Gentlemen,
According to the section 5.3.1. of the Club rules "any active member, or group of active members, may organize a tournament". In order to do so one must send a message to the Cabnet members that includes, among other things:
The format of the tournament;
The rules to be used including any house rules;
The eligibility requirements for the tournament participants.
(Didn't I tell you I'm a hardcore bureaucrat now
)As it was said before, it’s my belief that the sooner we have a Club-wide tourney, the better it would be for the society. Before committing to anything and regardless of who would be organizing it we need to understand what people want. So several questions to the membership about the tournament they would be most interested to take part in:
1. What format of a tournament would you be most interested in:
a. Play-off scheme, as Master of Europe.
b. Team-on-Team scheme, as Guards Challenges or the cancelled SON-2014. One battle for each player.
c. Team-on Team scheme with multiple battles and opponents rearranged according to their success in battles.
d. Other.
2. Who should be admitted:
a. All the members together, regardless of their experience.
b. Only Guards (or other veteran members).
c. Only novice members.
d. Only the “middle class” (major-colonels, not guard).
e. b-c-d in separate divisions, like SON-2013 .
f. Mixed teams, like SON-2013 MP round.
g. Other
3. What scenarios you’d prefer to use:
a. Stock scenarios selected by players.
b. Stock scenarios assigned by the organizers.
c. Custom made scenarios, with an option for players to choose which one to play.
d. Custom made scenarios assigned by organizers, but with a possibility to study it before playing.
e. Custom made, blind scenario.
f. Other.
4. Single battle vs. mirror battle.
a. Single.
b. Mirror.
c. Other.
5. What setting do you prefer:
a. Like in NRC and Waterloo.
b. Like in old Eckmuhl and Wagram, i.e. 15 min turns.
c. Like in Jena and further on, i.e. 10 min turns.
d. H&R.
e. Company level.
f. Other.
6. What engine would you prefer to use:
a. Mix of the “old ones” from HPS/JTS.
b. Single one from the “olds” from HPS/JTS.
c. JTS Buonaparte’s Peninsular War.
d. I like “Old school” – NiR, PTW, BGW.
e. What else we have?