The Latest Practice Tourney - 2/20/2011 Noon EST

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GAME DAY UPDATES:

The tourney is over:

iamKira and  ppapanek win!

 

Here’s the latest info on the tournament.  Please review this if you are participating:

• The tournament unfortunately DOES NOT start at Noon EST as previously stated.  You can check in at noon.  The tourney will start 12:45EST.  I’d adjust that so that things started when expected, but I’m unable to do so.
• MAKE SURE YOU CHECK IN.  CHECK IN IS NOW LIVE.  You must check in before 12:45PM EST.  Just go here:  http://www.jeesports.com/tournament/details/1/12 and click on check
• Added rule:  Light side must pick their dg’s and ready up 1st (this rule is kind of crap, but we are using it for this tourney)
• Added rule:  You must be available when the tourney starts
• Make sure you re-download the required mods from here:  http://www.box.net/shared/qf7lhj1zjl.  Changes were made to the AI mod on 2/16/2011.
• At 12:45 (32 minutes from now), brackets will be generated.  Check here to see who you are playing first AFTER 12:45: http://www.jeesports.com/tournament/brackets/12

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We’ll be running some practice tourneys over the next few weeks to try out a new site that we’ll be using for our tournaments going forward.  One of the benefits the JeeLounge site is that it makes it very easy to create tournaments with specific rules, upload replays, and track stats.  We had a small practice tournament on 2/6/2011 that was reasonably successful.  So far, we’ve had about 25 folks from the community register on the Jee site (Plays/Sports/Lounge), so I expect we’ll see even more participation in the this upcoming practice tournament on 2/20/2011 at Noon EST.

Well, first and foremost, we are going to have a series of these tournaments.  I’m planning for 2 more practice tournaments and then we’ll get back into having some cash prize tournaments.  So, consider these next 2 tournaments as just for fun, if you like, but just be aware that there is no cash prize for the practice tourneys.

What is the schedule?

• 2/20/2011 – 2v2 Practice Tourney – Noon EST
• 3/6/2011 – 3v3 Practice Tourney – Noon EST
• 3/20/2011 – Cash Tourney – Noon EST (the format of 2v2 or 3v3 will be announced after the tourney on 2/20/2011)

What are the rules?

Each tournament will have varied rules that will be announced approximately 1 week before the tourney begins.

Here are the rules for the practice tourney on 3/6/2011 Noon EST (FYI – this is an ALL WELCOME tournament)

• The tournament is 2v2
• The tournament is single elimination (you lose once and you are out)
• No erebus, ub, or oak may be used in this tournament
• Doubles are allowed if you choose sed/reg/da/QoT
• The map is cataract using default settings
• Light side must pick their dg’s and ready up 1st (this rule is kind of crap, but we are using it for this tourney)
• All players must use both uberfix 1.03 and the Enhanced AI mods (both can be downloaded in 1 installer here:  http://www.box.net/shared/qf7lhj1zjl)
• All players MUST register using www.JeeLounge.com – you CANNOT participate if you do not create an account here
• You may have an AI teammate if you wish (the reason for this is to boost our numbers and allow everyone to have a chance to play, even if they can’t get a teammate).  Of course, having an AI teammate will drastically reduce the odds of you winning
  • AI settings with be on normal HP and normal Gold, but they must be set to HARD difficulty

 

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Here are some more details about the Jee sites.  First off, why are we using this site?  Well, simply stated, its always been a pain to organize and run Demigod tournaments.  We have to draft up brackets, form teams, decide on the rules, come up with a time that works for as many people as possible.  Knowing the problems we had in the last tournament, a fellow Demigod player, iamKira suggested we start using a site that he is affiliated with.  He gave me a demo of what the site had to offer and I think that it will be excellent for the community. 

If you haven’t registered on the Jee sites yet, just follow these 3 simple instructions below.  You’ll still need to register for tournaments, etc, but this will get you added to the system.

1. Go to www.JeeLounge.com and create an account.
2. Go here:  http://www.jeelounge.com/teamdg/group/home/ and request membership to our Demigod group (called TeamDG). 
3. Go here:  http://www.jeelounge.com/user/favorites/1/games Click on about me.  Click on games.  Then fill in info for demigod and set yourself to active.

You will not need to repeat those steps again for future tournaments once you have registered.

 

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So now you have a membership on the Jee sites.  Here’s what you need to do next to participate in the tournament:

1. Find a teammate.  You can use this thread, pm’s, or whatever you want to track down a partner.  You can even use the Jee site to send pm’s to anyone that has already joined the teamDG group.  If you can’t find a partner or would prefer, you can play with an AI in this tournament.
2. Post in THIS thread letting us know that you will be participating and who is on your team.
3. Create your team on the JeeLounge site.  If you don’t have a team, you can’t play in the 2v2 tournament.  This can be handled 1 of 2 ways – that’s up to you.  You can:
   1. Have me create a team for you directly.  If you want me to do this, you need to let me know ASAP who is on your team, even if its just an AI.  I can do this as I’m the manager of the teamDG group. 
   2. Or you can create your own team.  This gives you more freedom (eg you don’t need my help) but it does require some extra work to setup.  Here’s how you can do this:
      1. After you have logged into JeeLounge, click on Network (its on the bar that shows home/about me/network/stats, etc near the top of the page). 
      2. Click on create a clan. 
      3. Call the clan whatever you want and fill in whatever info you want.  Be sure to set membership condition to free.  That will create your clan (required to create your own team). 
      4. Next, send an invitation to your teammate.  Once they accept your invitation, you will see them in your clan. 
      5. Click on create team.  Call the team whatever you want. 
      6. After its created, click on edit members and add your teammate to your team and you are done.  Here’s a good write up on the differences between groups and clans for anyone that is interested:  http://www.jeelounge.com/assets/docs/Clan-and-Teams.pdf.
4. Next, you have register for the tournament.  Click here for the tourney page (http://www.jeesports.com/tournament/details/1/12).  Whoever is the team leader on your team has to do this.  Click on sign up, select your team from the drop down box and register
5. The last thing you need to do is “check in” before the tourney starts.  The reason for this is that brackets are generated at the start of the tournament and we don’t want to include anyone that registered and has not shown up.  You MUST do this anytime 45 minutes before the tournament begins or you will not be able to play.  And I’ll say this again:  YOU MUST CHECK IN ANYTIME 45 MINUTES BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT STARTS OR YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY. 

Here are folks that indicated they’d like to play but have not locked down teammates:

1. Marchidanu 
2. Bielasso
3. Dreamcatcher
4. Jakins
5. nnnils

Here are the registered teams:

1. zen_god/pacov
2. Akumrise/AntarestheKuuk
3. Darkliath/Insidious
4. renz/or-chun
5. omg__in1/Lols_SeaWolf
6. i_am_memory/manipulon
7. TSK-Glagol/Zudoteteka
8. sazonov85/Al-t
9. ppapanek/iamKira
10. nnnils/jakins