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Comp.tf Newbie-Only 6v6 Cup and Wiki Contests

Created 29th July 2013 @ 01:54

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Kaneco

Figured it would be worth it’s own thread. The main thread of the wiki is here

First of all, I just revamped our logo and everything related to our wiki will try to follow the style of the logo. Hope you like it and it looks more professional than the old one!

Let’s start with a small introduction. Comp.tf appeared in it’s final form (a wiki) July 1st. To commemorate 1 month of existence and give back all the amazing support and help I have received I decided to sponsor some stuff in line with comp.tf goals. It will be a win-win situation for everyone, and will help us reach a critical audience which is newbies, people that are starting in competitive tf2 and which are one of the main targets of our site, as well as promoting our wiki in general.


[img]http://i.imgur.com/MXrx73N.png[/img]

So, to start off we will be hosting a 6v6 Newbie-Only Cup.
1 cup for NA teams and 1 cup for EU teams

######### What is Newbie 6v6? #########

Newbie 6v6 is the normal 6v6 competitive format, only played with people new to the competitive metagame, it is used as an introductory level to competitive 6v6.

######### Rules #########

No maximum sign-ups

######### Cup Format #########

Double-elimination or Single-elimination, not decided yet, depending on the number of signups
Bo1 until the semi-finals (this means only 1 map per match)
Bo3 in the finals

######### Cup Date #########

15th September 2013 (Sunday) – Official match times to be decided depending on the number of sign ups.

We intend to start early in the afternoon, probably around 3pm (CEST and EST respectively for the EU and NA cup) and finish before 22:30 (CEST and EST)

######### Sign Ups close #########

13th September 23:59 GMT (01:00 CEST) (19:00 EST)

######### Rulesets, configs and maplist #########

NA tournament will use ESEA S14 ruleset and maplist
EU tournament will use ETF2L S15 ruleset and maplist

######### Player Restrictions #########

No ESEA experience
No ETF2L experience above div6
Maximum of 1 season ETF2L 6v6 experience on div6, and can’t have placed above mid-table
Maximum of 1 season UGC 6v6 experience on Steel maximum
Maximum of 1 season experience on any other leagues on the lowest 6v6 division of that league (ex: wireplay, etc…)
No Highlander experience restriction is set at the moment for this cup but use your judgment wisely, no team made-up of platinum-only HL players will be allowed in the cup.

######### Exceptions #########

Since the original cup date has been postponed from 18th August to 15th September every team that has signed up so far will not suffer the 1 season max experience restriction for any season that started after the original cup date (ie: UGC new 6v6 Season starting early September), other restrictions still apply to these teams
Teams are allowed MAX 1 player per team with:
UGC 6v6 experience on Silver division of 1 season maximum
UGC 6v6 experience on Steel division for more than 1 season
ETF2L experience on div6 for more than 1 season or placed above mid-table

The player in question covered by the player restrictions exceptions should be mentioned on the notes area of the application form.

Each application will be manually reviewed to prevent abuse.
Any teams that do not obey these requisites are subject to have their application denied

These restrictions are in place to ensure this stays a newbie-only cup.

Any teams that have experienced players that do not obey the requisites or are found using alts will be disqualified. If it happens mid-tournament the team will be disqualified and the last match played will be changed to a default loss.

######### Prizes #########

For the 1st placed team in each cup (NA and EU cup):

3-months server
6 keys (to be given to the team leader after the cup)

######### Sign-Up #########

You can sign up for the tournament HERE

Note: If your team doesnt exactly obey the player restrictions above but you think you should be able to play, use the Notes area on the application form and explain why you should be allowed to play and we will review your case.
Suggestions and Discussion

Use the discussion page or post here if you have any suggestion for the rules or the tournament in general, we are receptive to criticism and suggestions.

Keep in mind it's the first time I get myself into something big like this, I expect a lot of headaches but I also accept help from people that have had experience running stuff like this, so if you want to help me out or give me a few tips feel free to add me on steam.

I am accepting sponsors for the servers, at the moment I'm planning on paying for 2, 3 months server prizes myself, but if someone is willing to donate servers or even money to the prize pool I'm open to offers. Just add me on steam to discuss.

Also interested in getting the event casted. Will see how it goes but I will definitely be contacting some people to know if it's doable.

Now, you thought the big news were over? You were wrong.

We have 2 more contests!

[img]http://i.imgur.com/heWmvfX.png[/img]
If our steam group reaches 2000 members we will be raffling away 1 Unusual hat to a random member of it.

So make sure to join and invite all your friends! :)

You can view the unusual for this contest in its full glory here

[img]http://i.imgur.com/FQowgfX.png[/img]
We are giving away another unusual hat even rarer and with a new effect to the most valuable member of our wiki until September 15th, the winner will be announced after the last cup final is disputed. A little incentive to get some more content on our wiki. The prize winner will be decided at our staff team discretion

You can view the unusual for this contest in its full glory here

Amazing thanks to joshi who donated these 2 unusual hats! I am still accepting donations both for the cup and contests prizepool, server / items, whatever donations are welcome :)

If you can pass the word about this tournament and contests I would really appreciate it! We need to get the maximum number of people involved.

That's all for now! As I said above, if you think you can help me out, or even give me some tips, just add me on steam and we'll talk.


Last edited by Kaneco,

fraac

JOHN
CENATION

I would suggest making it no league experience allowed except for the medic. It’s surprisingly easy to create superteams of people with only div6 experience.

Burz

-[MG]-
HL

nice idea, but i’m not sure that a day in the middle of August is the best choice though

Leeroy

ePrem

Can I register a backup players, in case some emergencies? How long will the registration be open?

Kaneco

Update
Signups atm after half a day are not bad, but I expect a lot more from the EU community.
http://i.imgur.com/bqGsBqW.png

Amazing thanks to http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198071145363 joshi who donated 2 unusual hats, now need to decide how to put them to good use, whether the wiki / steam group contest or the tournament prizepool!
http://i.imgur.com/EG2hvPj.png

Quoted from Burz

nice idea, but i’m not sure that a day in the middle of August is the best choice though

Its the only weekend I’m available in August and I really wanted to take the chance of this offseason time for everyone to get some games rolling and casted.

Quoted from Leeroy

Can I register a backup players, in case some emergencies? How long will the registration be open?

Yes. The registration will be open until August 17th probably


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Kaneco

updated the rules on the sign ups, should be a lot clearer. This is to prevent abuse

Spike Himself

TC

Quoted from Kaneco

[img]http://i.imgur.com/7oVLOkp.png[/img]

If you make that image smaller so it fits inside the post, I’ll edit it for you so it actually shows the image. Don’t tell the other admins ;-)

Kaneco

Quoted from Spike Himself

[…]

If you make that image smaller so it fits inside the post, I’ll edit it for you so it actually shows the image. Don’t tell the other admins ;-)

What are you? a wizard? putting images in etf2l posts… I thought that was impossible!

(I actually pasted directly from tf.tv and forgot to remove that image.)

(actually I would love if you can put these 3 images i scaled down on the 1. 2. and 3. points of the original post respectively, I won’t tell other admins of this witchcraft)
http://i.imgur.com/HR3QxQi.png
http://i.imgur.com/JIzULsD.png
http://i.imgur.com/JaPAy00.png

Freddy

I know it’s hard to say yet since you don’t know how many teams will sign up yet, but do you have a possible idea of how late in the night it will end? Because school early monday yo.

Kaneco

Quoted from Freddy

I know it’s hard to say yet since you don’t know how many teams will sign up yet, but do you have a possible idea of how late in the night it will end? Because school early monday yo.

Im gonna try to get this to start from early afternoon-early night for both cups.

I work as well so monday I have to get up at 8 no matter what and I still have to admin the NA cup which will end even later.

Right now we have about 8 teams for each cup but there’s still a lot of days missing for sign ups. I dont think we will get over 20-30 teams for each tournament tho so maximum we will have is 5 games in each tournament for a team probably. Assuming we start at 4pm cest with 1 game per hour (considering 1 map only) by 9pm we will start the last game even with 1 hour break after the semi finals.

In the worst of cases, I think with a Bo3 in the final and a break of 1 hour before the final it will end at about 22:30 cest


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Spike Himself

TC

Don’t edit your post or they will disappear again! :)

Kaneco

Quoted from Spike Himself

Don’t edit your post or they will disappear again! :)

Many thanks! <3 great witchcraft…

Any info on why aren't images allowed on by default on these forums? Or is it added by html or something?

Will make sure to not edit the post, although eventually I will have to update it, at which point I will spam you to death on steam. (not really, but I will try to not update it unless I really have to)

Spike Himself

TC

Quoted from Kaneco

Any info on why aren't images allowed on by default on these forums? Or is it added by html or something?

Because it would become a giant mess :D

Kaneco

main thread updated, we have a new date for the cup (15th september) and we are now giving away 2 unusuals, 1 for each contest .

(ps: spike if you would be so kind to get images again on the thread, its the ones in the bbcode tags, I already changed them for the smaller versions)

Kaneco

Current signup numbers below:

http://i.imgur.com/lvKITW3.png

29 Teams in total, 1 month left for signups to end.

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