teamliquid.net's Altitude League
Dates: April 26 to May 24, 2009
Entry Fee: May cost your social life
Alright, the ball is officially rolling. Below, there is information on starting a team, signing up for the league and playing in the super-exclusive, super-extravagant show match. You should use this thread and the IRC channel (#tl.altitude on quakenet) to find a team. It should be noted that the rules may change as we become more experienced with how the game plays during organized matches.
Here are the rules. They are extremely simple. If/when you have any questions, please feel free to ask them in the thread. I will answer you and update the rules with the appropriate clarification.
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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.
Schedules will be sent out via PM and posted in this OP. The top teams will be placed in a playoff bracket, the size of which depends on how many teams participate in the regular season.
A regular season match will be a best of 3 map series. The first map will be designated by the league administrators and the losing team will be able to choose the map from a limited map pool thereafter. 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. A game which lacks screen shots from either side will result in a loss and 1 game suspension for both teams.
Before the season begins, I will further clarify to captains exactly how to report the results of a match.
A playoff match will be a best of 3 maps. Each map will be a best of 5 series and will be played exactly like a regular season match. The first map will be designated by the league administrators and the losing team will be able to choose the map from a limited map pool thereafter.
The championship will be a best of 3 maps with a best of 7 series. All regular season rules apply.
A team must have at least 5 total pilots including a designated captain. There is no maximum limit on the number of pilots a team can have.
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.
Here is the team sign up. It is also extremely simple. I've got a brief how-to, a blank form and an example form. Again, feel free to ask questions if you've got them. I will answer them and clarify the instructions.
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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.
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.
GL HF
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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[TL]ArC_man
[TL]armed_
[TL]Athos
[TL]BG1
[TL]BW
[TL]Bum
[TL]Chau
chobopeon
[TL]CrimsonLotus
[TL]DaDeAd
[TL]dead9
TL-Deekay
[TL]epik
[TL]eX
[TL]Falcynn
[TL]Fana
[TL]Fishball
[TL]freelander
[TL]GGQ
[TL]goldenkrnboi
TL-HypnoticPoo
[TL]iLoveKTF
inlagdsil
IntoTheWow
[TL]jeppew
[TL]jhNz
tl-keen
[tl]keit
kickdim
[TL]Kuja900
[TL]LeeYoungho
locked
nitram135
[TL]Nuada
[TL]number9dream
[TL]panda
[TL]Pillars
[TL]Raiz
Rice
Roie
ShallOw[TL]
[TL]ShloobeR
[TL]soup
[TL]Spenguin
TL.spery
[TL]Stormich
[TL]tec27
[TL]tyr
[TL]Yossarian
[TL]zerosiris
[TL]armed_
[TL]Athos
[TL]BG1
[TL]BW
[TL]Bum
[TL]Chau
chobopeon
[TL]CrimsonLotus
[TL]DaDeAd
[TL]dead9
TL-Deekay
[TL]epik
[TL]eX
[TL]Falcynn
[TL]Fana
[TL]Fishball
[TL]freelander
[TL]GGQ
[TL]goldenkrnboi
TL-HypnoticPoo
[TL]iLoveKTF
inlagdsil
IntoTheWow
[TL]jeppew
[TL]jhNz
tl-keen
[tl]keit
kickdim
[TL]Kuja900
[TL]LeeYoungho
locked
nitram135
[TL]Nuada
[TL]number9dream
[TL]panda
[TL]Pillars
[TL]Raiz
Rice
Roie
ShallOw[TL]
[TL]ShloobeR
[TL]soup
[TL]Spenguin
TL.spery
[TL]Stormich
[TL]tec27
[TL]tyr
[TL]Yossarian
[TL]zerosiris
(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.
Welcome to Altitude, the best multiplayer 2-D aerial combat game on the internet. Altitude is a fierce contest of ace vs ace, battling for supremacy of the skies in a fast paced combat that is way more fun than a flight simulator. It is a game of steely nerves, hair-trigger reflexes and brilliant tactical thinking. Altitude will stretch you to the limit from the upper reaches of the stratosphere, the relics of a long forgotten lost city, to within the deepest hollows of underground caverns. It offers five unique planes to choose from and an online community that will provide you with hours of entertainment. So stretch those fingers, get your game face on, and prepare for Altitude.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJxIhrId5Ck
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.