The Grand Royal Capture the Flag Tournament
 

Heya everyone. As a few of you have already found out, i'm going to host a Capture the Flag (CTF) tournament. First off, the rules. (if anyone can add pics of the sides, that would be great) Deadline for entry is Sunday, March 8th

1. Two teams, 5-7 people. (Different divisions if we have enough.)
2. Two sides, the parade field, first fort, and town/upper two forts.
3. Two jails, as decided by teams. (Normal ones are the garden and the circular tower above it). If you are caught, you must go to jail.
4. Each team has 5 minutes for one to make a move once the game has started. This is to get the game moving.
5. Unless you'e going to run, don't set foot in the town or first fort. This is called camping and is against rules.
6. No glitching.
7. The flags must be disclosed, but the location does not have to be.
8. One guard per flag.
9. To free someone form jail, you must attune them, then you both have to step on the stair free zone before running again.
10. The flag is considered captured when attuned, and the attunee is back in their zone and has not been captured. The person who has "captured the flag" is not safe until they are on the free stairs between the sides.

Trading:
If one person from each team is captured and imprisoned, a trade can be arranged. The captains of each team tell each other they wish to trade, and the main ref will escort each to their respective side.

The game works like this. The two teams will report to their side. The sides will be selected after the teams have been placed into divisions. After reporting to their side, each team will select a flag and one flag guard. The captains must share the names of flags, but not their location. One ref will be placed near each flag. You will be able to figure out a referee by the .REFEREE above their head. One each team is ready, the captains will whisper it to the 3rd "runner" ref, who will In turn start the game. Once it is started, you have 5 minutes to run to the other side, or else your team is disqualified. However, game time is indefinite. In the trials we've done, they last from 10-30 minutes.
Post here if you have a team, and when you can work best. You can, and are encouraged to name your team. I also need at least 3 refs per game (one near each flag, and one as a runner).

Teams:

Swash's Bucklers (You didn't give me a team name, I picked one for you. Bring on the cheese)
Swashbuckler II
Sven O'sythe
Norries Savviness (Maybe)
Chele
Erich
Jeff
TSC

Molly's Misfits (Looks like Kraft Macaroni and CHEESE)
Molly Ironbones
LaLa
Epiphany Amazon Queen
Jade Ironbones
Gina Whitecoat
Christopher Wavehawk
Lawrence Lockshot
Rasputen Dreamweaver
Lord Ramage
Captain Del


Solide Gold (Team One)
1) Achilles
2) Rosa
3) Captain Grizzly Blackwater
4) Jade Lockcastle
5) Jeanne Stormcutter
6) Regulator

Solid Gold (Team Two)
1) ConstanceTruescarlet
2) Major Mason
3) Tobias O'swain
4) Trnity
5) Molly (not sure which Molly she's gonna use)
6) Pretty Polly / Scullduggery Bones


Possibles (To be divided up by The Solid Gold Teams):
League
Rackat


Refs:
Commodore Zeke (The Commodore)
Jason (jason davy)
George O'Steel (blacksomke81)

Ok Team one:
Me
Sven
savvy (maybe)
Chele
Erich
and jeff,

Post below conferming your on my team.
Oh also, People who think this is lame, Its not, its awsome

yes, I will join your team Swash, lol

I'll referee with ya Zeke.

I'll join. Characters.

I'll be on the other team, but my memory isn't so reliable for me to be a captain or anything, so...

OK, this sounds interesting, but there is not a good explanation of how the game works for those of us that have never played it. Can you give a description of how the game works?

Added discription. Tell me if it's good enough.

If you want to be placed on a team, I will take all the people who sign up without a team and either add them to 4 and 5 player teams, or just create a new team.

I think I understand...it is similar to hide and seek on empty KH. Sounds like fun. Depending on the day and time, I can be there.

Sounds interesting. I'll join League's League, or just substitute or whatever.

Thanks for the explanation. I thought this was an SvS thing, when I first heard it mentioned. (Hmmm. That might work, too.)

Aye, will be there I wish to be on II's team!

I'll be glad to join this.

As for being on teams, I really have no preferance, place me where you wish :)

When is this taking place?

You'll need to talk to Swash, unless there's already 6 people.

As for the dates and times, those will be posted after Sunday the 8th, when I can figure out divisions, placing teams.

Sure erich will can be on my team.

hmmm Teams..
 

hey Commodore / Swash II ,... this sounds like fun Mates,..

Have you a second team set yet?,.. and if there are more than 6 per side can
that be increased to say 8-10..?

I would love to partake if there is a opening and even start a team if needed.

Let me know Mates! :)

Heya Achilles. The 4-6 is set up from previous tests. If we can get an 8-10 bracket set up, then by all means. I don't wanna have a team of 5 on a team of 10. See my logic? Or, we can do subs if people get dc or afk for a while. We'd set up a base for them to sit in.

greetings Commodore,
I follow ya Mate,.. sounds good. I'm putting the word out to me Brethren now,.. let me see if we can get 12 then,.. (two 6 Pirate teams)

Thanks for your efforts Mate,.. sounds like fun!
I will let you know real soon of our participation and Teams :)

Best regards,

-Achilles

Good to hear that. I hope this'll be big.

Zeke

Interesting

But being a capture the flag player from numerous online shooters over the last 10 years...

I just dont understand how this works since there is no flag to capture. (ive read the how it works 5 times now... doesnt make any sense to me)

Could a better explanation be given?

That's where the refs and a player comes in. One person will be the flag, as in they are dead, and cannot tag, only be tagged. They will flip a coin, go afk, something to show they are the flag. A player from the other side will get to them, attune them, and the flag is supposed to run with them. However, if the ref verifies the flag was attuned, the flag is not required to run.

Hope this helps, and we're actually running a test game right now if anyone wants to join.

Zeke

Trying to understand. You cannot attack the flag carrier to stop them.. no way to defend your flag...so
If you manage to find (attune) 'the flag' of the other team you basically have won and just have to run back to your flag/base?

Pardon my confusion, not trying to knock the idea.. but im not seeing a challenge here, at least not in capture the flag tradition as I understand it.
Sounds like hide and seek, with an additional run back to home base once youve found what your seeking.

Loved capture the flag... the challenge of getting to the flag (cant attack another pirate, so cant stop'em), and fighting my way back to home base (cant attack another pirate, so you can't stop'em). Looking for that.. and not seeing how it can be done, so I got confused... silly old drunken pirate master that I be...

Have fun! :)

No, you can still be tagged once you've capture the flag. Until you're on the stairs between the fort and the town yer fair game. The no attuning rule only applies with jail.

Hope this clears things up. Gonna edit the rules now.

Not at all, but thanks for trying.

Have fun!

We will. Sorry I couldn't be more help.

Zeke

I don't know that I can do any better job at explaining, but I'll try.

Like Zeke said, there are 2 teams in empty Kingshead. One has the lower side, field, town, etc, and the other team has the upper fort and area around it. Anyway, say I am on the lower team. My goal is to run across to the other team's side and avoid getting attuned. While there, I have to try to find the flag. However, I can get tagged (attuned) at any time while on the enemy's side. If I am on their side and a member of their team attunes me, I must go to their jail. In the jail, I must wait for one of my teammates to come and rescue me (attune me) and then we both have to make it back to our side without getting tagged. And if one of us gets tagged... then its back to jail. However, if I go on the enemies side and I avoid getting tagged, I search for their "flag" which is the member of their team that is AFK. If I find them, my goal is to attune them (without getting attuned myself) and then run back to my side (still without getting attuned). If I "capture the flag" but get attuned on the way back to my side, I go to jail and the flag is once again in place. All the while, the other team is doing the same thing on my side. I've actually found the game to be kind of hard, because you find yourself being chased the entire time you are on the enemies side, but it's definitely fun. :)

I hope that helps you understand it at least a little better. lol

capture the flag
 

Oooooooooo I get it!!! ty ty ty (will be joining Achilles team) wOOt!

aye Mates! as Pretty Polly has declared,.. we be teaming!
we have 8 thus far,.. shooting for at least 12 so we can have 2 teams,.. but we at least have 1 team... We are Team "Old Gold" or
perhaps "Solid Gold".
(im pretty sure of the name, unless one of me Mates decides another) WoooT!

It's cool to see some people take an interest in this. I'm pretty excited about it! :)

I'm in buddy just let me know the details with time...

Hmm, seems like a good time to friend some people :D

We need the teams before we can set up times. No sense making times with no teams.

times...
 

I am also wondering on the date,.. We have a event that connot be altered
on the 14th of March for 3 hours, from 10 am to 1 pm (pst).......?

With that said,... we have 12 participating Solid Gold dancers.... er..uh... Pirates thus far.
I will list them completely as soon as I know exactly what Pirate characters each member is using.

1) Achilles
2) Rosa
3) Captain Grizzly Blackwater
4) Jade Lockcastle
5) Jeanne Stormcutter
6) Regulator
7) ConstanceTruescarlet
8) Major Mason
9) Tobias O'swain
10) Trnity
11) Molly (not sure which Molly she's gonna use)
12) Pretty Polly / Scullduggery Bones

i'll post alterations and additions as they come :)

Ok. If you can divide them into two groups once you get them all, that would be great. 3, 6 member teams, good start.

And about your event on the 14th, we can schedule around that.

If you need a second team, I am sure I can gather some others. Swash tried to explain the rules to me before, still don't completely understand. What day is this for? Would like to post on guild calendar. Keep me posted........

Heya Molly. Right now, the day for teams is March 8th. After that, me and some people will get together and set up the divisions and first round matches. The matches will probably be around the 21st. We still need to get all the bugs worked out.

One week until teams are due. Right now we have around 4 teams, I think.

I am in just let me know the details....

Uh, below in the quote box is the mad jumble of the post before I sorted out my thoughts. Anywhoo, here are my ideas for rules:

1. Having a doll out means you're safe. Basicly, you're either a) on your territory, or b) in a safe zone (at the enemy flag safe zone). Hence, you can tag enemies or attune the flag.
2. Having a pistol out means you're in enemy territory. If you're attuned, and a heal number goes up, you are to report to the jail watchman.
3. Having a cutlass out means you've acquired the enemy flag, and hence you're game to be tagged even on your side. As well, you can only enter the area near your friendly flag if you have the enemy's flag.
4. Having no weapons out means you're in jail, and is only to occur when you're on the enemy's side to allow for no deceit. For you to be freed from jail, the jail watchmen must be attuned: then everyone in that jail is released. They must cross back before drawing a weapon.

Those guidelines being laid out, this game can differ quite well from the regular Capture the Flag game. Because the flag calls out when attuned, and because speed is relatively similar for each pirate, the flag could be mulit-touch, and the game could be scored similarly to a baseball game, with anybody who touches the flag and touches back getting a point, even if someone else has also touched the flag. Basicly, a team can run in more than one flag at once, and no delay would be necessary, because nothing need be returned.

ill be a ref wicha zekey

Those aren't bad ideas. Maybe the next update for CTF. For now, I wanna stay with the stuff we have. It's simple, most understand.

P.S. Geo, I'll see ya in game to give you a rundown of reffing policies.

ok......what time?? date?? whould b nice :laughks2::laughks2::laughks2::laughks2::laughks2:

If you've noticed, we have no dates yet. We need to get brackets set up first.

I believe he's asking when to meet you in game there Zekey. :D

Well, aren't I the rude one. Meet me in game now geo, if you're available.

Count me in... i don't care in who's team or on what role...

Awesome. One week and 3 1/2 days till teams are due. The final list will go up on Monday, the 9th.

Ok, we definitely need to organize the matches on DIFFERENT SERVERS. If this happens again, I might go insane. And for the record, I never have been, and never will be, a captain in capture the flag.

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EDIT: Zeke, let's have a chat about how to organize the tournament. Holy cow, it definitely can't happen all on one server.

OK, have a team ready -- Molly's Misfits

Molly Ironbones
LaLa
Epiphany Amazon Queen
Jade Ironbones
Gina Whitecoat
Christopher Wavehawk
Lawrence Lockshot
Rasputen Dreamweaver
Lord Ramage

We are on stand by and anxious.

Ok, we may have to have some of your people as either refs or stand-ins. Yer the only 9 member team I know of. Add you to the lsit when my cable is back up.

Zeke

Just a friendly reminder that today is the last day to sign up. We currently have 4 full teams, 4 possibles, and 3 referees.

What about those like me who don't have a team?


edit... what if there's two teams of 8 and one of 9?

Then they'll either have subs incase people can't or don't show, or i'll make another bracket. As for those who don't have teams, i'll figure it out. If I can get two more teams together, we'll add you to them. If not, then we'll add each of you to a team, and make them 7 to a team.

P.S. I will only be sending captains the info, so I need the captain of each team to message me.

Thanks.

Zeke

Please close now. The tournament will be kept track of on a different thread.