Scoring System
Scoring at the Alamo GT will focus on four elements of play in order to determine who goes home with the prizes. Every player will be scored on the basis of their ability to play the game, play a fun game, paint their army, and follow the rules of the tournament.
Players can score a maximum of 270 points, broken down as follows:
Battle Points 100 Sportsmanship points 80 Appearance points 80 Santa Anna Points 10
The Alamo GT awards will be as follows:
Overall Champion – Battle points + Sportsmanship points + Appearance Points + Santa Anna Points
Best Sportsmanship – Total Sportsmanship points
Best General – Total Battle points + Base Sportsmanship points
Best Army – Total Appearance points
Players' Choice – Most player votes
Awards will be given out for second and third places in each category. Players will be able to win only one award, so if a player wins in two categories he will be given the higher award.
Battle Points (20-100)
Every participant will be able to earn a maximum of 20 Battle points per game:
Win 16 Loss 4 Tie 8 Objective 4
In every game played at the Alamo GT, one needs to score 300+ victory points as defined in normal victory conditions specified in the main rule book in order to win a game. In addition to winning each game, players will be able to score 4 additional battle points by achieving the objective defined in the scenario. Only one player will be able to achieve the objective in each game.
Sports (0-80)
Sportsmanship is about having a good game. There are a thousand things that can make a game good or bad, and no one can list them all. It is very hard to determine how good or how bad a game was. It's very subjective and different to everyone. However, it is easy to tell if a game was good or bad and pretty much everyone can agree on it, so for the Alamo GT, sportsmanship will focus on if the game was good or bad.
BASE POINTS
We assume that everyone coming to the Alamo Great Tournament will be a good sport and because the average score is 64, we will give them those 64 points on credit because we think they will keep them.
Start with 64
After each game the players will have one question on the score sheet which asks, "Did your opponent's behavior and/or army selection honestly make this a bad game for you?" If someone receives a yes then they will have to give back some of those points given on credit.
1 bad game -4 2 bad games -8 3 bad games -16 4 bad games -32 5 bad games -64
These are not cumulative modifiers. Only the lowest applicable modifier will be applied. Unlike a simple linear system, each vote is not worth the same. Everyone might have one bad game. But when someone is rude over 4 games there is something going on and it should cost them more, and under our scoring system it will cost them much more.
No one should be worried about being dinged out of spite which is so prevalent in other systems because this system focuses on the consensus of all five of ones opponents. While one bad vote will cost you points it cannot not knock you out of the running because of its small worth. However, when someone scores poorly over several games it is usually their own fault and they deserve what they get. On the flip side, if someone gives you a bad game or has a bad army then don't hold back and be honest about it, one bad game won't hurt them much at all. They will have to have several bad games in order really get dinged, and if that happens, they deserve it.
RED CARD – Judges will be empowered to hand out a Red Card to any player who acts in an egregious manner that is unbecoming to an INDY GT. Each Red Card will act as an EXTRA bad game mark.
BEST SPORT VOTE POINTS
At the end of the tournament everyone shall vote for their best opponent. The question will read, "I certify that ______ provided me with the best game of the weekend. His attitude and army selection were outstanding." As with bad game votes, the value of each best game vote goes up dramatically the more of them you get:
1 best game 1 2 best games 2 3 best games 4 4 best games 8 5 best games 16
The remaining Base Points (after bad game deductions) will be added to the Best Sport Votes to determine the total sportsmanship points.
Appearance (0-80)
One judge, One Check list, every army scored between games. No one will have judges looking over their shoulder during a game or going through dead pile to score their painting. You put a big effort in painting your army so we will make the same effort in scoring it.
Santa Anna Points (0-10)
General Santa Anna is a strict timekeeper and he hates it when things are late! In order to promote promptness every set of score-sheets that are turned into the score keepers before the time is called will be awarded 1 Santa Anna point. This will be awarded to all players whose sheets are in by the ten minute mark before time is called. Whoever does not have their score sheet in will not receive these points. There will be no exceptions.
Santa Anna also hates late people! Every player who starts their game on time will receive one point. If you are late or the cause of a game being delayed then you will not receive this point.
Army Composition
At the Alamo GT the composition of one's army will be a direct reflection on their attitude towards their opponent. Composition is the sportsmanship you display before the minis hit the table. As such, Composition has been combined with Sportsmanship into a single score. If you had a bad game because of your opponent's comp, mark him down for a bad game. If you had a good game regardless of your opponent's comp, give him a good game vote regardless of how you would score his comp under a traditional system.
Every army list will be evaluated prior to the tournament and any army deemed unbalanced and unsporting will be rejected if suggestions to curb excesses are rejected.
Player's Choice
Player's choice is an award that is given by those attending the tournament to their peers. The question many folks try to answer is "What army do I want to take home with me?" This is not a painting competition per-se as technical painting and modeling is scored by a qualified paint judge. This is all about who you think brought the coolest toys. One player, one vote.
Also see: Rules