I've been thinking about this for some time.. And I'm wondering if it's time to put in into play. As of right now, we have a 'fend for yourself' kind of tournament ecosystem. Essentially everyone just does what they want. There's a Road to EVO which enforces a bit of standardization, but it has no bearing on non road-to-EVO events, so it essentially just divides a portion of the year's tourney action off to itself.
What this would be is a set of guidelines and practices:
-Basic tournament conditions
-Provisions (setups, etc)
-Standard monitor settings (for a couple of different monitor brands, rather than forcing everyone to use one type)
-Basic rulesets
-Standardize a way to catalog/store results, so that we can finally get some global community records
-Standardize player membership -- so you'd get an ID number for example, and you could use it to register wherever you go. Makes it much easier to keep track of players, and keep track of their results
-Some standardization for dealing with pools, late entrants etc.
Everything from USCF (the Chess federation) to the PGA tour has standards for their events.
So basically you'd have the standard (call it, FGCA, UFG, or something equivalent) and to be considered an official event under the standard, a tournament would have to meet the basic requirements.
Now, to make this really clear: the point of this is not to create an exclusive club or become a burden for TO's. For example, requiring 10 setups per game at a standardized major isn't going to fly. But what it will do is this:
1) Create at least a minimum baseline that at least an 'official' FGC major should absolutely not go below. Minimum conditions
2) Eliminate some ambiguity and confusion by helping to standardize some rules/practices for each game so that TO's don't have to ask over and over at each event
3) Help unify the tournament scene so that it's easier for fans and potential fans to keep track of events, players, and how they relate to each other (right now it's an absolute mess).
I think that the FGC has grown enough that it's time for everyone to stop 'shotgunning' it. There shouldn't be any more ambiguity about what's a major and what isn't, what's official, what matters, and what the minimum standards for accomodations are at a Major event. If we want to continue to grow, it'll be vital to our success as a sporting community.
Anyway, I want to get everyone's thoughts on this. I will probably continue to explore and elaborate on it over time; but I'm really curious to get everyone's input.
@AK Pig Of The Hut
@GGA 16 Bit
@WoundCowboy
@Perfect Legend
@Blind_Man
@Emperor DMS
@Sajam
@Krayzie
@SwiftTomHanks
@RapZiLLa54
@Frantastic23
@Sabin
What this would be is a set of guidelines and practices:
-Basic tournament conditions
-Provisions (setups, etc)
-Standard monitor settings (for a couple of different monitor brands, rather than forcing everyone to use one type)
-Basic rulesets
-Standardize a way to catalog/store results, so that we can finally get some global community records
-Standardize player membership -- so you'd get an ID number for example, and you could use it to register wherever you go. Makes it much easier to keep track of players, and keep track of their results
-Some standardization for dealing with pools, late entrants etc.
Everything from USCF (the Chess federation) to the PGA tour has standards for their events.
So basically you'd have the standard (call it, FGCA, UFG, or something equivalent) and to be considered an official event under the standard, a tournament would have to meet the basic requirements.
Now, to make this really clear: the point of this is not to create an exclusive club or become a burden for TO's. For example, requiring 10 setups per game at a standardized major isn't going to fly. But what it will do is this:
1) Create at least a minimum baseline that at least an 'official' FGC major should absolutely not go below. Minimum conditions
2) Eliminate some ambiguity and confusion by helping to standardize some rules/practices for each game so that TO's don't have to ask over and over at each event
3) Help unify the tournament scene so that it's easier for fans and potential fans to keep track of events, players, and how they relate to each other (right now it's an absolute mess).
I think that the FGC has grown enough that it's time for everyone to stop 'shotgunning' it. There shouldn't be any more ambiguity about what's a major and what isn't, what's official, what matters, and what the minimum standards for accomodations are at a Major event. If we want to continue to grow, it'll be vital to our success as a sporting community.
Anyway, I want to get everyone's thoughts on this. I will probably continue to explore and elaborate on it over time; but I'm really curious to get everyone's input.
@AK Pig Of The Hut
@GGA 16 Bit
@WoundCowboy
@Perfect Legend
@Blind_Man
@Emperor DMS
@Sajam
@Krayzie
@SwiftTomHanks
@RapZiLLa54
@Frantastic23
@Sabin
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