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Based on [[Ladle Feedback]], we are experimenting with another way of self-organising the competition. '''The responsibilities of Team Captains has altered''' and they are encouraged to use the '''Challenge Board''' below to establish the provisional games to be played that night. Team Captains should still visit a common chat-room to ensure all teams turn up and deal with any problems that may arise. If the preparations are abused in any way, then let us relie on Team Captains to organise it as they did in the first Ladle.
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Based on [[Ladle Feedback]], we are experimenting with another way of self-organising the competition. '''The responsibilities of Team Captains has altered''' and they are encouraged to use the '''Challenge Board''' below to establish the provisional games to be played that night. Team Captains should still visit a common chat-room to ensure all teams turn up and deal with any problems that may arise. If the preparations are abused in any way, then let us rely on Team Captains to organise it as they did in the first Ladle.
  
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One critical problem to solve this time round. I was most disheartened to discover that one of AW's established team-mates was effectively locked out of a server because it was full. We must be more careful about last-minute additions, as well as recognise that without these last-minute team alterations the Ladle would have crashed to an ignoble end. So... any practical suggestions..? See Last Minute Solutions below.  
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One critical problem to solve this time round: recruiting last-minute. I was most disheartened to discover that one of AW's established team-mates was effectively locked out of a server because it was full. We must be more careful about last-minute additions, as well as recognise that without these last-minute recruits the Ladle would have crashed at the outset. So... any practical suggestions..? See Last Minute Solutions below.  
  
 
== Team Captains ==
 
== Team Captains ==
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The following team list is from the previous [[LADLE team-lists]], and all captains must put their names here to prepare for the night.
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The following team list is from the previous [[LADLE team-lists]], and all captains must put their names here to prepare for the night. Please make sure you have a reasonable form of communication with your team-mates, whether it is IRC, Skype, Team-speak, etc.
 
* anarchic wanderers - garissimo
 
* anarchic wanderers - garissimo
 
* speeders - PsYkO (gogodsmackgo@hotmail.com)
 
* speeders - PsYkO (gogodsmackgo@hotmail.com)
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Team Captains use the chat-room to register their team: their team is assembled at the appropriate server and they are ready to play. Team Captains should register at 9, 9.45, 10.30 and 11.15pm GMT. That is, at the beginning of every round...
 
Team Captains use the chat-room to register their team: their team is assembled at the appropriate server and they are ready to play. Team Captains should register at 9, 9.45, 10.30 and 11.15pm GMT. That is, at the beginning of every round...
  
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If things get messy, then we must resort to trusting one another and allowing Team Captains the opportunity to challenge other teams and allocating servers.
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If the Team Captains will verify the listing of teams on the Challenge Board below at the first meeting at 9pm GMT, then the competition should run smoothly. If things get messy, then we must resort to trusting one another and allowing Team Captains the opportunity to challenge other teams and allocating servers on the day.
  
 
'''We need a chat-room that all Team Captains can visit, and make sure it is closed to non-captains in to make the communication feasible.'''
 
'''We need a chat-room that all Team Captains can visit, and make sure it is closed to non-captains in to make the communication feasible.'''
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== Challenge Board ==
 
== Challenge Board ==
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A provisional play-off sequence is provided below. Please note, it is for Team Captains to issue challenges and to locate their teams appropriately on the board. If they can not do this here, they will have to do it on the day in less than 5 mins, so... be cool and be brave... challenge and accept challenges... and make sure your team turn up!
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A provisional play-off sequence is provided below. Please note, it is for Team Captains to issue challenges by locating their teams appropriately on the board. If they can not do this here, they will have to do it on the day in less than 5 mins, so... be cool and be brave...
  
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First Round (upto 16 teams)
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Write down the placement of your team. Your placement of the team determines who you are playing in the first round and subsequent rounds if you win. Check this listing ocassionally, alter your team-place if you wish, until it settles and we are ready to play on Sat 29th.
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Team 1 challenges Team 2
 
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Team 3 challenges Team 4
 
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Team 5 challenges Team 6
 
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Team 7 challenges Team 8
 
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Team 9 challenges Team 10
 
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Team 11 challenges Team 12
 
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Team 13 challenges Team 14
 
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Team 15 challenges Team 16
 
  
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Quarter Finals (8 teams)
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Please do not replace another team-name with yours. Fill only spaces. In this way, Team Captains have a way of jockeying for position.
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Team 1/2 challenges Team 3/4
 
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Team 5/6 challenges Team 7/8
 
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Team 9/10 challenges Team 11/12
 
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Team 13/14 challenges Team 15/16
 
  
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Semi Finals (4 teams)
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* Team 1 is... [[Anarchic Wanderers]]
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Team 1/2/3/4 challenges Team 5/6/7/8
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* Team 2 is...
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Team 9/10/11/12 challenges Team 13/14/15/16
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* Team 3 is...
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* Team 4 is...
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* Team 5 is...
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* Team 6 is...
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* Team 7 is...
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* Team 8 is...
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* Team 9 is...
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* Team 10 is...
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* Team 11 is...
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* Team 12 is...
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* Team 13 is...
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* Team 14 is...
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* Team 15 is...
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* Team 16 is...
  
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Finals (2 teams)
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== Provisional Play-offs ==
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Team 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8 challenges Team 9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16
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Do not insert names of teams here. This is merely the structure and timing of the games. The actual teams which will be playing against one another will be based on the Challenge Board above and the Team Captains which register their teams at 9pm GMT on Sat 29th July.
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Note also, the server allocation may change, especially as we move through into the quarters and semi finals depending on Team Captain discussion on the day.
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Note also, we might by-pass the first round if we only have 8 teams... so be sensible Team Captains when choosing where to allocate your team in the Challenge Board above.
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=== First Round 9pm GMT ===
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Team 1 challenges Team 2 on Z-man's Ladle Fortress
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Team 3 challenges Team 4 on Lords of Destruction Clan Server
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Team 5 challenges Team 6 on Crazy Tronners Jedi Battle Fortress
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Team 7 challenges Team 8 on US Fortress
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Team 9 challenges Team 10 on Bugfarm Fortress
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Team 11 challenges Team 12 on Shadow League VPS Fortress
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Team 13 challenges Team 14 on Shadow League Dedicated Fortress
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Team 15 challenges Team 16 on ?? wrtl's or someone else's ??
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=== Quarter Finals 9.45pm GMT ===
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Team 1/2 challenges Team 3/4 on Z-man's Ladle Fortress
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Team 5/6 challenges Team 7/8 on Crazy Tronners Jedi Battle Fortress
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Team 9/10 challenges Team 11/12 Bugfarm Fortress
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Team 13/14 challenges Team 15/16 Shadow League Dedicated Fortress
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=== Semi Finals 10.30pm GMT ===
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Team 1/2/3/4 challenges Team 5/6/7/8 on Z-man's Ladle Fortress
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Team 9/10/11/12 challenges Team 13/14/15/16 Bugfarm Fortress
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=== Finals 11.15pm GMT ===
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Team 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8 challenges Team 9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16 on Z-man's Ladle Fortress.
  
  
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The Team Captain should be in some form of communication with team-mates, whether it is a chat-room, team-speak, Skype, IRC, or whatever. They should know how many players have turned up for the day's play. If they have a full team, then everything will run smoothly, visiting the Captain's T-room to register and then returning to play the match. If, however, they lack a player or two, they have the opportunity of going around the different servers and doing some last minute recruiting. Their team should fill out and eventually the other team-mates will tell the captain they have 7 players and the Captain can return to the server, being the 8th member of the team, filling the server, and thus starting the match.
 
The Team Captain should be in some form of communication with team-mates, whether it is a chat-room, team-speak, Skype, IRC, or whatever. They should know how many players have turned up for the day's play. If they have a full team, then everything will run smoothly, visiting the Captain's T-room to register and then returning to play the match. If, however, they lack a player or two, they have the opportunity of going around the different servers and doing some last minute recruiting. Their team should fill out and eventually the other team-mates will tell the captain they have 7 players and the Captain can return to the server, being the 8th member of the team, filling the server, and thus starting the match.
  
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This system should allow the flexibility for team-mates who are a little late. If, while the Team-Captain is out recruiting, a regular team-mate arrives, the team can ask any last-minute additions to leave, while still retaining the space for the 8th player -- the Team Captain.  
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This system should allow the flexibility for team-mates who are a little late. If, while the Team-Captain is out recruiting, a regular team-mate arrives, the team can ask any last-minute additions to leave, while still retaining the space for the 8th player -- the Team Captain.
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WORK-IN-PROGRESS
 
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{{Ladle Team Legend}}
 
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[[THE LADLE]] is only going to work with the skillful and patient contributions of all Team Captains. Teams -- choose well!
 
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== provisional play-offs ==
 
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Durka seems to have a good idea. We could try to set up the first round here so that it gives time for players to assemble etc. Team-captains should turn up at '''2020's T-room''' at 9pm GMT just to say they are present and conducting their game. They return to their server, play their match, and at 9.45 the winning captains assemble at '''2020's T-room''' to meet the other winning captains to determine the second round. Since there are only seven teams, there will only be three rounds, with one bye in the first round.
 
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Since some teams only have 5 players and other have more than ten, let us play matches of 5v5 or thereabouts and so we may get multiple teams fielded by eg speeders. This might only be determined at the time depending on who turns up. This complicates matters. To give us all more time, I would like to propose that we stick to the original time-frame:
 
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9pm first round, 9.45 quarters, 10.30 semi's, and 11.15 finals. Which means, the first round might or might not be happening...
 
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Remember: assemble your players somewhere where you can communicate with them easily! Whether it is a chat room, your clan's forums or this wiki, or a server, or where-ever -- just get a simple mode of communication to tell them where and when. We have five minutes to get us to the right server and ready to start the match!
 
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;LOL challenge LOD at z-man's Ladle fortress(Let it be in LoD server because of better pings.)
 
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;WS Challenges LoL at Bugfarm fortress. (Unless another open server comes online) -- apparently SL is playing LoD? so we challenge LoL, if that is the case.
 
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;good grief... all captains will have to pair off within 5 mins... be brave and accept the challenge... flipping a coin is a crappy way of deciding who plays whom but if it comes down to it, i am ready [[User:2020|2020]]
 
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=== first round ===
 
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The first round play-offs will be announced here immediately after team-captains have met at '''2020's T-room''' at 9pm GMT and confirmed their participation. There will only be games if there are more than 8 teams (because some team lists may wish to field more than one team -- remember each team needs a representative captain!); if that's the case, use this time to practice!
 
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*only seven teams... and we took 20mins to set up the quarters -- see below
 
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=== quarters ===
 
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The quarter-final play-offs will be announced here immediately after team-captains have met at '''2020's T-room''' at 9.45pm GMT and confirmed their participation. This is when the competition really gets under way.
 
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* AW v Speeders at zman's ladle 2-0
 
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* WS v LOL at bugfarm 2-1
 
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* lod v SL at LOD server 0-2
 
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* CT get bye
 
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best of 3... teamcaptains to return to 2020's T-room at 10.30 gmt
 
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=== semis ===
 
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The semi-final play-offs will be announced here immediately after team-captains have met at '''2020's T-room''' at 10.30pm GMT.
 
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* AW v SL at zman's ladle 1-2, 98v98 in final match... soooo close... started at 11.10 finished at 11.55
 
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* WS v CT at bugfarm -- CT forfeits, doesn't show up
 
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=== final ===
 
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The final play-off will be announced here after team-captains have met at '''2020's T-room''' at 11.15pm GMT.
 
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* WS v SL at zman's ladle 0-2, congratulations and well done to Shadow League!
 

Revision as of 14:18, 15 July 2006

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Based on Ladle Feedback, we are experimenting with another way of self-organising the competition. The responsibilities of Team Captains has altered and they are encouraged to use the Challenge Board below to establish the provisional games to be played that night. Team Captains should still visit a common chat-room to ensure all teams turn up and deal with any problems that may arise. If the preparations are abused in any way, then let us rely on Team Captains to organise it as they did in the first Ladle.

One critical problem to solve this time round: recruiting last-minute. I was most disheartened to discover that one of AW's established team-mates was effectively locked out of a server because it was full. We must be more careful about last-minute additions, as well as recognise that without these last-minute recruits the Ladle would have crashed at the outset. So... any practical suggestions..? See Last Minute Solutions below.

Team Captains

The following team list is from the previous LADLE team-lists, and all captains must put their names here to prepare for the night. Please make sure you have a reasonable form of communication with your team-mates, whether it is IRC, Skype, Team-speak, etc.

  • anarchic wanderers - garissimo
  • speeders - PsYkO (gogodsmackgo@hotmail.com)
  • Lords Of Destruction - AÐ¥-Lµ¢îfer
  • Shadow League [fe] - sKy
  • wraith squadron - Manta
  • CrazyTronners - Xevi
  • ¡LØL! - Durka

T-room chat-room

Team Captains use the chat-room to register their team: their team is assembled at the appropriate server and they are ready to play. Team Captains should register at 9, 9.45, 10.30 and 11.15pm GMT. That is, at the beginning of every round...

If the Team Captains will verify the listing of teams on the Challenge Board below at the first meeting at 9pm GMT, then the competition should run smoothly. If things get messy, then we must resort to trusting one another and allowing Team Captains the opportunity to challenge other teams and allocating servers on the day.

We need a chat-room that all Team Captains can visit, and make sure it is closed to non-captains in to make the communication feasible.


Challenge Board

A provisional play-off sequence is provided below. Please note, it is for Team Captains to issue challenges by locating their teams appropriately on the board. If they can not do this here, they will have to do it on the day in less than 5 mins, so... be cool and be brave...

Write down the placement of your team. Your placement of the team determines who you are playing in the first round and subsequent rounds if you win. Check this listing ocassionally, alter your team-place if you wish, until it settles and we are ready to play on Sat 29th.

Please do not replace another team-name with yours. Fill only spaces. In this way, Team Captains have a way of jockeying for position.

  • Team 1 is... Anarchic Wanderers
  • Team 2 is...
  • Team 3 is...
  • Team 4 is...
  • Team 5 is...
  • Team 6 is...
  • Team 7 is...
  • Team 8 is...
  • Team 9 is...
  • Team 10 is...
  • Team 11 is...
  • Team 12 is...
  • Team 13 is...
  • Team 14 is...
  • Team 15 is...
  • Team 16 is...

Provisional Play-offs

Do not insert names of teams here. This is merely the structure and timing of the games. The actual teams which will be playing against one another will be based on the Challenge Board above and the Team Captains which register their teams at 9pm GMT on Sat 29th July.

Note also, the server allocation may change, especially as we move through into the quarters and semi finals depending on Team Captain discussion on the day.

Note also, we might by-pass the first round if we only have 8 teams... so be sensible Team Captains when choosing where to allocate your team in the Challenge Board above.

First Round 9pm GMT

Team 1 challenges Team 2 on Z-man's Ladle Fortress Team 3 challenges Team 4 on Lords of Destruction Clan Server Team 5 challenges Team 6 on Crazy Tronners Jedi Battle Fortress Team 7 challenges Team 8 on US Fortress Team 9 challenges Team 10 on Bugfarm Fortress Team 11 challenges Team 12 on Shadow League VPS Fortress Team 13 challenges Team 14 on Shadow League Dedicated Fortress Team 15 challenges Team 16 on ?? wrtl's or someone else's ??

Quarter Finals 9.45pm GMT

Team 1/2 challenges Team 3/4 on Z-man's Ladle Fortress Team 5/6 challenges Team 7/8 on Crazy Tronners Jedi Battle Fortress Team 9/10 challenges Team 11/12 Bugfarm Fortress Team 13/14 challenges Team 15/16 Shadow League Dedicated Fortress

Semi Finals 10.30pm GMT

Team 1/2/3/4 challenges Team 5/6/7/8 on Z-man's Ladle Fortress Team 9/10/11/12 challenges Team 13/14/15/16 Bugfarm Fortress

Finals 11.15pm GMT

Team 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8 challenges Team 9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16 on Z-man's Ladle Fortress.



Last-minute Solutions

The following solutions need to be aired... check them out... and we must decide on one of them before the big day.

Captain's Lock

One simple rule: The Captains are the last player of their team to enter the server, and by doing so, they will fill the server and effectively lock it. That is, a match will only start when both Team Captains have entered the grid.

During the time the Captain is out of the server, there can only be a maximum of 7 players since team-mates need to leave a space for the captain. Hence, the server will always remain open for last-minute additions and for late team-mates to join.

The Team Captain should be in some form of communication with team-mates, whether it is a chat-room, team-speak, Skype, IRC, or whatever. They should know how many players have turned up for the day's play. If they have a full team, then everything will run smoothly, visiting the Captain's T-room to register and then returning to play the match. If, however, they lack a player or two, they have the opportunity of going around the different servers and doing some last minute recruiting. Their team should fill out and eventually the other team-mates will tell the captain they have 7 players and the Captain can return to the server, being the 8th member of the team, filling the server, and thus starting the match.

This system should allow the flexibility for team-mates who are a little late. If, while the Team-Captain is out recruiting, a regular team-mate arrives, the team can ask any last-minute additions to leave, while still retaining the space for the 8th player -- the Team Captain.

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