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I completly agree with point 2, final match could have been far more enjoyable for everyone if meteor's team wasn't exausted after such a long match and noone can blame them, overall nice flame-free event (for the most part ) will be looking forward for the next one just as long as it doesn't come in such a short notice, could have been more organized, nonthless, great job xb!
(Shortened to the points I like to comment.)Heres my Summary of the first event:
POINT 2: Map extension - My match extended to 6-6 - the match lasted 2hrs +. In the next tournament - Im removing the extension and setting best of 7. This means 1 team gets to pick a extra map, but so be it, Its better then having to replay same maps over and makes the game less tiresome. those that played in this match, dont let it put you off, trial and error - nothings perfect first time. It will definately be better next time.
POINT 3: Again map extension - when the match resumed it resumed with the wrong attack/defence order, well since extension will be removed for next time, it wont be a problem.
Please let me know your thoughts for the next tourny.
BTW Congrats to: Sudeki, Weezy, Ulv, Bossk, Skalman, Cyborg
I would open the signup just a few hours before it starts or keep an early signup but add some kind of confirmation short before it starts. This time it went relatively smooth but once more tourneys get played people will start taking their signup less serious, especially when u can signup days before.
Match length was another obvious problem, imo a best of 5 semi final and a best of 7 final, then have a match for 3rd place as well (dunno if that happened today) would be the best option. This way the tourneys shouldnt take longer than 2-3 hours.
Last thing I would change is the points system, having 1 point for the winning team only is pretty useless imo, could as well just not have a league and host it for fun only then. Imo there should be at least rewards for places 1-3 and maybe even for every map u win + an extra point for every captain. Only thing against this would be more administration work. However, do a little bit of coding and submitting results of every match would be enough information for an automated system.
Apart from that the first match was great, everything else worked out as well although there was some confusion at start. Second match was pretty much useless though, couldnt give Sudeki´s team a good fight anymore.
short notice is cause black ops is around the corner, i dont anticipate much pugging in the near future, so a once in a while pug tourny will be welcome.
I dont have anything against 4v4 personally. If I was captain a situation with 8 players of which only 6 can play would be a far less desirable situation for me. Its pretty much impossible to have everyone play nearly the same amount of maps but still field a winning team + substituting every map makes it kinda hard to get a good teamplay going.
Captains would have to agree on some kind of player rotation to keep maps even (imagine one team sitting their best players while the other team has their worst players sitting on a map or having one captain playing with his best team all the time while another captain keeps rotating). So just for balancing issues I would already play 4vs4 with 16 players + its not really that much fun for people who keep getting substituted every 2 maps.
If it was my cup I would keep teams same size. Which people dont get to play although they signed is disputable. That could be related to signup order (signup gets confirmed once so many people sign after u that a by 4 dividable number is signed, rest is on standby and can replace people who dont turn up), people who aint on irc short before player picking starts get kicked preferably, I guess even asking for volunteers to unsign would work.
I dont have anything against 4v4 personally. If I was captain a situation with 8 players of which only 6 can play would be a far less desirable situation for me. Its pretty much impossible to have everyone play nearly the same amount of maps but still field a winning team + substituting every map makes it kinda hard to get a good teamplay going.
Captains would have to agree on some kind of player rotation to keep maps even (imagine one team sitting their best players while the other team has their worst players sitting on a map or having one captain playing with his best team all the time while another captain keeps rotating). So just for balancing issues I would already play 4vs4 with 16 players + its not really that much fun for people who keep getting substituted every 2 maps.
If it was my cup I would keep teams same size. Which people dont get to play although they signed is disputable. That could be related to signup order (signup gets confirmed once so many people sign after u that a by 4 dividable number is signed, rest is on standby and can replace people who dont turn up), people who aint on irc short before player picking starts get kicked preferably, I guess even asking for volunteers to unsign would work.
Thats something im thinking about. e.g the signup list could show 15 players. 12 are in white text, 3 get listed in green as subs. Once another signs then the number goes to 16 and everyone turns white. if another signs then and its 17 players. the first 16 are white, the last is green (sub) etc
My To Do List:
- Update Match Limit to Best of 7 (Semi-Final and Final) (done)
- Update Scoring System (4 Team Tournament) - 3 Points for Winning Team, 1 Point For 2nd place (done)
- Update Scoring System (2 Team Tournament) - 2 Points for Winning Team (done)
- Update Captain Bonus - +1 instead of x2 (done)
- Add a FAQ
- Update Status page - will be first come first serve signup.
1 week in advance for signups? imo it would be better to announce a pugleague with a 1 week notice but making it so people can only sign 2 days or so before the event to prevent noshows, even with the suspension rule it can be a bitch if someone signs up early and some thing comes up later on in the week.
or make it so you can unsign until 2 days before the event (unless you can already do so), just my 2 cents
Won't sign in just yet since my b'day is in monday, as tradition I plan to go out but not until the wee hours of late sunday, but in case I can't make it I expect you to collect some points for the ub3rs xb
Cyborg, you can unsign anytime before the signup close time