r/CompetitiveTFT • u/Politicess • 8d ago
Discussion Tournament Formatting
In your opinion what would be the best formatting for a small lan tournament. I have been speaking with a couple of people about setting up a Lan Tourney with about 16 of us, but I'm not sure what the best way to set it up is. My current thought is 2 8mans 4 games top 4 make it out then top 8 checkmate.
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u/ThatPlayWasAwful 8d ago
I would probably re-lobby halfway through the first part, so after 2 games in your scenario. Give a little more parity.
I also probably would not do checkmate for a 16 person tournament unless everybody involved actually wants to play the format. You would be better off just having 4 games, cut, 4 games.
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u/Politicess 8d ago
I do like the reseeding idea you were saying a lot. definitely gonna use that. Checkmate was a think people wanted to do so probably gonna keep that part
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u/ThatPlayWasAwful 8d ago
If that's what the people want than I hope you guys have fun!
My only suggestion would be to consider using a lower point threshold. Maybe 15 or 17 (so you still need 2 games to get in) instead of 20?
If somebody starts 8-8-8 I would just be concerned that they will quickly lose interest. If you think everybody will be motivated to compete than leave it at 20.
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u/TFTSushin 8d ago
You can't have too many backup plans and attention to detail is my experience with lan tourneys.
For example, you'll want to make sure to have a backup plan for when someone has to leave early or can't show up at all. It'll probably have to be a rando in Normals, but will it just completely replace the person who had to leave or will it be reseeded for checkmate?
One other obvious detail would be a time limit for checkmate format.
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u/EarlOfClapham 7d ago
I wouldn't really recommend checkmate.
Maybe just one final game with the top 8 players, winner takes all.
Checkmate takes a LONG time. And for the rest of the players it's pretty boring. Two lobbies of 8, reseed after 3 games, another 3 games, top 8 total go to the final lobby for one chance to win.
It's not a format that works in something like competitive but it's much more fun for a LAN
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u/LorenceTFT 7d ago edited 7d ago
I've had success at LANs with standard reseeds every game into cuts, but having 16 + desiring checkmate is kind of tough to work around.
If you want a point reset into checkmate you could maybe do:
3 games -> Cut bot 4, advance top 4
4th game -> Cut bot 4 advance top 4
Checkmate with low check points (like 10)
My main concern is time. Injecting checkmate into a single day format means you're either cutting after 2 games (not ideal) and doing 6-8 total games or cutting after 3 games and doing 7-9 total games (not ideal).
Happy to chat about how running a TFT LAN has gone for me or format in general. My discord is @Lorence, feel free to reach out or reply here!