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Tournament of Losers! - Running June 6th to July 15th!

Tournament of Losers! - Running June 6th to July 15th!

Tournament of Losers!

From June 6 (starting tomorrow) until July 15th, I'm running an unofficial tournament. All players who own Dread Lords or Dark Avatar are welcome and encouraged to participate.

The Scene


Wyndstar recently ran a Battle Royale Tournament (I have wholeheartedly stolen the format, some of the text and the rules of his original OP for this post! I don't think he will mind. And I would certainly like to thank him!) Three races came out at the bottom as clear losers, nicely balanced across alignments. But which one is really the worst to play?

All three races have timidly retreated to their corners of the galaxy, showing their true cowardice, lack of ability and lack of skill. The Iconians have joined them...Just because they are a loser race too! Which one will be forced even deeper into its corner? Which one truly deserves to be extinct?

The Rules

Who Wins: The Race which scores the highest when the raw scores of all the submissions are added up at the end of the tournament will win.

Who Loses: The Race which scores the least number of points by the end of the tournament. This race will be crowned the Grand Galactic Loser. Help keep your favorite loser race from being the king of the losers!

Tournament Length: This Tournament runs from June 6th to July 15th. On July 15th, I will post the results of the tournament. I will try to do regular interim updates.

Submissions: Every skirmish matters! To submit your score to the tournament, simply post to this message with a screenshot from your metaverse profile.


Only games with a date in the lower right hand corner that were submitted between June 6th and July 15th will be accepted. No cheat flagged games will be accepted. If there is a question about the validity of any score, it will be resolved by referring to that players official metaverse profile by me. For this tournament, games played by the races listed below will be counted. Players are free to submit as many games as they choose as long as they are legal metaverse submissions within the appropriate date range.

If you have problems taking a screenshot, please post the date, score, race and character profile where the metaverse game you wish to submit can be found.

Feel free to include a blurb about your experience playing your chosen loser race!

So who will lose? Which race is really the worst? Was I right to unilaterally include the Iconians? Your games will decide the answers!

Good luck to all!

Final Scores:

1. Drengin: 598585
2. Altarian: 370825
3. Iconians: 324800
4. Arcean: 226500

Let me be the first to denounce the Arceans as the Grand Galactic Losers. Yes, they are the race so inept that they can't even successfully pilot a starship into a sun to end their own existence and so cowardly that they can't manage to end their own existence through any other way. The good races think they are to pathetic to bother with, the other neutrals fail to notice them, the Drengin will not enslave and the Korath will not spore them, because they are looking to enslave and spore intelligent races. They must forever wander the galaxy begging other races to put them out of their misery and end their pitiful existence.

All may now dis and disdain the Arceans, the Grand Galactic Losers.
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Reply #126 Top
And here's one for the Altarians  

Race: Altarians
Size: Gigantic
Years: 12
Alignment: Pond Scum
Difficulty: Masochistic
Score: 81900
Volume: 1.5 DA
Date: 7/5/07
Reply #127 Top
Updated:

1. Drengin: 538735
2. Altarian: 366225
3. Iconians: 234550
4. Arcean: 226500

Looks like the Drengin are pulling away. We are now entering the final stretch!
Reply #128 Top
Hi guys

Just thought i'd drop in and let you all know that "The Metaverse League" is up and running. Please check out the "The Metaverse League" thread for all the info and rules.

To sign up please see the
Player Sign up & Roster thread.

We need as many players as possible so please come along and check it out and sign up. It's all for fun and should prove to be a very different experience than normal.

Please see these other links for the League as well,

Results & League Ladder
Help Desk

Thanks,
Commissioner Neilo



Reply #129 Top
Got another one:

Race: Altarians
Size: Small
Years: 3
Alignment: Neutral
Difficulty: Cakewalk (don't ask )
Score: 4600
Volume: 1.61 DA
Date: 7/9/07
Tech win

I tried to mess around with the concept that Wyndstar first posted in this thread (a 20 minute, 1 year tech win). My conclusion is that I'm utterly incapable of reproducing his results

Anyway it was still a fun game. I'll see if I can do another quick one to get in before the deadline. Maybe Iconians this time.
Reply #131 Top
Updated:

1. Drengin: 582485
2. Altarian: 370825
3. Iconians: 234550
4. Arcean: 226500
Reply #132 Top
Another for the Iconians...





Reply #133 Top
1. Drengin: 582485
2. Altarian: 370825
3. Iconians: 324800
4. Arcean: 226500

Things are looking very, very bad for the Arceans. I hope they are ready to evacuate the universe...



Reply #134 Top
This is my addition to this tournament:



It was a long game, longer then usual for a military conquest. I would have had a larger score but I decided I wanted to just buy tha last enemy planet from them and paid for it with my best ship. Oh well, haha, better then my last Meta score by a lot!

GalenEvil
Reply #135 Top
1. Drengin: 598585
2. Altarian: 370825
3. Iconians: 324800
4. Arcean: 226500

One day left!
Reply #136 Top
Last day. I'm at work and won't be able to finish my last Iconian game in time.

It's been fun to pit these losers against each other.

Thanks for running the tourney, Purge! I hope there are more on the horizon.   
Reply #137 Top
I should be able to declare official results here pretty soon.

I will say my Altarian game was a good deal more fun than I was expecting. It did push me into playing as good and on a large map, both of which I had not done in a long time!

I was surprised to see the Arceans top out the bottom (if you get my meaning). I thought their super ability was worth more than that...

This is probably a good time to start throwing out suggestions for the next tourney. I know some others had some pretty good ideas last time. How about it? Who wants to run the next tourney and what kind of tourney do you want to see?
Reply #138 Top
Final Scores:

1. Drengin: 598585
2. Altarian: 370825
3. Iconians: 324800
4. Arcean: 226500

Let me be the first to denounce the Arceans as the Grand Galactic Losers. Yes, they are the race so inept that they can't even successfully pilot a starship into a sun to end their own existence and so cowardly that they can't manage to end their own existence through any other way. The good races think they are to pathetic to bother with, the other neutrals fail to notice them, the Drengin will not enslave and the Korath will not spore them, because they are looking to enslave and spore intelligent races. They must forever wander the galaxy begging other races to put them out of their misery and end their pitiful existence.

All may now dis and disdain the Arceans, the Grand Galactic Losers.