24hr Tournaments - Advice Sought

[ClayInfinity]

Hi all,

Am planning to run a 24hr tournament in Sydney Australia next year. Am in planning stage at present.

We have a venue (local gaming store with a play space) and am expecting a dozen to 20 players. Planning to run roughly 10am Saturday to 10am Sunday.

At present I have 9 games in my rough timetable. 2:15 per match, 15mins gap between rounds except three 30mins gaps for lunch (after R2), dinner (after R4) and what I am calling a coffee break after R6 at 1am.

R9 at present concludes at 845am.. well before my 10am finish but time for awards and presentations.

At present I feel 9 rounds is good, but 10 rounds would squeeze the clock even more and I think 8 would be too short and allow too long of breaks in the dead of night. I feel that time will fly faster if players are engaged in a game and not having a long break at 11pm.

For anyone who has run or attended a 24hr event, would appreciate your thoughts and inputs.

Cheers,
Clay

[Jip]

Have a look at Coffee Cup.

https://talkfantasyfootball.org/viewtop ... 28&t=46613

[ClayInfinity]

Have a look at Coffee Cup.

https://talkfantasyfootball.org/viewtop ... 28&t=46613

That looks brutal! 11 games, no breaks unless you finish a game early... geez!

[sann0638]

It works well, having done it!

[Jip]

I think putting breaks in would kill it; people are fine if they’re active. Time to sit around, especially in the early hours of the morning, would just cause issues.

We’ve never not finished ahead of scheduled weirdly. You’d think people would get slower as the games go on, but actually they just pick up pace to get them finished!

I think doing it with a Swiss draw would slow it down. A complete pre-draw means people know who they are playing and can just get started as soon as their next opponent has finished the previous game.

[besters]

My experience was that it works well with the 11 game pre-draw and would agree that sitting around would make the tournament tougher.