Kaigen
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12/21/2015
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A few questions for more experienced players of that diverting game of illumination and sharpness: How do you keep yourself in a constant series of duels without being gauche? Is it acceptable to send out multiple challenges and see who responds first? Should one withdraw any outstanding challenges upon entering a duel? I ask because I'd like to step up the frequency of duels so that I can obtain some awards and the Sharp Iron Key in this lifetime, but on one occasion I found myself in two duels at once due to accepting a challenge while having an outstanding challenge that was subsequently accepted, and the whole incident was rather awkward.
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Kaigen
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12/31/2015
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Managed to run a trial tournament this evening. Things were delayed a little bit here and there, but we still managed to get three duels done inside of four hours.
The standings, for those curious:
Charlotte de Witte: 2-1
Kaigen: 2-1
Cecil: 1-2
John Savage: 1-2
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John Savage
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12/31/2015
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Actually, the RNG gave me mad hate on one match... but I expected that... 
Lisbella Peridot wrote:
Kaigen wrote:
Managed to run a trial tournament this evening. Things were delayed a little bit here and there, but we still managed to get three duels done inside of four hours.
The standings, for those curious:
Charlotte de Witte: 2-1
Kaigen: 2-1
Cecil: 1-2
John Savage: 1-2
I imagine Savage is a very predictable opponent, based on his name. Is that the case?
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NiteBrite
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12/21/2015
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Sending multiple duel invites at a time is inadvisable. Well, I don't know if this ever got patched, but there was a big problem in the past where you could find that more than one duel got accepted at a time and it really broke things. Like you make your moves to the end stage with one opponent and then stab the other one using your advanced stats before they ever got a chance to make a move.
Maybe this has been fixed over the years, I can't say. I know it was a hot mess though in the past for sure.
If you are looking for real time mass scale player coordination, my recommendations are: 1. Set up a tournament, like a proper tournament with its own thread here on the forums. Do it like one of my posts where you explain in great detail how everything will work. If there is interest, like minded individuals are sure to be drawn to a well organized and time limited event such as a tournament matrix sign up sheet. 2. Try visit the fan run IRC. There's almost always like 30 people in there ready to chat and be of assistance. Some may want to duel even. It does get a bit quiet in the dead of night though.
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Lisbella Peridot
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12/21/2015
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Live stream the tournament!
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Estelle Knoht
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12/21/2015
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It is very recently patched, I think, since invitation is like patronage-lessons now. (And that's after a very recent mess like you described - a textbook example of multiduel.)
But being in multiple duels is a very bad thing, since it is both confusing and inevitably place someone in an unfair disadvantage.
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Kaigen
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12/31/2015
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From what I understand, there was more than one upset caused by the capricious RNG.
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Lisbella Peridot
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12/31/2015
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Kaigen wrote:
Managed to run a trial tournament this evening. Things were delayed a little bit here and there, but we still managed to get three duels done inside of four hours.
The standings, for those curious:
Charlotte de Witte: 2-1
Kaigen: 2-1
Cecil: 1-2
John Savage: 1-2
I imagine Savage is a very predictable opponent, based on his name. Is that the case?
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Anatasia Swansong - fencing prodigy, extraordinary beauty, and very stubborn
Welcoming friends of all sorts! All independent now.
Kelly Siniature - grinning, deranged, elegant child of indistinct gender
Kelly is taking a long break on isolation.
I also play Town of Salem and a few other games - still Lisbella Peridot!
I finally regained stable internet access, so I should be around more often...
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Kaigen
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12/21/2015
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Round robin is a format where everyone plays everyone else once. My thought is that you would play through the whole rotation twice (each time being a "circuit") in order to balance challenging vs. being challenged.
Swiss format is similar, but after the first round, matchups are made based on players' records while avoiding having anyone play the same player twice. So all the winners of round 1 are paired off for round 2 and everyone who lost their match is likewise paired off. Then on round 3 you pair off everyone who's 2-0, 1-1, and 0-2, and so on and so forth.
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