On June 01 2011 07:43 triforks wrote:
was wondering about something. while i was doing 2s today with my TT team, someone said that same race teams aren't allowed in some tournaments. will this be allowed once the open bracket hits?

Well it doesn't say anywhere that it's race locked, but now that you bring it up it'd be good to know.

Mordiford

4448 Posts

May 31 2011 22:58 GMT

#23

Catz/Drewbie and SeleCT/OptikZero are probably gonna be the teams to bet on.

yukimochi

Japan27 Posts

May 31 2011 23:10 GMT

#24

haCkProTech and Power FTW!! good luck :D

BALIstik916

35 Posts

June 01 2011 00:09 GMT

#25

gogo powertech FTW!

PTSL-Ardivan

United States189 Posts

June 01 2011 00:43 GMT

#26

On June 01 2011 06:14 kNightLite wrote:
I'm really interested in the casting format. I love the idea of being able to hear each team's voice. But how is it actually going to work with casting? Whats to stop the players from using 3rd party software instead, or not speaking at all?

Also, is each match going to have 3 versions? (one with casters, one with team1 voice, one with team2 voice)

Or is it just going to be 1 version that crams everybody speaking together?

What we're doing to make it simple is to have the main video stream with the casters and then have two audio streams which will be on the same page and can be turned on or off whenever the viewer wants. We don't have any rules in place saying what communication software (Skype, vent, mumble, in-game, etc.) the players have to use or if they have to speak at all, but we know some/most teams will use a third party software to communicate and we will have a listener in on those streams.

You can see the streaming layout we've made to make everything more simple here: http://www.ptsl.tv/stream.html

We currently have no rules in respect to team makeup but will be keeping our eyes and ears open so that if an issue arises it can be properly dealt with for season 2 and beyond.

Geordie

United Kingdom653 Posts

June 01 2011 00:55 GMT

#27

Wow this is going to be amazing gogo select and optick zero <3

Skillver

Austria1309 Posts

June 01 2011 14:37 GMT

#28

Why no EU invites? EU teams are on a higher level than most of the invites. Snute+Richy or Aristeo Cubert would kick so ass.

Arn0lD

France10 Posts

June 01 2011 14:39 GMT

#29

I'm pretty sure that all will be between optikzero / select and power/hacKproTech. By watching their streams, i can say that the result depends a lot on the maps. ( choke together or no like on scorched heaven optik with select are just unbeattable ). Well gl for those great teams. I'm so happy about this tournament ! :D

LeLfe

France3160 Posts

June 01 2011 14:52 GMT

#30

SeleCT and Optikzero got this coz SeleCT could win 1v2

nice competition, always fun to watch some 2v2

Kooun

Canada260 Posts

June 01 2011 15:00 GMT

#31

i'm surprised sorcery is not in there

Skillver

Austria1309 Posts

June 01 2011 15:02 GMT

#32

On June 02 2011 00:00 Daiki wrote:
i'm surprised sorcery is not in there

because he is hacker? :D

RyanRushia

United States2748 Posts

June 01 2011 15:08 GMT

#33

predictions!
1st - select optik
2nd - protech power
3rd - axslav strife

kAra

Germany1403 Posts

June 01 2011 15:11 GMT

#34

no eu teams : (

Delphi

Germany88 Posts

June 01 2011 15:25 GMT

#35

so many teams of 2 x 1on1 players instead of 1-2 europe teams

sadface

PTSL-Ardivan

United States189 Posts

June 01 2011 17:10 GMT

#36

On June 01 2011 23:37 Skillver wrote:
Why no EU invites? EU teams are on a higher level than most of the invites. Snute+Richy or Aristeo Cubert would kick so ass.

To be honest, we were really looking to pull in pros from the 1v1 scene due to their existing fan base. This first tournament is more to get exposure and see how this whole 2v2 tournament plays out. Once we get everything worked out with this first tournament, we hope to be adding the open bracket which will allow a lot of the under appreciated existing 2v2 teams to come out and show how they stack up against the 1v1 pros everyone knows and loves.

Perseverance

Japan2800 Posts

June 01 2011 18:06 GMT

#37

gogogo protech

cDgThunderD

Denmark32 Posts

June 01 2011 19:02 GMT

#38

I bet protech and power will win, they are so strong together.
They'll only have problems in end game, since the 1v1 players are more experienced there.
But the challenge for the non-protech teams, will be to survive the early game