Welcome to the reboot of the C Ranks Teamleague! This is a league for C ranked players to show off their skills, although anyone from E to B- is allowed to participate, and it has a $250 prize! There is a 7 week round robin regular season followed by a Proleague style playoff with the top 4 teams.
League Format 8 teams, 1 match per week. Teams will play every other team once making the regular season 7 weeks long. Top 4 teams will move on to the playoffs which will be a Proleague style elimination (3rd vs 4th, winner faces 2nd, winner faces 1st).
Match Format Best of 5, no ace match, each set is a best of 1 on a predetermined map. Captains must submit the lineups by Tuesday night/Wednesday morning 24:00 EDT / 6:00 CEST /13:00 KST. Lineups will be posted the following day. All sets need to be played and count towards the set score which will act as the first tiebreaker for playoff positions.
Time and Date Games will be played on Sundays at 15:00 EDT / 21:00 CET /4:00 KST. Games must be played before the replay deadline. First match will be Sunday, March 31st.
PRIZE POOL
$250 - Winner Take All
The prize will be split among the team members according the number of points each player has. Captains start with 2 points. All other players start with 0. Individual players will earn: +2 points for a win/forfeit win +1 point for a loss -2 points for a forfeit loss
Captains can also lose points for the following reasons: -1 point per day for late lineup submission (1st time warning) -1 point per day for late replay submission (1st time warning)
The penalties for captains can stack up pretty fast but at the same time can earn them 2 extra points if they are punctual.
1. Winning team captain submits replay pack to cranksteamleague@gmail.com. Replays must be titled "Set#_Player1_Player2". Also, indicate the result of each set in the email. Replays must be submitted before 24:00 EDT / 6:00 CEST /13:00 KST on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. 2. Captains must PM me the lineups including the players' races and map before Tuesday night/ Wednesday morning 24:00 EDT / 6:00 CEST /17:00 KST. 3. Rescheduling is allowed if both players agree to it, but no later than the replay deadline. 4. 20 minutes grace for no shows (by 15:20 EDT / 21:20 CEST /4:20 KST). If there's a no show players must submit screenshots with timestamp using the /time command. 5. Substitutions: Teams will be allowed up to 2 3 substitutions in the event of a no show for the regular season and 0 for the playoffs, no questions asked. If the sub is not made at least 1 hour before the match and communicated to the opposing team and an admin, the subbed out player will still receive a forfeit loss penalty. After using the 3 subs any no shows are automatically forfeit loses. The subbed in player can't be one of the players already playing a game that week and must be subbed in before the 20min grace period is up. Substitutes must play the same race as the player they are replacing. The sub doesn't have to play their normal race, they can offrace to meet this rule. 6. All games played on ICCup with LAN latency on unless agreed to by both players. Anti-hack is a must. 7. Race changes are allowed between weeks in the regular season but not the playoffs. PM me before lineup submission date to change race. 8. No BM in-game or out will be tolerated. 9. You must play on the ID you registered with. 10. No cheating, smurfing etc. ICCup rules apply.
MAP POOL
Download the latest version of Wind and Cloud from here.
For all other maps, use the map from the latest ICCup map pack (version 2.5): Download Link
L_master and nagisama might be able to do some of the casting but we need more casters! oxysc, puppykiller, and draw have also volunteered to do some casting! Admins: Traceurling, Nagisama, CobaltBlu, L_master, and L3gendary Signup Thread
Since we have 8 teams a round robin would take 7 weeks. If each team plays each other twice that would be 14 weeks. Then we have 3 weeks for the playoff matches. Would players prefer a 7 or 14 week regular season, not including playoffs?
7 or 14 Week Season? Poll closed, 7 weeks it is!
7 weeks - 26 votes 14 weeks - 18 votes
Limit # of B- players in a match to 1 per team? OK this poll is over and it didn't pass, result was
On March 26 2013 10:21 dM-White wrote: """Captains must submit the lineups by Wednesday night/Thursday morning 24:00 EDT / 6:00 CET /17:00 KST."""
This apply to this week too? we dont have a captain oo,
Gonna be lenient this week for team 7 and 8. But try and get all ur teammates together in a skype group, pick a captain and send the lineups in by saturday at the latest.
I would prefer a 7 week season followed by playoffs because that totals to 9 weeks, which for a lot of teams might be as long as they will survive together before they start bleeding players. There's a better chance that people will last 9 weeks than 16 weeks.
On March 26 2013 11:04 Birdie wrote: I would prefer a 7 week season followed by playoffs because that totals to 9 weeks, which for a lot of teams might be as long as they will survive together before they start bleeding players. There's a better chance that people will last 9 weeks than 16 weeks.
I'd also prefer a 7 week season since 4 months would be way too long, but I would also like to play each team twice. Maybe it is possible to play 2 matches per week? And since it is a BO1 per player, 2 games per week should not be a problem.
On March 26 2013 11:04 Birdie wrote: I would prefer a 7 week season followed by playoffs because that totals to 9 weeks, which for a lot of teams might be as long as they will survive together before they start bleeding players. There's a better chance that people will last 9 weeks than 16 weeks.
I'd also prefer a 7 week season since 4 months would be way too long, but I would also like to play each team twice. Maybe it is possible to play 2 matches per week? And since it is a BO1 per player, 2 BO1s per week should not be a problem.
Sounds like a nightmare organizationally.
Stealth Bunnies also has two more players in the team: sB.Arca(Crema) (C-) sB.Truth (not sure, should be C/C+ though. Need to confirm he's in the team but I'm pretty sure.)
7. Players can play on the same map up to 3 times for the duration of the league.
Without any offence, but may I ask what's the point here? Because you know... in case of 14 week robin round captains (especial with lower count of players) will be solving a logic-math-statistics based game, just to not block rosters on last rounds because of this rule. I suggest removing this rule or changing it to 3 times in a row.
Edit: didn't see also this statement below mappool:
Players can play on the same map no more than twice during the season (not including playoffs).
Even better. Doing maths: 14x 5 = 70 games, each player can play 2x5 = 10 games, so u need 7 players available on 10 weeks (and it's with best way possible selecting line ups).
7. Players can play on the same map up to 3 times for the duration of the league.
Without any offence, but may I ask what's the point here? Because you know... in case of 14 week robin round captains (especial with lower count of players) will be solving a logic-math-statistics based game, just to not block rosters on last rounds because of this rule. I suggest removing this rule or changing it to 3 times in a row.
Edit: didn't see also this statement below mappool:
Players can play on the same map no more than twice during the season (not including playoffs).
Even better. Doing maths: 14x 5 = 70 games, each player can play 2x5 = 10 games, so u need 7 players available on 10 weeks (and it's with best way possible selecting line ups).
This rule was set in place prior to the possibility of a 14 week season. Even for the 7 week season, I don't think it would've been strictly enforced unless 1 player was ALWAYS on the same map. I'll ask l3g about it.
On March 26 2013 22:11 S2Glow wrote: can i join aov team? i am back in broodwar recently lol
...What's wrong with 1 player always on the same map? If a team wants their lineup to be that predictable / snipe-able, that's their business. If you want to have everyone on a team get playing time, just make a rule directly addressing that issue.
On March 26 2013 22:27 Nagisama wrote: This rule was set in place prior to the possibility of a 14 week season. Even for the 7 week season, I don't think it would've been strictly enforced unless 1 player was ALWAYS on the same map.
Now I don't understand it. Is it a rule, or it's not?
7. Players can play on the same map up to 3 times for the duration of the league.
Without any offence, but may I ask what's the point here? Because you know... in case of 14 week robin round captains (especial with lower count of players) will be solving a logic-math-statistics based game, just to not block rosters on last rounds because of this rule. I suggest removing this rule or changing it to 3 times in a row.
Edit: didn't see also this statement below mappool:
Players can play on the same map no more than twice during the season (not including playoffs).
Even better. Doing maths: 14x 5 = 70 games, each player can play 2x5 = 10 games, so u need 7 players available on 10 weeks (and it's with best way possible selecting line ups).
The limit of 2 is for a 7 week season. I can double it to 4 if we decide to go with a 14 week season. The one in rule 7 is wrong and I will change it. The reason is so the teams don't split up their roster according to map and that players are forced to play a little outside their comfort zone and try some of then new maps like Wind and Cloud and Resonance II.
7. Players can play on the same map up to 3 times for the duration of the league.
Without any offence, but may I ask what's the point here? Because you know... in case of 14 week robin round captains (especial with lower count of players) will be solving a logic-math-statistics based game, just to not block rosters on last rounds because of this rule. I suggest removing this rule or changing it to 3 times in a row.
Edit: didn't see also this statement below mappool:
Players can play on the same map no more than twice during the season (not including playoffs).
Even better. Doing maths: 14x 5 = 70 games, each player can play 2x5 = 10 games, so u need 7 players available on 10 weeks (and it's with best way possible selecting line ups).
The limit of 2 is for a 7 week season. I can double it to 4 if we decide to go with a 14 week season. The one in rule 7 is wrong and I will change it. The reason is so the teams don't split up their roster according to map and that players are forced to play a little outside their comfort zone and try some of then new maps like Wind and Cloud and Resonance II.
And what about the playoffs? 3rd and 4th place if they make it to the finals, will have to play 3 matches. Will you set a limit?
7. Players can play on the same map up to 3 times for the duration of the league.
Without any offence, but may I ask what's the point here? Because you know... in case of 14 week robin round captains (especial with lower count of players) will be solving a logic-math-statistics based game, just to not block rosters on last rounds because of this rule. I suggest removing this rule or changing it to 3 times in a row.
Edit: didn't see also this statement below mappool:
Players can play on the same map no more than twice during the season (not including playoffs).
Even better. Doing maths: 14x 5 = 70 games, each player can play 2x5 = 10 games, so u need 7 players available on 10 weeks (and it's with best way possible selecting line ups).
The limit of 2 is for a 7 week season. I can double it to 4 if we decide to go with a 14 week season. The one in rule 7 is wrong and I will change it. The reason is so the teams don't split up their roster according to map and that players are forced to play a little outside their comfort zone and try some of then new maps like Wind and Cloud and Resonance II.
I think this rule should be removed. If teams wish to send out a player per map, they should be free to do so. Using such a strategy inherently introduces weaknesses such as being vulnerable to getting sniped. I believe that there is a natural incentive to not send out a player per map.
I don't see the point of having two B- players on a team but only being allowed to use one. B- players will for the most part be the most active players in this league and thus should be available to play most weeks. If you're want to make a restriction like that, you should just limit teams to 1 B- player each (and allow a team reshuffle or else some people can't play as much as they want).
On March 28 2013 16:53 Sayle wrote: I don't see the point of having two B- players on a team but only being allowed to use one. B- players will for the most part be the most active players in this league and thus should be available to play most weeks. If you're want to make a restriction like that, you should just limit teams to 1 B- player each (and allow a team reshuffle or else some people can't play as much as they want).
No reason to think the B- players will be more active than the C+ players...
On March 28 2013 16:53 Sayle wrote: I don't see the point of having two B- players on a team but only being allowed to use one. B- players will for the most part be the most active players in this league and thus should be available to play most weeks. If you're want to make a restriction like that, you should just limit teams to 1 B- player each (and allow a team reshuffle or else some people can't play as much as they want).
No reason to think the B- players will be more active than the C+ players...
Yeah and if someone proposed a limit of one C+ player per match, I would oppose that too.
On March 28 2013 16:53 Sayle wrote: I don't see the point of having two B- players on a team but only being allowed to use one. B- players will for the most part be the most active players in this league and thus should be available to play most weeks. If you're want to make a restriction like that, you should just limit teams to 1 B- player each (and allow a team reshuffle or else some people can't play as much as they want).
No reason to think the B- players will be more active than the C+ players...
Yeah and if someone proposed a limit of one C+ player per match, I would oppose that too.
Your argument is that if there is only 1 B- player they'll be able to play every week, and if there are two they'll both be able to play every week. Not only will this often be false, but in addition there are plenty of active C rank players too, so the B ranks won't necessarily be more active.
I like the idea of only one B- player per week because if you have two per team then you have a backup, but still get plenty of matches per B- player. Having 3 or more of them would mean they don't get so many games, and only one means you have no backup if one can't make it (although of course C level players can still play instead).
1. We will be using the new version of Wind and Cloud and not the ICCup version download it here. Thanks arvickhero for the link.
2. There is no longer a limit on playing the same map.
3. Still need lineups from AoV, Cocks of Victory, and Team 8.
4. Added a poll to see if people would like to limit the number of B- players a team can field each week to 1 (they can still have 2 on the roster). This won't take effect this week.
Poll: Limit # of B- players in a match to 1 per team?
No (29)
58%
Yes (21)
42%
50 total votes
Your vote: Limit # of B- players in a match to 1 per team?
This poll comes out at a very bad time when most team rosters have been finalized. If I had known there was going to be only a limit of 1 B- player per team then I would of re-adjusted our team well ahead of time.
On March 28 2013 16:53 Sayle wrote: I don't see the point of having two B- players on a team but only being allowed to use one. B- players will for the most part be the most active players in this league and thus should be available to play most weeks. If you're want to make a restriction like that, you should just limit teams to 1 B- player each (and allow a team reshuffle or else some people can't play as much as they want).
No reason to think the B- players will be more active than the C+ players...
Yeah and if someone proposed a limit of one C+ player per match, I would oppose that too.
Your argument is that if there is only 1 B- player they'll be able to play every week, and if there are two they'll both be able to play every week. Not only will this often be false, but in addition there are plenty of active C rank players too, so the B ranks won't necessarily be more active.
I like the idea of only one B- player per week because if you have two per team then you have a backup, but still get plenty of matches per B- player. Having 3 or more of them would mean they don't get so many games, and only one means you have no backup if one can't make it (although of course C level players can still play instead).
This makes no sense, i dunno if ur arguing that often B- players will be busy on saturdays or what, but sayle's point is perfectly valid. Please stop trying to restrict stuff, just let the team play who they want. And ofc the B- ranks will be more active. It's gonna go like this in activity most likely B->C+>C>C- obviously.
I don't get why people would leave a league just because they can't play every week. Just be on the team and play every other week or something, not like you are dedicating so much time to the league that only 1 game every other week makes it not worth your while.
Someone like me who is C rank is probably only going to get to play every other week as well, And if both B- got to play each week I might never get to play.
EDIT: Basically some people on each team aren't going to get any play time at all and a lot of people on each team are only going to get to play rarely. Leaving because you cant play every single week and have a higher rank than others is kinda a douchy perspective. Is your silver rank free time worth more than my yellow rank time?
It should still be up to the captain of each team to decide the rosters for each match. There were rules for creating a roster and now there will be rules of how to use the roster. I know TL is sometimes reffered to as "very strict" but in this case I think it's silly to add more and more rules... The league starts in a few days and still there are new rules coming in?
Playing BW is about having fun, sometimes what's fun is what we cannot control. Learn to let go, just this once. A.k.a: Chill out!
Note: This is coming from a participating player with the rank of B- max.
On March 29 2013 06:32 Boundz(DarKo) wrote: It should still be up to the captain of each team to decide the rosters for each match. There were rules for creating a roster and now there will be rules of how to use the roster. I know TL is sometimes reffered to as "very strict" but in this case I think it's silly to add more and more rules... The league starts in a few days and still there are new rules coming in?
Playing BW is about having fun, sometimes what's fun is what we cannot control. Learn to let go, just this once. A.k.a: Chill out!
Note: This is coming from a participating player with the rank of B- max.
Well that's why they make polls, to see what the majority wants.
I don't really know anyone on Team 8, but gotta cheer for them cuz I love Jaedong :D
5. Substitutions: Teams will be allowed up to 3 2 substitutions in the event of a no show for the regular season and 0 for the playoffs, no questions asked. The subbed out player will still receive a penalty and the subbed in player will not earn any points. After that subs are not allowed and any no shows are forfeit loses. The subbed in player can't be one of the players already playing a game that week and must be subbed in before the 20min grace period is up.
^changed to 2 subs for a 7 week season. Will be 4 if we go with 14 weeks which looks likely. Players should try and reschedule first and use the sub only as a last resort.
We want the games casted by Klazart, Rise, Artosis, Tasteless, Sayle, L-Master, Hacklebeast, Elegant, Moletrap, Cholera, and Diggity with a three hour analysis by day9 after each game.
I'll be casting some of the games at around 21:30 GMT (+00:00), aka approximately 4.5 hours from now. Most likely School of Wala vs AoV, or Team Rocket vs C Entus.
On April 06 2013 02:05 Nagisama wrote: No Sayle/Artosis/Day9, but,
I'll be casting some of the games at around 21:30 GMT (+00:00), aka approximately 4.5 hours from now. Most likely School of Wala vs AoV, or Team Rocket vs C Entus.
On April 06 2013 02:05 Nagisama wrote: No Sayle/Artosis/Day9, but,
I'll be casting some of the games at around 21:30 GMT (+00:00), aka approximately 4.5 hours from now. Most likely School of Wala vs AoV, or Team Rocket vs C Entus.
I will be casting Stealth Bunnies vs WeMade Grilled Cheese in 13 hours from this post, at http://www.twitch.tv/sen_birdie Make sure you tune in and call all your friends and family and frogs to watch!
On April 10 2013 20:08 Birdie wrote: I will be casting Stealth Bunnies vs WeMade Grilled Cheese in 13 hours from this post, at http://www.twitch.tv/sen_birdie Make sure you tune in and call all your friends and family and frogs to watch!
I don't think mca vs minorlake should be a walkover for mca. MinorLake had difficulties contacting mca (he's banned on TL and didn't respond to other contact).
On April 11 2013 23:56 fold wrote: I don't think mca vs minorlake should be a walkover for mca. MinorLake had difficulties contacting mca (he's banned on TL and didn't respond to other contact).
They can still play if they like. I sent minorlake mca's skype but didnt get a response from him since.
The prize will be split among the team members according the number of points each player has. Captains start with 2 points. All other players start with 0. Individual players will earn: +2 points for win/forfeit win +1 point for a loss -2 points for a forfeit loss
Captains can also lose points for the following reasons: -1 point per day for late lineup submission (1st time warning) -1 point per day for late replay submission (1st time warning)
The penalties for captains can stack up pretty fast but at the same time can earn them 2 extra points if they are punctual
The prize will be split among the team members according the number of points each player has. Captains start with 2 points. All other players start with 0. Individual players will earn: +2 points for win/forfeit win +1 point for a loss -2 points for a forfeit loss
Captains can also lose points for the following reasons: -1 point per day for late lineup submission (1st time warning) -1 point per day for late replay submission (1st time warning)
The penalties for captains can stack up pretty fast but at the same time can earn them 2 extra points if they are punctual
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I think those points only affect prize money distribution for the winning team.
There's points that you see on the standings, that's mostly just maps won/lost points that affect who makes playoffs.
There's points within teams that will determine how the prize is distributed. I've realized it was stupid to track points for all the teams, so I'll just add them up for the winning team once that has been determined.
Icedraco, Darko, and ToKa are all postponed. Darko and ToKa are both playing tomorrow at 20CET I believe, and Icedraco and pono need to arrange a time that they can both make.
On April 15 2013 00:02 traceurling wrote: Well iCCup ladder rankings are inaccurate :\ calling that Cryoc takes MVP
ladder rankings are the standard by which players in this league are measured. It just doesn't make sense to have somebody like Cryoc in this league, in my opinion.
On April 15 2013 05:55 i am plus wrote: instead of crying cause someone one is winning why not actually play the game and try to get better, ur goal should be to defeat him not cry about him
That'd be fine if this wasn't called the "C RANK TEAM LEAGUE" (with 2B- players). The argument is that he is better than B-. I don't think anyone cares about playing and losing because the rest of his team still has to win, however, if he's above B- that's the issue.
I know people like Radley made it into BWMN Open Round of 4 up with trutacz, sziky etc. yet he's never got past C+. At that level it's entirely possible for players to take games off B and above yet still be B- or less. I'm inclined to go with the "why not actually play the game and try to get better, ur goal should be to defeat him" thing in this case.
If I had the chance I would play against A/B level players all the time But I don't think they're at fault here, they just are B- level players who are extremely good and iCCup ladder points aren't too accurate...
On April 15 2013 04:24 tonight wrote: isn't cyroc beating like a- users on gambit cup?
edit: guess I could have read the page earlier to this
If you can call them A- i guess, back in the day these would be like B/B- players top most likely. Its hard to judge the ladder now since its rare to go past like C+ or something anyways. and no one really plays at A level anymore
On April 15 2013 14:18 traceurling wrote: For future tournaments we should just make everyone ladder on iCCup for a month, and then use the alternate rankings blueblimp provided
where would we draw the line? don't forget these kind of rating systems can fluctuate really quickly
On April 15 2013 14:18 traceurling wrote: For future tournaments we should just make everyone ladder on iCCup for a month, and then use the alternate rankings blueblimp provided
where would we draw the line? don't forget these kind of rating systems can fluctuate really quickly
Yeah except that kind of rating doesn't fluctuate really quickly.
I'm planning on taking the spidered information from blueblimp (which he has kindly provided) and reranking it with my Glicko2 system (which is also not volatile) and then add A B C D E ranks which should be somewhat similar in terms of who is in them to the iCCup ranks. It would be pretty easy to use those and require that players have a rating variance of less than, say, 100, which would require them to play at least 30 or so games.
On April 15 2013 21:36 InInPutty wrote: ZvT ZvP TvZ * - Fox.MVP and I would like to confirm what SlowBullets said, im leaving CoV due to personal reasons
On April 15 2013 05:55 i am plus wrote: instead of crying cause someone one is winning why not actually play the game and try to get better, ur goal should be to defeat him not cry about him
This is competition, not practice games. Try to recognise the actual point please.
I know this is very very late, and sorry about that, but can we postpone this match Nando? If so, please msg me and we can arrange a new time right away.
Gonna leave this up till sunday since its still pretty close. If you haven't voted yet please do!
Poll: 7 or 14 Week Season?
7 Weeks (play each team once) (26)
59%
14 Weeks (play each team twice) (18)
41%
44 total votes
Your vote: 7 or 14 Week Season?
(Vote): 7 Weeks (play each team once) (Vote): 14 Weeks (play each team twice)
On April 25 2013 19:28 t0ssboy wrote: Just a quick question.Will there be YSL2,you were on of the organisers(l3gendary) so i figgured i should ask here.
not that i know of hes hitten high ranks in 2v2 but thats about it, and i'm sure cryoc is a lot higher than b- consindering he hasn't lost a gambit cup game and i've seen ero-sennin hit b - b+ and hes allowed so i don't see why he cant
not that i know of hes hitten high ranks in 2v2 but thats about it, and i'm sure cryoc is a lot higher than b- consindering he hasn't lost a gambit cup game and i've seen ero-sennin hit b - b+ and hes allowed so i don't see why he cant
Pirayaya's stream on TL says that he's B+ max 1v1.
not that i know of hes hitten high ranks in 2v2 but thats about it, and i'm sure cryoc is a lot higher than b- consindering he hasn't lost a gambit cup game and i've seen ero-sennin hit b - b+ and hes allowed so i don't see why he cant
Plus <Resonance II> sB.Splax dubstep <Fighting Spirit> sB.Dr.Shrinker WandS <Neo Jade> sB.(l(-_-)__l) iFU.Cryoc <New Sniper Ridge> sB.Sero Radek_z_[KDV] <Wind and Cloud> sB.Darko (Walkover/MAYBE postponed, need to ask darko if he will play or no) C Entus win 3-1! gg!
pjyhwaiting <Resonance II> dM-White MinorLake <Fighting Spirit> Lion(OD) Zergneedsfood <Neo Jade> oxyacety iFU.pauline<New Sniper Ridge> NrG.Bamboo <- not sure whats goin on with this set prophecy_ <Wind and Cloud> dM-AreS
pjyhwaiting <Resonance II> dM-White MinorLake <Fighting Spirit> Lion(OD) Zergneedsfood <Neo Jade> oxyacety iFU.pauline<New Sniper Ridge> NrG.Bamboo <- not sure whats goin on with this set prophecy_ <Wind and Cloud> dM-AreS
I'm thinking about casting Week 3 CRTL Matches. I have some time off and I want to give back to the community somehow. Although I never commentated brood war games before and I'm terrible at analyzing strategy out loud. So I wanted to know if it was worth it for me to cast these games.
Poll: Should WandS cast Week 3 CRTL Matches this Friday?
Yes (10)
100%
No (0)
0%
Get another caster to do it (0)
0%
10 total votes
Your vote: Should WandS cast Week 3 CRTL Matches this Friday?
(Vote): Yes (Vote): No (Vote): Get another caster to do it
On May 01 2013 09:07 WandS wrote: I'm thinking about casting Week 3 CRTL Matches. I have some time off and I want to give back to the community somehow. Although I never commentated brood war games before and I'm terrible at analyzing strategy out loud. So I wanted to know if it was worth it for me to cast these games.
Poll: Should WandS cast Week 3 CRTL Matches this Friday?
Yes (10)
100%
No (0)
0%
Get another caster to do it (0)
0%
10 total votes
Your vote: Should WandS cast Week 3 CRTL Matches this Friday?
(Vote): Yes (Vote): No (Vote): Get another caster to do it
On May 01 2013 09:07 WandS wrote: I'm thinking about casting Week 3 CRTL Matches. I have some time off and I want to give back to the community somehow. Although I never commentated brood war games before and I'm terrible at analyzing strategy out loud. So I wanted to know if it was worth it for me to cast these games.
Poll: Should WandS cast Week 3 CRTL Matches this Friday?
Yes (10)
100%
No (0)
0%
Get another caster to do it (0)
0%
10 total votes
Your vote: Should WandS cast Week 3 CRTL Matches this Friday?
(Vote): Yes (Vote): No (Vote): Get another caster to do it
Why are the three options not all yes.
Uhoh...what have I got myself into..I was hoping everyone would go towards - get another caster. I guess I gotta setup this bad boy stream up and learn how to do overlays and such.
On May 01 2013 09:29 Nagisama wrote: I'm planning to cast week 3 School of Wala vs Team Rocket Reborn tomorrow around 18:00 GMT (+00:00) so you won't have to do it all yourself :D
Did you want to do it solo? Because I could co-cast with you - that way I could get my foot in the door of casting and maybe learn a thing or two from you.
It has been brought to my attention that Kiromastikata for Team 8 is almost 100% certain to be Inf3cted playing under a smurf. Admin has been PM'd but so far we have had no response. So there it is, let's get that dealt with.
Next question would be, does the team captain know already, or is Inf3cted just doing it for the lulz and nobody else knows?
On May 02 2013 04:38 ImbaTosS wrote: It has been brought to my attention that Kiromastikata for Team 8 is almost 100% certain to be Inf3cted playing under a smurf. Admin has been PM'd but so far we have had no response. So there it is, let's get that dealt with.
Next question would be, does the team captain know already, or is Inf3cted just doing it for the lulz and nobody else knows?
Well with inf3cted's poor performance in GC maybe he realized that he is C rank material.
Inf3cted A+ korean expro, but yet sB.Sero takes him down without difficulty. Therefore it follows that all Stealth Bunnies members are korean pros playing in SSL but smurfing in C ranks. Fear us! We're undefeatable yo!
On May 02 2013 06:59 Birdie wrote: Inf3cted A+ korean expro, but yet sB.Sero takes him down without difficulty. Therefore it follows that all Stealth Bunnies members are korean pros playing in SSL but smurfing in C ranks. Fear us! We're undefeatable yo!
On May 02 2013 06:59 Birdie wrote: Inf3cted A+ korean expro, but yet sB.Sero takes him down without difficulty. Therefore it follows that all Stealth Bunnies members are korean pros playing in SSL but smurfing in C ranks. Fear us! We're undefeatable yo!
Hmm, youtube uploads from twitch seem to be not working =\. In the meantime the vods are on my twitch channel www.twitch.tv/nagisama
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after losing to Team 8 0-5 player AoV say its play smurf ahahahahaha :D ImbaToss see all hotkeys` pla vs glio in ASmOdey account play White-ra ok? in Spirit account play Androide ok?
On May 02 2013 07:15 iwL-ASmOdey wrote: after losing to Team 8 0-5 player AoV say its play smurf ahahahahaha :D ImbaToss see all hotkeys` pla vs glio in ASmOdey account play White-ra ok? in Spirit account play Androide ok?
I heard from many people from other teams that they are suspicious about that guy long time ago.
Statement from mca64[KDV]: After comparing Inf3cted's replays in TLS and Gambit Cup with Kiromastikata's Week 1-4 replays, I am 99.999% sure they are the same person.
Same country, same ip, same hotkey, same pattern, same apm.
On May 02 2013 09:29 NrG.Bamboo wrote: So, what's the next step regarding his wins/whether or not it was known by ASmOdey?
Whoah now, don't jump to conclusions yet. mca64[KDV] is just a player doing his own investigation. L3gendary has the final say whether or not Inf3cted is indeed smurfing Kiromastikata or playing for Kiromastikata.
On May 02 2013 09:29 NrG.Bamboo wrote: So, what's the next step regarding his wins/whether or not it was known by ASmOdey?
Whoah now, don't jump to conclusions yet. mca64[KDV] is just a player doing his own investigation. L3gendary has the final say whether or not Inf3cted is indeed smurfing Kiromastikata or playing for Kiromastikata.
Okay, a TL staff member and you quoting someone saying this is nearly 100%/99.99% true, respectively, doesn't warrant me to at least ask what comes next? Jesus dude, I'm just curious.
On May 02 2013 09:22 WandS wrote: Statement from mca64[KDV]: After comparing Inf3cted's replays in TLS and Gambit Cup with Kiromastikata's Week 1-4 replays, I am 99.999% sure they are the same person.
Same country, same ip, same hotkey, same pattern, same apm.
The original source for this is not Mca64, you'll be pleased to hear!
On May 02 2013 07:15 iwL-ASmOdey wrote: after losing to Team 8 0-5 player AoV say its play smurf ahahahahaha :D ImbaToss see all hotkeys` pla vs glio in ASmOdey account play White-ra ok? in Spirit account play Androide ok?
Thanks for this completely unnecessary message by the way.
Awesome cast dRaW! You caught all the action, analyzed the strategy aspect at a very high level, and your tone throughout the game was very enjoyable for me to watch.
Please do more CRTL matches in the future if you have time.
Are you going to cast all matches from league, or just particular ones? If first option, i think you shoudn't jump to week 5 like dRaW when there are still not casted games in week 3, 4 and I guess even 2 ;( .
ill put it on youtube in a sec, but radley tbh I can cast anything they just gave me those reps. I don't follow so it's hard to find which has not been played. I can cast more tomorrow after icc-cl if need be.
It is being. He's allowed in the lineup this week, which also doesn't look good on asmodey. If I had a known smurf on my team, who was breaking the rules, would I be submitting him into the lineup? Hell no, I'd be kicking him out.
On May 06 2013 01:09 Mewka wrote: WandS will win vs INF3cted again btw :D
He won't, because Inf3cted won't be playing. He'll be banned within the next 2 hours, or asmodey will find some sort of honesty and pull him from the lineup. Not that I think that last one is about to happen.
Well Team 8 still wants to win the match and I guess the captains reasoning is that he's hoping kiro will be found not guilty :/ that stuff about "innocent until proven guilty"? Evidence has been found against kiro but as no final judgement yet it's a risky gamble idk...
Amazing punishments -- It was great decision first to prevent Kiromastikata instead of iwL-Boom to play in our team and after reverse all pairs he won. A lot of respect for this decision -- Can we recruit some other B- player, or Team 8 must play with specially weakened lineup?
The last week of the regular season coming up will be intense. A lot of teams are very close for that last and final playoff spot and there could be a lot of shifting for the top 3 positions.
Could someone clarify if 2 teams have the same record, for instance, a 4-3 record, but the other team has more +/- individual wins, does that make the team have a better overall standing position? or if that team has beaten the other team in the past in the regular season, or something altogether different that I have not mentioned.
And remember it's proleague format so every position counts. This means it will be 3rd vs 4th place, winner plays 2nd, then the final will be 1st vs the winner of that.
On May 08 2013 03:04 L3gendary wrote: It goes wins>maps>head to head.
And remember it's proleague format so every position counts. This means it will be 3rd vs 4th place, winner plays 2nd, then the final will be 1st vs the winner of that.
both w/o we waited 40 min++, never got a pm/heads up according to both players.... Nando asked for PP but this was literally 1-2 hours before the match time. ][-][ero will reschedule depending on Nando's availibility, but will take w/o if time does not work due to exam schedules.
On May 13 2013 06:14 Birdie wrote: Sabas, I'm told you tried to take walkover over your opponent, sero, after asking him for a postponement!
Here's proof that you asked for a postponement:
I'd like that game to get played please, don't want to lose because you took a false walkover.
No he mentioned that, but sero never replied to his pm.
He pm'd me at 2 in the morning, so I didn't get the message until an hour before we were scheduled to play. At that point my response would not change anything, and he likely would not see it anyway. We can play our match later this week.
Love the initiative this league had. C-Ranks is way easier to manage than D-Ranks. The players are just overall more interested and play more. Can't wait for the playoffs!
Playoffs are going to be delayed 1 week to allow the remaining games to be played out and to give the teams that make it time to prepare. This means NO games this sunday! Playoffs start May 26th.
Although I'm horribly confused because I thought we were 2-2 before Sero's game. Mewka[AoV] <Resonance II> sB.(l(-_-)__l) iFU.TEH <Fighting Spirit> sB.XaXo EleGant[AoV] <Neo Jade> sB.Artanis (sub for Dr.Shrinker) Poetic[AoV] <New Sniper Ridge> sB.Splax Sabas[AoV] <Wind and Cloud> sB.Sero
Although I'm horribly confused because I thought we were 2-2 before Sero's game. Mewka[AoV] <Resonance II> sB.(l(-_-)__l) iFU.TEH <Fighting Spirit> sB.XaXo EleGant[AoV] <Neo Jade> sB.Artanis (sub for Dr.Shrinker) Poetic[AoV] <New Sniper Ridge> sB.Splax Sabas[AoV] <Wind and Cloud> sB.Sero
While School of Wala vs CoV still hasnt been reported yet, the playoff teams are already set so captains can start sending me lineups. Round 1 will be 3rd place Stealth Bunnies vs 4th place Avatars of Victory.
The playoff format will be slightly different. The maps will be played in order and the first team to 3 map wins will win immediately. Teams can still choose to play all games at once or play them in order, but any irrelevant games will not count and won't be casted.
So, now that the results have been officially posted:
Thanks for putting together this league, it was very well-run, and although half of my team never once logged onto skype/contacted anyone at all, I want to thank the others for putting up with being the only 5-6 people who were able/willing to ever fill the lineup. I just wish that we had a little more cohesion within our preparation for matches, as well as wishing that I had, myself, played better during the regular season, and that the season didn't start while crunch-time for finals began for me. I may have been a B-whatever ranker in the past, but I'm pretty much a C- rank at whatever race I use. Sorry to those of you who thought I could be that ace to carry WMGC to victory, I played a lot of bad games but that's fine; this is a fun league and it should stay that way.
It's been a pretty unfortunate beginning to the season; last place, if I recall. But the next 4-5 weeks brought us up to 3rd right before dropping out of the playoff spots. After our close week 7 loss, it came down to the results of other team's matches. Unfortunately, every single team who needed a win/loss took the opposing road towards letting us into the playoffs, but such is life. Good job by everyone who helped us give the wins to make it there, and I once again apologize for not playing up to what may have been expected to me.
Thanks L3g for running this event; thanks to all of the admins who helps coordinate, and thanks to all of the players who helped all of us have a fun 7 weeks. Good luck to all.
Lineups in the OP are incorrect for Stealth Bunnies. They are sB.ToKa - Neo Jade sB.DarKo - Sniper Ridge sB.Splax - Resonance II sB.Sero - Wind and Cloud sB.Shrinker - Fighting Spirit
Don't know how L3gendary messed that up I have the PMs if anyone wants proof.
C entus has both Cryoc and Wands... Are you guys sure this is legit?
I mean Wands did make it to the finals of a TLS qualifier...TWICE
I don't want to seem like an ass, but Cryoc and Wands should be honorably discharged from participating next season (They should be allowed to finish this one.)
On May 23 2013 20:31 thezanursic wrote: C entus has both Cryoc and Wands... Are you guys sure this is legit?
I mean Wands did make it to the finals of a TLS qualifier...TWICE
I don't want to seem like an ass, but Cryoc and Wands should be honorably discharged from participating next season (They should be allowed to finish this one.)
That's a matter to be dealt with (and will be) when next season starts.
Nothing going my way this year. I chose to cancel my participation in stealth bunnies. I see no reason being on the team when I can't even play the game.... Cheers
On May 23 2013 20:31 thezanursic wrote: C entus has both Cryoc and Wands... Are you guys sure this is legit?
I mean Wands did make it to the finals of a TLS qualifier...TWICE
I don't want to seem like an ass, but Cryoc and Wands should be honorably discharged from participating next season (They should be allowed to finish this one.)
Wands has 2-4 stats in this league. He was practising much for TLS and played relatively good, wherever his opponents were... well lets just say they were worse than him, avoiding describing their performance. Still, both Cryoc and Wands are here as B- players. It's true that one of best, but you cannot say it isn't legit for them to be in same team, because it isn't random team tournament. C entus lost first match, using primary line up, also won some matches with close 3-2 score. We are still beatable.
Wands has 2-4 stats in this league. He was practising much for TLS and played relatively good, wherever his opponents were... well lets just say they were worse than him, avoiding describing their performance. Still, both Cryoc and Wands are here as B- players. It's true that one of best, but you cannot say it isn't legit for them to be in same team, because it isn't random team tournament. C entus lost first match, using primary line up, also won some matches with close 3-2 score. We are still beatable
B- lol? U think korean pro's if they have only accounts with d+ are d+ for real?
Wands has 2-4 stats in this league. He was practising much for TLS and played relatively good, wherever his opponents were... well lets just say they were worse than him, avoiding describing their performance. Still, both Cryoc and Wands are here as B- players. It's true that one of best, but you cannot say it isn't legit for them to be in same team, because it isn't random team tournament. C entus lost first match, using primary line up, also won some matches with close 3-2 score. We are still beatable
B- lol? U think korean pro's if they have only accounts with d+ are d+ for real?
they are beatable, i can get some games of wands but its verry hard lol.
On May 27 2013 23:29 Poetic[AoV] wrote: I have messaged you and my original opponent but nothing in reply yet... I am free this evening or any time tomorrow or wednesday. gogo!
Congratulations Team Rocket Reborn, gl with your finals match ;D gg
After this season I will no longer be running Team Stealth Bunnies. It's been a blast but I haven't got time to continue running it. I hope someone else will step up to run the team, and bring us to the finals next season. Thanks to all the teams who played in CRTL, it's been fun.
Thanks Team Stealth Bunnies for all the good times we've had, I wish you all the best of luck with the rest of the tournaments and leagues you each enter.
Team Stealth Bunnies lost to Team Rocket Reborn 2-3
. The second to last game to be played, which was postponed till yesterday, was sB.XaXo vs the mysterious ][-][ero. Now, ][-][ero is an unknown Protoss player who has never played in any other tournaments that I am aware of. Happily it was discovered a few weeks ago that this player was in fact sGs.BaBo, a current D Ranks Team League player, who has been in previous D Ranks events for well over a year now. Which only makes sB.XaXo's loss to him all the more shameful!
However, the handsome WandS was very suspicious (as was XaXo, who swore the player he played against was uber gosu and definitely not a C- level player like BaBo, but then he lost so that's ignorable ;D) and checked the replay. 400 APM made him suspicious, so he checked against an sGs.BaBo replay. The hotkeys, APM, and action distribution were totally different.
He asked me to help him compare the replays of BaBo that I had with the XaXo vs ][-][ero replay. Indeed, they were totally different. Then he thought of another Protoss player with ~400 APM that had been involved with the C Ranks Team League. Minister! Now, Minister was previously banned from CRTL for claiming to be a C- player when he had reached B- before. He gathered up three more replays of Minister and compared. The hotkey patterns, APM, and action distribution were exactly the same as the ][-][ero replay!
WandS and I were now thoroughly suspicious of this player. I confirmed with BaBo that it was in fact his account:
Yup!
There's the 25-2 stats he was talking about.
WandS then asked two different iCCup administrators to check the IPs of Minister and ][-][ero's last login. REMOVED AT REQUEST OF ICCUP ADMIN (my bad). Yup! They're the same. So now we have it confirmed that Minister played instead of BaBo against XaXo!
As to how this happened according to BaBo: He was called into work about half an hour before the scheduled game. He didn't want there to be a walkover win so he posted in his team's Skype chat what his username and password were for ][-][ero and told them he had to go to work (he ended up playing a KotH with greenelve and Nagisama for the next hour before leaving for work, plenty of time to play his game...). He actually logged off his sGs.Babo account at this stage, after I messaged him on iCCup asking when he was playing. So he played one game of his KotH, then I messaged him and he logged off that account, and continued with his KotH.
Then SlowBullets, team captain of Team Rocket Reborn, told me that Minister was in their Skype chat (wut why...).
So according to BaBo, his only crime was to post his user ID and pass in the chat group to prevent walkover (still pretty awful). Then Minister saw the username and password and proceeded to log on and play the game vs XaXo.
L3gendary has allowed the game to be changed into a win for Stealth Bunnies. BaBo/Team Rocket Reborn will be in a lot worse trouble if it turns out that Minister also played in the Nando(OD) vs ][-][ero game too. Still waiting on that replay.
I'm pretty disappointed in what happened (even though I'm not even sure what happened), but I have to correct few things from Birdie's post.
On June 06 2013 20:10 Birdie wrote: As to how this happened according to BaBo: He was called into work about half an hour before the scheduled game. He didn't want there to be a walkover win so he posted in his team's Skype chat what his username and password were for ][-][ero and told them he had to go to work (he ended up playing a KotH with greenelve and Nagisama for the next hour before leaving for work, plenty of time to play his game...). He actually logged off his sGs.Babo account at this stage, after I messaged him on iCCup asking when he was playing. So he played one game of his KotH, then I messaged him and he logged off that account, and continued with his KotH.
This has never happened (maybe I overlooked it because I didn't really read the team chat too carefully). And I have no idea where did you get that screenshot because it's not what it says in my skype history. Here's direct screenshot from my skype:
On June 06 2013 20:10 Birdie wrote: Then SlowBullets, team captain of Team Rocket Reborn, told me that Minister was in their Skype chat (wut why...).
I don't really know who Minister is, but I'm pretty sure he was never in our skype chat (definitely not in time of this incident). Quick search for word "minister" in my skype history brings me to this chat when Minister got banned from CRTL:
Now I have no idea what really happened, nor do I really care, but just thought to set some things straight ^^
This has never happened (maybe I overlooked it because I didn't really read the team chat too carefully). And I have no idea where did you get that screenshot because it's not what it says in my skype history. Here's direct screenshot from my skype:
Then BaBo quickly photoshopped it together, or else Skype didn't update it properly.
SlowBullets said that Minister is in the group, I'm not in it so I can't confirm or deny it other than the screenshot of what he said to me. Would suck if he's implicated too in this, because then there's three cheaters.
I apologize for my lack of integrity. It is my fault. I was only trying to cover for my team - didn't want them to receive a W/O loss at a crucial time; if I had missed an already PP'd game I'm sure that's grounds for W/O, or at least I would take one. I couldn't miss work either; it is often that players arrive late to PP'd matches, so there was no guarantee that I'd be able to finish the game and make it to the bus stop. I kept playing the KotH because those were games I could leave whenever without any penalty on anyone else. I know it was a scumbag thing to do, and I have already talked to L3g and I am banned from CRTL. I honestly do feel terrible for the situation; I have played honest games in DRTL for over a year, but like hackers, one mistake can permanently mar a reputation. As I was retiring DRTL after this season anyway, you guys don't have to deal with me anymore, hooray!
t0ssboy, I have no need to smurf against you, and I didn't allow my account to be used because I was scared of losing a game (how silly a notion). I allowed it to be used to prevent receiving a W/O loss. If you feel like calling it off, you can do so. But you can also request IP confirmation, which should be easy to do, or do a rep analysis, which is also easy.
Once again, I apologize to the league for the situation.
On June 07 2013 00:00 Jealous wrote: I apologize for my lack of integrity. It is my fault. I was only trying to cover for my team - didn't want them to receive a W/O loss at a crucial time; if I had missed an already PP'd game I'm sure that's grounds for W/O, or at least I would take one. I couldn't miss work either; it is often that players arrive late to PP'd matches, so there was no guarantee that I'd be able to finish the game and make it to the bus stop. I kept playing the KotH because those were games I could leave whenever without any penalty on anyone else. I know it was a scumbag thing to do, and I have already talked to L3g and I am banned from CRTL. I honestly do feel terrible for the situation; I have played honest games in DRTL for over a year, but like hackers, one mistake can permanently mar a reputation. As I was retiring DRTL after this season anyway, you guys don't have to deal with me anymore, hooray!
t0ssboy, I have no need to smurf against you, and I didn't allow my account to be used because I was scared of losing a game (how silly a notion). I allowed it to be used to prevent receiving a W/O loss. If you feel like calling it off, you can do so. But you can also request IP confirmation, which should be easy to do.
NAWWW dawg,don't quit who am i going to compare my huge ego to?c
On June 07 2013 00:00 Jealous wrote: I apologize for my lack of integrity. It is my fault. I was only trying to cover for my team - didn't want them to receive a W/O loss at a crucial time; if I had missed an already PP'd game I'm sure that's grounds for W/O, or at least I would take one. I couldn't miss work either; it is often that players arrive late to PP'd matches, so there was no guarantee that I'd be able to finish the game and make it to the bus stop. I kept playing the KotH because those were games I could leave whenever without any penalty on anyone else. I know it was a scumbag thing to do, and I have already talked to L3g and I am banned from CRTL. I honestly do feel terrible for the situation; I have played honest games in DRTL for over a year, but like hackers, one mistake can permanently mar a reputation. As I was retiring DRTL after this season anyway, you guys don't have to deal with me anymore, hooray!
t0ssboy, I have no need to smurf against you, and I didn't allow my account to be used because I was scared of losing a game (how silly a notion). I allowed it to be used to prevent receiving a W/O loss. If you feel like calling it off, you can do so. But you can also request IP confirmation, which should be easy to do.
NAWWW dawg,don't quit who am i going to compare my huge ego to?c
My skill has gotten too high for DRTL, I hit 50-29 C this season.
wait that doesn't even make any sense. either your work called you in early or xaxo was late, which are reasonable grounds for asking for another change in time, or you deliberately PP'd to a time you knew you couldn't play in the first place.
On June 07 2013 00:19 rauk wrote: wait that doesn't even make any sense. either your work called you in early or xaxo was late, which are reasonable grounds for asking for another change in time, or you deliberately PP'd to a time you knew you couldn't play in the first place.
....
Work called me on an urgent assignment that was not supposed to be mine, and they did so at around 4:15. I'm a tutor and there are times when my company is legally responsible for children's safety, but a person doesn't show up, so it's a major legal issue for us. In those cases, a substitute has to be summoned, and I had to board the next bus to the city where the school was located (at 5:30) to make it in time for the subbed class (at 6:30). I said people are OFTEN late for PP games, and I would not be able to both play the game and make the bus in that situation. Like I said before, I had my team's best interests in mind, but I was short-sighted.
I just want to re-iterate that I am not trying to get unbanned, just to be understood. I still committed a dishonest act, I still fully deserve the punishment, and I am still ashamed and very sorry for the wrongs I've committed to this league of dedicated players and organizers.
Jealous, can you explain why your Skype message was changed from "for 27 cents? easy" to "someone log on for me please so I don't get w/o, I have work".
When Minister was banned, some people on the team thought that it was now impossible for us to win the league. This was the cause of the team almost dissolving immediately after, with Beggar, Puzzle, and Metal[x] leaving the team almost right away. Being the weakest player on the team, the idea came up that Minister would play on my account. This idea was hatched outside of the Skype group as far as I remember. This might be the reason why the team got back together and continued to play games. Before then, I had only once attempted to use the Hero name for CRTL, and that was as a sub for Beggar, a game that never happened anyways.
After giving my account to Minister, I had not logged into the account or had anything to do with the team besides chatting once in a while. Although I had laddered the account myself (L_Master has the rep pack, there are a few reps on repdepot as well), the account was no longer mine at all. Every W/O and game played on Hero's name was actually Minister's games.
Who knew about this? I'm not sure who knew about this besides myself and Minister, who I was friends with in college. It is fact that others on the team knew about it. I'm not going to name suspects because I have no proof.
Why did you photoshop screenshots? I think you may see the pattern here, but I didn't want to give trouble to people in my team who didn't deserve it. I wanted to take the fall for everyone who may be involved, because their knowledge of the issue would preclude them to being banned as well, when really I don't think they deserve a sentence as harsh as mine. I don't know who else was involved in the decision making process for me giving up my account to Minister, but I surely didn't want people who WEREN'T involved to be implicated. On Facebook Minister asked me for my password because of these facts. I told him that people KNEW I was ][-][ero (well, L3g and L_Master did, not sure how anyone else got wind of it but who cares). The reason I told L3g and L_Master was to be honest with them from the get-go at the start of both DRTL and CRTL; in DRTL I sent the rep pack to L_Master so he could gauge whether or not I was too good for DRTL, for L3g it's so that he knew who this random no-name was in his league. I started this league with the intentions of practicing with C players, playing (and probably losing) a few games, nothing more. Otherwise I would never have told anyone that ][-][ero was BaBo.
I don't think I can properly express how sorry I am, and how ashamed as well. I have been an honest player, with no hacks, cheating, or anything of the nature for years in this community. Giving my account was the stupidest thing I could have done, because it makes me a dishonest player. As I said before, I had no intention of participating in any D or C ranks events through Team Liquid anyways (I told L_Master of my retirement well in advance, and I PM'd SynC my resignation from DR All-Stars a week ago), but it's definitely a bitter note to go out on after years of honest play.
So what part of all this bullshit is true? Everything that I posted here, 2Pac's Skype chat screens, and everything that I posted relevant to me going to work. The only additional falsehood that was cleared up in this post was the timing of the ][-][ero account transfer and therefore the duration of Minister's ownership of the account.
TL;DR: I wanted the full blame to fall on me and Minister, not anyone else, so I tried to make it seem like the issue was a new one and not premeditated by a part of the team. Everyone knows the mantra "snitches get stitches." Well, I'm not a snitch.
This isn't BaBo, it's Minister. And if the admins want to IP check some more, please be my guest.You all have your PhDs in checking IP addresses these days anyways, huh?
So, let me lay some facts down quickly: 1) I am at fault. I "cheated" and played on his name. *Counter to 1): You think I give one shit? Let's be honest here CRTL community: WandS and CryoC are in the league. So if you scummy ass C- players really think WandS and CryoC are in the same league as you, please reconsider and truly reevaluate your damn lives. Those two players are easily B and higher and should not be in this league. Yet, WandS sits here trying to cause drama. That dumb ass actually won and qualified into TLS, but yeah, he's a legit CRTL player!!!! Oh, and Cryoc? That dumb ass won every game in Gambit cup if you morons even know what Gambit it. But I'm beginning to think the retards in CRTL have no logic or understanding, so I'm not sure you would know what Gambit is.
No.
2) The game vs XaXo was utter rape. *Counter to 2): LOL there ain't no god damn counter to this point. This dude got his ass womped on and then cried and sniched. The dude probably thought, "OH SHIT HOW I LOSE TO A C- PLAYER? OMG. THERE AINT NO WAY. IM A STRONG C PLAYER!!" Man, you must be one of the dumbest along with the 2Pac. Firstly, even if I was C-, it is POSSIBLE that I could beat a C player. It was PvP and the nature of the MU implies that a better player can be beaten. Right off the bat, XaXo is a retard. Who cares about the 350 APM. You lost your damn nat in start to a simple reaver push, "BaBo" could have easily started spamming since he was ahead for fun. But wait, you weren't playing BaBo. You were playing me. And I ain't no C-. I'm on the same level as Wands and CryoC if not better. And also, if Wands or Cryoc want to get slammed too, PLEASE bo7. And if I win, these two idiots should be kicked from the league just because. SO this is a call out to both, and if you idiots want ShowMatch, then GO. Yes, there's no logic to this just as there isn't any to the CRTL league, but after all I've said, I feel the morons should realize CryoC and Wands don't belong anyways (And if they beat me in bo7 anyways, then that even more leads to a reason of them being banned).
3) Biride and 2Pac are low life, degenerate scums. Counter to point 3: I can't counter this because it's so true.Firstly, Birdie, you're a scum ass D rank player. Why the hell are you trying to investigate shit? Just be happy and watch some games and get better. Dumb ass has a better chance becoming a CIA investigator than even hitting D+ rank. Such a sad, sad life you live, my friend. And 2Pac, I don't know shit about you but I do know you're just a retard so it has to be said here.
4) If our team is banned (which obviously it is after all this), then just give the win to C Entus already. *Counter to point 4: This has a legitmate counter. If any other team besides ours goes to play C Entus, they will win EASILY 5-0. Why don't you god damn morons give some good games and put up a match for them. Our team was the only who has a chance to beat them... Yes, we cheated. Ok, who really gives one rat ass. If WandS is in the league by saying he's B- then you niggas must be on some shit.
Anyways, I won't post here again. Take all this drama for what it is. It's just some stupid CRTL league, people were just playing and having some fun. It's not like we smurfed in A+ korean GOSUs. And even if a team did, who gives a shit. IT's CRTL and allows up to B-. You would think people want COMPETITVE games, want to learn, and hope to lose games to learn more from losses. But no, we got retards like Biride and XaXo who get butt hurt after losses. No wonder those two are garabage at this game.
My last opinion: sB really deserves this finals spot, first ever recorded BW win by being A- on CIACup
MINISTER OUT.
ONE LAST EDIT: I HOPE FROM NOW ON, YOU GUYS WASTE PRECIOUS TIME CHECKING ALL IPS AND VERIFYING EVERYONE IN FUTURE JUST BECAUSE OF THIS WHOLE ORDEAL. I PRAY THAT YOUR TIME GETS WASTED IN FUTURE LEAGUES BECAUSE OF THIS.
Also, I should mention as I call everyone out. BaBo actually was pressured into giving me his account. Our team did want to win, and we didn't think it would hurt to have one "ace" player on the team, especially when other teams have CryoC or Wands. Yes, BaBo is at fault as he admitted in his other post, but I would also say that he isn't at as much fault as he makes it seem. The whole team was involved. And I like that scum ass metal[x]. Some how he has so many followers and shit, but still he knew too. So fuck it. BRING EVERYONE DOWN.
Yeah, I knew you were on the team, but you weren't above B- when you joined the team. What id did you xfer to? Bc it took you 45% win rate 300 games to get b- this past season. And after 200 more games you dropped to 5300. Let's clear this up, you weren't the ace player. You're behind me and 2pac thx. :D
CRTL Drama, lol. So what exactly is the extent of involvement on their team? It is unfathomable to me that whoever their captain is wasn't involved, especially after reading a combination of Birdie's post and 2pac's. As in, Babo photoshopped a screenshot asking for someone to play for him in their skype group, team captain said that happened and Minister was in the skype group, and then 2pac comes and posts that that wasn't true.
On June 07 2013 05:12 tonight wrote: Despite all the "Minister" stuff you still have to punish Babo. In the end he gave up his account and then tried to hide it with photoshop.
I do not disagree with this, I embrace a full ban whole-heartedly. I committed a wrong and will not back away from the consequences.
Here are my final words: Yes I knew that ][-][erO was played by Minister but only after I was told so. The entire giving account information was done outside of group chat so that knowledge was not clear to most of the members on the team. Why did I lie about the Skype chat? Because at that point, 1) the team was fucked anyways 2) I wanted to cover up for whoever was involved, which is something I should not have done.
On June 07 2013 02:08 Metal[x] wrote: Yeah, I knew you were on the team, but you weren't above B- when you joined the team. What id did you xfer to? Bc it took you 45% win rate 300 games to get b- this past season. And after 200 more games you dropped to 5300. Let's clear this up, you weren't the ace player. You're behind me and 2pac thx. :D
Let me clarify on this matter as well. The only reason that Minister even got banned in the first place was because he lied about his rank stating that he was C- for the league. Then mid season he hits C+, which I would say is his real rank , and eventually B-. He fell down to 52-5300 range after another ~100 games or so and stops laddering for the remainder of the season as far as I know. There have been a few players who were C+ in the league that hit B- at some point/kept the rank (such examples are: munkie, plus, ihufa, me and I'm sure a couple more). Had Minister stated that he was C+, he would have been allowed to play.
It's funny though, so if Minister stated he was C+ from the get-go, he would not have been banned from the league and this whole ordeal of Babo giving him the ][-][ero account could have been avoided. I understand that he shouldn't have said he was C-, but it's kind been unfair that the difference between a - and + takes away his eligibility to play in this league. If minister had said his legitimate rank then he would not have been banned; Babo would have not been coerced into giving his account and none of the team would be implicated. Minister made a big mistake but we failed to see the full picture and as a result there are consequences for our actions.
Again, I am sorry that I failed to fulfill my duties as a responsible captain.
On June 07 2013 05:24 tonight wrote: I don't think a TL ban is required, but a tournament temp ban most definitely
I meant a tournament full-ban. Although a TL ban might be legitimate as well. I will say that I had no further intention of participating in either C or D RTL until I improved my skills to be useful to CRTL anyway. Clearly this whole situation arose because I was deadweight on a team, a lamb sacrificed, and I walked in military fashion to the slaughter. I do not want to be in such a situation again. I am too good for DRTL and too weak for a competent CRTL team, so I'd rather practice on fish and independently ladder on ICCup to increase my skills.
On June 07 2013 05:53 rauk wrote: Yea so I don't get why minister thought his participation would've been affected by being c+
As you can see from Minister's post which was quite funny, he shows signs of being a total idiot sometimes. Idk, I should have honestly checked when he signed up and made him correct that. Why he said C-, I will NEVER know.
On June 07 2013 05:53 rauk wrote: Yea so I don't get why minister thought his participation would've been affected by being c+
As you can see from Minister's post which was quite funny, he shows signs of being a total idiot sometimes. Idk, I should have honestly checked when he signed up and made him correct that. Why he said C-, I will NEVER know.
Seconded. This is honestly why the whole issue arrived on my FB page in the first place.
On June 07 2013 05:53 rauk wrote: Yea so I don't get why minister thought his participation would've been affected by being c+
As you can see from Minister's post which was quite funny, he shows signs of being a total idiot sometimes. Idk, I should have honestly checked when he signed up and made him correct that. Why he said C-, I will NEVER know.
He seemed kind of douchey from what I could see there. It was like he got caught and suddenly, everyone else is pathetic? He's like "OH, YOU GUYS WASTE TIME CHECKING IPS, WHAT A BUNCH OF NO-LIFES" when he spent the time and energy to cheat, what a loser.
I will cast the sB vs Team Rocket match Friday 19CET. The result already overturned so the cast shouldn't matter. Also there are legit players who at least deserve to be seen.
On June 07 2013 06:46 rauk wrote: so just curious, babo/slowbullets, do you guys deny the accusation that minister is SuGo who is at least B-?
Under which account does he have B-? If he does, I'm genuinely curious.
So do give me the name of the ladder account that he transferred to from Minister, which is the only ID that he seriously laddered under.
Please, enlighten me.
To answer your question, I do not deny that he is SuGo.
Hint: He did hit B- on Minister, transferred to said account but like I said dropped rank after a handful of games. Hint#2: The account finished at 156-179 C rank. Good luck and have fun finding it!
On June 07 2013 06:46 rauk wrote: so just curious, babo/slowbullets, do you guys deny the accusation that minister is SuGo who is at least B-?
I don't know his match history, he was just an acquaintance from college and from CSL. I don't know his history or his max skill. All I know is he hit B- during CRTL season and was banned for it so I had to give up my account.
Zzz you two can't even keep your stories straight. Did e get banned for hitting B- or for lying about c-, which is it?Wands said that sugo is b- or better, I can't confirm that on my own since he clears stats every season, but I'll take wands word for it.
On June 07 2013 07:00 rauk wrote: Zzz you two can't even keep your stories straight. Did e get banned for hitting B- or for lying about c-, which is it?Wands said that sugo is b- or better, I can't confirm that on my own since he clears stats every season, but I'll take wands word for it.
Zzz holy shit, do I really have to simplify this for you?
1) SuGo lied saying he was C- instead of C+ during the signups. THIS IS WHAT HE GOT BANNED FOR
2) MID SEASON IN CRTL, he hit B-, then LOST the rank, and finished at C rank.
Really, it's not that hard of a concept to grasp.
How can WandS say that Sugo is B- or better when there is NO ABSOLUTE PROOF that he kept the B- rank, or had a rank better than that?
On June 07 2013 05:33 SlowBullets wrote: Here are my final words: Yes I knew that ][-][erO was played by Minister but only after I was told so. The entire giving account information was done outside of group chat so that knowledge was not clear to most of the members on the team. Why did I lie about the Skype chat? Because at that point, 1) the team was fucked anyways 2) I wanted to cover up for whoever was involved, which is something I should not have done.
On June 07 2013 02:08 Metal[x] wrote: Yeah, I knew you were on the team, but you weren't above B- when you joined the team. What id did you xfer to? Bc it took you 45% win rate 300 games to get b- this past season. And after 200 more games you dropped to 5300. Let's clear this up, you weren't the ace player. You're behind me and 2pac thx. :D
Let me clarify on this matter as well. The only reason that Minister even got banned in the first place was because he lied about his rank stating that he was C- for the league. Then mid season he hits C+, which I would say is his real rank , and eventually B-. He fell down to 52-5300 range after another ~100 games or so and stops laddering for the remainder of the season as far as I know. There have been a few players who were C+ in the league that hit B- at some point/kept the rank (such examples are: munkie, plus, ihufa, me and I'm sure a couple more). Had Minister stated that he was C+, he would have been allowed to play.
It's funny though, so if Minister stated he was C+ from the get-go, he would not have been banned from the league and this whole ordeal of Babo giving him the ][-][ero account could have been avoided. I understand that he shouldn't have said he was C-, but it's kind been unfair that the difference between a - and + takes away his eligibility to play in this league. If minister had said his legitimate rank then he would not have been banned; Babo would have not been coerced into giving his account and none of the team would be implicated. Minister made a big mistake but we failed to see the full picture and as a result there are consequences for our actions.
Again, I am sorry that I failed to fulfill my duties as a responsible captain.
I can't believe I have to bold out for your lack of reading comprehension. rofl
On June 07 2013 07:00 rauk wrote: Zzz you two can't even keep your stories straight. Did e get banned for hitting B- or for lying about c-, which is it?Wands said that sugo is b- or better, I can't confirm that on my own since he clears stats every season, but I'll take wands word for it.
Zzz holy shit, do I really have to simplify this for you?
1) SuGo lied saying he was C- instead of C+ during the signups.
2) MID SEASON IN CRTL, he hit B-, then LOST the rank, and finished at C rank.
Really, it's not that hard of a concept to grasp.
How can WandS say that Sugo is B- or better when there is NO ABSOLUTE PROOF that he kept the B- rank, or had a rank better than that?
Going by public opinion, it's WandsSL, where Wands is the president and the king. He is the only player allowed to have performances higher than B-, and anyone else is instantly suspect of being inappropriate for the league, regardless of TLS results or otherwise.
Just kidding, but the lack of actual proof and the fact that everyone is supporting him is of course reeking of groupthink. I have never seen Minister be higher than B- (or B- at all until 10 minutes ago when the Google archive page was posted in sGs chat), and no inference that he is this SuGo character that I do not know and have never heard of -_-
Reporting one's max rank matters regardless of the time that has passed since that max rank? I thought it didn't matter, but a lot of people in the sign up thread reported the rank they are or reached recently. I'm not referring to any of the drama, but I am just wondering.
On June 07 2013 07:09 rauk wrote: I think slowbullets and babo should have a 10 minute break to decide on a consistent story before the post again
We have never discussed our "story" and all we have is based upon personal contact with Minister, as far as I can tell. "He said, she said" is all we've been conveying. After I've come clean I've had no reason to lie about anything, it's not going to improve the situation any. Why have a "story" when I just have my subjective experiences? :/
EDIT: By the consistency of your 1-line responses I can only assume you are trolling, because no one can be this myopic in their presentation.
On June 07 2013 07:06 Archaeo wrote: Reporting one's max rank matters regardless of the time that has passed since that max rank? I thought it didn't matter, but a lot of people in the sign up thread reported the rank they are or reached recently. I'm not referring to any of the drama, but I am just wondering.
It does not matter. This was discussed with myself & L3gendary a while back. As I have stated, players such as plus/myself/munkie/ihufa hit B- (some of us lost the rank while laddering, while some of us kept the rank). This is okay, because we all stated our max rank as C+ which was true at the time.
This would not have affected Minister but the difference is he said he was C- which was an outright lie.
-Babo is banned indefinitely from CRTL & CRIT/YSL, minimum of 1 season each, for smurfing, account sharing, and faking evidence. -Slowbullets is banned for 1 season of CRTL for condoning the account sharing, denying knowledge and responsibility, and lying about order of events. -Minister was already perm banned from future seasons. -Result of Hero vs sB.Xaxo + Show Spoiler +
On June 07 2013 07:28 L3gendary wrote: Here's the final ruling
-Babo is banned indefinitely from CRTL & CRIT/YSL, minimum of 1 season each, for smurfing, account sharing, and faking evidence. -Slowbullets is banned for 1 season of CRTL for condoning the account sharing, denying knowledge and responsibility, and lying about order of events. -Minister was already perm banned from future seasons. -Result of Hero vs sB.Xaxo + Show Spoiler +
I fully accept my fault and the organizer's decision. In fact I find it to be more lenient than I expected. However, no one should worry, I will not be entering any of the above leagues any time soon (even beyond the 1 season limit).
Thank you L3gendary for running this league, and I am sorry for disrespecting you and all of the players who have invested effort into this league.
I share the exact same sentiments. Thank you for this league L3gendary - besides this whole fiasco, I sincerely say I had a blast with the team as I never was in the team league experience. With the aid of this tournament, I improved drastically as well. As for the punishment, I accept, no questions asked - I would not even mind a permanent ban to the league due to my actions.
My apologies to everyone involved, I should not have lied but it was kind of a spur of the moment. BAD decision on my part, I don't know what benefit that could have done...
On June 07 2013 07:00 rauk wrote: Zzz you two can't even keep your stories straight. Did e get banned for hitting B- or for lying about c-, which is it?Wands said that sugo is b- or better, I can't confirm that on my own since he clears stats every season, but I'll take wands word for it.
Zzz holy shit, do I really have to simplify this for you?
1) SuGo lied saying he was C- instead of C+ during the signups. THIS IS WHAT HE GOT BANNED FOR
2) MID SEASON IN CRTL, he hit B-, then LOST the rank, and finished at C rank.
Really, it's not that hard of a concept to grasp.
How can WandS say that Sugo is B- or better when there is NO ABSOLUTE PROOF that he kept the B- rank, or had a rank better than that?
SJ.SuGo started playing again on March 6 and reached B- on April 21. Before March he was inactive. You don't reach B- less than 2 months after starting to play again if your previous max was C+.
Claiming to be C- is stupid if your max rank really is C+. But if you're B- or higher, posing as an unknown C- draws less attention to you than saying C+ and having people question your max rank. I think smurfing as C- was a calculated decision, not some flash of idiocy by Sugo. If he said his real rank maybe he'd have simply been banned outright.
There's no "ABSOLUTE PROOF", but maybe that's just because he clears stats every season and has other accounts we don't know of anyway. Sugo claimed to me that he was A- max (and apparently has said the same to Metal[x]). I don't trust that either, but I find it hard to believe that your team is incapable of finding his true rank/accounts when he's IRL friends with Babo, you invited him to your team, and he's in Skype with you. You're playing this off like the only reason he was banned to begin with was for being silly and saying C- for no reason, but it seems to me that he knew exactly what he was doing.
On June 07 2013 08:41 SlowBullets wrote: What part of "hit B- then lost the rank" do people not understand?
Whoop-dee-doo he hit B-, okay but does that really mean he's B-? Don't be ridiculous, after he fell down to 4900 C afterwards? LOL.
A page or so earlier I also say that him claiming to be C- is the most retarded thing he could have done, and for no legitimate reason.
Hitting B- during the CRTL season is normally a good thing, suggesting improvement. However, he hit it after playing for only 2 months, which is something not possible unless you've done so before. I'm saying that he was at least B- max in previous seasons as well, which is the problem. His "legitimate" reason for claiming C- is that it's easier to smurf as a C- than as C+ when neither is his real rank.
On June 07 2013 07:10 SlowBullets wrote: I think you should improve your reading comprehension.
When I looked at Minister's match history at the time, he was beating B- players from the start of the season and not only after his 300 game grind or whatever it was. Officially he was banned for lying about his rank being C- instead of C+ but I have little doubt he was at least B- before.
He shouldn't have been allowed to play in the first place according to the rules because he was a new TL user but I made an exception in a couple of cases, and this added a sort of aggravating factor to the ordeal and why i wasn't lenient in his case. By that I mean he was given a certain level of trust by bending the rules for him and he broke that trust.
I guess C Entus wins..like it wasn't obvious from the start just looking at that team with it's 5 B- players. I'm sorry I even suggested to have B- players when the planning of this was happening.
On June 07 2013 16:56 fold wrote: I guess C Entus wins..like it wasn't obvious from the start just looking at that team with it's 5 B- players. I'm sorry I even suggested to have B- players when the planning of this was happening.
Stealth Bunnies will win no matter how many Korean ex-pro smurfs there are on C Entus!
On June 07 2013 16:56 fold wrote: I guess C Entus wins..like it wasn't obvious from the start just looking at that team with it's 5 B- players. I'm sorry I even suggested to have B- players when the planning of this was happening.
Stealth Bunnies will win no matter how many Korean ex-pro smurfs there are on C Entus!
On June 07 2013 16:56 fold wrote: I guess C Entus wins..like it wasn't obvious from the start just looking at that team with it's 5 B- players. I'm sorry I even suggested to have B- players when the planning of this was happening.
no seriously what the fuck is going on, i can't watch any streams or get onskype at work why would sb forge replays if team rocket was obviously cheating and admitted to it, that doesn't make any sense
Uh, I don't have any fake reps unless WandS sent me fake reps of Minister. All the replays I have of BaBo and ][-][ero are either the XaXo game or games I've played vs him myself, or DRTL and DRIT games, so they're all legit. I can give you the zip folder if you like.
EDIT Ah you mean the replays dRaw used? I didn't send any replays to him. No idea what he used in the cast.
EDIT2 Watching the cast now, hahahahha this is awesome.
Well played dRaw well played, you, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar.
I'd like to take a moment here and thank my team, C Entus, and Team Stealth Bunnies for all their hard work through out the duration of the league and giving their all in the finals. And a big thank you to L3gendary and the CRTL staff, the casters: Nagisama, dRaW, and oxysc, for making this league one of the most enjoyable experiences for me. And I almost forgot to thank every player here who participated in their respected teams and stayed committed from start to finish. Without you all, this league would never stay active and afloat.
I am really happy and fortunate to be a part of the finals. This was in my opinion an epic finals to be remembered down in foreign brood war history.
On June 10 2013 08:14 WandS wrote: I'd like to take a moment here and thank my team, C Entus, and Team Stealth Bunnies for all their hard work through out the duration of the league and giving their all in the finals. And a big thank you to L3gendary and the CRTL staff, the casters: Nagisama, dRaW, and oxysc, for making this league one of the most enjoyable experiences for me. And I almost forgot to thank every player here who participated in their respected teams and stayed committed from start to finish. Without you all, this league would never stay active and afloat.
I am really happy and fortunate to be a part of the finals. This was in my opinion an epic finals to be remembered down in foreign brood war history.
Take me as an example. I did co-cast with Birdie during bwmn streams, including my own games. You just have to talk about yourself in 3rd person and ignore your memory. They will have to ignore memory only. Very Simple.
See, if you know the game you can't say things such as, "I think he's going sair/reaver out of this opening..." because if you said it either you'd have to be acting like it wasn't happening or just feigning ignorance. Either way I think to cast properly you have to not know the results.
On June 12 2013 08:40 tonight wrote: See, if you know the game you can't say things such as, "I think he's going sair/reaver out of this opening..." because if you said it either you'd have to be acting like it wasn't happening or just feigning ignorance. Either way I think to cast properly you have to not know the results.
I haven't watched any of the replays, I only know the final score. If it's going to be such a big problem for you then you don't have to watch the cast, although of course it would be great if you did tune in. No one else besides yourself and rauk have ever complained about this before so I think I'm still going to go ahead with it.