Tilt to Live 2 Early Bird Tournament [Winner: sky1988611]

[Kamikaze28]

TILT to LIVE² - Redonkulous Early Bird Tournament

Now that we have a trailer and since the last tournament was well received it is my great pleasure to announce the Tilt to Live 2 - Redonkulous Early Bird Tournament!

Rules

1. This Tournament begins with the release of Tilt to Live 2 on November 14th and ends 4 weeks later, Devember 15th (to accommodate for time zones) on 18:00 UTC. At this point, the best all-time scores will be tallied up and the winners will be determined.
2. Every participant may enter with one and only one Game Center ID. Since I can hardly enforce this rule, I appeal to your honor in keeping this a fair challenge.
3. Since Tilt to Live 2 will be a universal app both iPhones/iPod Touches and iPads can be used and both will be ranked together. Adam and Alex will be blamed if scores from different devices turn out to be incomparable.
   

Scoring
Upon release there will be two game types available: Classic Mode and Code Red*. Scores in both game types will be converted into Tourney Points which will then be added together for the Early Bird ranking.
The top scores in each game type will award 500 Tourney Points each. Every other score will earn less points based on the ratio between it and the respective top score. The exact formula looks like this:

The reason for rounding up (denoted by the square brackets with the lower bar missing) is to prevent any rounding based shuffling when the top score changes.
The chance for two or more participants to have the exact same number of Tourney Points in the Early Bird ranking seems very low and a tie-breaker rule is therefore not considered necessary.

*Update (December 4th): Even though the latest update brought Old School mode to Classic Mode and Code Red, this tournament remains as it is. That is to say, only Classic Mode and Code Red (without Old School mode) will be consiedered.

How to enter

1. Send a Game Center friend request to TtL2 Early Bird.*
2. Play Tilt to Live 2 after it is released and submit your scores to Game Center.°
3. There is no step 3.^

Sign-ups will be accepted until December 1st to prevent anyone from entering last minute with high scores and snatching positions away from people without giving them time to improve.
*: Even if you were part of the last tournament, you need to send a new friend request.
°: Any technical difficulties with Game Center are beyond my control. Apart from large-scale failures no alternative submission channel will be accepted.
^: Seriously, there is no step 3, stop looking in these footnotes.

Prizes

• 1st through 3rd place in either discipline: barrels upon barrels of glory, pride, and honor*.
• 1st place in either discipline: extra barrel filled with admiration*.
• 1st place overall: honorary title "Redonkulous Early Bird".

*: Emotions are subjective. Barrels are sold separately.

Good luck!

Leaderboards
as of December 15th, 22:00 UTC
I will provide updates at least every 2 days to these leaderboards. Due to this lag you should never feel comfortable with your current score and always give your best. A better score may surprise you in a coming update.

Early Bird

1. ..........sky1988611 - 1000 (500|500)
2. ..............mh8800 - .324 (131|193)
3. China March Helendog - .249 (181|.68)
4. ..............Akkete - .161 (145|.16)
5. ...QuantumApocalypse - ..94 (.77|.17)
6. ..............jamatz - ..86 (.32|.54)
7. .........fossilking1 - ..82 (.56|.26)
8. ............CharKour - ..74 (.53|.21)
9. ...............Gf!sh - ..37 (.26|.11)
10. .......Yummy Noodles - ..36 (.25|.11)
11. .........Simply Jake - ..24 (.17|..7)
12. ......mustafa.kassem - ..20 (..9|.11)
13. .............pookywb - ..19 (.10|..9)
14. ............rob12001 - ..19 (..5|.14)
15. ........thelonepower - ..16 (.15|..1)
16. ..............Doodat - ..13 (..9|..4)
17. ..............Aburas - ..12 (..8|..4)
18. .............julesga - ...8 (..2|..6)
19. ..........Mr.Madness - ...7 (..6|..1)
20. ...........cycorn123 - ...7 (..4|..3)
21. ...............pekew - ...6 (..1|..5)
22. ........Herobine1104 - ...6 (..3|..3)
23. .........Burnsyrocks - ...6 (..4|..2)
24. ...........DDamien25 - ...5 (..3|..2)
25. .............xerozen - ...5 (..4|..1)
26. ............Kebre001 - ...5 (..2|..3)
27. ............timiimit - ...5 (..3|..2)
28. ...........Vuvuzaela - ...4 (..3|..1)
29. ........Peanut Spoon - ...4 (..3|..1)
30. ...............Ikosu - ...4 (..3|..1)
31. .............Jo5hman - ...4 (..2|..2)
32. .........Sarion.Anna - ...4 (..3|..1)
33. .............akshayf - ...3 (..2|..1)
34. ..........Enemy N9ne - ...3 (..2|..1)
35. ............Mag!cGuy - ...3 (..2|..1)
36. ............Nawaf.MM - ...3 (..2|..1)
37. ......The Babylonian - ...3 (..2|..1)
38. ............omrisimo - ...3 (..2|..1)
39. ............_stunn3r - ...3 (..2|..1)
40. ...........FriendHat - ...2 (..1|..1)
41. .........TheGreatAnt - ...2 (..1|..1)
42. ...........spacechef - ...2 (..1|..1)
43. ..............lawtai - ...2 (..1|..1)
44. .......mastershakeII - ...2 (..1|..1)
45. ...........Yo moma41 - ...2 (..1|..1)
46. ...........cmousy555 - ...2 (..1|..1)
47. ..........Husky Pete - ...2 (..1|..1)
48. ............Phyresis - ...2 (..1|..1)
49. ...........SCOTT0852 - ...2 (..1|..1)
50. .........Didgeralien - ...2 (..1|..1)
51. ..........RallyChris - ...1 (..1|..0)
52. ..........Wiesnhendl - ...1 (..1|..0)
    

Classic Mode

1. ..........sky1988611 - 1,733,764,495
2. China March Helendog - ..626,085,590
3. ..............Akkete - ..499,493,874
4. ..............mh8800 - ..453,926,377
5. ...QuantumApocalypse - ..264,060,011
6. .........fossilking1 - ..193,608,168
7. ............CharKour - ..183,660,814
8. ..............jamatz - ..107,523,707
9. ...............Gf!sh - ...87,116,665
10. .......Yummy Noodles - ...86,400,340
11. .........Simply Jake - ...58,301,146
12. ........thelonepower - ...51,647,661
13. .............pookywb - ...33,168,960
14. ......mustafa.kassem - ...29,490,463
15. ..............Doodat - ...29,068,103
16. ..............Aburas - ...25,754,530
17. ..........Mr.Madness - ...19,187,186
18. ............rob12001 - ...16,725,623
19. .............xerozen - ...13,736,374
20. ...........cycorn123 - ...13,677,834
21. .........Burnsyrocks - ...12,781,089
22. ........Herobine1104 - ...10,219,041
23. ...........Vuvuzaela - ....9,538,796
24. ...............Ikosu - ....9,235,943
25. ........Peanut Spoon - ....9,040,184
26. .........Sarion.Anna - ....7,491,987
27. ...........DDamien25 - ....6,978,415
28. ............timiimit - ....6,967,479
29. ......The Babylonian - ....6,116,980
30. ..........Enemy N9ne - ....4,633,354
31. ............Nawaf.MM - ....4,394,146
32. .............Jo5hman - ....4,379,390
33. ............omrisimo - ....4,132,759
34. .............julesga - ....3,960,141
35. ............_stunn3r - ....3,919,114
36. ............Mag!cGuy - ....3,898,654
37. .............akshayf - ....3,841,377
38. ............Kebre001 - ....3,576,846
39. .......mastershakeII - ....3,056,486
40. ............Phyresis - ....2,805,776
41. ...........Yo moma41 - ....2,194,617
42. ..........Wiesnhendl - ....1,935,821
43. ...............pekew - ....1,544,354
44. ...........SCOTT0852 - ....1,248,512
45. ..........Husky Pete - ....1,094,919
46. ..............lawtai - ......954,622
47. ...........spacechef - ......811,819
48. ...........FriendHat - ......662,519
49. .........TheGreatAnt - ......652,554
50. ..........RallyChris - ......598,448
51. .........Didgeralien - ......199,017
52. ...........cmousy555 - .......89,673
    

Code Red

1. ..........sky1988611 - 876,460,560
2. ..............mh8800 - 336,981,159
3. China March Helendog - 119,155,754
4. ..............jamatz - .93,233,692
5. .........fossilking1 - .44,294,744
6. ............CharKour - .36,250,550
7. ...QuantumApocalypse - .29,146,438
8. ..............Akkete - .27,020,012
9. ............rob12001 - .23,080,975
10. ...............Gf!sh - .18,850,459
11. .......Yummy Noodles - .18,789,412
12. ......mustafa.kassem - .18,471,531
13. .............pookywb - .14,883,783
14. .........Simply Jake - .11,491,358
15. .............julesga - .10,064,127
16. ...............pekew - ..7,385,089
17. ..............Aburas - ..6,859,287
18. ..............Doodat - ..5,285,395
19. ........Herobine1104 - ..4,702,594
20. ...........cycorn123 - ..4,337,979
21. ............Kebre001 - ..3,672,626
22. .........Burnsyrocks - ..2,729,103
23. .............Jo5hman - ..2,721,869
24. ............timiimit - ..2,520,987
25. ...........DDamien25 - ..2,254,767
26. ............omrisimo - ..1,602,217
27. .........Sarion.Anna - ..1,385,693
28. ........thelonepower - ..1,226,269
29. ............Phyresis - ..1,215,263
30. ...........Vuvuzaela - ..1,203,891
31. ..........Mr.Madness - ....920,472
32. ............Mag!cGuy - ....915,934
33. ......The Babylonian - ....731,047
34. .............xerozen - ....711,852
35. .............akshayf - ....657,606
36. ...............Ikosu - ....602,843
37. ..........Enemy N9ne - ....533,204
38. ........Peanut Spoon - ....483,131
39. ............Nawaf.MM - ....408,362
40. ............_stunn3r - ....364,316
41. .......mastershakeII - ....331,829
42. ...........Yo moma41 - ....279,125
43. ...........SCOTT0852 - ....220,347
44. ..........Husky Pete - ....217,217
45. ...........spacechef - ....196,999
46. ..............lawtai - ....137,485
47. ...........FriendHat - ....126,071
48. .........Didgeralien - .....77,635
49. ...........cmousy555 - .....31,610
50. .........TheGreatAnt - .....14,879
    

[Mag!cGuy]

Very nice, sign me up! I'm so bad at TTL, let's hope this tourney will motivate me to improve

Edit: oookay, no sign ups needed, me so stupid.

[onealexleft]

since it's 4 weeks long, why not use the weekly scoreboard? would allow for easier 'overtaking'?

[Kamikaze28]

(10-27-2013 05:13 AM)onealexleft Wrote:  since it's 4 weeks long, why not use the weekly scoreboard? would allow for easier 'overtaking'?

I did that the last time because the total scores consisted of personal best from before the tournament - but since the release is the start this time, I can make my task of score keeping much easier by looking at the all time scores.

[Gf!sh]

I think some of the beta scores might be in there...

[Mag!cGuy]

Omg yeah I have just done 4 666 669 in code red! This game mode is harder but it's much more fun than the classic, cuz you are directly jumping into the action

[Gf!sh]

May I just say something? I feel like using index scores would be better in this case, since we only have two disciplines. First placed in a discipline would recieve 100 points, anyone beyond that would recieve a percentage of that as a fraction of their score in relationship to the first placed's):

Say, Yummy Noodles got 5,000,000 points in Code Red, and scores first place in this discipline. He will recieve 100 tourney points (TP). Mag!cGuy, with his score of 4,666,669 points, will recieve (4,666,669/5,000,000)*100 = 93 TP.

If you're going to stick to the original format, it would still be nice to keep this as a tiebreaker, since, you know, it's still better than no tiebreaker.

[TheGreatAnt]

I thought about it, but then remembered how bad I am at the first T2L. I'm afraid I would probably be at the bottom of the list, just above the quitters.

[the duck]

I'm in and I know it will be as fun as the firs tourney

[Kamikaze28]

(10-27-2013 08:00 PM)Gf!sh Wrote:  May I just say something? I feel like using index scores would be better in this case, since we only have two disciplines. First placed in a discipline would recieve 100 points, anyone beyond that would recieve a percentage of that as a fraction of their score in relationship to the first placed's):

Say, Yummy Noodles got 5,000,000 points in Code Red, and scores first place in this discipline. He will recieve 100 tourney points (TP). Mag!cGuy, with his score of 4,666,669 points, will recieve (4,666,669/5,000,000)*100 = 93 TP.

If you're going to stick to the original format, it would still be nice to keep this as a tiebreaker, since, you know, it's still better than no tiebreaker.

This is something I also thought about - the problem I see with it is that pen and paper is required to get from your personal scores to your overall ranking. Also, the explanation is more complicated than the current system.
I do however see the advantage concerning ties - the higher the number of points per discipline, the lower the chance for ties. Say 500 points per discipline and you'd have 1000 possible point-values in the overall ranking thus reducing the chance of having two or more contestants with the same score.
One somewhat irritating possibility I see with this system is that a new highscore could lead to people with existing scores switching ranks in the overall score due to rounding errors. This might be circumstantial but it's a WTF-situation nonetheless.

To be clear here - I do welcome a constructive discussion about the scoring system and I'm still open to changing it. However, once Tilt to Live 2 is released and this tournament is started, there will only be minor tweaks but no complete overhaul happening.

Regarding the beta scores: they are on the Game Center sandbox and once the game is live these scores should remain on the sandbox and everyone should start with a clean slate. I would then ask any beta tester who wants to participate in this tournament to delete the beta prior to installing the live version, thereby resetting progress and wiping saved highscores which might be submitted to the live Game Center.