STOT

**ST Offline Tournament**
Founders	þorN, ChrisTos, SSB
Foundet	2007
Discontinuied	2011
Restarted	2023
Related competitions	2600 High Score Club on AtariAge 5200 High Score Club on AtariAge 7800 High Score Club on AtariAge Lynx High Score Club on AtariAge Jaguar High Score Club on AtariAge 8-bit High Score Club on AtariAge VCS High Score Club on AtariAge EAB's competition on English Amiga Board Online Tournament on German Amiga Community
current champion	Wietze (1st title)
Most success full player	Xerus (4 titles)
Website	ST Offline Tournament on Atari-Forum

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.

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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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 S02R03, Simon Phipps, author of Switchblade, hand-painted a unique winner's certificate for the participants.

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 Randominer STOT version<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

References

Videos of games played in a STOT rounds STOT games playlist on YouTube
Link to video playing Superfly in the first STOT round ever from 2007 [2]
STOTRO an computer intro relased by ChrisTos on demozoo starting with the STOT logo from 2008 [3]
STOT explained by one of the organisers from 2009 [4]
Announcement of Atarimania supports for STOT from 2009 [5]
Interview with STOT organizers on Atari Crypt from 2025 [6]

STOT Round 01

STOT Round 20

Season 1:

S01R02 Wings of Death

S01R03 Rainbow Islands

S01R04 Crapman

S01R05 Rodland

S01R06 Enchanted Lands