Coming up: Duellist Cup II

[Quickz]

Yes, the second edition of the Duellist Cup is upcoming. It will probably be pretty much the same as the first edition, only with the deadlines being a bit more strict and the mappool being a bit less strict. Also, no groupstage, just a knockout-stage with possibly a lower-bracket.

Why now? Well, JDC just ended, players are getting bored and this seems easier to organize than a team-tourney (the last tourney was actually kinda finished ;D ) .. Don't sign up anymore :( ..


<font size='3'>SIGN-UPS </font>(red players indicate tourney-officials):

http://www.craccoclan.com/flags/be.gif Belgium (3): Enigma, Squirrel and Yasco
http://www.craccoclan.com/flags/bu.gif Bulgaria (2): Anubis and Hunter
http://www.freewebs.com/quickzcc/HR.gif Croatia (1): Rewence
http://www.sasik87.webd.pl/vs_eng/cz.gif Czech Republic (1): CzEcH
http://www.craccoclan.com/flags/fi.gif Finland (3): Superjazz and Snooze
http://www.sasik87.webd.pl/vs_eng/il.gif Israel (2): Monux and R3ptile
http://www.craccoclan.com/flags/it.gif Italy (1): Ric
http://www.freewebs.com/quickzcc/MT.gif Malta (1): Napoleon
http://www.craccoclan.com/flags/pl.gif Poland (9): Dragon, Fox, Ktos, lejdi, Robee, Sasik, Sperry, Warrior and Wielki
http://www.craccoclan.com/flags/ro.gif Romania (1): Ana
http://www.freewebs.com/quickzcc/RU.gif Russia (1): valmango
http://www.craccoclan.com/flags/nl.gif The Netherlands (4): Quickz, Vegito, master sven and Slaz
http://www.craccoclan.com/flags/uk.gif United Kingdom (2): Ragnarok and PurpleJazz
http://www.craccoclan.com/flags/us.gif United States (2): FireSworD and Hitch

<font size='3'>RULES </font>
Here.. (http://www.jazz2online.com/jcf/showpost.php?p=436426&postcount=65)

<font size='3'>DRAW </font>
Check it out here! (http://www.jazz2online.com/tourneys/dit/) <font size='1'>(You can also use the link in my signature)</font>

<font size='3'>DEADLINE </font>
All matches in the first round should be played before or at Sunday, September 21th

<font size='3'>MAPPOOL </font>(incl. 11 CTF's & 3 battles)
<font size='1'>(hover over if you don't recognize 'em)</font>

<img src="http://www.freewebs.com/quickzcc/Mappool%20DITv2/semi.bmp" title="Happy Semiconductor CTF" /> <img src="http://www.freewebs.com/quickzcc/Mappool%20DITv2/AH.bmp" title="Atom Heart 243.5" />
<img src="http://www.freewebs.com/quickzcc/Mappool%20DITv2/kmc.bmp" title="Knightmare Castle" /> <img src="http://www.freewebs.com/quickzcc/Mappool%20DITv2/BBlair.bmp" title="BloodBunny's Lair" />
<img src="http://www.freewebs.com/quickzcc/Mappool%20DITv2/toxint.bmp" title="Toxin Twister" /> <img src="http://www.freewebs.com/quickzcc/Mappool%20DITv2/JE.bmp" title="Jungle's Edge" />
<img src="http://www.freewebs.com/quickzcc/Mappool%20DITv2/SBv2.bmp" title="Security Breach v2" /> <img src="http://www.freewebs.com/quickzcc/Mappool%20DITv2/AYB.bmp" title="All Your Base CTF" />
<img src="http://www.freewebs.com/quickzcc/Mappool%20DITv2/bbswing.bmp" title="Swingin' Jazz" /> <img src="http://www.freewebs.com/quickzcc/Mappool%20DITv2/GW.bmp" title="Galactic Warfare" />
<img src="http://www.freewebs.com/quickzcc/Mappool%20DITv2/elmsuper.bmp" title="Superconductor CTF" /> <img src="http://www.freewebs.com/quickzcc/Mappool%20DITv2/ARF.bmp" title="Abandoned Robotics Factory" />
<img src="http://www.freewebs.com/quickzcc/Mappool%20DITv2/SFalls2.bmp" title="Starlight Falls II" /> <img src="http://www.freewebs.com/quickzcc/Mappool%20DITv2/BXC.bmp" title="Battle Game XC" />

[Ragnarok!]

-sign up-

[Raven aka StL]

In ;d

[Anubis]

in.

[PurpleJazz]

*Signs up*

[snzspeed]

in ;D

[Sasik]

Count me in too.

[Enigma]

I'm probably going to make a grandiose fool out of myself, but sure, I'll bite. Go ahead and sign me up.

[Nonomu198]

I guess I'm in. I'l lose in the first round though, as I didn't have a duel since round 3 of the last JDC D:

[Vegito]

Fine, whatever.

Indeed, maybe ;) Depending on how busy I'll be from which I have no clue yet ;_;

[FireSworD]

Put me under maybe.

[Ric]

I'm in ;D

and wtf at your signature rag ;o
edit: @Rag: I actually said "FS penetrated"(meaning he got into my team's base(It was assassination, I was leading)) and not "FS penetrated me", so that's kinda lame :) I'm sure of this

edit2: I'd suggest a 3-levels-mappool and round based, cya

[Hitch]

I'm probably going to make a grandiose fool out of myself, but sure, I'll bite. Go ahead and sign me up.

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[TUXlejdi]

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so in ;)) haha :P

[Sasik]

http://www.freewebs.com/quickzcc/ca.gif Napoleon

Shame on Malta, that they even don't have a flag. :( Poor country :(

[Yasco]

Hell yeah, I'm up for this!

[=BlA5tFiRe=]

sure why not but NOT ON*hypno*WEDNESDAYS!*hypno* :O

[Quickz]

I'm not actually good but whatever, I'm in.

Since when am I Polish?

Oh, oops. Where are you from, then? :D

[Vegito]

I've got a schedule for next week which makes me busy every day from 1PM till 11PM. Even Saturday, meaning I can only play on sunday/saturday eve. I am not sure about the rest of the upcoming weeks but it may still be the same stuff sort of. This gives you, Quickz, these opportunities:
1) You take the risk of me not being able to play cause of work, badminton and stuff (which can slow down the tournament.. Or maybe Im lucky and can play a lot ;p), or 2) You keep me out of the tournament and just give the spot to someone else.

Sorry for not having a clear schedule for the next month or so, I can only look 1 week ahead so far ;O.

[Slaz]

I'm in! Other than usual schoolwork, I should have enough time to Jazz the upcomming weeks.

[master sven]

Count me in!

[ĴèƒŘŷ[ŗĈžƏ]]

it is battle?

[Slaz]

Hey Sven nice to see you in. :p

[Quickz]

;436009']it is battle?

Eh, Rag and I are making a mappool right now. It will include some battle levels and even more CTF-levels.. However, the levels will be based on which levels were played a lot in last JDC-season :) ..

[Nonomu198]

Eh, Rag and I are making a mappool right now. It will include some battle levels and even more CTF-levels.. However, the levels will be based on which levels were played a lot in last JDC-season :) ..

and toxin twister *hypno*

[Ragnarok!]

Funny enough I suggested that.

Now I'm curious, would anyone other than I, and Jerry, wanna do battle duels? o.0

[critz]

In.

(Register as VolT, from Poland)

[Quickz]

Draw/mappool coming up in about one day.. :P

[Raven aka StL]

There's nothing wrong with battles, of course not.
However, since this is a "serious tournament", I suggest you don't throw any levels in based on your judgment alone. Not that I expect you to, really, just saying.

[Nonomu198]

There's nothing wrong with battles, of course not.
However, since this is a "serious tournament", I suggest you don't throw any levels in based on your judgment alone. Not that I expect you to, really, just saying.

Then who's? Yours? LOL!

[Slaz]

I love to play some competitive battles from time to time. It's focused just on roasting each other without worries about defending a base and whatever. Anything better than 3v3 CTF that's for sure.. :p

[Superjazz]

Hey Quickz, and friends. Eventhough sign ups are now closed you can count me into the backstage. If, (and once?) a player forfeits/quits the tournament, I can of course play in his spot. I am practically available every weekend, it is sure now.

Also wanted to ask, when do we begin? :)

[Hitch]

Draw/mappool coming up in about <s>1 day</s> 1 month.. :P

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[Raven aka StL]

There's nothing wrong with battles, of course not.
However, since this is a "serious tournament", I suggest you don't throw any levels in based on your judgment alone. Not that I expect you to, really, just saying.Then who's? Yours? LOL!

The only thing you can achieve with a post like this is a flamewar, but I'll try to avoid that for now.

And not me, rather someone who's experienced with tournaments (in CTF), obviously.

[Ric]

Draw/mappool coming up in about one day.. :P

orly

[Vegito]

Failure.

Ey, why am I bolt @ the player list? ;(

[master sven]

Isn't it bold*

[Slaz]

I'm kind of pleased with the choosen mappool, as I recognize all of them which gives me atleast a chance of roasting. First time I'll be in a 'serious' tournament though, last winter JDC was more like social matching to earn the points..

[Ric]

I'm not happy about knightmare castle and battle1 in the mappool

[cooba]

It's battle1xc (e<strong>x</strong>tra <strong>c</strong>arrot) :|

[Ric]

It's battle1xc (e<strong>x</strong>tra <strong>c</strong>arrot) :|

at the top?

[Quickz]

I'm not happy about knightmare castle and battle1 in the mappool

Well, sorry Ric :( .. Well, at least you know those levels, they are/were played a lot (I don't really like KMC either by the way) and that's why they are included. If everyone would say "I don't like this.." or "Add this.." there wouldn't be a mappool since everyone likes/hates different stuff.

I kinda think this mappool is kinda final, but I might add one more CTF (which won't be DW, by the way - we decided to not include that really unbalanced level ;D) but that's it.

Rules are coming up as well, but I can tell you now that the three battle levels are included only for the first two rounds of each bracket. That means you can, after those round, refuse to play battle, since CTF should stay the dominant gametype this tourney. Obviously, for the DW-lovers, if you can agree with your opponent on some other level which isn't in the mappool, you're obviously free to play that as well.

[Quickz]

at the top?

Yeah, where the watershield used to be. Also, in the lower left corner you'll find a RF-PU and a copter to the 3rd carrot/bouncy area.

[Raven aka StL]

Toxin Twister? ;o
And sbv2 is extremely campy, even if it's a classic.
I'd advice against it.

But all in all, nice mappool.

[Ric]

Alright, thanks. I was just wondering...it's round based right? And in this case, who would choose a 3rd level?

[Sasik]

Eh, Rag and I are making a mappool right now. It will include some battle levels and even more CTF-levels.. However, the levels will be based on which levels were played a lot in last JDC-season :) ..

Nice joke. Yes, I wanna complain a bit about the mappool. In example, you included 'great' level - superconductor, which actually was played ONLY 2 TIMES during last JDC (yes, I have checked that). And you are the one who played it. I don't want to say that you include only levels which you like, but this does look like this. Taking into consideration your statement about making mappool, where are levels like MS, DW, GW, Zaitox or even Distopia (etc.)? :o

Obviously, for the DW-lovers, if you can agree with your opponent on some other level which isn't in the mappool, you're obviously free to play that as well.
Haha, I feel that this refers too me. :) The mappool isn't bad, but I think you could just include more levels, to easily satisfy more people. :roll:

[Robee]

(which won't be DW, by the way - we decided to not include that really unbalanced level ;D)

Where is it unbalanced? ;o So what about BBlair, where 1st side has 2 Power ups and carrot and 2nd side only carrot?

[Vegito]

More levels could be fun, maybe. GW is added btw. You just don't see the screenshot of it yet. You can still agree on levels which aren't in the mappool too, so I don't see much of a problem. Yeah, except for Superconductor, you got a good point there.

BBlair is far less unbalanced than DW, not really unbalanced.. Unbalanced isn't a good word for it, but campy maybe.

[Quickz]

Nice joke. Yes, I wanna complain a bit about the mappool. In example, you included 'great' level - superconductor, which actually was played ONLY 2 TIMES during last JDC (yes, I have checked that). And you are the one who played it. I don't want to say that you include only levels which you like, but this does look like this. Taking into consideration your statement about making mappool, where are levels like MS, DW, GW, Zaitox or even Distopia (etc.)? :o

Okay, here are the things we (3/4 people + me) took in consideration while picking levels for the mappool (obviously not all of these points count for every listed level):

- The (by far) most played levels this JDC: JE, semi, BBlair
- Size which fits well for duels (KMC, super, GW, BBswing, AYB)
- Good neutral, symmetrical levels: SBv2, TT, AH
- Not too campy (all levels, except AYB, have moveable or multiple carrots)

Last DIT I hosted the duel SpR vs. Chiyu in DW. That duel really sucked (they both could confirm that), since they were both camping the carrot-box a lot, laming the whole game which took ages by the way. None of the people who discussed the mappool wanted DW in.

Oh, and Sasik, Rag actually kinda picked Superconductor and TT, while I added SBv2 and AH. And I said "DW-lovers" and not Sasik, now did I ;) ?

[Enigma]

Whoo, Poland invasion in the signups O.o *is afraid*

Also, yay for BBSwing in the mappool *plans to choose that in every single one of his duels*

[Ragnarok!]

Just wanted to say, Quickz only agreed with Super conductor after I asked him to do so several times, kinda because I thought people would play it... If not... oh well, blame me. Anyway, here's why DW is NOT in the pool...

First up : The stupid spawn positions. It's so lame when you just kill the enemy and they spawn near your base and just capture before you score, and without the slightest skill. What's even more lame is when you expect this in reciprocation, but instead, you get given the start position which buys them enough time to score THEN capture the flag before you do.

Secondly : The level is quite large and a vast amount of useless areas which players won't go to; while this does not affect the gameplay or anything, I think it will just make duels longer if some twit decides to go there.

Thirdly : The carrot box. This one is almost self explanatory when I say box. I'm not one to be lame in duels, but that box is just begging to camped. While someone could fairly say: "I'll shoot electroblasters from outside", who's to say the camper isn't gonna do the same to the people outside? It's just screaming camp, and some players are a lot more lame than you can imagine. You can just repetetively keep shooting RFs up at the warp target and the person would warp in and bang bang bang bang bang. This wouldn't be too much of a problem, but the fact that there are often so many RFs in that box, he can probably maintain the RF spam long enough for the person to stop blinking in midair... leaving them totally helpless and practically as good as dead.

4) There is one PU, and if someone is smart enough, and makes the first kill, he can pretty much dominate the level. I recall a duel vs FS in this level. You can just keep hogging everything and be totally immune if you deal the first blood.

5) I honestly hate this level, and people who really wanna play here, should be good enough to convince their opponents to agree. Quickz never said it wasn't allowed totally.

[Stijn]

Oh, superconductor is in? Too bad I didn't sign up :(

[Quickz]

Anyway, DW is a good level, but the carrot box-concept really doesn't work that well in duels. In teamgames players without a flag could try to kill a camper there, but if you'll do that in duels you'll instantly lose points. But let's discussing the mappool, it's there now (with two extra levels) and it's gonna stay like this. So asking for some levels really is useless.

And haha, for MS, I bet you never played valmango there ;) .. I kinda have some difficulties doing the draw, but I guess it'll be up this evening.

[Grytolle]

I won't play the tournament, but here are my thoughts on the mappool. Almost all choices of Qz's are acceptable to me. The problem is that level makers want new levels in, while players want levels they like in - so everyone will never be happy with all levels


semi
Level makers hate it because it makes their levels seem crappy ;) It deserves to be in because it's one of the most popular levels ever

atom heart
I think this is to crowded and hard to move in for a good duel, you could also just hide in the bottom corner with low health for a guaranteed escape

kmc
very good for duels, except if server lags (seeker rains:P)

bblair
best duel level there is

toxin twister
too one wayed and campy, which is definitely ok in 2v2 and 3v3, but in a duel, it'll just be really annoying to play there

je
a bit too campy for a good duel level, but it's popular enough to be in anyway

sbv2
very annoying and campy in 2v2 and 3v3, but ok for duels, thanks too all the carrots. Games can take forever though, if you stay away when your health is low

ayb
Same trouble as with JE, but you can just stay away to avoid getting killed when the enemy camps - it's good that the seekers aren't close to the carrot

swingin' jazz
two carrots => good duels

galactic warfare
can be campy, but that's countered by the carrot having the low ground compared to the surrounding areas

superconductor
tricky movement makes it fun, and fast paced - it's not that easy to camp carrot

abaondoned robotics factory
battle sucks, but this and b1 are like the only ok levels

starlight falls II
wtf is this?:P having unknown levels in the mappool is bad, imo, because someone could pick them and force you to play them

battle game XC
battle1 would have been better imo

[Superjazz]

14 countries, and 14 levels...14 ways to rule the 14th carrot. ~Stephan the Great XIV~

[Slaz]

I haven't ever seen 2 carrots as a good thing for a duel level, actually. :p

[Nonomu198]

Yeah, where the watershield used to be. Also, in the lower left corner you'll find a RF-PU and a copter to the 3rd carrot/bouncy area.
OMG AND 3 MORE SEEKS AND GUN9 PU AND TNT FLOWING AROUND AND A SECRET PLACE WITH 50 CARROTS!

Seriously, too much stuff you guys :(

I won't play the tournament, but here are my thoughts on the mappool. Almost all choices of Qz's are acceptable to me. The problem is that level makers want new levels in, while players want levels they like in - so everyone will never be happy with all levels


is a players tournament. I mean what the hell are you talking about.


semi
Level makers hate it because it makes their levels seem crappy ;) It deserves to be in because it's one of the most popular levels ever

yah well what can you do?


atom heart
I think this is to crowded and hard to move in for a good duel, you could also just hide in the bottom corner with low health for a guaranteed escape

Agreed.


kmc
very good for duels, except if server lags (seeker rains:P)

Agreed... seriously. But you can skillfuly avoid that if you try hard enough.


bblair
best duel level there is

I'm not a big fan, but it's ok.. others seem to like it. I think it has some parts too big compare to others (bottom right).


toxin twister
too one wayed and campy, which is definitely ok in 2v2 and 3v3, but in a duel, it'll just be really annoying to play there

...wayed? Also, I don't like 2v2 and 3v3 in there because of the flag camping, but duels are great in this level. Camp too much, and the enemy can easly destroy you with RF's and seeks (kinda slow c respawn).


je
a bit too campy for a good duel level, but it's popular enough to be in anyway

Campy? Seeks.


sbv2
very annoying and campy in 2v2 and 3v3, but ok for duels, thanks too all the carrots. Games can take forever though, if you stay away when your health is low

Opposite agin :massiv:


ayb
Same trouble as with JE, but you can just stay away to avoid getting killed when the enemy camps - it's good that the seekers aren't close to the carrot

Much more campy.


swingin' jazz
two carrots => good duels

True. Also, the level is good.


galactic warfare
can be campy, but that's countered by the carrot having the low ground compared to the surrounding areas

no opinion


superconductor
tricky movement makes it fun, and fast paced - it's not that easy to camp carrot

Is lame. Too easy to hunt in it.


abaondoned robotics factory
battle sucks, but this and b1 are like the only ok levels

no opinion


starlight falls II
wtf is this?:P having unknown levels in the mappool is bad, imo, because someone could pick them and force you to play them

yes.


battle game XC
battle1 would have been better imo
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YES

[DarkSonic]

I thought people know starlight falls II now already.. it's not an unknown level, and if it is it's still easy to learn. People should learn new levels anyway.

[master sven]

Why don't you just include all 'good' CTF levels into the mappool. I understand you didn't put DW in there because of the campyness, but this way levels like MS, Distopia and NiN are put into a worser position than the other levels like them because your opponent first has to agree to playing them. I think that if you just include all good levels everyone is most happy as more people are able to chose their favourite level (its round based anyway) and also 'home made bad levels' are this way totally excluded.

Also valmango became good in MS partially because of me and I wanna become better in it than him again.

I hope you can put the draw on here today, you have 3 hours left...

[valmango]

Also valmango became good in MS partially because of me.

No. You just forced me to play it.

and I wanna become better in it than him again.

Dream.

Anyway, I'd like to see MS in the mappool too =]

[Ric]

Sunday is over \o/

[Quickz]

<font size='3'>DRAW </font>
Check it out here! (http://www.jazz2online.com/tourneys/dit/) <font size='1'>(You can also use the link in my signature)</font>


<font size='3'>RULES </font>
It's kinda late and I want to sleep :( anyway, some rules you'll need when you want to start duelling instantly:

Rules for the business before the matches
- Players can see the opponents they have to face on the schedule. The players themselves are responsible for contacting the opponents and planning the matches.
- It should be a time when both players are ready for the match and when they have enough free time available (each match consists out of two or three rounds (although the different rounds can be played at different times, if both players agree). The match should be played before the deadline of a round.
- The level may be a level from the DITv2 Mappool, but anything else can be taken as well. You can't argue about a level which is in the mappool.
- Matches should be played with a neutral host, but one of the players could eventually host if both players agree. Be sure to find a host with a stable connection, a good know-how of the tournament, who is absolutely unbiased towards both players and who uses the right programs (and possibly hamachi).
- If both teams agree on all points, they can play the match at the decided time, on the decided maps with the decided host.

In-game rules
- Once players have entered the server they get a while to collect ammo for the match. Player should be at base at the time the match starts, without having the opponent’s flag.
- Players are not allowed to use any cheat tools, or other kinds of software which gives them a slight advantage over the opponent. ANY player caught cheating (of course, if this is supported with clear evidence from both the host and the opponent – screenshots are preferred) the player ill be DIRECTLY DISQUALIFIED from playing in this season, and in any related tournament for the next year. Arguing about a ban is not allowed.
- Inappropriate language, use of racist/fascist terms and other vulgar words are strictly prohibited (it doesn’t matter if one player says the S-word or F-word a few times, but not too much).
- Complaining about lag is allowed as long a it is well supported and appropriate (terms as “(-)ING LAG (-)(-)(-)” aren’t appropriate).
- You can't leave midgame. After both players agreed on a host you can't stop the game, unless your opponent agrees on finding another host. Just leaving the server because of lag will mean the other player will automatically win the round.

Matches
Each duel consists out of two or three games (it's best of 3). Both players pick one level (it's adviced to use the mappool, but if you can convince your opponent you could pick something which isn't in it). Games are till 5 points. If the score is tied after two games (1-1 in games) a deciding round should be played (so 5-0 4-5 isn't a 9-5 win for one of the players, the score is round-based). You can agree on a level with your opponent, but if you for some reason can't agree on anything an Official (Qz, Rag or SJ) will pick a level from the mappool, which you can't argue about.

If the match has been played, it should be verified at the tournament’s supervisor. This can be done through e-mail or MSN. As soon as possible after the verification, the duel will be added in the DITv2 Database. Also, the Brackets will be updated as soon as possible as well. Verification needs the following data: Player 1, Player 2, the host, the maps, roundscores, final score.

Problems that might occur, and their solutions
- It could always happen that a person is not online at MSN for a long while or doesn’t respond to any emails sent to them. In that case, the other player should contact an Official. An e-mail will be sent to the non-replying person. If this person doesn’t reply within 48 hours, he or she team loses the duel. In case a person’s computer is broken (which could happen), he or she needs to send an email as soon as possible. In that way we can still arrange some things before the tournament moves on. If there isn’t any solution, the player will have to leave the tournament after all.
- Players can’t play on certain times because they are away, and while they’re home, an other player is gone. If there’s no way a match time can be found, contact an Official and he will try to arrange a decent time. If still no arrangement can be found, the Official will investigate which player has the most available free time spots. The player with the most free time will receive a forfeit win.
- If a map agreement cannot be reached (for a deciding 3rd round), an Official has to be contacted and he will pick a random level from the mappool.
- In case a good host cannot be found, an Official needs to be contacted – he will try to find a good neutral host, which the players have to accept.
- If it occurs that a player doesn’t want to play a match, the Official will come into play and will ask the refusing player in a 3-person MSN Convo if he/she really doesn’t want to play and why, and if he really refuses, he or she will lose the match. If both players refuse to face each other because of problems, the Official will do a coin flip.
- A player has left the tournament for any reason. In this case, the other player will receive a forfeit win on automatically. However, if this occurs while the leaving player hasn't played any game yet, he or she may be replaced by some other player, who didn’t came through the signup phase. Replaced people may return in the Loser's Bracket if an other player forfeits.
- MSN is down so players cannot contact each other through that. In the rare cases that this occurs, you can just wait for MSN to be back up soon, and arrange the match then. To prevent being pushed into the deadline because of these problems, try to arrange the match as soon as possible. Also, other methods can be used, such as a thread on the Jazz Cominuty Forums, an IRC Convo, ICQ, e-mail, phone calls, SMS, a letter, or smoke signals.

<font size='3'>DEADLINE</font>
All matches in the second round should be played before or at Monday, September 29th

[snzspeed]

Master sven, whats your msn? ;D

[Vegito]

Napoleon, whats your msn? ;D

[Ric]

Wielki, what's your msn? ;D

[snzspeed]

I have more fans then i thought :D

[master sven]

sven-esa@hotmail.com

[Raven aka StL]

I pretty much completely agree with Gry.
AH isn't a duel level.

[Grytolle]

Never heard of AH, so for all I know, it might not even be a leve..

[Vegito]

Now, play all duels as soon as possible >: (

[Anubis]

Never heard of AH, so for all I know, it might not even be a leve..

Atom heart u nubje

[snzspeed]

Snooze vs Master Sven: 2-1

2-5 in Medival Skyscrapers

5-0 in BBLAIR

and finally 5-0 in SBv2..

EDIT: STATS (thanks to valmango for providing them)
[[Monday, September 08, 2008 at 19:05:30]]
**Current level: "Medieval Skyscrapers" - jj2nc7.j2l
Blue Score: 5
Red Score: 2
ID IP Address Player Name Team Points Roasts Deaths SDs Caps Scores Drops
2 62.142.106.214 SnoozeCC Red 2 2 5 0 7 2 5
3 5.167.118.140 TM Master Sven Blue 5 5 2 0 7 5 2


[[Monday, September 08, 2008 at 19:32:53]]
**Current level: "BloodBunny's Lair" - jj2nc2.j2l
Blue Score: 5
Red Score: 0
ID IP Address Player Name Team Points Roasts Deaths SDs Caps Scores Drops
2 62.142.106.214 SnoozeCC Blue 6 6 0 0 5 5 0
3 5.167.118.140 TM Master Sven Red 0 0 6 0 6 0 6


[[Monday, September 08, 2008 at 19:44:50]]
**Current level: "Security Breach v2" - jj2nc8.j2l
Blue Score: 0
Red Score: 5
ID IP Address Player Name Team Points Roasts Deaths SDs Caps Scores Drops
2 62.142.106.214 SnoozeCC Red 6 6 1 0 6 5 1
3 5.167.118.140 TM Master Sven Blue 1 1 6 0 6 0 6

[master sven]

Thats the lower bracket for me....
We could have better skipped the first round, everyone knows who wins the matches...

[Quickz]

I forgot to mention this, but as you can see the mappool contains 11 CTF's and 3 battles, which are Battle Game XC, Abandoned Robotics Factory and Starlight Falls II.

Capture the Flag is, like in edition one, the dominant gametype. That's why we decided that the battles are only part of the mappool during the first two rounds of the Winner's Bracket and the first three rounds of the Loser's Bracket.

Example:
Veg wants to play ARF in his first round against Napo. Napo can't refuse playing it at that stage, since it's in one of the first two WB-rounds. But if Veg reaches the Semi-Finals and he wants to pick ARF, his opponent ( for example Ana) now can refuse playing it, since it's the fourth round.

P.S. Ofcourse you can play battle in the final stages, you'll have to convince your opponent though :D ..

[Ric]

I forgot to mention this, but as you can see the mappool contains 11 CTF's and 3 battles, which are Battle Game XC, Abandoned Robotics Factory and Starlight Falls II.

Capture the Flag is, like in edition one, the dominant gametype. That's why we decided that the battles are only part of the mappool during the first two rounds of the Winner's Bracket and the first three rounds of the Loser's Bracket.

Example:
Veg wants to play ARF in his first round against Napo. Napo can't refuse playing it at that stage, since it's in one of the first two WB-rounds. But if Veg reaches the Semi-Finals and he wants to pick ARF, his opponent ( for example Ana) now can refuse playing it, since it's the fourth round.

P.S. Ofcourse you can play battle in the final stages, you'll have to convince your opponent though :D ..

Yup, Ana will reach the finals!

[Ana]

of course :P

[Vegito]

Well, I won against Nap sort of.

GW 5-3 I believe, BBlair 3-5 and SBv2 5-2.
A lot of bad luck on my side in BBlair. Or just not concentrated enough.
Anyway, he was lucky enough at a lot of points to kill me or recapture so fast he'd score immediately again.
GW was sort of a slow start and ended 2-3, even though I was leading 2-0. Then got more of the upper hand and got 3 kills in a row.
SBv2 was the laggiest duel of them all, I never gotten into troubles there really, unless it was his rushing again.

[valmango]

Valmango 2:0 Tuxia

Medieval Skyscrapers (my choice) 5:0
All Your Base CTF (Lejdi's choice) 5:0

Thanks to Hunter for hosting.

Stats:

[[Tuesday, September 09, 2008 at 12:33:20]]
**Current level: "Medieval Skyscrapers" - ms.j2l
**Game Mode: CTF
**Custom Mode: OFF
Blue Score: 0
Red Score: 5
ID IP Address Player Name Team Points Roasts Deaths SDs Caps Scores Drops
2 77.112.254.244 -TM- TUXia Blue 0 0 5 0 5 0 5
3 79.140.26.90 valmango Red 5 5 0 0 5 5 0

[[Tuesday, September 09, 2008 at 12:45:46]]
**Current level: "All Your Base CTF" - olcallurbase.j2l
**Game Mode: CTF
**Custom Mode: OFF
Blue Score: 0
Red Score: 5
ID IP Address Player Name Team Points Roasts Deaths SDs Caps Scores Drops
2 77.112.254.244 -TM- TUXia Blue 0 0 5 0 5 0 5
3 79.140.26.90 valmango Red 5 5 0 0 5 5 0

[Vegito]

only 2 rounds have to be played if you win twice. :|

[Hitch]

Read the rules...

[valmango]

only 2 rounds have to be played if you win twice. :|

Each duel consists out of two or three games (it's best of 3)

[Nonomu198]

The 3rd is for HUMILIATION

[master sven]

The rules can be read from 2 ways, it doesnt matter anyway...

[Quickz]

The rules can be read from 2 ways, it doesnt matter anyway...

I'm really curious how you'll explain "only 2 rounds have to be played if you win twice" in some other way :D ..

Anyway, the final score is 5-0 5-0 for valmango on MS (his choise) and AYB (lejdi's choise).

[Quickz]

CzEcH vs. Quickz: (1-5, 5-1, 5-4)

Okay, first level was superconductor with Dragon as host. He scored the first point I think, but I quickly controlled the level and won 5-1.

Then Dragon hosted BBlair. I was leading 4-2 (so I needed one more point for round 2) when CzEcH was complaining about lag. We decided to let Fox host and CzEcH really wanted to start all over again. Stupidly I agreed and lost with no chances really.

Then I insisted to let Robee host the final round, All Your Base. This kinda sucked, since I had an air and ran out of seeks at 4-4. Then I had to go down (he was spamming seeks as well), he could take the car and well, I was pretty much doomed.

Finished matches this far:
Snooze vs. master sven: 2-5 MS, 5-0 BBlair, 5-0 SBv2
Vegito vs. Napoleon: 5-3 GW, 3-5 BBlair, 5-2 SBv2
valmango vs TUXia: 5-0 MS, 5-0 AYB
CzEcH vs. Quickz: 1-5 super, 5-1 BBlair, 5-4 AYB

[master sven]

I'm really curious how you'll explain "only 2 rounds have to be played if you win twice" in some other way :D ..

Anyway, the final score is 5-0 5-0 for valmango on MS (his choise) and AYB (lejdi's choise).

As Valmango said: Each duel consists out of two or three games (it's best of 3)

[Enigma]

I think the problem of interpretation is this:

What Quickz means: the duels are best 2 out of 3, meaning that first person to win two games takes the match. This implies a score of 2-0 (2 games), or 2-1 (3 games).

What some other people seem to think: they interpret the sentence "Each duel consists out of two or three games (it's best of 3)" in the following way: that it's best if the matches consist of three games. I don't think this is what Quickz intended though.

On an unrelated note, Dragon and I are working on our duel, I swear. Unfortunately, the first installment of this wonderful and epic battle turned out to be a big bowl of suck, as apparently more than half of my kills were either 3hks or didn't show up on his screen, causing us to give up halfway through the duel and pray to the entities above that his connection will perform better at a later time.

[PurpleJazz]

PurpleJazz vs Sasik (5-4, 5-4)

Wow, this was fun. Both of these matches were extremely close, but I still just managed to pull through =P.

The first level we played was JE (my choice). Sasik was leading 0-2 to start, which forced me to try much harder than I was at the time. I had to play quite defensively, as Sasik was quite aggressive at times. I got the score up to 2-2, then 3-2, then Sasik scored an equaliser. At the end the score was 5-4 to me. I kinda won by a thread, since I was would have died by Sasik's seeks and would have lost the duel if my RFs had missed. =P Was pretty lagless the whole way through, Enig hosted.

The 2nd game was Sasik's choice, in AYB. This duel went much quicker than the other, as AYB is one of those levels that can rely on lucky Seeker hits. Both of us Seeker spammed to high heaven. Sasik got one rush on me earlier on in the duel, which could have been prevented but I didn't but meh. The duel was very close and exciting like the previous one, resulting the same score as last time, 5-4 to me.

GG!

[Ric]

Riccardo [2:0] Wielki

1st round: Swingin' jazz (Ric's choice) Ric [5:0] Wielki
Pretty fast game.

2nd Round: Knightmare castle (Wielki's choice) Ric [5:4] Wielki
This was a really exciting game. On 4-4 we both had 1 but I managed to get carrot and attack with 3.

Alright, GG Wielki! :D oh, and thanks Sasik for hosting!

[Vegito]

Okay, nice to see its going well. Keep dueling guys ^.^ Please organize your duels asap ;p

[Slaz]

My first duel (arrgh it's SJ :p) should be in the weekend cause that's probably the only time he can get online at the moment..

[Ragnarok!]

Ill duel Robee as soon as I see him. I swear.

[FireSworD]

5-2 b1 1-5 kmc 5-4 sbv2 against Ana.

[Slaz]

Superjazz [2:0] Slaz

1: Semi (SJ's choice) SJ [5:1] Slaz

2: Bblair (Slaz's choice) SJ [5:0] Slaz

I was host for our duel because there weren't any possible hosters online at the time.. :p

[Ragnarok!]

Ragnarok [2:1] Robee

1. Semi - Robee's choice Rag [0:5] Robee
2. Starlight Falls II - Ragnarok's Choice Rag [5:2] Robee
3. Jungle's Edge - Err, joint decision Rag [5:3] Robee

If you look closely, our scores add up to 10-10. =o.

[Superjazz]

Superjazz [2:0] Slaz

1: Semi (SJ's choice) SJ [5:1] Slaz

2: Bblair (Slaz's choice) SJ [5:0] Slaz

I was host for our duel because there weren't any possible hosters online at the time.. :p

Verified.

[Vegito]

Nice. More duels plz. ;p

[Quickz]

I was wondering if I'm allowed to quick advance to the next stage and duel Czech already tomorrow, for instance?

Yeah, if you and your opponent want to play your next match as soon as possbile (even before the first deadline) you're definitely allowed to play it. Some people have some changing schedules and/or some other things to do in 2 weeks, so it would be good if they'd finish their second round matches already.

I'm aware of the fact that some parts of the brackets will be far ahead of other parts, but I don't really see a problem in that. Anyway, for the others: don't feel rushed, it's just to avoid problems in the next rounds. The deadline of the 21st still stands.

(9 of 16 matches have been played so far)

[R3ptile]

ok so i'm back and ready to play vs. monux

[Superjazz]

I finished my duel vs Czech.

5-4 to me in Security Breach v2(my choice)
COMMENT: I learned something new from the duel here between me and GP yesterday, so I decided that it could fit into this duel. Bad choice rather, since he was far more stronger here than I expected, although he says that he rather dislikes this level. Anyway, he took a 2-0 lead from me after playing 0-0 for a while. I then came back to 2-2 by roasting him from the same place twice(next to Seeker PU). The game would then turn 4-3 to him again, although I could have avoided those deaths. I just played risky instead. Somehow I then took the last 2 points by taking control of the main carrot. Really close.

5-3 to Czech in Knightmare Castle(his choice)
COMMENT: A note that he was going for Atom Heart 243.5, until he found out that I made the level. As he then picked KMC, I was eased that I won Sb2, because I knew that KMC can be very random against anyone and I had a chance to lose there as well. It then seemed that I ended up playing too risky and carelessly because of that. He scored mainly by rushes though.

5-0 to me in Happy Semiconductor CTF(Compromise)
COMMENT: I can't remember many games where I would have had as good luck as here. Sometimes my purpose wasn't even to roast him, but still he got killed accidentally. Or then I just wouldn't know he had low health. He was near to rush a score as red, but I could catch him still around the center of the level. For once he got trapped into the seeker box. Even my last kill was mega luck although I can't remember it clearly anymore.

A good game overall. He was clearly more lagged than me in Slaz's server(thanks to him for hosting), but while he sometimes got aired, his lag also prevented me from killing him, once he should have died for sure. So I don't think I had such a big advantage after all. Also good luck to LB, Czech.

See you on next weekend again, people! :)

[Quickz]

Okay, good to hear that R3p! And congratulations to SJ for being the first to reach the QF's.

I played against Slaz since he can only play in weekends + I'm busy next weekend. He picked Battle Game XC, my pick was JE. Score: (5-1, 5-1)

The 1st point in Battle Game XC took quite some time, but then points got faster. I controlled the carrot in JE while hitting him fast and predict his moves well, giving him little time to recover. He scored in both levels at 4-0. Anyway, good game.

Err, VolT and Hunter, are you still alive?

[Slaz]

(thanks to him for hosting)
No prob. ;)

The 1st point in Battle Game XC took quite some time, but then points got faster. I controlled the carrot in JE while hitting him fast and predict his moves well, giving him little time to recover. He scored in both levels at 4-0. Anyway, good game.
Agreed, Battle Game XC was not what I expected (3 carrots yeah) and my point in JE was kind of done with a noob tactic (camping while shooting seekers towards the carrot).. Still a good clean duel though! ;)

[R3ptile]

nonomu keeps refusing to duel me :(

[master sven]

Rewence, whats your msn?

[Ric]

Spam, spam, glorious spam

lol eh....

Btw, deadline coming soon :)

[R3ptile]

well tell that to nonomu, he acts weird and never wants to play.

[Enigma]

Ok, Dragon and I finally managed to finish. Before the deadline too, no less.

Round 1:

Level: Swinging Jazz (my choice, who'd have guessed ;))
Hosts: Rew, Darksonic and Ktos
Score: Nigma 5 - Dragon 2

Round 2:

Level: Happy Semiconductor (Dragons choice)
Host: Ktos
Score: Nigma 5 - Dragon 3

Overall: 5-2 5-3 in yours truly's favour.

[Nonomu198]

I didn't have any time for dueling lately (to be exect, ever since r3p became available to duel lol), but I'l do my best to duel r3p tommorow or in two days.

[Vegito]

I didn't have any time for dueling lately (to be exect, ever since r3p became available to duel lol), but I'l do my best to duel r3p tommorow or in two days.

Hahahahaha, shut up and tell your lies somewhere else.

[Quickz]

I want to remind all people who still have to finish a match in the 1st round of the next two rules:

- Players can’t play on certain times because they are away, and while they’re home, an other player is gone. If there’s no way a match time can be found, contact an Official and he will try to arrange a decent time. If still no arrangement can be found, the Official will investigate which player has the most available free time spots. The player with the most free time will receive a forfeit win.
- A player has left the tournament for any reason. In this case, the other player will receive a forfeit win on automatically. However, if this occurs while the leaving player hasn't played any game yet, he or she may be replaced by some other player, who didn’t came through the signup phase. Replaced people may return in the Loser's Bracket if an other player forfeits.

Those people are:
Sperry d. Fox: (3-5, 5-0, 5-2)
Mati d. Hitch: (5-3, 5-0)
Rewence vs. Nonomu198
Warrior d. Hunter: (5-0, 5-1)
Squirrel d. Ktos: (5-1, 5-2)
Anubis d. R3ptile: (5-4, 5-4)

[Nonomu198]

Hahahahaha, shut up and tell your lies somewhere else.

Veg, (-)(-)(-)(-) gtfo.

[master sven]

However, if this occurs while the leaving player hasn't played any game yet, he or she may be replaced by some other player, who didn’t came through the signup phase.

Maybe the player that first played(and lost), as you said it only gives disadvantages playing first otherwise.
And then you can give the player who didn' t got through the signup place the losers bracket place.

[Superjazz]

I believe the amount of unfinished matches is caused rather by the lack of interest, than lack of free-time. I have probably the least free-time, or nearly the least, yet I was still the first to finish a couple of matches. I pretty much wonder why would people be so busy in September, when there aren't often really a lot of exams, etc.

[Raven aka StL]

I've lost enthusiasm and will withdraw from the tournament, sry.
I thought I'd get matches played faster, but some people are total hindrances.

[Ragnarok!]

Not having a go at anyone or anything but...
Why would you sign up if... you weren't gonna duel? Maybe circumstances changed so.. =\

[Grytolle]

because there were so many slots

[Yasco]

Hey, I won't be able to play my match against Anubis. 9 days ago I brought my notebook back to the store, so they could repair it. It's the only computer with jj2 and I still don't have it back. So will I get kicked or can I just continue in the lower bracket?

[Vegito]

Im gonna get you Enig O+

[Ragnarok!]

*Gives Enig man pill* Do me proud!

[Raven aka StL]

That's quite a disturbing way to say it.
Yeah, I'm sick of veg winning everything if he wants to... Go Enig!

[SquirreL]

VolT vs. Sq

semi(volt's choice) 1 - 5
ayb(my choice) 2 - 5

[R3ptile]

That's quite a disturbing way to say it.
Yeah, I'm sick of veg winning everything if he wants to... Go Enig!
why won't you just get the (-) off? ugh.

me vs. anubis
4-5 in superconductor
4-5 in bbswing

not the best start ever i know, but keep in mind it was my first game in ages.. throughout the duel i felt like i'm getting more used to jj2 again, so i'll come more prepared to my next game in the LB.

[Quickz]

Whew, what an activity today. Four matches have been played, one has been rescheduled. The upcoming round are another 16 duels to be played, two have been finished already. One match couldn't be played because of technical problems, so they will have a few days extra time..

Rewence vs. Nonomu198 - maybe tuesday?

Deadline for these duels: Sept. 29th (that's a monday) ..

Winner's Bracket:
Vegito vs. Enigma
Sperry vs. Snooze
valmango vs. Ragnarok
Mati vs. FireSworD
Vivando d. CzEcH: (5-4, 3-5, 5-0)
Warrior vs. (...)
Squirrel vs. PurpleJazz
Ric vs. Anubis

Loser's Bracket:
Napo vs. Dragon
Fox vs. master sven
TUXia vs. Robee
Hitch vs. Ana
Quickz d. Slaz: (5-1, 5-1)
Yasco vs. Hunter
Ktos vs. Sasik
R3ptile d. Wielki: (5-2, 4-5, 5-4)

Or check the schedule (see signature) ..

[Ragnarok!]

Five bucks on Rag beating val.

[Hitch]

10 bucks Rag is right.

[valmango]

15 bucks you both will go bankrupt.

[Ric]

Ten bucks on val beating rag

[Nonomu198]

Ten bucks it will be an auto win after Rag will "magicly" disappear. for ever.

[snzspeed]

500 bucks that these [insert amount here] bucks posts are stupid

[R3ptile]

agree w/ snz

me vs. wielki
5-2 in semi
4-5 in kmc
5-4 in sb2

ric's server was laggy at times but it was still a very close and exciting game. wielki played very well. ;)

[Nonomu198]

500 bucks that these [insert amount here] bucks posts are stupid

The sad thing is you've just posted one yourself :|

[Raven aka StL]

oh rly

and R3p, calm down.

[R3ptile]

yes this reply was indeed very necessary, Emp darling.

[Vegito]

Indeed it was completely on topic.
Oh, and that was sarcasm if you did not notice yourself yet.

Anyway, nice. I didn't expect you to 'almost' lose to Wielki though :o gj. He's pretty hard to beat at times, yes.

[Quickz]

Levels in round 1:
Player's choise (3rd neutral level) = total

Happy Semiconductor CTF: 7 (0) = 7
BloodBunny's Lair: 5 (0) = 5
Security Breach v2: 2 (3) = 5
All Your Base CTF: 2 (1) = 3
Jungle's Edge: 1 (2) = 3
Knightmare Castle: 3 (0) = 3
Swingin' Jazz: 3 (0) = 3
Medieval Skyscrapers: 2 (0) = 2
Superconductor CTF: 2 (0) = 2
Battle1: 1 (0) = 1
Galactic Warfare: 1 (0) = 1
Starlight Falls II: 1 (0) = 1

Atom Heart 243.5: 0 (0) = 0
Toxin Twister: 0 (0) = 0
Abandoned Robotics Factory: 0 (0) = 0
Battle Game XC: 0 (0) = 0

[Enigma]

That's quite a disturbing way to say it.
Yeah, I'm sick of veg winning everything if he wants to... Go Enig!

Disturbing to you maybe. Some of us don't object to gorgeous men saying they're going to get me and give me man pills *dirty grin*

<s>Ok, if that doesn't send Veg running for the hills while screaming his head off, I may actually have to fight him</s>

[R3ptile]

Galactic Warfare: 1 (0) = 1
Starlight Falls II: 1 (0) = 1

Atom Heart 243.5: 0 (0) = 0
Toxin Twister: 0 (0) = 0
Abandoned Robotics Factory: 0 (0) = 0
Battle Game XC: 0 (0) = 0

would've been great if you would get rid of all these levels (except for atom heart maybe which is a good level) and replace them with zaitox, dw, marsh, b1.. you know, the classics. this is a serious tournament after all.

[master sven]

Did someone tell Fox he has to look here?
He hasn't been online yet when I was...

[snzspeed]

The sad thing is you've just posted one yourself :|

the funny thing is that i posted it to mock the other ones :P

anyways, i wonder what happened to rew?

[Quickz]

anyways, i wonder what happened to rew?

He's still in the tournament and should face Nonomu/Monux soon (take a look at the draw).

would've been great if you would get rid of all these levels (except for atom heart maybe which is a good level) and replace them with zaitox, dw, marsh, b1.. you know, the classics. this is a serious tournament after all.

Well, I'd say: take a look at pages 2 and 3 of this thread and you can see why these levels aren't included. And well, you can choose either Battle Game XC or battle1 from now on, both are 'in the mappool'.

[FireSworD]

B1 XC is fun. I know from experience you can use the spring at the top right to surprise your opponent, the extra carrot makes the level more fast paced, but not so much the b1 gameplay is lost.

One level I suggest getting rid of is KMC. It's based on mostly luck and lag. It's like asking for a random win or loss against anyone.

[master sven]

I think I wait some more, first I had Rewence/Emp as opponent, then Fox, now Yasco, I wonder who'll be it next.

[R3ptile]

I'll replace Battle Game XC with b1, it didn't play that well after all.
great :)

me vs. enig
5-2 in atom heart
5-2 in bblair

2nd round = craziest ever, but fun.

[Vegito]

Oh, before that I beat Enig 5-1 in BBswing and 5-3 in Semi.
The Semi duel was sort of weird at times with the lag o.O

And lol @ r3p Vs. Enig 2nd round, yes. (I was the host >O)

[Nonomu198]

Where the hell is Rew?

the funny thing is that i posted it to mock the other ones :P

anyways, i wonder what happened to rew?

Yes. That IS sad.

[Ric]

Ric vs. Anubis

5-4 in GW (anubis's choice)
5-4 in BBswing (my choice)

[Enigma]

Darnit, I was going to claim credit for being the first one to be eliminated, but Slaz beat me to it >(

And yes, that second duel against Rep was just about the most fun I ever had in a losing battle :)

[Ragnarok!]

...Dang, maybe I shouldn't have given him the placebo...

[snzspeed]

I just finished my match with sperry

JE: 5-3 for Snooze
BBLAIR: 5-1 for Snooze

gg and thx for hosting warrior

[master sven]

He's still in the tournament and should face Nonomu/Monux soon (take a look at the draw).

I think I wait some more, first I had Rewence/Emp as opponent, then Fox, now Yasco, I wonder who'll be it next.

Yasco can't play untill saturday, when I'm probably not able to play...

[Sasik]

I've just dueled Ktos and won 2 times.
5-2 (dw)
5-2 (ayb)

Thanks to Sweet for hosting. ;p

[R3ptile]

gj sasik, now go and finish your duel with spr so i can play again :D

[Sasik]

Gonna do that soon. :p I've already asked her, but she prefered watching TV, lol ;(

[Quickz]

Yasco can't play untill saturday, when I'm probably not able to play...

Yeah, well.. I suggest you wait some more, sorry ;[ .. There's one duel to be played in the first round of the WB - rather wait till that's finished and then you'll be sure who's your next opponent.

Also, in Dutch @ MS: De deadline was nu één week (dus al vrij vroeg), zodat het niet zo'n ramp zou zijn om hem iets te verschuiven naar later. Dus het is niet erg als je niet voor de deadline speelt, maar.. zo was het eenvoudiger om mensen te stimuleren hun duels te doen ;) ..

Results this far:

WB (4/8):
Vegito d. Enigma (5-1, 5-3)
Snooze d. Sperry (5-3, 5-1)
valmango d. Ragnarok: (5-0, 3-5, 5-0)
Vivando d. CzEcH (5-4, 3-5, 5-0)
Ric d. Anubis (5-4, 5-3)

LB (3/8):
Quickz d. Slaz (5-1, 5-1)
Sasik d. Ktos: (5-2, 5-2)
R3ptile d. Enigma (5-2, 5-2)

And @ R3p: You're already one round in front of everyone, do you really want to make that two? (I don't mind, but you might have to wait a little bit longer later on..)

[R3ptile]

doesn't seem to matter much to me

btw, now that b1 is in the mappool you may want to update the main post..?

[cooba]

I'll replace Battle Game XC with b1, it didn't play that well after all.:| Are you tripping?

[Ric]

doesn't seem to matter much to me

btw, now that b1 is in the mappool you may want to update the main post..?

doesn't really matter anymore, you can only use battles in your first 2 duels

[Quickz]

:| Are you tripping?

Well, I actually kinda meant: you can pick both, either b1 or Battle Game XC. :( So no need to update the main post. And yeah, but players can still pick it in their first 3 games of the Loser's Bracket.

[R3ptile]

that means i can choose to play battle in my next duel, i guess..

[Vegito]

Yes, though only in the first 3 'rounds' .. not the first 3 matches as soon as you gotten into the losers bracket o.O
Just to make that clear ;p

[Sasik]

Well, I beat Sperry. Thanks to Veg for hosting. The duels (especially on semi) were very close and we both made stupid mistakes many times. However, I still managed to win. ;p Good games. :-)
5-4 on DW
5-4 on semi

[R3ptile]

me vs. sasik
5-3 in dw
5-4 in bbswing

very close and nice games, both actually went smoothly.

[Ric]

Ten bucks on val beating rag

I heard from rumors I won this...

[Ric]

come on purplejazz vs squirrel :D

[master sven]

@QZ: Raar dat ik niet gewoon tegen rew moet of degene waar hij tegen moet, dat was eerst match#3.

[Vegito]

Cause Fox had left the tournament, Yasco couldn't play in the winners bracket but he would have wanted to play in the losers bracket anyway. He wouldn't want to leave the tournament just cause of technical problems. Anyway, as it was still the first round it was possible to swap Yasco with Fox. o.O

[FireSworD]

Beat Mati 5-1 b1 and 5-1 kmc

[Ana]

me vs czech
0-5 in ah
5-4 in sbv2
2-5 in gw. gg

[Hitch]

What? We haven't played yet...

[PurpleJazz]

PurpleJazz vs Squirrel

1-5 AYB
5-1 JE
0-5 Semi

gg

[Grytolle]

Cause Fox had left the tournament, Yasco couldn't play in the winners bracket but he would have wanted to play in the losers bracket anyway. He wouldn't want to leave the tournament just cause of technical problems. Anyway, as it was still the first round it was possible to swap Yasco with Fox. o.OThat's not a nice trade for whoever had to face yasco instead of fox :P

[Superjazz]

Warrior should duel Rewence as soon as there's a chance. I can duel against the winner either tomorrow, or the next weekend. After that, I will be gone for a longer while. ;o

[R3ptile]

yes, we know..

[Nonomu198]

lame. Every time I have asked Rew he was "NOOO IF YOU HAVE ONLY CAME 1 MINUTE EARLIER BUT NOW NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO". It's not my fault ):

[R3ptile]

i confirm this. whenever nonomu wanted to duel rew he declined

[Rew]

I had to make a new account after I didn"t receive forum"s message with what you need to complete the registration.
lame. Every time I have asked Rew he was "NOOO IF YOU HAVE ONLY CAME 1 MINUTE EARLIER BUT NOW NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO". It's not my fault ):
i confirm this. whenever nonomu wanted to duel rew he declined

Lies
You both must be really pathetic to write something like this, to get back here.R3p even hasn"t my msn, he is Israelian and a VSer like Nonomu, also he is used to be reliable more than me after he"s playing much longer (this should explain what r3p wanted).The truth is I asked nonomu about 3-5 times to duel while he was online but he didn"t reply.Once he said his sister was on his pc and once dunno why he didn"t.Then 1 day I asked him again when he could duel he said now I can (so he said just once and I asked him not he me), but then I wasn"t able to, so we dealed to duel at 21:00 GMT+1.I came before than I thought so I was asking him to duel then.He was online again but he didnt reply what can confirm Rag and Qz.So he was idle even at 21:00 GMT+1 and after I saw it I left.
Anyway, nonomu and r3p you won.Now I"ll withdraw and you can replace me against Warrior.
Good luck and if somehow you will get idle and I wouldn"t wonder, blame him for everything like you did me.

[R3ptile]

hey, i have nothing personal against you nor nonomu nor anyone else here.
my post was simply based on what nonomu had told me. sorry in case that was wrong.

[master sven]

hey, i have nothing personal against you nor nonomu nor anyone else here.
my post was simply based on what nonomu had told me. sorry in case that was wrong.

Don't confirm something then...

[Quickz]

Okay, well..

Before we continue this tourney some things have to be solved first. In theory you can however still play your scheduled matches (see the schedule), but I think it would be good for the tourney if we don't use this thread for a few days - it will be re-opened in some days, if those things have been solved. Thanks for your patience and sorry for the inconvenience.

[Quickz]

Re-opened.

A few results of the past few days:

Defending champion Vegito defeated fellow CC'er Snooze in three games (5-1 1-5 5-1) and is now only 3 wins away of his second consecutive DIT-win. Another two CC'ers, Ric (WB) and Anubis (LB), advanced with both winning 5-4 in a decider: Ric against Squirrel (5-1, 1-5, 5-4) and Anubis vs. Napo: 5-2, 1-5, 5-4. Also, Rew and MoNux finally managed to play their first round duel in the Winner's Bracket. Rew won - after convincing victories for both players in their own levels - in a neutral third one, which I picked since they *surprise surprise* couldn't agree on any level: 3-5, 5-2, 5-3. The winner plays Warrior saturday and then they're back on schedule again ;D ..

Eh, also, I want to ask the people in the LB to wait with finishing their QF-matches there. Those people are:

LB Winner QF #1 - Snooze
LB Winner QF #2 - WB Loser QF #2
LB Winner QF #3 - WB Loser QF #3
R3ptile vs. Squirrel

As soon as there are 6 actual players above you can start playing. I think it's just nicer if all matches in the final rounds are played around the same time. Thanks!

[Ric]

gg sq

[Vegito]

Play more >: (!

[snzspeed]

Ill resign

[Superjazz]

Classical.

[snzspeed]

Classical.

(-)(-)(-)(-) idiot

[Yasco]

I duelled Hunter in Semi and Battle3, scores were 5-0 and 5-3 in my advantage. Were really nice duels. The Semi round even took 30 minutes or so. Heh. Really enjoying! Anyway, thanks for the sportmanship, Hunter! Would be nice if all my opponents had the same attitude as you do. ;P

[R3ptile]

(-)(-)(-)(-) idiot
classical

[snzspeed]

classical

i was joking

[Stijn]

i was joking

classical

[Vegito]

LOL wtf is wrong with this thread ;(

[snzspeed]

classical

typical jcf behavior

[Stijn]

dude, what else? I run this place

[Raven aka StL]

Tyranny :D

[Ragnarok!]

typical jcf behavior

classical

[R3ptile]

I run this place
baller.

[snzspeed]

classical

classical

[Yasco]

Phew, duel with Monux just ended. It was a 3-round match. I won the first with 5-2(semi), lost 2-5(TT) and won 5-1(bbswing). GG

[Superjazz]

Just a note that my availability is quite unsure for the next weekend, so I and Warrior might as well play our duel within two weeks instead. I guess it won't delay the tournament too much since the Lower Bracket is a bit behind anyway. See you later people. ;)

[Quickz]

Just a note that my availability is quite unsure for the next weekend, so I and Warrior might as well play our duel within two weeks instead. I guess it won't delay the tournament too much since the Lower Bracket is a bit behind anyway. See you later people. ;)

Yeah. Since the first edition was getting close to one year, I think we're quite on schedule :P ..

[Nonomu198]

classical
common

Phew, duel with Monux just ended. It was a 3-round match. I won the first with 5-2(semi), lost 2-5(TT) and won 5-1(bbswing). GG

The bbswing duel was ODD. Yas seemed to be incredebly fast and I had airs all the time :(

[R3ptile]

The bbswing duel was ODD. Yas seemed to be incredebly fast and I had airs all the time :(
whine :(

[Ragnarok!]

aw :(

[Ric]

you still got that fake quote in the signature rag? :o

btw bug LB players to play their duels ;o

[Vegito]

I guess Master Sven (probably) will be given a forfeit loss, and also Hitch/Robee, so that the tournament can progress some more. ;\

[master sven]

>(:mad:

[Vegito]

Then get online at MSN more often and duel :P lol

[R3ptile]

lol, indeed.. don't be a (-).

edit: stijn, didn't your mother teach you any manners?

[FireSworD]

After some consideration, I am forfieting this tournament. Congrats to val. Hope he does well against veg. Cya!

In case some of you are wondering, I am fed up with playing on servers across the ocean, and losing matches because of that. I can't evade well with that kind of lag. Arrows aren't reliable in ctf duels and it's just annoying.

[Quickz]

So far for the Who says 'A' must say 'B'-thingy. Disappointing, to say the least.

[Ric]

is Snooze still in?

also, make hitch and robee play ;o

[R3ptile]

After some consideration, I am forfieting this tournament.
http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/b/b3/Typicalreaction.gif

[Torkell]

This is not the "Talk in deleted messages" thread. Putting your message in the reason for deletion is not some magic mod-avoiding trick either.

[Ragnarok!]

I want to hi5 someone right now. *Puts hand out*

Sucks about you quitting FS. ):...

[master sven]

PJ beat me 2-1
FS was the host
My choise: MS 5-4
His choise: JE: 1-5
FS chose (deciding level): Abandoned Robotics Factory:1-5

[PurpleJazz]

PurpleJazz vs Anubis

1-5 Superconductor
0-5 BBSwing

Meh, messed up horribly. Just beating MS made me think this would be a piece of cake, so I didn't really try, but I ended up getting a nasty suprise. Oh well, that's life I guess. Good job Anubis. =)

[Vegito]

Hitch and Robee :(
Teh tournament is waiting for ze duelz.

[Hitch]

Since I have had hardly any time to get on the computer, yet even play jj2, means I have no time at all. I could play this Sunday, but once again I can't guarantee it. I hate holding people back just b/c of me, and I'm sorry for that, therefore I'm being asked to be let out of the tournament.

I wish I didn't have to do this, since I really do enjoy playing jj2, but my time is just so sparing. Good luck Robee in the tournament, and everyone else out there.

See you all soon!

And the fact of finding an american host... = impossible

[master sven]

PurpleJazz vs Anubis

1-5 Superconductor
0-5 BBSwing

Meh, messed up horribly. Just beating MS made me think this would be a piece of cake, so I didn't really try, but I ended up getting a nasty suprise. Oh well, that's life I guess. Good job Anubis. =)

You shouldn't have overestimated me when I am out of shape...

[Rew]

Since I have had hardly any time to get on the computer, yet even play jj2, means I have no time at all. I could play this Sunday, but once again I can't guarantee it. I hate holding people back just b/c of me, and I'm sorry for that, therefore I'm being asked to be let out of the tournament.

I wish I didn't have to do this, since I really do enjoy playing jj2, but my time is just so sparing. Good luck Robee in the tournament, and everyone else out there.

See you all soon!

And the fact of finding an american host... = impossible

Now you let me down :(

[Vegito]

Okay, so I beat Val.
5-2 (Jungle's Edge) 4-5 (Medieval Skyscrapers) 5-0 (BBlair) ..
Well, at JE I had a lot of luck. I played well with the carrot and so Val never got to know where it was or even see it. At some point he asked where it was even. Anyway, I by accident stopped at 4-1 already giving him a chance to gather ammo and push me into a corner after I recaptured.

At MS I was leading 4-2, even though I got pretty frustrated at the start as he played well. I thought I had this match, and so I guess I started to play unconcentrated or whatever o.O I experienced a few airhits in a row too, giving him a chance to run over me and making it 4-5 in no time. I think he scored 3 points in a row within 5 minutes. Good job there, I'm not easy to beat at MS ;p.

Anyway, he would have wanted Semi as the last level, but I preferred BBlair as I had experienced a bit of lag during both matches and didn't want to lose the match cause of it. Semi got 1 carrot and obviously is a lot more lag based. He didn't expect BBlair it seemed, and by pushing him all the time and playing very offensive he never quite stood much of a chance. I do believe he could have played better, he had some good tricks here. I got him quite a few times by playing with the carrots again.

[Superjazz]

I am now able to play against Warrior until tomorrow Evening, but we could as well duel on the next weekend if this one for some reason didn't fit him.

[Quickz]

I am now able to play against Warrior until tomorrow Evening, but we could as well duel on the next weekend if this one for some reason didn't fit him.

Playing this weekend is better though, especially since the LB is quite close to the stage where the loser of your match will enter it.

[Yasco]

Ragnarok vs Yasco

Rag's choice: All Your Base CTF(-->5-3 to me)
my choice: Semi(--->5-1 to me)

gg!

[Ragnarok!]

gg. hacker. =[

[R3ptile]

me vs. sq
5-2 in bblair
5-0 in semi

[Quickz]

Rag is now 100% responsible for the part of Loser duel #5 (Lejdi) till Loser duel #8 (Ana). Which kinda means he makes all decisions there, from neutral 3rd levels till forfeit wins etc. I will still take care of the rest of the tourney, but well, I kinda lost the motivation to take care of this particular part of the schedule.

Also, SJ vs. Warrior wasn't played this weekend, which kinda means that it should be played next Saturday when possible, since both the winner and loser of that duel should play their next duel also that weekend (otherwise they'll get behind).

Anyway, thanks to you all, since I'm quite pleased with how the tourney's progressing till now. Good job ;) ..

[Ric]

wake up and play your duels

[Vegito]

At this rate as *someone* doesn't take actions this tournament is gonna take months again.

[Quickz]

I think 43 match-ups and 107 seperate rounds in 39 days is quite fast..

[Superjazz]

I would like someone to remind Warrior to be active now, since I am on extended holidays.

[R3ptile]

no matches for almost a week.. time to start giving forfeits or what veg said

[Nonomu198]

Nobody chekcs their email often. I think PM's and posting here might be a better solution if the player is not around msn.

[Vegito]

Most of the players in the tournament don't check this often x).
Like Val, Warrior, Ric, Anubis, Czech, Robee, Lejdi, Mati, Yasco. They barely ever check this if at all. E-mailing works well if you're using MSN, as when you log in it tells you you got 1 new email. (And everyone uses MSN basically.)

[Quickz]

Nobody chekcs their email often. I think PM's and posting here might be a better solution if the player is not around msn.

Yeah, I know ;) but this post was to show the people who are interested in it that something's being done about it.

[Ric]

I check it everyday, manners pls

also don't blame me veg, I have been waiting for my opponent for weeks. not funny.

[Superjazz]

I and Warrior are now finished. Ktos hosted rounds 1 & 2, but since he started lagging during the 2nd round, we switched to Robee for the tiebreaker.

We began with BloodBunny's Lair. I was gonna play as defensive as possible at first, but soon realized I had to really move through the level a lot and abuse warps as much as possible. Often I jailed him to the left side of the level, and that way I made some of my scores. He had good opportunities also though. Final score was 5-1 to me.

In Jungle's Edge I kinda stupidly ran into his traps at the bottom, and he took a 3-0 lead. I then began to play more defensively and as well, tried to attack him behind more. We both had mega lags here though, and especially I couldn't really evade his shots at all because of that. It kinda ruined the round, which he still controlled. 5-1 to him.

We had a tiebreaker in Happy Semiconductor CTF, that was a real thriller. Fortune was mostly by my side, I stole the carrot often right in front of him, but still I couldn't use my opportunities to roast him. I took it into 4-1, and thought I could already relax, but no. He really took me out as I got hit by him continously although I healed myself. He took 2 scores in a streak and I was afraid that I would collapse. Right after his 3rd score I did the most desperate rush attempt, and by some miracle it succeeded(I rf'ed him while he was in the air, and bypassed him to my base. ;d) 5-3 to me here.

A good game overall. Good luck to Lower Bracket Warrior, and hello to Riccardo.

[Ric]

hello :p

[Ragnarok!]

Hi =].

[Ric]

Alright, I just duelled SJ.

1st Round: BBswing 5-3 to SJ
We started playing in Lejdi's server where I won 5-3, but I decided to re-play it since kills were just random and no fun at all. Then cryomancer hosted. At 3-3 I had to go...whatever, I came back with no concentration and he won 5-3 in no time.

2nd Round: BBlair 5-2 to SJ
I found this round fun, SJ was very unpredictable both when he had to hide if he had 1 and when I had 3 and catching me, so it was something like a challenge for me. We should play more often here^^

very gg, and good luck SJ through the finals :)

Sidenote: I was listening to Iron Maiden while playing this, while I listened to Metallica in all the others. That's a reason!

[Superjazz]

I and Ric dueled a moment ago as well. Thanks to Cryomancer for hosting.

Ric chose Swingin' Jazz as his level that we started with. Lejdi was hosting first, but we soon noticed it lagged hard, yet our pings were reasonably low. He won that round 5-3, but since it didn't really make sense, we then switched to Cryo and restarted the round. It was quite fast-paced, and we kept scoring in turns. No matter how weird it might sound, but at 3-3 we both had a LUNCH BREAK. Meanwhile it apparently made Ric lose his concentration a bit, I felt now more fresh after eating. In the end he was quite close to make it a win for himself, but it still became 5-3 to me.

Second round was also a BloodBunny's level, the warm and familiar Lair, that I picked. This round was really exciting, and unordinary one. I kinda underestimated him here, and thus was often in trouble with 1 heart, but I could avoid him enough right when needed to heal myself. It was also hard to catch him, since he often only barely saved himself by warping a second before my weapons would hit him. I got really frustrated how he once made me bypass the right carrot just when I was about to grab it. Apparently he was shooting RF from the left that missed me, but instead made the carrot "jump" so that I ran below it and died because of that. After the game he told, that it was hard to know my position. Well, I admit that he was just as unpredictable as well, I sometimes just luckily guessed where he was and roasted him. Score: 5-2 to me.

A great, enjoyable game. I hope the WB Final will be a neat event too. Good luck on your journey Ric. We meat again VeG. ;)

[Superjazz]

Spontaneously also I and Veg just played the WB Finals. Thanks to Snooze for hosting.

I somewhat expected Veg's choice, that was Jungle's Edge. There we began our fight. Quite soon he took a strong lead, and I could counter against him really a lot. He always got to hold the top of the level and somehow hit me at positions that didn't benefit me. Although I few times controlled, then he somehow sneaked me and I got engaged. I then was pretty much relying for round 2. I pretty much stood no chance here. 5-1 to him.

In BloodBunny's Lair, that I chose once again the game was way more closer. My estimating skills sucked here for some reason. It was 0-0 for a while, until he did the opening score. I tried to rush right after it, but he then spawned right next to me and prevented it. He was going to hog PowerUps as much as possible, and so I had to often sneak them for myself. He often hided to the top-left of the level when having low health, but mostly I got hit also, so that it was too dangerous to charge into him. At 3-1 to him the game pretty much got clear already when I waited for PowerUps at my base and failed to capture. It sometimes felt like the carrots would take ages to respawn, because he kept taking them all the time, although I couldn't always notice it. That was his 'tactic' he had planned against me, so I would have as least knowledge about things as possible. Yet I sometimes arrived to carrots only a second late or so. He took them right when my bullets were about to roast him. Don't know is that luck or what. 5-2 to him here.

An intense Grand Final. I feel I could have done much better if I had prepared more carefully, or if we played next weekend instead. It felt a bit rushed, like my duel against Ric too. Well, I guess he was just better this time and I still learned something from this match. Now the Lower Bracket should speed up some. ;)

[Ric]

Yea, make robee and rew play, or give forfeits

[Vegito]

Hm, so as SJ said already I won.
There wasn't much to say about JE as I sort of knew I would stand a really high chance there against him. Heh.
At bblair I wanted to use the same tactic as against Val. I would try to get hit so much that I would always be taking carrots. At one point Val asked if C's respawned (which they did.) SJ seemed to never see them either because of me. This obviously resulted in some dangerous situations for me too cause there barely ever was a carrot and I would at times be low on health too xD. I generally felt like I controlled the match the entire game which he didn't appear to be expecting o.O. Neither I expected this to happen at BBlair though.

[Vegito]

If you let those 10 play against me in the final Im gonna lose 5-0 5-0 in a minute ;(!

[Quickz]

If you let those 10 play against me in the final Im gonna lose 5-0 5-0 in a minute ;(!

Nah, depends on the level. In some levels you might survive even 2 minutes! :D

[Hitch]

Can't he use HAX?

[Yasco]

I just finished my duel with Mati. It turned out to be a three rounded match. All of the rounds were played in Semi. I won the first (exciting) game with a 5-3 score. Then we played another and this time Mati won 5-4, quite surprising. First two rounds were played on Veg's server(thx <3).
Today we played the tiebreaker. It seemed like I had a bad day. I was unlucky and I made stupid mistakes which gave Mati a quick 4-0 lead. Then I realised I had to play different and I came back to 4-3, but I couldn't beat him as he played really really really defensive(no offense). Anyways, good luck against Warrior! (Thx to Ric for hosting, btw)

[Vegito]

Ouch :o. 4-0 quickly, no chance anymore then basically.
Thanks for finishing though :).

[Grytolle]

no offense but definitely implying that he's lame :D!

[Yasco]

Yes. :P