TRC Speedrunning: Round 3; Runs In By 1/5/09 11:59 PM EST!

[Riobe]

Tilerun Competition!

Contest Rules And Standards

Why not kick off a new forum with a shiny new mapping/speedrunning competition! =)

You (As a mapper) will make the most stunning tileset you can make. It has to look great, has a lot of playability, and have a lot of space to innovate while speedrunning on. Nothing inappropriate, such as anything graphic, racist, sexists, etc. You are allowed to submit more than one tileset, but the maximum amount you can submit is 5. No more than that. There will not be any themes, and the tiles can be about almost anything. They may be submitted to NUMA, or they may be posted here as a file or using the handy Map tag. Plus, everything is decided by you, which includes the tiles, ninja, and exit. But, there may only be a tileset, ninja, and exit.***Note that if you do not post the tileset on NUMA, they will not be part of the speedrunning competition part.***

You (As a speedrunner) then has to speedrun the chosen tileset (First round tileset would be the winning tileset, then the rest of the tilesets will be chosen by the winner of each round), finding the best route possible, and beating whoever else is challenging your skills. There will only be a week for each round. All runs must be submitted to the NReality Speedrun server. It'll be an elimination style competition, so the amount of competitors get halved each round. We will need a certain amount of people to do this, so I'll need many sign-ups. 32 to be exact. ***Any runs submitted before the round has started may be immediately disqualified. Any runs submitted to the highscore or underclock servers on NReality will not be part of the competition, so pay attention to which server your playing on.*** There will only be a week between each rounds, so when the round starts, be ready to speedrun!

You are allowed to participate in both parts of the competition. The judging criteria are as follows:

Aesthetics: How good does the tileset look. Is it "Damn" looking, or "Damn, that sucks" looking.
?/50

Playability: How playable is it. Is it fun to run around in.
?/25

Innovation Room: Is there many different ways to approach speedrunning this. Will there be a dominant route, and are there a lot of ways to improve a run.
?/25

Phases

Phase 1: First off, we will need a lot of contestants to get this thing going. It's cool that you post advertisements on your maps if you like, but it is discouraged to post it on anyone elses maps. I'll also be needing a few different people to help out with this. One of which is judges. I'll need experienced judges to help me with this. I'll also need someone to make sigs/sigbars. I can't images well yet, so I'll need a pro to make some really cool sigs/sigbars. After this is set up, the speedrunning will begin. When all the tileset makers are ready to begin, we start.

Phase 2: All tileset makers will start making tilesets. There will be about a month or so to make your tilesets, so feel free to take your time on making these. During this time, speedrunning will not be happening. If you speedrun on any of the tilesets before the speedrunning starts, and that particular tileset gets chosen for one of the rounds during the speedrunning part of the competition, you will be disqualified from that round (Pending on the run), meaning you screwed up big time.

Phase 3: Speedrunning starts. It will be a long time before this part of the competition starts, so feel free to highscore these as much as you want. I will repeat this again for emphasis. "If you speedrun on any of the tilesets before the speedrunning starts, and that particular tileset gets chosen for one of the rounds during the speedrunning part of the competition (pending on the run quality), you may be disqualified from that round, meaning you screwed up big time."

Phase 4: Finally, all the prizes will be delivered to the winners. There will be separate winners for both parts of the competition. People may part there farewells, and prepare for the TC2 (Not coming any time soon). =)

Prizes

Prizes are as follows as of the moment.

For the tileset making proportion of the contest:

First Place: First place will receive a special signature, a sigbar, 15 RCE's, and a special review on any map of their choice. If I actually like the map that much, I may just feature it, but don't count on it. =)

Second Place: Second place will receive a special signature, a sigbar, and 10 RCE's.

Third Place: Third receives a special signature, a sigbar, and 5 RCE's

As for the speedrunning proportion of the contest:

The Champion: The champion receives a very special signature, and a sigbar.

The Runner-Up: The runner up receives a signature, and a sigbar.

Contestants

There are unlimited tileset makers, but only 32 speedrunning spots, so hurry!

Name (NUMA Name) {Nickname}

Tileset Makers:

1. Pikman (kisler)
2. BlckNWhteNnja
3. mam (mammaletto)
4. ToeFaceKiller {TFK}
5. Evil_Sire
6. xaelar
7. xeronix
8. kkstrong (cucumber_boy)
9. Daikenkai (DDRave)
10. numa_ninja
11. da_man894
12. isaacx
13. Peace Bear0 (peace_bear0)
14. Rule
15. Nan__d_Chaser
16. claire
17. wumbla
18. BE_nSPIRED
19. Meta_Ing
20. NicNac14
21. jackass77
22. deltainferno

Speedrunners:

1. Izzy
2. Pikman (kisler)
3. BlckNWhteNnja
4. jackass77
5. ToeFaceKiller {TFK}
6. xaelar
7. mam (mammaletto)
8. Evil_Sire
9. golfkid
10. Infernus
11. kkstrong (cucumber_boy)
12. numa_ninja
13. Etz
14. isaacx
15. UnknownKirbyMan
16. Peace Bear0
17. Shynobi
18. Nan__d_Chaser
19. handofgod
20. Meta_Ing
21. sTalkR
22. BE_nSPIRED
23. z3phyr
24. KlanKaos
25. Aethril
26. eternal_moonlight
27. OutrightOJ
28. eriC_
29. deltainferno
30. darkdeathdeamon

No more sign-ups people. Sorry.

FAQ

Q. How much time will there be between rounds, a week?
A. Yes, about a week.

Q. Maybe I just missed it in your post, but when are tiles due?
A. The unofficial limit is a month at the moment.

Q. How will competitors be eliminated each round?
A. The amount of competitors will be halved each round.

Q. What will you do if you don't get 32 speedrunners in?
A. I'll eliminate as much as it takes to get to 16, then half from there. Like if we have 28 competitors, a certain amount will get eliminated to 16 (12 will be eliminated). Then, we will continue with the halving system.

Q. Wait, hang on. Do we make an entire map and are graded on the tiles only, or just tiles?
A. You aren't to make an entire map. You just have to make a tileset, with one exit and one ninja, and have it be possible to get to the exit.

Q. Do we as tilemakers decide where the exit is?
A. Yup, everything is decided by you, which includes the tiles, ninja, and exit. But, there may only be a tileset, ninja, and exit.

Q. Is this the sequel to the TWNS-contest?
A. Only if you want it to be. =)

Q. When the maps, which we will speedrun, are submitted, we are NOT allowed to play them in any mode (speedrun, highscore, over/underclock)?
A. No, you have to post them in speedrun mod in NReality, but not anywhere else, if that makes sense. =)

Q. So are we allowed to play maps in advantage in an other mode than speedrun?
A. Yes, you are allowed to play in advantage in other modes. Thew more you practice, the better. But you won't know what tilesets will be picked, so you'll have to get pretty lucky. :evil laugh:

Q. Does the contest automatically starts after 32 runners have arrived, or when you say it starts?
A. It automatically once 32 speedrunners show up, or if this has been on hold too long.

Q. Are multiple exits allowed?
A. Nah. Just one exit.

Q. Are locked doors all-
A. No.

Q. Are gold, mines, and enemies allo-
A. No. Nothing else besides the exit, ninja, and tileset.

Q. How do we make sure you see our maps? Will it be with a special tag on NUMA? Or post the data here or something?
A. Oh yes, this is very important.
You will have to tag it with a special tag, attach a completion, and post a link here, unless you post just the code here, in which you have to just have a completion demo attached. The special tag is:

Tilerun-Competition

Maps

Meta_Ing
C.T.S
Area 9-xv-27
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BE_nSPIRED
The Clenched Fist...
The Cavern in the Cliff...
Blues Fever
'Panda'monium
Fissure...
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numa_ninja
Phase
Bohemian Like You
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Rule
The leaves are falling.
First Thought was a Collab
Much Room for Error! [Resub]
The Tunnels are so Dark
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ToeFaceKiller
In a deep hole lie Frank's head
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Evil_Sire
Cringe
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da_man894
Serpentine
Android
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NicNac14
Test Subject: NoFaB no.4(tileset)
GRRRRRR!!!! A ToTallY original TIleset!
Rugged Deciples
Clarity
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isaacx
testing
Rotation
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wumbla
Vortex
Icicle
Rounding Up
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rozer
CRAGS
SCORPIA
FLAMES
fingers
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xaelar
Tile Squares
Tile Ls
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Minion_of_Pi
Gniknuleps
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jackass77
Common Thoughtsz
game boy
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Pikman
[SPACE] - - - <
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Erik-Player
A Plan Way Better than Imagined.

Fixed everything since I missed E-P's submission. Sorry sorry sorry. V_V

Tilerun Tileset Round Judging!

Meta_Ing

C.T.S.

Aesthetics 30/50-Pretty basic, nothing really stood out. Not bad on the other hand.
Playability 17/25-Good, although could have been better.
Innovation 20/25-Good, because there is room for corner jumps, etc.
Total 67/100
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Area 9-xv-27

Aesthetics 37/50-Looks great.
Playabilty 19/25-I like how it plays, smooth, fun to explore in, good.
Innovation 16/25-Not the greatest, but the squeeze was a nice addition.
Total 72/100
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BE_nSPIRED

The Clenched Fist...

Aesthetics 35/50-Looks fairly nice.
Playability 21/25- Nice, no, very...nice.
Innovation 6/25-Barely any room to innovate, just a few quick jumps.
Total 62/100
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The Cavern in the Cliff...

Aesthetics 33/50-Good.
Playability 20/25-Gooder.
Innovation 4/25-The flow in this was your downfall, as there is barely room to go much faster than the others.
Total 57/100
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Blues Fever

Aesthetics 40/50-Very good dude.
Playability 18/25-I liked it.
Innovation 6/25-Again, flow kinda ruined it, as there is barely room for innovation.
Total 64/100
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'Panda'monium

Aesthetics 33/50-Not bad. Not bad at all.
Playability 18/25-Fun to run around in.
Innovation 10/25-Well, there's a bit more room for innovation, although still a bit bland.
Total 61/100
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Fissure...

Aesthetics 25/50-Not as good as your others.
Playability 20/25-Ooh, I liked this.
Innovation 11/25-A bit better, still, could have been more room.
Total 57/100
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numa_ninja

Phase

Aesthetics 29/50-Not bad dude.
Playability 23/25-Great jumping.
Innovation 12/25-The jumping was good, but a bit too linear.
Total 64/100
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Bohemian Like You

Aesthetics 30/50-Different.
Playability 21/25-The atmosphere really played a roll in this.
Innovation 14/15-There was room for speedier moves and stuff.
Total 65/100
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rule

The leaves are falling.

Aesthetics 28/50-For what you were doing, it could have been better.
Playability 20/25-Hey, this was fun!
Innovation 15/25-Not bad.
Total 63/100
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First Thought was a Collab

Aesthetics 19/50-Ew.
Playability 18/25-Yum.
Innovation 13/25-Er.
Total 50/100
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Much Room for Error! [Resub]

Aesthetics 38/50-Looks cool.
Playability 16/25-Nice climbing action.
Innovation 13/25-Kinda good.
Total 64/100
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The Tunnels are so Dark

Aesthetics 20/50-Also Ew.
Playabilty 20/25-Yummy fun.
Innovation 15/25-Good stuff.
Total 55/100
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ToeFaceKiller

In a deep hole lie Frank's head

Aesthetics 13/50-Super Ew.
Playability 24/25-Short but oh so sweet.
Innovation 3/25-The shortness left barely any room for innovation, unfortunately.
Total 40/100
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Evil_Sire

Cringe

Aesthetics 34/50-It looks fairly nice.
Playability 17/25-Fun to explore in.
Innovation 19/25-You made it purposely long for more possible outcomes...good choice.
Total 70/100
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da_man894

Serpentine

Aesthetics 44/50-Wowzers.
Playability 19/25-Very fun to move around in.
Innovation 17/25-There was a good amount of space to run around in.
Total 80/100
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Android

Aesthetics 42/50-Great.
Playability 18/25-I loved the freefall.
Innovation 10/25-Not as much as there could have been.
Total 70/100
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NicNac14

Test Subject: NoFaB no.4(tileset)

Aesthetics 10/50-Eek, too random.
Playability 14/25-Nice.
Innovation 21/25-Very good job on this.
Total 45/100
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GRRRRRR!!!! A ToTallY original TIleset!

Aesthetics 17/50-A less, lower Eek.
Playability 17/25-A higher, louder Eek.
Innovation 12.5/25-Couldn't decide, made it easier for myself.
Total 46.5/100
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Rugged Deciples

Aesthetics 20/50-It's ok.
Playability 8/25-Didn't enjoy it much at all.
Innovation 15/25-Nice.
Total 43/100
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Clarity

Aesthetics 18/50-One tiles ruined it.
Playability 15/25-Last jump made my day.
Innovation 12/25-Umm. Yeah.
Total 45/100
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isaacx

testing

Aesthetics 17/50-Err...
Playability 10/25-Not very enjoyable, unfortunately.
Innovation 16/25-Corner jumps ftw!
Total 43/100
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Rotation

Aesthetics 25/50-Umm?
Playability 15/25-It was fairly nice for what it is.
Innovation 12.5/25-Average.
Total 52.5/100
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wumbla

Vortex

Aesthetics 29/50-Mhm...
Playability 18/25-Good job.
Innovation 20/25-Great job on this, the shapes really helped.
Total 67/100
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Icicle

Aesthetics 32/50-Better than most dude.
Playability 18/25-Fun.
Innovation 19/25-The jagged tiles were the heroes in this category.
Total 69/100
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Rounding Up

Aesthetics 32/50-I liked it.
Playability 22/25- I liked it even more
Innovation 19/25-Good job.
Total 73/100
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rozer

CRAGS

Aesthetics 27/50-Above average.
Playability 13/25-Above average.
Innovation 22/25-Very good.
Total 62/100
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SCORPIA

Aesthetics 40/50-Very good dude.
Playability 17/25-Good dude.
Innovation 13/25-Mainly running on the border of the map. Dude.
Total 70/100
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FLAMES

Aesthetics 19/50-Ew.
Playability 15/25-Sup dude.
Innovation 18/25-Longevity did it.
Total 52/100
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fingers

Aesthetics 25/50-OKAy.
Playability 17/25-GOOd.
Innovation 16/25-NICe.
Total 58/100
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xaelar

Tile Squares

Aesthetics 18/50-Didn't look that bad.
Playability 17/25-I enjoyed it a bit.
Innovatin 23/25-Godly.
Total 59/100
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Tile Ls

Aesthetics 10/50-Poor.
Playability 18/25-Fun to explore in.
Innovation 25/25-Perfect.
Total 53/100
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Minion_of_Pi

Gniknuleps

Aesthetics 19/50-A little under below average.
Playability 17/25-Jumping action.
Innovation 17/25-Jumping action.
Total 53/100
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jackass77

Common Thoughtsz

Aesthetics 35/50-Hahaha, nice one.
Playability 19/25-Loved the first jump.
Innovation 9/25-Suffered from lack of jagged tiles or multiple paths and stuff.
Total 63/100
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game boy

Aesthetics 18/50-Too basic.
Playability 14/25-Had fun.
Innovation 7/25-Yeah, you get it.
Total 39/100
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Pikman

[SPACE] - - - <

Aesthetics 30/50-HOW ABSTRACT.
Playability 14/25-What can I say, I had fun.
Innovation 16/25-A few different ways to get upward, which was good.
Total 60/100
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Erik-Player

A Plan Way Better than Imagined.

Aesthetics 35/50-Not bad. Not bad at all.
Playability 17/20-Not bad. Not bad at all.
Innovation 15/25-Not average. Not average at all.
Total 67/100

Standings

1ST PLACE goes to da_man894 for the tileset Serpentine.
2ND PLACE goes to wumbla for the tileset Rounding Up.
3RD PLACE goes to Meta_Ing for the tileset Area 9-xv-27.

1st-Serpentine
2nd-Rounding Up
3rd-Area 9-xv-27
4th-Cringe
5th-Android
6th-SCORPIA
7th-Icicle
8th-C.T.S
9th-A Plan Way Better than Imagined.
10th-Vortex
11th-Bohemian Like You
12th-Phase
13th-Blues Fever
14th-Much Room for Error! [Resub]
15th-The leaves are falling.
16th-Common Thoughtsz
17th-The Clenched Fist...
18th-CRAGS
19th-'Panda'monium
20th-[SPACE] - - - <
21st-Tile Squares
22nd-fingers
23rd-The Cavern in the Cliff...
24th-Fissure...
25th-The Tunnels are so Dark
26th-Tile Ls
27th-Gniknuleps
28th-Rotation
29th-FLAMES
30th-First Thought was a Collab
31st-GRRRRRR!!!! A ToTallY original TIleset!
32nd-Clarity
33rd-Test Subject: NoFaB no.4(tileset)
34th-testing
35th-Rugged Deciples
36th-In a deep hole lie Frank's head
37th-game boy

That's it! Please post here if you see any flaws or holes in the competition. Although the tileset round has started, you may still sign up for both parts of the competition if you would like. I also really need another judge, but you will have to have a bit of experience, and I'd like you to be able to keep up with the competition itself. I also still need a Signature maker guys, and I'd really like if you would help me with this. Please people, help out!

Round Three has come to a start! All runs on map ID 142965 due 12/21/08. Get Speedrunning!

[Izzy]

Sign me up as a runner.

I have a question. How much time will there be between rounds, a week?

[Riobe]

Yes, about a week. I'll add that to the main post. =)

Thanks.

[Pikman]

Sign me up for both.
Maybe I just missed it in your post, but when are tiles due?

[Riobe]

You have about a month to submit any amount of tilesets you want.

Although I might make a limit.

[BNW]

Put me up for both. Sounds fun Riobe :D.

[Riobe]

Updated! More competition please. =)

[BNW]

Are there only going to be 3 tileset makers, or are you only having 3 spots for the time being?

[Riobe]

Are there only going to be 3 tileset makers, or are you only having 3 spots for the time being?

There isn't a limit for tileset makers. However, we need exactly 32 speedrunners.

[jackass]

Sign me up as a runner



EDIT: would you like me to spread the word? lol, you will need it for all those speedruners

[xaelar]

I want to try this in both categorys, too. Sign me up please ;)

[jackass]

Umm i said sign me up for a speedrunner not a mapper

[Evil_Sire]

YES, I get the last tile spot!!

Great idea, I'll be both please.


-ooh, I could get loads of RCE's, to bad I suck at speedrunning-

[ToeFaceKiller]

Oh you know I'm in Mr. Riobe. As speed racer of course. vroom.

[Evil_Sire]

Me first entry

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Has alot of doors to make it harder, but no other objects, part from exit of course.


On a side note, I'm DEFINITELY using this myself, I love it!

[ToeFaceKiller]

Ya know what. Sign me up as a tileset maker too, please. I'm want to try my hand at this.

I hope Eiturlyf enters, he's da best :D

[UnknownKirbyMan]

If this is done in Nreality speedrun that would be great.

[mam]

I'll join in both areas, thanks!

[Riobe]

Sounds like this is kicking off. =)

No submissions yet, Evil_Sire. Mapping hasn't started yet. This is only phase one, if you read the whole thing. =P

Sorry, jackass77. Will do.

[xaelar]

I want to try this in both categorys, too.

Both, not only speedrunning.

[Riobe]

I want to try this in both categorys, too.

Both, not only speedrunning.

Sorry, I couldn't review the thread when editing, as you can when at the bottom, so I was still making edits, having to constantly click the "back" button at the top of the page. =P

New edit, this will be elimination style. The amount of competitors will get halved each round. Check rules for more details.

[xaelar]

What will you do if you don't get 32 speedrunners in?

[Riobe]

What will you do if you don't get 32 speedrunners in?

Then I'm screwed for life.

We have to get in a lot, but 32 is the maximum, unless we can get 64, which is totally unrealistic I believe.

Why 32? 2x2=4 4x2=8 8x2=16 16x2=32

So...

32 halved, like the competition will go, is 16, halved is 8, halved is 4, halved is 2.

In comparision.

32/2/2/2/2/2=1::32 competitors cut in half to leave 16. cut in half to leave 8, cut in half to leave the semifinalists, cut in half to leave the finalists, cut in half to leave the champion, who will face me, even if I lose. Err...scratch that. But you guys knew that already. [/useless rant][/unfunny joke]

So yeah, I'll eliminate as much as it takes to get to 16, then half from there. Like if we have 28 competitors, 12 will be eliminated. Then, we will continue with the halving system.

[Infernus]

I'll play as a speed runner. It sounds like a bit of fun.

[golf]

I'll be a runner, sure. Can't make a tileset to save my life, though...