my next Tournament plans

1. two weeks is plenty. will keep folks closer to home squares

 

 2. surprise was a good start for tinkers so real quick

 3. yes

 4. when it starts no exceptions

 5. np 

2) At least a week.

3) Yes. The fun is worth more than prizes.

4) At the end seems to be the best option.

5) Using the full Combat Report API will not stop SkB from playing.

EDIT: Clarification on #4.: If there is not much notice(as was the case with the Tinkers' tournament) then the end seems a better option. But if there is a week or more notice, then I prefer the beginning as that would prevent some alliances from doing something that is not in the spirit of the tournament.

1) How long the Tournament should be?

2) How long should the notice be?

(keep in mind I still have to collect the API keys. This time around I will be having the alliance leaders gather the API key and send them to me.)

3) will people still be willing to take part if there aren't any prizes?

4) when should I do the snapshot of the Alliance for handing out awards?

(in my last Tournament  I did rewards based on what alliance the person was in at the end of the Tournament so alliance switching wouldn't cause any problem when I went to hand out prizes and sent the devs the player ID list for medals)

5) I will be using the combat API key for my next Tournament because the combat API key has better stats, and I already have code for it but will this turn anyone way from taking part in the Tournament?

6) What do you guys think about having an unknown end date?

(of course if i were to do a unknown end date no one in any of my alliances would know about the end date but i will tell rikoo or maybe SC about the end date to make sure the pick of the end date isnt based off of bias and what not. but it isnt likely to stop the complaining.)

7) So other then a king of the hill Tournament what other types of Tournament would you guys want?

8) What do you guys think of having a Elgea and BL Tournament? 

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