Tournament 2007

[L Jamal]

All those that remember the format of the 2006 tournament need to just forgot those rules. That tournament was too time consuming so I'm going to a new format.

This year, there is a simple single elimination tournament. Round 1 will has 93 participants. Those 93 will be divided into 7 groups of 10 and 3 groups of 9. Each group will pass the 5 top vote getters into Round 2 for a grand total of 50 participants in Round 2. Round 2 will have 5 groups of 10 which will be reduced down to 20.

After Round 2 there will be a break for all active participants for the San Diego Con. During this time, inactive participants will have a chance to re-enter the tournament via the re-entry Round. The re-entry round will allow up to 10 inactive participants to re-enter the tournament.

Round 3 will feature 30 total participants. These 30 will be pared down to 10.

After Round 3 there will be a pause for yet another re-entry Round. During this re-entry all inactive participants can participate for 6 open slots in Round 4.

Round 4 begins with 16 and will trimmed down to 8 for Round 5. Round 5 will bring that 8 down to 4. Those for will get a break for the final re-entry round. This re-entry round will one again be available to ALL inactive participants for a chance at 2 open spots in the final round of 6.

Round 6 will be the final winner takes all round. The winner will be declared by the end of round 6.

The schedule of Rounds is as follows.

July 1-14 - Round 1 Drawing
July 15-17 - Round 1 Voting

WAS -----
July 18-21 - Round 2 Drawing
July 22-24 - Round 2 Voting

July 25-29 - Re-Entry Round Drawing
July 30-31 - Re-Entry Round Voting
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NOW -------
July 18-29 - Round 2 and Re-Entry Drawing
July 30-31 - Round 2 and Re-Entry Voting


Aug 1-8 - Round 3 Drawing
Aug 9-11 - Round 3 Voting

WAS -----
Aug 12-16 - Re-Entry Round Drawing
Aug 17-18 - Re-Entry Round Voting
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NOW -------
Aug 9-16 - Re-Entry Round Drawing
Aug 17-18 - Re-Entry Round Voting


Aug 19-25 - Round 4 Drawing
Aug 26-29 - Round 4 Voting

Aug 30-Sept 9 - Round 5 Drawing
Sept 10-12 - Round 5 Voting

Sept 13-19 - Re-Entry Round Drawing
Sept 20-22 - Re-Entry Round Voting

Sep 23-Oct 6 - Round 6 Drawing
Oct 7-13 - Round 6 Voting



The basic rules are
- you have to have registered to participate
- you have to post your art in the correct thread on time to be added to the poll
- voting is open as long as the poll is open
- polls entries are set up in the order the art is posted
- only the top vote getters will go on to the next round
- in the event of the tie, the art that was posted first will go on to the next round
- groups are randomly assigned
- all art must be newly created within the time period spefically for the draw off tournament
-old art posted as tournament art will lead to immediate disqualification

Rules for the re-entry rounds ...
Re-entry will be based on your entire performance. Much like Nascar, you will receive points for your placement in every round. The participants with the highest points after the re-entry round voting will be allowed to re-enter the tournament.

Points are awarded as follows.
100 point 1st place
80 points 2nd place
70 points 3rd place
50 points 4th place
-5 point for each place after 4th (45 for 5th, 40 for 6, 35 for 7, etc)
All participants that complete art in each Round will be awarded at least 1 point for that round.

I will update the point standings after every round.

Prizes:
First place will be any 2 TPBs of their choice mailed to them.
The top finisher in the points race (who is not the first place winner) will get 2 TPBs for their choice as well.


If there are any questions this is the thread for questions.


The groups for the first round are

GROUP 1
ChrisK, Deuce, jameswisinger, Meat Monkey, Propsdue, salvador raga, Shep, teach, TGK, Wozlok

GROUP 2
BEN DENNIS, cinam, JMan, LilGreenMan, litebox, managuan, pashburn25, raya, TDHodges, vector

GROUP 3
AntFace, Grey Avatar, Lord Fejj, masked_ramen, Mecha, Mike225, Mitze, omega sentry, Ron Phillips, Rothart

GROUP 4
dano, Don.Edwards, evolver, forthimmortal, JaySavage, jefftingley, Phatman, swayvacious1, xombey, y2e

GROUP 5
Axel, ben-jones, DieselHead, Locoduck, misteraxis, naenae, Scaleyinx, secret-identity, Zamurai

GROUP 6
amyk, Big-B, Cap, colt45, compton, jakebilbao, jaxel, jpmanzan, Rob Norton

GROUP 7
BioFungus, chungking2399, Digipunch, firejix2006, FREAKCASTLE, j giar, JZiegler, Moonrider, Rex

GROUP 8
albone, chaosgoat, eve, Initial Monkey, JLillustrator, ljamal, midknight, sevans, Worthless

GROUP 9
bluelinesmokem, GRAPHITE REVOLVER, KIERAN OATS, mysterionB, OZ!, Scott F, SethNI, the_profeshenal, xaltair

GROUP 10
Cat, DarkKni9hT, Hanzou, pi0trov, Ray Dillon, secondrater, SMT, Sprinter, The Tinker


The first tournament assignment will go up some time on Saturday and the tournament will be on the way.

[BEN DENNIS]

How, very comprehensive...
Will there be specifics per each round, such as "pencil only" or "color only"?

[L Jamal]

There will be no specifics, you can do what you do and do it to the best of your abilities. As I mentioned in the other thread, this year will be a mixture of assignments including sequentials.

[Big-B]

jakebilbao I am pointing at you, your going down, lol :D :banana:

[Mike225]

Good luck everybody!

[Biofungus]

Good luck me, screw everybody else.


:p

[Mike225]

Good luck, everybody but Mark.

[Biofungus]

Good luck, everybody but Mark.
"Screw you!"
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y9/Biofungus/zoidberg.jpg

[jakebilbao]

jakebilbao I am pointing at you, your going down, lol :D :banana:
holy crap! how'd we end up in the same group! :cry: this is a conspiracy! i tell you! :cry:

[secret-identity]

YES!!!! can't wait to get started.
Good luck all.

[DarkKni9hT]

Damn! Scratched by a Cat in the first round!! :confused:
J/K. This should be fun. Good luck to all.

[secondrater]

Well...I'm screwed.
At least I'll have a fun first round!
Good luck everyone.

[jakebilbao]

cat in your group?!!!!! :cry: good luck to you both! :laugh: i wouldn't want to be in any of your shoes though. :laugh:

[j giar]

Afraid I have to drop out....to much going on right now.

[Big-B]

Hey dont give up yet, you might regret it, and it looks like there will be planty of time to work on the projects.

[dano]

Stay in, man!!! It'll be wild!

[j giar]

I'm gonna try...things are still a little F'd up here still...but yeah I plan on tryin' at least...now go pick on someone else, like evil pornographers or somethin' :)

[salvador raga]

I can't wait! :banana:

[SethNI]

Looks like we got ourselves a good ol' fashioned Draw Off!

Yeeeeeehawwww!!

Best of luck!

[secret-identity]

question.. actually 2.

What's TPBs?
&
Will there be mutiple choice polls as featured in the blitz draw-offs, or standard one vote per person?

[L Jamal]

TPBs are trade paper backs (collected comic book stores).

Multiple choice

[Artsta]

Speaking of prizes... I was talking to Press Oblivion, you know last year's winner. And he said he never got his prizes for winning last year. I believe the prizes he was suppose to get was a copy of something called Waramegedon and a $50 gift card for mile high comics. So you may want to contact him to get those out, he said he wrote on here but never heard back from ya.

[Cap]

Speaking of prizes... I was talking to Press Oblivion, you know last year's winner. And he said he never got his prizes for winning last year. I believe the prizes he was suppose to get was a copy of something called Waramegedon and a $50 gift card for mile high comics. So you may want to contact him to get those out, he said he wrote on here but never heard back from ya.

I agree with this.

[L Jamal]

I don't recall what the prize was last year, but it definitely wasn't anything from Mile High or Warmageddon. I make a point to separate my stuff from DW prizes. If Press wants to contact me, he can PM me about it. I'm not even sure if there were prizes last year.

[Scaleyinx]

Sorry folks. I must gracefully bow out. :( I simply can't make the committment for the next 6 weeks. I thought I could manage to squish it in, but I was wrong.

Good luck to you all!

[Ron Phillips]

I'm going to bail too. Not because of commitments, well maybe some, but because I don't want to make it so hard on you guys this year. I mean you barely kept up with me for 4 rounds. Sheesh.

Now if I'd gotten grouped with the Jeff Smith group, I'd probably stick in for a round ... So I guess I won't damage you guys with my awesomest art. That's right, I said awesomest.

[Mike225]

That is a load off my mind. Thanks, Ron! The check's in the mail.

[raya]

I thought I would have time for this, turns out I don't, sorry. I'm disappointed, but paid projects come first.

[Ron Phillips]

That is a load off my mind. Thanks, Ron! The check's in the mail.

I figured you'd appreciate that.

[Mecha]

Thought I could at least get in a pinup, but I just got more work and already have a deadline the same day I have to leave for Cali.... I'm out.

Damnit. :(

[xaltair]

So many people dropping out, this'll be a fast tourney.

[mysterionB]

I think there's still a lot of good work showing up! Deadline is a day away...still plenty of time!

Its for fun though aint it? If you have the time, test yourself.

hmmm Maybe I should have waited and worked on mine some more! :confused:

[xombey]

i have to drop out for technical reasons. i just found out my scanner isn't working--won't even turn on.

[Mike225]

I had to stay in to make sure everyone knows the definition of "owned."

Great work so far, everybody!

[Iak Sotot]

This is pretty damn cool. Aspiring to pro. I really liked mysterionB (Tellos) and dano (TMNT) 's posted work. dano's told a story. I would be drawn to buy a comic with that cover and I loved the fox Tellos thief. He looked perturbed and having stolen things in my life I know that look.

[mysterionB]

Good competition! Wow nice entries...

But, if the top 5 of each group in round 1 move on to round 2, why isnt this multiple choice?

We could have voted for the five we like the most. I know some groups didnt get as many pics as others...and I realize its to late now, but I wanted to vote for my second thru 5th favorites as well!

Good jobs all around, Big up's too everyone who made it!

[xombey]

the mike hellboy group was the best overall. i could have voted for 3 different guys--it was really close.

[Biofungus]

Really? You think so? Even with my craptacular piece?

I found the Zot group the hardest to decide. I agree with MysterionB though. If it was the top 5 in each group that moved on, then it should have been multiple votes.

[DarkKni9hT]

I think the single votes wil work out just fine. If it's multiple votes, things would get into too many ties and close seconds to be decided by first post. If everyone votes for their single fave in each group, then it seems more likely that the winner will be the best piece overall.

Kudos to all who made the deadline. Some really nice work out there. Best to those moving on.

[mysterionB]

I think the single votes wil work out just fine. If it's multiple votes, things would get into too many ties and close seconds to be decided by first post. If everyone votes for their single fave in each group, then it seems more likely that the winner will be the best piece overall.

Kudos to all who made the deadline. Some really nice work out there. Best to those moving on.

Thats interesting I think that 'too many ties and close seconds' is subjective and is more likely with single ballots, as fewer votes are being spread around, so there's less likely a tiebreaker being given up.

Of course its too late but since we were looking for the 'top 5' not just the "best piece overall" voting should reflect the top five posts not just the number one.

I loved seeing all the great work!! I hope to survive to see what's next!!! :banana:

[Biofungus]

Btw, I hope everybody's warming up, because if you notice, the second phase of the draw off is only a few days! So once it's a go, time is of the essence! On top of that, I'm not taking pity on the participants by holding off the Blitz Draw-off either :p

[OZ!]

I'm going to bail too. Not because of commitments, well maybe some, but because I don't want to make it so hard on you guys this year. I mean you barely kept up with me for 4 rounds. Sheesh.

Now if I'd gotten grouped with the Jeff Smith group, I'd probably stick in for a round ... So I guess I won't damage you guys with my awesomest art. That's right, I said awesomest.


You... can draw? :blink:

[secondrater]

Well, I'm out.
For some reason I thought the post date was the 15th, not the 14th. I was busy all week/weekend and didn't get to even check 'til yesterday.
Doesn't matter, because I had a similar idea as Dark Knight's, the coppertone image.

[DarkKni9hT]

PLAGARIST!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Actually, may initial thought was to do a Marilyn type image with Dean blowing up Liberty's skirt with a hair dryer or something. Then I saw a nearly identical cover by Cho and had to come up with another image. Hence the Coppertone girl.
if ya weren't late, it would have been no harm us having the same idea. It would have been interesting to compare the two. Post it up here for us.
Sorry to see you go. I got knocked out last year in exactly the same fashion. Misread the deadline by a day and was too late to post. Sucks, but the dates are well documented.

[swayvacious1]

I CAN NOT BELIEVE I MISSED THE DEADLINE!!!!! OH! AND IT WAS MY FAVORITE TOOOOO :cry: I HATE MY JOB I WORK TOO MANY HOURS!!!! :cry: BUT GROUP 4 NICE GOING :kewl:

[L Jamal]

For those that missed the deadline remember that you still have a chance to get back in with the first Re-Entry Round from July 25-29.

[secondrater]

PLAGARIST!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Actually, may initial thought was to do a Marilyn type image with Dean blowing up Liberty's skirt with a hair dryer or something. Then I saw a nearly identical cover by Cho and had to come up with another image. Hence the Coppertone girl.
if ya weren't late, it would have been no harm us having the same idea. It would have been interesting to compare the two. Post it up here for us.
Sorry to see you go. I got knocked out last year in exactly the same fashion. Misread the deadline by a day and was too late to post. Sucks, but the dates are well documented.


haha, I had the same Marilyn idea first too, until I saw Cho's! too funny. I need to get off your wavelength.
the date thing was my own fault. I had the image done, but wasn't satisfied with it, so I put off posting it and then the week went by and I didn't get it fixed or up.

here it is if you want to see it.
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/secondrater/liberty.jpg

[secondrater]

For those that missed the deadline remember that you still have a chance to get back in with the first Re-Entry Round from July 25-29.
Thanks, I'll see if I can get my crap together this time!

[TDHodges]

How does the tournament work? I mean, I came in 2nd on round one, does this mean I'm out? I wasn't a part of past tournaments, so I'm a bit green to the rules.

[mysterionB]

All those that remember the format of the 2006 tournament need to just forgot those rules. That tournament was too time consuming so I'm going to a new format.

This year, there is a simple single elimination tournament. Round 1 will has 93 participants. Those 93 will be divided into 7 groups of 10 and 3 groups of 9. Each group will pass the 5 top vote getters into Round 2 for a grand total of 50 participants in Round 2. Round 2 will have 5 groups of 10 which will be reduced down to 20.



;)

[Cat]

For those that missed the deadline remember that you still have a chance to get back in with the first Re-Entry Round from July 25-29.
Yay..right smack dab in the middle of COMIC CON!!!...I wish this whole thing could have started in August :cry:

[Mecha]

Yay..right smack dab in the middle of COMIC CON!!!...I wish this whole thing could have started in August :cry:

I second that why the crap couldn't this have started AFTER the conventions :(

[Big-B]

could have voice your opnions before the round started too. We all have stuff going on, comic con, or family or anything, If we waited for everyone to have time, we would never do it. So roll with it, and try your best.

[managuan]

could have voice your opnions before the round started too. We all have stuff going on, comic con, or family or anything, If we waited for everyone to have time, we would never do it. So roll with it, and try your best.
I second that.... :)

[Cat]

could have voice your opnions before the round started too. We all have stuff going on, comic con, or family or anything, If we waited for everyone to have time, we would never do it. So roll with it, and try your best.
actually I did..privately

[L Jamal]

Cat did ask that the tournament not take place during cons.
But I have solution, so don't worry.

[compton]

so what's the next thing I have very limited time and every day counts here.

[Biofungus]

I think the single votes wil work out just fine. If it's multiple votes, things would get into too many ties and close seconds to be decided by first post. If everyone votes for their single fave in each group, then it seems more likely that the winner will be the best piece overall.

Kudos to all who made the deadline. Some really nice work out there. Best to those moving on.
And now in group 7, we have a tie for fifth place ;) (I didn't check the other groups, but there might be more). So are we still alright with the single vote thing? :p

[L Jamal]

Yes, because as the rules state, ties are awarded to whomever posted their art first.

[Zamurai]

When is the next topic going to be posted...we only have 3 days to complete the next drawing and I'm a little slow (not mentally).

Thanks,

Z.

[Biofungus]

Yes, because as the rules state, ties are awarded to whomever posted their art first.
Okay, then get on with round two, because your own schedule said round two starts today the 18th, and lasts until the 21st. Please that is (don't want to be impolite).

[L Jamal]

Round 3 was supposed to advance 10 into Round 4, but since there are only 14 strips ... I'm letting all 14 go through!!!!
The Re-entry round will begin later today. It will also be sequential and Warmageddon related :D so be on the look out today sometime after 6 PM EDT.

Look at the new timeline in the first post.

[Worthless]

Is it possible to get an update on everyones points to this uhh ...point? :confused:

[L Jamal]

See the most recent Re-entry round thread for those out of the tournament.
I still need to update those in the tournement

[L Jamal]

I got really busy, so this last round was delayed a bit.
Look for the next round (a re-entry round) to begin on Sunday.

[L Jamal]

Teach, Rex, Worthless and Locoduck have earned their way into next Round.

Everyone else, stay tuned for the next and FINAL re-entry round which will go up today around 9 PM Eastern.

[DarkKni9hT]

Bump.
Define today. :p

[compton]

Is that re-entry even if we've been voted out?

[L Jamal]

Re-Entry is for anyone who was in the tournament, but is now not.

Today was supposed to be the 17th, but is now later today on the 19th :D

[DarkKni9hT]

Is that nineteen with a one and a nine, or nineteen with a two and a seven? :laugh: :laugh: :nyah: