ManiacDavis Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 (edited) http://challonge.com/bastion1v1 Greetings fellow Bastioners! It is with great pleasure that I announce a Bastion official dueling tournament! I have revived Scold’s old 1v1 duel so we can see who is the best after 2.0. (HUGE PROPS TO SCOLD FOR HOSTING THE ORIGINAL TOURNAMENT 7 MONTHS AGO). I am calling on all tryhards and duelnerds to help me resurrect some excitement. The most important thing to note is that the more people who sign up, the more fun will be had by all. It is also a great opportunity for any un-guilded players to demonstrate their value to the big A-Teams. BIG THANKS TO GALACTICBOSS FOR DONATING 3 MILLION CREDITS Schedule First Round ends at 11:59 PM, Aug 12, 2013 Second Round ends at 11:59 PM, Aug 19, 2013 Third Round ends at 11:59 PM, Sept 2, 2013 Fourth Round (Semi-finals) ends at 11:59 PM, Sept 9, 2013 Fifth Round (Final 4) ends at 11:59 PM, Sept 16, 2013 Sixth Round (Championship) ends at 11:59 PM, Sept 16, 2013 The Roster (57) see bracket for updated roster 1.) Man-iac (Commando): Forum Name – ManiacDavis 2.) Zeroday (Assasin): Forum Name - Kreapen 3.) Suckonmyyort (Guardian): Forum Name - Cort-the-yort 4.) Melyn (Operative): Forum Name - Mellimelon 5.) Faxme (Sage): Forum Name - *Unknown* 6.) Darkstazr (Sniper): Forum Name - BigCheeseX 7.) Incautious (Sorc): Forum Name - JediMoJoe 8.) Advance (Sage): Forum Name - CJnEw 9.) Krow (Assassin): Forum name - DemonJin 10.) Murkn (Sentinel): Forum name - Murkin 11.) Kikstyo (Assassin): Forum Name - *Unknown* 12.) Vemron (Sorc): Forum name - Darthsilarius 13.) Plastic-cup (Jugg): Forum name - Ant_venom 14.) Hananiah (Sage): Forum Name - Tasel 15.) Xalvius (Vanguard): Forum Name - CrygonFreeze 16.) xLucianx (Sorc): Forum Name - MrDeath 17.) Aashaera (Scoundrel): Forum Name - *Unknown* 18.) Foto (Sentinel): Forum Name - Fotomaster 19.) Hidengodie (Assassin): Forum Name - Devilk 20.) Rollie (Scoundrel): Forum Name - Thehairyjedi 21.) Drakkur (Jugg): Forum Name - Kinz 22.) Gudarzz (Marauder): Forum Name - Gudarzz 23.) Radishz (Scoundrel): Forum Name - JediMasterSLC 24.) Shifu (Shadow): Forum Name - Wuzan 25.) Broxx (Marauder): Forum Name - Cowens 26.) Krxnchy (Operative): Forum Name - KrunchyMedia 27.) Saijah (Assassin): Forum Name - Xertasion 28.) Randon (Shadow): Forum Name - Davoallstar 29.) Brick-squad (Marauder): Forum Name - JamesBalla 30.) R'Leë'Ermey (Powertech): Forum Name - Powertech 31.) Fuyri (Assassin): Forum Name - Insaneric 32.) Za'rrac (Sentinel): Forum Name - Spankky 33.) Trump (Mercenary): Forum Name - Logmire 34.) Fusebox (Scoundrel): Forum Name - Classicks 35.) Zevren (Sniper): Forum Name - *Unknown* 36.) Grezecka (Assassin): Forum Name - MrGrzecka 37.) Imhappyclapclap (Juggernaught): Forum Name - Trebit 38.) Nekron (Marauder): Forum Name - Daveggg 39.) Kylie (Scoundrel): Forum Name - Macka_m 40.) Legendaryquan (Marauder): Forum Name - LegendaryQuan 41.) Reasoned (Assassin): Forum Name - Entoxicated 42.) Scold (Operative): Forum Name - Morde_ 43.) Powowclouds (Juggernaut): Forum Name - sithloardbob 44.) Sup-Doggie (Operative): Forum Name - vsDrew 45.) Kandarís (Assassin): Forum Name - Marshmallow 46.) Threid (Assassin): Forum Name - Threid 47.) Inspra (Marauder): Forum Name - xContex 48.) Wakalord (Assassin): Forum Name - Eatenbydistance 49.) Precursor (Assassin): Forum Name - DarthPrecursor 50.) Zeldâ (Scoundrel): Forum Name - falcon-xtreme 51.) Stealthkilla (Shadow): Forum Name - Sksk 52.) Bobcowz (Scoundrel): Forum Name - Bobcoww 53.) Mad'rock (Sentinel): Forum Name - WayneJarvis 54.) Kycoo (Marauder): Forum Name - Alomerica 55.) S'yrio (Sentinel): Forum Name - grrcrazyduck 56.) Galacticboss (Shadow): Forum Name - _confucius 57.) Feken (Sentinel): Forum Name - colmiak 58.) Plaje The Enticement The winner of the tournament (which is free to enter!) will receive a hearty 2.5 million credits (BIG THANKS TO ALPHA REPUBLIC FOR DONATING AN EXTRA 1 MILLION TO THE PRIZE POOL), and more importantly, the opportunity to compete with some of the server's best to prove which of us is the biggest nerd. Because this game isn't based around 1v1, the non-stealth player who advances the furthest will receive a bonus prize of 500,000. The Format The general format will be as follows: You will be matched against your opponent in the official tournament brackets. You and your opponent can fight your match whenever you want, provided that it finishes within a specified deadline. Thus, this isn't a "one-day" tournament. It will span over a couple weeks and it will allow you to play on your own time. This format has proven to be successful in providing a tournament that advances at a steady pace, but allows the freedom for players who juggle real-life with the game. It also provides an excellent "spectator sport" for those who like to stream, or have their friends watch matches. With this many players it's unreasonable to expect to do the tournament in a single day. The rules are as follows: • I STRONGLY SUGGEST DISCUSSING WITH YOUR OPPONENT ANY EXTRA RULES YOU WANT TO DECIDE ON. The main rule is that both parties have to decide on stuff. There is a lot of flexibility to the tournament (i.e. do we allow sap-healing? adrenals? where should we fight? line of sighting? should we swap openers?). Please be open with your partner. The rule flexibility is for your own benefit. • I will be using http://challonge.com to organize the brackets. You don't need to make an account it's just a free web browser app that helps track generic tournaments. As the games progress I will keep it updated and continually post the results. • If you're fighting cross-faction and in the open world, companions are NOT allowed. • The brackets will be RANDOMLY generated. The tournament is simply single-elimination. • Matches will be BEST OF 3. You lose twice, you're out. • Medpacs, consumables, grenades are all ALLOWED • NO CHARACTER SWAPPING. You sign up for the tournament with ONE character and that will be your character for the duration of the tournament. • Respecs are allowed at any time throughout the tournament. • Duels that get interrupted in ANY way (i.e. if you're fighting in Outlaw's Den or cross-faction or wherever) are nullified immediately. I recommend screenshotting any "funny business". It will help you argue your case in the event of a disagreement. • This is the most important rule: I do NOT expect the tournament to be completed in a single night. As the tournament progresses through the brackets, there will be a deadline enforced for the rounds (i.e. quarter-finals must be completed by, say, Sunday Aug. 23 or something) These will be based on the "flow" of the tournament and around real life events. IF MATCHES ARE NOT COMPLETED BY THE DEADLINE, I WILL ADVANCE THE PLAYER WHO PUT FORTH THE MOST EFFORT TO TRY AND FIND AND PLAY AGAINST THEIR OPPONENT. IF NEITHER PLAYER IS SHOWING EFFORT TO GET THE DUELS DONE, I WILL DISQUALIFY BOTH PLAYERS. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. This is to ensure that the tournament advances at a steady pace. You can prove that you are trying to find your opponent by "/1 LF PLAYER X FOR FIGHTS", or by pointing out "hey I've been online for a few hours tonight and PLAYER X is on my friends list and he's online but won't fight me" OR (the best option in my opinion) reaching out on this thread to try and contact your player to organize a time. Stuff like that will reward you with the 'bye' if the fights aren't completed by the deadline. It will have to be a judgement call for the most case. Communication is your friend here, both with the tournament organizers and with your opponent. DISQUALIFICATIONS WILL CAUSE DRAMA, TRUST ME. If there's any more rules that you think would be necessary to ensure fairness please let me know and we can discuss. Signing Up and Submitting Match Results I can be contacted any time on my rep character Man-iac (add me on your friends list IMO). Contacting me via in-game mail while I'm offline is totally fine too. As well, you can post your sign ups/match results in this thread (I'll keep it bumped). If you want to get your duel streamed, let me know ahead of time and I’ll come out to stream it. http://www.twitch.tv/rrmaniac When signing up, please make sure you mention the name of your character (and class) that you wish to play on for the duration of the tournament. I know lots of you, but I don't know all your alts and stuff =/. The biggest tip I can give to you when you're performing your fights is to SCREENSHOT AT THE END OF EVERY DUEL. I'll repeat that again, but bigger. SCREENSHOT ALL OF YOUR DUELS. Screenshot submissions are not required when declaring yourself the winner or loser, but they will definitely help in the case of a disagreement. I won't be around to watch every single fight (though if you invite me to watch, I'll happily drop what I'm doing and come to watch), but the more witnesses and the more screenshots you have of the results, the easier it will be to advance the correct player. In the past, I've seen that in 99.9% of cases, the loser will gracefully accept defeat. But there will always be that butthurt kid who throws a hissy fit and has 1000 excuses when they lose. This is where screenshots/witnesses are your best friend. Don't ever underestimate how immature some people can be in a video game. Final Note Questions? Comments? Please post them here. I am aware that class imbalances will have an effect on the outcome of the tournament. This is a trial run and in the future I hope to have more balanced tournament formats (2v2, 3v3, 5v5, etc). Therefore, the player who advances the furthest in the tournament who is NOT a stealth class (assassin/shadow or scoundrel/operative) will receive a special bonus prize of 500k credits. This is to help prevent the tournament from being 100% assassins which is lame. Thanks for taking the time to read! We can't rely 100% on Bioware to provide all the entertainment in the game. At some point, the community has to come together and make something awesome for ourselves. There will be drama, there will be butthurt players, there will be tears of joy, there will be hurt egos, and if we're lucky, Rayray might even provide nudes to the winner. If there's one thing I've learned from these tournaments in the past, is that they *RARELY* run smoothly. I ask for your patience and as much maturity as you can muster. As I've stated several times, it's up to the community to make this work. There's nothing to lose and only fun to gain by trying these tournaments out. Let's prove that we can be the most fun server. Sign-up deadline is at the end of Friday August 2, 2013. Edited August 22, 2013 by ManiacDavis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morde_ Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 (edited) It took about 3 paragraphs of reading for me to realize that you just copy pasted my original thread. You didn't even keep all the nice formatting Edited July 16, 2013 by Morde_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManiacDavis Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share Posted July 16, 2013 (edited) It took about 3 paragraphs of reading for me to realize that you just copy pasted my original thread. You didn't even keep all the nice formatting I dont know what you mean scold? If it aint broke don't fix it Edited July 16, 2013 by ManiacDavis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marxhunter Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Who is in charge of the bets? Got 1 mil on wakalord if he enters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TantoSix Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Who is in charge of the bets? Got 1 mil on wakalord if he enters Probably the master of the stakes himself, Gudarzz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xIphonex Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 plastic-cup will win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porthis Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Instead of this 1-1 event with crappy long rules, its better if you create a "duel challenge" thread where anybody can challenge anyone in a duel where you or anybody can become a jury and announce the result here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classicks Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Tl;dr? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP_Legatus Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 (edited) plastic-cup will win Nah I'll LOS him around a box while my dots tick on him ftw like I always do. Beating belligerent in duels is literally the only thing madness is good for. On the other hand, if I faced you in a duel I guess it will just go on for eternity. Which brings up a point... what's the rule on draws (IE, neither character can kill the other?). I am sure there will be a lot of healer classes trying to outlast their opponents and in some cases it's impossible for the healer to kill the other guy as well, which leads to a duel like me and chuckles had where it just went on forever even when belligerent started spamming slows one everyone, lol. Also I don't have any pub characters on this server currently so it's going to be difficult for imps like me to contact you. Edited July 16, 2013 by JP_Legatus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wuzan Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Scold ran a great 1v1 and 2v2 tournament. Maniac is trying to encourage another similar tournament. Stop being *******es and support a positive server initiative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laithrup Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Just do a 2s or 3s tourney, even though its harder a 1v1 tourney is just garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kreapen Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 (edited) The Roster (1) *Man-iac (Commando): Forum Name – ManiacDavis I don't see anybody else who's signed up yet, but feel free to add: *Zeroday (Assassin): Forum name – Kreapen Suggestion: Class buffs due to multiple characters might cause a slight imbalance. Might recommend that anybody that participates uses full class buffs to ensure even footing. Also, I know I missed the last tournament due to not visiting the forums very often. If you need more participation, might want to message some of the known pvp guilds on the server before the sign-up deadline. Edited July 16, 2013 by Kreapen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cort-the-Yort Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Suckonmyyort - Guardian Sign me up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelliMelon Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Melyn Operative MelliMelon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigCheeseX Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Darkstazr - Sniper; count me in. This game does not facilitate dueling, such as a common area outside a main city where people gather, so it is hard to find duels. I however do enjoy duels, if anyone wants to duel hit me up, we can have a good time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squidkidz Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Darkstazr - Sniper; count me in. This game does not facilitate dueling, such as a common area outside a main city where people gather, so it is hard to find duels. I however do enjoy duels, if anyone wants to duel hit me up, we can have a good time. It'd be such a simple fix if they made /duel work in the upcoming Cartel Bazaar on fleet...just sayin'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gudarzz Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Probably the master of the stakes himself, Gudarzz. As the premier dueling handicapper on the Bastion, I would give anywhere between 2.5 and 3 to 1 for Wakalord to win the whole thing. I would keep an eye out for a Juggernaut (switching between tank and dps depending on the opponent) to win the whole thing as well. Full tank juggs can counter the burst classes. Also, I would choose a Sorcerer as the wild card class to win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediMoJoe Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Count me in on my Sorc, Incautious. Whisper me on her or Vectato. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJnEw Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 ok, who wants to get **** on by my sorc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonJin Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 I'll enter this tournament. Character Name: Krow Class: Assassin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murkin Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Murkn (Sentinel): Forum Name – Murkin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommytwotoes Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Scold ran a great 1v1 and 2v2 tournament. Maniac is trying to encourage another similar tournament. Stop being *******es and support a positive server initiative. You should support a positive server initiative and not run 3 opeartives in ranked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xIphonex Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 You should support a positive server initiative and not run 3 opeartives in ranked. I approve this message! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthsilarius Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 sign me up! The new emperor aka vemron (sorc dps) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backstreetboi Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 You should support a positive server initiative and not run 3 opeartives in ranked. http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3v7utc/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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