Board Thread:Campaigns and Tournaments/@comment-5294711-20150604084054

Greetings everybody! So, after two failed periods at making a third Conception Tournament, we still haven't learned our lesson, and here we are again, with Conception Tournament R! This time we'll make it bigger, better, more beautiful, and hopefully more active, with rewards that actually worth something!

So, what's new in this tournament to guarantee such a claim and a name change?

1. Tournament Categories

 * We are glad to announce that this time Gameplay Mechanics will be able to join the tournament too. In case of a tie for these conceptions, the judges (critics, save for the conception's author, if he/she is a critic) will rate them and determine the winner by Originality and Details only!


 * Thus, there'll be a total of 8 categories: Bloons, Blimps & Bosses (yes, bosses of all kinds are now grouped with blimps, even bloon bosses), Towers, Tracks, Special Agents, Special Missions, Items, and Gameplay Mechanics! Like usual, each category will be limited to 32 conceptions, which in turn are divided into 4 divisions of 8 conceptions each.


 * Here's what's new: We've added a last battle for the conceptions, the BCoW Finals ! The champion of each of the 8 categories will be grouped together in one final division, to fight for the title of BCoW's Favorite Conception!

2. New Systems

 * This time, we'll make sure that in every match, the competitors will also have their brief description displayed along with their representative pictures, if they have one!


 * In the first round of each category, there'll be 4 conceptions in a match instead of just 2! The one with the most votes out of the 4 can go on!


 * Each match will last one day like usual, unless the total number of votes is less than 5, or, in the 4-conception matches' case, less than 8, but between each match, there'll be a day for users to improve their conceptions for the later rounds, called Intermittent Days! During the tournament, all of the competitors' pages will be protected to prevent chatting, but in the Intermittent Days they will be unlocked!


 * If you make an awesome conception during the tournament and would like that conception to be in the tournament, you can send me a request in an Intermittent Day and I'll add them to the next match, fighting with the other 2 (or 4) conceptions! THIS ONLY APPLIES TO CONCEPTIONS MADE DURING THE PERIOD OF THE TOURNAMENT, AND DOESN'T APPLY FOR THE CATEGORY FINALS OR BCOW FINALS!


 * For this tournament, all of the nominations will be anonymous, and you can put them here! Any user can nominate any number of conceptions he/she wants! Please note that the form is for nominations, and this thread is for discussions, please don't mix up the two!


 * More interesting mechanics, Helping Hands, etc. may be announced when the tournament starts!

3. The serious, juicy rewards

 * Every Category Champion will be given an image trophy like usual, and they'll also put in a special honorary category of the Conceptions Gallery.


 * The 3 top winners of the BCoW Finals will get even more! They'll be featured for a month following the tournament!


 * But wait, there's more! Like I said, this time the Top 3 Conceptions will get rewards that actually worth something! However, since we managers are all either students living in their parents' lonely basement without a cent for themselves, or are people struggling with "minimum part-time wage", we can only give you...




 * The 3rd place conception's author will get a licensed copy of ALLTYNEX Second ! This is a legendary PC SHMUP picked by me and Kamarin. A game in the epic classic SHMUP line "Alltynex" from developer Siter Skain, and the only true 2.5D game in the series, this will be sure to please any SHMUP or arcade games fan!




 * The 2nd place conception's author will get a copy of Bloons Tower Defense 5 (the retail version)! Most if not all of you should already be familiar with BTD 5, and now you can have access to all those extra features NinjaKiwi didn't want to give away, for free!

 
 * And last but not least, for the author of BCoW's Favorite Conception, we'll have two options to give you:
 * First, you can get both BTD 5 AND a $5 game of your choice (even Assassin's Creed III)! Having the game you chose is always better than being thrown a random game at, no?
 * Or, alternatively, you can choose to ditch those rewards and get a copy of Audiosurf 2 instead! Legendary, premium, highly customizable, and hot from the oven, this rhythm game from developer Dylan Fitterer is the dream of all casual gamers and music lovers! Plus, with a licensed copy, you can freely get all of the mods and skins they have in the Steam Workshop, which add much, much more to the experience, and would be very difficult to get if you pirate the game!