Profile of somenbjorn

Much Rawr to you all.


I've noticed in several threads that there seem to be plenty of people who are looking to play games via ESL but have found that the skill level seems too high, putting players off from participating and that a better system for fair games would be a good thing.

I think we all also know that good fair balanced games is few and far between at times in the automatch. And that the in-game automatch system is lacking in a few areas. People leaving can mess up your own stats in random searches and such things.


Introducing ESL Versus I think might introduce a positive change on both improved games overall and allow people to participate in E-Sports events against players of your own caliber. A way in to your #Esports Career.

So what is Versus?

It is ESL's own integrated system for Ranked matches, and it is in use in a large number of games on ESL already. It was designed as a way to bridge the gap between "just playing" and playing in a competitive ladder.

I believe that this system can be the key to getting more people into playing #E-sports. Making sure everyone is able to compete with players of their own caliber, when they want it and more times that just that one game a week you are Roflstomped by a much higher ranked player.

It also would automate away most of the hassle of being part of a ladder. Such as trying to find your opponents for that week, trying to get a timeslot that works etc. Just jump on and have a look for some dank games!


Now how about those pesky annoying leavers, won't they still be an issue?
Well sure they will still leave/be AFK. However you can mark these people as leavers and if the remaining players in the match mark that person a "leaver" after the match, the shorthanded team will not have a decrease in points due to loosing.
Loosing a 3v3 because that one guy ran his blob of death into a Panzerwerfer strike and then rage-quitted? No problem, you won't loose score over it.

Naturally Report functions exist for other infractions as well.


You can read a full FAQ of the more practical side of things here!

So is this something the CoH2 community would be interested in having, or am I way off the mark?

Somenbjorn
Speaking as Staff for ESL Europe CoH2

News flash.

Starting Sunday ESL will no longer allow regional mixing. So if you are living and Europe and have signed up to North America please make sure you adjust accordingly.

South America - NA
Middle East -Europe
Africa - Europe
Oceania - NA
East Asia - Europe

Good luck with the games!

News will be up on ESL tomorrow.

"The next day we fly a sortie over Stalingrad, where approximately two thirds of the city is in German hands. It is true the Soviets hold only one third, but this third is being defended with an almost religious fanaticism. Stalingrad is Stalin’s city and Stalin is the god of these young Kirgises , Usbeks, Tartars, Turkmenians and other Mongols. They are hanging on like grim death to every scrap of rubble, they lurk behind every remnant of a wall. For their Stalin they are a guard of fire-breathing war-beasts, and when the beasts falter, well-aimed revolver shots from their political commissars nail them, in one way or the other, to the ground they are defending. These Asiatic pupils of integral communism, and the political commissars standing at their backs, are destined to force Germany, and the whole world with her, to abandon the comfortable belief that communism is a political creed like so many others . Instead they are to prove to us first, and finally to all nations, that they are the disciples of a new gospel. And so Stalingrad is to become the Bethlehem of our century. But a Bethlehem of war and hatred, annihilation and destruction."
Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Stuka Pilot

Jebus fuck if that was interesting. Do you have a reference to where you got it? It basically sums up German racial policy in a nice way. Thanks!

A little update to the price pool Source



Now there is no excuse not to play!

If I remember correctly from several tournaments he really doesn't speak that much english. So it isn't strange he doesn't post on an english language forum.

Truth be told there are plenty of english speaking people who unfortunately doesn't seem to have found their way to coh2.org