4 Team Fortress Tourney 2

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4 Team Fortress Tournament #2 Info | Main | Teams | Discussion | Organization | Communication | Brackets



Alright guys, it has determined that we will do another 4 Team Fortress Tourney. So here's how it's going to work this time.

Guidelines

When

Date & Time set! April 25, 2010

  • It is back on! Hosted by TheServerPharm.

Times

(24 HOURS) PST (GMT-8) EST (GMT-5) GMT CET (GMT+1)
Opening Round 12:00 15:00 20:00 21:00

(time conversion here)

How

Ok so I was thinking that we could do 12 teams in American Servers, and 8 teams in European servers, more if needed can be donated by others. All playing at the same time. I can host on 3 different servers in the US and 2 in Europe. This time it doesn't have to be clans, but clans can sign up teams if they wish. Any 4 people can sign up, BUT team imbalance will be on so a team could have 1 player while the rest will have 4. So it is your job to organize your team. Pick wisely. I would highly recommend having at least one sub for that person that couldn't make it, or who's internet connections suddenly becomes laggy. To ensure that the tournament does not run too long rounds will have a 10 minute time limit (LIMIT_TIME 10). The top 2 teams will advance to the next round. It should be very unlikely that teams play a round in more than 5-7 minutes, but this way I can ensure that no single set of 3 rounds can run longer than 30 minutes. It is possible that teams will finish a round in 15-20 minutes and be able to just move to the next round of play. The hope is to avoid delays and keep the action going as quickly as possible.

Teams

I'm going to separate pages for most of the info because last time it seemed that everything was too crowed on the front page. Back on topic. Pick a name for your team (or if your clan is playing or Ladle team that's fine). DO NOT SIGN UP THE PEOPLE YOU WANT TO BE ON YOUR TEAM. Even if they tell you ingame that they will play, it is best that they come here and do it so they can get more information on what's going on. So stick your name down on the Teams List.

Discussion

Got anything to suggest or comment on how this tournament should work? Post in the discussion section of this page.

Organization

Last time we MAY have been just a bit unorganized due to a team forfeiting, but overall we started pretty much on time. So this is how we are going to organize this:

  • Step 1: Sign up on the Teams List
  • Step 2: Pick a team captain
  • Step 3: Place your team name under which server you would like to play in (1st come, 1st serve(r))
  • Step 4: Tell the people that you want to be on your team to go sign up on the Wiki
  • Step 5.5: (On the day for any team members) Go into the 4 Team Fortress 2 Chat Room, a GameServer that will be running as a huge chat room 30-45 minutes before the start. This should be the central place for anyone to meet if they don't know where to go or what to do. Ideally teams should just show up in the server that they play in without needing to meet anywhere and start the first round within 5 minutes of the start time! Any team that is not ready to play by 5 minutes of the scheduled start time, will be considered to forfeit or play with whoever is there. Time delays to start the tournament will NOT be tolerated. This is being scheduled late enough in the evening for many Europeans, that to make it fun, it has to go quickly and start ON TIME.
  • Step 5: (On the day) Organize your team at least 30 minutes ahead of time
  • Step 6: (On the day) Once your team is assembled, begin warming up. There will be no warm-up rounds.
  • Step 7: (On the day) Play the first round
  • Step 8: (On the day) After the 1st round, the 2 winning teams should just go to the next server. There will be enough extra spectator slots to wait if necessary. If anybody is confused go the 4 Team Fortress 2 Chat Room, a GameServer that will be running as a huge chat room. Each server will only have 16 player slots, but 34 slots total to allow for 18 spectators. If team captains just do as as instructed, nobody should have to tell anybody where to go or what to do.
  • Step 9: (On the day) Play through the brackets. The server that the Finals will be hosted in have a 60 person limit. So, there will be plenty of room for spectators to enjoy the best 4 teams slugging it out in what is hoped to be an epic battle for the win
  • Step 10: HAVE FUN!

Communication

Very simple, just like in the ladle, there are plenty of spectator slots. When your first match is over, just go to the next server, and wait if a match is still going on. As a last resort go to 4 Team Fortress 2 Chat Room, a GameServer that will be running as a huge chat room. There really should be no need for admins per se. But, I will make sure that 2 global admins watch over the tourney to stop any problems. I cannot be there to run the tourney myself, but I may be available to a select group of people via IM, that include the global admins. This should really run like a Ladle, just quicker.

Brackets

Team Captains please place your team down under which server you would like to play in (1st come, 1st server(r)).