Okay for Round 2 in the winners bracket the map rotation will be...
First map: Heartbreak Ridge
Second map: Longinus
Third map: Colosseum
Note that the people playing in the losers bracket will play the maps from their last round. (Python, Destination, Neo Medusa)
Match-ups and times(chronologically):
(These times/dates might not be final, they will be updated if one of the players can't during that time)
johnn (Protoss)
vs
Agricola (Zerg)
01:00(1am) GMT Friday oct 2
21:00(9pm) Eastern Thursday oct 1
18:00(6pm) Pacific Thursday oct 1
19:00(7pm) Mountain Thursday oct 1
hc6 (Random?)
vs
Zhobes (Terran)
02:00(2am) GMT Friday oct 2
22:00(10pm) Eastern Thursday oct 1
19:00(7pm) Pacific Thursday oct 1
20:00(8pm) Mountain Thursday oct 1
KeSPA_Referee. (Protoss)
vs
agorist (Zerg)
04:00(4am) GMT Friday oct 2
00:00(Midnight) Eastern Thursday oct 1
21:00(9pm) Pacific Thursday oct 1
22:00(10pm) Mountain Thursday oct 1
Red_Storm (Protoss)
vs
danlock2 (Protoss)
23:00(11pm) GMT Friday oct 2
19:00(7pm) Eastern Friday oct 2
16:00(4pm) Pacific Friday oct 2
17:00(5pm) Mountain Friday oct 2
Lightshadow_AF (Random?)
vs
Berathenor (Terran)
03:00(3am) GMT Saturday oct 3
23:00(11pm) Eastern Friday oct 2
20:00(8pm) Pacific Friday oct 2
21:00(9pm) Mountain Friday oct 2
.Bread (Zerg)
vs
stafu
(note:stafu didn't show up last game.)
04:00(4am) GMT Saturday oct 3
00:00(Midnight) Eastern Friday oct 2
21:00(9pm) Pacific Friday oct 2
22:00(10pm) Mountain Friday oct 2
Rinoh (Terran)
vs
Coderob
(note: coderob didn't show up last game.)
02:00(2am) GMT Sunday oct 4
22:00(10pm) Eastern Saturday oct 3
19:00(7pm) Pacific Saturday oct 3
20:00(8pm) Mountain Saturday oct 3
Anglachel (Protoss)
vs
Tyaedalis (Zerg)
23:00(11pm) GMT Sunday oct 4
19:00(7pm) Eastern Sunday oct 4
16:00(4pm) Pacific Sunday oct 4
17:00(5pm) Mountain Sunday oct 4
-M
dinsdag 29 september 2009
zaterdag 26 september 2009
It has begun! (First results)
The bracket has been updated.
http://imgur.com/2AYDZ.png
The first matches have been played, the replays have been posted and here are the first results!
The first match ended in victory for KeSPA_Referee(Protoss) and a loss for Rinoh(Terran).
In the first battle KeSPA_Referee eradicated Rinoh's Marine and Stank army in a flank with his goons followed up by an attack on Rinoh's base. The GG was soon to follow.
The second battle was a lot less aggressive, both players building up their economy before attacking. After a long struggle KeSPA_Referee outproduces Rinoh and gets through his defenses, making the first match a win for KeSPA_Referee. Rinoh is the first name on the loser's bracket.
The second match ended in victory for danlock2(Protoss) and a loss for Tyaedalis(Zerg).
The first battle started out slow, both players building up their economy and generally playing it safe. Tyaedalis makes an army of lings hydras and mutas, with a couple of lurkers as support and danlock2's army consists mostly of zealots. The first attack is barely repelled in time by Tyaedalis to protect the greater part of his economy. Then danlock2 makes corsairs and more zealots to deliver the finishing blow.
The second battle ends swiftly as danlock2 uses a two gates strategy to quickly rush Tyaedalis' base with zealots who is unable to repel them.
The third match between Red_Storm and Anglachel (me :D) was postponed to the next day due to me being very tired from getting up early to go to school. Since Red_storm was being substituted by Tiggle anyway, this wasn't much of a problem.
The match ended in victory for Red_storm [Tiggle(Zerg)] and a loss for me Anglachel(Protoss).
The first match Anglachel used a 2 gates strategy to counter Tiggle's slower build. Tiggle's economy is crippled by the first attack of zealots. Anglachel gains the upper hand and manages to keep Tiggle weak until he can pump out enough units to finish the job. (Take that Tiggle!)
The second match however did not go so well for Anglachel. Anglacghel fakes a fast expansion but Tiggle was going for a double expansion so his tactic is in vain. Tiggle manages to keep his second expansion hidden from Anglachel's radar and is able to outproduce him. Anglachel's weak army is crushed by sheer numbers from Tiggle's side.
The third match ended very quickly. Anglachel is unable to stop Tiggle's early zerg rush and loses his entire economy, the GG is in at less than 10 minutes.
The fourth match ended in victory by default for agorist and a forfeit for Coderob, for not showing up in a reasonable amount of time from the agreed hour.
The fifth match ended in victory for johnn(Protoss) and a loss for .bread(Zerg).
In the first battle .bread screws up his start and is at a disadvantage. johnn responds by taking out his natural and blocks the ramp with a couple of zealots. In a last attempt .bread uses his mutas to try and take out johnn's expansion but johnn has more firepower and ends the game.
The second battle starts with a failed ling rush by .bread. When he has a new zergling army .bread scouts for expansions but fails to find anything, johnn uses this time to attack .bread's natural and manages to take it out. Then .bread makes a nice flanking maneuvre taking out part of johnn's army, it's not enough however and johnn is able to take control of most of the map. Using this advantage johnn manages to increase his economy and pump out a large army of dragoons. A last try at an attack with fully loaded overlords ends in failure and johnn takes the win.
The sixth match ended in victory by default for Agricola and a forfeit by stafu, for not showing up in a reasonable amount of time after the agreed hour.
The seventh match ended in victory for hc6 and a loss for Lightshadow_AF. hc6 played protoss the first battle and zerg the second. Lightshadow_AF played zerg the first battle and terran the second.
The first battle started out slowly, both players getting an expansion before making first aggressive contact. Lightshadow_AF manages to get some lurkers into hc6's base, he manages to take out the nexus but doesn't know that hc6 already had one more expansion than himself and he is able to keep himself in the race. hc6 then destroys Lightshadow_AF's expansion with a brave zealot only charge, while in the knowledge that Lightshadow_AF has mutalisks. The zealots move on Lightshadow_AF's main base and he surrenders.
The second battle opened with a marine and scv rush bij Lightshadow_AF. He follows this up with a bunker at hc6's base. Lightshadow_AF manages to keep hc6 locked in. When hc6 destroys his bunker he suddenly calls GG and surrenders.
The eigth match ended in victory for Zhobes(Terran) and a loss for Berathenor(Terran).
The first battle lasted long.... very long. Berathenor started out by placing his siege tank outside of Zhobes' base. Zhobes responded in kind however and placed a few of his own. After landing a siege tank in Berathenor's base and destroying much of his economy Zhobes locked Berathenor in his base with a wall of siege tanks, goliaths, vultures and missile turrets. Berathenor manages a few excursions and takes out two of Zhobes' expansions. After about 50 minutes of game time though Berathenor decides he's had enough and forfeits the game.
The second battle was almost the complete opposite of the first. After a few minutes Zhobes decides he wants to end the game fast and grabs all of his scvs and marines and rushes Berathenor's base. Berathenor is quick to call the GG.
-S
http://imgur.com/2AYDZ.png
The first matches have been played, the replays have been posted and here are the first results!
The first match ended in victory for KeSPA_Referee(Protoss) and a loss for Rinoh(Terran).
In the first battle KeSPA_Referee eradicated Rinoh's Marine and Stank army in a flank with his goons followed up by an attack on Rinoh's base. The GG was soon to follow.
The second battle was a lot less aggressive, both players building up their economy before attacking. After a long struggle KeSPA_Referee outproduces Rinoh and gets through his defenses, making the first match a win for KeSPA_Referee. Rinoh is the first name on the loser's bracket.
The second match ended in victory for danlock2(Protoss) and a loss for Tyaedalis(Zerg).
The first battle started out slow, both players building up their economy and generally playing it safe. Tyaedalis makes an army of lings hydras and mutas, with a couple of lurkers as support and danlock2's army consists mostly of zealots. The first attack is barely repelled in time by Tyaedalis to protect the greater part of his economy. Then danlock2 makes corsairs and more zealots to deliver the finishing blow.
The second battle ends swiftly as danlock2 uses a two gates strategy to quickly rush Tyaedalis' base with zealots who is unable to repel them.
The third match between Red_Storm and Anglachel (me :D) was postponed to the next day due to me being very tired from getting up early to go to school. Since Red_storm was being substituted by Tiggle anyway, this wasn't much of a problem.
The match ended in victory for Red_storm [Tiggle(Zerg)] and a loss for me Anglachel(Protoss).
The first match Anglachel used a 2 gates strategy to counter Tiggle's slower build. Tiggle's economy is crippled by the first attack of zealots. Anglachel gains the upper hand and manages to keep Tiggle weak until he can pump out enough units to finish the job. (Take that Tiggle!)
The second match however did not go so well for Anglachel. Anglacghel fakes a fast expansion but Tiggle was going for a double expansion so his tactic is in vain. Tiggle manages to keep his second expansion hidden from Anglachel's radar and is able to outproduce him. Anglachel's weak army is crushed by sheer numbers from Tiggle's side.
The third match ended very quickly. Anglachel is unable to stop Tiggle's early zerg rush and loses his entire economy, the GG is in at less than 10 minutes.
The fourth match ended in victory by default for agorist and a forfeit for Coderob, for not showing up in a reasonable amount of time from the agreed hour.
The fifth match ended in victory for johnn(Protoss) and a loss for .bread(Zerg).
In the first battle .bread screws up his start and is at a disadvantage. johnn responds by taking out his natural and blocks the ramp with a couple of zealots. In a last attempt .bread uses his mutas to try and take out johnn's expansion but johnn has more firepower and ends the game.
The second battle starts with a failed ling rush by .bread. When he has a new zergling army .bread scouts for expansions but fails to find anything, johnn uses this time to attack .bread's natural and manages to take it out. Then .bread makes a nice flanking maneuvre taking out part of johnn's army, it's not enough however and johnn is able to take control of most of the map. Using this advantage johnn manages to increase his economy and pump out a large army of dragoons. A last try at an attack with fully loaded overlords ends in failure and johnn takes the win.
The sixth match ended in victory by default for Agricola and a forfeit by stafu, for not showing up in a reasonable amount of time after the agreed hour.
The seventh match ended in victory for hc6 and a loss for Lightshadow_AF. hc6 played protoss the first battle and zerg the second. Lightshadow_AF played zerg the first battle and terran the second.
The first battle started out slowly, both players getting an expansion before making first aggressive contact. Lightshadow_AF manages to get some lurkers into hc6's base, he manages to take out the nexus but doesn't know that hc6 already had one more expansion than himself and he is able to keep himself in the race. hc6 then destroys Lightshadow_AF's expansion with a brave zealot only charge, while in the knowledge that Lightshadow_AF has mutalisks. The zealots move on Lightshadow_AF's main base and he surrenders.
The second battle opened with a marine and scv rush bij Lightshadow_AF. He follows this up with a bunker at hc6's base. Lightshadow_AF manages to keep hc6 locked in. When hc6 destroys his bunker he suddenly calls GG and surrenders.
The eigth match ended in victory for Zhobes(Terran) and a loss for Berathenor(Terran).
The first battle lasted long.... very long. Berathenor started out by placing his siege tank outside of Zhobes' base. Zhobes responded in kind however and placed a few of his own. After landing a siege tank in Berathenor's base and destroying much of his economy Zhobes locked Berathenor in his base with a wall of siege tanks, goliaths, vultures and missile turrets. Berathenor manages a few excursions and takes out two of Zhobes' expansions. After about 50 minutes of game time though Berathenor decides he's had enough and forfeits the game.
The second battle was almost the complete opposite of the first. After a few minutes Zhobes decides he wants to end the game fast and grabs all of his scvs and marines and rushes Berathenor's base. Berathenor is quick to call the GG.
-S
vrijdag 25 september 2009
Replays!
Matches have started, so replays are added!
KeSPA_Referee. vs Rinoh
First match.
Second match.
danlock2 vs Tyaedalis
First match.
Second match.
.bread vs johnn
First match.
Second match.
Anglachel vs Red_Storm (Tiggle here)
First match.
Second match.
Third match.
Lightshadow_AF vs hc6
First match.
Second match.
Berathenor vs Zhobes
First match.
Second match.
-M
KeSPA_Referee. vs Rinoh
First match.
Second match.
danlock2 vs Tyaedalis
First match.
Second match.
.bread vs johnn
First match.
Second match.
Anglachel vs Red_Storm (Tiggle here)
First match.
Second match.
Third match.
Lightshadow_AF vs hc6
First match.
Second match.
Berathenor vs Zhobes
First match.
Second match.
-M
donderdag 24 september 2009
Match-ups!
Still no new site, but we can't wait for that minor aspect, now can we?
Almost everyone has confirmed a proposed time (yay!) and I'll post the match-ups below.
Rules will be quite simple, they will be the same as iccup! They're listed here.
If you don't understand what the forbidden rules are, great, leave it at that, if you had known those bugs, you'd know what they mean.
For allowed tricks... Here's a nice list from liquipedia that should explain everything. Who knows, it might just give you that extra edge to win the game!
Map cycle for the first round now! (I really don't know enough maps to announce every round's worth yet... suggestions are ALWAYS welcome!)
1st map: Python (I took this map since I'm pretty sure everyone on iccup has played it to death by now, so I hope this won't give people the edge because of "map knowledge"
2nd map: Destination (same reason as Python)
3rd map: Neo Medusa (I have no idea why, but I think it's a great map to settle ties on. Been changed from Medusa to Neo, because it's more balanced.)
And now for the match-ups! The exact date&time are given in GMT and also Eastern, Pacific and Mountain for a quick reference for most of you. If you have another timezone, please use this site.
If you want to come referee, hang out in the channel and whatnot, please join us! The more the merrier!
Races have been add to the players we know of... To the others: please let us know for your opponents' sake! Just leave a comment or send a mail, whatever. It'd be appreciated.
Here we go:
KeSPA_Referee.
vs
Rinoh
21:00(9pm) GMT Friday sept 25
17:00(5pm) Eastern Friday sept 25
14:00(2pm) Pacific Friday sept 25
15:00(3pm) Mountain Friday sept 25
danlock2 -> Protoss
vs
Tyaedalis
23:00(11pm) GMT Friday sept 25
19:00(7pm) Eastern Friday sept 25
16:00(4pm) Pacific Friday sept 25
17:00(5pm) Mountain Friday sept 25
Red_Storm
vs
Anglachel
(Small note here: Red_Storm should play this match but due to a flight he would be unable to play and I've been given the honour of defending this match for him. I do not participate in this tournament otherwise so it SHOULD be the only time you'd see me play! My iccup nickname is Tiggle. If I lose he'll have to come back from the loser bracket.)
01:00(1am) GMT Saturday sept 26
21:00(9pm) Eastern Friday sept 25
18:00(6pm) Pacific Friday sept 25
19:00(7pm) Mountain Friday sept 25
agorist -> Zerg
vs
Coderob
04:00(4am) GMT Saturday sept 26
00:00(midnight) Eastern Friday sept 25
21:00(9pm) Pacific Friday sept 25
22:00(10pm) Mountain Friday sept 25
.bread
vs
johnn -> Protoss
05:00(5am) GMT Saturday sept 26
01:00(1am) Eastern Saturday sept 26
22:00(10pm) Pacific Friday sept 25
23:00(11pm) Mountain Friday sept 25
stafu
vs
Agricola -> Zerg
16:00(4pm) GMT Saturday sept 26
12:00(noon) Eastern Saturday sept 26
09:00(9am) Pacific Saturday sept 26
10:00(10am) Mountain Saturday sept 26
Lightshadow_AF
vs
hc6
00:00(midnight) GMT Saturday sept 26
20:00(8pm) Eastern Saturday sept 26
17:00(5pm) Pacific Saturday sept 26
18:00(6pm) Mountain Saturday sept 26
Berathenor
vs
Zhobes -> Terran
02:00(2am) GMT Tuesday sept 29
22:00(10pm) Eastern Monday sept 28
19:00(7pm) Pacific Monday sept 28
20:00(8pm) Mountain Monday sept 28
-M
Almost everyone has confirmed a proposed time (yay!) and I'll post the match-ups below.
Rules will be quite simple, they will be the same as iccup! They're listed here.
If you don't understand what the forbidden rules are, great, leave it at that, if you had known those bugs, you'd know what they mean.
For allowed tricks... Here's a nice list from liquipedia that should explain everything. Who knows, it might just give you that extra edge to win the game!
Map cycle for the first round now! (I really don't know enough maps to announce every round's worth yet... suggestions are ALWAYS welcome!)
1st map: Python (I took this map since I'm pretty sure everyone on iccup has played it to death by now, so I hope this won't give people the edge because of "map knowledge"
2nd map: Destination (same reason as Python)
3rd map: Neo Medusa (I have no idea why, but I think it's a great map to settle ties on. Been changed from Medusa to Neo, because it's more balanced.)
And now for the match-ups! The exact date&time are given in GMT and also Eastern, Pacific and Mountain for a quick reference for most of you. If you have another timezone, please use this site.
If you want to come referee, hang out in the channel and whatnot, please join us! The more the merrier!
Races have been add to the players we know of... To the others: please let us know for your opponents' sake! Just leave a comment or send a mail, whatever. It'd be appreciated.
Here we go:
KeSPA_Referee.
vs
Rinoh
21:00(9pm) GMT Friday sept 25
17:00(5pm) Eastern Friday sept 25
14:00(2pm) Pacific Friday sept 25
15:00(3pm) Mountain Friday sept 25
danlock2 -> Protoss
vs
Tyaedalis
23:00(11pm) GMT Friday sept 25
19:00(7pm) Eastern Friday sept 25
16:00(4pm) Pacific Friday sept 25
17:00(5pm) Mountain Friday sept 25
Red_Storm
vs
Anglachel
(Small note here: Red_Storm should play this match but due to a flight he would be unable to play and I've been given the honour of defending this match for him. I do not participate in this tournament otherwise so it SHOULD be the only time you'd see me play! My iccup nickname is Tiggle. If I lose he'll have to come back from the loser bracket.)
01:00(1am) GMT Saturday sept 26
21:00(9pm) Eastern Friday sept 25
18:00(6pm) Pacific Friday sept 25
19:00(7pm) Mountain Friday sept 25
agorist -> Zerg
vs
Coderob
04:00(4am) GMT Saturday sept 26
00:00(midnight) Eastern Friday sept 25
21:00(9pm) Pacific Friday sept 25
22:00(10pm) Mountain Friday sept 25
.bread
vs
johnn -> Protoss
05:00(5am) GMT Saturday sept 26
01:00(1am) Eastern Saturday sept 26
22:00(10pm) Pacific Friday sept 25
23:00(11pm) Mountain Friday sept 25
stafu
vs
Agricola -> Zerg
16:00(4pm) GMT Saturday sept 26
12:00(noon) Eastern Saturday sept 26
09:00(9am) Pacific Saturday sept 26
10:00(10am) Mountain Saturday sept 26
Lightshadow_AF
vs
hc6
00:00(midnight) GMT Saturday sept 26
20:00(8pm) Eastern Saturday sept 26
17:00(5pm) Pacific Saturday sept 26
18:00(6pm) Mountain Saturday sept 26
Berathenor
vs
Zhobes -> Terran
02:00(2am) GMT Tuesday sept 29
22:00(10pm) Eastern Monday sept 28
19:00(7pm) Pacific Monday sept 28
20:00(8pm) Mountain Monday sept 28
-M
dinsdag 22 september 2009
Brackets!
We're glad to announce the tournament will be a 16-man double elimination. All rounds will be best of three except the final match (this will be specified later).
Map cycles, rules, match-ups and player names/races will be posted once we get confirmation of availability from all participants.
This is a picture of the brackets we will be using for this tournament.
Obviously, player names and races will be added.
I would post it as a picture here but blogspot is just a really annoying site and it won't show the full picture. (This will be resolved once we get our own site up!)
http://imgur.com/6ffAq.png
-M
Map cycles, rules, match-ups and player names/races will be posted once we get confirmation of availability from all participants.
This is a picture of the brackets we will be using for this tournament.
Obviously, player names and races will be added.
I would post it as a picture here but blogspot is just a really annoying site and it won't show the full picture. (This will be resolved once we get our own site up!)
http://imgur.com/6ffAq.png
-M
The mails are out!
Alright, a mail has been sent to everyone who registered with the time and date on which they will play their first game! We expect a mail back to confirm that you can play at this time or to tell us that you can't at your given time and date (preferably with a reason) If you could also add your preffered race in this confirmation e-mail we would be really grateful.
We will be using a loser's bracket (Will be made public soon) and to win a match you will need to win 2 out of three games. The final will however be decided by a single game.
PS: A new site is under development, keep your eyes peeled ;)
-S
We will be using a loser's bracket (Will be made public soon) and to win a match you will need to win 2 out of three games. The final will however be decided by a single game.
PS: A new site is under development, keep your eyes peeled ;)
-S
zondag 20 september 2009
Match-ups have been made.
As the title suggests, the match-ups have been made!
All schedules have been taken into account and to make sure they still apply, confirmation mails will be sent out some time tomorrow containing the exact time & date you need to show up. If the proposed moment does not work for you, please let us know in advance so we can switch around to make it fit.
More coming soon!
All schedules have been taken into account and to make sure they still apply, confirmation mails will be sent out some time tomorrow containing the exact time & date you need to show up. If the proposed moment does not work for you, please let us know in advance so we can switch around to make it fit.
More coming soon!
vrijdag 18 september 2009
Starcraft Follow-up
We have recieved mails from a few people already and it's safe to say D-/D is the most prominent skill level we have so far!
We would like to remind everyone to send us a mail to register, just posting on reddit that you're in for it does not give the information we need to create the match-ups!
You can advertise this tournament as long as it's to the right crowd. (Reddit-minded people, we don't want 3l33t kids starting flame wars now do we?)
We're also pleased to announce that we will set up a server for all of the tournament's replays, this will give everyone a chance to review each other's game and get pointers from their peers if they aren't sure they played their game the best they could have!
Replays should be saved by both players (and the referee if there is one available) to make sure we get at least one! Replays should be mailed to NarwhalCup@gmail.com and we'll upload them to the server. This could also be proof if you suspect your opponent cheated. (lurker hold etc. rules will be posted in more detail when we're closer to the tournament, we haven't even announced the start date yet!)
And lastly we would like to ask if any of you (players or just observers) would be interested in acting as a referee to make sure no funny business goes on during the matches, and maybe host a game for people who are unable to host one, please let us know by sending us an email at NarwhalCup@gmail.com! (A guide on how to host a game will be posted later on)
We hope to recieve more registrations soon!
We would like to remind everyone to send us a mail to register, just posting on reddit that you're in for it does not give the information we need to create the match-ups!
You can advertise this tournament as long as it's to the right crowd. (Reddit-minded people, we don't want 3l33t kids starting flame wars now do we?)
We're also pleased to announce that we will set up a server for all of the tournament's replays, this will give everyone a chance to review each other's game and get pointers from their peers if they aren't sure they played their game the best they could have!
Replays should be saved by both players (and the referee if there is one available) to make sure we get at least one! Replays should be mailed to NarwhalCup@gmail.com and we'll upload them to the server. This could also be proof if you suspect your opponent cheated. (lurker hold etc. rules will be posted in more detail when we're closer to the tournament, we haven't even announced the start date yet!)
And lastly we would like to ask if any of you (players or just observers) would be interested in acting as a referee to make sure no funny business goes on during the matches, and maybe host a game for people who are unable to host one, please let us know by sending us an email at NarwhalCup@gmail.com! (A guide on how to host a game will be posted later on)
We hope to recieve more registrations soon!
donderdag 17 september 2009
Starcraft Tournament
We would like to start off with a Starcraft Tournament. We chose Starcraft on Iccup for a few obvious reasons.
First of all, the people playing Starcraft today are pretty much all people who watch Korean pro-leagues, gomtv and such. This makes for a very competitive mindset which is illustrated by Iccup's ranking system. The ranks make it pretty obvious as to who is "superior" to others.
We have confidence everyone will want a chance at proving their skills, or just seeing where they stand among their fellow redditors.
Starcraft is also played 1 v 1 and thus if the turn out is slim, we can still hold the tournament.
Another reason would be that Iccup has a built-in latency and should eliminate most lag problems that would otherwise destroy the game, the same goes for its built-in Anti Hack system.
We don't need to supply a server of our own and that makes things a lot simpler!
It's already been said in the intro, but we'd like to remind you that ANY skill levels are welcome to the tournament and this is as much an effort to get the community closer as it is a fight for the title as champion! (We're just D-/D level and as the comments would suggest, most of us here on reddit are, so there's no reason to fear a severe beating, since you might just be the one who's wielding the beating stick.)
If you have never played on iccup before, do not be alarmed, just mention it in the mail and we'll help you with the installation.
So now for the more practical part: How to participate!
If you're interested in participating in the Narwhal Cup, please send an email to NarwhalCup@gmail.com with the subject Starcraft and include the following:
-Iccup Nickname (This nickname will be used in the tournament roster.)
-Times at which you will be able to play (Please mention your timezone as well, as we will have to make sure you have an opponent at a suitable time!)
-Rank on Iccup (This only applies if you have played on Iccup before.)
We will try to put you up against people from the same timezone and skill levels.
The Tournament will probably be played over the course of a week since we're a world-wide community and Timezones are an issue for most. (Jobs and whatnot.)
For now we'll take registrations for interested people and we will contact everyone about the dates/times they'd have to play and check if they are available.
More info coming soon.
Edit: It's perfectly OK to invite friends, the more the merrier!
First of all, the people playing Starcraft today are pretty much all people who watch Korean pro-leagues, gomtv and such. This makes for a very competitive mindset which is illustrated by Iccup's ranking system. The ranks make it pretty obvious as to who is "superior" to others.
We have confidence everyone will want a chance at proving their skills, or just seeing where they stand among their fellow redditors.
Starcraft is also played 1 v 1 and thus if the turn out is slim, we can still hold the tournament.
Another reason would be that Iccup has a built-in latency and should eliminate most lag problems that would otherwise destroy the game, the same goes for its built-in Anti Hack system.
We don't need to supply a server of our own and that makes things a lot simpler!
It's already been said in the intro, but we'd like to remind you that ANY skill levels are welcome to the tournament and this is as much an effort to get the community closer as it is a fight for the title as champion! (We're just D-/D level and as the comments would suggest, most of us here on reddit are, so there's no reason to fear a severe beating, since you might just be the one who's wielding the beating stick.)
If you have never played on iccup before, do not be alarmed, just mention it in the mail and we'll help you with the installation.
So now for the more practical part: How to participate!
If you're interested in participating in the Narwhal Cup, please send an email to NarwhalCup@gmail.com with the subject Starcraft and include the following:
-Iccup Nickname (This nickname will be used in the tournament roster.)
-Times at which you will be able to play (Please mention your timezone as well, as we will have to make sure you have an opponent at a suitable time!)
-Rank on Iccup (This only applies if you have played on Iccup before.)
We will try to put you up against people from the same timezone and skill levels.
The Tournament will probably be played over the course of a week since we're a world-wide community and Timezones are an issue for most. (Jobs and whatnot.)
For now we'll take registrations for interested people and we will contact everyone about the dates/times they'd have to play and check if they are available.
More info coming soon.
Edit: It's perfectly OK to invite friends, the more the merrier!
The Narwhal Initiative
Since the dawn of Reddit, redditors have been aching to pit their abilties against each other in virtual space.
Dreaming of victory and standing over their opponents' lifeless corpses is necessary no longer, you will be given the chance to achieve apotheosis. You see...
In a time long ago... I'm sorry to interrupt your intro and I'mma let you finish, but Star Wars had one of the best intros ever.
So anyway, the Narwhal Initiative or Ni! as we call it, is created for gaming fans on reddit and their friends to give a little more edge to the games they play. Playing competitively always gives you a bigger sense of achievement than just "practicing".
We would like to summon players of all skill levels to participate in our tournaments, we're just normal guys and there's no corporations or big budget behind us. Because of this we won't be giving cash prices and such to the winners for now, a pack of bacon is of course always negotiable.
Do not worry about being a "noob". We have very consciously chosen reddit to host these tournaments as we believe the reddit-community is mature enough to treat every player with the respect they deserve, whether they are the better or the lesser player.
We would like to invite you to register for our tournaments because you're the reason we're doing this and without you guys we'll be nothing but a silly blog.
Dreaming of victory and standing over their opponents' lifeless corpses is necessary no longer, you will be given the chance to achieve apotheosis. You see...
In a time long ago... I'm sorry to interrupt your intro and I'mma let you finish, but Star Wars had one of the best intros ever.
So anyway, the Narwhal Initiative or Ni! as we call it, is created for gaming fans on reddit and their friends to give a little more edge to the games they play. Playing competitively always gives you a bigger sense of achievement than just "practicing".
We would like to summon players of all skill levels to participate in our tournaments, we're just normal guys and there's no corporations or big budget behind us. Because of this we won't be giving cash prices and such to the winners for now, a pack of bacon is of course always negotiable.
Do not worry about being a "noob". We have very consciously chosen reddit to host these tournaments as we believe the reddit-community is mature enough to treat every player with the respect they deserve, whether they are the better or the lesser player.
We would like to invite you to register for our tournaments because you're the reason we're doing this and without you guys we'll be nothing but a silly blog.
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