BuildTeam Steem Monsters - Tournament Update Feb 2019

Minnow Monsters SM Tournaments Have Been a Huge Success So Far!

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Just a few weeks back we announced under the brand new @minnowmonsters Steem Monsters tournaments blog. We have been absolutely amazed by the reaction we've received so far to this initiative. Originally we came up with this idea because we wanted to have a chance to contribute to the success of the Steem gaming community.

If you don't know anything about Steem Monsters you can sign up & get started playing here.

Our tournaments are held weekly and a list of all scheduled tournaments can be found on our Challonge home page: https://buildteam.challonge.com/

Here is our last scheduled event:

Day | Timezone | Tournament
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Monday Feb. 11 | North America - 4 pm PST / 6 pm CST / 7 pm EST | Diamond League / Gold Foil 100 SBD Championship

We have made an effort to vary timezones and leagues so as many players as possible will have the chance to participate. But if none of the above works for you, let us know and we'll make an effort to accommodate you in future tournaments.

For convenience, these are also listed on the official Steem Monsters tournament calendar.

A Brief Overview of Past Events!

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In our second tournament, we had 39 registrations and 18 actual participants.

To review details you can see them here:

https://buildteam.challonge.com/minnowmonsters2
BuildTeam Minnow Monsters Silver League 100 SBD Slugfest - Challonge

The 1st place winner of the tournament before this one (MinnowMonsters 1) was jose27117 who also participated in this one as well! One participant who goes by the name of heyimsnuffles gave him a real run for his money and managed to defeat jose27117 in round 3 (jose27117 went on to be our 4th place winner this time).

Here's their match:
https://steemmonsters.com/?battle=fceb7724d2a3258e1f603bc1eff72ed2a7f0deed&ref=cryptomancer

This match was so extraordinary and they had nearly identical teams, but heyimsnuffles used the Selenia Sky summoner for high ranged attack power, which gave him the edge.

Another interesting fact is that we were honored by the participation of a very well known SM player that goes by the name of bji1203. He was the #1 top ranked player on the leaderboards at that time:

Actually, he was the favorite going in to win this tournament and to give credit where credit is due, he made it to the finals, but was defeated by michelcamacaro:

Like the previous tournament, this one was best of 1. However our gamemaster @cryptomancer decided to make the finals and bronze match best of 3 this time.

Players seem to really like the best-of-3 format, as it's more strategically exciting, so we'll try that for all matches in the next couple tournaments
here's one of the final matches between bji1203 and michelcamacaro:

https://steemmonsters.com/?battle=3ecbe7e43cea0e4343cc9bccd4aef5368bb36503&ref=cryptomancer

One thing we would like to remind folks about is that they need to follow check-in instructions before the tournament starts. If this is your first tournament & you're not quite sure what to expect, please please ask us well in advance to make sure you understand the process!

Last Weeks Event! (MinnowMonsters 3)

In MinnowMonsters 3 (our most recent event) we had a total of 29 players register. The competition was fierce but it all came down to two fist clenching matches the first between glory7 and wombykus and the other match seeing jrvacation faceoff with previous competitor bji1203.

When the dust settled glory7 and bji1203 went on to face each other in our main event.

The participants really gave it their all but in the end bji1203 handed a crushing defeat to glory7 beating him 2 to 0 to end the tournament.

Everyone reported having a lot of fun and look forward to facing off again in MinnowMonsters 4!

New Rules Announcement

Based on what we've learned these are some of the guidelines we intend to follow going forward:

1.) By popular demand we've decided to make future tournaments a best of 3 format. People really like this format as it offers much more strategic depth than best of 1.

2.) Follow check-in instructions to ensure you can participate in the tournament!

3.) Have fun and don't be worried to ask us about things if you have any questions about tournaments (make sure to ask us well in advance of tournaments to ensure we have time to answer them)!

Prizes:

• 1st place: 50 SBD
• 2nd place: 30 SBD
• 3rd place: 15 SBD
• 4th place: 5 SBD

In order to claim the above prize, winners will be asked via DM to answer 1 trivia question about BuildTeam. Fear not, it'll be an easy question and if you don't know the answer you can ask around in our Discord chat.

Other rules: The top person listed on Challonge for a match is expected to send the challenge to the bottom person. Anyone more than 5 minutes late to a match will be disqualified and the other participant allowed to advance by default. In case of disputes, the BuildTeam moderator will have the final say and decisions cannot be appealed once made.

Important: Check in commences 30 minutes before the game starts to ensure we can all start on time. This will also ensure that all players are present when the tournament starts (If you fail to check in on Challonge before the tournament has started, your name will be removed and disqualified by the system).

Also important: The tournament will NOT be moderated from the Steem Monsters Discord. In order to participate, you must join our BuildTeam customer service Discord, which has a dedicated channel #sm-tournaments where we will be hosting it.

@minnowmonsters SM Tournament Summary:

In wrapping all this up we would like to reiterate that tournaments have been going great so far! We're extremely excited to host them and we hope they've been adding to your enjoyment of the game. Furthermore, we're looking forward to hosting future tournaments down the road!

Best of luck winning our 2019 events. Hope to crush you on the battlefield soon!

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