Since one or two agents decided tournament advertisements were spam it looks like people arent allowed to post in the different forums about tournaments they are hosting. I figured I would make a rookie thread for agents to post links for any tournaments they hear about this season. I am hosting no tournaments of my own and my only cares are that enough rookie teams show interest that we can actually have our own brackets.

Feel free to add links or sign up information from any you know about. DO NOT try to sign up for any here since this is a general thread about all tournaments.

To sign up: http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=4850155

Originally posted by TaySC
"The Combine" Network's Tournament


► Tournament Directors ◄
TaySC: http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=46329
Onemiln09: http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=256659

► Tournament Panel Members / Committee ◄
acrnobrnja - http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=17430
AirMcMVP - http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=20728
Cynic - http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=112046
gebster - http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=995
Greywolfmeb - http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=108194


This is the 6th Annual Tournament that is being Sponsored by "The Combine" network.


This seasons (S27) tournament will again cover as many age groups as we can get enough participants for. We will, however, try even harder to tighten the groupings and if a bracket cannot be made within a reasonable APV range we will not have a bracket for that grouping. We hope to have more participants in all ranges (especially the tough to find middle ranges and Casual teams), but we cannot control who signs up, so we will adapt the tourney based on the entrants.


► Registration ◄
Please have the team owner or co-owner from your team sign up. They will then be invited into the PF, where they can discuss the tournament with our staff, interact with the other team owners & GM's and keep up to date on the status of the tournament. It is imperative that whoever signs up for this tourney keeps up with their teams status, schedules games in a timely fashion and reports results to us.


► Brackets ◄
As mentioned above, we will be separating teams into various brackets based MAINLY on average player value (APV) effective levels (EL). This is non-negotiable as it is what this tourney is and always has been based on. Team age, league played in, etc.., does not matter for this tournament, so there could be a Semi-Pro team playing Pro teams if their APV is close to theirs.


► Trophies ◄
The trophies will be awarded for performance based on bracket size and placement.

12-15 Team Entries - 1st & 2nd place trophy
16 or more Team Entries - 1st, 2nd & 3rd trophy

1st - http://goallineblitz.com/images/game/trophies/combine_1st.gif
2nd - http://goallineblitz.com/images/game/trophies/combine_2nd.gif
3rd - http://goallineblitz.com/images/game/trophies/combine_3rd.gif


► Scheduling of Games ◄
1. Typically we ask the Higher Seed to send the challenge, BUT either team may send the scrim request. It is not a valid excuse if you sit back hoping the other team will be forced to forfeit and just say that they are the higher seed. Send the challenge.....
2. Regular season games, IF and only IF they are within the rounds time frames, may be substituted, and then only if both owners agree.
3. If you have all 6 scrim slots taken up, and cannot possibly get your tourney game complete in the appropriate timeframe, you can be forfeited for your round, so please leave some open dates.


► Please try to stay on schedule and keep things going. Getting too far behind schedule will ruin the fun for others waiting. Getting too far ahead will cause you to wait around and get tired of waiting. So please keep a steady pace going. The below is a guideline, but not exact. We will allow a few days window for those that are actually trying to get games scheduled. ◄
1st round games will be played before day 6.
2nd round games will be played before day 12.
3rd round will be played before day 18.
4th round games will be played before day 24.
5th round games will be played before day 30.


► When you set up the scrimmage please select these and only these options ◄
[x]This friendly is ranked and should be taken seriously
[ ] Results are viewable by the participants only
[x] Use playoff-style overtime rules
[ ] Enable home team abilities
[ ] Enable salary-based morale bonuses


One very important bit of information here that we want to get out..... we are conducting signups right now to get a list of teams and figure out how many brackets we will need, but the actual breaking down into groups / brackets won't happen until around Day -4 or Day -3 when we will take a look at all teams and their average player values and effective levels. We will then start the bracket process so teams can hopefully start scheduling games around Day 1 or Day 2.

I didnt see a link to sign up for the Tournament of Coalitions, but I'm sure you can contact one of the guys in charge to get access to the forum and get signed up. Non "coalition" teams are usually welcome as well.

Originally posted by GmanV2
Instead of talking tough in the forums, put your groups mettle to the test and get the bragging rights you think you deserve. Join the Season 27 TOC Challenge, TOC IX, and try to knock off the defending Champs Black Sea Society. The Deadline to enter is Day -1

This is the Tourney to prove your group of teams is the best in GLB or if you are a loner, you can beat all of the coalitions and claim your age group. We limit each coalition to 12 teams, but they can enter as many 12 team groups as they want. You can enter as few as 1 team and a maximum of 12 teams. This Tourney covers Casual and Regular from Pee Wee on up to World League. Pick your 12 teams wisely, every point counts.

Have your group leader PM GmanV2 to get invited to the battle. It is the responsibility of the leader to make sure all teams are entered properly in their brackets, once the brackets are set they will not be changed. Enter your teams by Day -1, check your teams and respond by Day 0, Day 1 brackets will be locked, Day 1/2 the Tourney begins. All are expected to abide by reasonable standards of good sportsmanship, not doing so can possibly result in the rescinding of your coalitions ability to compete.

Tournament Directors:
Lewk57: http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=76772
GmanV2: http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=143852
Onemiln09: http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=256659


Assistant Tournament Directors:
Tomcic:
AirMcMVP:

Official Tournament Disputes & Resolution Arbitrator
Dadd:

TOC Overall Champions
Season 16, TOC I: The Combine
Season 17, TOC II: The Combine
Season 18, TOC III: GLB Addicts
Season 22, TOC IV: Dot World Order (DWO)
Season 23, TOC V: Dot World Order 1 (DWO1)
Season 24, TOC VI: Dotball Syndicate
Season 25, TOC VII: Dotball Syndicate
Season 26, TOC VIII: Black Sea Society

Brackets & Trophies: We will run it as in seasons past, with trophies awarded for performance based on bracket size and placement.

Top Coalition Trophy - http://i56.tinypic.com/jtneqg.gif

Bracket Trophies
1st Place Trophy - http://i51.tinypic.com/55gxtx.gif
2nd Place Trophy - http://i51.tinypic.com/24lor9i.gif
3rd Place Trophy - http://i52.tinypic.com/fu4z6c.gif
4th Place Trophy - http://i54.tinypic.com/2qtyhs6.gif

4 Team Entries - 1st place trophy
8 Team Entries - 1st & 2nd place trophy
16 Team Entries - 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place trophy
32/64 Team Entries - 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th place trophy

The Winning Coalition will receive the top Coalition trophy as well for every team that participated from that coalition. As well, the top Independant team in brackets 32 or larger will also receive a distinctive trophy.

Coalition Overall Standings: Points shall be awarded based on performance, bracket size and placement achieved in bracket.

6 points - 1st place in 64 brackets
4 points - 1st place in 32 brackets; 2nd place in 64 brackets
3 points - 1st place in 16 brackets; 2nd place in 32; 3rd place in 64
2 points - 1st place in 8 brackets; 2nd place in 16 brackets; 3rd place 32 brackets; 4th place in 64 brackets
1 point - 1st place in 4 brackets; 2nd place in 8 brackets; 3rd place in 16 brackets; 4th place in 32 brackets; 5th - 8th place in 64 brackets

Exact Breakdown of points calculation:
4: 1-6 teams - 1 point
8: 7-11 teams - 2 points
16 12-24 teams - 3 points
32: 25-47 - 4 points
48+ : 6 points

So, a basic rule of 25% shall be enforced on each age level for the % of each coalition in a particular bracket.

For instance, in a bracket of 4, 1 team from any given coalition, bracket of 8, 2 teams from any given coalition, bracket of 16, 4 teams, etc...

There are 23 total potential brackets, counting casual, regular and peewee. With that in mind, we shall restrict each coalition to no more than 12 teams, so choose which team will represent your coalition wisely.

Scheduling of Games:

1. Higher seed is responsible for sending challenge. However, either team may send the scrim request.
2. Regular season games, IF and only IF they are within the rounds time frames, may be substituted, and then only if both owners agree.
3. If you have all 6 scrim slots taken up, and cannot possibly get your tourney game complete in the appropriate timeframe, you can be forfeited for your round.

Please Follow schedule If we get early games in, keep the pace going.
1st round games will be played before day 6.
2nd round games will be played before day 10
3rd round will be played before day 14.
4th round games will be played before day 18.
5th round games will be played before day 22
6th round games will be played before day 26.
7th round games before day 30.

When you set up the scrimmage please select these and only these options:

[x]This friendly is ranked and should be taken seriously
[ ] Results are viewable by the participants only
[x] Use playoff-style overtime rules
[ ] Enable home team abilities
[ ] Enable salary-based morale bonuses

Tie Breakers:
1st - Total Trophies
2nd - Total 1st Place Trophies, then 2nd Place Trophies and so on
3rd - Winning % of the Coalition

If you need it, here's the link to the place you can actually sign up for Combine: http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=4850155

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