- Mar 14, 2012
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Those of us that play and create custom tournaments in Zen's FX3 have wishes for settings we'd like added. Let's throw down some ideas, pros and cons, and then I'll compile a nice list I can present to Zen. Here's some that come to mind...
1. Last score earned is your tournament score - You've earned a good score, it's put you into the top five, but it was tough getting it. Do you try for better, knowing that you might get a worse score and that will become your new mark? While this mainly is viewed as a request for those unlimited entry tourneys, it also would be an interesting wrinkle to 3 or 5 entry tourneys where scores can be tight.
2. List number of attempts next to name on leaderboard - Ever wonder how many attempts it took someone else on the leaderboard to get the score they got? Are you in a limited attempt tourney and wondering if you should save your remaining entries until someone else beats you, well now you can see if anyone even has any left to do it with!
3. Average score over 'x' amount of attempts - Everyone gets say 5 attempts and the average of those 5 scores equals your leaderboard score. This encourages multiple tries in tournaments while also eliminating those fluke high scores.
4. Bracket system - This one is a total pipe dream of mine, but would be so much fun and also encourage people to play tables outside the tourney system. You'd pick the table and how many players up to say 32. You could decide if it's a single, double, or quad bracket. Players are seeded based on their top score in the single player game. You then have 24 hours (or whatever time set) to play your match, winner moves on. This continues until their is a final match. All other tournament settings could be in play too, so it could be 1 ball, survival, 5 minutes, with upgrades, etc.
5. PinGolf - I have never played in one of these, but they sound like fun. Those in the know can correct me if I'm wrong, but it takes place over multiple tables and revolves around reaching a certain score with as few balls as possible. Yes? Please fill me in someone! But I'd love for that to be a mode choice.
6. Multiple table tourney - This would take some serious effort on Zen's part, to create the software to handle this. The idea is you pick say 4 tables, and there are leaderboards for each table. Points are scored on how where you place for each table, which ultimately creates the winner of the tournament. Essentially it's what many IFPA tournaments do without requiring any sort of playoff.
7. Head 2 Head - On the PS3 with FX2, you could play with 3 other people at the same time, viewing their score right below yours as you played. I don't know why that never made it over to Steam, or why Zen didn't put it in FX3, but it was fun for 5 minute battles and score rushes.
So what else would you all like to see? Thoughts on what is listed?
1. Last score earned is your tournament score - You've earned a good score, it's put you into the top five, but it was tough getting it. Do you try for better, knowing that you might get a worse score and that will become your new mark? While this mainly is viewed as a request for those unlimited entry tourneys, it also would be an interesting wrinkle to 3 or 5 entry tourneys where scores can be tight.
2. List number of attempts next to name on leaderboard - Ever wonder how many attempts it took someone else on the leaderboard to get the score they got? Are you in a limited attempt tourney and wondering if you should save your remaining entries until someone else beats you, well now you can see if anyone even has any left to do it with!
3. Average score over 'x' amount of attempts - Everyone gets say 5 attempts and the average of those 5 scores equals your leaderboard score. This encourages multiple tries in tournaments while also eliminating those fluke high scores.
4. Bracket system - This one is a total pipe dream of mine, but would be so much fun and also encourage people to play tables outside the tourney system. You'd pick the table and how many players up to say 32. You could decide if it's a single, double, or quad bracket. Players are seeded based on their top score in the single player game. You then have 24 hours (or whatever time set) to play your match, winner moves on. This continues until their is a final match. All other tournament settings could be in play too, so it could be 1 ball, survival, 5 minutes, with upgrades, etc.
5. PinGolf - I have never played in one of these, but they sound like fun. Those in the know can correct me if I'm wrong, but it takes place over multiple tables and revolves around reaching a certain score with as few balls as possible. Yes? Please fill me in someone! But I'd love for that to be a mode choice.
6. Multiple table tourney - This would take some serious effort on Zen's part, to create the software to handle this. The idea is you pick say 4 tables, and there are leaderboards for each table. Points are scored on how where you place for each table, which ultimately creates the winner of the tournament. Essentially it's what many IFPA tournaments do without requiring any sort of playoff.
7. Head 2 Head - On the PS3 with FX2, you could play with 3 other people at the same time, viewing their score right below yours as you played. I don't know why that never made it over to Steam, or why Zen didn't put it in FX3, but it was fun for 5 minute battles and score rushes.
So what else would you all like to see? Thoughts on what is listed?
