2 Continents! 1 Cup... CUP! Announced!
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25 Jan 2015, 16:37
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News
Attention RTCW Community! Yes! Community: As in ONE large but completely messed up group of people still playing this game. We are talking to both sides of RTCW community that is merely separated by a giant pond! More or less half the admin staff that brought you the last RTCW cup (The Reich Strikes Back) is proud to present our next installment of RTCW Action! We have 2 continents still playing this game and only one cup to win… so we bring you: 2 CONTINENTS! 1 CUP! ... CUP!
This Cup will bring a new twist on the last few cups as we are moving away from group stages and going back to a more old school feel for the game when we used to play under a ‘seasons’ format. Meaning we will have set default dates and times and each week a new map will be played as the ONLY map during that week’s action. This also includes OFFICIAL SET DATE/TIMES for our favorite NA vs. EU match ups (and EU vs. EU and NA vs. NA). Meaning if you fail to show up on time or make other arrangements to play the match BEFORE the default date/time you will forfeit and the next week’s schedule will begin. We will have no reschedules! This means almost zero delay! We will also have a playoff and are planning to include a few custom maps along the way to keep things interesting (don’t worry we don’t plan on being CRAZY with our selection of custom maps). Community members will in fact have a chance to vote on the custom maps they wish to see used in the cup during two weeks in the regular season. More details on that to follow as well as loads of information on our websites rules page!
Along with this exciting news we are also proud to announce merl1nator will be taking the lead as our main caster for this event. WarWitchTV and the rest of the Mg42 crew will also be providing coverage but on a smaller level then previous cups. Again much like last cup we are attempting to organize a prize pool but can’t release any official details about this until we can 100% confirm that aspect. So be on the lookout for this information on our website and other RTCW news outlets (Facebook, Crossfire, merl1nator, WarWitchTV, etc.).
Signups begin immediately and will end on the 15th of February @ 11:59 PM EST.
Official Start Date: February 22nd, 2015
Map schedule teams will be using:
Week 1: Ice
Week 2: Base
Week 3: TBA (#1 Voted Custom)
Week 4: Village
Week 5: Assault
Week 6: TBA (#2 Voted Custom)
Week 7: Beach
Week 8: Frostbite
Playoffs Begin on or around the last week of April. More details will follow on the official playoff maps and schedule.
During the last few months we have been working closely with members of the RTCW community to provide for you a change of pace with this new cup and hope the ‘seasons’ format removes much of the delay that generally happens in the group stage cups and playoffs. Also we are again tweaking our rule set and expect teams and team captains to be fully compliant with these rules. Most noteworthy is teams will be required to submit a valid GUID with each of your players as you signup. We will have a ZERO tolerance policy in place during the cup when it comes to following the rules.
You can officially submit your teams name, region, roster, locations of each player and GUID’s to: [email protected] or message Virus047 thru Crossfire.
NOTE: We will have EU vs. NA matches but we will attempt to limit the number of cross continent match ups during the regular season as we feel that is the best way to keep the season going on schedule and make for a more exciting playoff. So it is possible you MIGHT play the same EU and NA teams twice during the regular season.
The Admin team and I wish everyone the best of luck this cup and can’t wait to get this kicked off! Thanks! GL HF!'
Cup Admin Team:
Virus047
Alpha
Gut
Malmen (webhost)
Cup Website:
http://rtcwcup.com/index-2con.htm
This Cup will bring a new twist on the last few cups as we are moving away from group stages and going back to a more old school feel for the game when we used to play under a ‘seasons’ format. Meaning we will have set default dates and times and each week a new map will be played as the ONLY map during that week’s action. This also includes OFFICIAL SET DATE/TIMES for our favorite NA vs. EU match ups (and EU vs. EU and NA vs. NA). Meaning if you fail to show up on time or make other arrangements to play the match BEFORE the default date/time you will forfeit and the next week’s schedule will begin. We will have no reschedules! This means almost zero delay! We will also have a playoff and are planning to include a few custom maps along the way to keep things interesting (don’t worry we don’t plan on being CRAZY with our selection of custom maps). Community members will in fact have a chance to vote on the custom maps they wish to see used in the cup during two weeks in the regular season. More details on that to follow as well as loads of information on our websites rules page!
Along with this exciting news we are also proud to announce merl1nator will be taking the lead as our main caster for this event. WarWitchTV and the rest of the Mg42 crew will also be providing coverage but on a smaller level then previous cups. Again much like last cup we are attempting to organize a prize pool but can’t release any official details about this until we can 100% confirm that aspect. So be on the lookout for this information on our website and other RTCW news outlets (Facebook, Crossfire, merl1nator, WarWitchTV, etc.).
Signups begin immediately and will end on the 15th of February @ 11:59 PM EST.
Official Start Date: February 22nd, 2015
Map schedule teams will be using:
Week 1: Ice
Week 2: Base
Week 3: TBA (#1 Voted Custom)
Week 4: Village
Week 5: Assault
Week 6: TBA (#2 Voted Custom)
Week 7: Beach
Week 8: Frostbite
Playoffs Begin on or around the last week of April. More details will follow on the official playoff maps and schedule.
During the last few months we have been working closely with members of the RTCW community to provide for you a change of pace with this new cup and hope the ‘seasons’ format removes much of the delay that generally happens in the group stage cups and playoffs. Also we are again tweaking our rule set and expect teams and team captains to be fully compliant with these rules. Most noteworthy is teams will be required to submit a valid GUID with each of your players as you signup. We will have a ZERO tolerance policy in place during the cup when it comes to following the rules.
You can officially submit your teams name, region, roster, locations of each player and GUID’s to: [email protected] or message Virus047 thru Crossfire.
NOTE: We will have EU vs. NA matches but we will attempt to limit the number of cross continent match ups during the regular season as we feel that is the best way to keep the season going on schedule and make for a more exciting playoff. So it is possible you MIGHT play the same EU and NA teams twice during the regular season.
The Admin team and I wish everyone the best of luck this cup and can’t wait to get this kicked off! Thanks! GL HF!'
Cup Admin Team:
Virus047 Alpha Gut Malmen (webhost)Cup Website:
http://rtcwcup.com/index-2con.htm
GL nonetheless in your cup.
p.s. Hopefully we see some old/new faces :)
Anywho, anyone looking for another player?
And can anyone tell me where some community action is still going on besides this website? IRC channels, some new stuff, ...?
What are big gaming pages on FB then?
And are there still some decent esports coverage websites online? No more Tek9, SK seems (temporarily?) down, ...
and there
https://www.facebook.com/groups/174119665955106/
still installed here and fully running on my win7 64bit ..
i'm in!
rtcw doesn't have this nice (or not nice) antilag which etpro has.
i remember it being a pain in the ass back then in the qcon qualifiers.
i haven't started askin around yet, but maybe i'll gather some players together.
haven't played rtcw in like 9 years or so :/
Anything more and it's just stupid... hence why myself and a few others I know probably won't bother.
Not fussed about a shrub tourney, game is and has been dead in Aus for enough time to have moved on! ET is where it's at, just.
a) There aren't nearly as many euros playing this game as are Americans.
b) Most of the euros that would consider playing this cup wouldn't want to play in a team with each other.
c) Euros don't like playing cups against and with Americans, due to ping, scheduling and skill differences.
d) The 1 map/week rule isn't very inviting at all.
also @virus: what are rules for antilag? i'd like to play with antilag off vs na teams and on vs eu teams or off all the time all together, antilag is quite broken in osp and shouldn't really be used if possible. completely breaks the hs box
Official Ruling!
i am excited to play rtcw again.
I just want to ask one question about the server switching though. for exmaple lets say the map is beach we will play abba on beach in usa, then we will play beach in europe abba again right? so we will actually play more rtcw vs europeans in one week than north americans? or did i misunderstand something?
B. We've already got confirmation from some big teams on the EU side, just a matter of time.
C. Scheduling, and ping has always been a factor when it comes to NA vs EU and nothing can or will change this, it's nothing new(unless we all LAN it). Therefore enforcing some of these rules, maybe matches will actually happen, if they don't, why are you even signing up to begin with.
D. I agree with this, however, last cup a lot of the time both teams 1st, and 2nd, always chose the same maps(frost, ice, village) Never did I see people choose base, assault, beach, etc. People want change, and people want a variety of maps, not the same 3 snow maps we always see being played.
a) - NA remained active since our ET community is basically dead and Team Cross Breed & Teh Birdz continued to scrim/practice after the last cup 2-3 times a week. Which kept our two teams around. Thus more NA teams to play since they knew scrims and people playing were available even on days off when Birdz/CB didn't play. Cross Breed & Birdz also organized a few 3v3 Tournaments to keep our two teams active and busy from the time the last cup ended until now.
b) - Obviously an issue in NA as everyone likes to play with friends and not completely random strangers or people they might consider a rival or what have you. Differences is what makes the world go around I guess.
c) - Which is why during the regular season of this cup NA vs NA and EU vs EU is going to happen more often than EU vs NA. Trust me there is no easy way to handle a fair NA vs EU match... and usually those end up with issues anyway. So the admins and I wanted to avoid as many cross continent match ups as possible. After all this is a "Nations Cup" or "Continents Cup" as you could call it. The top 2 NA and top 2 EU teams will make playoffs and battle it out for world domination. So in a perfect world NA team might only play 1 or 2 Eu matches during the 8 week regular season. Obviously we need some EU teams to sign up at this point to help make it easier on the EU folks...
d) - We felt the teams picking maps thing was getting old and something new but widely respected needed to be used. Hense the return to a "seasons" format where the league picks the maps and the teams then can scrim/practice to there hearts content on that map. Last several cups only Frostbite/Village/Ice were used... all the other maps got played sure but not as much as those maps. Even WarWitch and the viewing community near the end of the last few cups was mentally exhausted from looking at all the snow. Good teams can still beat other teams on different maps than Ice/Frost/Village. It should provide a more exciting cup for the teams playing and the viewers at home watching our wonderful game from the viewpoint of Merlin and WarWitch during casts.
Can't wait to see some epic panzer ;)
Check them out!
http://rtcwcup.com/schedule-2con.htm
Check the map schedule out here: http://rtcwcup.com/schedule-2con.htm
Check the rules page here: http://rtcwcup.com/rules-2con.htm
Also we currently stand at 10 teams! :) Still a few more days to join a roster or signup on a team! Get going people!
http://www.crossfire.nu/threads/47915/looking-for-european-funteamplayers-for-2con1cup