We may change how we do the next tournament, but I want to respond to this notion that the previous tournaments were somehow unfair.
We haven't had a password all this time on purpose. The tournaments were intended from the start to allow anyone to join in and play. Your starts are not being ruined by playing with these people, they're being made to be exactly as they should be.
What really needs to be looked at is whether that is the right way to do it or not, I know I've been pulling for a password since before the first tourney, at least for the A league...in the A league tournament, you are getting higher caliber players that are expecting a real competition, this should be passworded even if none of the other servers are.I don't see a point in giving A League a password just because they're expecting high-level competition. Instead of altering the tournament to go against its original purpose, the clear solution is that high-level players should simply not expect to fight only high-level players.
Saying it doesn't ruin the stats is just silly.Yes, GoogleIt running around with a knife ruins the stats. However, that's not what I was talking about. I'm talking about the vast majority of random players that do come in to seriously play. They're not ruining anything, they're intended variables.
If that's the case, why have tournament signups and registration, why not just run it, whoever is on the servers during that time is entered.We have registration for several reasons. The most obvious of which is we need to know that the winner is actually someone who even cares about the tournament.
And also, you send higher caliber players into the A League tourney, kicking them out of the lower ladders, but you don't do the same the other way? Shouldn't B League players be moved down to the B league if A League players are moved up to the A League?You're allowed to register for a league appropriate for your skill level or higher. You are not allowed to register in a lower league than what is appropriate for your skill level. However GoogleIt playing on the A League server when he's registered for B is a different matter altogether. When you play on a different league server, you're just like a player that is not registered for the tournament at all. You will not be forced to leave just because your skill level doesn't match the league on the server.
Shuffles would have also been nice, that affected the stats as well when the teams were obviously uneven skill wise.I would have liked to, but I've been forbidden from doing so. Apparently it can crash a server.
All I'm saying is that if you really want an "A League" quality tournament with true competition, it needs to be at least a little exclusive otherwise it will never really be fair to the players signing up.I don't think it's a matter of fairness. I also think our tournaments are just fine in terms of quality.
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ut4_casaI think it would be fine if it shuffled teams at the end/start of every map. I could also try to manually balance the teams better. I did do a couple forceteams in this last tournament but for the most part I just left them as they were. There were a few rounds that could have really benefited from some forceteaming though.
I think it would be fine if it shuffled teams at the end/start of every map. I could also try to manually balance the teams better. I did do a couple forceteams in this last tournament but for the most part I just left them as they were. There were a few rounds that could have really benefited from some forceteaming though.
yea. back when i had my own personal server running for friends or who ever joined the server it would crash every once and a while because i shuffled the teams cause i hate it when there are stacked teams. im not a pro and im not a noob but when when there are pros on one teams and noobs on the other. its rather an annoyance.
I am hoping for an updated io with a cvar to correct shuffle problems. Then we will add that command to the mod.
Well, if not password protected, could you make it so that if a random person connects: If you die from them it doesnt count as a death, and if you kill them it doesn't count as a kill. Only people that are registered.
I think it makes alot of sense to push a C cup winner into B league and a B cup winner into A league for next tournament.
I think it makes alot of sense to push a C cup winner into B league and a B cup winner into A league for next tournament.
I like this idea :)
when is the next 1up cup?
i didnt say i was sexy and btw when is the next tournaament