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TF2 GAF Spring Tournament - WIN MY $$$

SexConker

Banned
SPRING 2008 - Team [HLRY] vs Team [OBMA]!

*30 warriors have thus far committed themselves to the fight.

*Points are distributed via the standard end-of-map tally. If a map ends, and the score is Red 6, Blu 4, the red team gets 6 points and the blue team gets 4. Point totals carry throughout the season!

*Dates and times are tentative. Times are PDT. When times are more finalized, I will post some sort of official time link thingy.

*Server details are here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=10041951


Round 1 - Saturday, March 29th:
Hydro, Gravel Pit, Granary, 12:00 Noon - 2:00 PM

Round 2 - Sunday, March 30th:
Dustbowl, Well (CP), Badlands, 12:00 Noon - 2:00 PM

Round 3 - Saturday, April 5th:
Gravelpit, Dustbowl, Hydro, 12:00 Noon - 2:00 PM

Round 4 - Sunday, April 6th:
A 3 round gauntlet (3 full map rounds) of Goldrush (It'll be out - this is GAF and I believe!).
Goldrush, 12:00 Noon - 2:00 PM



The Prizes
After the Goldrush round, 4 honorable mention prizes of $25 (Amazon Gift Certificates) will be awarded.

Did someone get an amazing save? Was there someone who just sucked real hard, but was able to keep your team together via voice chat? Did you get your ass kicked so thoroughly by someone you want to show your respect?

Both teams will be able to vote for honorable mention, among anyone from both teams. You get 4 votes, and the 4 highest honorable mentions will each get $25. If there are ties for honorable mention runoff elections will be held to decide the winners. If you don't want the money, take it and buy a toy for Child's Play or something.

While I will be competing in the tournament, I will not be eligible for any of the prize money.


The Teams

People in bold need to send me their SteamID or Steam display name (I need both!). The Steam ID can be found by joining a server, hitting ~ to open the console (you may have to enable this in the advanced key config menu), and then typing status.

Teams may only differ by 1 player. Team members may cross over for balance.

[HLRY]

Vultureparade - Preferred Class: Soldier
Ysiadmihi (KakTheInfected) - Preferred Class: Demoman
Akia - Preferred Class: Soldier/Spy
Teknoman - Preferred Class: ?
LouieGeetoo - Preferred Class: Engineer/Spy
Visualante - Preferred Class: Most
Crushed - Preferred Class: Pyro
Capndrake - Preferred Class: Sniper
No Means Nomad - Preferred Class: Engineer
Iadien - Preferred Class: Demoman
WhatRuOn (Cheeto) - Preferred Class: ?
YakiSOBA - Preferred Class: ?
omgimaninja (puyo) - Preferred Class: Medic
trh (cell) - Preferred Class: Soldier

Rakka (rakka) - Preferred Class: Heavy - A NEW CHALLENGER APPROACHES

[OBMA]

Confidence Man - Preferred Class: ?
Doytch - Preferred Class: ?
Firestorm - Preferred Class: Medic
Javaman - Preferred Class: Engineer
Bunny - Preferred Class: Demoman/Soldier
TheOneGuy (twig) - Preferred Class: Soldier/Demoman
NakedSushi - Preferred Class: Engineer/Medic
SexConker (bw_bloodletter) - Preferred Class: Scout/Heavy (This is me!)
PillowKnight - Preferred Class: Medic
Davidion - Preferred Class: Soldier/Medic
PotatoeMasher (Lukeman) - Preferred Class: Engineer
1-D_FTW - Preferred Class: ?
Zero - Preferred Class?
Kifimbo - Preferred Class?

Anjin - Preferred Class: ? - A NEW CHALLENGER APPROACHES

Alts / Subs
Fallengorn






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CASH MONEY ROUND
Do you have gold fever? Do you want MY money? Come get it, bitches.

The team with the most points at the end of this round will be eligible to take home CASH MONEY. The team with the most points will vote for their team's MVP (1 vote).

The MVP of the winning team will receive $100. The runner up will receive $50. (Amazon gift certificates, US dollars).
Ties: If 2 or 3 people are tied for MVP, they will each receive 75 or 50 dollars, respectively. No runner up will be awarded. If 2 people are tied for runner up, they will each receive $25.

If there is a tie among teams(two, three, or four teams tied for first), all teams tied for first get the same $150 prize (and vote for MVP as above)!




If Team A only has 10 people, Team B can use 11. If Team A only has 6 people, Team B can use 7. It is to your advantage to schedule your time and organize with your team. You may substitute your other team members in the middle of a match for scheduling issues.

Teams are in charge of assigning who will play and who will be backups and who will swap out. If Team A has a bunch of no shows, Team B will have to pull people out and swap them in as the team sees fit.
After all, it is your team members who will be voting for MVP, should you be victorious.


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Due to the low number of players, (only 2 teams now) and the general lack of interest in cash money prizes (mind = blown), I'll just be doing the honorable mention prizes. This will allow people to cross teams to fill spots, if necessary, and keep everything a bit more casual.

My goal is to see this thing through and, hopefully, organize a tournament every few months.
 

SexConker

Banned
How so?
I could end up paying $700 if there's a 4 way tie for first place.

If you think I'll run away and not pay up, well, I don't blame you - this IS the internet.
But I donated $50 to Icy's server, and kept good on that.
I paid $78 or something for this server Saturday night.

I'm not some bum, and I'm not an ass who would dangle fruit in front of people to get attention.

I do have the money to do this. Admittedly, I'm not planning on dishing out $700. I'm betting it'll be just one team at the top for a $150 + $100 payout. But I AM prepared to pay $700, plus next months server fees.

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There's the 4x$25 for the honorable mentions.
Cant order the MVP/runner up awards yet because they may be split by ties.
 

SexConker

Banned
PM me your Steam ID (I know I already have it for the reserved slot - but it looked like you had 1 too many digits maybe, can you double check?)

Also - Firestorm is your steam name as well, yes?
 

SexConker

Banned
Teknoman said:
I think i'll hop in on this one. PMing info now. Wonder how far this will go.

If the tournament takes a colossal shit and dies I will still award the prizes based on whatever info I can get (standings, votes from team members, etc).
 

1-D_FTW

Member
Yeah. I won the last tournament. When people were predicting which team would win, I bet my "money" on there not being a winner, and shockingly, I won.

I don't see this working. Admire your effort (Like I admired Puyo and Javas last time) though.
 

Crushed

Fry Daddy
$$$ you say?

I am interested. :D



EDIT: I just realized, that as of yesterday, I have been a member of Steam for 4 years.
 
:lol Well, the last tournament would have worked had Icy's team not fucked it up. EAD vs CUBE was both awesome and fun.

I don't have a preferred class but if it's a requirement sign me up as medic. If possible, sign up my cousin Zero as scout.
 

Ysiadmihi

Banned
12/13 people per team is really out of reach, at least if we're counting people who will actually show up.

At most we'll probably get 4 teams of 5-6 : /
 

1-D_FTW

Member
Won said:
I don't like the $$$ idea. I play for fun, not for money! Also weak dollar is lol.

I don't like the $$$ idea either. If I'm on the winning team, I'm definitely not gonna accept it.

I guess that means I'm gonna give it another shot. But I still bet on the tournament never finishing.
 

fallengorn

Bitches love smiley faces
I'll sit this one out, mostly out of conflicting schedules. Wouldn't mind being an alternate though, if people need help filling spots for a match or two.

Anyway best of luck to everyone... especially Java's team. :lol
 

SexConker

Banned
For people who don't like the $$$ idea, why not donate to Child's Play or something?
Also, if you don't want the money, you don't have to take it - it can go to the next in line.

No, you don't need a preferred class.
Yes, I realize that people won't show up but that's unavoidable.

Remember to PM me your info to sign up.
Steam Name and Steam ID.
 

Iadien

Guarantee I'm going to screw up this post? Yeah.
Donating the money instead sounds good.

I'll play if this tournament is going to be taken seriously this time.
 

SexConker

Banned
As for non GAFfers (someone mentioned their cousin), I'd like to minimize that.
A few would be fine as long as they're reliable and can be reached for voting.

As for prizes - if a winner wants to donate the $, that's great.
 

1-D_FTW

Member
I always thought Zero was a member of Gaf.

Jacobi said:

When people were predicting which team would win, I predicted the tourney would flame out. Hence, I won. Or we all lost.
 

Firestorm

Member
SexConker said:
PM me your Steam ID (I know I already have it for the reserved slot - but it looked like you had 1 too many digits maybe, can you double check?)

Also - Firestorm is your steam name as well, yes?

I'll double check today. It might be because my account is new? I lost all the info to my old one and couldn't retrieve it so when I bought Orange Box I created one again. Steam Account name is , the name I use in-game is Firestorm.
 

SexConker

Banned
Edit that out!
Just need to know your display name and steam ID - not your login name.
That's semi-sensitive info (though most people do have it set to the same for both).
 

SexConker

Banned
I don't think I'll limit classes unless it becomes ridiculous.

As annoying as turtling engineers, 8 demo men, or all spies can be, a bit of communication can usally destroy those "tactics".
 
SexConker said:
I don't think I'll limit classes unless it becomes ridiculous.

As annoying as turtling engineers, 8 demo men, or all spies can be, a bit of communication can usally destroy those "tactics".
I approve of this, consider limiting medics though. Otherwise you'll have teams with 1:1 member medic ratio. Which is actually effective when you consider five consecutive ubers.

Zero is very reliable, and he's a GAF TF2 regular, i'm sure most of you know him. I'll PM you my steam ID and his soon.
 

Javaman

Member
Woohoo! You can count me in, although I'd rather the prize money go towards keeping the server up.

Javaman=Eng (who would have guessed)
 

Twig

Banned
Yeah I'll do it! Probably as soldier. Maybe as demoman, if the need arises, but I'm definitely better as soldier.
Capndrake said:
Hey, no fair, I want to be on Javaman's team too.
Is there anyone who doesn't?
 

Bunny

Member
holy shit, i want in if it's possible.

my steam ID is Bunny. i play demoman, but i can go soldier too.
 

SexConker

Banned
Awesome - 19 people already.
(20 once I get Zero's info.)

If you know any other Gaffers (on Steam the group is huge) who might be interested, let them know.

OR: Mods - can this be moved to the gaming forum for a day or two so it gets exposure?

Also - when I say Steam ID, I mean the thing that looks like
Steam_0:x:xxxxxxx

Hop on a server, open the console (~, you may have to enable it in the advanced key config options) and then type status and hit enter.

I need your Steam ID to give you a reserved slot and such.

-Your log in name is what you type into steam when you log in to your account. Don't give me this.
-Your display name is what you and I see in game - for me, it's [CUBE]bw_bloodletter.
-Your Steam ID is what you see when you type status into the console.
 
I think you already have my Steam ID, and I'll play in the tourney as well.

Preferred class is Engi, although I've been trying to diversify as a Spy and Demo as well.
 

SexConker

Banned
If you guys have map suggestions for the tourney, let me know.
I've moved the download redirection to my university so it's faster now.

We need more people, too.
If we can't get more, I may have to do just 2 teams.
 

Teknoman

Member
I'll get you my info tomorrow. I know I said i'd get on that immediatly, but this Finite Math exam demands my attention.
 

Davidion

Member
Oh crap, Kak's here. Welcome to the fray.

I was wondering who this new guy is who's all over demos. :lol

That (ever so lovable) schmuck practically single-handedly held off my team including Java on Dustbowl point 3 the other night on a 5vs5 game. Not that I'm bitter. :lol

Oh and uh, dibs. :lol


Conker, I sent you my info, I'm in.
 

Bunny

Member
Davidion said:
Oh crap, Kak's here. Welcome to the fray.

I was wondering who this new guy is who's all over demos. :lol

That (ever so lovable) schmuck practically single-handedly held off my team including Java on Dustbowl point 3 the other night on a 5vs5 game. Not that I'm bitter. :lol

Oh and uh, dibs. :lol


Conker, I sent you my info, I'm in.

kak really is a force to be reckoned with, but i can take him
i think
 
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