The Socketed Tournament of Confusion

**jamesixgun** · 03-09-2009, 21:08

Socket to Me!

It's time for the . . .

Socketed Tournament of Confusion

Goals:

To promote underused gems, items and mercs
To promote class-specific items and items with class-specific bonuses (wands/scepters/staves)
To confuse everyone with convoluted rules and regulations

General Restrictions:

1.10+ LOD, Vanilla or FAM, Hardcore or Softcore, pretty much anyone (as long as they're untwinked )! We want Mats/Pats and Guardians!
GoMule (or ATMA) is allowed as an extended stash
Enter as many times as you like. Should you choose to play multiple active toons, each character must have a separate stash.
Skill and Attribute point distribution is at player discretion (with some restrictions, see below).
Full clears are not required, but skipping waypoints and quests will result in point penalties.
Re-running for items/experience/whatever you like is allowed, but only within the current act and before defeating the Act Boss. No re-running of Act Bosses or the MooMoo Farm.
Save and Exit to avoid death is not allowed. No exception for SC toons.
Player settings may be changed at your discretion (No Chest-popping Cheese, Please!)
Imbue/socket and other quest rewards may be saved for later acts/difficulties, but will result in point penalties (see scoring, below)
Gambling is allowed and encouraged
Assassins and Barbarians are free to dual-wield, or not, at player discretion
Only one castable, damage-dealing minion may be used, and will incur a point penalty. Restrictions apply (see below).
NO A2 MERCS
Teleport may not be used unless an item grants charges.
All charms may be used without restriction.

*Rules vary slightly for Hardcore and Softcore play (see below). There will be 2 ‘winners,’ one HC and one SC.

Item Restrictions:[*] Weapon/Helms/Armor/Shields must all be socketable and follow socket rules (below). Socket quest may be used on any item.

Starting equipment may be used without restriction.
Items with class-specific bonuses (wands/scepters/staves) must be used once they become available.
Class-Specific Items must be used at all times, once they become available, with two exceptions.
Amazons must wield bows/crossbows/javelins/spears. These items may be class specific or not, at player discretion.
Assassins must wield Katars
Barbarians and Druids must wear class-specific helmets
Paladins must use Scepters and Pally shields
Necromancers must use Wands and Necro heads
Sorceresses may use Orbs or Staves or one of each

**Spudnik** · 03-09-2009, 21:16

Hmm interesting tournament.. may enter.... Let me think about it

**jamesixgun** · 03-09-2009, 21:17

Enter Keyne, the dual-wielding MA Sinner. I've always wanted to make one of these, and now I'm going to do it.

She hasn't even come into existence yet, but I needed an excuse to post the tables, and give myself a kick-start.

Softcore

Code:

Name             Character          Class         Location          Level  Points      Deaths
=============================================================================================
jamesixgun       Keyne              Assassin      Rogue Encampment      1       0           0

Hardcore

Code:

Name             Character          Class         Location          Level  Points
=================================================================================

Their Deeds Remembered

Code:

Name             Character          Class         Location          Level  Points    Slain By
=============================================================================================

Edit: and I hope you decide to enter, Spudnik!

**Spudnik** · 03-09-2009, 21:27

Enter Locke The Barbarian, i'm going to give this a shot, however hmm..
to go DW Frenzy, WW or A conc/Zerker or something now thats the question

Softcore

Code:

Name             Character          Class         Location          Level  Points      Deaths
=============================================================================================
jamesixgun       Keyne              Assassin      Rogue Encampment      1       0           0
Spudnik          Locke              Barbarian     Rogue Encampment      1       0           0

Hardcore

Code:

Name             Character          Class         Location          Level  Points
=================================================================================

Their Deeds Remembered

Code:

Name             Character          Class         Location          Level  Points    Slain By
=============================================================================================

EDit: some questions JSG.

To wear items after "whites" they have to be socketed already yes?
2) this is untwinked yes (i dont have any stashes only the gems and the rune i found on my trapsin when i got her to 19)?

**Brutass** · 03-09-2009, 22:58

Since I've just bowed out of the Bow Masters tourney I think I shall enter this one. A Frenzy Barb named Ignoramus

Softcore

Code:

Name             Character          Class         Location          Level  Points      Deaths
=============================================================================================
jamesixgun       Keyne              Assassin      Rogue Encampment      1       0           0
Spudnik          Locke              Barbarian     Rogue Encampment      1       0           0 
Brutass          Ignoramus          Barbarian     Rogue Encampment      1       0           0

Hardcore

Code:

Name             Character          Class         Location          Level  Points
=================================================================================

Their Deeds Remembered

Code:

Name             Character          Class         Location          Level  Points    Slain By
=============================================================================================

Question: Since javelins cannot be socketed does that count out javazons from the tourney?

**jamesixgun** · 04-09-2009, 00:23

Welcome, Brutass! Good luck!

As stated in the rules, throwing weapons are allowed. So Javazons are in no way forbidden from entering the tourney. . . They'll miss out on some points, of course, but they're not forbidden or in any way discouraged from participating.

**Brutass** · 04-09-2009, 02:28

Originally Posted by jamesixgun

Welcome, Brutass! Good luck!

As stated in the rules, throwing weapons are allowed. So Javazons are in no way forbidden from entering the tourney. . . They'll miss out on some points, of course, but they're not forbidden or in any way discouraged from participating.

Whoops must have missed that. I'm confused already, mission accomplished, lol. Just joking!

**jamesixgun** · 04-09-2009, 02:35

Well, Keyne had her beginning tonight. Quick and Easy. No finds of note, and no NDEs. Blood Raven went down without incident, and she wanted to continue on and rescue Cain, or at least find the Stony Field Waypoint, but I wanted to drink beer and stare blankly at the tele. Guess who won.

Currently using: emeralds, sapphires, topazes, skulls, a blue, and a bunch of whites/oS's. Meh.

Softcore

Code:

Name             Character          Class         Location          Level  Points      Deaths
=============================================================================================
jamesixgun       Keyne              Assassin      Cold Plains          10      -4           0
Spudnik          Locke              Barbarian     Rogue Encampment      1       0           0 
Brutass          Ignoramus          Barbarian     Rogue Encampment      1       0           0

Hardcore

Code:

Name             Character          Class         Location          Level  Points
=================================================================================

Their Deeds Remembered

Code:

Name             Character          Class         Location          Level  Points    Slain By
=============================================================================================

And sorry for the confusion, Brutass! (Well, not really . . .

) Though you were the first, I definitely hope you won't be the last!

Cheers!

**JayeM** · 04-09-2009, 03:10

As item and socket points are tallied once per difficulty, please ensure that you claim points only for item types used through at least 3 of the 5 acts in each difficulty.

This might be difficult...so we can only count items we've had since Act III of the difficulty? Oh, my aching memory!

Sock is still alive and well, so I'll enter him. He's 16th level HC, dual-wielding swords, has a rogue merc named Annor, has hit 5 WPs and completed 4 quests. If I'm not too confused, this puts him at -3 points.

(Is it OK just to post the table(s) we're changing? Like so: )

Hardcore

Code:

Name             Character          Class         Location          Level  Points
=================================================================================
JayeM            Sock               Barbarian     Black Marsh        16      -3

Oh yeah, currently using: eth, white, yellow, blue; diamond, emerald, ruby, sapphire, skull, topaz, jewels.

**jamesixgun** · 04-09-2009, 03:47

Welcome, JayeM! I'm glad to see that Sock is still alive and kicking.

Ok. I meant to mention about the tables. . . please feel free to post only the table(s) that you're updating. I'll try to collate and post all the tables together every now and again so people don't have to go back more than a page or two to find the most recent entries.

As to the point tracking. . . It's not what you've used since Act 3, but what you've used for 3/5 of a difficulty.

I guess that's a bit difficult. . . Ok. I'll change it to something easier. Like "if the sockets aren't fully stuffed, the points don't count: keep those socket's stuffed!" Something like that.

Edit: I just removed the entire line. It seemed a bit unnecessary.

If it helps, I keep a pad filled with little chicken-scratchings about skill allocations, finds, ndes, interesting sights, etc. and when I'm done for the night, I run GoMule and jot down the stuff that I'm using at that time. But that's just me and my ocd.

Anyway, I'm sure you'll do just fine in tallying points. And this tourney is about fun, not about keeping exacting records about your item usage and whatnot. . . unless you find that fun.