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Mwo Tournament Series (Beta): First Engagement


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#1 InnerSphereNews

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Posted 07 May 2014 - 09:14 AM

Thank you everyone who applied. We were overwhelmed with the responses from the community and we are excited to announce our accepted teams for this BETA tournament. Please keep in mind if you were not accepted that this is only the first of many tournaments that we are looking to run and there will be many more chances to be involved.

For the full bracket please go here: https://mwomercs.com...1/#EventBracket

For the latest schedule of the matches and twitch streams please see: https://tournaments.mwomercs.com/

To watch the match live check out our Twitch page: http://www.twitch.tv/igp

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.

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).

First priority for team selection was given to the first unique teams to entirely fill with 15 players. Several teams had to be disqualified for a variety of reasons, including being an additional team for a Merc Corps already represented, or repeated in-game misconduct of one or more members of the team. While we greatly appreciate the enthusiasm of those Corps who managed to get several teams ready, our sincerest apologies go out to those who couldn't make it so that other units could also be fairly represented in this particular test tournament.

It is important to note that this is the first official tournament of this variety which we have implemented, as well as being in BETA as a feature. As such, the tournament should be regarded as unranked. Seeding for this round was aimed at fairly matching each team by overall ELO within the first bracket. We are eager to investigate the many possibilities of how to arrange future tournaments with both existing data (ELO/KDR/WLR) and new data from this event, as well as ways to organize a ranking/seeding system. Ideally, any such system would be both fair to the teams and fun for those cheering from the sidelines. Your thoughts will be greatly appreciated on this particular matter, as future tournaments will be less about testing systems and more about just having fun.

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 channel with a 5 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.
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#2 Jody Von Jedi

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Posted 07 May 2014 - 09:18 AM

Sounds like fun!

#3 Androas

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Posted 07 May 2014 - 09:21 AM

Nice nice, any teams that need an pilot? :o

#4 Malcolm Vordermark

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Posted 07 May 2014 - 09:25 AM

This sounds way better than the old method of doing tournaments.

#5 Ransack

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Posted 07 May 2014 - 09:33 AM

Sounds interesting.

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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)


This part bugs me though. Will I be able to use this additional time independently of by banked premium time? I would hate to turn it on for a tournament drop and have no way to stop it from ticking down.

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Posted 07 May 2014 - 09:37 AM

The Swucks will be there!

#7 Gyrok

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Posted 07 May 2014 - 09:37 AM

Will be looking forward to this...

#8 Runs With Scissors

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Posted 07 May 2014 - 09:38 AM

time to find 14 friends :o

#9 Redshift2k5

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Posted 07 May 2014 - 09:44 AM

Sounds amazing! I work too much and I'm on call pretty much all day/every day so I can't possibly meet the obligations, but I'm sure everyone who does participate will enjoy the opportunity!

#10 JohnnyWayne

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Posted 07 May 2014 - 09:48 AM

"I won that MWO - tournament and all I got was this lousy t-shirt." Haha that would awesome t-shirts!^^

#11 AntharPrime

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Posted 07 May 2014 - 09:51 AM

So essentially a tournament that only caters to 16% of your player base.

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Posted 07 May 2014 - 09:53 AM

View PostAntharPrime, on 07 May 2014 - 09:51 AM, said:

So essentially a tournament that only caters to 16% of your player base.

as opposed to all the others that have catered to solo only?

#13 Screech

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Posted 07 May 2014 - 09:54 AM

Very cool. They should have these going a minimum once a week. Might actually need to try to find a group now. Hopefully they will (need to) raise the number of groups for subsequent tourneys.

#14 Ngamok

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Posted 07 May 2014 - 09:54 AM

Good Luck to all !

#15 Modo44

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Posted 07 May 2014 - 09:55 AM

Please tell me the latter parts are going to include streamed testing for the observing client.

#16 Prc

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Posted 07 May 2014 - 09:56 AM

no terra no alpine no play





jk gl to all teams

#17 Malcolm Vordermark

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Posted 07 May 2014 - 09:56 AM

View PostScreech, on 07 May 2014 - 09:54 AM, said:

Very cool. They should have these going a minimum once a week. Might actually need to try to find a group now. Hopefully they will (need to) raise the number of groups for subsequent tourneys.


It would be difficult to have a month long tournament every week with more teams.

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Posted 07 May 2014 - 09:57 AM

View Post3rdworld, on 07 May 2014 - 09:53 AM, said:

as opposed to all the others that have catered to solo only?

But they catered to everyone despite it's flaws. This type of tournament would be fine once they got in CW and players can match up in game. Right now it will just create a wedge in the community.

#19 DDDs

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Posted 07 May 2014 - 09:57 AM

inb4ggclose? :o Good luck to all that participate.

#20 IIIuminaughty

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Posted 07 May 2014 - 09:58 AM

I can't wait....





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