The Kong Off 4

[lakeman421]

Thanks for the update Ritchie.  We look forward to the continuing progress for the next event. 

[TheSunshineFund]

Oh yer buddy.  Home state hype.

[Svavar]

Very awesome. May the Kong Off live forever

[danman123456]

This is awesome news. Really looking forward to this one as well!           

[marinomitch13]

Richie, you're awesome. Thanks for the sweet update. If any of us can help at all, let us know what we can do.

[VON]

Richie, you're awesome. Thanks for the sweet update. If any of us can help at all, let us know what we can do.

Yes!  You have a DK army here, ready to help out wherever we can.

[RichieKnucklez]

OK, here goes;

Steve Weibe is the mastermind behind this switch up and the idea lit a candle under my ass.
I may be alone in the opinion that another Kong Off with the same old "highest score wins"
is getting a tad stale.
Imagine a Kong Off where you guys are not glued to the machine for the entire event.
Imagine a Kong Off with much more nail-biting moments.
Imagine more contestants on a much more level playing field.

Think "College Basketball" For just a second, stop thinking about barrels and imagine "brackets"
Anybody feeling me here??
John Salter..... help me out on this one

[RichieKnucklez]

just a super quick mock up of what I sort of envision.... maybe even double elim?
opinions!??

Imagine the stress level and watching the event as a spectator...

could be fun???

[VON]

I think I told you at KO3 (or should have anyway) that I completely support the format change.

Now, though, it must be decided whether the tournament should be "single-elimination", or something else.  Very curious to see opinions on this matter.

[EDIT] Dang, you're too fast Richie.  Single-elimination might be too harsh.  After all, DK can be a bit random.  However, under your direction, Richie, I am certain there will be plenty of fun stuff for the eliminated competitors to do.

[2nd EDIT]  How did Allen get a 9 seed and Tessler got a 16?  LOL.  Good shit! 

[Milehighdt]

Awesome, this is how I planned to run the the no-hammer tournament  this year. Maybe any unforeseen issues that come in it can be addressed before the Kong off ,kinda use it as a testing ground. 

[RichieKnucklez]

Again,
This is all in the planning stages, and I beg you guys for player's feedback.
I truly want to make The Kong Off 4 fun again. Not just for me, but for the players, spectators and everyone else.

The bracket posters are gonna kick ass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlcW-LFzx9Y&feature=youtu.be

[Xermon54]

I really enjoy this format, and I really enjoy that nobody knows who they will face!

But using that format, I don't think you will need more than 12 machines (considering a game won't last more than 2 hours, there will be at least 4 games on each machine = 48 games per machine x 2 days = 96 games), I think that would be enough

My suggestion: We should only allow people with a kill screen to participate at the Kong Off 4, which will represent like 70 possible players. To participate at the tournament, you need to at least have decent skills (this is, after all, a tournament about the best players!). With every kill screen players, it doesn't matter who faces who, you will never be sure who will win. Otherwise, Hank could face a guy that has a 300k Personal Best, then it's extremely unlikely for the guy that has a 300k PB to win. So in order to make it VERY exciting, only KS players should participate in my opinion 

[ThomasTHC]

Check out Brackelope if you don't know it (www.brackelope.com)

[tessler1134]

***IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT***

As you all know, the Kong Off 4 will be coming up later on this year. The new structure of the KO 4 will most likely be based on a bracketed layout. The seeding for the bracketed layout will involve the Donkey Kong Online Open Tournaments. It is in the best interest of all players to participate in as many DK online tournaments as they can to obtain their best possible highest score. Players who do not participate in any of the online tournaments who also participate in the KO 4 will be seeded at the bottom of the field in the order determined by the event coordinators. More details to follow...

Good luck to all players!!!

[MJMeerman]

I really enjoy this format, and I really enjoy that nobody knows who they will face!

But using that format, I don't think you will need more than 12 machines (considering a game won't last more than 2 hours, there will be at least 4 games on each machine = 48 games per machine x 2 days = 96 games), I think that would be enough

My suggestion: We should only allow people with a kill screen to participate at the Kong Off 4, which will represent like 70 possible players. To participate at the tournament, you need to at least have decent skills (this is, after all, a tournament about the best players!). With every kill screen players, it doesn't matter who faces who, you will never be sure who will win. Otherwise, Hank could face a guy that has a 300k Personal Best, then it's extremely unlikely for the guy that has a 300k PB to win. So in order to make it VERY exciting, only KS players should participate in my opinion 

Or you could have early round matches online. Say there are 64 in the tournament, but the top 16 actually go to the Kong Off itself. I think that would be a better way of doing it and gives more people the chance of participating. Sorta like the Final Four; only a few go to Indianapolis or wherever the championship is held.