The Altitude League

Saturday, May 9

Game 1: 3PM EST, Server 1
Vapor BYE.

Game 2: 3PM EST, Server 2
ACE vs. AF

Game 3: 4PM EST, Server 1
v3 vs. fLb

Game 4: 4PM EST, Server 2
Solid vs. YM

Standings (Last Updated: --)
Place (Wins - Losses - Winning%) - Team

1) 3 - 0 1.00%       Team Vapor
1) 3 - 0 1.00%       Team Solid
1) 3 - 0 1.00%       Air Force ACE
4) 2 - 1 .667%       v3
4) 2 - 1 .667%       faggylittlebears
6) 1 - 2 .333%       Adventue Fags
6) 1 - 2 .333%       Your Mom
6) 1 - 2 .333%       Into The Walls

The league's first season will run for a full 4 weeks: April 26 to May 24.

A team will have 2 matches scheduled per week. The default playdate is Sunday. It is up to the captains to agree to a separate date if it is required. If a date cannot be agreed on, then the match must be played on Sunday. Time depends on preferred time-zones of teams.

Throughout the season, the following format will be used with a map veto system:

- Regular Season: BO1 on each map, best of 3 maps
- Playoffs: BO1 on each map, best of 5 maps
- Championship Match: BO1 on each map, best of 7 maps

Schedules will be sent out weekly via PM and posted in the OP.

A schedule PM will look like this:

Team 1 (Captain) (Time Zone): The Pony Factory (chobopeon) EST
Team 2 (Captain) (Time Zone): Five Pony Fuckers (Locked_) EST
Default game time: Sunday, 4PM EST

At any point (including immediately) before each match, map vetos will be announced. Team 1 vetoes a single map first, then team 2 vetoes two maps, and finally team 1 will veto the last map. Team 2 will choose the first map to be played on and the loser chooses each map thereafter.

The complete map pool is: Mayhem, Core, Woods, Lost City, Middlegrounds, Cave, Asteroids

During the regular season, each team will have an equal number of games as team 1 and 2 (similar to home and away). During the playoffs, seeding will determine who vetoes and chooses maps first: Lower seeds veto first, top seeds choose the first map.

The playoffs will include the top 4 teams by overall winning percentage. If a tie occurs with the winning percentage, the tie breaker goes to the winner of the team's regular season match.

The winning captain has to report the results to me. Screenshots of the post-game screen must be captured after every game and should be submitted to ME (chobopeon) via TL.NET PM immediately following the game along with a scoring summary in text. For example:

The Pony Factory > Five Pony Fuckers 2-1
TPF won Cave, FPF won Grotto and TPF won Lost City.

Post game screenshots: http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/1755/jdspecial1.jpg

A game which lacks screenshots from either side will result in a loss and 1 game suspension for both teams. Realistically, a suspension will not be handed out unless there is a dispute. Making sure you take screenshots is a simple way to be safe and ensure there is no drama.

In the event of a tie (mutual destruction), the map must be replayed immediately.

A team must have at least 5 total pilots including a designated captain. A team is limited to 10 total pilots.

A captain is the de facto leader of a team. Only a captain can add or remove players from the roster. A captain must be easy to reach for the league and other captains. We will be using the TL PM system and so a captain must check his TL PMs regularly.

To add or remove a player during the season, I must be contacted via PM. For removal, a captain or the player in question should PM me with all the information required below with the subject line 'ALTITUDE PLAYER REMOVAL.' For the addition of a player, only a captain can contact me. He must PM me all the information required below with the subject like 'ALTITUDE PLAYER ADDITION.'


IN GAME RULES:

-Substitutions can only take place in between games and not during a game. This means that each player should test their connection with the server extensively before the game goes live. If a player is having problems, he should not play.

-Voice communications are allowed and encouraged. Every registered team has a channel on the mumble server (under "League Teams") and it is always available for your use.
The connection info is:
Address: 76.191.126.46
Port: 64738
User: Whatever you want
Pass: No password

The TL match server's password is tlscrim.

Only the captain can send this in. Only a team with at least 5 players should be sending in an application. We won't accept a 3 player team "looking for more" - find more and then sign up!

Sign ups will continue until April 25. To clarify, April 25, 12:00am EST is the end of sign ups.

Team Name:
Tag:
Captain (TL/Altitude names):
Pilots, IPs, Account ID:
Preferred Time Zone:
Show match info:

We need your team name and tag simply for identification. We'd appreciate it if you could wear a tag during all league games. It'd make sorting through everything much simpler.

We need both the team captain's TL and Altitude names for ease of contact and for when if/when we need to review names.

We need all pilots (captain included) handles, IPs and accounts. You can find your ip at http://www.whatismyip.com/ . We need this to verify player identity in the player screen shots and server logs.

We need your preferred Time Zone so we can assign matches which are easier for all teams to complete. I will provide a unique "default play time" (on Sunday) for each game based on the the team's preferred time zone. There is no requirement to only play with people near you, but each time should be able to play at roughly the same time - for practice's sake and for official games.

The last line ("show match info") is totally optional. If you'd like to play in the show match within the next week or so, let me know. This is your chance to pitch that your team will give a good game to the audience. Tell us how long your pilots have been playing and when you'd be available.

Example:
Team Name: The Pony Factory
Tag: [PEWPEWPONY]name
Captain (TL/Altitude names): choboPEon / chobopeon
Pilots, IPs, Account ID: chobopeon 43.23.554.123 doobiedoo@gmail.com
reddude 65.43.234.456 doobiedoo@gmail.com
greenlady 48.43.123.346 doobiedoo@gmail.com
blackpower 41.43.789.543 doobiedoo@gmail.com
whitemale 43.28.444.120 doobiedoo@gmail.com
Preferred Time Zone: EST Eastern United States
Show match info: My team is full of veterans that have been playing since before you were born. chobopeon is the OP, and all the rest have been playing since the 80's. We can play anytime on the weekends and most weekday nights, EST, of course.

A quick poll on the rules:

Should we limit each type of plane to two at a time? Only two miranadas maximum, only 2 explodets maximum, etc etc. Up to you guys. Poll will close when the show match is scheduled.


Poll: 2 planes per team?
(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

This is Altitude. The beginning of this post is for people who have already been acquainted with the game. If you are new to the thread, skip this section and get introduced down below!

IRC Channel: #tl.altitude on quakenet
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(Post or PM me if you would like to be added to the above list)



TeamLiquid Pony Pasture is Team Liquid's own Altitude server. Everyone should thank tec27 for that. Send your server suggestions/playful flirtations/sexual inquiries his way!

TeamLiquid Pony Stable is Team Liquid's second Altitude server. Kuja900 brought it into the world very recently. It is still a growing server and he's always looking for suggestions and pointers.

The Altitude Wiki is an interesting project which we should all take a look at. Check it out to either add some knowledge or learn a few tricks.

The Altitude Forums are for when the TL thread just isn't enough for your insatiable appetite. Also, if you want to directly report a bug or have a suggestion for the dev team, give it a go.

Altitude Custom Map Pack is tec27's bunch of custom maps currently in heavy rotation on most servers.



ORIGINAL INTRODUCTION TO ALTITUDE
Right before I head onto ICCup, I usually get in a few rounds with Altitude to warm up my fingers. It's free and it's awesome.

Check it out:

What is Altitude?

Deadly weapons. Daredevil pilots. Ridiculous planes.







I've been playing the game since last fall and I like it a lot. Ever play Biplanes? I believe this is the successor.

The Something Awful forums have been introduced to the game recently and as a result, an influx of shitty 15 year old boys with nothing better to do than call everyone a faggot has been seen. However, most of the users are still very cool people.

So, TL, come play and restore the balance in this game's community to well mannered, highly skilled players :D DOWNLOAD IT HERE.