pacov

jongalt will be taking in1's place.

Renz/Or-chin - YOU NEED TO CHECK IN

http://www.jeesports.com/tournament/participants/5

It's ok - I think we learned we need a slightly longer duration for check in time anyway... all of this is a learning experience.

Zen and I are waiting for

No idea if they are on or around or what.

playing final match of tourney.

Overall things went fine once the tourney got started.

i think phase was prior to the tourney, the whole team set up thing etc...

i shall write few guides about this. here are the few step bu step guides/faqs i have in mind:

1. creating a tournament (i'll describe all form fields etc...)

2. Creating a Clan (straight forward but still)

3. Creating a team and Team Leader capabilities/

4. Joining a Clan / Joining a Team

5. Leaving a Clan / Leaving a Team

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iamKira

Ok, so about this whole system. I think it is great, but requires someone to explain few things (haven't checked forums there, maybe there are explanations on how to form a team, join tournament, how it works, etc). Also about those team formings... At the moment I still don't know, but those people, who form a "clan" should be available earlier as to create a team, because at the last 30 minutes it might be too late OR of course those people could form clans themselves and avoid this thing (lots of 2-3 people clans?  ). This of course leads to delayed check in, which in my opinion is about fine. Maybe it could be available 30 minutes earlier, but I understand it as - I came, and I am ready to play. Coming 2 hours ago or so, even if I at that moment think, I'd be available, later because of something urgent, I may not be available.

Then... NEED TO ADVERTISE THIS MOOOORE!

I saw that just showing a link ("why would I need to type and go to some unknown JeeLounge.com?"), telling about tourney ("what is that? When will it be? How to get in there? How to get a teammate?") is not enough. Especially for other language talking players (got russians in mind, because there are mostly of them, who don't talk English well). Huge thanks to IN1 for writing those steps, because made my life easier in explaining this to someone. however, it's in one of the posts, so not very visible. Maybe people, who already did this, could explain this to new ones, but still, I think it needs to be in the OP (with all details), because when time limit comes... it's not good to try to understand all of this.

I tried ~5 hours before the tournament. To just simply open the host (" Join 2v2 Tourney, chat (no game)" ) and tell people about this. Some may be blinded and ask you to start the game some may ask you how to join the tourney, and you explain this to them. In the end out of this one more team registered (advertised maybe for an hour or two, because my connection still wasn't perfect).

Well anyway. Even though I played a very laggy match and lost it - it was fun

About Renz: it's weird. He pm'ed me 15 minutes before Jon agreed to be my alt... That happened after I checked my team in, I think. Hope everything is fine with him, no force majeure involved.

Regarding the site itself (can comment on this, since I was managing the 'bureaucratic' part). Actually, I think the site works smoothly and is quite intuitive, for the most part. What I didn't like was the strange restricted navigation/double authorization system: separate logging in with the same login/pwd needed to enter JeeSports from JeeLounge. Moreover, after you log into JeeSports, it takes you to your lounge, even if the entry point was tournament's page.

Concerning Russian speaking players: I can post this guide separately + add more info, if Julia thinks there is much interest. I know that Akumrise and Drakon4ik, both very solid players, were interested, but couldn't make it because of family matters. Dreamcatcher wanted to play with EX-Sharigan, who was N/A for some reason, and Lols_SeaWolf was feeling he's not in tourney shape this time  However, all these folks can read English just fine. I've advertised the tourney to every decent Russian-speaking (and non-Russian speaking) player I know, but most of them politely declined the offer due to short notice + time constraints.

What I think must be done next time to increase participation rate/smoothen rough edges:

(1) Fast strictly scheduled tourney is a great idea, as long as potential participants know WHEN EXACTLY it will happen. I know last moment decision regarding Sunday evening (my evening, that is) caught me a bit off guard with virtually no time to adapt to it or even to practice 2v2 with nnnils (which was a shame, since Kira/ppap were interested and online). Since mature people constitute the lion's share of this community, we should take into account the simple fact: real-life commitments (family, work, etc.) will always take precedence over DG, and the only way to mitigate this is by somewhat earlier notice. In other words, "either Fri evening or Sun noon" announced mid-week is not good enough and ultimately confusing. I suppose a tourney announced 10-14 days before it actually happens should be adequate.

(2) A convenient user's guide to JeeSports/JeeLounge must be published on the forums. It's frustrating enough trying to guide 3-4 people simultaneously via in-game pms. I assume Kira & Pacov should document the whole process, after which I shall be able to produce the Russian version of the guide. 

--> the JeeSports login and back to Jeelounge is strange. can you try again and tell me if that is still the case. i cant reproduce this

Sorry, my description was imprecise. What happens is: (1) I try to surf to the tourney page, for example: http://www.jeesports.com/tournament/brackets/5; (2) tourney page is displayed, but I get a JeeSports login screen in the top right corner, regardless of where I came from (even if I'm currently logged into JeeLounge!); (3) as soon as I enter my login/pwd, I'm redirected to the JeeSports main screen with 'PC', 'Playstation', 'XBOX', 'Wii' planets and stuff.

And just a heads up all - you can certainly create another group if you want so that you have more direct control.  For instance, if we have another tourney and I'm not available, then you can just create your own group (or clan) and then invite whoever you want to join you.  From there, you could create your own team and register without requiring assistance from anyone else.  For instance, as I wasn't around when dark was trying to get teamed up with her partner, she chatted with kira, joined his group, and kira assigned them to a team and they could register for the tourney.  As a result, now dark is a part of the groups teamDG and fun for glory. 

Anyway, something to keep in mind.  I envision us all using a parent group, like team dg, but we can all create our own groups for more control, etc.  If we stick with a centralized parent group, then it should be pretty easy for everyone that signs up to join that and that should make things very easy to see who from the dg community is using the site. 

I think the sweet spot for international tourneys will likely be Saturday's around noon est.  I think that probably takes care of many conflicts and for most, its not too late and not too early.  The goal was getting this test tourney up and running asap so we could learn more about the system and see if it will work for us.  I think it will work for us and I know that I, at the very least, learned a lot about the system. 

I'm debating whether or not to have another practice tourney or schedule a real one 2 weeks out or so.  Decisions, decisions.  If we have another practice one, we can increase the exposure and hopefully end up with a nice turn out for the cash prize ones.  In either case, I'll be handling the rules for the first cash 1 and (if we have it) the next practice one for expediency sake.  After that, we'll turn rule making back over to the community and hopefully come up with some nice variety.  At the least, I enjoy allowing for the possibility of doubles in this tourney - and I'm really glad one team gave that a go. 

Glad you are finding work, at the very least

If we have another practice one, we can increase the exposure and hopefully end up with a nice turn out for the cash prize ones.  In either case, I'll be handling the rules for the first cash 1 and (if we have it) the next practice one for expediency sake.  After that, we'll turn rule making back over to the community and hopefully come up with some nice variety.  At the least, I enjoy allowing for the possibility of doubles in this tourney - and I'm really glad one team gave that a go. 

Well, actually I think another practice tourney is a great idea. Maybe a 3v3 practice tourney, this time? Some players replied with: "2v2... Uh..." this time. 3v3 has a generally wider appeal, I think.

Regarding the rules: if we maintain the current set, I feel the hardcore pro players will be more than tempted to go UB+Sed for serious matches, and that's about it. I'm sure that's what Renz/Orcun intended to play (well, mb they wanted to play double Reg, I have no insider info -- just an educated guess on my part ). Now, hypothetically, if Renz and Orcun ready up w/ UB+Sed, what combo do Zen/Pacov go? A rhetorical question. Personally, I think Rook+QoT are a good competitive combo with some huge advantages mid game, but 1 interrupt really hurts them later game, when everyone begins to contest portals. About those doubles: I'd love to play double Sed w/ one of the good Sedna guys, btw. 4 interrupts is l33t during later game phase and you won't be a great serial killer in a skilled 2v2 anyway...

My opinion is for 3v3 we should maintain the 2nd community tourney point-based rules, with one change only: if we are doing Cataract we must assign 4 pts to UB. A number of playable combos with him will be very limited, and that's exactly the point. You want to have an invincible killing machine late game? Np, but risk losing it anyway by having some weak-ass teammates. I understand that will lead to a prominence of Rook-centric, and probably also Oak-centric and Erb-centric combos, but I can see pros playing several comparable combinations, not the good old UB+Sed+Occ every game.

Btw, I am up for another tourney this coming weekend