Announcing the ESOC Premier League!

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the first installment of the ESOC Premier League! Before diving into the Grand Tour Playoffs, we'll be taking a bit of a detour this September. ESOC's next big event will be the ESOC Premier League (EPL) - a team-based tournament where 4 Team Managers draft a squad from a pool of players and duke it out over the following 3 weeks round-robin style to make it to the playoffs, where the best 2 teams face off to determine this year's reigning champs. Each team must have a minimum of 6 players, with 5 players on the main roster and at least 1 substitute. Players will be drafted in a Live Auction Event, with Team Managers bidding on players using a limited amount of "duck coins". Each team is also granted one "champion", a player who is theirs for free and basically functions as the team's assistant manager. This should be one of the most fun and engaging tournaments ESOC has ever hosted, so read on if you're interested!

The admins for the event this year will be @BrookG, @Mr_Bramboy, and myself, @Cometk.

With that said, I'd like to welcome our managers and their champions:

Mandarin Duck Squad - @Vinyanyérë + @Mitoe
The Nilla Ninjas - @Aizamk + @iamturk
Somali Kabuli Gaming - @princeofkabul + @deleted_user2
Cuirassier Management Co. - @TheNameDaniel + @Kaiserklein

Player sign-ups are open now. You can sign up in your MyESOC panel. Keep in mind that signing up does not guarantee that you will be drafted - hop in the ESOC Premier League discord and make sure to prove your skills to the team managers to ensure your place in the event!

General EPL Rules & Regulations
Description of the Team Manager
Sign-ups Information
Live Auction
Week 1
Week 4 - Playoffs
Prize Pool
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This post marks the formal start to the ESOC Premier League. Managers may now hold official tryouts.

>> Gameplay Rules <<
>> Tournament Schedule <<
>> Tournament Discord <<


Any further questions, feel free to ask in this thread. Here's to a great event!
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SKG gonna be so op that they will change name of the team 4 to "Cry Management Co."
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Cool idea. Should also include some 2/2 games in this though, it is a team event after all ?! ;)
With players split over just 4 teams, this will likely make for some some good 2/2s.
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yeah they manipulated me so i cancelled my sign up. So racist.
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You're not going to get 2 top players in a the same team so the team games won't be very even.
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nothing wrong with a coach + apprentice format.
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[Armag] diarouga wrote:You're not going to get 2 top players in a the same team so the team games won't be very even.

There's only 32 slots, so basically all the players are going to be relatively high level. Like everyone is going to likely be pr30+
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shit.
( about my situation, not the tourney)
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[Armag] diarouga wrote:You're not going to get 2 top players in a the same team so the team games won't be very even.

There are only 4 teams? So to form 4 teams you need just 4x2 = 8 good players...
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Fair point. It's too late anyway.
I also disagree with the prize pool distribution (equally split, should be proportional to the auction), but can't change the rules when it's announced.
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Riotcoke wrote:
[Armag] diarouga wrote:You're not going to get 2 top players in a the same team so the team games won't be very even.

There's only 32 slots, so basically all the players are going to be relatively high level. Like everyone is going to likely be pr30+

between 24 and 36 players. minimum players to a team is 6, max is 9. that means between 5 and 8 players need to be drafted, after you take out the champions
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SKG NOMINATES PLAYER: GIVEUANXIETY
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somppukunkku wrote:SKG NOMINATES PLAYER: GIVEUANXIETY
<somppukunkku> 10 000 DUCK COINS FOR THISH BRIT

GUA would be more, can't beat his invented strats.
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Would be surprised if jackgaming isn't the first pick
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Sign me up asap i want 250k a week wages
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Veni_Vidi_Vici_W wrote:Cool idea. Should also include some 2/2 games in this though, it is a team event after all ?! ;)
With people split over just 4 teams, this will likely make for some some good 2/2s.
I think that'd be great!
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lol if im not picked first pick this is rigged af
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gibson wrote:lol if im not picked first pick this is rigged af

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sounds fun, nice idea
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This is genuinely exciting. Love it.
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Why @Kaiserklein and @Mitoe signed up? Aren't they champion for CMC and MDS?
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I signed up annoy the staff and create more work for them.
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Veni_Vidi_Vici_W wrote:Cool idea. Should also include some 2/2 games in this though, it is a team event after all ?! ;)
With people split over just 4 teams, this will likely make for some some good 2/2s.

a problem is just how hard it is to schedule these games ^^ just the invitational which was supposed to be 3 weeks took 5, if i recall correctly! a tight ship has to be run, for an event like this to work
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