Going to be epic I'm sure. Great idea NP! To make things interesting you should have a few more things going on than just shoot/win/advance.
Awards:
1) Tournament MVP (Criteria TBD by match judges)
2) "Conference" MVP (Criteria TBD by match judges)
3) Game MVP (Criteria TBD by match judges)
4) A game highlight reel for the rest of the community to feast their eyes on
5) Post tournament "Top 10 kill cams" (up to players to submit entries)
6) Best Field General (1st,2nd,3rd place | Criteria TBD by match judges)
7) Highest average K/D ratio (1st,2nd,3rd place)
8) If you want to go further in depth, aside from judges have "scribes" or "stat keepers" to total up who had the MOST .... (headshots / knife or throwing knife kills / etc... )
Vision:
The idea is to have these other accolades within the tournament to really get these guys playing hard so at the end of the tournament win or lose, even individual players could have something to come away with. Bragging rights! Whether you want it to be like that or not, when it comes to any kind of tournament, esp in cod, there's no such thing as JUST a "friendly" tourney or whatever. There's always going to be bragging rights involved. So embrace it. It gives everyone added motivation to play hard for and earn. ALSO, when it comes to "match judges" or "scribes/stat keepers" this will get MORE members involved with this event and winner will be better appreciated by the community as they're more involved.
- Maybe even allow the rest of us to spectate games per request? Spectators can use a private chat to comment on game while opposing teams use game chat (which gives match judges the chance to figure who the leaders of the field or "field generals" are and compare them). OR there can be someone sitting in on each team's private chat to observe and rate.
Scope:
I mean, if you're thinking as B I G as I'm thinking... the New's Team, Production's Crew, (if they're not too busy w/ other projects) and a few others will be involved with this. I envision this is a showcase for headhunters to show off their skills and teamwork just as college basketball players do the same during March Madness. Right now they're just a group of players who practice hard together and kick butt. But with this event in place, they'll be the pride and joy of squads as they're representing them by participating with in the tournament.
If staffing for this event is a question then simply create a topic for recruitment to fill necessary positions to make it happen. Who WOULDN'T want to be a part of this? All that would really remain are resources and ironing out scheduling conflicts (i.e. how many matches/day, use same staff per match?, breaks?, etc)
Too much? I dunno... just some things I'd personally like to see. And we really should have more tournaments and some that include "regular" members as well. This will really give ppl things to put in their sig