Reminder: all teams should check in at 5:45 pm EST Saturday march 10th. Be in the chat channel ssworldcup- the casters will be there as well, and we will put a bracket up online so you know who you will be facing.
Hey everybody! It is my pleasure to announce that I will be doing a tournament on the NA server of the custom game Star Strikers!
The tournament will be a series of 3v3 matches that follow a double elimination bracket system.
If I get the response I'm hoping for, this could end up HUGE. That means that I will need experienced streamers/casters who know the mod AND basic soccer/football terminology.
The aim of this tournament is to bring together a number of Starcraft 2 communities (Teamliquid, Starcast, Girls of Starcraft, Star Strikers) to compete. It will be occuring at 09:00 GMT (+00:00) nightly the weekend of March 9th-11th to leave plenty of room to practice and organize, but there will be less of a wait before the next one I hope.
There is a $200 prize pool 1st place: $40 each 2nd place: $20 each 3rd place: $6 each
A team must have: - 3 players - Name - Logo: your 300x300 Logo can be submitted later- just email it to me in a message titled "Star Strikers team logo: yourteamname"
Also feel free to post any suggestions for the tournament.
Tournament founder/organizer: Sandman.847
CASTERS tQzander losefast iamperfection nDn
TEAMS(11 spots remaining) All teams must be signed up by Thursday, February 23rd Note: Excessive BM or taunting will result in an automatic elimination of the entire team. Note: There can be spare players, however any person who has played with one team may not participate with a different team. Note: Team logos should be 300x300.
Team GrandStrikers Manager: Forrest Apricot Jegol kaioken
Team Catnip Swagman Zapata Walrus
Team SGx SGxMiTcHy SGxStrife SGxSHANTAY
Team Winning nDn Prizzzzzzzzm Survivor
The Potato and His French Fries Buddha Psych Malreynolds
Kronic Krushas Kiwiexile Cwall to be announced
Team Harriers Psyren OhShiznits Ghostfoot
The Bears Aardvarke Wooscums LFHaunt
Dream Team GosuDDE RevChiCaNeRy Rusty
Team Hugs and Kisses iMpBoonrebU Zoku iMpRahdek
Team Bile vileDomorin vileState vileDdoro
The Tremendous Trio Rome JamBa whoseURdaddy
aCute Strikers reputed SouLJaH Hoodlum
Team Fighting Ramen PeachyO GonFreeks BossFish
Team YeungIndustries KayMonster mikeo Rem
Cafca and The Hos Cafca Escaho Horror
Team Dinky RevPinky RevSaroVati RevDime
Stoned Spanish Poutines Archemis Platano Payne
Team What I've Done marveL Justin Alimunium Greed mazingk
Team exioN exioNBeSt WizFujiin exioNAntyx
Staff Team Ares[Effort] Antoine shiroiusagi
TOURNAMENT SETTINGS: Time Limit: 10 minute halves Unit Mode:Unique Unit Attack Mode: Soft Attacks Power Ups: Yes Events: No Handicap: No Default Ai Settings:disable Ranked: Yes Walk-In Value:One Point
Modspot website: http://sc2modspot.com/ Chat Channel on Starcraft: Modspot We'll be announcing future tournaments and such there, and it makes talking to players easier. Check out my youtube channel where I review custom games. Coming up soon: a sneak peek at aphotic (the creator of magecraft)'s newest game! http://www.youtube.com/user/SC2Modspot?feature=mhee
There will also be 3 $50 show matches leading up to the big $200 event. This will allow the casters to test the streams, overlays, and other technical elements. The weekend's matches will be announced a few days in advance, and will involve whichever teams are available.
The first show match will occurtoday at 09:00 GMT (+00:00)
you should state what server its on and I would play + pay for buyin but 5v5 is way too crowded. 3v3 is much better maybe 4v4 imo considering that's what the competitive ss players play on.
AWESOME DUDE. I really respect you guys for puting your own money for this tourney. I suggest these to be the tourney settings :
Tourney Settings
Time Limit: 10 minute halves Unit Mode:Unique Unit Attack Mode: Soft Attacks Power Ups: Yes Events: No Handicap: No Default Ai Settings:disable Ranked: Yes Walk-In Value:One Point
Also anybody who is interested in casting should include with their request the specs of their computer and whether or not they'd be willing to pick up the stream if something were to go wrong
well hey if you work a job where you use a computer, i could always use a stream chat room mod so you can at least be involved
also if you know someone else has a team, notify them about this! I mean sure it's my money, and so I'm putting this all together but I want it to be a coming together of various communities
There may also be smaller season-esque showmatch evenings leading up to te big $100 event
Due to certain funding issues, the prize pool has been lowered to $50 until further notice. I hope this will not affect people's participation in the event.
i think some rules of conduct might be in order. i can think of a lot of ways people can abuse certain character picks. such as picking scv marine and ghost. the scv can just plant two turrets down and force the opponents to come into the attack area, which would allow for the ghost and marine to kill them off as well by just attack moving until they are in the red in health. therefore, the opposing team cannot push to steal the ball or can get killed off easily and stunned for 4-5 seconds. if this were to happen, then the game would be pointless and also not fun to play.
chirus may fix the "no attacking mode" making it that no normal attacks hurt heroes and only specials do and also building would be killable. When chirus does this, I suggest changing "soft attacks" to "no attacks" which prevents certain attacking units from being too op like ghost or marine
also, i dont mind the money being lowered as long as there is good streaming and a big audience!!
attacking units are not op; :O in any case, for the year its been played nothing like the mentioned scv, marine, ghost has ever came up, except in 1v1 which everyone knows doesnt matter
aard, u don't see this problem because no one in our community gets these heroes. besides maybe souljah and revchichanery. all they do is attack people with it and it takes no skill. anything that doesn't promote positioning and passing i'm am very against it. the scv, marine, and ghost combo can be abused and needs to be fixed, which is why we always choose no attacking when we play games. if u still need convincing, we should set up a 3v3 and i can show u how retarded it can be.
Also everybody check out my youtube channel where I find some well known and some less-well known custom games and review them. Coming up soon: a sneak peek at aphotic (the creator of magecraft)'s newest game! http://www.youtube.com/user/SC2Modspot?feature=mhee
On January 18 2012 15:04 Aardvarke wrote: attacking units are not op; :O in any case, for the year its been played nothing like the mentioned scv, marine, ghost has ever came up, except in 1v1 which everyone knows doesnt matter
Ard is right I dont know what game you guys are playing where attacking units are op. I have long lamented that my beloved Gohst needs to be faster.
:\ there MAY be a problem but i highly doubt it, the actual attacking part rarely matters, it just allows to get that extra nudge rather than having to wait for the cooldown or the mana you need, im pretty much the only one who plays the units mentioned in our group, and thats only because i random, i wold NEVER pick marine, in any case, if i do happen to be trying get that extra damage in, most of the time the unit gets away in the red; but they get away. (of course my stutter step isnt great)
also go sign up for the modspot forums: sc2modspot.freeforums.org- we'll be announcing future tournaments and such there, and it makes talking to players easier
Note: Any form of BM or taunting will result in an automatic elimination of the entire team.
i dunno man, you don't really see NBA players getting ejected for trashtalking other team while playing on court, or any other sport, even real soccer.
IMPORTANT: IF A TEAM DOES NOT HAVE A LOGO IN BY THE WEEK BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT, THEY WILL HAVE THEIR STATS PLACED IN FRONT OF A STOCK BACKGROUND AND WILL BE REPRESENTED BY THEIR TEAM'S INITIALS.
hey; i really would like to know about backup players in case someone cant make it... like 2 assigned backup players per team or what... also, if we dont have the team by the Feb 16th, would you still be able to sign up?
i disagree about the backup players... sometimes things come up; what if i put someone on my team then find out he cant make it; if i have a backup player then i can just move him into the team...
Sounds very promising. I just hope this is the beginning of a bright future for this custom. To anyone interested in practicing, join the channel "Strikers." There's a good bunch of people every night, usually enough to run 2 games at once.
..about the teams, crap I guess I'm left without one
D: your not limiting participation are you? id really like if we actually DO winde up with more than 16 teams you'd allow them to compete... no reason to limit the spread of the game.
We're at 9 teams right now so I've set the bracket to be for 16 teams because it makes the most sense with the resources currently available to us. In future tournaments, however, the number of slots will be subject to change.
Showmatches? That means 2 random teams will get the chance at $50? I'd be down to see 2 qualified teams fighting, either by earning top places at weekend tourneys or placing well in the WC, idk :p
On January 24 2012 04:30 Aardvarke wrote: I'm assuming showmatches are determined by : a. who people want to see b. who is expected to do well in the tournament
The first show match for the Modspot's Star Strikers World Cup Tournament will be taking place this Saturday January 28th at 09:00 GMT (+00:00) on the NA server
This show match has a prize of $50. It is the first of two (the second is still being scheduled). They are leading up to a 32 team,$200 event on the weekends of March 9th 10th and 11th at the same time of day.
Dream Team GosuDDE RevChiCaNeRy Bold
Team vile vileDomorin vileState vileDdoRo
Casters: (there are a few things being worked out with streaming, but streams will be announced ASAP) 1)tQzander
Hey Losefast is casting this one :D Will be excited to see how these two teams play.
Edit: I'd like to make a suggestion for the sake of observers; make sure that the player in the 1st slot on each team, is a contrasting color to the other. Team colors are chosen that way; It'd be very difficult to watch if one team was orange, and the other yellow for example!
hey this is nDn. i got my stream up and running, but i won't be able to stream while i play in the tourney. it makes the game really choppy for me. i can start streaming as soon as i cast a game tho.
Its football. Soccer sounds so silly. And this isnt world cup this is at best Gold cup cuse its only American server. U need rest of the world if u want world cup.
On January 25 2012 14:59 Valhalla44 wrote: Its football. Soccer sounds so silly. And this isnt world cup this is at best Gold cup cuse its only American server. U need rest of the world if u want world cup.
On January 17 2012 13:18 Modspot wrote: If I get the response I'm hoping for, this could end up HUGE. That means that I will need experienced streamers/casters who know the mod AND basic soccer/football terminology.
I still plan to expand it to ACTUALLY be a world cup, rather than just the world of various Starcraft communities.
On January 25 2012 14:59 Valhalla44 wrote: Its football. Soccer sounds so silly. And this isnt world cup this is at best Gold cup cuse its only American server. U need rest of the world if u want world cup.
I've watched some of the europeans play and I'm not very impressed. I think the best Strikers come from NA. I may be wrong on this, and maybe there are some prodigies from EU, which I would love to play. When you say "Gold Cup" without any knowledge of actual TSS players, it makes you look silly.
On January 25 2012 14:59 Valhalla44 wrote: Its football. Soccer sounds so silly. And this isnt world cup this is at best Gold cup cuse its only American server. U need rest of the world if u want world cup.
I've watched some of the europeans play and I'm not very impressed. I think the best Strikers come from NA. I may be wrong on this, and maybe there are some prodigies from EU, which I would love to play. When you say "Gold Cup" without any knowledge of actual TSS players, it makes you look silly.
I think on EU they with normal attacks so they are not really playing star strikers to beging with.
For the sake of simplifying our jobs, I've taken on a strictly managerial position until we have gotten the tournament completed smoothly at least once, and Synchro is making sure we keep producing content for the youtube channel.
Reminder: all teams should check in at 5:45 pm EST Saturday march 10th. Be in the chat channel ssworldcup- the casters will be there as well, and we will put a bracket up online so you know who you will be facing.
Many thanks to everybody for being so supportive for the past month and a half. This was an experiment that got much larger than expected, and you stood beside me to help me figure things out every step of the way.
Hopefully there will be more tournaments to come, and definitely go to sc2modspot.com for updates on those, videos, and more!
Great games! Tournament went well. Thanks to Sandman for putting it together and getting the community geared up, and Losefast for casting right till the end.
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