Well, the details about the event have been finalized:
(cross posted from
http://www.electricsamurai.com/forums/v ... =7&t=26921 )
Olympiad 2012!!!!!
When: Nov. 30-Dec. 2
Where: Old Fort Parker ( 866 Park Road 35 Groesbeck, Tx 76642)
Gate $25/person, $10/twelve and under, Free/six and under
War:
• To be eligible for title of War Olympian, entrant must enter all categories. The War Olympian will be the fighter that accrues the highest amount of points among those who enter all categories
• Entrants will be given an opportunity to “opt out” of any category at sign-up. Signing up constitutes entry into all categories unless the entrant opts out of any category. This will be clear on the sign-in sheet.
• Weapon combinations are NOT limited to short swords. Many Kingdoms use long swords regularly, and the tournament needs to reflect this.
Categories:
• Single Sword
• Sword and up to Medium Shield
• Florentine Swords
• “Open” Weapon (any combination of melee weapons and shields, legal to wield together)
Format:
• Overall tourney will be Double-Elimination
• 4 pools will be fought at once in separate rings. Fighters called to their pool will go there and stay there until the first three rounds of that pool have been completed. Depending on how many total fighters are in attendance there may be a second heat of 4 more pools.
• After the pooled section of the tourney all fighters who have survived to the fourth round will be fought in the four rings as expedited by the tourney organizers.
• 2 reeves will be used in each ring
• Winner of individual matches will be determined by “Best of 3” method.
• The top eight fighters will be seeded. Warlords and Knights of the Sword will be seeded first using the judgment of the tourney organizer and the reeves. The best non-Warlord, non-KSw fighters will be seeded next until eight have been seeded. The opinion of the tourney staff here will not be over-ruled.
Scoring
o 1st Place = 3pts
o 2nd Place = 2pts
o 3rd Place = 1pts
• All points earned will be cumulative.
Tie Breakers
• For ties, square the points for each category, and sum them together. The person with the highest total is the winner.
• For subsequent ties, an instant run-off determines the winner. That is, the competitors fight open-weapon, best 3 of 5.
War Olympian:
• Combatant with highest number of points at the end of the Tournament shall be declared the winner.
• If the combatant with the highest number of points has participated in all categories, then that combatant shall be declared War Olympian 2012.
• If the combatant with the highest number of points has NOT participated in all categories, then the next highest placing combatant who has participated in all categories shall be declared War Olympian 2012.
Entry:
• Any person wishing to enter the Warskill Tournament must sign up for each category they desire to participate in by 12noon on Saturday. Entrants must be present when their name is called or he/she will forfeit the match. Players wishing to withdraw from later events should tell the tourney organizers.
• Any combatant who must leave the tournament area for good cause (bathroom, emergency at camp, etc.) must inform the organizer beforehand.
• Once assigned to your pool you will not leave the immediate area of that pool’s ring until you are eliminated or the pool is completed. This is vital to ensure that the pools can be completed quickly. Resolving a pool takes around 15 minutes.
• There will be a short break between categories for participants to retrieve weapons, water, whatever.
• Your excuses of “I forgot my water” or “I’m hungry” will not be accepted. This tournament will take up to 5 hours. Come prepared."
Culturals:
Culturals Tournament:
Cultural Olympian Requirements:
• Total Entries to be Eligible for Cultural Olympian: 7
o Maximum entries per Major Category: 2
o Maximum entries per Sub-Category: 1
Categories:
• Dragon
o Bardic: Singing, Oratory Poetry, Narratives, Comedic Performance
o 3D Art: Sculpting, Pottery, Beading, etc.
o 2D Art: Banners, Painting
o Miscellaneous: Performance Arts, Theatrical, anything that doesn’t fit into any other sub-category
o NO FOOD ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED: This is due to a lack of proper facilities at the site to keep food fresh. There is no kitchen.
Brewing, however, is acceptable. Any beverage entered must be accompanied by an ingredients list.
• Owl
o Engineering: Siege Weapons, Building Mock-ups, furniture, etc.
o Weapons; Field Legal: Any weapon legal for Amtgard field use (tourney swords, plasti-dip shields, pole-arms, etc.)
o Weapons; Court: Any weapon not legal for Amtgard field use (Live steel, plasti-dip weapons unsafe for field use, etc.)
o Armor; court: Armor meant only for court use (ex: spiked armor)
o Armor; field-use: Armor that can be safely utilized on an Amtgard field (bracers, suit of plate armor, greaves)
• Garber
o Court: Finer garb meant only for court use
o Battlefield: Garb meant for fighting
o Accessories: Belt favor, belt (leather or other), cloth bracer, pouches, sashes, spell ball bags
o Miscellaneous: Hats, circlets, etc.
• Smith
o Monster Write-Ups
o Battle Game write ups
o Traditional Publication: Newsletter, manual, “how-to”, pamphlet, fliers, etc.
o Web-Publishing: Website Layout, Search Engine, html coding manual, etc.
o Event Hosting: Event Bids, Relic Quest Syllabus, etc.
• Judging will be base on judging system designed by Sir Thalen Tannon of the Wetlands. An overview of this system can be found at:
http://www.amtgard-wl.com/library/How%2 ... t-7-21.pdf
o First-Time entries will not be given accommodation. This is Olympiad, if you don’t know how to bead a necklace, don’t expect to enter a beaded necklace that is obviously a first attempt and expect to be given leniency. Bring your “A-Game”.
• All judges will be Masters in a field of A&S.
• Eligible Entrant with highest cumulative score of all their entries shall be declared Cultural Olympian for 2012.
Entering the Culturals Tournament
o Any player wishing to enter the Culturals Tournament on-site must sign in their entries at the Olympiad Pavilion no later than 11am on Saturday. No exceptions. No excuses.
o Written Entries: must be e-mailed in .PDF format to Sebastian at ( Sebastianofcm(at)gmail(dot)com ) no later than Saturday, November 17th, at 11:59pm. They will then be distributed to the judges for their perusal. A hard copy representation must be present at the Culturals Tournament, as well. This is to eliminate any formatting errors that may occur during transfer.
o All entries must include write-ups with pertinent information about the piece.
Item Name
Description
Materials Used
Time taken
o All entrants will be given:
Index Card to place on item with corresponding number and category
Entry form to fill out and return to the Culturals Organizer
Receipt for items entered .
• Must present receipt for retrieval of item. (security measure)
o You may not enter any item previously entered in another Olympiad Tournament.
o You may enter an item previously submitted at the local or kingdom level.
o DO NOT enter weapons that you will need to use during the Warskills Tourney, if you come to retrieve them for such, they will be disqualified.
o At the conclusion of judging, an announcement will be made for all entrants present on site to retrieve their items. Receipts for items must be presented to the Culturals Organizer for retrieval of the items.
o Final tallies of scores will be conducted and the top 3 eligible entrants’ names will be announced at Court that evening.
Title of Cultural Olympian will also be bestowed at Court.
Determining A&S Olympian & Warksill Olympian:
1. Person with the highest point total.
2. For ties, square the points for each category, and sum them together. The person with the highest total is the winner.
3. For subsequent ties, an instant run-off determines the winner: for A&S, the two entries are compared by the all the judges in an elimination-style competition; for Warskill, the competitors fight open-weapon, best 3 of 5.
For determining Grand Olympian:
1. Must have points in both A&S and Warskill
2. Person with the highest point total wins.
3. For ties, square the points for each category, and sum them together. The person with the highest total is the winner.
3. For subsequent ties, a coin is flipped. For heads, the tie-breaker for A&S is used (as above). For tails, the tie-breaker for Warskill is used (as above).
