Board Thread:Tournaments/@comment-24764043-20180209211603

That's right! Due to popular demand during the last Sandbox and recent calls for showcasing of more excellent Fanon pages, the Conception Tournament is back again. Unlike the second Tournament, I promise that this time there will be no surprise Finales or Grand Finales.

This time, pages are going to be held to higher standards in order to be nominated. Pages must not only meet Fanon Policies, but exceed them. These tournaments are for the best of the best, and last time the tournament was held, many pages were moved into the Userspace for being subpar. This time to ensure that doesn't happen. We will also not allow incomplete pages, as despite a page being barely finished, it won a category in the tournament before.

The requirements that must be met for a nomination to be added are:


 * One infobox or two images.
 * The Author, Collab, or Fanon template. (Public will not be allowed here, as rewards are designed to go not just to a page but a user as well. Fanon template also counts towards infobox for the above requirement)
 * A minimum of five inline links to other wiki pages (of any Fanon or non-Fanon namespace). Links in navboxes or infoboxes do not count.
 * At least three sections, with a minimum of three sentences each.
 * Proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling thoroughly and consistently throughout.

Pages automatically disqualified from nomination:


 * Pages that have won a Conception Tournament in the past. Pages that were nominated in prior tournaments, but did not win any categories, are allowed to re-enter again as long as they meet the above requirements.
 * Pages marked as Public. Awards go not just to pages but their creators. A Public conception would have too many contributors to discern someone with an award.
 * Collabs with more than three people. As before, awards go to users as well. In the Second Conception Tournament were many Collabs, and deciding who awards went to was a problem on numerous occasions. With at most three, we can judge easily who contributed the most or have the collaborators decide among each other who gets the medal.
 * Conceptions with absolutely absurd statistics or scenarios to where their inclusion to a game or Diep.io in any form would result in it becoming trivial (OP Conceptions).

Nominations come on a "first come, first serve" basis. All pages are meant to be of high quality, so even if another good page comes along after a category has been filled, it will unfortunately have to be left out.

There are seven categories that can be entered into (Other has been removed from prior Tournaments due to a large lack of entries consistently in the past). Because we are holding entrants to a much higher degree than before, we will begin with a maximum of eight nominations to each category. If, however, 16 eligible pages get nominated for a category, I will gladly bump it up to 16 and add all 16 nominees.

Tanks (0/8):

Polygons (0/8):

Enemies (0/8):

Game Modes (0/8):

Game Mechanics (0/8):

Simple Bosses (0/8):

Complex Bosses (0/8):

Category Explanation

 * Tanks: Playable classes. They can be of any Tier or level.
 * Polygons: The shapes that award points throughout the arena. This also includes Crashers and other polygonal-based entities that are not bosses. Things such as Squares or Pentagons.
 * Enemies: Non-Crasher, boss, or polygon entities that attack players.
 * Game Modes: The different types of ways to play the game, such as FFA or Domination.
 * Game Mechanics: Additions and features that can change the way the game is played or are central to playing it, such as the Leveling system or stat points. A prior winning example would be.
 * Simple Bosses: Bosses like those in Diep.io, simple with little pattern, such as the Defender or Guardian, even.
 * Complex Bosses: Bosses with complicated patterns, multiple phases, or attack selection lists, such as, or the.

Nominations end February 23rd, 2018. Two weeks from today. So happy nominating!

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