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DsT-Napoleon
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thezanursic
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TehRei
Sweden261 Posts
On June 13 2013 12:32 DsT-Napoleon wrote: Sounds like you have given this a lot of thought and have some pretty good ideas of what you want. My opinion is that you should consider a team league to fill the void left by no more gambits cup. Also this would allow for a set of 2v2 to add some variety. Best of luck!! On June 14 2013 06:10 thezanursic wrote: With GC gone do you guys have any plans of organizing/sponsoring a teamleague of your own? SBWI sponsoring a team league is not completely unrealistic, but it's also something that needs to be discussed internally before any decision is made. You might be wondering what "discussed internally" actually means in this context, so I'm going to explain exactly how the situation is right now and what needs to be done before we have a definitive answer to this question. 2 days ago I spoke with Jaevlaterran about a smaller SBWI-tournament which I wanted us to do. Prior to us having this conversation, another SBWI member (I think his name on TL is Abjurer? sorry :$) had suggested a format in which the top players of all teams represented in Gambits Cup would battle it out in a 1v1 Single Elim setting. I was super excited after he had posted this in our Facebook group. What I wanted to hear was what Jaevlaterran thought of this idea, and also if I could increase the proposed price pool a bit, since this format called for something slightly more impressive. After we had discussed this other tournament, I carefully and very smoothly said something along the lines of: "... is there even a small notion of a possibility that maybe we might, for our bigger tournament later on, you know, perhaps host something like a team league sort of like, I dunno, gambits cup or something, maybe?" That's a pretty weird way to ask a question, I know, but I swear to god, that's pretty much how I went about asking his opinion. I'm exaggerating a lot less than I care to admit here, and it gets even more comical when taken into account what he answered me with: "Yeah, why not? Us hosting the new Gambits Cup would be awesome." I realize that this post contains more time travel than the average episode of Doctor Who, BUT, going back to why I liked the idea proposed by Abjurer; (1) I really miss gambits cup, and (2) I'm hardly the only one feeling this way. Obviously, doing the full monty and hosting a new team league would be even cooler than simply hosting a commemorative, one time only tournament. Remember the "internal discussion" thing I mentioned earlier? Even though both me and Jaevlaterran are interested in hosting a team league, we actually haven't discussed this properly with the rest of the organization. This would be fine if we didn't value democracy in SBWI, which, incidentally, we do -- even when it's inconvenient. So... I should probably go do that asaply... ... but before that I'm going to do something awful. I'm going to pose another rhetorical question. Why are you telling me all of this? Because, believe it or not, your opinion matters to us. Without the BW-community, SBWI wouldn't have had any reason to exist. The whole point of creating SBWI was, and still is, to give something back to that same community. The relationship between SBWI and the rest of the foreign BroodWar scene is certainly of the give-and-take variety, especially when you take into account all of the donations we receive from fellow BW-fans. If those fans want another Gambits Cup, then there's just no way for us to ignore that. The donations we have received so far, combined with the subsidies from the Swedish government, means SBWI should be able to provide a price pool that is both fair and exciting for the participating players. The casters, the mapmakers and LR-posters are all there in the community. An anti-abuse team, referees and all other behind-the-scenes workers is something SBWI can fix. So what's stopping us? If we decide to go through with this: nothing really. It's going to be a lot of work though, which is why I'm ending this post with a request. One request and one question, which is not rhetorical by the way.
Another way of contributing is making a donation to us. SBWI is a non-profit organization, meaning, in this case, that any donation goes directly to a tournament's price pool. We do not use donated funds to hire web developers to make our website. We don't use your money to buy beer for our BroodBars. Also, my bills are still being paid for with my money (sadly). More information about donating to us is available in the OP of this thread. Thank you very much for reading! | ||
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sabas123
Netherlands3122 Posts
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skzlime
Hungary462 Posts
teamleague with new cw system: bo7 1v1 sets, bo3 2v2 sets if one team wins the 1v1 and the other the 2v2 then ACE match: 3v3 hunters or 3v3 team melee OR resurrect all rank team league with more realistic tier system OR BOTH! Go Jumper, hwaiting.~ | ||
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dRaW
Canada5744 Posts
On June 17 2013 06:21 skzlime wrote: <3 teamleague with new cw system: bo7 1v1 sets, bo3 2v2 sets if one team wins the 1v1 and the other the 2v2 then ACE match: 3v3 hunters or 3v3 team melee OR resurrect all rank team league with more realistic tier system OR BOTH! Go Jumper, hwaiting.~ wtf? The format GC had is the best one. | ||
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Sinedd
Poland7052 Posts
I will have to agree it was pretty damn good... | ||
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Game
3191 Posts
Can't disagree with you. | ||
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LRM)nOoNe
United States231 Posts
I still have nightmares about the 2v2s from nation wars | ||
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hacklebeast
United States5090 Posts
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Game
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trutaCz
Poland686 Posts
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sabas123
Netherlands3122 Posts
but yea, plz no 2v2 | ||
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Gene(S)is
Sweden419 Posts
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skzlime
Hungary462 Posts
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Jaevlaterran
Sweden578 Posts
 edit: and don't kick lumix_ please... | ||
BisuDagger
Bisutopia19142 Posts
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TehRei
Sweden261 Posts
Also, keep in mind that the SBWI team league is still in the pre-planning stage, meaning that nothing has been decided yet. In other words, feel free to leave any suggestions and criticisms. It's a lot easier for us to design a format that's "right" from the beginning, rather than making something we think would be cool and then redoing it dozens of times until it works for almost everyone involved. I check back on this thread pretty much on a daily basis, and while I won't be able to respond to every single post, I will be able to read them all. Thanks for all the positive feedback and the suggestions you've given so far! | ||
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skzlime
Hungary462 Posts
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nbaker
United States1341 Posts
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