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[p4r4g0n]

OP updated to list entry submissions received to-date:

Defiant
Forgotten 8th Legion

[King Arthur IV]

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[mr bear]

Entry submitted.

[Rawrshuga]

Question regarding the rules.

1) 1 point for Loss and 0 points for a Tie? I'm guessing this was a typo. Surely it should be 1 point for a Tie and 0 points for a loss ...

2) Game Mode: Any? for a 4-v-4? Assault seems kind of harsh for any single lance trying to attack a base. Conquest seems like it would be a huge yawn or hugely favourable with lances with mostly fast mechs. Why not a straight forward skirmish?

3) Map, any: ... Alpine Peaks ... oh yeah ...

[Flying Fox 333]

Rawrshuga, on 09 September 2014 - 08:58 AM, said:

Question regarding the rules.

1) 1 point for Loss and 0 points for a Tie? I'm guessing this was a typo. Surely it should be 1 point for a Tie and 0 points for a loss ...

2) Game Mode: Any? for a 4-v-4? Assault seems kind of harsh for any single lance trying to attack a base. Conquest seems like it would be a huge yawn or hugely favourable with lances with mostly fast mechs. Why not a straight forward skirmish?

3) Map, any: ... Alpine Peaks ... oh yeah ...

This was decided prior to last Fridays meeting. We decided to alter the tie to be 0 points to prevent static gameplay to force a draw. We felt it better to have tried and lost than to simply wait out the timer.

In the case that a side decides to base sit, we were going to enforce a no base sitting rule for the first ten minutes, but the consensus was that teams would play fairly and wouldn't rely on that tactic unduly.

As for the map, the scout is going to have their work cut out for them if you get that map.

[Flying Fox 333]

Also I would like to add that, while the other game modes are perceived as boring by competitive players. It does allow for a wider variety of play and forces the lance to carry a variety of weapons or a more of a "middle of the road" approach, which was our intention in the first place.

[Liveish]

Can you make it Round 1 =assault
Game 1 map = Alpine
Game 2 map = River City
Game 3 map = canyon

Round 2 = Conquest
Game 1 map = Alpine
Game 2 map = River City
Game 3 map = canyon

Round 3 = skirmish
Game 1 map = Cimson
Game 2 map = tourmaline
Game 3 map = ECT ECT

ECT ECT


This way we can plan our drops and mechs load outs before the game ?

Pick the Game type per round and then Game map per game ?

[p4r4g0n]

Update:

List of entry submissions received to-date:

Defiant / No Meta, No Matter (joint team)
Forgotten 8th Legion
256th Bear Cav
Oceanic Merc Corp
228th Independent Battlemech Regiment
The Peregrine Legionnaires

Keep them coming guys

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@Rawrshuga, live1991

We're using Season 1 to try stuff that mostly isn't done in other existing competitive events. Admittedly, some of this may not be done for very good reasons but let's give it a try and refine it for next season.

Also, we were reluctant to increase the barriers to entry to the HPL by adding a requirement that the teams have premium users or someone with premium on standby to help launch matches. Some players did step up to offer assistance with this during the Open Meeting but it remains to be seen how this will work out in practice as matches will likely take place at varying times.

[Trex Mauser]

Darkstar will be entering I am just getting all the names together for entry sorry for the delay, got lost in the forums thank you FlyingFox for the invite and will sort out the registration ASAP

[King Arthur IV]

Trex Mauser, on 10 September 2014 - 02:14 PM, said:

Darkstar will be entering I am just getting all the names together for entry sorry for the delay, got lost in the forums thank you FlyingFox for the invite and will sort out the registration ASAP

click the follow button and never get lost again!!!!

[Trex Mauser]

Darkstar alliance registration form is in. hope you can make room for us. Apolagies for lateness.

[p4r4g0n]

Update:

Final List of Entries

Defiant / No Meta, No Matter (joint team)
Forgotten 8th Legion
256th Bear Cav
Oceanic Merc Corp
228th Independent Battlemech Regiment
The Peregrine Legionnaires
13th Legion
Australasia Royal Mechanised Division
Dark Star Alliance Mercenary Corp / Vindicator Jones Beyatchs (joint team)

Thanks guys for the entries, keep an eye out for the Challenge Schedule that will be out shortly.

Please note that we will be using the messaging function on the forums to communicate so please do visit the site from time to time.

Challenge Schedule will be released later tonight or tomorrow morning.

[p4r4g0n]

Update:

OP updated to insert link to Season 1 Challenge Schedule

Any issues or problems, please contact us via email at highpingersleague at gmail.com or look us up on Comstar NA (na1.mech-connect.net) in the Australia/Asia/Oceanic channel.

Working on getting a High Pingers' League channel set up on NGNG and will update once it is up.

Good luck & have fun to all the participants.

[Jay Z]

Thanks for the update p4r4g0n! I do have premium and may be available to make lobbies happen. Also, if this is the case, make sure both teams have an extra player that suicides in the trial nova so the that kill score is 1-1 not 0-1. Finally, if both teams consent, I would be happy to offer to stream these matches on twitch.tv/mwopro or ngng to raise awareness for the Oceanic competitive scene.

Looking forward to the comp. Happy hunting.

[Stonefalcon]

Jay Z, on 11 September 2014 - 07:40 PM, said:

Thanks for the update p4r4g0n! I do have premium and may be available to make lobbies happen. Also, if this is the case, make sure both teams have an extra player that suicides in the trial nova so the that kill score is 1-1 not 0-1. Finally, if both teams consent, I would be happy to offer to stream these matches on twitch.tv/mwopro or ngng to raise awareness for the Oceanic competitive scene.

Looking forward to the comp. Happy hunting.

I'd love to see the matches being streamed to raise awareness that there is a competitive group of players other than US but at the same time this also introduces screen watchers gaining free intel so for that reason I'd have to say no unfortunately.

[p4r4g0n]

Similar to the MWO Group tournament, I'm assuming any streaming would be delayed by 5 minutes or more for precisely the reason Stonefalcon brought up.

I'm sure that Jay Z wouldn't not have a problem adjusting the delay by whatever amount both parties find acceptable.

Note to self: Include delay requirement in rule set for next event *smacks head*

Edited by p4r4g0n, 11 September 2014 - 08:46 PM.

[mr bear]

p4r4gon, looking at the schedule, that means since the 256th is in Group 1, we will play ARMD and TPL only for the 3 weeks?

[ShinVector]

Interesting guys.. Too bad I got major RL issues at this point of time.

[p4r4g0n]

@mr bear - yes, that is correct.

We needed to break up the teams in groups of 3 to avoid having Season 1 run for 3 months or so.

Just for clarity, I used a random generator to assign a number between 1 - 100 to each team and then grouped teams using 1st, 4th & 7th for Group 1; 2nd, 5th & 8th for Group 2; etc to further randomize it.

Only manual adjustment was to make sure all teams would be assigned exactly 3 blue / red team spawns throughout the initial round.

@ShinVector - thank you for expressing your interest. We do plan to have other events and further HPL Seasons as long as enough people want them.

Stay tuned.

Edited by p4r4g0n, 11 September 2014 - 09:12 PM.

[Stonefalcon]

p4r4g0n, on 11 September 2014 - 08:45 PM, said:

Similar to the MWO Group tournament, I'm assuming any streaming would be delayed by 5 minutes or more for precisely the reason Stonefalcon brought up.

I'm sure that Jay Z wouldn't not have a problem adjusting the delay by whatever amount both parties find acceptable.

Note to self: Include delay requirement in rule set for next event *smacks head*

If there is a considerable delay of 5 minutes or more I'm happy for that, similar to league of legends spectating having a 3m delay.