What settings would YOU like to see in TTW finals?

[no1paladin]

Team A picks all 8 different civs on both sides and divide them into two sides evenly.
Team B gets to pick side first.

[cardigans]

How about a modification of captains mode in dota?
In this mode, basically there are some ban phases and pick phases and teams gets to decide sequentially. To clarify these phases here is a quick demonstration; first team 1 decides which of the n civs (where n is a number) from the 18 civ poll can't be picked, then team 2 does the same, then team picks some number of civs, then team two and it follows like this.
However there is issue of very limited number of over powered civs, hence number of decisions in most phases is possibly forced to be one.

This is very intriguing. Could you please give a more in-depth explanation? Do the teams get the same civilizations? Or will there be eight civilizations present?

The stars idea was one we considered, but figured it would be too difficult to adequately ascertain the value of each of the civilizations in a 4v4 matchup. I notice, for example, that Aztecs are ranked above Teutons, but in 4v4, imperial age battles are far more likely, and Teutons certainly have a stronger imperial age than Aztecs overall. Then again, an Aztec monk rush might overwhelm an opponent early, eliminating later play. But if the other team has a Teuton, the monk rush will be less effective, and the Aztecs overall will be.

If you could get a list together and tell WHY your list works, it would certainly be considered. It's a fascinating setting, but very hard to get right.

Actually there is many ways to implement this, but I am not exactly sure which one would be the most suitable.
Let me illustrate a way I have in my mind anyway;
To begin with, we need to determine first mover, which could be done randomly or be given with homemap title.
Suppose team 1 gets to be first mover.

Team 1 decides to ban mayans
Now its team 2's turn. they decide to ban chinese and japans. (Now observe that there are 15 civs left available)
Now its team 1's turn to make a pick. They decide to pick persians.
Team 2 decides to pick aztecs and spanish
Team 1 decides to pick vikings and mongols
Team 2 decides to pick franks and celts
Team 1 decides to pick turks

In this set up, we only have one ban phase, and a complete map of decisions is as follows:
a Ban, 2 Bans, a Pick, 2 Picks, 2 Picks, 2 Picks, a Pick

Here I assumed teams can't pick a civ if it is already picked. However, to make things more interesting, we could let them pick the civs for second time, and then we could add some more ban phases. Feel free to ask question about the parts that are not clear to you

[Fraunie]

Maybe teams could ban another teams player for one game. For example: One team votes Daut out for match. Tyrant then picks other team player to sit out a match. It's kinda cheesy but could bring some variety in game outcomes.

[timtim]

That's just retarded. Most teams have a hard time to bring 4 players already

[Barbarossa89]

I don't speak Russian, but I am seeing the words Xerox and Sony, so I don't know what it has to do with AoC.

Back on topic, thank you for the more in-depth explanation. And we will not ban any players from any stage, unless they bring it on themselves by breaking rules.

[omega]

I don't speak Russian, but I am seeing the words Xerox and Sony, so I don't know what it has to do with AoC.

Back on topic, thank you for the more in-depth explanation. And we will not ban any players from any stage, unless they bring it on themselves by breaking rules.

ur not a board moderator? Just del the post for not being in english. Even translated from google it is just complete gibberish.

[Barbarossa89]

I am only a moderator for LN tournament boards. This is technically an announcement board, so I have no power here.

[TurboB1337]

Franks, Huns, Mongols, Spanish - Paladins, Paladins/Cavalry Archers, Hussar/Mangudai, Paladins/Conquistador

4v4 Britons - Foot Archers

[Kondrikthus]

I apologize if someone has already posted these ideas.

I personally would like to see players making the most of a civilization out of its element. For example, if everyone were to play as Vikings on an all-land map, or as Aztecs on an island map, I think that would be fun to spectate.

Another option is to let the opposing team choose the civilizations they wish to fight against. So Team A chooses Team B's civilizations, and vice versa. This is done in secret, so each team doesn't know who they will be until just before the match begins, and they don't know how their own match-up will fare against the opposition which they've assigned. The only restriction: each of any one team's civilizations must be distinct. If one person from Team A and another from Team B both happen to be assigned the Japanese civilization, that's fine, but Team A cannot assign the Japanese civilization to two different members of the opposing team. Does that make sense?

[omega]

Other team picks civ is a good idea, but its LN man ;facepalm