Though next month I am changing it slightly.
For the tournament I am going to keep Round 1 as Gow.
Round 2 will be Pos on low
Semi finals will be spiral
Finals will be the map that wins Tupacs map compitition.
this is absolutely terrible, and i'll explain why. Every player worth something plays Garden of War. And garden of war only. Since you're not a part of the community i will elaborate on this contraversail issue. GoW is considered to be like chess, we play the same map over and over again to hone our skills in every single subgenre possible, from tactics, to strategy, to mechanics, to economy mangaement, to timing, and everything included in warcraft 2 plays a vital role in a 1v1 GoW game. In other maps not all of these elements are present, due to low gold, or totally unfair spots, it's entirely less competitive. And the lack of competitiveness is why people play regular maps instead of custom maps. It's all about skill. So introducing any other map than gow, will do nothing but give the lesser player an ability to pull a fluke victory. And introducing totallly new maps will make it a joke.
what do you mean "I'm not a part of the community."
I won't disagree with the argument that GoW is like chess and everyone plays it to hone their skills.
However your missing the whole point behind these tournaments.
The reason why I am hosting these tournaments is to improve user turnout, and get more people playing war 2 again.
And the vast majority of players on the server are requesting some variety to garden of war.
Round 1 will be Gow which will basically weed out all the players that are not up par.
The rest of the rounds will be testing your skills at different maps and different settings.
Please keep in mind of course somebody can get spot fucked. Or somebody can get a bad draw and face the wrong person.
But that's part of what keeps the tournaments fun.
And winning one of these tournaments doesn't necessarily mean your the best.