I have a few notes and ideas to share as we begin discussion on this event:
First of all, if you'd like to take a peek at other discussions of this event, here are the links to other annoucements I've made on various forums in accordance with the RedOctane sponsorship requirements:
http://www.ddrfreak.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=107117
http://www.bemanistyle.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=61
http://www.ddrkc.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=3967
http://www.kyddr.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2468
I've tried to keep the rules fairly simple. If the
official rules seem to read quite long, it is simply because I have tried to write for as many contingencies as I could think of so that we can use it as a reference to deal with various situations that might arise during the event. It is my hope to eliminate the surprise and harsh feelings that can occur when rules are seemingly made up on-the-spot to deal with a situation.
I have also tried to write the rules to try and promote fairly quick matches. Especially in the double elimination format, I want to make sure we keep things moving quickly so that people won't have to wait around for hours for their next match.
I have also been toying around with the idea of interspersing freestyle with technical. In other words, run the first round of tech and then the first round of freestyle. The run the second round of tech followed by the second round of freestyle...and so on. I'm hoping that this will keep things moving and produce a little more variety for spectators. Any thoughts?