Absolutely the fault of the tournament. For example in Game 9, the one I'm in, 3 players immediately made a super strong alliance. They all stuck together even though it wasn't the smartest thing to do. But it worked out because 1 player didn't play at all. Then after a few days another player auto-resigned. I can only guess it's because he didn't want to play from behind.

The way the tournament is set up, it doesn't encourage players to continue playing if they are losing. Thats a major flaw.

I feel like maybe a "double elimination" style tournament would fix this problem. By which I mean, positions 4-6 could progress to a loser's bracket? This would be a problem in games with low turnout, but if we could fix that problem, this would be the natural solution, I think.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bTpaFVc40HU

YouTube video link, I recommend watching both videos I have posted.
Game 5

Yeah, I think that in future tournaments should really have 8 player games. In 7 or smaller its fairly easy to dominate games with strong early alliances and people give up. But more than that having lesser amount of people in the map just gives someone a screwed up starting spot usually. That ends up being... Not as much fun as you would expect...

Game 7 Update.
One player has been eliminated. One player is very aggressive. One is constantly at a high driller cap so no one wants to fight them. One just realized they can't get to the next stage so they allowed anyone to attack them. One is struggling to fight a war which has been going on since the beginning.
But all the players have been courteous, amid high tensions . Game expected to end within 3 days.

I'm going to go on a limb here and say that just because only the top 3 advance, doesn't mean the others don't have a chance. In a 4 person game, maybe that's accurate, but our game was a great example. It became quickly apparent to me in Game 3 that I wasn't going to advance to the top 3. If I wanted to advance, I needed to do something drastic; and I did. There are plenty of ways that one person can drastically effect the outcome of a game if played smart. I would encourage those players to think outside of the box a bit in diplomacy and strategy. (Of course one size doesn't fit all but the game can be played in a variety of different ways to effect the overall outcome)

kingtwyf1 wrote:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bTpaFVc40HU

YouTube video link, I recommend watching both videos I have posted.
Game 5

Do you mind posting the full results of the game? Not just those who made the Top 3?

I edited a previous post with the results on them. On page 32

kingtwyf1 wrote:I edited a previous post with the results on them. On page 32

I don't see it. Please either quote it or post the link to the post. Thanks!

kingtwyf1 wrote:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bTpaFVc40HU

YouTube video link, I recommend watching both videos I have posted.
Game 5

Did you intend to talk during this video? I only get the game's sound effects.

I was hoping to add my own commentary as well to keep the discussion within one thread. Maybe make a post about it?

1st:umpusten
2nd: Braxo
3rd: KINGTWYF1
4th: minemarco
5th: Fjen
6th: kxngbxby
7th: Janbarroca (eliminated)

My videos are intended with sound effects but not voice