The Tournament

And so, the time's come again, fellow DOTA fanatics. It's been over a year since we ran our last Community Tournament, and to popular (and nagging) demand, I've decided to bring it back in a bigger, and hopefully better, format.

This year around, I have built a full team of admins, judges, casters and artists to help support this event. With a bit of luck, this'll ensure the highest quality possible. We'll be able to provide you guys at home with VODs of the games, graphs to easily showcase the current standing of the tournament, a wealth of support and contacts for the teams, and just an overabundance of information for those interested. But more on this later.

After a lot of consideration, I have decided to shamelessly copy TI4 and start the tournament off with a round-robin group-phase, having each team face every other once in a BO1 (Best of 1) game. At the end of the cycle, we will tally the amount of wins and losses of each team, and depending on overall standing, eliminate certain contestants and diving the rest up into a winners' and losers' bracket. In the case of multiple people occupying the same position on the ladder (same amount of wins, losses), a tiebreaker will be held. From there on, the tournament will take the shape of a double-elimination event where teams face off against each other in a series of BO3s until they reach the grand finals, which will be a BO5 series of games.

We will be providing feedback and updates on the tournament both in this thread, as well as on this neat page. (More detail will be added to it as time goes on.)

Before we head on the sign-ups, I'd like to adress the differences between this year's tournament and that of the last. As you've already surely seen, there is no seperate brackets for people of individual skill. Some of the newer players here might despair at this change, but read on, I believe we've found a way to ensure that everyone will have a fighting chance. Now, the reason for this decision is that the lower bracket in last year's event received very little attention compared to that of the higher one. People were less interested in watching it and due to constraints, we were only able to provide them with some of the rewards. As you may remember, the winners of last year's higher bracket got the chance to play against the Daily DOTA gang on a special stream on the site.

The hope is that the round-robin format will ensure fair games for everyone, with some being losses against more experienced teams and some wins. As an example, I'd like to cite that it was the least experienced team last year who ended up winning the lower bracket due to smart drafting and the ability to study and learn from their opponents. With a much larger tournament this year around, there'll be a wider variety of teams attending, and so increased potential for growth for every player involved.

The second major change to the format is in our management department. The biggest problem last year was arguably communication. Setting up games became difficult with so many people in so many different time-zones and only two admins available. This year, it'll be different. Each team will be given a dedicated admin, selected by proximity to ensure no time-zone issues occur, who will be their contact person throughout the tournament. Any issues, any questions regarding scheduling/match-ups/what have you, will be answered by this individual. And of course, we will be displaying brackets and graphs galore, so that the current standing and schedule of the tournament is completely clear to everyone.

Oh, and one more major change, no restriction on the total amount of teams. Everyone is welcome.

And with this, I'm opening the sign-ups to the tournament, please look below for more information and regulations.

Sign-Ups

Each team can consist of up to 7 players, consisting of a 5-man core line up, and two stand-ins. It is, however, only necessary to enter 5, but one stand-in or more is greatly encouraged.If agreed upon by both teams attending a match, one of the stand-ins can also coach the game, but only if the second team is doing the same, so keep this in mind when selecting your team-mates.

When signing up, do so via this thread. Before anything else, make it clear who is the captain on your team, and have said person provide their Steam ID for contact purposes, then state a name for your team, a teamtag, the names of your players here on the site and on Steam, (Steam Link not obligatory). If your friends do not have a Giant Bomb account, don't worry about it. Friends of community members are very welcome. And finally, indicate the time-zone of each player.

For those of you who do not, as of yet, have a team, we have created a sister-thread for team creation. Check here for other players looking for a team, or for additional members to their teams.

Sign-Ups will be open for at least a week and a half. We might very well start the Round-Robin phase of the tournament in advance of said deadline if enough teams sign up early.

Rewards

Similar to last year, we will be handing out rewards to the winning team in the form of extended premium subscription and additional goodies, thanks to our generous benefactor @mrpibb. This is the second year in a row he's helped out, so be sure to give him your thanks. Further details to come.

Summary

- Tournament Consisting of multiple phases, the mode will be "Captain's Mode"

- Round-Robin style Phase 1, each team plays each other once in a series of BO1s, competing for the best win/loss ratio.

- Tie Breakers Phase 2, teams with similar scores will compete against each other in a series of BO3s, the winners and losers will then be distributed to the winners' and losers' brackets.

- Double-Elimination style Phase 3, the final stage of the tournament, teams fight each other in a series of BO3s, advancing through the brackets until a winner is declared after a grand finals series of BO5s.

- We require the sign-up of full teams, consisting of a minimum of 5 players, with a maximum of 7.

- We are creating a seperate thread for team creation, check this here out if you want to participate but don't have a full team yet.

- When signing up, state your captain and have him provide his steam ID, the name and teamtag of your team, then list your players and the time-zone for all playing.

- The current standing and schedule of the tournament will be displayed on this page, as well as here, and in google docs to come.

- Sign-Ups will be open for at least a week and a half. We might very well start the Round-Robin phase of the tournament in advance of said deadline if enough teams sign up early.

- We mean to be very flexible with the scheduling, so if you aren't sure you will have time to play, please do sign up anyway, we'll make it work.

Teams

Teams participating will be listed in the table beneath:

Team Name Team Tag Captain Freakinchair's Fraud Squad GAF Ellen Pudge Dotes Force 5 DF5 Trace Magic is Might MiM Fredddie43 Begurubiado Be'Bi Evilcookie+Chenju Team Trasher TRSH Trasher 90's Nyxtape Nyx Blackmoore TravDood's Crew TDC TravDood Maus Haus 8:^) The_Vein GUIDOS ??? G.ZZZ POTMs Up pu v.gnial Cheese Lump CHLMP ZeeL xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx YOLO SteveWinwood Hammarby HIF 0r1m Can't See SHIT CSS Dig DunH8 DH8 Currenzy+Gaz Giant Bomb Cool Babies GBCB RareMonkey 'Nigma Stole My Bike NSMB The Nick+Tubaker

Casters

Confirmed Casters:

- Set One: @bassman2112 (Mom's Spaghetti on Steam) - Here's his twitch.

- Set Two: @vitor (UndoneBahamut on Steam) - Twitch link to come.

- Set Three: @mthomson (Cpt. Over on Steam) - Here's his twitch.

- Set Four: @hylianseven (HylianSeven on steam) - Here's his Hitbox link.

- Set Five: @anbokr (Anbokr on Steam) - Here's his Twitch.

- Set Six: @raremonkey (RareMonkey on Steam) and @joelwmusic (JoelWMusic on Steam) - Here's their twitch and hitbox.

- Set Seven: @boywonder03 - Here's his twitch.

We're still looking for additional casters, so please inform me if you're interested.

Schedule

The beauty of round-robin BO1 games is the very small amount of time required to play 'em. As such, we will be running games throughout the weeks to come, and scheduling the more difficult and longer match-ups for the weekends. This should ensure that everyone can attend the tournament, and that it'll be a continous series of games as opposed to games only being played over the weekends. The hope is to finish the entire tournament in under two weeks after it's beginning, but depending on the availability of the teams, this might change.

This section will be filled out as the tournament progresses, here you will be able to see a full listing of every match-up. Google docs will also be provided.

Team 1 Vs. Team 2 Status UTC Date UTC Time PDT date PDT time EDT date EDT time BST date BST time CEST date CEST time 90s Nyxtape Vs. Team Trasher Completed Saturday, August 16, 2014 19:00 Aug 16 12:00 Aug 16 15:00 Aug 16 20:00 Aug 16 21:00 Begurubiado Vs. 90s Nyxtape Completed Saturday, August 16, 2014 18:00 Aug 16 11:00 Aug 16 14:00 Aug 16 19:00 Aug 16 20:00 Maus Haus Vs. Freakinchair's Fraud Squad Completed Wednesday, August 20, 2014 2:00 Aug 19 19:00 Aug 19 22:00 Aug 20 3:00 Aug 20 4:00 Freakinchair's Fraud Squad Vs. Cheese Lump Completed Wednesday, August 20, 2014 3:00 Aug 19 20:00 Aug 19 23:00 Aug 20 4:00 Aug 20 5:00 Cheese Lump Vs. Maus Haus Completed Wednesday, August 20, 2014 4:00 Aug 19 21:00 Aug 20 0:00 Aug 20 5:00 Aug 20 6:00 Begurubiado Vs. GUIDOS Completed Wednesday, August 20, 2014 19:30 Aug 20 12:30 Aug 20 15:30 Aug 20 20:30 Aug 20 21:30 Dotes Force 5 Vs. 90s Nyxtape Completed Thursday, August 21, 2014 2:00 Aug 20 19:00 Aug 20 22:00 Aug 21 3:00 Aug 21 4:00 POTMs Up Vs. Cheese Lump Completed Thursday, August 21, 2014 4:00 Aug 20 21:00 Aug 21 0:00 Aug 21 5:00 Aug 21 6:00 90s Nyxtape Vs. POTMs Up Completed Thursday, August 21, 2014 3:00 Aug 20 20:00 Aug 20 23:00 Aug 21 4:00 Aug 21 5:00 Freakinchair's Fraud Squad Vs. TravDood's Crew Completed Friday, August 22, 2014 2:00 Aug 21 19:00 Aug 21 22:00 Aug 22 3:00 Aug 22 4:00 Team Trasher Vs. TravDood's Crew Completed Friday, August 22, 2014 4:00 Aug 21 21:00 Aug 22 0:00 Aug 22 5:00 Aug 22 6:00 Freakinchair's Fraud Squad Vs. GUIDOS Completed Friday, August 22, 2014 23:00 Aug 22 16:00 Aug 22 19:00 Aug 23 0:00 Aug 23 1:00 DunH8 Vs. GUIDOS Completed Friday, August 22, 2014 21:30 Aug 22 14:30 Aug 22 17:30 Aug 22 22:30 Aug 22 23:30 Dotes Force 5 Vs. Maus Haus Completed Saturday, August 23, 2014 2:00 Aug 22 19:00 Aug 22 22:00 Aug 23 3:00 Aug 23 4:00 Dotes Force 5 Vs. xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx Completed Saturday, August 23, 2014 23:00 Aug 23 16:00 Aug 23 19:00 Aug 24 0:00 Aug 24 1:00 xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx Vs. GUIDOS Completed Saturday, August 23, 2014 21:00 Aug 23 14:00 Aug 23 17:00 Aug 23 22:00 Aug 23 23:00 Hammarby Vs. GUIDOS Completed Saturday, August 23, 2014 17:00 Aug 23 10:00 Aug 23 13:00 Aug 23 18:00 Aug 23 19:00 Begurubiado Vs. Team Trasher Completed Sunday, August 24, 2014 20:00 Aug 24 13:00 Aug 24 16:00 Aug 24 21:00 Aug 24 22:00 Team Trasher Vs. Dotes Force 5 Completed Sunday, August 24, 2014 19:00 Aug 24 12:00 Aug 24 15:00 Aug 24 20:00 Aug 24 21:00 90s Nyxtape Vs. GUIDOS Completed Sunday, August 24, 2014 19:00 Aug 24 12:00 Aug 24 15:00 Aug 24 20:00 Aug 24 21:00 Hammarby Vs. 90s Nyxtape Completed Sunday, August 24, 2014 20:30 Aug 24 13:30 Aug 24 16:30 Aug 24 21:30 Aug 24 22:30 Freakinchair's Fraud Squad Vs. Dotes Force 5 Completed Monday, August 25, 2014 1:00 Aug 24 18:00 Aug 24 21:00 Aug 25 2:00 Aug 25 3:00 POTMs Up Vs. Maus Haus Completed Tuesday, August 26, 2014 3:00 Aug 25 20:00 Aug 25 23:00 Aug 26 4:00 Aug 26 5:00 Can't See SHIT Vs. Maus Haus Completed Tuesday, August 26, 2014 2:00 Aug 25 19:00 Aug 25 22:00 Aug 26 3:00 Aug 26 4:00 Can't See SHIT Vs. POTMs Up Completed Tuesday, August 26, 2014 3:00 Aug 25 20:00 Aug 25 23:00 Aug 26 4:00 Aug 26 5:00 Maus Haus Vs. 90s Nyxtape Completed Wednesday, August 27, 2014 2:00 Aug 26 19:00 Aug 26 22:00 Aug 27 3:00 Aug 27 4:00 TravDood's Crew Vs. xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx Completed Wednesday, August 27, 2014 2:00 Aug 26 19:00 Aug 26 22:00 Aug 27 3:00 Aug 27 4:00 Can't See SHIT Vs. Cheese Lump Completed Wednesday, August 27, 2014 3:30 Aug 26 20:30 Aug 26 23:30 Aug 27 4:30 Aug 27 5:30 Giant Bomb Cool Babies! Vs. Cheese Lump Completed Wednesday, August 27, 2014 4:30 Aug 26 21:30 Aug 27 0:30 Aug 27 5:30 Aug 27 6:30 POTMs Up Vs. Freakinchair's Fraud Squad Completed Thursday, August 28, 2014 6:00 Aug 27 23:00 Aug 28 2:00 Aug 28 7:00 Aug 28 8:00 POTMs Up Vs. Nigma Stole My Bike Completed Thursday, August 28, 2014 2:00 Aug 27 19:00 Aug 27 22:00 Aug 28 3:00 Aug 28 4:00 TravDood's Crew Vs. POTMs Up Completed Thursday, August 28, 2014 5:00 Aug 27 22:00 Aug 28 1:00 Aug 28 6:00 Aug 28 7:00 Nigma Stole My Bike Vs. Magic Is Might Completed Thursday, August 28, 2014 23:30 Aug 28 16:30 Aug 28 19:30 Aug 29 0:30 Aug 29 1:30 Hammarby Vs. Begurubiado Completed Thursday, August 28, 2014 19:00 Aug 28 12:00 Aug 28 15:00 Aug 28 20:00 Aug 28 21:00 90s Nyxtape Vs. Nigma Stole My Bike Completed Friday, August 29, 2014 1:30 Aug 28 18:30 Aug 28 21:30 Aug 29 2:30 Aug 29 3:30 Giant Bomb Cool Babies! Vs. POTMs Up Completed Friday, August 29, 2014 3:30 Aug 28 20:30 Aug 28 23:30 Aug 29 4:30 Aug 29 5:30 DunH8 Vs. Hammarby Completed Friday, August 29, 2014 21:00 Aug 29 14:00 Aug 29 17:00 Aug 29 22:00 Aug 29 23:00 Team Trasher Vs. Cheese Lump Completed Saturday, August 30, 2014 4:00 Aug 29 21:00 Aug 30 0:00 Aug 30 5:00 Aug 30 6:00 xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx Vs. Freakinchair's Fraud Squad Completed Saturday, August 30, 2014 0:00 Aug 29 17:00 Aug 29 20:00 Aug 30 1:00 Aug 30 2:00 Giant Bomb Cool Babies! Vs. 90s Nyxtape Completed Saturday, August 30, 2014 3:00 Aug 29 20:00 Aug 29 23:00 Aug 30 4:00 Aug 30 5:00 Begurubiado Vs. Magic Is Might Completed Saturday, August 30, 2014 18:30 Aug 30 11:30 Aug 30 14:30 Aug 30 19:30 Aug 30 20:30 90s Nyxtape Vs. Cheese Lump Completed Saturday, August 30, 2014 19:00 Aug 30 12:00 Aug 30 15:00 Aug 30 20:00 Aug 30 21:00 Magic Is Might Vs. Cheese Lump Completed Saturday, August 30, 2014 20:00 Aug 30 13:00 Aug 30 16:00 Aug 30 21:00 Aug 30 22:00 DunH8 Vs. 90s Nyxtape Completed Saturday, August 30, 2014 21:00 Aug 30 14:00 Aug 30 17:00 Aug 30 22:00 Aug 30 23:00 Freakinchair's Fraud Squad Vs. Begurubiado Completed Sunday, August 31, 2014 19:30 Aug 31 12:30 Aug 31 15:30 Aug 31 20:30 Aug 31 21:30 Freakinchair's Fraud Squad Vs. Team Trasher Completed Monday, September 1, 2014 1:00 Aug 31 18:00 Aug 31 21:00 Sep 1 2:00 Sep 1 3:00 Giant Bomb Cool Babies! Vs. Freakinchair's Fraud Squad Completed Monday, September 1, 2014 4:00 Aug 31 21:00 Sep 1 0:00 Sep 1 5:00 Sep 1 6:00 Giant Bomb Cool Babies! Vs. xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx Completed Monday, September 1, 2014 2:30 Aug 31 19:30 Aug 31 22:30 Sep 1 3:30 Sep 1 4:30 GUIDOS Vs. Team Trasher Completed Monday, September 1, 2014 20:00 Sep 1 13:00 Sep 1 16:00 Sep 1 21:00 Sep 1 22:00 Magic Is Might Vs. GUIDOS Completed Monday, September 1, 2014 17:00 Sep 1 10:00 Sep 1 13:00 Sep 1 18:00 Sep 1 19:00 DunH8 Vs. Freakinchair's Fraud Squad Completed Monday, September 1, 2014 21:00 Sep 1 14:00 Sep 1 17:00 Sep 1 22:00 Sep 1 23:00 DunH8 Vs. Team Trasher Completed Monday, September 1, 2014 22:00 Sep 1 15:00 Sep 1 18:00 Sep 1 23:00 Sep 2 0:00 Can't See SHIT Vs. Team Trasher Completed Tuesday, September 2, 2014 2:15 Sep 1 19:15 Sep 1 22:15 Sep 2 3:15 Sep 2 4:15 Nigma Stole My Bike Vs. Maus Haus Completed Wednesday, September 3, 2014 2:00 AM Sep 2 19:00 Sep 2 22:00 Sep 3 3:00 Sep 3 4:00 Can't See SHIT Vs. 90s Nyxtape Completed Wednesday, September 3, 2014 2:00 Sep 2 19:00 Sep 2 22:00 Sep 3 3:00 Sep 3 4:00 Giant Bomb Cool Babies! Vs. Can't See SHIT Completed Wednesday, September 3, 2014 3:00:00 AM Sep 2 20:00 Sep 2 23:00 Sep 3 4:00 Sep 3 5:00 Giant Bomb Cool Babies! Vs. Nigma Stole My Bike Completed Thursday, September 4, 2014 2:30:00 AM Sep 3 19:30 Sep 3 22:30 Sep 4 3:30 Sep 4 4:30 90s Nyxtape Vs. Freakinchair's Fraud Squad Completed Friday, September 5, 2014 2:00 Sep 4 19:00 Sep 4 22:00 Sep 5 3:00 Sep 5 4:00 Cheese Lump Vs. xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx Completed Saturday, September 6, 2014 3:30 Sep 5 20:30 Sep 5 23:30 Sep 6 4:30 Sep 6 5:30 xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx Vs. 90s Nyxtape Completed Saturday, September 6, 2014 21:00 Sep 6 14:00 Sep 6 17:00 Sep 6 22:00 Sep 6 23:00 DunH8 Vs. xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx Completed Saturday, September 6, 2014 22:30 Sep 6 15:30 Sep 6 18:30 Sep 6 23:30 Sep 7 0:30 xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx Vs. Team Trasher Completed Sunday, September 7, 2014 3:30 Sep 6 20:30 Sep 6 23:30 Sep 7 4:30 Sep 7 5:30 Giant Bomb Cool Babies! Vs. Team Trasher Completed Sunday, September 7, 2014 3:00 Sep 6 20:00 Sep 6 23:00 Sep 7 4:00 Sep 7 5:00 Giant Bomb Cool Babies! Vs. TravDood's Crew Completed Monday, September 8, 2014 1:30 Sep 7 18:30 Sep 7 21:30 Sep 8 2:30 Sep 8 3:30 Can't See SHIT Vs. xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx Completed Tuesday, September 9, 2014 3:15 Sep 8 20:15 Sep 8 23:15 Sep 9 4:15 Sep 9 5:15 90s Nyxtape Vs. TravDood's Crew Completed Wednesday, September 10, 2014 2:00 Sep 9 19:00 Sep 9 22:00 Sep 10 3:00 Sep 10 4:00 TravDood's Crew Vs. Maus Haus Completed Wednesday, September 10, 2014 3:15 Sep 9 20:15 Sep 9 23:15 Sep 10 4:15 Sep 10 5:15 xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx Vs. POTMs Up Completed Thursday, September 11, 2014 2:00 Sep 10 19:00 Sep 10 22:00 Sep 11 3:00 Sep 11 4:00 Can't See SHIT Vs. Freakinchair's Fraud Squad Completed Thursday, September 11, 2014 4:00 Sep 10 21:00 Sep 11 0:00 Sep 11 5:00 Sep 11 6:00 Can't See SHIT Vs. TravDood's Crew Completed Thursday, September 11, 2014 3:30 Sep 10 20:30 Sep 10 23:30 Sep 11 4:30 Sep 11 5:30 Can't See SHIT Vs. Nigma Stole My Bike Completed Tuesday, September 16, 2014 1:00 Sep 15 18:00 Sep 15 21:00 Sep 16 2:00 Sep 16 3:00 Magic Is Might Vs. 90s Nyxtape Completed Wednesday, September 17, 2014 Sep 17 16:00 Sep 17 19:00 Sep 18 0:00 Sep 18 1:00 DunH8 Vs. Magic Is Might Completed Friday, September 19, 2014 22:00 Sep 19 15:00 Sep 19 18:00 Sep 19 23:00 Sep 20 0:00 Begurubiado Vs. xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx Completed Sunday, September 21, 2014 18:00 Sep 21 11:00 Sep 21 14:00 Sep 21 19:00 Sep 21 20:00 Can't See SHIT Vs. Begurubiado Completed Sunday, September 21, 2014 20:00 Sep 21 13:00 Sep 21 16:00 Sep 21 21:00 Sep 21 22:00 DunH8 Vs. Can't See SHIT Completed Sunday, September 21, 2014 7:00:00 PM Sep 21 12:00 Sep 21 15:00 Sep 21 20:00 Sep 21 21:00

Results

Our Youtube page , where we have stored all the VODs from our main caster can be found here. VODs from our additional casters will be added shortly.

Team 1 Team 2 Dota MatchID Youtube URL Caster Match Admin Winner UTC Date Magic Is Might 90s Nyxtape 903362440 @_BenAM @streetninja 90s Nyxtape 90s Nyxtape Team Trasher 839263214 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktg8t7qYbjU&list=UUUFSLXNuJlVS2seSc-pGXRg @MThomson @MThomson 90s Nyxtape Sat Aug 16 Begurubiado 90s Nyxtape 839158126 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8jY4X0D0TU&list=UUUFSLXNuJlVS2seSc-pGXRg&feature=player_detailpage @MThomson @MThomson 90s Nyxtape Sat Aug 16 Maus Haus Freakinchair's Fraud Squad 845302874 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmhHmJNZHOQ&feature=youtu.be @bassman2112 @Slag Freakinchair's Fraud Squad Wed Aug 20 Freakinchair's Fraud Squad Cheese Lump 845347890 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvEkxgPcoDQ&feature=youtu.be @bassman2112 @Slag Freakinchair's Fraud Squad Wed Aug 20 Cheese Lump Maus Haus 845383440 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twhMydwqxWw&feature=youtu.be @bassman2112 @Slag Maus Haus Wed Aug 20 Begurubiado GUIDOS 846783217 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E90OQKw2AqE&feature=youtu.be @bassman2112 @bassman2112 GUIDOS Wed Aug 20 Dotes Force 5 90s Nyxtape 847109039 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCJjhvf2EnM&feature=youtu.be @bassman2112 @dusker 90s Nyxtape Thu Aug 21 POTMs Up Cheese Lump 847224697 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orSDHSb-BK4&feature=youtu.be @bassman2112 POTMs Up Thu Aug 21 90s Nyxtape POTMs Up 847156940 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2wT2YF80no&feature=youtu.be @bassman2112 POTMs Up Thu Aug 21 Freakinchair's Fraud Squad TravDood's Crew 848931364 @BeardyDuck @L1GHTN1N Freakinchair's Fraud Squad Fri Aug 22 Team Trasher TravDood's Crew 849038606 http://youtu.be/KPgondy_-bg @joelwmusic @L1GHTN1N TravDood's Crew Fri Aug 22 Freakinchair's Fraud Squad GUIDOS 850693111 @bassman2112 @diz Freakinchair's Fraud Squad Fri Aug 22 DunH8 GUIDOS 850626053 @bassman2112 @diz GUIDOS Fri Aug 22 Dotes Force 5 Maus Haus 850828405 @bassman2112 @Slag Maus Haus Sat Aug 23 Dotes Force 5 xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx 852653488 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6_j3FCDBTk @Boywonder03 @lamzor xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx Sat Aug 23 xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx GUIDOS 852544793 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3uXI0GjyU0 @Boywonder03 @lamzor GUIDOS Sat Aug 23 Hammarby GUIDOS no video recorded @Boywonder03 @lamzor Hammarby Sat Aug 23 Begurubiado Team Trasher 854487744 @hylianseven @streetninja Team Trasher Sun Aug 24 Team Trasher Dotes Force 5 854409508 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHjXLP9-YNI @diz @diz Team Trasher Sun Aug 24 90s Nyxtape GUIDOS @bassman2112 @lamzor 90s Nyxtape Sun Aug 24 Hammarby 90s Nyxtape 854555766 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_tNTSma03s @diz @diz Hammarby Sun Aug 24 Freakinchair's Fraud Squad Dotes Force 5 @BeardyDuck @BeardyDuck Freakinchair's Fraud Squad Mon Aug 25 POTMs Up Maus Haus 856687767 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7udQAVXWs1g @Boywonder03 @SevenTango POTMs Up Tue Aug 26 Can't See SHIT Maus Haus 856640548 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsOs7Uk8KP0 @Boywonder03 @SevenTango Can't See SHIT Tue Aug 26 Can't See SHIT POTMs Up 856724321 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMUlrqS5Yqw @Boywonder03 @Slag POTMs Up Tue Aug 26 Maus Haus 90s Nyxtape 858488179 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT-Imp1r66A @Boywonder03 @SevenTango 90s Nyxtape Wed Aug 27 TravDood's Crew xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx 858515219 @hylianseven @Slag xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx Wed Aug 27 Can't See SHIT Cheese Lump @BeardyDuck @BeardyDuck Can't See SHIT Wed Aug 27 Giant Bomb Cool Babies! Cheese Lump 858606041 @hylianseven @Slag Giant Bomb Cool Babies! Wed Aug 27 POTMs Up Freakinchair's Fraud Squad 860540198 http://youtu.be/g6u7UEMWsUo @joelwmusic @BeardyDuck Freakinchair's Fraud Squad Thu Aug 28 POTMs Up Nigma Stole My Bike 860357832 @joelwmusic @Slag POTMs Up Thu Aug 28 TravDood's Crew POTMs Up 860480835 @joelwmusic @Slag POTMs Up Thu Aug 28 Nigma Stole My Bike Magic Is Might 862125954 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2RnUmn0jPw @diz @diz Magic Is Might Thu Aug 28 Hammarby Begurubiado 861853913 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3QhfwgOI18 @diz @diz Hammarby Thu Aug 28 90s Nyxtape Nigma Stole My Bike @hylianseven @Fredddi43 90s Nyxtape Fri Aug 29 Giant Bomb Cool Babies! POTMs Up 862278898 @anbokr @Slag POTMs Up Fri Aug 29 DunH8 Hammarby 863961026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEFj6ioStMQ @diz @diz Hammarby Fri Aug 29 Team Trasher Cheese Lump 864341100 @streetninja Team Trasher Sat Aug 30 xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx Freakinchair's Fraud Squad 864112491 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uxN3nwoP4I @diz @diz Freakinchair's Fraud Squad Sat Aug 30 Giant Bomb Cool Babies! 90s Nyxtape 862278898 @Slag 90s Nyxtape Sat Aug 30 Begurubiado Magic Is Might 865831495 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea5irQW9Kx0 @diz @diz Begurubiado Sat Aug 30 90s Nyxtape Cheese Lump 865884913 @lamzor 90s Nyxtape Sat Aug 30 Magic Is Might Cheese Lump 865969977 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNxKdTBHEfo @diz @diz Magic Is Might Sat Aug 30 DunH8 90s Nyxtape 866050071 @hylianseven @lamzor 90s Nyxtape Sat Aug 30 Freakinchair's Fraud Squad Begurubiado 868052615 @joelwmusic @L1GHTN1N Freakinchair's Fraud Squad Sun Aug 31 Freakinchair's Fraud Squad Team Trasher 868252024 @hylianseven @hylianseven Freakinchair's Fraud Squad Mon Sep 1 Giant Bomb Cool Babies! Freakinchair's Fraud Squad 868378830 @streetninja Freakinchair's Fraud Squad Mon Sep 1 Giant Bomb Cool Babies! xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx 868302112 @streetninja xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx Mon Sep 1 GUIDOS Team Trasher 869734034 @lamzor Team Trasher Mon Sep 1 Magic Is Might GUIDOS 869510094 @lamzor GUIDOS Mon Sep 1 DunH8 Freakinchair's Fraud Squad 869790668 @lamzor Freakinchair's Fraud Squad Mon Sep 1 DunH8 Team Trasher 869830668 @hylianseven @streetninja DunH8 Mon Sep 1 Can't See SHIT Team Trasher 869972970 @anbokr @streetninja Team Trasher Tue Sep 2 Nigma Stole My Bike Maus Haus 871561329 @typo @Slag Nigma Stole My Bike Wed Sep 3 Can't See SHIT 90s Nyxtape 871550916 @joelwmusic @SevenTango 90s Nyxtape Wed Sep 3 Giant Bomb Cool Babies! Can't See SHIT 871592421 @hylianseven @hylianseven Can't See SHIT Wed Sep 3 Giant Bomb Cool Babies! Nigma Stole My Bike 873143009 @typo @Slag Giant Bomb Cool Babies! Thu Sep 4 90s Nyxtape Freakinchair's Fraud Squad 874900532 @flaboere @lamzor Freakinchair's Fraud Squad Fri Sep 5 Cheese Lump xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx 877422984 @joelwmusic @L1GHTN1N xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx Sat Sep 6 xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx 90s Nyxtape 879607014 @hylianseven @lamzor xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx Sat Sep 6 DunH8 xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx 879714211 @SevenTango DunH8 Sat Sep 6 xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx Team Trasher @anbokr @streetninja xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx Sun Sep 7 Giant Bomb Cool Babies! Team Trasher 882462220 @streetninja Team Trasher Sun Sep 7 Giant Bomb Cool Babies! TravDood's Crew 882368056 @L1GHTN1N TravDood's Crew Mon Sep 8 Can't See SHIT xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx @joelwmusic @streetninja xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx Tue Sep 9 90s Nyxtape TravDood's Crew 886423225 @hylianseven @L1GHTN1N 90s Nyxtape Wed Sep 10 TravDood's Crew Maus Haus 886470501 @hylianseven @L1GHTN1N TravDood's Crew Wed Sep 10 xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx POTMs Up 888368240 @anbokr @Slag xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx Thu Sep 11 Can't See SHIT Freakinchair's Fraud Squad Freakinchair's Fraud Squad Thu Sep 11 Can't See SHIT TravDood's Crew @joelwmusic @streetninja Can't See SHIT Thu Sep 11 Can't See SHIT Nigma Stole My Bike @hylianseven @streetninja Can't See SHIT Tue Sep 16 DunH8 Magic Is Might @streetninja Magic Is Might Fri Sep 19 Begurubiado xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx @streetninja xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx Sun Sep 21 Can't See SHIT Begurubiado @hylianseven @lamzor Can't See SHIT Sun Sep 21 DunH8 Can't See SHIT @hylianseven @streetninja DunH8 Sun Sep 21

Current Standings

This section will detail the current standings of the tournament, as well as provide an overview for how well each team has fared so far. Furthermore, you can check out our challonge page.

Team Name Tag MiM GAF Be'Bi DF5 TRSH NSMB Nyx TDC 8:^) G pu CHLMP YOLO HIF CSS DH8 GBCB Won Lost Played Magic Is Might MiM Lost Won Lost Lost Won Won 3 3 6 Freakinchair's Fraud Squad GAF Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won 13 0 13 Begurubiado Be'Bi Won Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost 1 7 8 Dotes Force 5 DF5 Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost 0 5 5 Team Trasher TRSH Lost Won Won Lost Lost Won Won Lost Won Lost Won 6 5 11 Nigma Stole My Bike NSMB Lost Lost Won Lost Lost Lost 1 5 6 90s Nyxtape Nyx Won Lost Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Lost Won Lost Lost Won Won Won 12 4 16 TravDood's Crew TDC Lost Won Lost Won Lost Lost Lost Won 3 5 8 Maus Haus 8:^) Lost Won Lost Lost Lost Lost Won Lost 2 6 8 GUIDOS G Won Lost Won Lost Lost Won Lost Won 4 4 8 POTMs Up pu Lost Won Won Won Won Won Lost Won Won 7 2 9 Cheese Lump CHLMP Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost 0 9 9 xXx69DiCkBuTtZgoku420xXx YOLO Lost Won Won Won Won Won Lost Won Won Won Lost Won 9 3 12 Hammarby HIF Won Won Won Won 4 0 4 Can't See SHIT CSS Lost Won Lost Won Lost Won Won Lost Won Lost Lost Won 6 6 12 DunH8 DH8 Lost Lost Won Lost Lost Won Lost Won 3 5 8 Giant Bomb Cool Babies! GBCB Lost Lost Won Lost Lost Lost Won Lost Lost 2 7 9

Q&A

How long is the tournament going to span?

The general idea is to have the tournament span over two weeks after sign-ups have ended, playing the majority of the round-robin games during the first week, and the later, more involved phases during the two consecutive week-ends. Unfortunately, it is very hard to pinpoint just how long the event will last as availability can become an issue when matching up players from different regions. Last year, we had planned on a 3-week long tournament and due to TI4 and other matters, weren't able to finish it for a whole month and a half. This year around, our tournament is far better set up in terms of communication, and we're using a format that's much more appropriate for casual players, so I can just about promise you that it won't be a repeat of last year in this sense. Ultimately, we'll have to wait and see, but an additional week may very well happen.

Where should I sign up if I only have a partial team? Here or the Team Creation thread?

Partial teams should visit the Team Creation thread first and foremost. We suggest both posting a message in there in which you detail your current team and what roles you're looking for, as well as searching through the thread and messaging people you believe would make a good addition to your team. Once you have your full team, please post a message in here, following the Sign-Up guidelines.

As further questions are posed, I will be filling this section out with my answers to them.

Further Disclaimers

I'd like to take a moment here to thank everyone participating in the tournament, both on the management side and on the players. If anyone else is interested in helping out as a caster or as an artist, please visit this thread for more information.

Additionally, I'd like to say thanks to @mrpibb and @sweep for helping this thing get off the ground, and for being genuinely decent people.

This tournament has taken a LOT of time to set up, but despite the larger workload, it's felt considerably more relaxing than last year. This is mainly due to the great help I've had, and just my general excitement for this baby. Last year, we had our hopes for making the tournament succeed, but the feedback was beyond what we'd hoped for. You can read my thoughts on last year's tournament post-mortem here. We'd really like to make this a regular thing, and will continue to strive to do so as long as people are interested in the tournament and in the game.

The AMAZING banner was made by @flaboere on the site. Can't overstate how impressed I am.

I will be participating in the tournament myself along with a group of friends. We simply couldn't resist throwing ourselves into the fray. In order to ensure fairness, I have given over scheduling of all my team's matches to another admin. Same rules apply to us as everyone else.

Updates

Update 1: Created the Thread

Update 2: Added links to the Team Creation Thread under Sign-Ups and Summary.

Update 3: Added a few casters as well as their twitch links. Also included the profile for flaboere who made the banner.

Update 4: Added our first team to the roster.

Update 5: Added a second team to the roster.

Update 6: Added additional caster information.

Update 7: Added two additional teams to the roster. Also included two questions and their respective answers in the Q&A section.

Update 8: Added yet another two teams to the roster. This is starting to look real good.

Update 9: Added one singular, uncomparable team to the roster. Yep. Also added another quick note to the "Further Disclaimers" section.

Update 10: Added yet another team to the roster. With this, we're up to 8.

Update 11: Added three games to the schedule. To clarify, we are starting the round-robin phase of the tournament even before the sign-up period has ended.

Update 12: Added two additional teams to the roster, this brings the total up to 10.

Update 13: Added a Results section to the thread and updated it to the current standings. There is a spoiler-block on the winner of each match-up.

Update 14: Added another two casters. Will have to update the twitch link for one of 'em.

Update 15: Added additional twitch links for the casters.

Update 16: Added two additional teams to the roster. We're now up to a dozen.

Update 17: Added two more games to the schedule, both of which will take place tomorrow.

Update 18: Set a slightly different time for the second game of tomorrows (19th) games.

Update 19: Re-entered the name of one of the captains according to his recent Steam username change.

Update 20: Added another match to the schedule.

Update 21: Added another two teams to the roster. This has up up to 14.

Update 22: Added the results from last nights games.

Update 23: Added two more games to the schedule, to take place today.

Update 24: Added another set of games for tonight.

Update 25: Added the VODS to the first two games of the tournament. More to follow shortly.

Update 26: Added yet another game for the day to the schedule.

Update 27: Added yet another team to the roster. Up to 15 now. Oh, boy.

Update 28: Updated the results section with the latest game along with the VOD for said match.

Update 29: Added another team to the roster. Help me, oh, god, please. Dear christ, help me.

Update 30: Added the results of last night's games, the appropriate VODs, a link to our Youtube page and another team to the roster.

Update 31: Added another set of casters.

Update 32: Added the results for set five of the scheduled matches.

Update 33: Made a major overhaul to the scheduling section. Will do something similar for the results section once I find the time.

Update 34: Added another game to the new, pretty schedule.

Update 35: Added another game to the schedule, which is still pretty.

Update 36: Added the results of last night, and added the last-minute game both teams wanted to play to the schedule.

Update 37: Added another game to the schedule.

Update 38: Added one last team to the tournament. This is it, 17 teams. We're a go.

Update 39: Updated the main schedule with a lot of additional games.

Update 40: Even more games added to the main schedule.

Update 41: Removed team "Gamers With Jobs", which puts us at 17 teams.

Update 42: Added another VOD to the results section.

Update 43: Updated the schedule and added another game to be played today.

Update 44: Added another game to the schedule and updated the results. More VODs to come.

Update 45: Added the results of one more game, as well as another match-up to the schedule.

Update 46: Added yet another game to the schedule.

Update 47: Added four games to the schedule as well as the results of last night + VODs.

Update 48: Added the results of last nights games as well as additional games to the schedule.

Update 49: Added another 5 games to the schedule and updated the results.

Update 50: Woooh, 50. Updated the schedule and added a LOT of VODs.

Update 51: Added additional games to the schedule and updated the results.

Update 52: Added a lot of games to the schedule, and updated the results.

Update 53: Rehauled the Schedule and the Results subsections, and added information to both. Also added another subsection called "Current Standings". For now, only the main caster's VODs are to be found in the "Results" section, but I'll update it shortly.

Update 54: Added more games to the schedule and updated the results, current standings. VODs to come shortly.

Update 55: Updated the schedule and the results.

Update 56: Updated the schedule, as well as the results.

Update 57: Added additional games to the schedule and updated the results.

Update 58: Added more information to the schedule and the results section.

Update 59: Schedule updated.

Update 60: Updated the results and schedule sections of the tournament page.

Update 61: Added additional 3 games to the schedule.

Update 62: Updated the schedule, as well as the results section. We're currently in the process of ushering in the next, and final, phase of the tournament.