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The Design-A-Comp-Comp!
So, you want to see bigger-better/smaller/wider/longer/different Tourneys here on Sky Poker?
Or you’d like to amend the structure of an existing Sky Poker Tourney, to make it better?
Or you have an idea for a Tourney that you’d like to see introduced?
Maybe a nightly one, a twice weekly one, a weekly one, a monthly one?
Or a Satellite to whatever?
Maybe a THEMED Tourney, or a series of Tourneys, perhaps a 2 Day Event, or “multiple Event” (like Orford’s Multiballs), a Team Event like TKO, or SURVIVOR, la de da.
In short, whatever you think would work, or would like to play. But remember, if it has no mass appeal, it just ain’t gonna work.
And the Prizes for the winners of the Design-A-Comp-Comp?
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Oh yes.
THREE Primo Entries, worth £55 each, to the best three entries.
THREE Thursday Bounty Hunter Entries, worth £33 each, to the three runners-up.
PLUSSSSSSSSS
If your Tourney gets “adopted” by Sky Poker, then you will get FREE ENTRY for the FIRST FIVE TIMES it runs.*
*Up to a maximum value of £100.
So, how do you enter the Design-A-Comp-Comp?
OK, here we go…..
1) Start your own Thread. Enter as many times as you like, but each entry needs its own thread.
2) Include a Poll if you wish. ”Like” or “Dislike”. Encourage others to VOTE FOR YOU. If an Entry gets a big “in favour” Vote, it will not win the Comp, but it might sway the judges(s).
3) Include ALL the Detail! Time it starts, what nights, starting chips, Blind Levels, Clock, Freezeout, Rebuy, BH, NLH or Omaha, EVERYTHING. Does it need a Guarantee? If so, how much? (Think practical, though).
4) MOST IMPORTANT! Include a NAME for your Tourney, or “Event”, or series of Events. Needs to be a cool name, a name that “works” well. A tourney with a bad name won’t cut the mustard. Try & think of a cool name. Needs to be fairly short though. (character limit ftw).
5) So, that’s about it. Any questions, ask. The Design-A-Comp-Comp will be judged by Sky-Adam, as Adam is the Product Manager, he makes the final decision as to what is, or is not, on Sky Poker. The Design-A-Comp-Comp will be open for 7 Days, & will close at Midnight next Monday. I’ll do my own Entry shortly, to help establish the format, if it helps, if not, just get going.
Good Luck all. Hopefully, we’ll be playing YOUR Tourney, with YOUR Structure, maybe YOUR name, which YOU designed, very soon.
PS - If anyone names their Comp the "One-Time" Comp, I'm so gonna have them shot. Just saying, that's all.
Good start, with some grand ideas already.
Curiously, after quite a bit of negative noise last week, not one Entrant has suggested that the structure for the £220DS needs changing. In fact, I don't recall any Entry so far which has suggested altering the structures/start time of any existing Tourney, which struck me as interesting.
Keep the threads coming.
So I have mentioned it to the Suits, & it's up to them now. In the interim, I arranged a tactical bump.
Cooking now!
Loving the range of responses.
Some of the proposed Tourney Titles are pretty neat, too.
I'm glad it is not me judging this. Tough spot for Adam, but it was his idea, serves him right!
But here's the thing. All the players have a chance to change things, to come up with useful/good ideas, which Sky Poker may well adopt.
These INCLUDE (as my OP stated) Tourney Structures.
Now, after last week's £220 DS, several players argued that the structure was poor, for a £220 Event. And maybe it was, or was not.
But now, given the chance to make alternative suggestions, nobody has suggested changing it, or what it should be changed to! What message do you think that sends to the Suits?
I mean, here's the thing. Several players said it was too "sharp", but not ONE of them said what it SHOULD be. (And still have not). It's pretty easy to "knock", but surely, if they are going to criticise (constructively, & fairly) then they'd include a suggestion as to what it SHOULd be?
I suppose I'm biased, because I spent a lot of my working life working with a business genius, a bluff Yorkshireman called Mr John Kirkland OBE. If anyone ever went to him & complained about something, he'd sit & listen politely, then say, "so what do you suggest?" He'd also say "how come you are complaining AFTER, & not BEFORE?" And woe betide you if you took him a problem/complaint, but no solution.
"Listen up you daft ******, I can get anyone to tell me what is WRONG, I don't need you for that. What I want is someone to bring me the solution, not the ****** problem"......
Which is probz a poor example, but you get the drift.
And guess what will be said in one month's time, after the NEXT £220 DS? Yup, "too fast". And some bright spark in Head Office will say "well you had the chance to suggest a better structure for it, but not a single person did......."
PS - I exempt you from that - you had the good sense to say that EVERY Tourney should have a 500-1,000 Level. I could not agree more - it's a simple, but brilliant, idea. And an easy one to implement! Nobody has mentioned the MTT Structures though, so they must be just fine......;)
You could always open the suggestions forum, and look back through the 23 PAGES of suggestions.
However dozens and dozens of regs have been asking on the forum for things like H4H/Sync Breaks/Antes since the forums were opened.
Everyone realises that some of the tournies have to fit into the TV time, hence the faster strutures. But H4H/Sync Breaks and Antes will have very little effect on the show...H4H may slow it down a bit, but the Antes will faster the action up to compensate.
i was going on about that specific 'design a tournie' comp where no one actually came up with a workable solution. yes it has been mentioned before.
but yeah we are all aware of the pace of the tournie when we reg to it. so while the strutures aren't the best, people still play even when there are probably dozens of bigger prizepool tournies that run on dozens of different sites at the same time...I think its fair to say that if the 220DS wasn't televised then it would have a more player friendly format to it
FWIW H4H and Sync breaks should be at the top of the list for Sky to look into.