CTF League

[Rampage]

I'm signed up for this ctf thing. Are you supposed to choose your own partner or is one assigned for you? lol. If you choose your own, I might be out of luck because I have no friends. sniff. Who wants to be my friend?

you have a team assigned to you, its based on tiers and players skill level. I believe they are in the process of doing seedings.

[SUNSHINE]

Cinsere was telling me they're going to team based on players skills, etc. I guess I need to play? Like TONIGHT... since I really don't ctf anymore and probably play horrid

8==D

[cinsere]

i'll be yer friend ya big lug!
CD i think the trade idea is great. there are those certain people who just simply don't like certain other people. as lnog as everyone else co sign's i think this is basically a must.

[cd57]

Ramp, I'm going to give everyone the benefit of the doubt at first. The only way to get new players into ctf is to allow them to play and learn on the go. Krix is good at quake, if you are good at other forms of quake it doesn't take long to become decent at ctf. For example, Cincere didn't play ctf until recently and he has already become a really solid ctfer.

I'm sure out of the 30 or so who are signed up right now a few won't work out, so I'm trying to figure out a way to fix that problem on the go, once it happens.

[monoz]

im ok with an alternate 3 as long as evereyone gets to play (cuz I wouldnt get to in that scenario )

Trades, we would need to make sure that trades can only be b/w people of the same tier. (no trading tier 1 for tier 2, etc...). I also think there should be a big reason to allow a trade as well, not just ("I like him more"). Specifically, people who really do not get along...

I do not think anyone really hates each other here. I mean... me and frenzy aren't best of friends, but we would probably still play together.

[Rampage]

I feel it should be a 3v3 tourney, it makes more sense for CTF. Teams of 3 with one sub would hurt the player thats leftover.

[R00k]

Just a note about the team creation, the HDZ server has been logging the end game stats for each match for the last several years Sometimes the log files get bloated > 40mb and I have to restart the server to keep things running smooth. I dont think i have time to create a log parser for the stats but maybe providing some logs for the tournament admins might help decide the structure for each tier...

[Rampage]

r00k, it would be cool if you could show the stats for june-july-august, and even post them here for the top 20-30 players on HDZ for the month. I would love to see who leads in frags, kills, quads, flag caps/returns, etc.

[metchsteekle]

lol frenzys kid kicked my ass in quake a few nights ago

oh soryy this isent related to the topic

well i guess i would have to join and wach a bit before i play cos i have never played ctf

[monoz]

its probably the person that plays the most.

[Frenzy]

I think the 3on3 idea is better than 2v2 especially with the growing number of players.

Due to the fact we are playing once a week with 28 people, everyone will need server time especially if it's a 3 game match, so 3v3 makes more sense. The maps are also more so 3v3 friendly than they are 2v2. Only 2-3 maps are 2v2 built but for the most part CTF is a 3v3 or 4v4 man game.

There are some people who signed up that I don't suspect will even play once, such as Krix. Krix never plays CTF and I can't see a reason why he'd start for a tournament. I do not believe he even knows the maps, nor how to hook. You may have to cancel out some of these signups to ensure the quality of playing is higher.

I've gone through the list myself, copied down each player, and I have them categorized as to who I think will play for certain, and Krix is only having problems getting 3wave installed so that's his deal, he is interested though.

The stats will be good, but lets be honest, some of us have been playing CTF so regularly that we know who the tier players are.

I like the 3v3 idea, CD you and I need to talk on more than just the server

And as for asking you guys to send me messages about your info, here is the reason why:


This makes things a lot more organized, and easy for me to get things rolling.

[Hitman]

I like the 3x3 idea. 2x2 would be ok but 3x3 will be better. Also one game a week is too little! Here's an idea:

Let's say there are 6 teams: Montreal, New York, Chicago, Philly, Boston, Toronto

Say the next two games for my team Montreal would be against New York and Chicago, I would be incharge of getting in touch with my players and the NY and Chicago players and organize a time in the week to get the best of 3 game over with. Every team should play 2 games a week (whenever is most suitable for them, but it must be agreed on by the two captains). Like this, by the end of the week every team will have played two games which I think could be better. (just an idea)

[Frenzy]

I like the 3x3 idea. 2x2 would be ok but 3x3 will be better. Also one game a week is too little! Here's an idea:

Let's say there are 6 teams: Montreal, New York, Chicago, Philly, Boston, Toronto

Say the next two games for my team Montreal would be against New York and Chicago, I would be incharge of getting in touch with my players and the NY and Chicago players and organize a time in the week to get the best of 3 game over with. Every team should play 2 games a week (whenever is most suitable for them, but it must be agreed on by the two captains). Like this, by the end of the week every team will have played two games which I think could be better. (just an idea)

I like your thinking

[Disco]

how are the teams being picked? Random drawing, captains, or admins hand pick them? Also is there going to be a handful of maps used with a tiebreaker map chosen?

[cd57]

I'm not against two games a week if it doesn't become overwhelming for those people who are only free on the weekends. Take for example visine. I'm glad he's in the league, because he's one of the better players and that makes for good competition, but he's usually only able to play on the weekends. When vis's team is playing he has a limited schedule to play the match, which leaves the team he's playing with that equally small window. If we can get it to work out I'm cool with the idea. I'm just trying to avoid putting too much on people's plates, because that's when they stop playing and the league becomes inactive and eventually dead.