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[Aeron Sley]

If you are looking for a good company, or you are a company looking for good players, join us this Saturday the 20th of October for a Drop Tournament. I will have a hiring hall setup for those looking to find new members and we will be scheduling drops throughout so you can drop with the new potentials along with your regular guys. This will give new recruits a chance to drop with organized teams and it will give the teams a chance to take a look at players who are interested in finding a good company.

For those interested, Blackthornes Dragoons is always looking for people who would be a good fit and we will be taking on new recruits from this tournament as well.

Tournament winners will be determined by wins and kills versus deaths. Full details will be available before the launch.

So far the response has been good for the tournament so we will be starting at 6PM EST this Saturday the 20th of October.

Teamspeak Server Address is TS.BLACKTHORNES.COM Password is BT

Drop Configuration will be AAAAHHML

If you have additional questions you can post here or drop into the TS server and speak to me directly, the Password will work from now until the Tournament completes. Please RSVP early, it will be difficult to work true brackets, but we will do the best we can until we have a true means of scheduling drops.

[Aeron Sley]

We have had several requests for the same data. IF you do not have a full 8 to show up, show up with what you have, I have plenty of members to fill out your drop, we average 5-6 full drops a night, so this is no issue. If you have a large member base, bring all that want to come, this is about having fun, we are happy to make multiple drops for your crew. If you are an individual looking for a company, we would love to see you here as well, there will be companies here looking for additional members, and it should be a fun time.

If there are other questions I start to see a lot of, I will post them here as well, so far the response has been much better than expected given the late notice, it should be a fun time.

[Aeron Sley]

The Teamspeak Server is open to all guests as of now, so feel free to log in, setup groups or drop with us in preparation for tomorrow. All are welcome. Things normally start filling up around 6pm Eastern

[Aeron Sley]

We are up to about 20 teams expected or tentative I will post a full list along with results at the end. This is a friendly, casual tournament, new pilots are welcome and companies are welcome to recruit even if not dropping. Good luck to all!

[Aeron Sley]

Tournament Rules

No Capping
Be Polite

Drop Specs are AAAAHHML
Drop Commanders will Appear as <BT-DC> Name

This tournament is double elimination. Brackets are random without seeds and made to be friendly, you will not intentionally be placed against another company from the same group unless there are no other options. Once sorted, a drop commander will enter the channel and a countdown will be given of 3-2-1-DROP At which time both teams leaders will drop to the battle space. If a good drop is not achieved, complete your matches and return to the room, a new drop will be started until a good drop is achieved. The victor advances against the next team that has also achieved a victory. The Defeated drops to the lower bracket where they will face off against another defeated team. This process will continue until there is only 1 team in the Victors Bracket and One Team in the Defeated Bracket. The Team from the Victors Bracket must be defeated twice to be eliminated and the team from the Defeated Bracket once to be declared the Victor.

Replacement players are allowed from your companies if players must leave for any reason or from free agents. Players are operating on the Honor system at all times.

Good Hunting and Good Luck!

Colonel Aeron Sley
Blackthornes Dragoons
1st Assault Regiment
Commanding

[David Decoster]

Aeron, the Greyhounds would like to field one 8-man team for this tournament. Our official participation will be kinda last minute though, since we have our gaming community meeting at 2300 CET. Ideally, I'll PM you our official participation around 2100 CET. If not expect us to pile in around 2330 CET. If we're a no-show, I'll come into your TS3 and let you know.

Thanks for organizing this, and hopefully until tonight!

[Aeron Sley]

Glad to have you. We should have a huge turnout.

[Symptomattic]

Isaac's Foxhounds is a confirmed show for the tournament. We should have 8 people, but if we don't we're open to other slots being filled by the curious. Good fighting everyone.

[Aeron Sley]

Accidental capture will equal a loss for the capturing team.

Disconnects that are accidental on drop will be met with the opposing team leaving an equal number of mechs out of play if in the first one minute of play. After that, they will be considered as killed. A screen shot and a declaration by the opposing team of who is sitting out will suffice. That mech is to stay in the base , it may enter play if in the first minute they also suffer a disconnect otherwise it is to suicide or otherwise terminate connection. If it at any time is fired apron or fires on another mech after the first 2 minutes of play, that team will be disqualified.

In the event of an equal tie, both teams will lose

[David Decoster]

After a good time and a very learning experience , we'd like to thank BT for organizing this. If you guys are organizing any more of these in the future, make sure to contact us. We'll be happy to join!

[Protection]

Thanks again for holding and hosting this tournament <BT>.

Was a lot of fun, and we appreciate the time and effort you guys put into it.

Great games, look forward to seeing you in the next one.

[BigJim]

Yeah - GGs and thanks to BT for taking the time to run this; nice one lads.

[Aeron Sley]

Thank you all for joining the tournament! We had 12 total companies drop, the winners follow:

Eridani Light Pony Merc Corp 6-0 1st Place
Bravo Whiskey Charlie 4-2 2nd Place (Defeated 1st Dragoons in Semi Final 8-5)
Blackthornes Dragoons 1st Dragoons Company 4-2 3rd Place
Wolf Spiders Battalion 2-2 4th Place


Once we can do 8 man drops again, we will run another. With more notice.

Edited by Aeron Sley, 20 October 2012 - 06:22 PM.

[Locke Ravenford]

Hooray! Thanks for organizing this BT! It was fun dropping with y'all!

[Hanible]

Good fun. Thanks again BT.