In the end... there can only be One!

[JayMata]

In the spirit of the New Year I am organizing a for-fun boardgame tournament. I bring to you…

King of Meeples Tournament! In which we finally see who among us can claim to be the most hardcore board gamer in the land (or the most addicted)! The winner gets The Prize. A haul of games that includes:

1.   A brand new copy of Starcraft the board game
2.   Genoa
3.   Luna Llena
4.   Android
5.   Napoleon: The Waterloo Campaign 1815,
6.     Hour of Glory: Stronghold Kit
7.     Combat Commander
8.     Alchemist
9.     Battle Leader Tactics


Mechanics:


1) The initial blood bath
For the day leading up to Jan. 15, People can game all they want with one small difference: I will be tallying your victories. Specifically, I will be keeping track of the number of enemies you have vanquished (so if you win a 5 player game you will gain a kill rate of 4). PM, email or text me 1) The name/s of the registered gamers you have defeated and 2) on what game. Each person that you defeat only counts as one kill no matter how often you beat him/her . At the end of Jan 15 midnight, a “king” will be crowned the winner and for all intents and purposes, is considered the “owner” of The Prize (see above)… for now  

2) The Reckoning
From Jan. 15 to Feb 19, a Reckoning will be upon us. Any registered gamer may now challenge the king and take the crown and The Prize! If he wins he must now take on all challengers and retain the title! Only the person holding the title of King by Feb 19 can claim the title of the King of Boardgamers and The Prize!

Rules on challenging a king

a)   You must specifically and explicitly state your challenge on this thread. Once you have done so. I will temporarily stop tallying your kill rate at that point.
b)   Priority will be given to the challenger with the highest kill rate. If he is unavailable, we move on to the next person in the priority list but if in a future date/gaming meet he does become available he resumes his spot on top of the priority. Due to this rule (and rule A) you may wish to rack up some kills first before you state a challenge to ensure you get priority
c)   Several challengers are allowed to challenge together to play against the king in a non-2 player game.
d)    You must have at least one kill before you can be eligible to challenge. Prove yourself worthy first…
e)   The challenger must state what board game he wishes to challenge the King. The King is allowed to veto this board game and make a counter-proposal. The challenger may then accept this title or make another offer (Not the vetoed first offer). If  a game cannot be agreed upon the Moderator (That would be me-Jay) will choose between the two final titles
f)   If you are defeated in the challenge (Or if you are the king and you are unseated), your kill rate resets to zero. You have been defeated and humiliated and most work your way back up to be able to challenge the king and have your revenge (assuming he is still the same king by then)
g)   The King may NOT refuse a challenge. He must answer that challenge (That is, actually play a match with the challenger/s) within 3 days. For the purpose of this tournament, Sundays are not counted for this time frame but gamers may nevertheless play on Sunday. If he is “too busy” or “unavailable” he FORFEITS the crown and the Prize in favor of the challenger (if more than one challenger they must then fight each other for it). A true boardgame warrior does not let trivial things like “work” and “family” get in the way of glory.  
h)   You MUST contact the Moderator informing him that the challenge is about to begin. The challenge is not official unless you have the blessing of the Moderator. So you must either text/call the Moderator or have him present for the challenge. If texting or calling state the board game you are using for the challenge. It has to be first approved (See below)
i)   Session Reports are MANDATORY. Without them your victory will NOT be official. (This is to make the tournament more exciting). At the end there will be a prize for the best written session report 
j)   The King will always be known and kept up to date so you will know who your opponent is (So no hiding)

3) Misc rules
a)   The Moderator is disqualified from the tournament
b)   Payments do not have to be on the spot. I will accept promises to pay as long as you prove trustworthy  
c)   Games where the winner is too reliant on luck and randomness are not allowed in challenges or games that will count toward your kills score (One of the reasons why you need to contact the Moderator. To approve the game). Likewise party games, co-op games and team games are also not allowed. Moderator will have final say.
d)   Online versions of games (VASSAL and the like) are allowed mediums for challenge. The only requirement is that the game must be a port of an actual boardgame (no video games allowed)
e)   Fun is mandatory... you must have it. This tournament is meant to be tongue-in-cheek… please don’t take it too seriously and bitch about this and that. While I will officiate things like cheating and the like, I want this to be a fun event and chance for people to get games  
f)   Feel free to donate more games to The Prize.

Good Luck everyone! Prove you deserve to be called the KING!  

[togashi]

I'm in... and I choose as my 1st game... Highlander TCG

[dmnyo]

this sounds fun. too bad im stuck in the south.

[JayMata]

this sounds fun. too bad im stuck in the south.

That shouldn't stop you from joining. There are ways for you to pay the small fee (I can meet up with some of my southerner friends and you can give the fee to them). And you may compete amongst yourself in the south for kills. If the current King is from a non-southern region you can always challenge him in an online version of a board game


On that note you may start registering already (You can pay reg fee at a later date) So that any gaming you do from here on forward will count towards your kills. Remember the kills must come from people who are part of the tournament so you may want to encourage people to join... its just 50 bucks (You may give me the names of defeated non-participants anyway. I'll retroactively include them if they decide to join later)

So far its Togashi and Adrian the Other one who are in. Anymore dare join?

[dmnyo]

I shall represent the Southern Barbarian tribes of Alabang. I shall encourage my friends to join!

[dyeyk2000]

Haha this sounds fun. Nice one Jay. Seems like we're gonna have to naturally gravitate towards huge games in order to assure a high kill rate.*

I admittedly don't know that many games. So probably at a disadvantage to someone who would know a game better. Ah bahala na. Count me in. Haha.

PS
*20 man Time's Up: Title Recall na tohhhh!!

this sounds fun. too bad im stuck in the south.

I'm from the south and I know at least one other south gamer aka MMJ. But I know there are a lot more. Pwedeeeeh.

[RogueGreenArcher]

No way, I'm joining this. I'm just gonna be food for everyone's hit list. 

But I will support all gamers from the south. 

[JayMata]

*20 man Time's Up: Title Recall na tohhhh!!

I apologize if it wasn't clear but party games aren't allowed as are games with no clear single winner (co-ops and team games)

[Max Power]

hmm.. sounds interesting I'll join. Another southerner (on the weekends   )

[Sexy Bro]

e)   The challenger must state what board game he wishes to challenge the King. The King is allowed to veto this board game and make a counter-proposal. The challenger may then accept this title or make another offer (Not the vetoed first offer). If  a game cannot be agreed upon the Moderator (That would be me-Jay) will choose between the two final titles

tsk sayang. My game of choice was patintero.

[Rolf]

Pong!

oh wait. my reflexes suck.

[ChineezPnoy]

e)   The challenger must state what board game he wishes to challenge the King. The King is allowed to veto this board game and make a counter-proposal. The challenger may then accept this title or make another offer (Not the vetoed first offer). If  a game cannot be agreed upon the Moderator (That would be me-Jay) will choose between the two final titles

tsk sayang. My game of choice was patintero.

Poker nalang kasi tayo para instant cash prize to the top winner(s).
Alright alright alright; a lot of thought was put into this so lets give it a whirl.

[Earl]

Was this in any way inspired by my Spiel des Jahres Gamer of the Year (photoshopped) shirt? hehe

I was thinking it would be good to run this as a year-long contest(or at least semi-annual)for all the people who go to the OGM or other similar public meets to avoid padding of scores coz there might be collusion in private groups.
(I can register Cath, and her brother and claim that I won all the 10 games we played in a day,everyday for 1wk right??)

We'll make a running tally of games played and victories in a public(sanctioned) meet.

Winner of a game gets 5pts.
2nd place -  3pts.
3rd place - 1pt.

Whoever has the most ave points vs played games after 6mo is the winner.

You can distribute the prizes for 2nd and 3rd place participants pa, not just to 1 guy. To qualify, you still get participation fees and for criteria:
the should:
1)at least attend 4 out of 6 OGMs,
2)at least play 3 games at each OGM.
Average points is then scored.
ex. Jan OGM, player scores 5+5+3=13/3=4.33pts
over the 6 mo period, say he scores 4.33(jan)+3(feb)+3.66+3.33+5+2.33=2.775pts.

Prizes are then given out to the top 3.

What cha guys think?

This way, you'll get a good mix of games in and won't just challenge people to games you've researched the strategies to in bgg.

[Adrian (the other one)]

Let me help Jay out by updating an OFFICIAL list of contest participants.

So far, based on this thread, here is the list of participants:
1.  Adrian (the other one)
2.  Togashi
3.  Max Power
4.  Dyeyk2000
5.  Dmnyo
6.
7.
8.
9.
and so on...

For future posters, please make it clear if you're joining. We wouldn't want to assume you are (and randomly accost you for a game) unless you're officially on the list.  Hahaha.

@Jay:  When does registration close?

[ChineezPnoy]

I was thinking it would be good to run this as a year-long contest(or at least semi-annual)for all the people who go to the OGM or other similar public meets to avoid padding of scores coz there might be collusion in private groups.
(I can register Cath, and her brother and claim that I won all the 10 games we played in a day,everyday for 1wk right??)
...
This way, you'll get a good mix of games in and won't just challenge people to games you've researched the strategies to in bgg.

Doh!
There goes our plan 4 our Greenhills Gaming crew.
>_<
j/k
^_-

We'll make a running tally of games played and victories in a public(sanctioned) meet.

Winner of a game gets 5pts.
2nd place -  3pts.
3rd place - 1pt.

Not a bad scoring system.
*thumbs up*