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It is my pleasure to announce the $1K Table Topper for February 2021 will be going ahead this weekend, despite recent events. Due to the prevalence of cheaters on the ranked ladder, who have unfortunately impacted quite significantly the final standings, instead of the 2 highest placed players on the 1v1 ranked ladder, the following will occur:
Kaiserklein was at 2168 ELO at the end of the month and maintained a healthy ELO gap from the second rank for the duration of the last week of February, so will be given a bye into the showmatch.
Knuschelbär, Haitch and Samwise12 were on 2090, 2089 and 2085 ELO respectively as the month ended, with next being Jimmy Pickles who was on 2017 ELO.
I am not satisfied that Jimmy Pickles was within striking distance for second position on the 1v1 ranked ladder, and therefore, will not be invited to participate in the preliminary matches for the showmatch.
Knuschelbär, Haitch and Samwise12 will be invited to take part in a round robin, where each player will face off in a best of 3 against each other.
Hopefully the games do not result in a 3 way tie, as that is a difficult problem to solve and may delay things.
The sponsor has agreed to increase the prize pool from $1000 to $1500, with $500 being awarded to second place. This is to guarantee that the player who is successful in the preliminary games is rewarded for their success.
The first series of the preliminaries will be streamed on my twitch channel, beginning at 18:00GMT on Saturday 6 March 2021. My twitch channel can be found here: http://www.twitch.com/aussie_drongo
The second and third series in the preliminaries will be streamed after the first series is complete on the EGCTV channel, who is the sponsor of this showmatch. The EGCTV twitch channel can be found here: http://www.twitch.com/egctv
The show match between Kaiserklein and the player successful in the preliminaries will be streamed on the EGCTV channel, beginning at 18:00GMT on Sunday 7 March 2021.
Aussie_Drongo wrote:The first series of the preliminaries will be streamed on my twitch channel, beginning at 18:00GMT on Saturday 6 March 2021. My twitch channel can be found here: http://www.twitch.com/aussie_drongo
The second and third series in the preliminaries will be streamed after the first series is complete on the EGCTV channel, who is the sponsor of this showmatch. The EGCTV twitch channel can be found here: http://www.twitch.com/egctv
What order will the matches be played in and is there any consideration for which player gets an advantage by getting a break between their 2 series?
Aussie_Drongo wrote:The first series of the preliminaries will be streamed on my twitch channel, beginning at 18:00GMT on Saturday 6 March 2021. My twitch channel can be found here: http://www.twitch.com/aussie_drongo
The second and third series in the preliminaries will be streamed after the first series is complete on the EGCTV channel, who is the sponsor of this showmatch. The EGCTV twitch channel can be found here: http://www.twitch.com/egctv
What order will the matches be played in and is there any consideration for which player gets an advantage by getting a break between their 2 series?
Are they being cast as recorded games or live?
The games are being cast as recorded games, and players have been asked to arrange a mutually suitable time within the next 48 hours to play their games. Unsure what order matches will be played in yet.
not against this at all, but reduce this community to something like 3-4-5 players that only play 'tryhardin' in order to be at the top of the ladder, it lets me doubtful
the point is, some bois don't give a shit about it, and still compete in tourneys, so basically you are just putting someone aside of it
Aykin Haraka wrote:not against this at all, but reduce this community to something like 3-4-5 players that only play 'tryhardin' in order to be at the top of the ladder, it lets me doubtful
On the flip side it saves time. Lets be honest no matter how hard you try, in current scenario you are not going past RO8 on your best day let alone win a tournament.
Aykin Haraka wrote:not against this at all, but reduce this community to something like 3-4-5 players that only play 'tryhardin' in order to be at the top of the ladder, it lets me doubtful
the point is, some bois don't give a shit about it, and still compete in tourneys, so basically you are just putting someone aside of it
i don't think it is a good format for a community tournament, but it's hosted by drongo not ESOC, so he has all the creative freedom. in the end I think he just wants a small number of very exciting games to cast.
anyways what is egctv?
POC wrote:Also I most likely know a whole lot more than you.
POC wrote:Also as an objective third party, and near 100% accuracy of giving correct information, I would say my opinions are more reliable than yours.
@edeholland i can read, my question was aimed at the following explanations:
Who is EGCTV made up of? Is it an AOE3 channel? Have they hosted anything before?
POC wrote:Also I most likely know a whole lot more than you.
POC wrote:Also as an objective third party, and near 100% accuracy of giving correct information, I would say my opinions are more reliable than yours.
harcha wrote:@edeholland i can read, my question was aimed at the following explanations:
Who is EGCTV made up of? Is it an AOE3 channel? Have they hosted anything before?
harcha wrote:@edeholland i can read, my question was aimed at the following explanations:
Who is EGCTV made up of? Is it an AOE3 channel? Have they hosted anything before?
POC wrote:Also I most likely know a whole lot more than you.
POC wrote:Also as an objective third party, and near 100% accuracy of giving correct information, I would say my opinions are more reliable than yours.
POC wrote:Also I most likely know a whole lot more than you.
POC wrote:Also as an objective third party, and near 100% accuracy of giving correct information, I would say my opinions are more reliable than yours.
kaiser has a bye to the main event and so will earn either $500 or a $1000. This is true for the single player of the other 3 who qualify to the main event
I_HaRRiiSoN_I wrote:kaiser has a bye to the main event and so will earn either $500 or a $1000. This is true for the single player of the other 3 who qualify to the main event
That's a bit awkward but he did dominate the ladder. Interesting to see these games
