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[Mogney]

Are there really going to be drops during the workday on the monday and friday?

[9erRed]

Greetings all,

@ Rubidiy

Yes they do patch's at that time of the day, allowing for monitoring of the install and if there were any problems or issues that may need a 'Hotfix' right now. And giving themselves most of the day to address any problems.

But that does not mean that there can be a tournament consisting of 32 teams organized with 480 separate pilots standing by to play, on a Sunday or Monday let alone the following Friday. All normal work days for some people.

I mean really, in some cases, this tournament may require some players to take a sick day or more from work, just to be able to participate.
And in some cases that means clearing a full 12hr time window, till the match time is announced.

9erRed

Edited by 9erRed, 08 May 2014 - 11:27 AM.

[Aym]

InnerSphereNews, on 07 May 2014 - 09:14 AM, said:

MWO Tournament Series (beta): First Engagement

We're excited to present our first in a series of team-based tournaments! We'll kick the First Engagement off with the new Launch Module system, which allows for groups of players to choose their opponents in a pre-match game lobby.

This tournament structure is single round elimination by team. Form a team of 15 Players (including 3 substitutes) and have your Team Captain submit an application for consideration. After we've received your team's application, each team member will be contacted via email with a request for more information.

Submit your application as soon as possible on May 9th at 1pm EDT for your best chance at getting your team into the running. A link to the Application Page will be posted at that time. Keep in mind that this is our first tournament of this style and we'll have more opportunities for teams that are not selected, to compete in future Trials. 32 Teams will be selected.

Match Scheduling:
In order to offer the most scheduling flexibility for participants, teams will coordinate their match times with their fellow team members and the opposing team in each elimination round (bracket). We require that Team Captains schedule all formal matches between noon-midnight EDT. Matches are booked as on a first come, first served basis within the two-day bracket window. In addition, applicants must ensure that all team members will be available for the semi-finals and finals on the evening of May 30, should the team advance. See the calendar for the available time slots in each bracket.

Participation Criteria:
Applications for participation are open to all players who created an account before May 7, 2014 and have a group of 15 players (including 3 substitutes). As per the scheduling procedures outlined above, players must be available to play subsequent matches as their team advances in each bracket. Team members can't be changed after the application period is over (application period ends 3pm EDT on May 12, 2014). Players with currently banned accounts, and those who have been disqualified from previous challenges or tournaments are not eligible to participate.

Additional notes for Team Captains:
We will provide all Team Captains with Premium Time to facilitate custom options in the Launch Module. Team Captains must coordinate with the members of their team, and the team captain of their opposing team in order to reserve their match time slot. Team Captains are responsible for taking a screenshot of the End of Round screen as additional proof of the match results (we'll verify results with server logs). Screenshots must be emailed to events@infinitegamepublishing.com within 6 hours of the match completion.
Team Captains will be responsible for ensuring that match options in the Launch Module are set to the bracket's required criteria (see Bracket information for game mode, map, and other specifications).

Bracket Information:
Matches are to be scheduled on the hour or half hour within the bracket times. In order to facilitate live-streaming and commentary, we will not allow the scheduling of two teams within the same half-hour slot.

1st Bracket, 16 games (32 Teams)
Team Captains to coordinate for the scheduling of their match between Noon-Midnight EDT on either May 18 or May 19.
Map - Forest Colony
Mode - Skirmish
Tonnage - max 720
Time - 20 min
View Mode - Both

2nd Bracket, 8 games (16 Teams)
Team Captains to coordinate for the scheduling of their match between Noon-Midnight EDT on either May 23 or May 24.
Map - Frozen City Night
Mode - Conquest
Tonnage - max 600
Time - 20 min
View Mode - Both

Quarter Finals 4 games (8 Teams)
Team Captains to coordinate with our Events Team for scheduling between 18:00-21:00 EDT on May 29. To be livestreamed.
Map - River City
Mode - Assault
Tonnage - max 600
Time - 20 min
View Mode - Both

Semi-Finals 2 games (4 Teams)
Team Captains to coordinate with our Events Team for scheduling between 18:00-21:00 EDT on May 30. To be livestreamed.
Map - Caustic Valley
Mode - Conquest
Tonnage - max 720
Time - 20 min
View Mode - Both

Finals 1 game (2 Teams)
Team Captains to coordinate with our Events Team for scheduling between 18:00-21:00 EDT on May 30. To be livestreamed.
Map - Crimson Strait
Mode - Skirmish
Tonnage - max 720
Time - 20 min
View Mode - Both

Terms & Disqualifications:
We expect participation in good faith with the spirit of friendly competition. Violations of our Terms of Use, Code of Conduct, or the use of other mechanics that could be considered exploitative, will result in disqualification from the tournament and all future tournaments. Please see our standing Contest Rules for more information on eligibility, prizes, and availability in your area.

Live-Streaming:
Matches in all brackets may be live-streamed on the official MechWarrior Online Twitch channel. If you are unwilling to have your gameplay live-streamed, please do not apply to compete in this tournament. Competitors are welcome to live-stream to their own channelwith a 1 minute delay. Videos of matches may be available on the official MechWarrior Online YouTube channel after the tournament has concluded.

Prizes:
1st Place team members (including substitutes) will be awarded a Hero `Mech of their choice, 30 days of Premium Time, a T-Shirt and an exclusive Tournament Victor's Skin*.
2nd Place team members (including substitutes) will be awarded a Champion `Mech of their choice, 30 days of Premium Time and a T-Shirt.

All prizes to be distributed by July 1st, 2014, *skin may only be applied to Inner Sphere `Mechs. Winning players will be contacted to confirm mailing address.

Problems, Feedback, Questions:
Please see our Frequently Asked Questions for answers to the most commonly asked questions and links to related discussion & feedback threads.
If you're having application submission problems or issues related to this tournament, please contact events@infinitegamepublishing.com

For all other questions or concerns, please contact Support.

As a participant and administrator for the Marik Civil War, a lot of this seems similar. I love it. That being said, the scheduling will become an issue wherein games are not played yet both sides will say they did their due diligence in making themselves available w/in the given times, yet not enough overlap existed. What is the resolution for this?

[Harbinger Prime]

If we are going to start tournaments would it be possible to have a thread dedicated to tournaments? That way you would have one place for people to post to recruit a team or to look for a team to join.

[Pz_DC]

IMHO.

While its good thing overall, but tourments of this type will "isolate" a dominating (or near it) group of players - lone wolfes. To fix it, there should be free-for-all ELO-based life rating tab, with monthly awards for top-10 or so. Is it so hard to manage this?.. Looks so, an it looks like its even more harder then make "launch module" work as intended. As for me, whole ELO-system, that was anounced wery-wery long time ago, still uneffective and was added just to have an official reason to say "oh, look, its here!".

Same time, there is too low difference between 1st and 2nd places, especially for players who dont like/use Victors.

Ah, and ofc P.S.: looks like devs forgot about time zones - when its time to play in USA some of european countries have ther sleep after long and hard work

Edited by MGA121285, 08 May 2014 - 01:36 PM.

[Vidarok]

So how about those european servers that never showed up?

[Rubidiy]

9erRed, on 08 May 2014 - 11:22 AM, said:

Greetings all,

@ Rubidiy

Yes they do patch's at that time of the day, allowing for monitoring of the install and if there were any problems or issues that may need a 'Hotfix' right now. And giving themselves most of the day to address any problems.

But that does not mean that there can be a tournament consisting of 32 teams organized with 480 separate pilots standing by to play, on a Sunday or Monday let alone the following Friday. All normal work days for some people.

I mean really, in some cases, this tournament may require some players to take a sick day or more from work, just to be able to participate.
And in some cases that means clearing a full 12hr time window, till the match time is announced.

9erRed

totally not following you.
I'm questioning the lack of EU segment of this tournament.
10am PDT, not a tuesday. PGI's at work. it's 17pm GMT or 21pm MSK. What exactly cann't be done here??? This ammount of teams can be managed by coupla people without any software involved.

[NonCedo]

Pilot looking for invite to tournament

[Javin]

Player in Asia looking for team. Ping is not the best so I understand if you pass on me. I would still love to join a team.

[RjBass3]

I would love to participate in this but it looks like the forum needs a place for team gatherings where pilots can find teams and teams can find pilots. Or is there one already and I am just not seeing it?

[Alaskan Nobody]

RjBass3, on 08 May 2014 - 12:42 PM, said:

I would love to participate in this but it looks like the forum needs a place for team gatherings where pilots can find teams and teams can find pilots. Or is there one already and I am just not seeing it?

There are a few set up - usually in the barracks or factions

[Asakara]

InnerSphereNews, on 07 May 2014 - 09:14 AM, said:

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Team for scheduling between 18:00-21:00 EDT
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3 PM PST? This seems sorta inconvenient for those of us with full time jobs on the West Coast USA to me.

I can't speak for others but I don't think my boss would approve of me leaving work a few hours early, multiple days in a row, to play video games.

Perhaps you folks at PGI might consider in the future when planning these things that you have customers on both coasts of North America?

[Heffay]

Asakara, on 08 May 2014 - 12:46 PM, said:

3 PM PST? This seems sorta inconvenient for those of us with full time jobs on the West Coast USA to me.

I can't speak for others but I don't think my boss would approve of me leaving work a few hours early, multiple days in a row, to play video games.

Perhaps you folks at PGI might consider in the future when planning these things that you have customers on both coasts of North America?

*cough cough*... is it getting warm in here? You guys hear about that flu that is going around? *cough cough* I hope I don't get it. Sounds like a doozy!

Edited by Heffay, 08 May 2014 - 12:52 PM.

[Asakara]

Heffay, on 08 May 2014 - 12:52 PM, said:

*cough cough*... is it getting warm in here? You guys hear about that flu that is going around? *cough cough* I hope I don't get it. Sounds like a doozy!

LOL! I wish.

[Naduk]

this is to cool
id love to get my team in , but i will be just as happy to watch the vids !

[Mycrus]

I guess Asianz are **** out of luck then.

[Ihasa]

Comstar Irregulars is putting a team together.

[Karmen Baric]

So the meta teams get more free goodies for winning tournament. The sort of goodies (ie free Hero / Champion mechs) that were not given out to the individual tournament winners (not that I would ever win individual tournament - not enough time to play) but still very uncool.

[BLOOD WOLF]

Chill, there is plenty of tournaments around the way.

[RobinSage]

I'm sure HARD would love to put up at least 12 to 20 players for this...

Anyone else running on NA Comstar Teamspeak that wants to organize some matches and is signing up please hit up myself or one of our other members on that TS server. We'd love to practice and scrim before matches or help any comstar teams that would like scrim opponents this month let us know.

Thanks all. Great idea PGI.