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On October 25 2021 04:44 WombaT wrote:
Damn I wish I got a chance to see some of these nuked posts, I wonder if there’s an archive somewhere

On December 04 2021 10:39 blabber wrote:
just as a future idea - are there plans to maybe support shared base maps? (ie. be able to force players to spawn in a certain set of locations, similar to sc2) Is it even possible (outside UMS)?

On December 04 2021 02:26 ox.tQ wrote:
We’re looking to organize a 2v2 qualifier tournament on SB using its rating system for the quailes like BSL uses ladder for its qualies. I’m speaking to a few people now about pooling together funds to finance prizes. If you’re interested in donating any amount, please know we will set up a matcherino for it and link that in an upcoming thread on TL.

The goal would be to encourage 2s gaming and create hype around a 2v2 league on SB with at least a first season. Quailes will probably last at least two months and then top teams (# of teams to be determined based on participation) will be placed into brackets. Only one division. Some of the bracket matches will be casted and streamed live, and definitely the semis and finals. Prizes for winning top 3 teams most likely. I’m not sure on the rules and specific format at the moment (I’ll have to consult with 2s folks to get a better idea). But that’s kinda the picture. Not looking to go crazy serious with this event idea. Just something cool and fun for the community, particularly 2s folks, to be excited about in addition to the SB 2v2 ladder system.

Any comments and suggestions welcomed.

On December 04 2021 13:50 ox.tQ wrote:


Okay so we'll be organizing a 3.5 month long 2v2 tournament on SB. Official announcement will be made soon. But here are some more details after our consultation . There will be a qualifier starting on Dec 16 when SB 2v2 ladder launches and ending Feb 16 or so. That's about two months. The teams with the highest ratings at the end of the qualifier period will make it into the brackets (number of teams able to qualify will be determined, depending on participation numbers).

We will aim to gather a minimum $1000 prize for 1st and 2nd places (and maybe 3rd). The bigger the prize, the higher chance more people will play, (especially spanish and korean users), and the better the 2v2 ladder experience on SB will be, so hopefully folks consider contributing to the prize pool and growing it further throughout the course of the tournament. We will set up a matcherino and link it in the official announcement.

The rules will be flexible to accommodate as many players as possible and increase the chance that more people will participate. That means double random races or double zerg races will be allowed. Koreans will be allowed to participate. Individuals who prefer to play with a specific ally can participate as well as individuals who don't have specific allies and are willing to play with random public partners, or a combination thereof (i.e., sometimes play with a specific ally, sometimes play with random public partners).

In addition to this 3.5 month tournament , we will offer smaller prizes to the top performing 2v2 individuals each month. This will incentivize people to play on the launch day of SB's 2v2 ladder, and continue playing 2v2 ladder each week and month. We need to ensure an adequate supply of 2v2 players on SB for optimal team gaming experience so this idea will hopefully help with that.

Other than that, I think that's it.

Oh here are some emerging details about the 2v2 SB system in case any one is interested. I learned about them from the core developer Tec while trying to figure out how best to organize this tournament.

So there will be a leaderboard for 2v2 players, you will be able to see the scores (e.g., 30-5) and ratings (e.g., 2020) of individuals. This will help us identify the top performing individuals to pay prizes to each month, so long as they have officially enrolled in the tournament above. We will also set up a channel in the SB discord server for people to sign up and to communicate and coordinate with us and each other about the tournament. It can also be a 2v2 chat channel for everybody until/unless SB decides to set up a separate discord channel for that.

SB will only record scores and ratings of individuals and not teams. I will use an example to explain how it works. So imagine Madinho, Kenzy and Marwin all have 0-0 records. If Madinho and Kenzy play 2v2 ladder as allies and play 100 games, winning 75 games and losing 25 games, each of them will have an individual record of 75-25 (and a rating based on that score). But then if Madinho plays 2v2 with Marwin and wins five games with him, then Madinho's individual record will become 80-25, while Kenzy's will remain 75-25, and Marwin's will become 5-0.

The points you earn or lose for 2v2s on SB will depend on the ratings of your opponents. SB uses a modified elo rating system basically.

Regarding how players are matched, it's similar to 1v1 matchmaking on SB, it has a set of criteria for people you can be matched with, and it relaxes over time if no game could be found. Once a match is picked, the teams are balanced optimally from the players that are in it (although if either side is prearranged obviously there's only one possible arrangement).

Regarding how points are distributed in imbalanced matchups, it's unlikely that high rated people would be made to play very low rated ones, but if the queue is very empty it could happen. However, the high rated players would also receive extremely few points for winning