Intro Welcome to the new tournament series, hosted on ShieldBattery – ShieldBattery Showdown. The intent here is to bring some more competitive spirit (as well as create an internal ranking) to the server, and generate some exposure to the lovely work that the ShieldBattery team is doing. This will be a nice opportunity to meet some new people, learn some BW, and have a fun time. That said, you require a ShieldBattery account to play, so if you don’t, follow the instructions in the opening post here:
Sign up for the beta, and hope for the RNG gods to be on your side. Schedule
The ShieldBattery Showdown will be a one-day reoccurring event taking place every 2nd Sunday, starting at 12PM Eastern/9AM Pacific/6PM CET… Which should make it possible for everyone minus East Asia and Australia, etc. to play (sorry Scaramanga). The first event will fittingly commence January 1st, 2017. With the current format, the event is expected to take 5-6 hours (winner will play 5 round robin games, 1 best-of-1, 2 best-of-3), therefore if you’re going to be playing, please ensure you have enough time to complete the tournament.
Format The ultimate aim is to run 3 concurrent events, which will attempt to cater to the entire 1v1 playing ShieldBattery populace. The three cups being played are the Stargate, Robotics, and Gateway Cup, they’re discussed individually below:
Stargate Cup The most prestigious cup. It will consist of 12 to 16 players competing in two round robin groups (random draw) of 6-8 players. A best-of-1 will be played with all other players. The top 4 players in each group move on to a 8 man single elimination bracket. Best-of-1 quarterfinals, best-of-3 onwards.
1A vs 4B, 3A vs 2B, 2A vs 3B, 4A vs 1B will be the seeding structure for the single elimination. Tiebreaks in the group stage will be handled by looking at the head-to-head record, and if that can’t solve the conflict, an Armageddon FFA will decide the outcome.
Placing in the last two spots in either group will demote you to playing in the Robotics cup for the following event, and likewise, the top 4 placings of Robotics cup will be eligible for promotion to the Stargate cup. If you’re battling in the Stargate Cup, you’re allowed to miss one consecutive event without penalty while keeping a spot when you return. An absence of 2 events will result in a dropdown to Robotics Cup when you return. If you no-show to the event, the first offense will be punished by a dropdown to the Robotics cup. The second and following offenses will be punished by a dropdown to the Gateway cup, and if it becomes a habit, potentially long periods before promotion to above Gateway cup can be had… Please show up if you sign up!
If enough people in the Stargate Cup don’t show up, some players in the Robotics Cup based on their ranking will be promoted upwards to reach the minimum of 12 in the Stargate cup.
Robotics Cup The format here will be a standard GSL or MSL group stage. A vs B and C vs D, winners of those games play each other, and losers play each other. The winner of the winner game moves on, and the loser of the loser game is eliminated. Remaining two players play a game to decide the last spot. In the interest of time the group stage will be all Bo1 (as was in the MSL).
Depends on the interest and popularity, the tournament could range anywhere from 8 to 32 players max. Round-of-32 and Round-of-16 will always be the aforementioned group stage, and quarterfinals onwards will be single elimination in the format of:
1A vs 2D, 2B vs 1C, 1B vs 2C. 2A vs 1D Group draws will be random for both round-of-32 and round-of-16. Group stages are a maximum 3 games each, so at full capacity, 6 group stage games (for two rounds), and then a best-of-1 quarterfinals, followed by two best-of-3’s for the semis and finals, again the length is expected to be 5-6 hours, or 4-5 hours with 16 players.
The top 4 finishers in the Robotics Cup will be eligible to compete in the Stargate Cup for the following event. If the Robotics cup does not exceed 32 people, and you finish last in the first group stage, you’ll be eligible to compete in the Robotics cup again. If the popularity over times becomes very high and we have 32 players, the bottom person in each of the 8 groups will need be relegated to the Gateway Cup.
As in the Stargate cup, you’re allowed to miss one event without losing your spot in the Robotics Cup. If you miss two concurrent events, and then you choose to compete again, you’ll need to work up from the Gateway Cup. A no-show is punished by a demotion to the Gateway cup for the first two offenses, following that, longer periods of time without eligibility to promote from Gateway Cup.
Gateway Cup As a preface, the main purpose of the Gateway cup is to weed out as many no-shows as we can, and give people some experience before they start to play in the Stargate or Robotics Cup. The idea is that later down the road, the tournament will run more seamlessly. It can also be used as a punishment much like low priority. Maybe one day when when we’re getting 100 sign-ups per tournament, it will be treated like a qualifier. Gateway Cup is a single elimination tournament, best-of-3 from quarterfinals onwards, best-of-1. The tournament’s max effective size will be limitless, but technically limited to around 256 players. Top 8 will gain eligibility to compete in the Robotics cup for the next event, however if there’s enough space in the Robotics Cup, other competitors will be eligible to move up as well.
Maps All versions of maps will be the default ShieldBattery version (I believe they are all the most current and updated version).
Stargate Cup: Group stage – Fighting Spirit, Circuit Breaker, Tau Cross Single elimination bracket – Fighting Spirit, Circuit Breaker, Tau Cross, *Blue Storm, *Match Point Robotics Cup: Group stages - Fighting Spirit, Circuit Breaker, Python Single elimination bracket – Fighting Spirit, Circuit Breaker, *Blue Storm Gateway Cup: Fighting Spirit, Circuit Breaker, Python *Subject to change as obs mode is not yet implemented yet, and hence 2p maps can't be obs real time at the moment.
For best-of-1, both players will alternate vetoing until only one map remains. A coin toss will decide who vetoes first if players cannot mutually agree. For best-of-3, maps are vetoed until only 3 remain. A coin toss determines which player chooses one of the three maps. Loser picks the map afterwards, and each map can only be played once per series. I would not like too frequent a change in maps, as I know map maps you ShieldBattery people play . But of course, here and there, the map pool will be rotated a bit, with the help of my map ranking created here: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/brood-war/514719-all-time-broodwar-most-balanced-maps-ranked
Rules Basic stuff:
A pause of more than 15 minutes results in a walkover. That includes in game, or time between finishing last game, and being ready for the next one.
Spamming, hate speech, and general assholery will receive a warning or a DQ. Be courteous to your fellow peers.
Observers allowed if both players agree, observers must leave at the request of either player. First observing spot will go to the broadcaster.
Tournament organizer and supporting staff have final say on any disputes.
ShieldBattery autosaves replays, if they are requested by the staff, they need to be provided.
Provide vision to broadcaster as swiftly as you can. If the broadcaster requested vision, and more than one minute passes, it will be subject to penalty.
Enjoy your time playing Broodwar!
Rankings To encourage continued participation, every biweekly event will hand out a certain amount of points, the more points you have, the more likely that uncertain events will go in your favor. You will be eligible for other things, like all-star tournaments or whatever we choose to do with them. I’m hoping to talk to tec27 to get something like the top 3 players in the rankings get a different color name in the chat channel (gold for 1st, silver for 2nd, bronze for 3rd for example).
Points will carry over for 12 events (24 weeks), until they expire, i.e if you won the 1st event, and now you’re playing in the 13th event and you obtain 2nd place, you’re actually going to be losing 20 points.
Sign-up There are three ways to sign up:
1) The preferred way is to login to Liquipedia with your Teamliquid account, and on the top right of the page, go the the "Sign Up" tab. Understand which of the 3 tournament you're eligible to sign up for, and add your ShieldBattery Username, as well as race (if you're a race picker, pick the one you play two match-ups with) under the tournament you'll be competing under. Sign-ups are open exactly 1 week before the tournament begins, up to one hour before the tournament starts.
2) Another option is to post your ShieldBattery username as well as race in the Teamliquid thread, as well as which of the 3 tournaments you'd like to compete in. Ensure you've read the format of the three tournaments so you're not signing up for the wrong one. Then, one of the tournament organizers will fill out your information on the sign-up page. This option is less preferable, as spots will fill up first come first serve, and if the tournament fills up before we get to your name, you're out of luck.
3) Catch me online on ShieldBattery or Discord, and let me know.
Communication during the tournament will occur in the ShieldBattery Client, as well as the unofficial ShieldBattery discord: https://discord.gg/8cDxzfr (please ensure you're using same Discord ID as ShieldBattery ID).
Note: As this is the first event, anyone is allowed to sign up for any of the tournaments.
Broadcasting
The plan at the moment is to cast live, casting both semifinals and finals of the Stargate cup, as well as the finals of the Robotics cup. Other games throughout the tournament will be chosen at somewhat random, to give others exposure, to see some fun strategies, etc.
Depending on how the workload gets distributed during the event, we may have other people casting, and it’ll be easy to co-cast with some fresh faces, since many of us would be on discord anyway. If that’s something you’d enjoy doing, let me know, since that kind of help would be very appreciated.
Volunteer
It should be no surprise that this is quite a massive undertaking for one person. Tournaments of this size usually take place over several weeks, however the goal is to make it as easy as possible for the players involved, making it a much smaller commitment, only having to clear one part of their day.
There’s so many ways you can get involved to make the community a better place, just contact me about what you could contribute, and we will talk. You don’t need to be skilled, the most important thing is being consistent and eager to contribute, just to list a few things that one could do:
Help create a website
Graphics for the event
Update Liquipedia
Report results and handle any disputes during the tournament
Stream your games
Cast the event, or co-cast with me
Tell your friends to come play
Sign up for the event
Prizes
We’re doing this because we love the game. No prizes as of yet, but if you’d like to donate or sponsor the event, please get in touch with me. You can either send a donation here: paypal.me/SamuelAmbrus … And it will all (well minus around 3-5% for transaction costs) go towards the prize pools, spread over a few events. If you have a more specific item you’d like to donate, or have a specific way you’d like your donation spent, just contact me. Same goes for any sponsorship you’d like to do, let me know what you’d expect from us, and what you can offer, and we can work something out.
Contact
Teamliquid PM: FiWiFaKi
ShieldBattery: FiWiFaKi
Discord for ShieldBattery: FiWiFaKi (channel code: 8cDxzfr)
If you have a matter that is not suitable for these modes of communication, get in touch with me with one of these first, and we will move our conversation elsewhere, thanks.
Closing remarks Thanks for checking this tournament out, and please, leave any feedback, questions, and any other inquiries in order to make this a better experience for everyone. This is my first time attempting to organize something of this magnitude, so bear with me, doin’ my best. =)... Oh, and shoutout especially to tec27, and some of the other guys at making ShieldBattery a reality!
Q: Can I get a SB invite to enter this tournament? A: No sorry, I don't run the server, and currently it's still in closed beta. From what I've heard, it wont be too long until it's in open beta though.
Q: Can you change the time of the tournament? A: This tournament allows both NA and EU people to play, and also importantly, fits into my schedule. I recognize it is an unfortunate time if you live in Australia or Asia, sorry .
Hi Id like to sign up for the stargate cup on jan 1st im DragOn[PaiN] on SB
although im a bit confused by the format..I dont see anywhere that indicates which one I should be signing up for, it seems to be ranked "prestige" which i assume translates to skill, but how to determine who is eligible for what?
Also in case youre not aware, Iccup nationwar league falls into this same timeslot (1 hour later), so I wont be participating in any more of these after jan 1st (there is a 2 week break in NW for holidays) until the NWs are done in mid february. This may or may not affect participation levels
On December 26 2016 06:42 FyRe_DragOn wrote: Hi Id like to sign up for the stargate cup on jan 1st im DragOn[PaiN] on SB
although im a bit confused by the format..I dont see anywhere that indicates which one I should be signing up for, it seems to be ranked "prestige" which i assume translates to skill, but how to determine who is eligible for what?
Also in case youre not aware, Iccup nationwar league falls into this same timeslot (1 hour later), so I wont be participating in any more of these after jan 1st (there is a 2 week break in NW for holidays) until the NWs are done in mid february. This may or may not affect participation levels
For now anyone is eligible for any of these as it's the first edition, going forward, you wont be able to sign up for Stargate cup if you didn't do well previously, like outlined in the format. It's just so D/D- level players aren't just stuck playing really good people (like Faust), and being eliminated right away, and have a bit more to play for.
I know that it conflicts with some stuff, but I work M-F, so I can't do it then, and Saturday there's L_Master's stuff going on... Anyway, I really wanted to have a 1 day tournament, as I feel the other stuff drags on too much, hence the motivation for this kind of structure. If I receive more feedback, I'll see what the best step forward is.
On December 26 2016 06:38 renzy wrote: I'm in as well - sushiknight
This way any edits don't need to get approved by editors, so please do the sign-ups there now. I'll be changing the link the the OP as well. Didn't think standard Liquipedia would be that bad for sign-ups hah.
Awesome! I think I'll participate for fun in one of the early cups, so I can say I was in R-Cup once (without any skill whatsoever ) - but not on Jan 1. - I'll be happy if I'm able to speak my native language again at that time of the day
On December 26 2016 06:46 SCC-Faust wrote: I'd like to put up a prize if possible. I'll donate one dollar worth of bitcoin to the prize pool!
Thanks Faust, the stakes are really being upped now!
On December 26 2016 07:59 shin ken wrote: Awesome! I think I'll participate for fun in one of the early cups, so I can say I was in R-Cup once (without any skill whatsoever ) - but not on Jan 1. - I'll be happy if I'm able to speak my native language again at that time of the day
Hope to see you around, come play in the meantime to brush up yours skills
On December 26 2016 07:49 Babyblacklab wrote: Name: WaffleWednesdays (SB) I would like to participate in all the tournaments please add me
I added you for the next one, but registrations are only open between 1 week from the start up to 1 hour from the start of the tournament. I don't really want people signing up way ahead of time, just because it increases chances people will forget, not show up, etc.
Let me state for the record that this is meant as encouragement for Faust.
edit: From main SB thread:
On December 26 2016 08:47 Jonoman92 wrote: Can't make the first one, but I'll be looking out for the second iteration! I am usually too lazy to play but tourneys are always fun.
Don't shit on Faust Jono, he's a ShieldBattery legend.
And that's great to hear FlashFTW, I replied to your PM as well.
And just a heads up, I'm signing up everyone for the Stargate Cup right now (the highest level one), and so far we're at 10 participants (in 5 hours, 6 days still remaining). If we exceed 16, sign-ups will go to the Robotics cup which can have up to 32 people. If you feel like you're not a starcraft gosu (yet), and would rather play with people closer to your skill level in the Robotics Cup, let me know (or change it yourself on the wiki page).
On December 26 2016 11:10 FiWiFaKi wrote: Don't shit on Faust Jono, he's a ShieldBattery legend.
And that's great to hear FlashFTW, I replied to your PM as well.
And just a heads up, I'm signing up everyone for the Stargate Cup right now (the highest level one), and so far we're at 10 participants (in 5 hours, 6 days still remaining). If we exceed 16, sign-ups will go to the Robotics cup which can have up to 32 people. If you feel like you're not a starcraft gosu (yet), and would rather play with people closer to your skill level in the Robotics Cup, let me know (or change it yourself on the wiki page).
Maybe people could post iccup ranks or something here? and that way we have a good way of feeling each other out for which cup we'd like to be in?
On December 26 2016 11:10 FiWiFaKi wrote: Don't shit on Faust Jono, he's a ShieldBattery legend.
And that's great to hear FlashFTW, I replied to your PM as well.
And just a heads up, I'm signing up everyone for the Stargate Cup right now (the highest level one), and so far we're at 10 participants (in 5 hours, 6 days still remaining). If we exceed 16, sign-ups will go to the Robotics cup which can have up to 32 people. If you feel like you're not a starcraft gosu (yet), and would rather play with people closer to your skill level in the Robotics Cup, let me know (or change it yourself on the wiki page).
Maybe people could post iccup ranks or something here? and that way we have a good way of feeling each other out for which cup we'd like to be in?
Yeah, which cup we'd like to be in depends on a lot on popularity. Like I don't think for now there will even be a gateway cup... I'd like to think there will be around 30 players for the first one. I know the rough skill level of more or less everyone who signed up so far, but I feel like first come first serve is best just for now.
As a rough guideline though, from what I'm seeing, C- and above should probably be in Stargate, and D+ or lower in Robotics, but we will let the results speak for themselves... And it will fix itself in the course of 1 to 2 events.
On December 26 2016 11:10 FiWiFaKi wrote: Don't shit on Faust Jono, he's a ShieldBattery legend.
And that's great to hear FlashFTW, I replied to your PM as well.
And just a heads up, I'm signing up everyone for the Stargate Cup right now (the highest level one), and so far we're at 10 participants (in 5 hours, 6 days still remaining). If we exceed 16, sign-ups will go to the Robotics cup which can have up to 32 people. If you feel like you're not a starcraft gosu (yet), and would rather play with people closer to your skill level in the Robotics Cup, let me know (or change it yourself on the wiki page).
Maybe people could post iccup ranks or something here? and that way we have a good way of feeling each other out for which cup we'd like to be in?
Yeah, which cup we'd like to be in depends on a lot on popularity. Like I don't think for now there will even be a gateway cup... I'd like to think there will be around 30 players for the first one. I know the rough skill level of more or less everyone who signed up so far, but I feel like first come first serve is best just for now.
As a rough guideline though, from what I'm seeing, C- and above should probably be in Stargate, and D+ or lower in Robotics, but we will let the results speak for themselves... And it will fix itself in the course of 1 to 2 events.
yeah the tournament itself will automatically self determine with 1 or 2 players getting BO wins via cheese or whatnot but otherwise I agree. I was just saying maybe make it easier for the first cup anyways to sort players based upon skill
On December 26 2016 12:33 Fazers wrote: Sign me up please!
I'll assume protoss?
On December 26 2016 12:16 BornToPun wrote: I'm down to cast with you Fiwi.
You should play too, but glad to have you on board Born!
On December 26 2016 11:55 FlaShFTW wrote:
On December 26 2016 11:10 FiWiFaKi wrote: Don't shit on Faust Jono, he's a ShieldBattery legend.
And that's great to hear FlashFTW, I replied to your PM as well.
And just a heads up, I'm signing up everyone for the Stargate Cup right now (the highest level one), and so far we're at 10 participants (in 5 hours, 6 days still remaining). If we exceed 16, sign-ups will go to the Robotics cup which can have up to 32 people. If you feel like you're not a starcraft gosu (yet), and would rather play with people closer to your skill level in the Robotics Cup, let me know (or change it yourself on the wiki page).
Maybe people could post iccup ranks or something here? and that way we have a good way of feeling each other out for which cup we'd like to be in?
Yeah, which cup we'd like to be in depends on a lot on popularity. Like I don't think for now there will even be a gateway cup... I'd like to think there will be around 30 players for the first one. I know the rough skill level of more or less everyone who signed up so far, but I feel like first come first serve is best just for now.
As a rough guideline though, from what I'm seeing, C- and above should probably be in Stargate, and D+ or lower in Robotics, but we will let the results speak for themselves... And it will fix itself in the course of 1 to 2 events.
yeah the tournament itself will automatically self determine with 1 or 2 players getting BO wins via cheese or whatnot but otherwise I agree. I was just saying maybe make it easier for the first cup anyways to sort players based upon skill
Yeah, I tried to make the format as much as "play a lot of games before you're eliminated"... But yeah, I considered it, but at the end of the day didn't think from the people I know on SB it'd be necessary. Either way, I suppose it's a bit late now, though people are welcome to post their ranks from other servers if they like!
Some crazy good people in this tournament already. Going to have to actually hardcore practice for this. I'm definitely going to get demoted to robotics until I can up my skill, but I will become top 3 in this tournament by summer of 2017. hear me now.
And I hope the few D/D+ players currently in the Stargate cup will swap their spots with better players, if any more sign up. Will be better for the tournament.
Thank you to the couple of people who PM'ed me about volunteering, very appreciated
As for a status update, we have 16 people signed up for the Stargate Cup, and 6 signed up for the Robotics Cup... Hoping we can get 10 more sign-ups and do 16 players in both tournaments, so come play if you're still on the edge! The groups will be generated with a random draw roughly 30-60 minutes before the start of the tournament.
For the party animals living in NA, remember that it's in the morning on New Years Day, so have your alarm clocks set... And be sure you can make it if you're signed up, thanks
On December 29 2016 15:54 Ethelis wrote: What's the latest that the first games can start at? I have no trouble making it to games afterwards.
The games will all run concurrently, so the time posted there is kind of the latest and earliest (starting your group stage games later means everyone will need to wait for you to finish the games later, and it'll set the tournament behind. Asking for a 4-6 hour investment for no monetary reward is already quite a bit already, wouldn't want to increase that time further). I've been hearing some feedback, and some people would like it pushed back an hour or two, so for future editions, I'll look into it.
It's a fine balance between it being too early for NA people and too late for EU people, I want to cater to both continents. Asia isn't a big priority for me, and while it'd be nice to have Australia and whatnot, not really feasible to accommodate that many timezones.
Right now for most of EU it starts at 6pm, assuming the tournament last 5 hours (I'll see exactly how the schedule plays out after the first event), that's 11pm... And it's a Sunday night, so people have work/school. I wouldn't really want to push it further... Waking up at 8:45am pacific time shouldn't be THAT difficult, compared to having stay up until midnight or 1am on a work night.
Is there a possibility to play this "optionally" (to be clear: if I end up sober enough to see the light of day at 1.1?) Better question is why don't you make it at 2nd January!
On December 30 2016 09:37 iNfeRnaL wrote: Is there a possibility to play this "optionally" (to be clear: if I end up sober enough to see the light of day at 1.1?) Better question is why don't you make it at 2nd January!
Well I work on Monday, so that's why, hah.
And no, no-shows need to be "punished" otherwise it'll become the standard. There will be room for more, so as long as you sign up an hour before the tournament starts, you'll be fine (which is what I'd prefer if you're uncertain if you can make it). Heck, if you just show up before the tournament starts, I'm sure I'll be nice enough to just quickly add you into the bracket, or replace a inevitable no-show.
Would be great to have you play, though you're scaring away all the D players
On December 30 2016 07:05 HerbMon wrote: Need any extra casters I'm always down to help.
Come to ShieldBattery Discord on game day, and let me know, I'll move you into the casting channel.
Dual and triple casts would be great, really hard to know who will show up to cast and for how long, though a few people have already said they would, so that's super cool. I just wouldn't like to be stuck solo-casting for an extended period of time.
On December 30 2016 06:26 FlaShFTW wrote: anyone good enough that wants to play in stargate? i feel like im too rusty after my vacation to play in the highest cup. swap someone with me fiwi <3
Haha okie, I have a feeling that PsyonicReaver would like to be in Stargate, so I'll switch you guys for now. If that isn't the case, well... We'll figure it out.
On December 30 2016 07:05 HerbMon wrote: Need any extra casters I'm always down to help.
I also would love to help cast, but I don't have shield battery
Get on it tec!
On December 31 2016 08:14 Jonoman92 wrote: You could always do a check-in period 1 hour prior to start time so you don't have to wait on people who signed up and then didn't show.
So much extra time and waking up early though. I'll try it doing the way I had initially planned for the first time, and replace/remove any players if they don't show up (as well as add them on the naughty list).
Also, SCC-Just cancelled his position, so another spot is open in Stargate Cup. Registrations are still open guys, come play, particularly all the D people I know that are being too scared to compete, the Robotics Cup isn't filled with superstars!
Sounds fun. Don't know if I'll make it in time so I better not sign up yet but I'm up for this.
And as Dragon[PaiN] said, the starting time is about the same as Nation League, so if you stick with sunday, I think the best time would be 9 PM CET ++
Hey guys, so it's unfortunate to hear, but I think that we will need to trim down the tournament only to Stargate cup.
Yesterday we had 4 withdrawals, so in total, we're only up to 20 sign ups It's not ideal, since I would have liked to have the tournaments based a bit on skill level, and putting some D players with B+ players isn't great. So I think the rest of the spots will kind of just be on reserve for Stargate (since someone will surely not come).
So unless we get 4-8 sign ups today and can do a 16 man Stargate Cup and 8 man Robotics cup, that's the plan for this week!
Hopefully everything still goes smooth, and everyone is happy, and we get some more people playing for the next event since it wont be on New Years Day.
On December 31 2016 23:38 Bonyth wrote: Sounds fun. Don't know if I'll make it in time so I better not sign up yet but I'm up for this.
And as Dragon[PaiN] said, the starting time is about the same as Nation League, so if you stick with sunday, I think the best time would be 9 PM CET ++
Well you're from Poland, would EU folks really prefer a bit of a later start time? I thought I was biting the bullet a little bit (as well as the North American players), to make it more feasible for EU to play.
On January 01 2017 05:42 FiWiFaKi wrote: Hey guys, so it's unfortunate to hear, but I think that we will need to trim down the tournament only to Stargate cup.
Yesterday we had 4 withdrawals, so in total, we're only up to 20 sign ups It's not ideal, since I would have liked to have the tournaments based a bit on skill level, and putting some D players with B+ players isn't great. So I think the rest of the spots will kind of just be on reserve for Stargate (since someone will surely not come).
So unless we get 4-8 sign ups today and can do a 16 man Stargate Cup and 8 man Robotics cup, that's the plan for this week!
Hopefully everything still goes smooth, and everyone is happy, and we get some more people playing for the next event since it wont be on New Years Day.
On December 31 2016 23:38 Bonyth wrote: Sounds fun. Don't know if I'll make it in time so I better not sign up yet but I'm up for this.
And as Dragon[PaiN] said, the starting time is about the same as Nation League, so if you stick with sunday, I think the best time would be 9 PM CET ++
Well you're from Poland, would EU folks really prefer a bit of a later start time? I thought I was biting the bullet a little bit (as well as the North American players), to make it more feasible for EU to play.
Realistically speaking, I don't think I'll be able to wake up at noon after a night of partying, so please withdraw me as well. I'd do it myself but I don't want to take the liberty of moving people around to replace me or whatever. I'm SKTelecomT1_Bisu on SB.
I don't want to spoil anything but there is some serious rape going on in group B of the Stargate Cup already and I'll just clue you guys in that I'm not on the giving end.
On January 02 2017 01:55 SCC-Faust wrote: I don't want to spoil anything but there is some serious rape going on in group B of the Stargate Cup already and I'll just clue you guys in that I'm not on the giving end.
Thank you to everyone for coming out! Hope everyone had a nice time.
1) Congratulations for TerrOr winning the first ShieldBattery Showdown, and forever cementing his place in history. 2) Thank you to all the players who came out to play and make it possible 3) Thank you to the viewers, we've had a consistent 100+ viewers, peaking around 150. 4) Thank you to Borntopun and FlashFTW for doing tons of casting with me, and Kwark for making a guest appearance. 5) Big shame to the people who signed up and didn't show up.
Remember guys, next one is in 2 weeks, sign ups open a week from now. I'll be making a new thread with some new info. It's a learning experience for me, and I'll work on improving it for next time. Feel free to leave any feedback
On January 04 2017 23:46 sicklucker wrote: I want to smash payam
Good luck, I'm pretty sure that guy was under the influence of some heavy hitting amphetamines. He was the first person to finish his group, crushing everyone in it. Then he was hit by the comedown and couldn't play the elimination stages...
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please add me
) - but not on Jan 1. - I'll be happy if I'm able to speak my native language again at that time of the day 
