This was just an idea I had tossing around in my head for a few days and wanted to see what you all thought. Anyone both skilled or non-skilled in ME3 MP could join in. I love the Mass Effect 3 multiplayer and thought it would be cool to add a fun twist to it. While I am totally cool with the PvE setting the MP has I thought it would be cool to have a player vs player (or essentially a team vs team) friendly style tournament. For everyone who loves competition (respectful competition that is) in games then this might be just for you. So how would this work exactly? Well here is my proposed idea, if enough people think it's a fun idea then I'll create a group and spend more time fleshing it out. As for now here is my rough idea below:
Many teams start out in 1v1 bracket style elimination rounds where the objective to beating the other team is finishing a match either faster in a time trial mode or a total team score. To make more sense of what it would look like I put together a very rough draft of what the brackets would look like, it's not very good but here is what it would sorta look like (I'd make a much better one for the 'official' tournament if we do this):
Tournament Bracket Enlarged
(I used xbox but we could have a PS3 and PC tournament bracket as well so every platform can join in on the fun)
Listed in this bracket are the style of game modes (that I've thought of so far), Time Trial, Total Score, Lowest Scorer, and Main Slayer:
Time Trial:
Think your team can be faster than the other team in completing all 11 waves faster than them? Time trial the objective is to blast through all 11 waves as fast as possible. If your team has a faster time than the other team your team will advance in the brackets. Time penalties are added to teams that only get a partial extraction or do not finish all 11 waves. Team that complete all 11 waves and get a full extraction receive no penalties. It's all about mad dashing like a pro through the match to get the fastest time possible while trying to keep your team alive. If neither team can pass wave 11 the team that got farther will advance.
Total Score:
It's time to rack up as many points as possible in this game style. The team that receives a higher total score (not individual player score) will advance in the brackets. Point bonuses are given to teams that gain a full extraction and complete wave 11. If neither team can pass wave 11 the team with a higher score will advance.
Lowest Scorer:
Teamwork matters more in this game mode than any other. In order to advance to the next winners bracket in this mode is judged by the player on your team who had the lowest score. If your team's lowest scorer had a higher score than the opposing team's lowest scorer your team would advance. Point penalties are given to teams that do not complete wave 11 or get a full extraction. If neither team can pass wave 11 the team that got farther will advance.
Main Slayer:
Like Lowest scorer this mode is just the opposite. Have one player on your team get as many points as possible. If your team's highest scorer had a higher score than the opposing team's highest scorer your team will advance in the winner's bracket. If neither team can pass wave 11 the team that got farther will advance.
Final notes:
-The main idea is to give those that love a little competition and want to spice up the Mass Effect 3 multiplayer a little fun. Even if you are not super competitive everyone would be welcome to join. It's just like playing normally but with a team with the goal to be faster or better than the team you are competing against.
-Each round would of course have both teams playing on the same map, enemy, and difficulty. Also in order to make it fair since not all matches are the same (like you can't control where the objectives are or when they happen) each team could choose their best out of 3 matches and choose the best one to submit to the brackets for that round.
-Submitting scores for each round would consist of the team leader or a player on that team sending an image of the best game stats that clearly shows all team players names, total score, and the time completed. An example would be something like this capture I got: Team Score example A camera or capture card device will do, anything that can get a screenshot of that score screen (and is easily readable) would do. It's really the only way to make sure know one is cheating and the scores each team got is actually legit. Outside of actually watching the players livestream, which not everyone could do, it's the best way to prove the stats. I'd hope everyoen who joined in on thsi would be honest enough to post the real socres since it's just for fun after all =)
-As for teams, the team would be the same 4 players for the entire tournament. While I could make a whole list of disqualifications the major one would be failing to submit a score for the round in the allotted time or not having the same players you started the tournament with. All matches would be done in a private lobby of course with just your team fo 4.
- I can make graphics very well so essentially I could make each team a team logo. Give everyone who is on a team a sort of identity and make the big name teams shine =) The logo wold consist of something related to the Mass Effect universe most likely or at least tournament worthy. I also live stream on twitch.tv in 720p. While I can't stream other team's matches (obviously) I could stream my own team's matches until we get eliminated.
- What does the winning team win? Bragging rights, personal satisfaction of being good at MP, and your team and player names 1st in the bracket image. maybe we'll have real rewards later but for not it would be just for fun.
Well that is all I really have. Let me know if you all think this is a cool / fun idea or a bad one. I figured I'd toss out there and see if it's something others may find of interest. I didn't list every detail for this tournament since I just wanted to get the main points across. If it gets enough of a following I will expand in further detail later.
thanks for your time
Modifié par Mystical_Gaming, 28 mars 2012 - 04:53 .
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