I have this so far.
Groups
1. The groups will be sorted based on VPoints, and players with an equal VPoint rating will be sorted by DPoints (the annoying green thingies).
2. Five games in each group, so each player gets a chance at every country.
3. Depending on the amount of interest, either the winner or top two from each group will advance to the knockout stage.
4. Public press communication. Not sure on this one.
Knockout stage
1. Two brackets: one for the top half of players in rating and one for the bottom half. For example, if we have eight groups, the top four rated-groups go into the top-rated bracket.
2. Knockout round games will be one-offs, for all the snake clowns.
3. Higher-finishing players will have the first pick of countries, with lower-rated players holding the first tiebreaker and players with fewer DPoints holding the second tiebreaker.
4. Once one knockout round is completed, the group stage is forgotten. Knockout round winners will have the first pick of countries, with the first tiebreaker being finish in the group stage. After that, the tiebreaker procedure follows what is listed above.
Rules
1. Violations of rules should not be posted on the forum: site rule violations should be posted on the modforum, while tournament rule breaches should be PMed to me.
2. All site rules (metagaming, multiaccounting, etc.) are to be followed
3. All players that know each other IRL must announce this on the forum or via a PM to me before the first game of their group starts.
4. All members sorted into a group with IRL friends will have the option to move up one rating group if they choose.