Since I´m not the guy to fund or host a tourney I´m just throwing an idea I was thinking about out here and hope for positive reactions and someone picking it up in one way or another.
What I´d love to see is a tournament that would force players to be creative with their build orders and highlight some civs that are not often seen on standard maps and some very weird maps that require some sort of preparation. Only allow civs that can do some special builds due to early game boni and aren´t really picked on certain maps.
So for a land map the pool could be khmer, malay, japanese, teutons, for islands ethopians, incas, indians, malians. For migration franks, mongols, burmese. Maybe add civs without eco bonus but an not fully explored military bonus to one of the pools, e.g. berbers or saracens on water, vietnamese on land. You get the idea.
Standard openings for arabia (22 pop m@a, 21/22 scouts, 22/23 archers, with possible exception for malay) are not allowed.
In terms of hyping up the tournament one could potentially "sell" it as "kkab memorial", bring the build order nerds, creative guys, masta piece creators, and some old school casters/former players together and theme it around nostalgia and innovation. Potential gaps during the stream or pre tournament hype streams can be filled with classic games, interviews, or so that showcase the magic guys like kkab have done in the past.
What I´d love to see is a tournament that would force players to be creative with their build orders and highlight some civs that are not often seen on standard maps and some very weird maps that require some sort of preparation. Only allow civs that can do some special builds due to early game boni and aren´t really picked on certain maps.
So for a land map the pool could be khmer, malay, japanese, teutons, for islands ethopians, incas, indians, malians. For migration franks, mongols, burmese. Maybe add civs without eco bonus but an not fully explored military bonus to one of the pools, e.g. berbers or saracens on water, vietnamese on land. You get the idea.
Standard openings for arabia (22 pop m@a, 21/22 scouts, 22/23 archers, with possible exception for malay) are not allowed.
In terms of hyping up the tournament one could potentially "sell" it as "kkab memorial", bring the build order nerds, creative guys, masta piece creators, and some old school casters/former players together and theme it around nostalgia and innovation. Potential gaps during the stream or pre tournament hype streams can be filled with classic games, interviews, or so that showcase the magic guys like kkab have done in the past.