Hello and welcome to the SuperTuxKart Community
We made a few days ago our first official tournament at Japan Impact, that allowed us to gather some interesting feedback and gain in experience.
The goal was to make a fun competition between players. The setup was rather easy. 16 players could register divided in groups of 2 people.
We used split screen multiplayer since the network isn't ready yet.
Each stage had a very precise grand prix associated with it, so everyone plays the same tracks.
We also only used next generations maps (because they are more colourful and beautiful to see from a public perspective). I will ask the person who helped me to create to give you more details
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First stage (from 16 to 8 players):
Number of tracks: 1 (to allow a quick stage)
Number of players per race: 2
Number of laps per tracks: 3
Number of races: 8
Second stage (from 8 to 4 players):
Number of tracks: 2 (to allow a quick stage)
Number of players per race: 2
Number of laps per tracks: 3
Number of races: 4
Third stage (from 4 to 2 finalist and 2 remainder)
Number of tracks: 3 (A bit more challenging)
Number of players per race: 2
Number of laps per tracks: 3
Number of races: 2
After the third stage the players who won it will do the final and the remaining players will do a race to try to win the third place.
Fourth stage (to win the third place):
Number of tracks: 5
Number of players per race: 2
Number of laps per tracks: 3
Number of races: 1
Final stage (to win the first place):
Number of tracks: 5
Number of players per race: 2
Number of laps per tracks: 3
Number of races: 1
The prize where the following:
First: A big SuperTuxKart exclusive poster, a cup and various goodies
Second: A big SuperTuxKart exclusive poster, various goodies
Third: A big SuperTuxKart exclusive poster
Other players: A small SuperTuxKart exclusive poster
It's rather challenging to organize a tournament. We spend a few days making sure everything will work. Also you have to take into account what happen if people aren't present when they should.
Here is our quick todo list created for the event:
How many players will participate?
What are the prize given to the winner?
How many players will play at the same time?
How many stage there will be?
What tracks will be used during the tournament?
What happen if someone stop the competition?
How much goodies and gift will cost?
What will be the marketing associated with the event? Flyers, giant screen, SuperTuxKart showcase?
Where will we announce this? Twitter?, Facebook?
/!\ It took us roughly two weeks and two people to organize this. So be aware it might be a lot of work.
Also I know in general geeks and open source enthusiasts are allergic to marketing. However, this is a good opportunity to show Open Source software under a positive and fun light.
Here are some of the stuff we did for the tournament:
Flyers (with a small swiss chocolate, given to everybody who are near our booth
Poster made exclusively for the event
The cup
Our booth
Now of course each tournament is different and in this case I wasn't directly involved with the tournament. I was in charge of all the marketing/side stuff. Maybe we can also publish our event in our twitter account. If the Auria/Hiker are ok, I'm ok with it. However don't try to present yourself from the SuperTuxKart team
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I hope I gave you some interesting informations, if you need more