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DJRob
04 Jul 2005, 23:43
Right guys - Tournament begins Sunday - although a few map updates will made by friday and a few insy bitty rule changes too - but we need to start organizing the first set of matches.

I am going to open four threads - you will see each of them appear soon - Onslaught, Team Deathmatch, Bombing run and Capture the flag. Please keep these forums stricly for tournament follow ups - and use this thread to discuss them - the match - or anything else. Flaming and discussion in them might make appropriate Clan's miss their calls to play.

Keep looking at these forums - as when your match is called - it means you need to place in your negotiations with a date/time to play your match with the team you are called for.

I will call two matches at a time, we'll finish first the 1/16 and 1/8 sections. once complete we will move to 1/4 then 1/2 and then final. This applies to the double elimation too.

Admins available - please contribute in those threads whether you will be available for the match - I'll need the replays and the screenshot for each game. I would suggest the Clan's asking the Admins when they will be available and try and fit their schedules in - if I can get Admin rights - and someone can explain to me how to get the server recording - that would help as I will plan to be available as much as possible.

Also TheProven - I'm told you can help me with Admin access - this would be great if you can - so that I can make myself available for these matches where there are no admins especially.

I think the date/time negotion should be as follows.

Here is an Example:
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Clan A and Clan B agree Tues 12 July 21:00.

Admin must be present - and record the matches and send those to to me please, also please send the screenshots - please send them to tourney@gamemasters.co.za - no admin - no recording - then the match must be played at another time. I will need every recording incase there are problems. Also I need the screenshots as I will need to update the tourney quickly after the match.

If the admin is available, Clan A and Clan B will then meet at the agreed server at 21:00. they may warmup together for no longer than 30min. but by 21:30 - the match must begin - if a Clan is short players - a postponement will only be accepted once per match - the second time the Clan will have to play handicapped. Technical problems will be acceptable (from the server side) - but for the Clans, if all is right please don't start later than 30min after the meeting time. This would be unfair to both Clans playing their match. Please guys - make sure all your members arrive on time - it will make this tourney move smoother.

A total of three games must be played in the match. The maplist as on our website - must be played (in any order - please see the maplist - it is self explanatory) - each game must last 20min (Ons will be 15Min per match) - which means the average time for the tournament match should be an 1 hour or less. Play all three maps - even if the first two are won by one Clan - as every game counts as a point to your overall score.

At the end of the match - the admin will send me the replay and screenshots - and I will post the results and call the next match... and so on.

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If any one is not sure what I mean above (as I am terribly with grammer and spelling) please ask me questions.

Thanks

Terror
05 Jul 2005, 00:44
cool beans, cant wait.

DJRob
05 Jul 2005, 07:32
Guys - Cat is available most evenings from about 21:00 onwards - can I suggest to try make your time around 21:00 onwards - and confirm with CAT. If I get admin rights ;) I'll also give my guarenteed times out for more flexibility.


In any event I'll really be available all evenings from 21:00 onwards.

I'm not sure how regularly Camel is available - perhaps the admins wishing to coach these games would like to input their times too - so that Clans can easily choose their matches date and time better.

Shrimp
05 Jul 2005, 07:59
Feel free to make a post on the Unreal News forum too - it'll show up on the front home page... ;)

-=BeLgaRiOn=-
05 Jul 2005, 08:08
Enjoy guys and good luck to all! Well done to DJ for the initiative :D.

Gamos
05 Jul 2005, 08:11
Brilliant! Let's get ready to rumble!

DJRob
05 Jul 2005, 09:03
Thanks BeLgaRiOn!

Yeah - Good luck have fun! May the force be with all the Clans ( cough and MF :) )
Enjoy guys and good luck to all! Well done to DJ for the initiative :D.

Cataphract
05 Jul 2005, 09:11
From 21:00 onwards is pretty much guaranteed. (A manifestation of the sadness of my life :P) But mostly I shall be available earlier as well. I can eat and admin at the same time. :D

DJRob
05 Jul 2005, 09:21
Cat - GM will attempt to somehow reward all the faithful admins :) - I'll think up something cool :PFrom 21:00 onwards is pretty much guaranteed. (A manifestation of the sadness of my life :P) But mostly I shall be available earlier as well. I can eat and admin at the same time. :D

DJRob
05 Jul 2005, 10:45
Guys - I apologise for the inconvenience - but the software I am using for tournament (Tourney Master) doesn't let me change the Clan playing around just any way I like it - Team Deathmatch will stay the say the same - all other Tournament games will change. The reason for this is there are some duplicate matches in the different tiers - and I would like to change that.

So for Capture the Flag - please hold - nT and Team 42, ~MA~ and .Com may be rescheduled on the Tier and the matches may differ - please give me about an 1 hour to solve this issue.

DJRob
05 Jul 2005, 11:05
Capture the Flag is fixed - ONS and BR are being work on - please see CTF thread for the correct teams playing!

~MA~[peterpan]
05 Jul 2005, 11:26
Admins available - please contribute in those threads whether you will be available for the match - I'll need the replays and the screenshot for each game. I would suggest the Clan's asking the Admins when they will be available and try and fit their schedules in - if I can get Admin rights - and someone can explain to me how to get the server recording - that would help as I will plan to be available as much as possible.



look. Screenshots should be sufficient. Demorecordings lags the MA server, and i dont think the demos will be easilly (if at all) accessable on the other servers on a regular basis (not sure about the lag on them).

DJRob
05 Jul 2005, 11:45
ok fine ;) no problem - if there is a demo available then post it - if not no worried ;)']look. Screenshots should be sufficient. Demorecordings lags the MA server, and i dont think the demos will be easilly (if at all) accessable on the other servers on a regular basis (not sure about the lag on them).

Cataphract
05 Jul 2005, 12:05
I can make client side recordings while I admin, but they won't do anyone any good.

<A>BioGizzard
05 Jul 2005, 12:21
can't we just record our own client side demo's...if it's enabled on the server

DJRob
05 Jul 2005, 13:07
Bombing run and Onslaught is sorted - there is only one match repeition - but it doesn't ruin the competition like the previous setup did.

Gamos
05 Jul 2005, 13:14
Would an admin please sticky the Tournament topics for the duration of the tourney? It becomes a pain to search through all the threads to find the important match happenings.

DJRob
05 Jul 2005, 13:19
Gamos mind my stupidity - what do you mean by Sticky?

... sticky the Tournament topics for the duration of the tourney? ...

Gamos
05 Jul 2005, 13:21
Sticky all those topics CTF, BR etc. When you sticky a post, it will always display on top of the forum, no matter the date of the last post.

DJRob
05 Jul 2005, 13:23
ok - how do i do that?

Gamos
05 Jul 2005, 13:27
Shrimp would have to :)

DJRob
05 Jul 2005, 15:01
Guys becareful not to book the same server at the same time ;)

Cataphract
05 Jul 2005, 15:12
Can we please have a sub-forum for the Tournament?

It's going to be much easier to have these threads together in one place in stead of interspersed with some fool nagging about power to his graphics card. :D

~MA~[peterpan]
05 Jul 2005, 15:27
agreed

DJRob
05 Jul 2005, 15:49
please :) I did send a email to the site admin the other day to do this and didn't have a respone :(']agreed

DJRob
06 Jul 2005, 13:16
guys - we are pretty much happy to start the tournament from tomorrow (7 July) - just please don't start Onslaught games before friday - as GM is pretty much finalising the map selections there.

So officially - tounament opening is tomorrow - not sunday the 10th! We think most of what we need setup is done to allow the early start.

Go Frag - have fun - and good luck ;)

Boogeyman
06 Jul 2005, 17:19
Hi

I have no idea whats going on...but if you give me 2 days notice then I can admin some of the games for you so that Cat can also have a bit of a gap ...forget about recording demos...they will cause nasty lag on the server.
P.S. I can admin on SGS only..never bothered with Kalahari.

DJRob
06 Jul 2005, 17:23
Thanks Boogeyman

I think I will open one more thread for the admins :) this should help for good notice!

Hi

I have no idea whats going on...but if you give me 2 days notice then I can admin some of the games for you so that Cat can also have a bit of a gap ...forget about recording demos...they will cause nasty lag on the server.
P.S. I can admin on SGS only..never bothered with Kalahari.

DJRob
11 Jul 2005, 11:04
onslaught maps have been fixed on the website - go to Clan Tournament on out website at www.gamemasters.co.za (http://www.gamemasters.co.za) (please note - new website under contruction - so new and old graphics will be mixed)