VFDC Online Events Feedback - Poll 1

With the release of VF5 Final Showdown, there will be organized online events. These will be regular occurring, region specific, point-rewarding tournaments for VFDC members.

Ultimately, this is mainly done for good-will and the VF community (which is fairly small and spread out) and not to determine who is the strongest. If people really care about who is the strongest, I hope these online events will encourage people to participate in actual offline events.

As this will be the "first season," I am expecting there will be a lot of kinks to work out. I will be using this thread to gather feedback. More concrete information will be out in May.

Update: More polls for feedback -
Polls 2 + 3 Thread
Polls 4 + 5 Thread

Poll to get Feedback on Tournament Rules/Formats
Please click on every item related to tournament format/rules that you will be ok with for regular online events. One of my first goals with organizing these events is to make them time-efficient. If there are certain rules or formats not included in the poll (below), but you would like it to be consider, please click "other" and post in the thread your ideas/suggestions.

Already know and committed to participate in these events?
If you already know you will participate in these events (it is not required that you participate in every single event scheduled), please Send a PM (private message) to me with the following information:

1. Preferred User Name for the Tournaments:
2. Game System (PS3/Xbox360/Both):
3. PSN and/or XBL account ID:
4. Email Address (that you will actually check):
5. Location (City/State(or Province)/Country):
6. Time Zone:

Having a preliminary list of people participating will help me in setting up the different regions for the online tournaments.

New to the site and/or not familiar with how to Send a PM?
1. You will need a VFDC account to be able to send a PM. You can register onto VFDC by clicking at the Log In link at the right end of the menu bar just beneath the VFDC logo.

2. You can send a PM to me in two ways.
Method 1: To the upper left of this post --> select my user name "akai" --> select "Send a PM" which is the third option from the drop down menu --> After writing your message and subject title, click the "Submit" Button to send your PM to me.
Method 2: Click the drop menu arrow of "My Stuff" option in the menu bar --> select "Messages" --> select "New private message" just below the menu bar, to the left --> type "akai" (without the quotation) in the "Add Recipient" bar --> After writing your message and subject title, click the "Submit" Button to send your PM to me.

3. Once I received your PM, I will PM back to you to confirm that you have sent me your info to participate in the series of online events.

Thanks for any feedback and hopefully this will lead to better things.

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Edit Notes: The poll have some errors. Unfortunately, once made, a poll cannot be edited. The spelling errors are: wtih = with; singel = single.

 

I will make the first event based on what most people prefers (poll results); however, changing tournament format is a good idea to give variety during the "season." It kind of also depends on what format works best in running an online event, so I will be constantly looking for feedback to improve this series of online events.

If the poll shows a very divided stance on what people like/don't like (for example, yay or nay to character switching seems fairly evening divided). That might be a rule that can be alternated to please (or not please) everyone .

Thanks for those that have already PMed me that they will participate in these events!

 

Different rules for different stages in the tournament is a possibility.

 

Note taken.

1. People just like to play more than one character.

2. For some games there is significant differences between certain character match-ups that make it highly unlikely to be a fair match. Thus, advancement in tournament is based on 2 out of 3 matches allowing character switching. For some people, character match-ups in VF are believed to be relatively balanced (every character has options available to counter everything); thus, the option to switch characters to avoid unfavorable match-ups is not needed.

3. Due to uneven experience with the VF characters or the opposing player, players can make more logical guesses against a character they have played against a lot or seen the opposing player has used a lot; vice versa, the player can make less logical guesses due to lack of experience against certain characters or have not seen the opposing player used that character. Some people like to think character switching to defeat an opponent that lacks experience against certain characters as a smart, strategic move. Others see it as being gimmicky.