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[Zab]

OK Now we're talking. I would tweak the following - If neither person plays, it should be a draw and they are both eliminated (remember, we're trying to reward player loyalty).

The cool thing is, for a very small investment of 100 pts, you could win 6400 if the tournament filled in.

You need to have more than 1 winner for sure

Final 4 should be rewarded.. its all about the final 4 right? I could see a final 4 leaderboard (With banners)

Also, a Draw I don't think we should do, think about how that effects the next round.. Someone gets a free bye

[YoniSit]

What about more poker sites? like fulltilt I LIKE THIS POKER ROOM SO MUCH!
Please
please
please! :O

[rivdee]

You need to have more than 1 winner for sure

Final 4 should be rewarded.. its all about the final 4 right? I could see a final 4 leaderboard (With banners)

Also, a Draw I don't think we should do, think about how that effects the next round.. Someone gets a free bye

Yeah but would you rather reward someone that didn't play? Luck plays a huge factor, so why not have luck of the draw?

OK, how about this for a prize pool:
3rd and 4th: 600 pts. (unless you want to do a 3rd place game)
2nd place: 1200 pts.
1st place: 4000 pts.

[rivdee]

This promotion has got to be called PO Madness

[Zab]

Yeah but would you rather reward someone that didn't play? Luck plays a huge factor, so why not have luck of the draw?

OK, how about this for a prize pool:
3rd and 4th: 600 pts. (unless you want to do a 3rd place game)
2nd place: 1200 pts.
1st place: 4000 pts.

Don't want to reward someone.... but what else could we do.. I mean, we could take ALL the losers, whoever finished in highest spots would fill out the 'draws'

Example

We're in the field of 16 (so 8 games going head to head) 2 of the games have 4 idle players. We could take losers from the other 6 games and whoever finished highest could get a "2nd life" to fill those 2 spots

[Prawney]

Say if i was to play the 1pm game and finish 1st place but my opponent didnt play, my best strategy would be to just not play the rest of the games that day because only way i could not advance is if my opponent wins a game that and i lose the coinflip.

[Zab]

Say if i was to play the 1pm game and finish 1st place but my opponent didnt play, my best strategy would be to just not play the rest of the games that day because only way i could not advance is if my opponent wins a game that and i lose the coinflip.

Well there is strategy involved.. What if you play at 1pm with a field of 60 and your opponent plays the 7pm and 10pm with bigger fields

[PokeYourFace]

These PO games / leagues should be seen as less fun and more of a competition with definite winners, and top ranked players. "fun for everyone" doesnt attract the high rollers MORE POINTS, MORE BI, MORE PRIZES!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Prawney]

If people are going to pay to enter i dont think many would pay then not play atleast 1 game a day. Maybe just open up some reserves spots for the same entry fee. If both people from a game dont play then they both get eliminated and forfeit their entry fee and the first reserve advances to the 2nd round.

[rivdee]

Say if i was to play the 1pm game and finish 1st place but my opponent didnt play, my best strategy would be to just not play the rest of the games that day because only way i could not advance is if my opponent wins a game that and i lose the coinflip.

OK, lets not get ridiculous - you aren't finishing a tournament in 1st place

But I agree with your idea, you don't want a promotion that encourages people to sit out.

Zab, I like the idea of "Best finish by a loser" advances in lieu of a bye because their opponents didn't play. As long as you can override it easily, it could work.

I'm speaking frankly as someone who's done web/database development for 15 years - start simple, make sure the basic logic works and you can just override any results we need changing. Easiest way to get it off of the ground.