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ST Offline Tournament
Founded2007
(stopped in 2011, restarted in 2023)
Related competitions
Current champions Wietze (1st title)
Most championships Xerus (4 titles)

The ST Offline Tournament (STOT) is an offline gaming tournament for games created for the Atari ST computer.

It is run in a dedicated section of the Atari Forum.[1]

Seasons and rounds

The STOT is divided into seasons. Each season consists of a number of rounds. One or more games are played in each round. Players receive points based on their final ranking in each game.

Round naming convention:

The format for an identifier of a chosen game is: S{Season Number}R{Round Number}. For example, the game Chroma Grid, played in Season 7, Round 2, has the identifier: S07R02 Chroma Grid.

Games

Either the organisers announce the game(s) for a round, or a vote is held on the forum. If new Atari ST games are released that can be played in a competition, they take priority and will be played as soon as possible. This rule ensures that the authors of new games receive feedback from as many people as possible as soon as possible.

Hardware

Games can be played on real Atari ST or Atari STE hardware, new hardware such as a MiST, MiSTer or Suska, or on emulators such as Hatari or STeem.

Players

Players come from all over the world. To participate, you need an Atari-Forum account. Only registered users can post scores.

Actual rules since season 5:

A season takes a year and consists of 12 rounds. Each round takes a month, with one or more games being played in each round. At the end of the month, the player with the highest score wins. Each player who participates in a game receives a point.

Example:

Player A scores 100 points, Player B scores 50 points and Player C scores 10 points. Player C gets 1 point for participating, Player B gets 2 points (1 point for participating and 1 point for beating one player) and Player C gets 4 points (1 point for participating, 2 points for beating two players and 1 point for winning).

Former rules in seasons 1–4:

A season consisted of 24 rounds. Each round took two weeks, with one game being played per round. At the end of the month, the player with the highest score won the round. The winner received 8 points, second place received 6 points, third place received 4 points, fourth place received 3 points, fifth place received 2 points, and any other player received 1 point.

Games season 6

Results season 6
Place Player name Points Rounds won
1 Wietze 42 8
2 þorN 38 2
3 ChronicTheHedgeHog 32 2
4 SSB 18
5 RiverPirate 13 1
6 FiveOFive 9
7 Jinroh 5
7 junosix 5
9 PeyloW 4
10 Spiny 3
11 Bunsen 3
11 StickHead 3
13 Ragstaff 1

Games season 5

Results season 5
Place Player name Points Rounds won
1 þorN 34 2
2 RiverPirate 24 1
3 wietze 19 3
4 SSB 16
5 LynXX 10 1
6 Marakatti 8
7 ChronicTheHedgeHog 7 1
7 MetalSnake 6
9 Neewalix 3
10 ChrisTos 2
11 Viconte 1

Games season 4

Results season 4
Place Player name Points Rounds won
1 Xerus 116 13
2 þorN 88 3
3 SSB 53
4 Janina 17
5 Marakatti 10
6 Spiny 8
7 Lord_boschan 7
8 Dal 6
8 Amimitl 6
8 Dma-SC 6
8 StickHead 6
12 Ragstaff 5
12 Bluecher 5
14 ChrisTos 3
14 Ragnar 3
15 MugUK 1
15 CB 1
15 FrankF 1
15 Wizard 1
15 Nafcom 1

Games season 3

Results season 3
Place Player name Points Rounds won
1 Xerus 176 16
2 þorN 120 5
3 SSB 63
4 Ragstaff 55 1
5 Marakatti 25
6 ChrisTos 19 1
7 Tomchi 16
7 MugUK 16
9 Lord_boschan 14
10 Jarf 12
11 Coy 8 1
12 Desty 5
13 Marqqu 4
13 Klaz 4
13 Amimitl 4
16 Lotek Style 3
16 Roger 3
18 SkylineDave 2
18 ryo hazuki 2
18 ParalHAXX 2
18 Showaddywaddy 2
22 StickHead 1
22 Reinhold 1
22 Newalix 1
22 Spiny 1

Games season 2

Results season 2
Place Player name Points Rounds won
1 Xerus 186 21
2 þorN 103 1
3 SSB 53 2
4 ChrisTos 41
5 SkylineDave 32
6 Desty 28
7 StickHead 27
8 Strider 17
9 Ragstaff 15
10 Tomchi 10
10 Coy 10
12 CB 7
12 Marakatti 7
14 Marcer 6
14 Lotek Style 6
14 Showaddywaddy 6
17 MugUK 4
17 HeavyStylus 4
19 Insanity 3
19 Jarf 3
21 ryo hazuki 2
22 RoBo 1
22 CreatureXL 1
22 Cyrano Jones 1
22 teh2pwner 1
22 Klapauzius 1

Games season 1

Results season 1
Place Player name Points Rounds won
1 Xerus 186 21
2 þorN 90 1
3 ChrisTos 64 1
4 CB 43
5 StickHead 36
6 SSB 29
7 Daeghnao 22 1
8 Marcer 19 1
9 Strider 15 1
10 Marqqu 7
11 Bunsen 6
11 MugUK 6
11 Lotek Style 6
11 Maartau 6
11 sh3-rg 6
16 Marakatti 5
17 Mariak 4
17 ryo hazuki 4
17 Nobogod 4
17 Desty 4
17 Dma-SC 4
22 Cooper 3
23 Klapauzius 2
23 teh2pwner 2
25 Frak/Dan 1
25 WilliSea 1
25 Thothy 1

History:

STOT was founded in 2007[2]
by þorN (Thorsten Butschke). ChrisTos and SSB became members of the organiser team.

The first high score club tournaments on Atari Age appeared at that time, and the goal was to create something similar for Atari ST games.

Xerus was the dominating player in the first 4 seasons. However, a few rounds were also won by various other players.

In 2011, it stopped due to a lack of time to organise it.

Due to demand from various players, the tournament was restarted in 2023.

Seasons 5 and 6 saw more round winners than before, with Wietze winning most of the rounds he participated in.

Authors Support

As well as participating in rounds where we play their game, some authors have also supported the STOT with special versions or prizes:

  • In S03R03, SSB, the author of Attack Wave, gave away a unique, self-made 3.5-inch disk with a winner's certificate to participants.
  • In S07R05, ThomasI, the author of Randominer, created a special STOT version of the game that involved a scoring competition [3]

References

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Videos of games played in a STOT round[4]
Link to video playing Superfly in the first STOT round ever from 2007[5]
STOTRO an computer intro relased by ChrisTos on demozoo starting with the STOT logo from 2008 [6]
STOT explained by one of the organisers from 2009[7]
Announcement of Atarimania supports for STOT from 2009 [8]
Interview with STOT organizers on Atari Crypt from 2025[9]

  1. ^ "STOT - ST Offline Tournament - Atari-Forum".
  2. ^ "ST offline tournament". 25 August 2007.
  3. ^ "Randominer STOT Version".
  4. ^ "ST Offline Tournament". YouTube.
  5. ^ "ST offline tournament". 25 August 2007.
  6. ^ "Stotro".
  7. ^ "ST Offline Tournament – was ist das überhaupt? – .:: Final Memory ::". 12 February 2009.
  8. ^ "Atarimania supports ST Offline Tournament - Atarimania Forum".
  9. ^ "AtariCrypt | Atari ST Gaming: [STOT] ST Offline Tournament". 14 February 2025.