Hello. Just dropping by for thoughts and opinions on -as the title says- community interest in another Shoppa tournament this year, and if the amount of interest is appropriate enough for some consideration towards planning a new one.
With last year's tournament a moderate "success" (IMO, given the number of players who signed up, around a busy holiday schedule) plus some of the encouraging reviews that some players gave, saying it was better managed than the previous year's tournament, I think it's around the ideal time to think about if we want one this year too.
That is, if we're going to have one in Nov-Dec 2015 (or somewhere around that point).
A few 'Why we should' reasons I can think of atm (ofc there are plenty more):
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[*] [b]Tournaments are a great way to encourage community interaction[/b]. Alongside showcasing competitive/organized Shoppa's fun side, it also allows both new and experienced players with having a go at some challenging and simply fun roping :3
[*] [b]Keep the tradition[/b] of having a Shoppa tournament per year, going. Would be a shame to have the somewhat-chain that we've been having over the last few years broken now right?!
[*] [b]Give a great excuse[/b] for occasional-players like me to spend time playing the next, improved version of Hedgewars (would like to hear from the devs with regard to this one, release schedule wise)
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I'm actively thinking about the possibility of hosting one myself, or supporting someone else on this if I find enough interested folks who'd be willing to participate.
I'm aware that there might be concerns out there about the risk of having a tournament go stale, with loads of delays and mis-scheduling, and that's part of the reason why I'm even posting this.
So yeah, thoughts and opinions pl0x ^^
Note: Here's hoping my decision to post on the forum, instead of idling on the server waiting for people to talk to, works :P