Board Thread:Officer's Pub (Staff Only, idiots)/@comment-422690-20140616214802/@comment-422690-20140616221806

So, my thoughts:

Red243
Theme: Bakugan

Thoughts: Bakugan's a bit of a niche show, and a niche most DF users don't fall into. Most have never even heard of it, and I only know it exists because this one kid who was on my bus in high school liked it. On top of all this, Red's admitted in chat that he's not willing to see that tourney through to the end if it does get chosen.

Recommendation: Place on hold. He's not willing to do the tourney himself, and it's probably not going to generate enough interest.

Cfp3157
Theme: Pokemon

Thoughts: This is a fairly good theme for a user tourney, since most if not all users have watched/played Pokemon at some point in their lives. Furthermore, Cfp wants to do this round-robin style, so there won't be a few fun entries who only get seen once; they'll be seen several times due to multiple battles. Cfp's also a decent battle writer, and has also shown willingness to take advice from others if they give it to him.

Recommendation: This would be a good tourney to get the slot.

Terrarian 112
Theme: Colosseum

Thoughts: I have no goddamn idea what Terrarian wants to do here. It seems... interesting, I guess? But not as a user tourney. There's far too little info and far too little sense to give a proper reaction here.

Recommendation: Place on hold, at least until he gets something coherent.

Lasifer
Theme: Kaiju

Thoughts: This seems like a fuckin' awesome tourney, no two ways about it. Good theme, something the users here will know. In addition, Las is a good writer, when he gets around to it. And that caveat is my main issue; Las has never once finished a user tournament. He had maybe three rounds on the Fallout tourney before he dropped it, and after that he never even finished another user battle, let alone a tourney. I'm a little weary of giving Las this one.

Recommendation: I want to give it a slot, but we also need someone to hold a gun to Las' head to finish it.

Overall
Overall, I think the Pokemon tourney should get the slot this time. It's got a good theme, a well thought-out ruleset, an a writer who actually finishes things and is willing to do it himself.