Select placement order in private games or Tournaments
When playng with friends in a private match, to have the ability to choose who goes in what position. This would be helpful for a tournament we're going to run where the winner of the group stage gets first pick of what position (i.e. 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th) they want to go, then the runner up fom the group stage and so on.
Comments: 19
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30 Apr, '20
Roch MergedI'm running a regular season/tournament offline and using Colonist to set up the games. Once we get to the playoffs, it'd be nice for there to be a setting where you could designate the order of settlement placement based on the board. For example, the highest seed gets to look at the board and then select which selection spot they want, providing a benefit for them having a better regular season. My friends and I often play like this normally, as well. Adds a layer of strategy where you are det
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11 May, '20
Bigredswimmer MergedGive the option during game setup for tournament semis and finals to select which position players get to be in. First rank should get the option of when they place (after seeing map) followed by second rank picking from the remaining slots and so on.
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11 May, '20
boliwimo Mergedi want to be in.
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16 Jul, '20
AlexInAuburn MergedI think this feature should be available to the game host in all Colonist games.
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16 Jul, '20
Prateek87 MergedWouldn't agree to it. That would give an unfair advantage at the start of the game to the player ranked 1st. For eg: In tennis, it is random draw to decide which player would serve first even in semis or finals. The only advantage that a higher ranked player gets is that the 1st ranked would play 4th in semis, but not any advantage in the game itself. I think in semis who will play with who can be decided based on ranks, but not to take the advantage any further.
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20 Jul, '20
Bigredswimmer MergedThis is how national qualifiers are run today, and I have played in dozens of tournaments that use this format.
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12 Aug, '20
Sam MergedMy group is looking to have a 12 game tournament, but our data suggests that the turn order heavily impacts win rate and average VP, particularly in 6 player games. To normalize this effect, we would love to have the ability to select a custom turn order for each game. That way each person would get 2 games from each of the 6 positions.
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18 Aug, '20
JUAN Admin"Allow players to choose order of settlement selection (private games only)" (suggested by Roch on 2020-04-30), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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29 Aug, '20
JUAN Admin"Allow room creator to select turn order" (suggested by Sam on 2020-08-12), including upvotes (3) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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29 Aug, '20
JUAN Admin"Tournament semifinals/finals mode (select placement order)" (suggested by Bigredswimmer on 2020-05-11), including upvotes (14) and comments (4), was merged into this suggestion.
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04 Mar, '21
GeorgeGreat idea. Be good for tournaments.
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16 Sep, '22
Rowen MergedWould be awesome if we could choose custom placement orders or custom boards. Some examples of why this would be nice are:
1. Choosing placement order for online tournaments
2. Recreating past boards you have played on or even famous boards used for national finals
3. Trying out wacky boards
4. A solution for your complaining friend who says "I never get to place first"
Also it would be cool if you could choose placement order after seeing the board like how they do at most tournaments. -
16 Sep, '22
Brian (KellyC) MergedTHIS. This would also make for good content for streamers like me (TheKellyC)
I APPROVE THIS MESSAGE.
-KellyC on Colonist (The #1 and only Catan site I'll ever play on) -
17 Sep, '22
Shanks1700 MergedAgreed. 100%.
Btw, if you are reading this, join Catan Championship League :) -
17 Sep, '22
Spencer MergedThis would be an insanely good feature the competitive scene would use all the time. I hope colonist takes this one seriously because content creators would get lots of utility out of this. I have seen Dylighted request this feature in the past and he would use it in videos which would help market colonist and the feature to the public!
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17 Sep, '22
alna MergedAFAIK, custom boards with placement order choice based on qualifier rank is the way playoff games are played at official Catan tournaments, so this is a must have feature if colonist.io wants to keep its position as the preferred choice for competitive Catan games. Honestly, I'm a bit puzzled why this hasn't been implemented a long time ago.
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17 Sep, '22
Caetiri MergedI would *love* to see it possible to have tournaments where everyone is playing exactly the same board, so *yes* to this!
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28 Sep, '22
JUAN Admin"Custom placement order/Custom boards" (suggested by Rowen on 2022-09-16), including upvotes (29) and comments (5), was merged into this suggestion.
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30 Oct, '22
AlexInAuburnAdd a checkmark for setting playing order. Then enable the ability to reorder the player list. Instead of the Top player being in control of the game set-up, Highlight the room controller in a special-colored background, and allow the person in control of the room to be able to give control to someone else in the room, without disabling the ability to play their maps and expansions (they just must remain in the room and play in the game).