Row or Column? 2v2

https://dominating12.com/tournament/236 [size=16px]I'm recruiting 8 pairs = 16 players. All games are 2v2, with [i]*unfairness avoidance*[/i] in the setup. 16 special maps arranged to form a square of 4 by 4. Each team may choose 4 maps to play: either in a row, or in a column. [/size] [table] [tr][td][b][size=16px][i]First Round[/i][/size][/b][td]...[/td][/td][td][size=24px] ... A[/size] ... [color=red]... taken[/color][/td][td][size=24px] ... B[/size] ... [color=red]... taken[/color][td][size=24px] ... C[/size] ... [color=red]... taken[/color][/td][td][size=24px] ... D[/size] ... free to take[/td][/tr] [tr][td]...[/td][/tr] [tr][td][size=24px]#1[/size] [color=red]taken[/color][/td][td][/td][td][img]https://dominating12.com/assets/img/maps/113.thumbnail.jpg[/img] Ancestral Waters[/td][td][img]https://dominating12.com/assets/img/maps/60.thumbnail.jpg[/img] Battle of the El's[/td][td][img]https://dominating12.com/assets/img/maps/84.thumbnail.jpg[/img] Boston--NYC[/td][td][img]https://dominating12.com/assets/img/maps/77.thumbnail.jpg[/img] Brecourt Manor[/td][/tr] [tr][td][size=24px]#2[/size] free to take[/td][td][/td][td][img]https://dominating12.com/assets/img/maps/98.thumbnail.jpg[/img] Caricom[/td][td][img]https://dominating12.com/assets/img/maps/107.thumbnail.jpg[/img] Crusader States[/td][td][img]https://dominating12.com/assets/img/maps/10.thumbnail.jpg[/img] Eld World[/td][td][img]https://dominating12.com/assets/img/maps/25.thumbnail.jpg[/img] Europe 1814 Adv.[/td][/tr] [tr][td][size=24px]#3[/size] [color=red]taken[/color][td][/td][td][img]https://dominating12.com/assets/img/maps/63.thumbnail.jpg[/img] Hawaii Dual[/td][td][img]https://dominating12.com/assets/img/maps/92.thumbnail.jpg[/img] HoodTown[/td][td][img]https://dominating12.com/assets/img/maps/101.thumbnail.jpg[/img] JoD Advanced[/td][td][img]https://dominating12.com/assets/img/maps/85.thumbnail.jpg[/img] Middle East[/td][/tr] [tr][td][size=24px]#4[/size] [color=red]taken[/color][/td][td][/td][td][img]https://dominating12.com/assets/img/maps/7.thumbnail.jpg[/img] Oregon Cities[/td][td][img]https://dominating12.com/assets/img/maps/48.thumbnail.jpg[/img] Solar System[/td][td][img]https://dominating12.com/assets/img/maps/110.thumbnail.jpg[/img] Trails of the West[/td][td][img]https://dominating12.com/assets/img/maps/115.thumbnail.jpg[/img] Waters of the B.I's[/td][/tr] [/table] ... [spoiler=Unfairness Avoidance] Anti-bias mode—or whatever you might want to call it—basically works like this: at the start of a game, I check the setup; if it isn't fair, I immediately suspend the game and create a new one. What defines a "fair setup" are the following 4 rules: [b]1st. No bonus on the drop, with just one small exception:[/b] the player going last is allowed to start with a +1 bonus. [i]For example in the Hood Town map, the central territory worth +1 will be either neutral or owned by the last player.[/i] This rule has been asked by many users multiple times. [b]2nd. A player is not allowed to own 75% territories of a regions at the start[/b], with no exceptions. This ensures a fairly balanced distribution of territories: [i]for example in World Classic owning 3/4 of Australia is too good and it will be forbidden, owning 3/4 of Asia instead is too bad and it will also be forbidden.[/i] [b]3rd.[/b] This applies to [b]Oregon Cities[/b] (or maps with plenty of +1 regions): all players begin with the same extra bonus at the drop, it is acceptable that the 1st first player gets 1 troop [u]less[/u] than the others, it is acceptable that the last player gets 1 troop [u]more[/u] than the others, both things together are not allowed. [b]4th.[/b] This last rule only applies to the [b]Hawaii Dual[/b] map and the [b]JODA[/b] map (Jungle of Despair Advanced): who goes first starts with a 4 troop reinforcement, the other three players start with either +4 or +5. Similar outcome of the previous rule, but actually slightly different. [b]5th.[/b] After 6 unsuccessful tries, I drop it for the 7th time, then I'll pick the setup (out of seven) which is simingly more fair according to the rules and the principles expressed above. --- [b]Map choice:[/b] [i]In the first round of the tournament the maps are arranged by alphabetical order. There will be a second round with the same 16 maps, but arranged randomly. Again, each team will pick 4 maps, either in a row or in a column. The choosing order will be reversed from what is in the first round: the last team to subscribe in fact will be forced the chose the only remaining option, but then they will be the first to pick in the second round, so things are balanced. [/i] [/spoiler] ... Time control is set on 36h per turn. Games don't wait for starting all together: [b]as soon as a spot is filled the corresponding game starts![/b] Each team plays 4 games at the first round and another 4 games at the second one. If it will take too long there will be a Christmas / New Year break, in case of someone's vacations. [b][size=16px]Subscribe by declaring who's your teammate and [u]which row or column[/u] you want to play.[/size][/b] Log of the participants: 1. @@Frogair + @@ttranbar = [b]Row #1[/b] 2. @@General_ender + @@robit = [b]Row #3[/b] 3. @@biso + @@UhtredSonOfUhtred = [b]column A[/b] 4. @@spidaliere8 + @@spite = [b]column C[/b] 5. @@Abs + @@strauss = [b]Row #4[/b] 6. @@hurricane + @@PokerJoJo = [b]column B[/b] 7. .. 8. @@2ofclubs + @@Tennesseelogman = any maps @@ColSanders if they can find a teammate. ....

me and 2ofclubs - map 2d = iberia thanks

@@Tennesseelogman: [b][i]Row of Column, what do you pick?[/i][/b] There isn't Iberia, sorry. I was still preparing the graph, as first I created the tab using random images. Now it's fixed, it shows the correct maps. You and your teammate must pick either a row: #1, #2, #3, #4; or a column: #A, #B, #C, #D. One of those 8 options. Each one corresponds to 4 maps, as shown in the tab above.

what is this about?: Ancestral Waters ... 113 Battle of the El's. ... 60 Boston--NYC ... 84 Brecourt Manor ... 77 Caricom ... 98 Crusader States ... 107 Eld World ... 10 Europe 1814 ... 33 Hawaii Dual ... 63 HoodTown ... 92 JoD Advanced ... 101 Middle East ... 85 Oregon Cities ... 7 Solar System ... 48 Trails of the West ... 110 Waters of the B.I's. ... 115

Map ID numbers... I'll delete them, otherwise people get confused.

thx (Im currently checking with partner bout details, will join though :) )

I'm with Frogair

#1 for Frogair and I, thanks

Ok @@ttranbar: copy that. .. Here the general rule is "first in first served" like in restaurants. Anyway the others are still looking at the menu, to decide which 'dish' to order,.. So your team is served first. You'll be last in the second round, though!

[quote=Tennesseelogman]me and 2ofclubs - map 2d = iberia thanks[/quote] Yes

Yeah, you all are welcome, but I've already replied to Tennessy, [u]there's no Iberia here[/u]. Pick a row or a column, in the map table above, please. It's a tourney based on special gameplay maps.

Great! Thanks for sitting this up

Column A

Well they picked column A, in theory. Let's say in practice (from private conversation) I know that 2off and Tenancy are fine with any maps, but they will not play until November the 17th, unless they find a replacement for the first days... I replied: no need for replacement, you'll start when you are ready. (Just to explain why I put them last in the list.) Now I'm waiting for other teams to join... I know, the maps are a bit unusual for many of us, but this is exactly the principle behind this tournament: the idea to promote those maps that are somehow special, for some reasons. I'm gonna explain the rules on the "unfairness mode" by editing the first post above. Just one moment, be patient please.

General_ender and me. Row 3