User:Locke/ThInk

ThInk is an ongoing Splatoon online tournament series featuring fixed weapon sets for each round. It is intended to promote discussion of strengths, weaknesses, and strategies of various situations while providing practical experience in a competitive setting to back up the theory.

Format

To minimize the number of games for teams to think about while allowing each team to play every game, ThInk tournaments use the Swiss format. Each match consists of exactly three games and the team that wins two or three games wins the set. Maps and modes are chosen by the tournament organizer, who also chooses four weapons which must be used by every team for each round. Maps and weapons are released one or two weeks before the tournament to give teams time to discuss and practice strategies.

Events

Tournaments have a monthly cadence, occurring on Wednesday evenings/Thursday mornings.

ThInk

The first tournament was on January 4th 2017 and had 10 participants.

Weapons and Maps

Round	Weapons	Maps
1	Custom Jet Squelcher Slosher Splattershot Carbon Roller	Splat Zones on Flounder Heights Tower Control on Saltspray Rig Rainmaker on Ancho-V Games
2	Custom E-Liter 3K (or Scope) Bento Splat Charger (or Scope) Splattershot Pro Tentatek Splattershot	Splat Zones on Camp Triggerfish Tower Control on Arowana Mall Rainmaker on Mahi-Mahi Resort
3	E-Liter 3K (or Scope) Range Blaster Jet Squelcher Krak-On Splat Roller	Splat Zones on Bluefin Depot Tower Control on Piranha Pit Rainmaker on Walleye Warehouse

Standings

The standings for the event are as follows:

Place	Team	Record
1st	Shaquille O'Neal presents: You Can't Stop the Reign (FINALLY)	3-0
2nd	(literally) nameless	2-1
3rd	TAG sort of (TAG)	2-1
4th	Stratosphere	2-1
5th	Pickup The Rainmaker	2-1