The 2nd Demigod Community Tournament - Rules and Registration

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The 2nd Demigod Community Tournament - Rules and Registration

Pacov's Last Stand

Welcome to the 2nd Demigod community tournament (Pacov's Last Stand) - rules and registration thread!

UPDATE 1: The scheduling thread has been opened. Please head over there and post when you are available to play: http://forums.impulsedriven.com/399006

UPDATE 2: A new version of uberfix is available AND is required for the tournament. Please see here and download/install: http://forums.demigodthegame.com/399037

UPDATE 3: The RESULTS thread has been opened. Please head over there to track your wins/losses/replays: http://forums.demigodthegame.com/399047

Update 4: Registration is now closed. Alternates are still allowed, but no new teams will be allowed to register at this point.

Update 5: Added ventrilo (voice chat) server information for those of you that would like to use voice chat. It also helps in finding people that are ready to play their matches!

Update 6: The replay commentaries/discussions thread has been opened: http://forums.demigodthegame.com/399150. Check this thread out for news on live streaming events during the tournament along with commentaries and video for some of the games in this tournament!

This thread will cover all of the relevant rules and registration information. Please see below for all of the details.

The tournament began on 10/16/2010. Please be aware that this tournament will not begin and end on 10/16/2010. It will actually take several weeks to complete.

Background

In April 2010, we started our first community demigod tournament. The tournament was 2v2 and certain demigod selections were restricted. The tourney carried a crash prize donated by people in the community and was won by the two man team of zen_god and King_of_thorns. For more details on that tourney, read up here: (http://forums.demigodthegame.com/380837).

Tournament Format

The tournament will be played as a 3v3 round robin tournament. Round robin simply means that there is no elimination outside of disqualification. Your team will play each and every team.
Each match in the tournament will consist of 3 total games.
We will track every win and loss. The team with the most wins is the winner of the round robin portion of our tournament.
After the round robin has concluded, the top 4 teams will battle it out elimination style in the best 2 out of 3 games.

Tournament Rules

All matches will be played on cataract with default settings (the only exceptions being AI HP on Very High and AI Gold/XP on low).
Each team will play 1 round on the light side, then 1 round on the dark side. In the 3rd round, if each team has 1 win, the team that had the fastest win in game 1 or 2 gets to pick the side they want to be on. If one team already has 2 wins, the team with no wins gets to pick the side they want to be on (keep in mind the following rule).
The team that is on the dark side must pick their characters and ready up first. Then the team on the light side gets to pick and the dark side does not have a chance to adjust their characters.
Players using oak may not use spirits to perform a citadel rush. Any player doing this will have their entire team disqualified for that game giving a win to the opposing team. If you don't know what this terminology means, odds are you aren't citadel rushing with spirits.
Players MUST form their own teams
One player from each game must report their stats in. We will open up a tournament stat tracking thread after the tournament begins.
To track your wins, you must do the following - post the replay at gamereplays.org. If you have issues with gamereplays, upload the file to rapid share and provide us with a link. One player from the winning team should do this for each and every match.
Each team must complete a minimum of 2 matches (6 games) per week. If there are extenuating circumstances, then the decision making panel will review them. Failure to complete 2 matches per week will result in a disqualification for your team.
ALL teams are required to use the version of the uberfix mod here: http://forums.demigodthegame.com/399037

Alternates

Each team is allowed to have exactly 1 alternate
The alternate must not be participating in the tournament (either directly registered for the tournament or on a duplicate account). If it is discovered that the alternate is a player that is already in the tournament, but using a different account, all of those matches will be forfeited.
The same alternate cannot be used by multiple teams
If a team wins a cash prize with an alternate on their team, that team must determine how they will handle the prize money. The decision making panel has nothing to do with how you choose to split up the money.

Prize

There will be a cash prize > $600. Jongalt will be handling the collection of the money for this tournament. We are discussing the prize money in this linked thread: http://forums.demigodthegame.com/398009. We appreciate any contributions to the prize. YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PAY TO PLAY IN THIS TOURNEY.

Here is how we will be splitting the winnings from the pot:

10% goes to the team that wins the round robin
50% of the balance goes to the winner of the playoffs
25% of the balance goes to the 2nd place winner of the playoffs
15% of the balance goes to the 3rd place winner of the playoffs
Participation raffle - 1 player from a team that has completed all of their games in the tournament will be entered into a random drawing after the tournament ends. That player will receive a prize of $30 as incentive for finishing the tournament. This money will be taken from the total cash pot before any other money is distributed by percentage. Any player that has won a cash prize is NOT eligible for the participation raffle.

Demigod Selection

Each 3 man team must use the following formula to make their Demigod character selections based on a 7 point maximum. Be aware that no duplicate demigods are permitted on the same team. This means you cannot choose random.

Demon Assassin/Regulus - 1 point
Oculus/Queen of Thorns/Senda/Torch Bearer - 2 points
Lord Erebus/Oak/Rook/Unclean Beast - 3 points

Tournament Time Zone

The official time zone of the tournament is set for EST US time. Players that are outside of that timezone are certainly welcome to play. However, if there are significant scheduling difficulties due to players unable meet at the same time, the team furthest outside of the EST zone will most likely be disqualified or forfeit that match. This rule does not excuse folks in the EST zone from any responsibility. All parties in this tournament should endeavor to schedule their matches with other teams and try to be as flexible as possible.

Decision Making Panel

This tournament will be governed by a decision making panel consisting of pacov, McShane, hedgie with Jongalt as an alternate. The panel's purpose is as follows:

Review any scheduling issues and making the final decisions with regards to disqualification.
Reviewing replays as required (crashes and desyncs)
Resolving any disputes that arise

The panel's decision on all matters will be the final word for this tournament. And last, the members of the decision making panel will not make any decisions on the games they are playing in. We didn't have a panel in place for the first tournament and that was a mistake.

How will we handle crashes

If there is a game crash, the players involved in that match should see if they can come to a consensus on the probable outcome of the match. If there is no clear winner, the 2 teams should replay the match using the exact same demigods and sides (light/dark). If there was a clear winner at that point in the game, then that team should be awarded the win. If the 2 teams disagree on the outcome, then the decision making panel will review the replay of the match and render a decision. Be aware that the decision making panel must agree that a specific team was going to win or the results will be thrown out and the match redone. Please be thoughtful if you want the panel to review a match.

How we will handle invalid game states

The lastgamereplay file is still created in the event of an invalid game state, so it is still possible to review the results of a match. In the event of an invalid game state, players should attempt to resolve the issue exactly the same way as game crashes. If you believe foul play occurred, submit the replay along with any screen shots, etc, as evidence and the decision making panel will review. If there is a CLEAR consensus that a team is willingly triggering invalid game states, that team will be disqualified after a thorough review of the facts and will no longer be able to participate in the tournament. If your game does crash, it might be advisable to take a screen shot of the crash as proof. Be aware that we know invalid game states can occur without any sort of foul play, so please be mindful when submitting requests for review.

Current Teams:

Soccermom, OMG_Zex, pacov
Orcun, McShane, Defender
beastmode, generalG, stiffyG
IamKira, Mith, Zen_God
bad daddy/chiefy/trousersnake
jongalt/OMG_nomilarac/thundercles
rwcupcrazy/pwnage_69/nojokes
Iz_, Darz4, Darkliath
Anneliese_the_Beserk/Udo_Juergins/Don_Doen
Eltimes/Lols_SeaWolf/DreamCatcher
OMG_jona__/4nana/kalel
Nacelle, VulturePwns, LoCoJoK3R
RobertMunch/FC-FuneralPortrait/DeadDemi
Commando51, Rezzan, and T-Schert
arkANG3L, swordguyj, and Firefromthesky
brasher01/brokenstrong/beckad1(prozombe)
Maxsteel32/Sebacoyl/Stilr
Mortora/Nate_the_Great1992/SD_Zebrafox
Bartleby/aberrator/nnnils\
tsk-mandingo/ruiprsg_/kobzos

Registered Alternates:

Please be aware that other players are elligible to be an alternate based on the rules outlined in the alternates section. I've simply left this list here so teams will know at least a few of the players that might be available as alternates.

busdude
doggu
gl-Spectre
johnkout7
jorune2112
Kiamori
OmicronLyrae
Ouch-That-Hurts
Renfri
Rocchinho
Taharos
volen20

For any of you that would like to use it, we have a public ventrilo (voice chat) server that you are welcome to use for the tournament. Even if you don't have a microphone, if only 1 person on your team does, it can be very useful to use voice chat (at least 11 of the registered teams will be using voice chat. Why not you too?

Here's all of the info you need to get started:

Here is where you can download the client (its free): http://www.ventrilo.com/download.php

Here are instructions on how to use ventrilo to connect to a server: http://www.ventrilo.com/setup.php

And here's the needed server info:

Server Name: Lagwar's Ventrilo Server
Hostname: oxygen.typefrag.com
Port: 50216

I have created some password protected channels for those of you that would like to use the server. Scroll down until you see channel Oh My Demigod. You will then see tournament channel 1/2/3. The password for these channels are demigod. Let me know if you have any questions.

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Orcun-

Quoting GM-MAGNUS333,

reply 551

who is defender and why did he steal my spot?

some new guy that is not occlusnuts ^^

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pacov

Join Date 02/2008

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Quoting BadDaddy8,

reply 549

I think participation raffle is a great incentive to keep the tourney going. I hope even teams that expect to win part of the pot will see that, and hopefully more players means more money for the pot.

That said, I need to put my money where my mouth is and pony up for the pot. You can put me down as a paying participant.

I don't really care how the pot is split.

Thanks, BadDaddy. Please throw a response up here as Jon is handling the money for the tourney - he'll give you the paypal info you need to submit a payment - http://forums.demigodthegame.com/398009.

you can add me to the tourney.

Sure thing, Kiamori. Adding you now.

so.. it's a little over a week away and 15 people still haven't formed a team. Are you planning on doing the same thing as last tourney where you just form random teams of those people (and have most of them drop out) ?

Nope - not this time. If you don't have a team sorted by the date registration is closed, you are out.

Either way.. if you don't have a team yet, get in contact with other people who don't have a team and make one. There is only a little over 1 week until registration is over!

Agreed.

If you haven't seen it already, SD had posted news about the tournament and Demigod's $5.99 sale on their main page here: http://islanddog.impulsedriven.net/article/398500/Demigod_for_599. They have also started sending out email batches to registered users of SD products, etc, so we are going to see some additional exposure.

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Holy Crap Another Tournament? Man I have wanted one but sadly I have not been playing DG gonna have to get back on the horse. So yeah sign me up. Will probably get sebacoyl to play so i'm guessing im gonna need to find a third.

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If you haven't seen it already, SD had posted news about the tournament and Demigod's $5.99 sale on their main page here: http://islanddog.impulsedriven.net/article/398500/Demigod_for_599.

http://islanddog.impulsedriven.net/article/398500/Demigod_for_599 without the "." in case some people have trouble opening this link

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pacov

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Quoting Maxsteel32,

reply 556

Great guys. I'll add you to the list in the meantime. Once you form a team, just let me know and I'll add it here.

-- And thanks zen.

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Could you please sign me up as well? I have been playing since beta and was int he 1st tourny, but this is my 2nd account. Used to be known as prozombe. I will see about getting a team, but don't regulary talk with anyone. Please feel free to contact me if need a team or another member. Will send money when I can confirm who is team.

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pacov

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wb prozombe. I'll add you to the list.

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I would like to Register

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awuffleablehedgie

Join Date 04/2009

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So the email did say that the top three teams get a cash prize, so make sure that they do 8D

I'll reiterate that I think that the pot should be spit as follows:

20% for winning the Round Robin part

40% for placing 1st in the final bracket

30% for placing 2nd in the final bracket

10% for placing 3rd in the final bracket

Another possibility is that you just pull $20 out of the bracket and that goes to a random individual out of all the teams that did not place in the final bracket and play all their games. So if we have 14 teams, 4 teams drop out, then 4 go to the final bracket, we have 6 teams left. The 18 players that are composed of this are entered into a random draw and whoever is chosen wins the $20 :shrug: If you really wanted you could make it only include the people who paid the $10 to play.

Just an idea, but I do think some sort of random or small "participation" prize could be good for all people who finish, as a promotion.

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awuffleablehedgie

Join Date 04/2009

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oh-em-gee I wanna play with the person with the pink fox ~~~

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Quoting OMG_Jongalt26,

reply 479

Gentlemen,

Pot Split
There should absolutely be a percentage of the pot to go to the 3rd place team to make coming in 3rd place worthy of fighting for.

The anticipated pot is currently $700 so I will use this as a basis for my suggested break downs:

Pot Split 1

$90 goes to the team that wins the round robin

50% of the balance goes to the winner of the playoffs ($305 for the team, $101.66 ea.)

30% of the balance goes to the 2nd place winner of the playoffs ($183 for the team, $61 ea)

20% of the balance goes to the 3rd place winner of the playoffs ($122 for the team, $40.66 ea.)

Pot Split 2

10% goes to the team that wins the round robin ($70)

50% of the balance goes to the winner of the playoffs ($315 for the team, $105 ea.)

25% of the balance goes to the 2nd place winner of the playoffs ($157.5 for the team, $52.5 ea)

15% of the balance goes to the 3rd place winner of the playoffs ($94.5 for the team, $31.50 ea.)

Pot Split 3

$90 goes to the team that wins the round robin

55% of the balance goes to the winner of the playoffs ($335.5 for the team, $111.83 ea.)

30% of the balance goes to the 2nd place winner of the playoffs ($183 for the team, $61 ea)

15% of the balance goes to the 3rd place winner of the playoffs ($91.5 for the team, $30.50 ea.)

Pot Split 4

10% goes to the team that wins the round robin ($70)

50% of the balance goes to the winner of the playoffs ($315 for the team, $105 ea.)

40% of the balance goes to the 2nd place winner of the playoffs ($252 for the team, $84 ea)

Pot Split 2 for me please.

Perhaps for the participation raffle anything received over $700 ($75 max. or $60 or something) can go to the raffle?

Just to clarify if $775 is received then $700 for the pots, $75 for the raffle. If $800 is received then $725 for the pot $75 for the raffle.

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pacov

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Quoting SD_Zebrafox,

reply 561

I would like to Register

Consider it done. I've added you to the roster, but you will still need to form your own team. Thanks!

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anyone know how to get ahold of omnicronlyrea

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pacov

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Quoting OMG_Jona,

reply 566

anyone know how to get ahold of omnicronlyrea

I've only seen him on vent from time to time. I'd try sending him a pm on the forum here if possible. I'll tell him you are looking for him if I see him on vent though.

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check FB Jona.

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Please add me! I loooooooooooooooooove comunity events like this I am fairly good at this kind of game, so I would like a chance to show my stuff. (not in that way!)

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pacov

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Quoting Taharos,

reply 569

Please add me! I loooooooooooooooooove comunity events like this I am fairly good at this kind of game, so I would like a chance to show my stuff. (not in that way!)

Heh - ok - you are added to the registrants. Just keep in mind that you need to form your own 3 man team, so please check in with the other folks that have registered and see if you can get a squad together.

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Quoting Taharos,

reply 569

I would like a chance to show my stuff. (not in that way!)

lol^^

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Quoting beckad1,

reply 559

Welcome back, prozombe.

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Quoting Maxsteel32,

reply 556

if you don't kill me atleast 8 times maxsteel I will be incredibly disappointed.

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hahaha Zex. I have played maybe a total of 3 games in the past month . Also I see your team its pretty nice, but I will try. Gonna have to find a team first.Hey Which one of you guys on the list that does not have a team yet can carry 2 other guys to a win while making yours truly look like the master? (yeah I want that guy for my team)

Actually we just need someone who can play a good tier 1 Gen

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pacov

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gotta call it a night - could someone recap the current votes and options for the payout? Please factor in the participation prize also (either for a team or 1 person). Thanks! Talk to you folks tomorrow morning!

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New team:

Me 4nana and awuffablehedgie

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Quoting OMG_Jona,

reply 576

New team:

Me 4nana and awuffablehedgie

sweet

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What's the competion like? Is this mostly top level players, or is there a mix of skill levels? My sons and I play Demigod at LAN parties and destroy everyone there, but we don't consider ourselves GOOD compared to the pros. They've been playing all kinds of League of Legends lately. When I mentioned tournament, they said they wouldn't mind going back playing Demigod, but didn't want to be on loosing end of every single battle. Lastly, will we have any problems playing from the same IP?

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