post a bracket at a pre-determined location with the numbers in

Mordax will then fill the names into the bracket

Matches:-

Best of 3 until Semis

Semis and Finals best of 5

Single Elimination

Playoffs to be held if possible

First arena per match is Random

Arena in subsequent games picked by loser of game before, and may be gimmiked or non-gimmiked

No Arena may be used twice in the same match, for example if the gimmiked version of a stage appears as the random stage, then neither its normal or gimmiked version may be picked later

Replays of all matches must be saved, and raw data sent to the assigned referee

Players must stick to the character they picked at sign up, however may equip any moves or abilities for any game

Chaos and Cosmos rules must be switched off, and Menu Battle may not be used

Matches should be played over Ad-Hock Party

Timing:-

Each match where a player could go on to win, will be assigned a referee in the closest time zone to fit the players

The players should decide when their match should happen

The Referee should attend the match time if possible

It is up to the referee to ensure that the match is played before the round deadline

As soon as a player has an opponent for the next round, that match can be played

The match is not finished until the Referee has all replays

Replays:-

A replay of each match should be sent to the assigned referee, or to any referee should one not have been assigned

Replays should be watched first, and when approved, sent to whoever is assigned to post them to You Tube

All referees are encouraged to watch the hidden matches on the account

Matches will be made ready to watch by Mordax, who will then reveal them at the end of the tournament

Disciplinary:-

Players may apply a music hack to their game, but it must otherwise be unmodified

A list of banned combo fragments will be kept on the Dissidia Tournaments You Tube Account Page

The person in charge of the list may update it at any time

Players are advised to check the list before each match

Should a player suspect an opponent or other player of breaking the above rules, they should report it to a referee

If any referee suspects that a player is cheating, they may:
--Demand a Character Setup for any previous match
--Ask other referees for their oppinions
--Warn a player that has used a banned combo

If 3 referees agree that:
--The player has used a banned combo, then a win gained from the game where the combo was used may be taken away
--The player has continued to use banned combos despite warnings, then the player may be disqualified from the tournament
--That a player has deffinitly modified their game in any way other than a music hack, then the player may be disqualified

A referee may not:
--Inform other players that a player is suspected of cheating

Should a round deadline be reached, and a game in that round yet to be played, then the referee responsible for the match may:-
--Grant an extension on the match in the case of exceptional circumstances, such as family death, sudden injury, disease, theft or destruction of hardware
--During The First Round Only, remove one player that has missed 3 or more match appointments, and replace that player with one that is waiting to join the tournament
--After the First Round Only, hand the win to one player if the other is shown to have missed 3 or more match appointments
--In the case that 3 match appointments were not made, and one player showed evidence of attempting to make appointments where the other didnt, then the player that made the effort may have another opponent drafted (first round), or be given the win (later rounds)
--In the case that 3 match appointments were not made, and neither player attempted to make the appointments, discuss with other referees and take any action that 3 referees(including the one assigned to the match) deem most appropriate

Referees should not grant an extension on a round in the case of parental intervention, such as if a player has their PSP taken away, is banned from their PS3, or if their parents physically destroy the hardware as punishment
--If your parents are likely to do this, please save us all the headache of your pathetic troubles and don't enter the tournament

Players are to keep their personal disputes out of the tournament, if you dislike another player and don't want to fight them, then this is tough luck

Character Setups:-

For any game, players may equip any move or ability

Accessories, Equipment and Summons may not be equipped

Rules of Play:-

No player may execute as a part of any combo, any sequence of moves in the banned list on the DissidiaTournaments You Tube page

The list is, unless stated, done from one move to the next, so if it specifies that Cait Sith may not use Trumpet->Bell, then no player link Trumpet into Bell by any means of dodge cancelling, or any other move action or actions in between

This does not mean that if Cait Sith has used Trumpet in a combo, that he may not use Bell later on, Trumpet->Alarm->Bell would still be valid for instance

Other than this, anything goes
 
Hmmmm not everyone has a ps3 you know. Anyway adhoc party is so weird. no one is ever on Dissidia. I think we were doing something already like this. Anyways Xlink is down
 
I know not everyone has one, I sure don't, but I love watching tournaments anyhow and decided to run a few myself

Regardless of how few players there might be here with access to a PS3, its important for me to get to as many people that do as possible

We're also looking for referees, you don't need a PS3 to help out with that, and you get to contribute to something that will produce some really entertaining matches

You can find videos of our last tournament from the Japanese Version here:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=9FA51D64EE3CE007

You might think that testing infinites is an odd thing to do, but they're actually allowed at most professional level fighting game tournaments, because most infinites in fighting games are rather hard to get going, and by that stage the players are good enough to deal with, having the infinites there just adds to the suspence

Dissidia's infinites are a whole new monster though, and one that our last tournament shows we have to be very careful of
 
For now, I think it'd be best to keep the competitions local and relying on the Bluetooth networking of the PSP. AdHoc Party's a bit wierd, as Shirona says, and XLink Kai is even wierder <.<

Because not everyone has a PS3, it really puts a strain on the numbers of competitors in the competitions. Though I'd absolutely love to compete against everyone around the world, it just seems a bit too much at the moment.

Last thing that needs consideration: Even though Leveling in FFD is pretty easy to do, not everyone has had the NA or EU versions for all that long (in fact EU only came out a few days ago, right?) so the level of equipment and accessories would be very unfair upon some. It's easily dealt with by removing all equipment or accessories before the battle, but really? Where's the fun in trying builds? xD

Also, can FFD:Japan Release play with NA or EU releases? I know there are some changes made between them, and it would be wierd if they had to change while fighting.
 
Heyas

Sorry for letting the thread sink for so long, I was incredibly busy at work, however our major project is done now, so it shouldn't happen again

The tournament is No Equipment, No Accessories and No Summons, this isn't because we don't think they should be allowed, but simply because they'd cloud the issues that we're using the tournament to examine

Our next tournament series will start to break into that cake, but its likely to take a while to fully appreciate how many of the ingredients worked

Ad-Hoc Party is wierd, but theres plenty of people that have it, and there'll be plenty more when word gets around, I managed an 8-man tournament for the Japanese version and things could only have gotten better from there

In related news, we've extended sign ups for another week so that we can push for 16 players, even if just 1 or 2 people from here join, that could make the difference between 8 and 16
 
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