wcc battle tournament (sign-ups)

sometime in april, i made a topic asking people if they wanted to participate in a wcc battle tournament sometime in june. i got 11 votes that said yes, and none that said no. as promised, i've been working out the logistics, kinks, and details. not everything is 100% finalized, and that's why i want to ask you guys for your opinions. any ideas will be considered. some may not make it into the final rulebook, but i could use as many suggestions as possible to make this fun for you guys.

basically, the tournament would incorporate our characters and the battle system in 1 v 1 fights. the winners of each fight would advance through a bracket, just like the ones that i've used for the sibling and mate war.

if you're interested and have time on your hands, read through this text wall and let me know what you think. give me suggestions, tell me what you think i should change or take out, ask me questions. make this a conversation but don't throw salt, please. if you don't wanna read every single thing, the stuff in bold is the important things to look at.

1 - BRACKETS

so, obviously, i don't want apprentices fighting senior warriors. therefore, there will need to be more than one bracket. i don't want 100 different brackets, so i tried to condense it while still making it a fair fight.

there would be a bracket just for apprentices.

there would be a NAW - young warrior bracket.

there would be a warrior - experienced warrior bracket.

finally, there would be a senior warrior, deputy, and leader bracket.

however, four brackets still seem like a lot to me. plus, what if a bunch of people sign up cats of a certain age, and the other brackets have little to no cats that are participating? if i have four brackets i don't want one to be full and the other to have, like, 4 cats.

therefore, i've decided that, if there will be four brackets, roleplayers will be able to sign up three characters for the tournament, but they must be in different brackets. for example, if i sign up a warrior, i cannot sign up another cat in the warrior-experienced warrior bracket. so, i'll go and sign up one for the deputy/senior warrior/leader bracket, and one for the newly-appointed warrior-young warrior bracket.

2 - JUDGES

i'd obviously be a judge, but i really don't feel like watching 100 battles and keeping track of them all by myself. that's why i would need at least one other person to help me keep track of things. it'd kind of be like the wcc battle mods that keep track of in-roleplay battles that happen. if anyone's interested, you can just comment down below. i'll keep in mind your activity levels, though, because i'll need someone who's highly active.

what you would be doing is watching the battle topics, basically. you wouldn't have to keep track of hp and stamina points and stuff, like the battle mods do during huge battles. all you'd need to do is check in on the 1 v 1 topics to see who the winner is, then go ahead and move them ahead on the bracket. the people who help me will know the account username and password to edit the bracket via PM.

i don't need a whole bunch of people doing this, probably at least one. if you help me judge, you're still allowed to participate in fights.

3 - CLAN MOVES

i wanted to find a way to incorporate clan moves. therefore, i've decided to bring back the handy-dandy luck of the random chooser.

so, take this for example. a riverclan cat and a windclan cat have been paired up to battle. i would go to the random chooser and put the two clans in. if the chooser picks riverclan, then the riverclan cat can use their clan moves. if the chooser picks windclan, then the windclan cat can use their clan moves.

4 - BATTLE GIFTS

this idea can easily be removed without ruining or complicating anything else, but what if i gave health and stamina gifts in the middle of a battle? i'd bring back the random chooser, and insert the names of the two cats that are fighting. the cat that's chosen would be gifted with more health, stamina, or both.

here's an example of what i'd do:

"Cat1 darts over to a bush of fresh, ripe (insert herbs here). Remembering what they had vaguely seen in the medicine den, they gobble some down and feel their strength slowly returning!"

i would roll the dice. if i roll a 1-4, the player would get more HP. if i roll a 5-8, the cat would get more SP. if i roll a 9 or a 10, the cat would get more HP and SP.

this would only happen one time per battle, and it would be completely random.

5 - BASIC RULES

- you can sign up a max of three cats, all must be in different brackets.

- if you take longer than 24 hours to reply after your opponent makes their post, then your cat loses automatically.

- killing bite and blocking leap aren't allowed. there's nobody to block, anyway.

- do not use your clan moves unless the random chooser chose your clan.

- medicine cats, kits, rogues/loners/kittypets and elders cannot participate. queens are allowed to participate using their former rank. for example, if your character was an experienced warrior when they had kits, then they'd use experienced warrior stats and be in that bracket.

- there's no buffs or anything, your medicine cats aren't around.

- none of this will count for in-roleplay requirements or development for your characters. it's just some out of roleplay fun. However, your characters are allowed to recall memories and let their personalities show while they're fighting.

- please only use your own wcc characters, and please make sure that they are still currently living.

- please no salt or anything if you lose. this is just a friendly competition thing i want to bring into wcc over the summer.

Cat Name: Duckpuddle
Roleplayer Name: Harlem
Rank: Warrior
Gender: She-Cat
Clan: RiverClan

Cat Name: Wisteriapool
Roleplayer Name: Harlem
Rank: Young Warrior
Gender: She-Cat
Clan: ThunderClan

Cat Name: Poplarstar
Roleplayer Name: Harlem
Rank: Leader
Gender: Tom
Clan: SkyClan

clearpaw (squirrelnose)
lilypaw (drippy)
acornpaw (mamenchisaurus)
daisypaw (ice)
leopardpaw (toothless)
mistypaw (ruskavelle)
echopaw (winterpaw)
brushpaw (ash)
mosspaw (lulu)

wisteriapool (harlem)
wrenbreeze (mamenchisaurus)
graybriar (ash)
tawnyfang (lulu)

duckpuddle (harlem)
swoopnose (squirrelnose)
acornpelt (criercalyx)
sharptooth (drippy)
heronflight (mamenchisaurus)
ryecloud (ice)

poplarstar (harlem)
nutfur (squirrelnose)
leafstorm (drippy)
tinylegs (ice)
swiftheart (winterpaw)
quailfeather (ash)
dustcloud (maple)