Niche Online Tournaments

#1

Post by wirtzdan » Sun, Jan 07, 2024, 9:32 AM UTC

Niche Online Tournaments
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Re: Niche Online Tournaments

#2

Post by thehucklecat » Sun, Jan 07, 2024, 10:02 AM UTC

I really enjoyed geoguesser.

Don't forget: https://fmworldcup.com/excel-esports/microsoft-excel-world-c...

Re: Niche Online Tournaments

#3

Post by wirtzdan » Sun, Jan 07, 2024, 10:58 AM UTC

thehucklecat wrote: post #2

I really enjoyed geoguesser. Don't forget: https://fmworldcup.com/excel-esports/microsoft-excel-world-c...

This is great too! There are probably some pros in Excel out of sheer necessity because of their work. Thanks for sharing.

Re: Niche Online Tournaments

#4

Post by TillE » Mon, Jan 08, 2024, 2:34 AM UTC

SpeedGaming is the place to go for retro game tournaments, both vanilla game speedruns and randomizers. The tournaments themselves are organized by various communities, and SG hosts the live streams. They've got a YouTube channel too, but it usually takes them several months to post the VODs there.

https://speedgaming.org

Re: Niche Online Tournaments

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Post by stanislavb » Mon, Jan 08, 2024, 3:07 AM UTC

If you are into Music, you can give a go to Urban DJ https://urbanpoll.com/dj. It's an ongoing tournament of ordering 5 songs from a specific topic. Disclaimer - I've built it. It'd be fun if more people took part though.

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Post by Waterluvian » Mon, Jan 08, 2024, 4:30 AM UTC

Not exactly an online tournament, but watching German forklift tournaments on YouTube is oddly captivating. I paid for my office chair but I only needed the edge.

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Post by ebiester » Mon, Jan 08, 2024, 4:39 AM UTC

My favorite niche tournaments are randomizers of clasic games. I enjoy The Legend of Zelda and Dragon Warrior randomizers the best, but A Link To The Past is probably the most popular I know of.

The Classic Tetris World Championship is also fantastic and it is fascinating how a 40 year old game just transformed in the last 4 years.

Re: Niche Online Tournaments

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Post by cnees » Mon, Jan 08, 2024, 5:05 AM UTC

Check out competitive Excel

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Post by drzel » Mon, Jan 08, 2024, 5:30 AM UTC

FortressOne is a fork of 1996 QuakeWorld Team Fortress. International tournaments are still played and streamed in Twitch. Next weekend there will be players from around the world meeting in Sydney Australia for a in-person LAN event.

Re: Niche Online Tournaments

#10

Post by therealfiona » Mon, Jan 08, 2024, 5:33 AM UTC

Anyone wanna do a ladder Total Annihilation tournament?