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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Reptile on Sat, 10 March 2012, 22:19:30
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Geekhack SC2 Tournament sponsored by The Keyboard Company!
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Grand Prize: Filco Camo - Your choice of switch/layout!
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This Tournament is over. Please vote in the poll for the next tournament!!!
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?29355-Geekhack-Tournament-SC2-or-LoL (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?29355-Geekhack-Tournament-SC2-or-LoL)
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Reserved
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woooooo.
it's still single elimination though it looks like? :(
edit:
nvm read the thing about it being BO3 from the start now. ^^
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Wow I wish I played more SC2. I might try just for the hell of it... but don't we have a few top 100 players on the ladder here?
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are there 2nd and 3rd place prizes?
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are there 2nd and 3rd place prizes?
Yes I will add some more I just need to go through my stuff :-)
Novelty keys, SP grab bags etc.
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awesome! can't wait!
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Nice stuff. =)
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HYPE, HYPE, HYPE, I'm going to get rocked.
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aw man i only have 24 post =(
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I missed the last tournament but count me in this one. PM sent!
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I'm signing up too, though I've only played 3 or so team games against AI in the last 4 months.
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it just had to be this weekend... cant make it, one less masters player to deal with u.u gl to everyone
edit: oh ****... just saw the time on it, i'll be exhausted but i'll be able to play trolololol
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Weak! I can't make it this weekend either. This should be streamed!
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Ahh, I don't think I can attend this one unless I'm allowed to delay my first round for 2 hours.
Though based on Rule #3 I'm not allowed to join anyways? :tongue: jkjk
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How about a LoL tourny :)
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How about a LoL tourny :)
Why is LoL taking over all the pro scene?!?
F that. I'm a starcraft hipster
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Lol wins pro scene because it is easier to play at high levels, plus its free and has cute characters so that's 100% more potential fanbase in females...
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Why is LoL taking over all the pro scene?!?
F that. I'm a starcraft hipster
The pro scene is as big as the number of viewers. LoL is easier to play and appeals more towards casuals. They have a larger fanbase. So when you watch IEM. Channel 1 has 100k LoL viewers and Channel 2 has 30k SC2 viewers.
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Thanks Reptile and sponsors!
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The pro scene is as big as the number of viewers. LoL is easier to play and appeals more towards casuals. They have a larger fanbase. So when you watch IEM. Channel 1 has 100k LoL viewers and Channel 2 has 30k SC2 viewers.
Pretty much this.
LoL is a much more casual friendly game. SC2 is stressing for a lot of people to play and (this is no new concept. most commonly referred to as something like "ladder fear") as a result, (and rightfully so) many people don't enjoy playing SC2 .
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LoL?
Oh, you mean easy mode DotA
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ladder fear
Yeah. This is why most of my noob friends stopped playing.
Oh, you mean easy mode DotA
^ Hopefully DotA 2 gains some popularity.
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Hopefully DotA 2 gains some popularity.
I need a beta key!!!! :P
Until then I have SC2!
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I used to play SC2 very competitively. I play hard, long nights and fun. I now play LoL. And I still feel that same frustration and competitiveness. Neither are easy. LoL is not for casual people. Im a gamer, not a casual gamer and i still play LoL.
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I used to play SC2 very competitively. I play hard, long nights and fun. I now play LoL. And I still feel that same frustration and competitiveness. Neither are easy. LoL is not for casual people. Im a gamer, not a casual gamer and i still play LoL.
Brah, competitive yeah right! You mean playing in the bronze and silver league?
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Brah, competitive yeah right! You mean playing in the bronze and silver league?
Hes my brother, he doesnt even know how to play sc2. I was stuck in silver yes. But I was plat or above.
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WHY I NO POST MORE
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Not feelin that belshir beach staring map...
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Everyone who PM'd me should have received a code. Let me know if you haven't!
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Everyone who PM'd me should have received a code. Let me know if you haven't!
I didn't get one yet.
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Not feelin that belshir beach staring map...
Bel'Shir Beach is fine, at least it's being used in the GSL map pool.
Can't say the same for MLG Testbug, which hasn't been in a rotation for almost two years (early June 2011). Same thing goes for GSL Crevasse (July 2011). Xel'Naga Fortress is a lot more recent, but still dated (October 2011). I'd highly suggest removing those three maps from the pool. ESV Cloud Kingdom is a map that's found its way to the official ladder, except this version has the badass Space Shark. Let's use that instead.
Throwing in a suggestion for a complete map pool again as I did last tournament (post got deleted in the whole GH forum debacle):
ESV Cloud Kingdom
GSL Bel'Shir Beach (Winter)
GSL Crossfire SE
GSL Metropolis
MLG Antiga Shipyard
MLG Daybreak
MLG Dual Sight
MLG Entombed Valley
MLG Shakuras Plateau
Merging the most recent GSL and MLG map pools again. After playing the specified map of the round, the loser gets to pick any of the maps from the following map pool. No map cannot be played twice in the same series.
Also, here's how I would set the maps:
Round 1, Bo3: GSL Bel'Shir Beach (Winter)
Round 2, Bo3: ESV Cloud Kingdom
Round 3, Bo3: MLG Shakuras Plateau
Quarters, Bo5: MLG Dual Sight
Semis, Bo5: GSL Crossfire SE
Finals, Bo7: GSL Metropolis
Just a friendly suggestion. Thanks again for putting together another amazing tournament. Shoutout to KeyboardCo for the awesome prize.
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i'm in!! :D
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Can someone explain what SC2 and LoL are? I watched some youtube videos of SC2 and it looked kind of like Ultima II.
Are these commercial games or free downloads? Windoze only, or Mac/Linux/iPad too?
Wouldn't a more appropriate geekhack competition be playing Trivia in IRC? ;-)
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SC 2 = Star Craft II = http://sea.blizzard.com/en-sg/games/sc2/ RTS (Real Time Strategy) - was $99 now im sure cheaper.. Think, build base, build loads of units, smash enemys base and units.
LoL = League of Legends = http://leagueoflegends.com/ MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena, an abandoned term created by Riot Games to describe the Action real-time strategy genre.) F2P aka Free to play. But you can buy a pack of the game ( I'd recommend this, that unlocks a good chunk of the 73* ? odd characters) pack are reasonably priced. ~$30US This is a 5v5 style game. Controlling one character and working with team mates to kill the enemies base. There is also a 3v3 map which is quite fun, and quite a bit shorter (timewise) think 20min games. And late last year LoL released a new map, which is what I solely play now, called Dominion. This is the business. 25 min games tops! 5 capture points. (think arathi basin in WoW) and it's instant action (team fighting) right from the get go, which I love!
That sum it up?
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Sorry for threadcrapping..
But came in here to say, I'd love to have a game with someone who is half decent @ SC2, as I suck! I used to play SC back in the day, and did quite well. (Zealot rush, marine rush, carrier rush etc) but suck hard on the teching, and timing in SC2 and there were just too many other games out at the time of its release for me to really pay it much mind. But I really did enjoy SC!
Add me if you're keen to show a noob a few fun rush strats etc.. Suprsmo
Annd Rhompa on League of Legends, NA (north america)
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I'm willing to lend my NA Account for caps to any eu player btw. :D
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aww bummer! Can we have a vote to postpone this tourny until Saturday the 24th? That's when final ends and spring break starts for many people. That would be a better choice than to play instead of studying for finals haha.
Either way, count me in, registration code needed :D
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As long as I don't get pvp in my first match this will be fun
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starting on belshir for pvp is promoting 4 gates... should never start on a map like that, its like saying okay lets start on tal darim... and test bug i ahve experience on from the csl and its not a bad map...
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I didn't get one yet.
You should have one now.
Bel'Shir Beach is fine, at least it's being used in the GSL map pool.
Can't say the same for MLG Testbug, which hasn't been in a rotation for almost two years (early June 2011). Same thing goes for GSL Crevasse (July 2011). Xel'Naga Fortress is a lot more recent, but still dated (October 2011). I'd highly suggest removing those three maps from the pool. ESV Cloud Kingdom is a map that's found its way to the official ladder, except this version has the badass Space Shark. Let's use that instead.
Throwing in a suggestion for a complete map pool again as I did last tournament (post got deleted in the whole GH forum debacle):
Just a friendly suggestion. Thanks again for putting together another amazing tournament. Shoutout to KeyboardCo for the awesome prize.
Thanks I updated tournament with your suggestion as it worked out last time. Most of the ones I picked were from memories of epic games as I have not been up to date with current GSL maps. Thanks!
aww bummer! Can we have a vote to postpone this tourny until Saturday the 24th? That's when final ends and spring break starts for many people. That would be a better choice than to play instead of studying for finals haha.
Either way, count me in, registration code needed :D
The 24th is my birthday :-) If someone would like to create a poll or something to see if a week later would work better for people let me know because I have no issue either way.
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SC 2 = Star Craft II = http://sea.blizzard.com/en-sg/games/sc2/ RTS (Real Time Strategy) - was $99 now im sure cheaper.. Think, build base, build loads of units, smash enemys base and units.
starcraft 2 was never 100 dollars, started at 60
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starting on belshir for pvp is promoting 4 gates... should never start on a map like that, its like saying okay lets start on tal darim... and test bug i ahve experience on from the csl and its not a bad map...
Agreed, GSL_Bel'shir Beach (Winter) is too 4 gate friendly, there no uphill ramp and you cannot block the opening with one force field.
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Agreed, GSL_Bel'shir Beach (Winter) is too 4 gate friendly, there no uphill ramp and you cannot block the opening with one force field.
Which one has the high ground area?
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Agreed, GSL_Bel'shir Beach (Winter) is too 4 gate friendly, there no uphill ramp and you cannot block the opening with one force field.
Which one has the high ground area?
Bel'Shir does have an uphill ramp and high ground, but it's at the natural. It also takes more than one forcefield to block off that ramp successfully. Yeah, PvPs will most likely be a 4WG fest on that map. TBH, I would 4WG there too.
Crossfire SE is also a tough map for anyone but Zerg. The rush distances are faaaaaaar. Expansions are easy to take for a Zerg player, so you can pretty much drone hard then spam units like a boss. It's better now that the gold minerals have been removed from this map as well as all maps; IMO Blizzard should remove gold minerals entirely, but that's just me.
I wouldn't prefer BSB and Crossfire as starting maps TBH, but I was trying to keep the maps in accordance with Reptile's setup and not try to completely overhaul the thing as it is his tournament. It's up to him as to whether or not he wants to make those changes.
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As long as I don't get pvp in my first match this will be fun
I love PvP lol, I play Protoss for that matchup <3
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you could always just keep the same map pool and just make the starting map for round 1 daybreak and make round 5 antiga... just allow veto's.i think we can all agree those two maps are quite a bit more balanced (in terms of more matchups) than crossfire and belshir, but at this rate idk if thre will be a round 1. I definitely feel that crossfire starting map in semi finals is a really poor choice...
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starcraft 2 was never 100 dollars, started at 60
Sadly in Australia it was $100 in quite a few stores (lowest being 90), $150 for the collectors edition.
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I love PvP lol, I play Protoss for that matchup <3
I don't see you signed up! :spy:
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Sadly in Australia it was $100 in quite a few stores (lowest being 90), $150 for the collectors edition.
Cheers Mickd.. thought I got rorted for a bit..
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Sadly in Australia it was $100 in quite a few stores (lowest being 90), $150 for the collectors edition.
wow that's sick extortion
maybe if less than 16 to 24 people register, make it double elim and then we can get plenty of games to play?
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I am disappoint that I didn't see round one. Was the post requirement around for the first round as well? If so then it's kind of moot point, but still.
PM sent.
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6 protoss, 3 terran, and 2 zerg signed up so far... is Geekhack really protoss? This makes me the disappoint.
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sent a pm but I haven't got the code to enter the z33k page yet! :o
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I would love to sign up but it looks like I'll have to raise my post count by Saturday!
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Everyone who messaged me should have a reply with a code.
Need MOAR people! Don't be scared guys I will be giving out novelty keys for best plays, epic games, etc. Win or lose! :thumb:
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Need MOAR people! Don't be scared guys I will be giving out novelty keys for best plays, epic games, etc. Win or lose! :thumb:
The only thing that scares me is 2am CET START :(
When would be my last chance to join this?
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The only thing that scares me is 2am CET START :(
When would be my last chance to join this?
I think it is open until about 15 minutes after the start. I enabled latecomers.
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Would love to join but I don't even meet half the post requirements...Maybe I should start posting instead of lurking.
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Don't even meet a fifth of the post requirements, so sad I can't join. Maybe next time. ;)
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That sucks, just joined today :\
good luck to everyone whos participating!
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Sigh... Belshir Beach....
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Almost at 50 post ~
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Don't even meet a fifth of the post requirements, so sad I can't join. Maybe next time. ;)
That sucks, just joined today :\
good luck to everyone whos participating!
Well guys, post enough to join the next one eh? = )
50 comes really fast if you start participating/contributing in the community
Welcome to Geekhack!
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Are you participating hazeluff? You're from the EU. Or do you have a NA/SA account?
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Are you participating hazeluff? You're from the EU. Or do you have a NA/SA account?
I was the first to be registered in z33k for this tourney = )
I have NA/SEA/EU ; p
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hrm. how many people registered last time? i forget;
seems like we are a bit short on people
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perfect chance for double elim
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pfft namkung's gonna win anyways:rant:
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So will this still happen in 2 days? or maybe postpone it until the March 24th weekend to gather more players? AND also in honor of the host's birthday on the 24th? :D
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speaking of birthday my birthday is in 1.5 hours :peace:
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hrm. how many people registered last time? i forget;
seems like we are a bit short on people
I also think there where a few more.
I'm most likely going to join this but will do it spontaneously.
speaking of birthday my birthday is in 1.5 hours :peace:
Happy birthday then! :D
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Ugh
I should have just made an account from the start instead of spending so much time lurking. ;;
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there were 22 signed up last time so not much difference atm...
we can always do double elim but I think it will be good to go with like few more ppl
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speaking of birthday my birthday is in 1.5 hours :peace:
Hey dude happy birthday :D
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Ready to get crushed! lolol
At least I will have fun :D
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Alright, I plan to have 50 posts by the tomorrow (thanks to the offtopic forum!) so I can participate.
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Wait... what? We have a grandmaster participating?
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And we're all ready to get our ass kicked by him!
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ofc he would be zerg u.u... pvz so imba
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Guys, better start thinking what you can do to win some keycaps for the most interesting games instead ;)
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Spinecrawlers of demotivation <3
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Damn first GrandMasters player!
I should make the winner give me lessons :hail:
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Maybe we should do a rock-paper-scissors tourney instead?
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I'd totally win.
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damn who's the grandmaster !?!?
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damn who's the grandmaster !?!?
I don't know but I have another REASON to lose... :heh:
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I'm willing to give out coaching if any of the protosses want it (free obv). I'm one of the masters players.
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I'm willing to give out coaching if any of the protosses want it (free obv). I'm one of the masters players.
Awesome! I will probably take you up on this.
I honestly haven't played any 1v1's since the last tournament lol. Any other people would like to do some practice games tonight get in the geekhack channel!
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Wish I could play, but won't have enough posts. Will chill out in the geekhack channel though.
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You can always built up 50 posts in my subforum sticky.
I won't tell anybody.
You are my hero.
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You can always built up 50 posts in my subforum sticky.
I won't tell anybody.
Hey! some guy already tried that and fellow geekhackers told me. You can't cheat to get 50 posts!
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even though I'm in gm, I haven't played any sc2 recently lol...
I've been playing waaaay too much Mass Effect 3 and I was also on a trip :/
I'm also willing to give free lessons for fellow geekhackers when I'm not too busy :wave:
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I haven't played SC2 since September and I was low diamond/high plat back then. Maybe we can settle this with rock-paper-scissors? Pretty please?
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Also,the GM player is from Korea. Just give him the KB already...
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anyone can make their flag korean... is reason korean?
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Reason, are you ZergZingZing?
http://www.twitch.tv/mentalbreaker
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Happy to have a GM GeekHacker but sad my chances of winning went from 5% to 1% -__-
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anyone can make their flag korean... is reason korean?
Yes I'm Korean... but, being a Korean does not automatically make you better at Starcraft! :rofl:
I have plenty of Korean friends who are in Bronze and Silver
Reason, are you ZergZingZing?
http://www.twitch.tv/mentalbreaker
Yea, I'm ZergZingZing o_o... Do you watch my stream!? :thumb:
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And now I can be entered! Yay.
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Reason speaks the truth. I am korean and I suck at sc2 :D
Luckily, i have around 30+ posts till I can even think about playing here
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I got to get my post's up :) Looks like fun, if I can't make this one I will most definitively be at the next one. Cool prize too, thanks for hosting.
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Yea, I'm ZergZingZing o_o... Do you watch my stream!? :thumb:
I do now, thanks.
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Hello will try to join!
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Well that's if I have enough posts by then. TT
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Didn't think I would need to add the rule that SPAM posts won't get you in.
Updated OP ;-)
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Reptile, check your PMs!
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Reptile, check your PMs!
Never got anything from you!
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Never got anything from you!
Excuse me?...
[ATTACH=CONFIG]44557[/ATTACH]
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Never got anything from you!
I sent you a pm
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so much epic starcraft to watch today...
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What time is it...Im in GMT so no freaking idea...tho from the looks of this quiet thread, its not time yet.
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just under 3 hours away
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2:45 left...
I better get that PM ;_;
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2:45 left...
I better get that PM ;_;
PM sent!
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Yes 2 hour and 45 minutes until the tournament starts! BUT my dolch auction only has 30 minutes left, go check it out! :thumb:
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?28390-AUCTION-Dolch-PAC65-Keyboard (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?28390-AUCTION-Dolch-PAC65-Keyboard)
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PM sent!
I don't know WHY you aren't getting my PMs but I'm in now, thanks.
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Is there somebody who'll stream it?
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Is there somebody who'll stream it?
If you guys let me spec your games, I'll stream in 720p (and anyone that wants to contact me on Skype can co-commentate).
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If you guys let me spec your games, I'll stream in 720p (and anyone that wants to contact me on Skype can co-commentate).
We tried casting last time. Ended up in a lot of talk about keyboards and not much SC2. Just sayin. It was fun tho = D I don't mind casting if I get knocked out.
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We tried casting last time. Ended up in a lot of talk about keyboards and not much SC2. Just sayin. It was fun tho = D I don't mind casting if I get knocked out.
Let's do this - let's not cast the first round. I'm pretty sure I'll get knocked out first round, so then it'll be easy to cast.
Feel free to join in if you get knocked out, or if you're not playing a match.
We'll try to keep it SC-related :3
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Let's do this - let's not cast the first round. I'm pretty sure I'll get knocked out first round, so then it'll be easy to cast.
Feel free to join in if you get knocked out, or if you're not playing a match.
We'll try to keep it SC-related :3
I'll try ; p Can't wait.
Anyone want to do some 4v4 monobattles for warmup? I'll start one up after a quick shower. If not enough people just sopme 4v4 ladder trolling?
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I'll try ; p Can't wait.
Cool :3
PM'd Skype account because it's a personal account.
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Yeah I'm down to do some team games until it starts.
I streamed last time and I think it worked well. http://www.twitch.tv/acidextraction (http://www.twitch.tv/acidextraction)
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Oh, and mine is
http://www.twitch.tv/yttriumtyclief
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own3d > twitch !
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own3d > twitch !
If you tell me how to set up FMLE with O3D then I could do that.
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Anyone who wants to have some casual warmup, get in SC2 NOW! GEEKHACK CHANNEL!
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awesome tournament prize!! I wish I could enter, I have alot of fun failing in the GiantBomb sc2 tournaments :P
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15 minutes until check-in 30 minutes until tournament starts!
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Where do I check in. Going to be on my PC in 15 min
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Guess you have the winner already.. plays high master on KR :D
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Check in on the z33k page!!!
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Hey somehow my PW changed, I can't log in
edit: nm, sent a pw reset to my email.
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I just checked in, where is everyone at?
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In the Geekhack channel in game.
Also:
http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/AcidExtraction
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Stream is up!!
http://www.twitch.tv/acidextraction (http://www.twitch.tv/acidextraction)
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Good luck everyone! Sorry I couldn't participate on his one!
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Finishing Sunday!
3PM PST
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http://www.twitch.tv/yttriumtyclief
hes singing!
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really.
REALLY.
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Finishing Sunday!
3PM PST
i thought it was 2 mdt... 3 pst is so late
yeah i have a league to bowl in tonight and i have a midterm tomorrow anyway so i guess i'll FF the rest of my matches...
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I can't play tonight, either. I have some group project stuff I have to work on at school.. Was kind of expecting it to finish last night..
If the losers' bracket sorts itself out, let me know: I should be able to play during the week.
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i guess i'll just reluctantly have to take the first place via walkover =P jk.
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I'll join the next one. I gave up games for Lent. :P
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Finals Starting!
Stream is UP!
http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/acidextraction (http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/acidextraction)
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GRAND FINALS BEST OF 7!
Rumudiez VS. Reason:fencing:
http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/acidextraction (http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/acidextraction)
Starting NOW!
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(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/618nfaxx3eL._AA1200_.jpg)
Reason is the Winner!!! Great selection on the Brown switches!!!
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Congrats! Hopefully I can make it into the next tourney. Just need to start practicing...
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Ummm, Reason and I haven't played our final set yet? If he got to play his losers' bracket matches, then I want to play my one.. If you're reverting it to single elimination in the grand finals, then I won last night when the tourney was supposed to end in the first place.
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Ummm, Reason and I haven't played our final set yet? If he got to play his losers' bracket matches, then I want to play my one.. If you're reverting it to single elimination in the grand finals, then I won last night when the tourney was supposed to end in the first place.
You said you couldn't play, and said you'd forfeit the remaining games if you lost to Zing. And we tried to arrange the remaining games... That's what I remember. Is there some misunderstanding?
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I never said I'd forfeit... From my point of view, I accommodated his forfeit on Saturday night and waited until today to play, even pushing back my meeting an hour. I would expect at the least the same courtesy done to me.
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Sorry for the confusion Rumudiez. I thought you said that you could not play and therefore forfeited the 2nd set of the finals. I am sure Reason will agree to set up a time sometime this week. Just post it in the thread so we can cast it! :-)
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In the Geekhack channel chat, right before our 5th match I'm sure you said that I could take the series if I won that game because you weren't able to play after. (like what hazeluff said)
and I never forfeited on Saturday... Reptile and everyone agreed that it was too late and were going to play on Sunday.
The Round 6 games weren't even played on Saturday which would haven't even given me any opponents for Round 7 or Round 8 of Loser's Bracket.
Not sure why you are trying to take back what you've said after leaving the tournament.
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Verifying what was said - I distinctly remember Rumudiez saying something along the lines of "If ZingZing wins this round then he can take the tournament as I can't play until Thursday".
We were debating it a bit in the stream, which has a saved log on Twitch.TV. Check it out if you want.
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Someone fire up the recording of last night and see what was written.
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Will do when I get home.
A quick overview shows the chat starting at around 4:15:00 in the second video.
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what league are you Reason? (just curious :P)
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what league are you Reason? (just curious :P)
He's ZergZingZing. A GM.
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LOL fair enoug then, I guess I never need to worry about trying to get enough posts to enter one of these things then :P
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Don't forget that prizes are awared (iirc, keycaps) for astounding plays, even if you don't win (SPOILER: ex: that amazing nydus surprise in the grand finals).
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thats pretty cool.. though I'm a long way off 50 posts anyways... are there vods of the games?
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Yeah, check the OP, the stream channel has them.
Not all of them are there though (namely the ones Reptile played and ones later Saturday night, when I was streaming) because they're on my channel... or at least, were on my channel...
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transcription from the chat log directly following game 4 on shakuras plateau:
[GAME 4 ENDS]
Rumudiez: i gotta go after this game =/
Hazeluff: = O
Reptile: :-(
Hazeluff: Delay our finals?!
Rumudiez: TT
yttrium: ;_;
yttrium: that sucks
Hazeluff: = (
ZergZingZing: :/
no
mang
ZergZingZing: belshir beach
Hazeluff: Zing please win so there are no complications? = 3
ZergZingZing: ok
ill try
xD
Hazeluff: and we play the "final" finals 2morrow
Rumudiez: lol
ZergZingZing: ?
whats final finals
yttrium: if zing wins
the next set has to be played
see
nolliepoper: Can I obs?
yttrium: here's how these work
Rumudiez: im busy tomorrow, he can just take the win if i lose
yttrium: there's a BO7
...alright
Hazeluff: it's some weird double elim rule ...
yttrium: yeah
the normal rule is
there's BO7 of the winner finalist and loser finalist
and if the loser finalist wins that BO7
they have to play another BO7
if the winner wins that, then he wins
so if the winner wins either BO7 he wins
ZergZingZing: but loser finalist dont have to win another b07 in usual mlgs
yttrium: if the loser wins both BO7s he wins
ZergZingZing: its like bo3
usually
yttrium: yeah
Rumudiez: true
yttrium: MLG is the only league that doesn't do this
ZergZingZing: w/e
yttrium: most others like NASL do
ZergZingZing: lets go
Rumudiez: either way, we should start i raelly gotta go =P
yttrium: a'ight
gl hf
[GAME 5 BEGINS]
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Yeah, check the OP, the stream channel has them.
Not all of them are there though (namely the ones Ripster played and ones later Saturday night, when I was streaming) because they're on my channel... or at least, were on my channel...
Calling me Ripster? Don't know if insult or compliment...
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Calling me Ripster? Don't know if insult or compliment...
ACCIDENT! SORRY!
but take it as a compliment
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Compliment.
lol jk Ripster. Remember I voted for you!
I knew you would be first to reply...
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SC 2 = Star Craft II = http://sea.blizzard.com/en-sg/games/sc2/ RTS (Real Time Strategy) - was $99 now im sure cheaper.. Think, build base, build loads of units, smash enemys base and units.
LoL = League of Legends = http://leagueoflegends.com/ MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena, an abandoned term created by Riot Games to describe the Action real-time strategy genre.) F2P aka Free to play. But you can buy a pack of the game ( I'd recommend this, that unlocks a good chunk of the 73* ? odd characters) pack are reasonably priced. ~$30US This is a 5v5 style game. Controlling one character and working with team mates to kill the enemies base. There is also a 3v3 map which is quite fun, and quite a bit shorter (timewise) think 20min games. And late last year LoL released a new map, which is what I solely play now, called Dominion. This is the business. 25 min games tops! 5 capture points. (think arathi basin in WoW) and it's instant action (team fighting) right from the get go, which I love!
That sum it up?
Brilliant! Thank you. I can't throw more money at games. Will the geekhack game be playable with the free version?
The FREE Starter Edition of StarCraft II gives you access to the first five missions of the Wings of Liberty single-player campaign, as well as an additional selection of single and multiplayer options.
At any time, you can upgrade this Starter Edition to the full version of StarCraft II to unlock twenty four new single player missions, two new multiplayer races, and numerous additional units and features.
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Brilliant! Thank you. I can't throw more money at games. Will the geekhack game be playable with the free version?
The FREE Starter Edition of StarCraft II gives you access to the first five missions of the Wings of Liberty single-player campaign, as well as an additional selection of single and multiplayer options.
At any time, you can upgrade this Starter Edition to the full version of StarCraft II to unlock twenty four new single player missions, two new multiplayer races, and numerous additional units and features.
No I think that is more talking of the demo for Starcraft 2. But league of legends is free!!!
I might host a league tournament here as well but organizing teams might take some time.
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Brilliant! Thank you. I can't throw more money at games. Will the geekhack game be playable with the free version?
The FREE Starter Edition of StarCraft II gives you access to the first five missions of the Wings of Liberty single-player campaign, as well as an additional selection of single and multiplayer options.
At any time, you can upgrade this Starter Edition to the full version of StarCraft II to unlock twenty four new single player missions, two new multiplayer races, and numerous additional units and features.
There are only a few maps that you can do with the Starter Edition. It would probably be good to try though as the game really is a lot of fun. The tournament(custom) maps are not available during the trial. I tested it earlier on my trial account that I used to have.
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Now someone go through the VODs AFTER the fifth game and see where Reptile and I agreed that if it is within this week, my losers' bracket matches shall be played. I'm sorry I'm busy until Thursday and do not mean to extend the tournament, but I do want the tournament to complete itself. Afterall, if Reason didn't get his loser bracket matches, he wouldn't be in the finals to begin with.
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The smell of drama is in the air
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sc2 was $99? what on earth..
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On release, it retailed for $59.99.
Where was it $99?
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Australia it was 100 AUD, which is pretty much equal (if not greater now) than the usd.
in the long run idk if there should be drama over the lack of organization or the willingness to take the free win here... granted people would still have to go through me and namkung in the losers bracket too...
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Australia it was 100 AUD, which is pretty much equal (if not greater now) than the usd.
in the long run idk if there should be drama over the lack of organization or the willingness to take the free win here... granted people would still have to go through me and namkung in the losers bracket too...
Well I agree organization was a little wonky. Keep in mind we voted to have double elimination 5 minutes before the tournament started to give everyone more games. I still don't know if Rumudiez fully understood that he was forfeiting his games and that is why I said I wouldn't mind for them to play again.
BUT looking at the chat logs from starcraft it is kind of a hard argument.
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It was fun. Will we have another tournament?
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It was fun. Will we have another tournament?
Yes,
Sponsored by another favorite company of the site. WASD!
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Dibs on casting.
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Dibs on Losing in the first 2 rounds and then casting.
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Same.
Dammit Rumu!
I'll see what I can do about my mic input (the volumes are all off), which should allow us to have a much better stream.
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I can cast in Russian. This sure will make it an intentional event. GSL, here we come
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We need to prepare organization before the next tournament.
Have a designated organizer that communicates with the players and determines the matches that get cast, preferable higher and even leveled instead of random matches from the losers brackets.
The casters being Diamond or higher in 1v1 would be ideal. This will help with map awareness fore those multiple battle situations and drops won't be missed either.
They need to focused on the the task of casting so we don't miss any battles, and they won't be busy on a second monitor while the stream's camera idles on an uneventful spot of the map.
The caster should never zoom in and out and always have health bars on.
Both casters should not be entered in the tourney so we don't miss the better matches and have to watch their own games.
We should have only one channel for the stream so it will cause less confusion and this will be possible if the caster isn't in the tourney.
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We need to prepare organization before the next tournament.
Have a designated organizer that communicates with the players and determines the matches that get cast, preferable higher and even leveled instead of random matches from the losers brackets.
The casters being Diamond or higher in 1v1 would be ideal. This will help with map awareness fore those multiple battle situations and drops won't be missed either.
They need to focused on the the task of casting so we don't miss any battles, and they won't be busy on a second monitor while the stream's camera idles on an uneventful spot of the map.
The caster should never zoom in and out and always have health bars on.
Both casters should not be entered in the tourney so we don't miss the better matches and have to watch their own games.
We should have only one channel for the stream so it will cause less confusion and this will be possible if the caster isn't in the tourney.
Are you volunteering?
JK I could do this but it would require me to be more of a **** with match start times etc.
I would love if someone could volunteer to do the streaming / camera action because I obviously suck.
Next tournament will be one day/night start to finish as well to avoid any issues like we had this time.
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I don't know about what nollie said. I definitely think the thing needs to be organized better. But I still think our tourney is for fun. It's nice to have a dedicated caster, but it'd be fun to just have people come and go on the stream and chat/cast.
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We need to prepare organization before the next tournament.
Have a designated organizer that communicates with the players and determines the matches that get cast, preferable higher and even leveled instead of random matches from the losers brackets.
The casters being Diamond or higher in 1v1 would be ideal. This will help with map awareness fore those multiple battle situations and drops won't be missed either.
They need to focused on the the task of casting so we don't miss any battles, and they won't be busy on a second monitor while the stream's camera idles on an uneventful spot of the map.
The caster should never zoom in and out and always have health bars on.
Both casters should not be entered in the tourney so we don't miss the better matches and have to watch their own games.
We should have only one channel for the stream so it will cause less confusion and this will be possible if the caster isn't in the tourney.
I'll try my best to get this set up - and dedicate time so that I won't have anything to do off-screen. When I am working off-screen I'll set it to the other caster's camera.
I won't enter the tournament then, I guess.
I always keep health bars on, and I'll definitely work on other things like proper tabs (production etc).
I do generally have good map awareness.
Are you volunteering?
JK I could do this but it would require me to be more of a **** with match start times etc.
I would love if someone could volunteer to do the streaming / camera action because I obviously suck.
Next tournament will be one day/night start to finish as well to avoid any issues like we had this time.
I'll volunteer. I suggest doing it on a Friday night to guarantee no issues.
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I'll try my best to get this set up - and dedicate time so that I won't have anything to do off-screen. When I am working off-screen I'll set it to the other caster's camera.
I won't enter the tournament then, I guess.
I always keep health bars on, and I'll definitely work on other things like proper tabs (production etc).
I do generally have good map awareness.
I'll volunteer. I suggest doing it on a Friday night to guarantee no issues.
I might consider be on the staff side and be obs. I feel like I've got pretty decent awareness. I am diamond.
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Yes, I agree that the goal of these tournaments should be to have fun but we have been shown some unexpected talent come out of the players who entered.
Which in return, has created some really competitive matches and there shouldn't be any reason that we can't have decent casting coincide with those games.
I'll try my best to get this set up - and dedicate time so that I won't have anything to do off-screen. When I am working off-screen I'll set it to the other caster's camera.
This is what I was mentioning earlier, any work that needs to be done should not be the casters responsibility. Therefore, the caster can give one hundred percent attention to the current game.
I do generally have good map awareness.
I want to believe you but we missed too many battles and drops.
Depending on when the next tourney is and I'm available, I will volunteer the day to helping the tourney run more smoothly
My computer cannot stream the matches I could prove valuable as a caster to help point of anything missed and talk about the match ups during calm parts of the game.
Whoever the casters may be, they should also be active in 1v1's during the current season.
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All of the bad camera action was from me. A few times I selected to put it on another casters view while I was doing things but it didn't stick every time.
yttrium's stream is a little better quality than mine and I think he will be good to stream/cast the games.
I can do the z33k stuff since I am familiar with the site and could have the tournament structure in place before the start.
Now the big question is when do you guys want the next one to start? I will also start a new thread about 3 weeks before the start vs. the 1 - 1/2 weeks as before.
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I'll handle the stream - if you would like to cast I don't see a problem with that.
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How often do these tourneys come up? I'm hoping to have 50+ posts by then... (and hopefully courageous enough to even try)
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About a month apart.
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Hmm. April 6th or 13th (Fridays) might be a good time for the tournament - it goes into Saturday so that games can be finished up, which shouldn't be a busy day for most people.
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Hmm. April 6th or 13th (Fridays) might be a good time for the tournament - it goes into Saturday so that games can be finished up, which shouldn't be a busy day for most people.
Friday the 13th would be cool :scared:
As long as it isn't on the 20th I got plans... :hat:
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The 6th would be the best for me as I'm free that entire week, but I could do the 13th.
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I don't know my schedule. One weekend I'll be out of town. But yeah. 6/13th doesn't sound bad. Tho I reckon we should space out these tourneys every 2 months.
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Rep, I think we should discuss the specifics over Skype later today - figure out what date is best, plan the bracket system, pick maps, etc etc.
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Let's not take these things too seriously. They should be casual community events IMO. That said, since there are sweet prizes on the line we should be clear about the rules, forfeiting, etc. But I don't think we need to worry too much about the casting. For something like this it's fun to have a bunch of people rotate in and just talk and joke casually, with frequent diversions into keyboard talk.
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Oh I totally agree, but I'll try to keep the stream actually usable - it was pretty bad last time. No planning or anything.
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Are players here in GM? I'm trying to discern how much ownage I'm willing to take up the hole before jumping in next round.
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Are players here in GM? I'm trying to discern how much ownage I'm willing to take up the hole before jumping in next round.
Lots of diamond and master, some plat, some gold, one Korean GM.
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one GM to rule them all....
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Well I was going to make a poll to do SC2 or League Of Legends for the next tournament but I am failing. How do you make a poll? lol
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^ I think you can do this only in the poll subforum and then post a link to it in here
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^ I think you can do this only in the poll subforum and then post a link to it in here
Thanks poll is UP!
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?29355-Geekhack-Tournament-SC2-or-LoL (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?29355-Geekhack-Tournament-SC2-or-LoL)