GCS Tournament Announcement

Jump back to quoted post16 Mar 2017, 20:30 PMAmiPolizeiFunk

I don't think you understand how easy it is for good players to get high spots on the ladder in relatively few games. And why would you want to keep anybody out? You want the best players, and as many of them as possible. Comments like yours just trigger me, sorry.

Using the ladder is an interesting way to get people to play in automatch. I think it's a weird way to quali for a tourney, sinces ladder-ranks can be manipulated pretty easily, but I understand that it's a method of getting people to play ranked. I'm curious to see how that part works out.

Jump back to quoted post17 Mar 2017, 10:22 AMDangerous-Cloth

The ladder is certainly an interesting way. I am also looking forward to see how it plays out. Yet you are a bit wrong about that being hard to get on high places in a relatively few games. Aimstrong was back for one day and he had his rank 4 brits back, the ranking system is a bit flawed in that respect.

The only point I am making is that yes we want the best players, but we also want the best players that actually regularly play this game and don´t just come back when there is some money to be made.

Jump back to quoted post17 Mar 2017, 00:08 AMDevM

No offense to you either but that idea is stupid as hell. Why would the fact that a player only plays two factions be a reason for him not to enter the tourney, if that player thinks that gives better chances to win then let the player do it. Honestly everytime I hear people crying over me and aimstrong (not sure if this comment is towards me and him but Ill assume so) I can't help but think how low some people on this community sometimes are. A tourney is a place for high level play not the favorite streamers to win.

Jump back to quoted post16 Mar 2017, 20:30 PMAmiPolizeiFunk

Using the ladder is an interesting way to get people to play in automatch. I think it's a weird way to quali for a tourney, sinces ladder-ranks can be manipulated pretty easily,

Jump back to quoted post17 Mar 2017, 17:56 PMAmiPolizeiFunk

I appreciate the intention of spurring ladder activity, but I can also see very simple ways that this "qualification method" can be abused crazily.

Jump back to quoted post17 Mar 2017, 18:04 PMAmiPolizeiFunk

Just think big and plan for worst-case-scenarios.

Here's one.

Say two guys and their 30 friends decide to stack the ladders. These two guys play a dozen or so games on 15 of their friends accounts. They go through the whole process... register, let the friends pretend to be participants, etc. Then on money day, the friends simply throw the games to the actual players. It would be a super easy no-brain way to block many legitimate players from getting in.

Jump back to quoted post17 Mar 2017, 18:04 PMAmiPolizeiFunk

Just think big and plan for worst-case-scenarios.

Here's one.

Say two guys and their 30 friends decide to stack the ladders. These two guys play a dozen or so games on 15 of their friends accounts each. They go through the whole process... register, let the friends pretend to be participants, etc. Then on money day, the friends simply throw the games to the actual players. It would be a super easy no-brain way to block many legitimate players from getting in.

Jump back to quoted post16 Mar 2017, 19:20 PMDangerous-Cloth

...each player that wants to participate should have a very high ladder rank with each faction?

Jump back to quoted post18 Mar 2017, 14:29 PMferwiner

@A_E Did you already announce the final time and place of the live final in case we go over the last strech goal? If not, when can we expect that kind of information?

Jump back to quoted post18 Mar 2017, 15:36 PMA_E

The reason I have no specifics on stuff like that right now is because I'm in talks with venues, sponsors and esports companies (who I'm very suspicious of and one thing I can guarantee to people the community aspect of the tournament will not be lost sight of, ever.)

Which you can appreciate takes time. Probably have something to announce by the end of next week, especially if we end up going my preferred route of do-it-yourself.

Jump back to quoted post19 Mar 2017, 19:09 PMaerafield

Btw how does the hierarchy of the qualifiaction exactly work?

For example, someone who only plays 2 factions (1 axe, 1 allie faction) but is #1 with them is better than someone who is lets say #1 with 1 faction and top 5 with all 4 others???

Jump back to quoted post19 Mar 2017, 19:09 PMaerafield

Btw how does the hierarchy of the qualifiaction exactly work?

For example, someone who only plays 2 factions (1 axe, 1 allie faction) but is #1 with them is better than someone who is lets say #1 with 1 faction and top 5 with all 4 others???