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

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

See thread for details/registration

Tournament


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

 

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

 


Jee LogoHere 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.

 


 

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
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Reply #76 Top

Quoting gonnabeatyourass, reply 75
I plan on entering, i'll let you know who my partner will be soon.

Glad to hear it!

Reply #77 Top

Jakins would also like to play.

Why are there only 3 of the teams signed up so far?

http://www.jeesports.com/tournament/participants/12

Reply #78 Top

I agree, I can't see two TB's being OP

* no monks
* low staying power vs sed/qot/erebus/oculus because of monks
* squishy as hell
* Ub fodder

Yeah all true, but there is no ub in this round is there? From thinking about this earlier I thought "if" 2x ice tb didn't feed early and weren't totally destroyed on ws by mid game then they would pwn late game due to deep freeze chaining (even if they didn't take staff). However after a little more thought this seems like a decent trade off to me. "If" you can survive early - then you own it up later...

 

pacov - What time is this thing kicking off so I can convert it to "a-dingo-ate-my-baby" time and see if I can be bothered staying up (should be around 4am)?. Also, I still think nm AI is the way to go as single person teams are going to be handicapped so much at least purchases can be taken care of.

Reply #79 Top

pacov - What time is this thing kicking off so I can convert it to "a-dingo-ate-my-baby" time and see if I can be bothered staying up (should be around 4am)?. Also, I still think nm AI is the way to go as single person teams are going to be handicapped so much at least purchases can be taken care of.

its noon est.  I think if you go here:  http://www.jeesports.com/tournament/details/1/12

I think you will see the time it starts in GMT. 

Reply #80 Top

Okay, we got it sorted with nnnils. I'll play with SeaWolf due to connection issues with nnnils. I'll create a team  for us and register tomorrow. Maybe nnnils will team up with Dreamcatcher, still not sure about that, though.

Reply #81 Top

Added jakins to list.  Changed up seawolf/in1.  In1 - you will have to get seawolf to register on the jee site (if he has not already).  Then, you should create your own clan, then a team with the 2 of u... then register.

Reply #82 Top

Yeah, I know. He had already registered and joined the group: iamdarkmg = Lols_Seawolf.

Reply #83 Top

Quoting OMG__IN1, reply 82
Yeah, I know. He had already registered and joined the group: iamdarkmg = Lols_Seawolf.

ah - I thought that might be synnworld.  Gotcha. 

edit - I created a team for the 2 of you if you want to use that.  IN1 - you can just go ahead to the tourney site and register directly now. 

Reply #84 Top

in1 - it might be necessary for you to explain to our non-english speaking friends what they need to do to get added to the tourney officially.  I'm happy to add something to the op if you want to translate - but if these guys don't form a team on the jee site and register/check in for the tourney, they won't be playing.  Thanks!

Reply #85 Top

I'm happy to add something to the op if you want to translate - but if these guys don't form a team on the jee site and register/check in for the tourney, they won't be playing. 

Gladly. The section pertaining to forming a team needs translation?

Reply #86 Top

Как создать собственную команду?

Элементарно, Ватсон:

1. Прежде всего, зайдите на JeeLounge, выберите опцию Network.

2. Там выберите Create Clan.

3. Внесите информацию о клане. Самое важное - поставить Membership на Free, чтобы люди могли свободно присоединяться.

4. Пошлите приглашение присоединиться к клану своему напарнику по команде. Как только он примет приглашение, вы увидите напарника в числе членов клана.

5. Выберите опцию Create Team. Назовите команду на свое усмотрение.

6. После того, как команда будет создана, выберите Edit Members, и добавьте своего напарника. 

7. Зарегистрируйтесь на турнир. Пойдите по ссылке: http://www.jeesports.com/tournament/details/1/12, войдите на сайт со своим паролем и юзернеймом (если не зайдет с ними автоматически) и нажмите на кнопочку Sign Up справа вверху.

8. За 45 минут до начала турнира, вам надо будет нажать еще и на Check In на странице участников турнира (закладка Participants). Это обязательный этап. Иначе вы просто не сможете играть.

Reply #87 Top

Done, as you can see. That's a step-by-step guide to creating clans/teams/tourney sign up/check in.

Reply #88 Top

Concerning the rules. After some practice 2v2 games vs teams that will actually play in the tourney, I'm assured the decision to leave Rook in was most unfortunate. The tourney will be totally Rook-dominated. Even vs Occ+QoT in 2v2, a good Rook = slow strategical strangulation more often than not. It's still a practice tourney, and anyway, I surely don't care about winning/losing. I just hope we'll get eliminated in our very first all-hail-Rook match -- they tend to be long, boring and 100% predictable, if the Rook is competent :)

Reply #89 Top

Please add nnnils/jakins as a team. They have much less connection troubles.

Reply #90 Top

Pacov,

please friend my tourney partner manipulon on jeelounge.  Then please form us as a team under your clan "teamdg".  This way I don't have to manage a clan that has only one team on it.  The name of our team should be "scatology". 

Much thanks, and great erb last night.

mem

Reply #91 Top

Quoting i_am_memory, reply 90
Pacov,

please friend my tourney partner manipulon on jeelounge.  Then please form us as a team under your clan "teamdg".  This way I don't have to manage a clan that has only one team on it.  The name of our team should be "scatology". 

Much thanks, and great erb last night.

mem

thx - I can't set him up completely though.  Please direct him to the OP and have him follow the instructions:

  1. Go here:  http://www.jeelounge.com/teamdg/group/home/ and request membership to our Demigod group (called TeamDG). 
  2. 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.

I sent him a friend request, but can't do anything else until he follows the 2 steps listed here.  Just let me know when he's done that and I'll set ya up.

Added nills jakins to the OP.

edit - of the 10 teams that are listed here as wanting to participate, only 4 are registered for the tournament on the jee site.  YOU MUST REGISTER THERE IF YOU WANT TO PLAY:

http://www.jeesports.com/tournament/participants/12

Reply #92 Top

The name of our team should be "scatology". 

Scatology? What is this shit, for crap's sake? ;)

(Let's see if my reply is appreciated)

Reply #94 Top

Quoting OMG__IN1, reply 92

(Let's see if my reply is appreciated)

 

Appreciated indeed.

When we lose the tourney, we will record the game and study our shitty play.  Or perhaps someone else's shitty play if we get a bit clever.  Either way, some studying of shit is going down.

 

Reply #95 Top

Well, I've come to the conclusion I cannot play 2v2 for shit. No matter what build I go, it's 90% guaranteed loss vs skilled (sometimes not even that skilled) opponents. During the last 3 days I've taken more beating than ever in this game. I'm afraid I'm not getting better at 2v2 at all, and - to my surprise - analyzing those matches does absolutely no good. It's just a completely different game from 3v3. I hate to admit, but I just don't get it :(

So I guess this tourney will be my last venture into 2v2 land, since besides being terrible at it (and not improving!), I also happen to think it's much less interesting and eventful than 3v3 (less teamwork involved, less justification for playing synergist DGs). My attention span is too short, and my concentration is gone after I run from mana to xp flag for the 125th time. Lastly, I just hate do disappoint the good players that hope I'll play on the same level I do in 3v3 and bravely take me on their team.

Reply #96 Top

Well, I've come to the conclusion I cannot play 2v2 for shit. No matter what build I go, it's 90% guaranteed loss vs skilled (sometimes not even that skilled) opponents. During the last 3 days I've taken more beating than ever in this game. I'm afraid I'm not getting better at 2v2 at all, and - to my surprise - analyzing those matches does absolutely no good. It's just a completely different game from 3v3. I hate to admit, but I just don't get it

Took me a bit to make the change up from 3v3 to 2v2.   Oh well... at least you get some XP :)

Reply #97 Top

Quoting i_am_memory, reply 90
Pacov,

please friend my tourney partner manipulon on jeelounge.  Then please form us as a team under your clan "teamdg".  This way I don't have to manage a clan that has only one team on it.  The name of our team should be "scatology". 

Much thanks, and great erb last night.

mem

Your team has been created.  Memory - you just need to register for the tournament now and you are set. 

http://www.jeesports.com/tournament/participants/12

Reply #98 Top

IN1, you've beaten us though ^_^ While we... cannot even remember if beaten anyone... Well maybe someone unlucky :grin:

Reply #99 Top

there are still only 4 teams registered. let us know if you need help setting up your team and signing up for the tourney.

Reply #100 Top

with pacov on my team I don't have to bother with all this :grin: