SPECIAL TOURNEY QUIRKS & INSTRUCTIONS!!!

Tourney of Champions, Partners Tourney of Champions, Partners Big Bux
Survivor, Sister League Challenge, Battle of the Leagues w/ My Cribagge
Trap the Phoenix, tWiStEd vs Normal, Dazed and Confused, Most Wanted,Last Man Standing
Battle of the Ages (BoA), Partners Battle of the Sexes (PBoS), Biggest Loser, Strongest Link

There are logos in the Phoenix background pages to decorate your tourney pages, or many customized tourney page sites, which you can find on the TD help page. If you have any questions at all just ask an HTD or Admin. They are always more than happy to help!

Good luck and have fun running these tourneys! They are a lot of fun!! Sharing the lobby with another TD is always a blast! Enjoy!!!

In each 2 tournament special (i.e. BoS, BoA, etc...) the winners of each tournament play off in a final. The TD sets the table and invite each winner. You can either have them pick a number to see who sits first, or let the side that finishes first have seat choice! In the event you do not have enough players for one side, you can just do a play off with what you have.
Example: If there are only two players on one side, they can just play each other for the final spot, instead of cancelling the whole special.

Please make sure to post the winner in the forum after the tourney, and email Admin the final game stats so they can be added to the player stats by hand!

It is also a great idea to post your special in the league forum and shout box (if available) the day of your tourney to advertise it, and remind people it is happening so you get a better turn out!

Tourney of Champions

121/61 Double Elimination or 121 Regular Swiss
50 Bux Entry Fee
Random Seeding

When you set the tourney:
Select 'Invitation Only'
Set 1 x 1
Click on TOC
and change the dates to the current month.

You will want to set this tourney up at least a week in advance to get a better turn out and then do hand invites for anyone who wins a tourney after you set the TOC.

To accomplish hand invites ...
Compare your teams invited on your tourney page to the stats page and invite anyone that is on the stats page who is not invited to the tourney yet. You do this by going to the registration page, typing in the members name and your TD password.

Plug the following text in the White Comments box: CONGRATS ON WINNING A TOURNEY THIS MONTH PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE PHOENIX TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS SATURDAY (DATE) AT XX:00 PM, I HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!
(This is most easily accomplished using your ShortKeys)

Special Note: All true swiss tourneys with no winners must be invited by hand (whoever tied for 1st place)

Partners Tourney of Champions

121/61 Double Elimination or 121 Regular Swiss
50 Bux Entry Fee
Random Seating

When you set the tourney:
Select 'Invitation Only'
Set 2 x 2 Random Partners
Do NOT click on TOC
Invite each and every member one by one from the partner stats

You will want to set this tourney up at least a week in advance to get a better turn out and continue to do hand invites for anyone who wins a tourney after you set the PToC.

To accomplish hand invites ...
Compare your teams invited on your tourney page to the stats page and invite anyone that is on the stats page who is not invited to the tourney yet. You do this by going to the registration page, typing in the members name and your TD password.

Plug the following text in the White Comments box: CONGRATS ON WINNING A PARTNERS TOURNEY THIS MONTH PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE PHOENIX PARTNERS TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS SUNDAY (DATE) AT XX:00 PM, I HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!
(This is most easily accomplished using your ShortKeys)

Special Note: All true swiss tourneys with no winners must be invited by hand (whoever tied for 1st place)

Partners Big Bux

121/61 Double Elimination or 121 Regular Swiss
Set as 2 x 2
100 bux entry fee
Random Seed
10,000 Bus TD Donation Required

Triple X

Regular Swiss
Set as 3x3
Random Seed
50 bux entry fee

Survivor

Reg Swiss
Set as 3x3
Random Seed
50 bux entry fee
6000 TD donation

Every player from the winning team gets invited to the annual Survivor Finale
for a chance to be Phoenix's Sole Survivor and win 10,000 bux.

Sister League Challenge

121 Regular Swiss
Set in our lobby
We invite them to join us
50 Buxs
Random Seed

Battle of the Leagues w/ My Cribagge

121 Regular Swiss
Alternating in Advance 2 one month and Intermediate 3 the next month.
50 Bux entry
Random Seed

Trap the Phoenix

121/61 Double Elimination
Set 2x2
100 Bux entry
Random Seed
5000 TD donation

TD decides who will be the phoenix team (examples: Highest seed, rank, or just random)
If someone beats the Phoenix team in upper bracket, they earn an extra 300 Bux donation (as a team, 150 each), and 200 for trapping the Phoenix in cellar
If Phoenix team wins no extra donation besides the 5000 is required

tWiStEd vs Normal

Normal is a 121 Regular Single Elimination
Twisted is a 61 Single Elimination Lowball
50 Bux entry

The winners of each play off in a Switcharoo match
Set table 121 unrated because it is a switcharoo

Dazed and Confused

Dazed side is 61 Snap Lowball Single Elimination
Confused side is 121 Toss the 5's Single Elimination
50 Bux entry
Random Seed

Winner of both play off to Londonator set table to 121 unrated Each person plays 1 crib highest score wins unless a tie Then each has another crib highest score wins

Most Wanted

Invitation only tourney
121/61 Double Elimination
50 bux entry
Random Seed
10,000 TD donation

You need to individually invite all winners off the stats page
And also invite the most wanted player
Plug the following text in the White Comments box: CONGRATS ON WINNING AGAINST THIS MONTH'S MOST WANTED PHOENICIAN! PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE PHOENIX MOST WANTED TOURNAMENT. THIS IS AN INVITATION ONLY TOURNEY WITH A 10,000 TD DONATION. I HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!
(This is most easily accomplished using your ShortKeys)

Special Note: All true swiss tourneys with no winners must be invited by hand (whoever tied for 1st place)

Last Man Standing

Regular Swiss
Set 2 x 2
100 Bux entry

Battle of the Ages (BoA)

121 Regular Swiss
Set 1 X 1
50 Bux entry
Random Seed
Oldies - 45 and older
Youngens - 44 and younger

Partners Battle of the Sexes (PBoS)

121 Regular Swiss
Set 2 X 2
50 Bux entry
Random Seed

If you can't get at least 8 in on a side you can reset it as a 1 X 1 Single Elimination and then the winner and the semi-finalist can team up to play the finals against the opposite sex.
DO NOT reset it as a Regular Swiss because then you are not guaranteed a 2nd place, more than likely there will be a tie for 2nd place in a reg swiss!

Biggest Loser

121 Regular Swiss one month
61 Lowball Regular Swiss the next
Set 1 x 1 *** invite only ***
50 Bux entry
10,000 Bux Donation
usually run by unsprung124
anyone who lost in her tourneys during the month gets an invite

Strongest Link

One of the most complicated specials to run.
Instructions are HERE