I could use some help recruiting for the Espionage beginner's tournament. I have 20 players signed up now, I'm aiming at 25 at least. This should be possible considering the prizes, only it's hard to reach the beginners.

So I'm asking for help: maybe in your games (also other than espionage) you meet players who might be interested in joining. They can't have a rating higher than 1500 in any of the espionage variants and their 1st log in has to be before nov 29th last year.

The prizes they can win:

#1 - 1 year rook + 9 months bonus!
#2 - 6 months rook
#3 - 6 months knight

If you find interested players, please send them to me, or send me a message so I can invite them. Thanks!

OneEyedJack: Welcome Jack :) Good to see you here!

Here's the link to the tournament:

Scroll down to the link 'Small Fast Espionage' and click on 'signn up for this tournament'.

It's going to be a tough competition :)

So Bosse creates small fast #2, and Nothingness creates a different (volcano?) type with Brain Prize afterwards?

Let's get the small fast rolling :)

Hi Nothingness, still want to set up a team for the teamtournament?

Bosse, still planing to create the Small fast #2?

 

 

dAGGER: Maybe you can consider a membership? It's not that expensive.

Maybe Eric wants to play in a team as well?

SL-Bosse: I just saw that there can only be 4 player's in the team, so I guess it's a good idea if you have a fellowship as well to create another team, because now there are 6 player's in nothingness' team, already 2 too many. I can join your team if you want, then Nothingness has 4 players left. I saw Mark already signed up for another team as well. The Leaguers will play against eachother!

 

Nothingness: How many people can join a team? Maybe Bosse is right, if there are more player's interested than there are places in the team, it would be great if he'd made another espionage fellowship. Maybe first wait if it's necessary.

Jim, here's the link:

SL-Bosse: One espionage fellowship should be enough or not? Or can't all players who want to all join the same team from 1 fellowship?

Indeed it's too bad pawns can't join.

Pedro Martínez: Both Nothingness and I checked Resher's stats thoroughly. His wins by time-outs were games not even half played against the same 2 absolute beginner opponents in every variant. The rating was based on 4 games, 1 more than an unrated status. Based on those data I call someone a beginner. If trained by Nothingness I'm not surprised Resher is improving rapidly. I have no doubt Nothingness takes this job very seriously and Resher seems eager to learn, as can be seen by the large amount of espionage games of all sorts he has taken up since he signed up for the tournament, quite some of them against you. I'm sure he's learning a lot from you as well.We encourage the beginners to train themselves for the tournament, so it's only likely some will get above the beginner's level before the tournament.

Maybe that clarifies things?

 

SL-Mark: #3: 6 months Brain Knight? I'm willing to pay for #1 and #2, maybe you want to skip in for #3?

I've found two pupils: Jimbone and lornita. The more students the better, right? I would like to encourage people to take on as many students as they can handle. This way players who aren't dark chess champs may also get a change to be trained :)

start: 30 januari

fast espionage, 3 days + weekends

open for anyone with ratings 1500 or less or unrated, first log in before today.

minimum: 25 players, max 5 players in each section

invitation only - 

Nothingness just came up with a player who wanted to enter who had ratings above 1500 for all variants just because he was in an all game tournament and the opponents never moved. he never actually won a played game. I'm sure everyone who wants to be in will simply ask me to invite them.

 

Prize:

#1 - 1 year rook

#2 - 1/2 year rook

#3 - 100 brains (or another amount, have to check what that's worth)

 

ok, pls give me feedback! I'd like to have the signing in begin soon so people notice and turn to us to train or train themselves.

rod03801: ok, in that case an open tournament maybe the best idea.

 

Say starting 30 januari?

SL-Mark: inviting them is not so much effort. Since there is a prize I expect a lot of interest, and players approaching me. All of you can point players out to me. I can then invite them, and all beginner's I come accross. I'm prepared to do the extra work involved.

 

I don't think you can exclude participants already signed up.

I want to create the beginner's tournament. I will award a prize for the winner. When shall I have it started? I will make it an invitation only tournament otherwise strong players might enter. I'm sure no Leaguer would do this, but others might.

 

Please let me know how much time you think you need to find a good pupil, and do let them know they can win a year rook's membership!

I've found a pupil who wants to go for it :)

Have you all been looking hard to find a new talent?

SL-Mark: Players who've already played Sabotage at IYT are not allowed ofcourse.

Well, Eric, I give up, who is our mystery player?

When shall I start the have the beginner's tournament started? januari 15th? What variant shall we choose for them? They often start out playing  volcano variants.

 

Among the veteterans Fast espionage seems the most popular volcano variant. Maybe the tournament after next could be Fast? If I organise a Fast tournament for the beginner's before that, they can play along in our normal tournament playing fast.

 

I'm considering giving out a 1-year rook price for the winner of the beginner's tournament.

I'm already trying to get some beginner's (they've only played a few games) interested in really learning the game. If everyone of you will train 1 pupil the tournament could become very interesting indeed! We can compete with who has trained the winner!

What do all you think of a beginners/newbee tournament to get fresh blood into the League?

I would be willing to set it up if I get a litlle help scouting.

Nothingness: would BK consider implementing a 4 player variant? In Stratego such variant exists. I would love that. And ofcourse there's the corner variant already existing at IYT, we could ask for that one here. It requires quite a different strategy.

 

As for playing volcano tournaments, if there are just a few players who want to be in those it's no use. Maybe the league has to grow first? I'm ok with a fast (volcano) tournament after the next, but I don't think I'll enter.

Celticjim: you create a poll letting only you vote?

Maybe it's because we all get in through the same link from here at BK.

Isn't there much interest in the messageboard lately or are there just a few of us who want the new tournament? Tell us hear what you want!

SL-Bosse:  2days + weekend (I already voted for Small Fast).

As soon as a start day is agreed I think signing up could start. I'd set the start date a little later than 1 december, but I'll join if it will be the date.