TEAM ENDERS WIIIIIIINS! THEY ARE THE BEST TEAM! WOOOOO!
hooray! my big tf2 tournament of magical magicalness!
TEAMS
melkor's team:
Zebrahs
Trus
tracerbullet
Jolly
Elaro
cheez
Billy Mitchell Approved
tinylobsta's team:
Walrus von Zeppelin
walnut
thelawinator
iowa
Fiziks
Beren
[W★M]Kreutz
gpr's team:
veitsev
theScruple
Robman
riokenn
raoul duke
quazandwally
crazed Llama
ender's team:
blindpsychic
spiffy cup of coffee
mind liberator
spets
battle medic boogie
gurtperk
ape of war
rakuen's team:
soal
SirToons
mustachio jones
kaliyama
Furry Fura
DUCOM
alpine joe
mandalore's team:
zimfan
roland
panax
Ishbu
fig-d
ebo
afroJ
bk's team:
UEAKCrash
npc.exe
lord of hats
kinderparty
eric_zahn
dr the squirrel
Blackbeard7
gunwarrior's team:
J-bob
ketar
mooman/booman
sarah 'bong rips' palin
sledgehammer
that_guy
the_ted
let's go over... the basics:
format:
8v8, no class restrictions. anything goes. double elimination (with a twist.)
no crits
allow me to go over how this tournament is going to play out.
very first round in the tournament:
this round plays out in standard rules. it's an 8v8 on a specified map, with appropriate map rules applying. people who win during this stage continue on in the
WINNERS BRACKET, and fight the next appropriate team. however, if you lose... please, continue on...
...
loser bracket qualifier round:
the loser bracket qualifier round is specifically for the teams that lost in the first round of (note, JUST the first round)
WINNERS BRACKET. this round, dubbed "
the elimination bracket qualifier stage", has a unique set of rules.
each pair of teams (that are facing against eachother) choose a player to "champion" them. this champion then fights against the other teams champion, in a first to 5 kills match.
this format is 1v1, played on either an arena map, or a custom map. each player may choose the class of their preference, with the exception of engineer. no engineers allowed. i'm going to leave the scheduling of this match, as well as what map is played up to the discretion of each teams respective captain.
this match absolutely has to be played before the next match in the winner's bracket, so you have about a week to find an appropriate date. it can't be that hard to schedule a 1v1, so no complaining.
however, if you feel that your team has neither the energy nor willingness to continue playing, you may opt out of the losers bracket entirely, and forfeit the tournament.
edit to these rules: teams now have the option to opt for a regular 8v8 match, if both teams agree to it.
back to the easy stuff:
this is ez. it goes back to being a standard elimination bracket, with two brackets (
the WINNERS BRACKET and
the LOSERS BRACKET).
each team plays down their respective brackets, and when there's only one team left on each bracket, they pair off and play eachother for the coveted NUMBA ONE CHAMPION spot.
but mr. tinylobsta, when is all this happening?
good question billy, allow me to enlighten you!
these are the current dates for the tournament. these MAY be subject to change, given enough reason to, and if they are changed, the captains will be notified, and they will notify you.
(all dates are based around a 10 team or less tournament setup)
WINNERS BRACKET SCHEDULE:
round 1
mandalore's team vs tinylobsta's team (tuesday, july 7th, 9:30est)
TINYLOBSTA'S TEAM WON
gpr's team vs ender's team (thursday, july 9th, 9:30est)
ENDER'S TEAM WON
rakuen's team vs melkor's team (friday july, 10th, 9:30est)
RAKUEN'S TEAM WON
bk's team vs gunwarrior's team (saturday, july 11th, 9:30est)
BK'S TEAM WON
round 2
tinylobsta's team (team bnice) vs ender's team (tuesday, july 14th, 9:30est)
ENDER'S TEAM WON
rakuen's team vs team bk (thursday, july 16th, 9:30est)
RAKUEN'S TEAM WON
round 3
team rakuen vs team enders (tuesday, july 21st, 9:30est)
ENDER'S TEAM WON
Round 4 (FINAL ROUND)
team enders vs team GPR (thursday, july 30th, 9:30est)
LOSERS BRACKET aka all the teams who disappeared from the winners bracket:
Round 1 aka the LOSERS BRACKET qualifier stage (qualifies you for the
LOSERS BRACKET):
mandalore's team/representative vs gpr's team/representative
GPR'S REP WON
team melkor vs team gunwarrior (sunday, july 12th, 9:30est)
TEAM MELKOR WON
Round 2:
team melkor vs team gpr (friday, july 17th, 9:30est)
TEAM GPR WON
Round 3:
winner of round 2 goes on to fight against winner of WINNER bracket.
what maps on what rounds
this is pretty straight forward.
during
round 1 in the WINNERS BRACKET, everybody will being playing gravelpit, with standard cevo rules.
this is a stopwatch game. each team defends twice, and attacks twice. at the end of the first attack/defend cycle, teams switch sides.
however, round 1 in the LOSERS BRACKET, the qualifying round, will be played on a diff map, as is specified in the rules of "loser bracket qualifier round".
round 2 will be played on ctf_turbine! whoa! no way!
a ctf map in a penny arcade tournament, what a ridonkulous proposition
yet still, we shall play it! and it will be glorious!
round 3 is gonna have to be either cp_well or cp_freight! rules on cp_well/cp_freight are first to 5 wins, time limit of 60 minutes. if the game ends via timelimit, team with the most points takes it.
and finally, the final map will be announced... at a later date! muaha!
well that's all good, but how are players chosen? huh? tell me that!
a captain system will be used for choosing players.
each captain, starting in a certain order, will choose one player. the next captain will then choose a player, and then the next will choose a player, etc, until every team captain has one player.
this process will repeat itself, until all teams are filled.
so, without further ado, allow me to introduce you to your current team captains!
i'm still looking for more captains, so please, if you want to captain, let me know!
team captains (as of right now):
mandalore #4
GPR #8
Enders #7
Rakuen #2
tiny lobsta #3
Asiina #5
Gunwarrior #6
Melkor #1
so, SIGN UP NOW, for it is go time.
also, when signing up, please specify:
your name ingame
a link to your steamID, ideally
and whether or not you want to be a reserve or a full player.
also, reserve player policy:
sign up in advance to be on the reserve list. players participating in the tournament, either currently playing or eliminated are not eligible to be reserves.
current player roster:
Posts
Bah. Life.
Still I'd love to spectate the matches I can.
mandalore
GPR
Enders
Rakuen
tiny lobsta
Asiina
I shall eventually control all teams in the tournament ensuring my victory & victory for all.
Best out of 2. If there is a tie the winner will be decided by a dance off.
Tofu wrote: Here be Littleboots, destroyer of threads and master of drunkposting.
Sign me up!
In-game nick: Spets
Steam ID web-page: http://steamcommunity.com/id/Spets
Position: Full player
Preferable Classes: Sniper, Heavy, Scout, Soldier
I'll even get a mic hooked up, although I can't promise I'll be consistently audible or that I won't periodically emit horrible demonic static into you hearing holes.
[UEAK]Crash
Full Player
I never work past 6 o'clock, so this will work perfectly.
There has to be more of these.
Sarah 'Bong Rips' Palin
Medic
http://steamcommunity.com/id/sarahpalin2012
Name: The Lord of Hats
Description: I'll be frank. I'm not spectacular. I can play medic with something approaching competence, and the same goes for heavy. I'm not quite as good at pyro, but it's still my favored class, though I tend to play whatever the team needs most. Demoman is my last backup class, though I'm really not good at it (I mostly spam pipes, whenever I use stickies I seem to have a magical ability to attract spies and snipers).
Besides that, I'm terrible at hitting things as a soldier or sniper, I'm terrible at scout, I don't have the level of experience necessary to be a non-terrible spy, and although I'm not entirely terrible as an engineer (I don't know how to do battle engi), it's not a class I'll often switch to.
On the bright side, I'm good at following orders.
Steam ID : http://steamcommunity.com/id/onehattorulethemall
Name in game: Lagnar
Steam ID : http://steamcommunity.com/id/athyn
Position: Full Player
This is far enough away that I should be able to get a new mic in time.
Nickname: Constantly Changes, right now it's--( mmGD ) Bumpin Uglies 24/7
steam ID : http://steamcommunity.com/id/zimfan
as Full Player
Nickname: Elaro
steamID :Elaro
steamID: http://steamcommunity.com/id/rentilius
You're finally signing up for one of these?
http://steamcommunity.com/id/JollyGreenJesus
http://steamcommunity.com/id/goblinking
Steam ID :http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197992852180
I'd like to sign up, but i will not be available to play on the 18th July.
Can i still sign up as a full player, and let a reserve player take my slot if my team gets to that match?
EDIT: actually, i'm not sure if my holiday starts 8th or 18th, im gonna have to check this.
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
Also, Kruber pyros in 8v8 tournaments. is this a good strategy yes/no
Steam info:
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197960550570
full time
how awfully unhelpful this post is.
You need to leave your details moron. Read the OP..
my main classes are: scout, soldier, demo
Can also play: sniper, spy
Don't want to be: engineer, medic, heavy
[W★M]Kreutz
http://steamcommunity.com/id/kreutz
Full-Time Playa
Yeah, I haven't been around for a while but I'm still good enough to take you punks to school. Or something. I hate playing spy, anything else is fine.
Sledgehammer
http://steamcommunity.com/id/Iwannabeyoursledgehammer
Preferably full-time player, if teams are already bloated then I guess reserves
and I main as medic, though I can play engineer or spy
edit: I am unsure if I will be able to make several of the 6:30 times, so barring a change to like 7:30 I'd have to be reserve. Can go to all of the 9:30 ones though so I'm not sure how it would work out
SteamID: in my sig
P.S. $10 says Tyrannus' team is him and 7 medics. Side bet: 4 are Kritz, 3 are Uber.
heh.