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[Kamikaze Viking]

Cant wait until season 2 kicks off. we have a lance of Isengrim blackhearts waiting for a good fight

[Mycrus]

Kamikaze Viking, on 27 February 2015 - 01:56 AM, said:

Cant wait until season 2 kicks off. we have a lance of Isengrim blackhearts waiting for a good fight

I need something to do... farming pugs doesn't make me giggle as much anymore

[Kageru Ikazuchi]

228th IBR is also very interested in what the next season of the HPL holds!

Our preferences ...
- 6 man teams, with a roster of no more than 12
- the map(s), tonnage/weight class limitations, and game mode(s) change for each given week
- IS 'mechs
- no Hero or MC-only 'mechs
- a true round robin "regular season", where we play against every team
- a seeded single elimination bracket "post season"

[Mycrus]

We still doing this or what?

Real life gets in the way but would suggest to turnover the event to somebody with the time for it.. event organizers will always be credited for founding and handling season 1

[Jay Z]

It seems that a few Oceanic teams are going to enter /https://mrbcleague.com/ in the AP (Asia Pacific) Division. It is an interesting 8v8 league with 4 seasons worth of rule refinements. The seasons only run for a few weeks at a time and will start near the end of April. Of course, this does not prevent any future season of HPL from happening but MRBC looks to be a great interim competition and maybe give some ideas for HPL S2.

[Mycrus]

Beep beep

[old man odin]

Any chance we can get an APAC 4v4 league going as well as MRBCs 8v8? It would certainly make it more accessible for smaller groups.

[mr bear]

I think real life got in the way of Paragon organizing the league and there's no one to step up to the plate to take over.
Having said that, with the new Singapore Server coming up, I think we can probably change the name of the League to something else...

[Mycrus]

mr bear, on 30 July 2015 - 10:17 PM, said:

I think real life got in the way of Paragon organizing the league and there's no one to step up to the plate to take over.
Having said that, with the new Singapore Server coming up, I think we can probably change the name of the League to something else...

Hey bear... if you put a tourney together i can manage to scrounge an F8L lance to join it...

[Kageru Ikazuchi]

We probably ought to get the Asia-Pacific group leaders together and figure something out.

A proper lance-based league could be a lot of fun.

Also, after this past season of MRBC, two things are clear ... it can work in our time zone, and we need more units to joint the league.

Edited by Kageru Ikazuchi, 31 July 2015 - 04:46 PM.

[mr bear]

Heh...
Well most of you guys know me.. and have probably cored me at one point in time or another....
I think once the new Server is up, it might be a good chance to get the league or something close to it up and running again...
Anyone able to contact Paragon? More importantly, who was his back-up?
I don't mind trying to help to get the event going again, but it'd be good to get him up to speed as well...

[Mycrus]

mr bear, on 31 July 2015 - 03:14 PM, said:

Heh...
Well most of you guys know me.. and have probably cored me at one point in time or another....
I think once the new Server is up, it might be a good chance to get the league or something close to it up and running again...
Anyone able to contact Paragon? More importantly, who was his back-up?
I don't mind trying to help to get the event going again, but it'd be good to get him up to speed as well...

Well i think we have been patient enough... if and when the singapore server spins up i would like something better to do than just farm puggies... best time i had in this game was closed beta and HPL

[old man odin]

Mycrus, on 31 July 2015 - 11:15 AM, said:

Hey bear... if you put a tourney together i can manage to scrounge an F8L lance to join it...

Yeah, if somebody gets together a tournament I'll whip JGx into entering as well. We've been talking about MRBC but we're a little skint for eight.

At 4v4 size ISEN might be able to get something together as well.

mr bear, on 31 July 2015 - 03:14 PM, said:

I think once the new Server is up, it might be a good chance to get the league or something close to it up and running again...
Anyone able to contact Paragon? More importantly, who was his back-up?
I don't mind trying to help to get the event going again, but it'd be good to get him up to speed as well...

According to this live1991 might be the person the person to ask. Might be worth just starting from scratch though.

[Kageru Ikazuchi]

Dar1ng One, on 31 July 2015 - 07:29 PM, said:

This is not a slight against anyone, but certain MS, JGx and 228 players should be excluded.

I'm sorry, it looks an awful lot like a slight against certain players that you personally have a beef with.

I agree that there should be a process within any league for complaints and redress, but to exclude anyone from competition seems unfair.

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Maybe we could run Trial mechs

This has merit, and could be interesting for one-off events, but the 'mech lab is part of the game and should be part of the competition.

[mr bear]

Heh... and this is why we can't have good things...

K. I've dropped Paragon a PM to see if he can reply. I don't mind fronting things ie. Co-ordinating you bunch of cats

But don't ask me to go muck around with the HPL website etc...

Tentatively, I'd going to go back to the original format of 4 man drops.

Things to trash out:
1. 240 tons Vs 240 tons or we want a handicap against Clan mechs? eg. 240 Vs 200 or something (just throwing out numbers)

Rules/Format were all below...

http://highpingersle...opic/format-avb

Let me know ye and let's see what we can get organized..

[Mycrus]

mr bear, on 01 August 2015 - 05:25 AM, said:

Heh... and this is why we can't have good things...

K. I've dropped Paragon a PM to see if he can reply. I don't mind fronting things ie. Co-ordinating you bunch of cats

But don't ask me to go muck around with the HPL website etc...

Tentatively, I'd going to go back to the original format of 4 man drops.

Things to trash out:
1. 240 tons Vs 240 tons or we want a handicap against Clan mechs? eg. 240 Vs 200 or something (just throwing out numbers)

Rules/Format were all below...

http://highpingersle...opic/format-avb

Let me know ye and let's see what we can get organized..

open to all players -- as long as we play on the asia server

4v4

240 tons - 1/1/1/1

IS only

Heroes allowed

just need to improve the match making where everybody gets to play everybody...

[mr bear]

K. Just an update.
I've spoken to Flying Fox last night over TS. HPL will be going ahead. Flying Fox will be heading it as Paragon has too much real-life commitments at the moment.

Rules and such will be sorted out over the next couple of days/weeks.

Please wait for him to post an official update.

All I will request is that those Oceanic units please start figuring out if you can commit to it. I expect to run for about 1-2 months.

[old man odin]

mr bear, on 01 August 2015 - 05:25 AM, said:

Tentatively, I'd going to go back to the original format of 4 man drops.

Keep it simple the first time around. 4v4's with some clear drop rules and amp up the complexity if it kicks off. Maybe use RHOD rules as a bassis for future seasons?

Kageru Ikazuchi, on 31 July 2015 - 11:18 PM, said:

I'm sorry, it looks an awful lot like a slight against certain players that you personally have a beef with.

I agree that there should be a process within any league for complaints and redress, but to exclude anyone from competition seems unfair.


This has merit, and could be interesting for one-off events, but the 'mech lab is part of the game and should be part of the competition.

Agreed entirely, on all points.

mr bear, on 01 August 2015 - 08:09 PM, said:

All I will request is that those Oceanic units please start figuring out if you can commit to it. I expect to run for about 1-2 months.

Cool. I'll start asking around.

[Kageru Ikazuchi]

Mycrus, on 01 August 2015 - 07:18 AM, said:

open to all players -- as long as we play on the asia server - 4v4 - 240 tons - 1/1/1/1 - IS only - Heroes allowed

Add in "no 'mechs available only through pre-order", and you've got a good foundation

We will need to sort out things like spectators, etc. ... I really want these to be streamed (so that those teams who can't get eight together might attract some recruits), but I want to make sure no one gets a "fifth man in God-mode" advantage.

[old man odin]

Kageru Ikazuchi, on 01 August 2015 - 09:03 PM, said:

Add in "no 'mechs available only through pre-order", and you've got a good foundation

Eh, I really don't like the IS only thing. Some have mainly, or all, Clan mechs. There isn't much reason to exclude them entirely now we've got quirks and they are out for C-Bills.