Round 1/22 results:
2/10 3:54 pm Requiem def Rebels 12-5 log
2/10 3:39 pm FTNguyen def Unhallowed 12-3 log
2/10 2:26 pm Nuke def StarFire Elite 12-3 log
2/10 2:26 pm Assassins def Alpha Reunion 12-2 log
2/10 2:13 pm Llamas def Shocktech 12-0 log

Usual round 1 games. Shaky all around. Someone played on a laptop, not knowing it's regular season. Well, we've got rounds to spare.
Standings 1/22:
1 Llamas 1-0 12 0
2 Gods 1-0 12 0
3 Assassins 1-0 10 0
4 FTNguyen 1-0 9 0
5 Nuke 1-0 9 0
6 Requiem 1-0 7 0
7 Rebels 0-1 -7 0
8 StarFire Elite 0-1 -9 0
9 Unhallowed 0-1 -9 0
10 Alpha Reunion 0-1 -10 0
11 Shocktech 0-1 -12 0
12 BYE Round 0-1 -12


3pm:
Alpha Reunion vs. Gods -- 110814
FTNguyen vs. Shocktech -- 110815
Llamas vs. StarFire Elite -- 110816

4pm:
Assassins vs. Unhallowed -- 110817
Nuke vs. Requiem -- 110818
Rebels vs. BYE Round -- 110819

Don't mind the arena names on !schedule
We'll mostly use 4v4a-c, but since one of the bots automatically called one game on a whim last season, I'm keeping 3pm and 4pm in separate arenas.

With everyone back to 4v4, things are looking much more optimistic for the league these days. Is it for the money, for glory or bragging rights? Let's see where we are at the start of new season.

TOP SQUADS

FTNguyen


The champions are once again the favourites to win it. A well-oiled machine which has been consistent for years now. Will they finally lose a regular season game after X seasons? I guess it could happen. After all, it seems regular season will have 20 weeks, ending in like year 2016. Still, they will finish as top seed going into the playoffs. And yes, because of that, they should easily reach the finals. They were pretty lucky to win it last time, but you have to admit they have by far the best teamwork in SS. TVB is the key. Their playmaker and the best player in the league. Then KN who just kills everyone... Yeah, definitely #1 once more. At a first glance, their bench doesn't seem too deep, but with the addition of krellin, now they have 3 guys that can jump in at any time (legacy - for some emps, caer - for teamwork, krellin - just for total madness).

Line-up: TVB, KN, 7th, maimer
Key question: Can KN's shoulders avoid injuries?


Assassins


It is kind of weird that half of Sterling is now on Assassins. No, actually, it is very weird. Selling their souls just to... Oh, never mind. This roster is full of top players, but I feel the skill level has fallen off, compared to, well... any Asses' roster from the past. Losing saiyan was a big hit because of his activity and the fact that he was their best player last season. Inactivity is the biggest problem, but they should be top 3 in the regular season. If Jake and peng start praccing sometime before the semi-finals, Assassins will have a good shot to win though.

Line-up: develop, bhang, kdak, varsity (best 4 at this point)
Key question: Will Jake go Bynum on Assassins?


Nuke


Tough roster we got here. Mix in some asses (enf, nacre, saiyan) and some TD guys (blink, monkk) and this is what you get. An important fact is that these guys are online all the time. Well, not everyone, but sai, blink, ice and makron. Will they develop good teamwork? Maybe, but pracs are different from real games. They definitely have the talent to reach the finals, and I actually see them finishing the regular season just behind Nguyens. However, the season is long. Who knows, maybe they'll destroy everyone, maybe they go emo by mid-season point...

Line-up: enf, nacre, saiyan, blink, monkk (take any 4 and they look pretty scary)
Key question: Is this the new Miami Heat or the new Lakers?

 



OTHERS

Rebels


I expect a better season for them than the last one. It seems they awaken a bit and are active in 4v4 again. I was just wondering, what happened to masterlord? Anyways, their top line-up is pretty clear with pse, ra, barb and captor. Others are all solid players. I guees they could start dagger, who can be very annoying whichever ship he chooses to play in. They lost to requiem in first round due to an odd decision to let PP play on laptop. Still, I think they are better than Req and should reach pro playoffs easily. This loss is not a big deal and I really think Ra will show his uber captaining skills.

Line-up: barb, captor, pse, ra
Key question: Where the hell is masterlord?


Requiem


Req is back after like a decade. But, is this really Req? There are some ppl on the roster who haven't logged into SS since like 1999. Apart from that, they seem solid. Sika, three and arctos are thier best and having them in the game can cause problems to almost any team in the league. I think they will finish the season below expectations, maybe 6th or 7th. However, I may be completely wrong and they end up in the top 4. Really depends on their showing throughout the season. Good start nevertheless.

Line-up: sika, three, arctos, treachen
Key question: Will sika forget to use x-radar in the deciding game?


Unhallowed


Nice to see Unh back! Death Artist re-formed them and it is a decent roster. Cfl traitor and Nadai joined them and these two are the most important players. Unh's season will depend on them two showing if you ask me. I'd go with fedu and peabrain as starters and have DA as a sub. They seriously need to add at least two more active players to the roster however. If they do, unh can go as high as 5th position. If they don't, they'll have a long fight for the top six spots and eventually end up losing. Or winning (aml). Anyways, I'm cheering for you. Recruit someone.

Line-up: cfl, nadai, fedu, peabrain
Key question: How bad can cfl aim?


 
Starfire Elite


One of the longest lasting squads in the league. Something Dutch and Solar Hydro have kept them alive all these years. Good job guys. This season they seem to be a bit weaker than in the past. They should be AML, but who knows, maybe they surprise us all. For something like that, they need to put on some muscles. Like, start with getting divine to play 4v4.

Line-up: MFA, something dutch, a suicidal dentist, gold teeth
Key question: Can they find a Jeremy Lin on their roster?


Gods


Haha, gods are back as well. Kudos to BE for bringing them back to 4v4. But, they are inactive as hell. I saw gebo in spec the other day, but he seemed afk. As do all gods except BE. I really hope they actually do play in the league, but at this point, I can't see them finishing better than 9th spot. They could be solid if they show up and recruit someone else, but someone good.

Line-up: BE, adept, gebo, krayzie
Key question: How many games will they show to?


Alpha Reunion


I don’t know much about these guys. Guess they are from Alpha zone. I remember seeing some of these names, but no idea how they play. I’ll go with FUEGO as their best player. Anyways, they will probably fighting with shocktech for the penultimate position.

Line-up: fuego and three others
Key question: How many can fuego burn?


Shocktech


Another team I have no idea about. Thx for joining the league guys. I hope you have fun time playing it. It may probably take several seasons until you can compete with others. I really hope you don’t quit. You’ll see that 4v4 league is where top players of SS play.

Line-up: no idea
Key question: Shall they go for the lottery pick?



Why is there no Llamas, the current league leaders, on this list, you ask?? Like I'm gonna tell you my squad's strengths and weaknesses...


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- SF

Did roster lock happen yet?

First and foremost, why is this game still alive?

 

Good job everyone, Pro League has somehow managed to stay alive and last to Season 33. So far this season started off with a great start, and by great I don't mean only having 10 squads participating. Theoretically speaking, this season would have had 12 squads in total, with the additions of Nemeses and Gods. However due to some unknown factors, Nemeses decided to dissolve on the very same day they joined league.

 

Now let's see who we have playing this time around:

 

DZ-4v4-Bot> 'saiyan' Rating: 1150, ERating: 1658, Wins-Losses: 68-34, Kills/Deaths: 334/197

DZ-4v4-Bot> +-------------------------------+--------------------------------------+--------------------+---------+---------+

DZ-4v4-Bot> | Opponent Result Score | Rat Ki/De KO TK LO SK AS FR WR PTime | DDealt/DTaken DmgE | AcB AcG | GameID |

DZ-4v4-Bot> +-------------------------------+--------------------------------------+--------------------+---------+---------+

DZ-4v4-Bot> | Freq 200 W 11-3 | 1 4/ 2 0 0 0 3 2 6 2 11:27 | 25421/ 22943 52% | 71 18 | 110728 |

DZ-4v4-Bot> | Freq 200 W 11-6 | -3 1/ 2 1 0 0 1 3 5 2 11:56 | 22373/ 25419 46% | 44 14 | 110727 |

DZ-4v4-Bot> | Freq 200 L 12-11 | -4 2/ 3 1 0 0 2 2 10 0 11:12 | 33720/ 22233 60% | 73 18 | 110675 |

DZ-4v4-Bot> | Freq 200 W 12-4 | 11 3/ 1 1 0 0 2 3 5 0 11:59 | 26052/ 26785 49% | 66 14 | 110672 |

DZ-4v4-Bot> | Freq 200 L 11-5 | -2 1/ 2 0 0 2 1 2 1 3 12:35 | 28084/ 28226 49% | 60 19 | 110671 |

DZ-4v4-Bot> | Freq 200 W 11-4 | 27 6/ 0 2 0 0 1 2 3 0 12:09 | 18031/ 18463 49% | 62 6 | 110669 |

DZ-4v4-Bot> | Freq 200 W 12-5 | 7 3/ 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 11:13 | 19467/ 13635 58% | 64 14 | 110668 |

DZ-4v4-Bot> | Freq 200 L 11-7 | 8 4/ 2 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 10:23 | 21239/ 29519 41% | 62 28 | 110666 |

DZ-4v4-Bot> | assassins W 12-9 | 12 5/ 2 2 0 0 1 4 3 1 20:28 | 41319/ 35464 53% | 45 15 | 110660 |

DZ-4v4-Bot> | Freq 100 L 12-9 | -9 3/ 3 0 0 0 1 0 7 3 14:42 | 28725/ 29788 49% | 58 14 | 110628 |

DZ-4v4-Bot> +-------------------------------+--------------------------------------+--------------------+---------+---------+



DZ-4v4-Bot> | R) Player Rating Win-Loss Ki/De | KO TK SK AS FR WR PTime | DDPM/DTPM DmgE | AcB AcG |

DZ-4v4-Bot> +-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+----------------+---------+

DZ-4v4-Bot> | 1) saiyan 1150 68-34 334/197 | 90 4 160 161 419 125 22 | 2180/2125 50% | 58 15 |

DZ-4v4-Bot> | 2) ice2702 991 90-19 302/198 | 77 5 125 185 379 86 21 | 2156/1886 53% | 48 17 |

DZ-4v4-Bot> | 3) Blink 986 61-22 226/153 | 73 6 99 131 249 83 16 | 1853/2249 45% | 57 17 |



HE COULD BE CARVING WOOD...

 



 

HE COULD BE SCULPTING ICE...



 

 

HE COULD EVEN BE PICKUP UP NICE LOOKING GIRLS AT THE CLUB AND TAKING THEM BACK TO HIS HOUSE...



 

BUT NO HES ONLINE WITH THE MOST PRACS PLAYED AND THE BEST PRAC RATIO GG SAIYAN... GIVE IT A REST...

 



 

RAGE DONATED A FEW LINKS TO HELP !!

 

http://artofmanliness.com/2010/01/06/45-manly-hobbies/      - 45 manly hobbys

http://www.hobbylobby.com                                                              - Hobby Lobby

I know I do not contribute much but I was sadden today by providing information in a team chat in a practice that I was captain of.  Soooooooooooo,  since I can't change that, I ask for implementation.

 

 

I was hoping a player profile can be added to the bot.  It's like an info tab on an account.  Since there are only a few players playing with only so many alises, there should be an !info player.

 

Since in the past, I have been brief and not to the point, I will be to the point and not brief.

 

 

Player admits to typing .items in public or to bot to obtain information and will only ask coords:  yes or no

 

you can break that up.

 

I'm sorry, I am lazy haha.  So the way this works, is the bot remebers preferences and when you type in team chat, the messages are "filtered" in the right way based on the type of information the player wishes to receive.

 

more examples:

 

1 update in team chat in the form of regular typing.  1 update in team chat in the form of %coord (1 liners).  Rest are filtered.

 

The player preference !info player basically describes the players preferences in how he wishes to play the game because to play the game all you need to do is kill the other dude or whatever.

 

I left it open, cheers tonight peeps.

 

 

edit: ooops ... everyone wants to know the benefit.  the benefit is the player has control over the situation.  nuff said.

Hey all,

 

Cintra and I have been talking to some of the powers that be in TW.  Seems we can probably get an aswz sub-arena in TW once we have the maps and settings.  (Just came across: [url=]http://maps.aswz.org,[/url] might be all we need if those can be adapted for subgame.)

 

Some Benefits:

-TW seems to be a more active zone than Chaos

-Could probably entice players to try it out through bot announcements to pub

-Hosted games (maybe with rewards of TW's pub currency) might also entice players

 

 

Also, I've been thinking about joining staff (mod and/or bot developer) for TW.  I wouldn't mind taking a stab at rewriting the old pub bot for TW's bot core .

 

Thoughts?

 

- X-Demo

The rule part - Double round robin, a hefty 16 rounds:
Squads that dissolve will be replaced by bye rounds. If more than one dissolve, I'll redo "round 2" to match the number of squads left. Maybe even the rest of "round 1".

Tied squads will be sorted HtH -> HtH within tied group -> K/D within tied group -> Overall K/D.
Assuming 10 make it to post-season, PRO will have 6 squads with instant semi-finals for top 2. AML will have the other 4 squads.

Rosters will be locked for moderation before this Sunday. Meaning you can still change your roster up to round 10, but I'll have to handle it. This is to prevent name changing and gives me time to go through any possible double squadders. As usual, rosters will not be changed on Sundays, unless the messages from the captain and the player are both sent to me (?message Caerbannog+:you roxor; or via forums) in advance.

Dissolving squads' players will be allowed to join other squads IF their squad dissolves during the first half of the season.
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Schedule for February 10th:

3pm:
Alpha Reunion vs. Assassins -- 110490
Llamas vs. Shocktech -- 110491
Nuke vs. SFE -- 110492

4pm:
Rebels vs. Requiem -- 110493
FTNguyen vs. Unhallowed -- 110494

SCHEDULE FIXED AFTER ROUND ONE TO FIT 11 SQUADS AND BYE.

Still no confirmation from Assassins on their moves regarding league. Unhallowed's return also remains a mystery. Amphitheater hasn't gotten back to me.
Last weekend both Requiem and FTNguyen showed 4. SFE had 3 and a nts. Llamas would've had 4 I think. Rebels had 3. Alpha Reunion was nowhere to be seen.

Sunday, Jan 27th:
3pm:
Rebels vs. Requiem
FTNguyen vs. StarFire Elite


4pm:
Assassins vs. Alpha Reunion
Nuke vs. Llamas

REMINDER: Any player can remove him/herself from a squad by logging in with the name on a squad and typing !removeplayer squadname:playername

We won't run pre-season or regular on the 3rd for superbowl. Yeah, we wouldn't pause a season for it, but this season isn't even going yet

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