@iopq I dont want to pressure people to have to play more than 1 Best of 5 each week, sorry about that, but thanks for considering.

Cheers Psyonic_Reaver

@Qikz lol dont worry, everyone has to play everyone else eventually (of the other races).
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Faust is taking the 3rd Zerg Slot. You are Player I. Congratulations, you get the week off! (1 player sits out each week).

iG.Arcneon

Finland333 Posts

May 18 2018 11:24 GMT

#22

Oya/Favorit are both Protoss(they posted here they want to join).

I don't know when this is starting, but I'll be gone for the weekend. Next week I can play probably any day @Qikz !

Jukado

805 Posts

May 18 2018 12:10 GMT

#23

Oya187 posted first so the final Protoss Slot goes to Oya (you can understand why I didnt trust a 1 post newly made account). Sorry Favorit you just missed out, there are no more Protoss Slots. Sorry about that.

Oya you are Player C. So your first round match will be a PvT.

@Arcneon Week 1 will start on Monday if we get the final Terran player so thats fine.

EndingLife

United States1605 Posts

May 18 2018 13:08 GMT

#24

On May 18 2018 14:38 FavoritBW wrote:
nice, i wanna join!

Take the last Terran spot

FavoritBW

Sweden52 Posts

May 18 2018 17:07 GMT

#25

lol, not gonna be a snitch to my Aiur brothers!
Arc & Oya hwaiting~

RedW4rr10r

Switzerland749 Posts

May 18 2018 19:11 GMT

#26

Do you plan on making a Discord Server? In my opinion this would be the easiest way to get into contact with players

SCC-Faust

United States3736 Posts

May 18 2018 19:17 GMT

#27

Good luck everyone.

EndingLife

United States1605 Posts

May 18 2018 20:08 GMT

#28

May the cheese be with you all.

Jukado

805 Posts

May 18 2018 20:54 GMT

#29

Cryoc is taking the 3rd Terran Slot. You are Player F. So your first round match will be a TvP (against Oya).

Excellent, that is all the player slots filled, thanks guys.

@RedW4rr10r I dont use Discord. Feel free to make a chat room. Personally I will just be monitoring this thread and PMs but for you players it might be handy. I think it will be ok without but up to you.

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So, we can start Week 1 on Monday the 21st of May. (if you want to get ahead and play your first round match this weekend thats fine by me).

Week 1 Lineup

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iRk-arCNeON vs [image loading]

Qikz

radley vs [image loading]

CadenZie
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RedW4rr10r vs [image loading]

EndingLife
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Oya187 vs [image loading]

Cryoc

SCC-Faust has this week off. (ah you get extra practice time lol)

Please go ahead and arrange a time to play vs your opponent whenever its convenient for you.
The teamliquid account names are the same as above except for:
CadenZie tl account name = CadenZa
Arcneon tl account name = iG.Arcneon

Save and upload the replays. (there is a copy/paste template in the OP that you can use if you want).
I wont say the loser should always upload or the winner should always upload as we want to avoid spoilers, flip a coin or something.

Be sure to grab Clay Fields version 1.1
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/brood-war/533461-map-4clay-fields-summer-update

Finally, if you and your opponent are able and willing could you please play on 1.16.1 for backwards compatibility of replays. That would really help me. But no worries if not.

Im really happy you guys are up for this, super pumped with this player pool. Should be fun, Good Luck!

Jukado

805 Posts

May 18 2018 21:22 GMT

#30

I guess its now time to start looking for Casters. Like I say Herbmon and Ninazerg melted faces last time. If either of you two would like to cast some games that would be great.
There are lots of fantastic casters out there, you know who you are. I know most of you are already busy with other tournaments and other projects etc, some are less active at the moment, so I wont be asking anyone to cast every single game or anything like that.

The idea is that it is nice and informal. As replays start coming in, if you are a caster and feel like grabbing a handful and making a youtube vod, that would be amazing. Or if there is a particular matchup that catches your fancy etc you can just do a 1 off if you feel like it. Ill leave it at that

RAPiDCasting

Korea (South)594 Posts

May 18 2018 22:19 GMT

#31

If everyone is ok with TR 8 games I'll hop in to cast :D

-Debaser-

United States329 Posts

May 19 2018 00:13 GMT

#32

Qikz fighting! I think he has a great chance to go undefeated in this tournament. I can only see arcneon giving him any trouble.

radley

Poland582 Posts

May 19 2018 01:32 GMT

#33

Jukado I'm just curious why do you worry about backwards compatibility of replays? Most people are playing on remastered or at least freeware version having same patch/engine. And those who don't can install it anyway.

Jealous

10349 Posts

May 19 2018 04:09 GMT

#34

On May 19 2018 09:13 -Debaser- wrote:
Qikz fighting! I think he has a great chance to go undefeated in this tournament. I can only see arcneon giving him any trouble.

Is "a great chance" just a saying though?

Jukado

805 Posts

May 19 2018 14:31 GMT

#35

@RAPiDCasting Wow, thankyou for the offer! I wonder if timezones will make it unlikely for you to cross paths with the players much, but I guess casting from replays is always a backup option (no lag then too).

@radley Some people cant play that version because you need a powerful modern computer to run it which some people cant afford or dont own for other reasons. They might not want to install the blizzard launcher either which is fair enough in my opinion. I saw that some people were having problems getting it to work on different operating systems, not sure if that was solved for everyone.

Also 116 works with lots of cool 3rd party support programs. Theres a bunch of other reasons some people might have too. So I think it would be good to include them if we can. But like I say its not a problem, feel free to use your preferred version. But if you are able to and its not too much hassle to use 116 instead, Id appreciate it.

Jealous

10349 Posts

May 19 2018 20:00 GMT

#36

On May 19 2018 23:31 Jukado wrote:
@RAPiDCasting Wow, thankyou for the offer! I wonder if timezones will make it unlikely for you to cross paths with the players much, but I guess casting from replays is always a backup option (no lag then too).

@radley Some people cant play that version because you need a powerful modern computer to run it which some people cant afford or dont own for other reasons. They might not want to install the blizzard launcher either which is fair enough in my opinion. I saw that some people were having problems getting it to work on different operating systems, not sure if that was solved for everyone.

Also 116 works with lots of cool 3rd party support programs. Theres a bunch of other reasons some people might have too. So I think it would be good to include them if we can. But like I say its not a problem, feel free to use your preferred version. But if you are able to and its not too much hassle to use 116 instead, Id appreciate it.

Maybe I haven't put in quite enough effort into it, but I never quite got the mouse speed in RM to feel like it did in 1.16. Since basically no one plays 1.16, I had to get used to settings that were "close enough."

When I tried 1.16 a few days ago for a bot test, I was somewhat taken aback at how different the mouse felt now that I had gotten used to RM. I think that if I were to play in a tournament now, I wouldn't feel comfortable on 1.16, but again this may be just me. However, I agree that I don't see much sense in catering to ... who exactly? The few users remaining on ICCup with outdated PCs at the potential expense of the players?

Maybe I'm off base because I didn't set my mouse up properly, and you did say that people can play on whatever platform is comfortable, I just think that on a theoretical level it's time to say good bye to 1.16 in the competitive scene, perhaps unfortunately.

Jukado

805 Posts

May 19 2018 20:20 GMT

#37

@Jealous, thats a really good point about the mouse settings potentially feeling different enough to cause discomfort for the players if they switch between the versions. (Some might argue its actually another reason why 116 should infact still be the 'go to' competitive platform but you make a good point). So yeah, if you dont want to play on 116 that is absolutely fine.

RAPiDCasting

Korea (South)594 Posts

May 20 2018 02:10 GMT

#38

Replays might work but it's more about finding time and co-ordinating things. I hope things work out and I'll try to keep up with checking in.

And thanks to whoever gifted me TL+ and for the gorgeous lyrics with it.

NbSky

Canada1023 Posts

May 21 2018 15:46 GMT

#39

Thanks for the invite Jukado! I was away on vacation, you have a great lineup here and hope for some awesome games for everyone to watch!

Best of luck everyone! Except Arcneon

iG.Arcneon

Finland333 Posts

May 21 2018 16:16 GMT

#40

On May 22 2018 00:46 NbSky wrote:
Thanks for the invite Jukado! I was away on vacation, you have a great lineup here and hope for some awesome games for everyone to watch!

Best of luck everyone! Except Arcneon

Grrrr!! xD