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'08 PC Tournaments: Rules & Info
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We're super excited to bringing you a sneak peak of Battlefield Heroes to PAX this year. Additional details will be announced soon.
*Note that all information in this thread is subject to change between now and the end of August.
This thread is for rules, registration guidelines, updates, schedules, and questions regarding PC tournaments ONLY. This thread will NOT cover BYOC activities (other than the WoW tournament), console freeplay, console tournament, or any other events, including handheld, tabletop, etc.
Schedule
Friday, August 29th
4:00pm - 7:30pm Call of Duty 4 (5v5)
8:00pm - 1:00am Team Fortress 2 (6v6)
Saturday, August 30th
12:00pm - 4:00pm World of Warcraft (3v3) (BYOC Only)
5:00pm - 12:00am Battlefield Heroes (6v6)
Sunday, August 31st
11:00am - 5:00pm Starcraft: Brood War (1v1)
Registration
General Information
*Note that all information in this thread is subject to change between now and the end of August.
This thread is for rules, registration guidelines, updates, schedules, and questions regarding PC tournaments ONLY. This thread will NOT cover BYOC activities (other than the WoW tournament), console freeplay, console tournament, or any other events, including handheld, tabletop, etc.
Schedule
Friday, August 29th
4:00pm - 7:30pm Call of Duty 4 (5v5)
8:00pm - 1:00am Team Fortress 2 (6v6)
Saturday, August 30th
12:00pm - 4:00pm World of Warcraft (3v3) (BYOC Only)
5:00pm - 12:00am Battlefield Heroes (6v6)
Sunday, August 31st
11:00am - 5:00pm Starcraft: Brood War (1v1)
Registration
- Registration for ALL PC tournaments begins on Friday, August 29th at 2pm, right outside of the PC tournament area.
- Only full teams will be signed up. It is your job to join and/or create a team, we're not your babysitter. It is recommended you linger around the pc tournament area at signup time, and at tournament time and your chances of joining a team will be Pretty Good.
- Check-in time will begin 45 minutes prior to a tournament's starting time. Competitors are required to check-in at least 15 minutes before the tournament's start time. If you/your team doesn't check in during this time, your spot will be opened for another person/team.
General Information
- All tournaments minus the World of Warcraft tournament will be exclusively using tournament computers provided by Intel. You will be allowed to bring over your mice and keyboards and customize your configurations, you will not be allowed to load software of any kind.
- If you sign up for a tournament, please be there. If you decide you will be unable to, check in with us and let us know so we can open up a spot for someone else.
- As a general rule, it's a good idea to show up at least 20 minutes in advance of each tournament, and that will give you time to configure your settings and warm up before the tournament begins.
- We should be able to sit teams next together for the most part, but in cases where we can't, Ventrilo servers will be available. Feel free to ask if you'd like one and we'll provide you with password information.
- In team games, please take care in choosing a team captain. Pick someone responsible. Being tall or otherwise easily found in crowd can also help.
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Game-Type: Search and Destroy
When: Friday, August 29th 4:00pm - 7:30pm
Format: 5 v 5, single elimination
Team Cap: 16 teams (80 players)
Rules:
All competitors will be using Intel-provided tournament machines
you may bring your own peripherals; installing drivers is forbidden
Cal-Rules (http://www.caleague.com/?division=codm):
Single-bomb
7 second regeneration time
1:45 round time
20 rounds
play 10 rounds - switch sides
60 second bomb timer
4 second plant
8 second defuse
Helicopter: Off
Air Strike: Off
Explodable cars/barrel damage ON
Spec Ops Limit of 2
Sniper fix of Lerp 10
ProMod
Once a team wins 11 rounds, leave the server
Maps:
mp_backlot, mp_citystreets, mp_crash, mp_crossfire, mp_overgrown, mp_strike, mp_vacant
Format: Single Elimination Bracket
Side selected randomly by admin coin flip.
Random Seeding
PAX PC-Tournament Administrators reserve the right to change this rule set at anytime.
Game-Type: CTF and Capture Point
When: Friday, August 29th 8:00pm - 1:00am
Format: 6 v 6, single elimination
Team Cap: 32 teams (192 players)
Rules:
All competitors will be using Intel-provided tournament machines
you may bring your own peripherals; installing drivers is forbidden
20 minute time limit
most accumulated points wins
class restrictions: 2 Soldiers, 2 Snipers, 2 Scouts, 2 Pyros, 2 Engineer, 2 Heavy, 2 Spy, 1 Demoman, 1 Medic
Killing during set-up is allowed
Crits Off
Maps:
ctf_2fort, cp_badlands, cp_fastlane, cp_granary, ctf_mach4, cp_well, ctf_well
Format: Single Elimination Bracket
Side selected randomly by admin coin flip.
Random Seeding
PAX PC-Tournament Administrators reserve the right to change this rule set at anytime.
Game-type: Arena PvP
When: Saturday, August 30th 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Format: 3 v 3, Single Elimination
Team Cap: 32 (96 players), BYOC Only
Rules:
BYOC Only
You will be playing on a Blizzard-supplied server for matches
You will be using level 70 pre-mades
You will be able to customize their equipment
Single Elimination
Best of 3
Max Roster Size: 3
Maps:
Ruins of Lordaeron, The Ring of Trials, The Circle of Blood
Format: Single Elimination Bracket
PAX PC-Tournament Administrators reserve the right to change this rule set at anytime.
When: Saturday, August 30th 5:00pm - midnight
Format: 6 v 6, Single Elimination
Team Cap: TBA
Rules:
We're super excited to bringing you a sneak peak of Battlefield Heroes to PAX this year. Additional details will be announced soon.
Maps: TBA
Format: TBA
PAX PC-Tournament Administrators reserve the right to change this rule set at anytime.
When: Sunday, August 31st 11:00am - 5:00pm
Format: 1 v 1, single elimination bracket
Player Cap: 64 players
Rules:
All competitors will be using Intel-provided tournament machines
You may bring your own peripherals; installing drivers is forbidden
WCG-esque rules
Game speed: Fastest
Competition mode: melee
Maps:
Andromeda, Blue Storm_SE, Colloseum, Lost Temple, Othello 1.1, Python 1.1
Format: Single Elimination Bracket
Random Seeding
PAX PC-Tournament Administrators reserve the right to change this rule set at anytime.
Why did you ruin my favorite game?
I enjoy eating babies and running over people in GTAIV.
In the WoW tournament, you won't actually be creating characters...I know, I know, the idea of a level 1 pvp tournament sounds epic to the Xtreme, but you're going to be stuck with using level 70 premades armed with whatever phat lewtage you can dig up from special pvp vendors.
I know, I know...you're all very disappointed.
Edit: I'm the first regular to post, win!
Edit 2: Seriously, PC tournament guys, you fucking win this year. Honestly, very very epic choices.
I'd be totally shocked if they didn't have SC2 and Wrath playable. I'll lay my doubts on Diablo 3 though.
Its just there becuase we wanted an rts... tournament choices dont really hint at anything.
Sounds good to me!
Level 70* medic/pyro LFG!
*(WoW scale of skill and experience)
I'm alone, so I am looking for 5 other people that I can play with.
I got mad medic and pyro skillz.
As a pyro, team with me with an uber medic and I will devistate the enemy and I will either clear the area or
retreat with my medic intact. I can keep your sentries safe and when I'm not on defense I push HARD towards
the goal.
As a medic I am fanatastic at alerting my buddy to danger, especially when it comes to spies. I almost never get
stabbed when I am on the lookout for spies and I'm always looking. I am great at taking care of myself and I
have been known to kill enemy demomen and pyros if my buddy is otherwise occupied.
I am also great on coming up with plans and executing them. If we are seated at the same table as our enemy,
I will come up with a code that changes so that they can't figure it out.
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Plus- unless I'm horribly, horribly mistaken- it's scheduled to overlap the first concert. It makes me sad, but that won't fly with me. I'd love to spectate a few games though.
The twin suns sink beneath the lake,
The shadows lengthen
In Carcosa.
they follow CAL rules, include the official CEVO map (mach4), and then disregard some of the maps people like most?
should get rid of ctf_well and add gravelpit, or ditch mach4 and get gravelpit. fuck, ditch anything and get GRAVELPIT. gravelpit is easily one of the most strategic maps in the game.
oh well, no biggie
most of all, most of all
someone said true love was dead
but i'm bound to fall
bound to fall for you
oh what can i do
I assume it means Bring Your Own Computer, which would put me out of the tournament...
I would do Brood War, but I play casual. Looks like I wont be in any tournaments this year...
All hail the Hypno-Spode!
Then, of course, I could go on the interwebs...
All hail the Hypno-Spode!
I am possibly overlooking it, but what about class creation? Will there be some set amount of time to do this before the match starts? Will the profiles we're using have all of the weapons unlocked? FYI, if you've never played the game before, the 3 classes you can choose from a level 1 account are so terrible it's not even fun.
I'd check to see if CAL wrote something about this, but their stupid site is down again.
Hmm, good point.
As for TF2 though I wonder if the unlockable Pyro and Medic guns will be unlocked?
Oh man, I didn't even think about that. I'm basically going to PAX for the music, so I'll definitely be missing it. Oh well.
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Matches need to be quick to accommodate a larger number of players. This means that maps like Gravel Pit, Goldrush, or Dustbowl aren't viable, as they require teams play both sides in order to be fair and all three maps frequently result in ties.
Blame Valve. If they fixed the scoring system (stopwatch mode, hi!) these maps would at least be possible if the tournament had more time. But taking a lot longer AND having a high chance of ties? Not gonna happen.
I do like Gravel Pit though. Probably the most fun of all the maps while not having the zergy spam of Dustbowl or Goldrush and having decent asymmetrical balance.
Oh, one more thing.
You gonna get served.
Stopwatch mode is in there...what's the problem with it?
EDIT: Not that I disagree with ANYONE'S assertions that the maps take a long time to play. I'm just curious what people find broken about tournament mode scoring.
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stopwatch mode pretty much eliminates any "long" rounds. i've never had a gpit match go longer than a badlands match
badlands is a fucking long map.
for gpit: 2 attacking, 2 defending for each team
match ends up taking about... 40 minutes? 50 at the most? that's pretty on par/shorter than every other map.
most of all, most of all
someone said true love was dead
but i'm bound to fall
bound to fall for you
oh what can i do
40-50 minutes if you switch sides; we're looking at matches of 20 minutes, not 50. Which is why all the maps on the list are symmetrical, so there is no side-switching; best of 3, etc. We're budgeting our time. I'm really surprised no one has pointed out the 16 team cap on COD4. FFS, literacy people, literacy!
A power supply?
1) Signups start at the start of PAX
2) All tournaments are played on the provided tournament PCs
3) Yes there are prizes, you get point cards that you can use to spend on prizes at prize redemption.
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showpost.php?p=6494142&postcount=6
As far as a prize, the prizes will be PAX tickets to the top 3 people in the tournament. Tickets can be exchanged for different prizes at the prize booth. Such as video games, computer hardware, books, shirts, and tons of misc stuff.
As I said in your other thread, all tournaments are played on Intel provided tournament PCs