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Events / Fly Casual, Rise Above - Duel Tournament of Champions Ep. VI

« on: May 04, 2015, 07:43:32 PM »

Michael: Juicy's on that ship.
King Dumb: Now don't get jittery, Michael. There are a lot of command ships. Keep your distance, though, Korby, but don't *look* like you're trying to keep your distance.
[Korby barks a question]
King Dumb: *I* don't know. Fly casual.

NEWS:
--New Duel Item Patch: DuelItemPatch-v4c-8.pk3
Change log:
-Centaur Flash removed from Duel.
-Can no longer pick up duplicate Item 1s, Item 2s, or Wire Adaptors.
-Alien skin is no longer silent.
-Rush Marine removed from Duel.
-Thunder Beam can no longer OHKO.
-Mega Ball can no longer OHKO.

Please let me know if you find any bugs in this version, so they can be fixed with great haste. And big thanks to Lego for inspiration for the Mega Ball fix, and Michael for fixing Mega Ball!

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THE COMMENTARY TEAM

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THE BRACKET
Double-elimination. Best-of-3 matches, 10 frag duels. Winners' Finals, Losers' Finals, and Grand Finals are best-of-5.
No deadlines for now, just remember the Activity Clause.

Challonge link: http://challonge.com/duelepisodeVI

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THE POOLS

Challonge link: http://challonge.com/duelepisodeVI/groups
I've never used Challonge pools before. They look nice but the tie breakers are slightly limited so don't necessarily expect the tie breaker columns here to hold exactly. They might though.

Group A: Finished!
1st Place: Michael
2nd Place: Tlp
3rd Place: Rozark Kyouko
4th Place: Cerikeno
5th Place: Mr. Browds

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Group B: Finished!
1st Place: SmashTheEchidna
2nd Place: Audrey
3rd Place: Magnet Dood
4th Place: PandarusK
5th Place (Forfeit): Tengu

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Group C: Finished!
1st Place: Fyone
2nd Place: Watzup7856
3rd Place: Nostalgia
4th Place: Wengar
5th Place: Lego

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Group D: Finished!
1st Place: Sir Juicy
2nd Place: Care Boby
3rd Place: Muzaru
4th Place: Neo (Digimon Next)
5th Place: The Rush

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Group E: Finished!
1st Place: King Dumb
2nd Place: EpsilontheSadBuizel
3rd Place: Venus
4th Place: BlackermanZX
5th Place (Forfeit): Thunder

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Group F: Finished!
1st Place: Kapus
2nd Place: Korby
3rd Place: DanHabiki
4th Place: Gumballtoid
5th Place: Giantmega

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Group G: Finished!
1st Place: Awbawlisk
2nd Place: LlamaHombre
3rd Place: Kraven
4th Place: Skully
5th Place: Kenkoru

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Group H: Finished!
1st Place: EazyDI
2nd Place: SmashBroPlusB
3rd Place: DarkWarlock
4th Place: Laggy Blazko
5th Place: Red

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Group I: Finished!
1st Place: Mendez
2nd Place: Super Raveman
3rd Place: Smunch
4th Place: Berserker
5th Place: AntonioQuirino

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*Credit to Korby for the logo above. Thanks Korby!

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May the Fourth be with you, for the time has come once more, and this time we're pulling out all the stops. If the Duel Tournaments of Champions are a trilogy, then this is RETURN OF THE JEDI. This is...
DUEL TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS EPISODE VI: FLY CASUAL, RISE ABOVE

This is a classical duel tournament, where you will face off against opponents in deadly matches that will eventually crown the new Duel Champion.

There will be two phases to this tournament: a pool phase and a bracket phase. In the pool phase, you must fight each opponent in your group round-robin style; against each opponent in your pool, you must have best-of-3-duels match with fraglimit 5. The pool phase will determine your seeding in the bracket phase, which will be one large, double-elimination bracket, in which you will face opponents in best-of-three, 10 fraglimit matches. The exception to this will be the Winner's Finals, Loser's Finals, and Grand Finals, which will feature best-of-5 sets.

The winner of the Grand Finals will be crowned the new Duel Champion, and will receive the Cutstuff Fighter Medal.

The runner-up of the tournament will receive the Cutstuff Fighter Runner-Up Medal.

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General Rules
1. All games will be played in version v4c of MM8BDM, Zandronum 2.0. All servers used must use the new Duel Item Patch, to be released before the start of the tournament.

2. All matches must be played according to these guidelines:
a) Each set is best 2 out of 3 games, with the exception of Loser's Finals, Winner's Finals, and Grand Finals, which feature best-of-5 sets.
b) Each duel in the Pools Phase is to 5 frags, each duel in the Bracket Phase is to 10 frags.
c) Each player will pick one map, and the third map, if necessary, will be decided upon by mutual agreement.
d) To decide which player picks the first map, EITHER both players agree that one or the other picks first, OR a third party (that is, not either player, unless agreed upon by both players) will toss a coin. Heads means that the player on the TOP of the Challonge match up will pick first. Tails means the player on the BOTTOM of the Challonge match up will pick first.
e) In best-of-5 sets, the first map is agreed upon mutually. From there, the loser of the previous map selects the next map.

3. Map clause.
The following vanilla maps are currently banned:

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The following custom maps may be selected without mutual agreement (this list is comprised of maps that have been in rotation on the Dojo):

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The following maps are open only to mutual agreement:

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4. Servers used for the competition must use the appropriate settings. Of course, I will have at least one server up myself.
a) Crouch OFF
b) Chasecam OFF
c) Forced Respawn ON
d) Skill 2
e) Unlagged OFF
f) Autoaim OFF
g) Drop weapon on death OFF
h) Suicide OFF
i) Spawnfarthest ON
j) Mapvotes ON

5. Server hosts must be able to provide logs of any and all matches if I request them.

6. Duels played on the server of one of the participants (where they have that low, low ping) will only count upon agreement by both players.

7. Cases of lag will be handled on a case-by-case basis. As general rules, lag related to clients’ local machines (ie, other programs, etc.) will not be
excused; lag based on connection issues with the server will be excused in most cases and the appropriate actions will be taken.

8. Activity clause. If a match goes undone for 2 weeks after the match up has been decided, OR if a player is unresponsive for 5 days since they last communicated (with the exception of advanced notice), I reserve the right disqualify the player that has been less active. Being active means communicating with me AND your opponent to set times for matches, and making those scheduled times. Depending on the circumstances I may allow more time, but keep this in mind. I also reserve the right to change these time limits at any time, provided that I notify you all via this thread. In addition, I reserve the right to disqualify a player at any time if they are the less active player of a match up that is stalling the rest of the competition to a significant degree.

9. As always, report all scores here on this thread, preferably with screenshot confirmation and confirmation from both players.

10. As tournament host, I reserve the right to add, remove, or change rules as I see fit to maintain a smooth, functional, and equally fair tournament.

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Sign-Up Form:
In-Game Names:
Ways to Contact (please include all relevant usernames):
Time Zone:
Location (some sense of latitude):
General Times Available (in your timezone):

The deadline to sign up is currently Monday, May 18, 10:00 PM EST (UTC-05:00). I encourage everyone to sign up! Duel tournaments are a great way to improve yourself, and overcoming obstacles is always hype, no matter what your skill level is.

Competitor List:

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But wait, there's more!

Duel Tournament of Champions Commentary Team

I'd love to organize a team of commentators that can record and live commentate. This effort entirely depends on interest and volunteers, so if you're interested please let me know! You can be a commentator and also participate in the tournament, and this is encouraged.

Anyone is welcome to sign up, but there are some criteria you should probably try to meet. After the sign ups close I will announce the commentary team. Of course, we will have multiple commentators, recorders, etc., assuming we get enough qualified sign ups.
1) Obviously, if you want to be on the commentary team, you need to either be willing to speak in a Skype call to actually commentate, OR you must be able to record the match and the Skype call. In other words, you need to be able to do something productive for the commentary team effort, and you need Skype.
2) For commentators, I will prefer people whom I know have experience or knowledge of the game, who are clear and intelligent speakers, and who I know can handle a live commentating situation.
3) For recorders, please be sure you understand how your software of choice works. Of course we will talk later when the time comes.

Commentary Team Sign-Up Form:
In-Game Names:
Ways to Contact (please include all relevant usernames):
Time Zone:
Location (some sense of latitude):
General Times Available (in your timezone):
What do you want to do for the team (commentary, recording, editing(?), etc.):
If recording or editing, please list your software:

This is a new thing I'm trying, so I hope the commentary team can become a cool thing. Of course we'll have to figure things out as we go, but I'm excited. The deadline to sign up for the Commentary Team is currently Monday, May 11, 11:59 PM EST (UTC-05:00).

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As always, please post with any questions, concerns, comments, sign-ups, etc.

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