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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Good stuff!

Ok, as it would be a rather late call (and some people somehow cannot predict league times), we'll skip this weekend's pre-season.

But don't worry, we still have two more weekends to go before the superbowl.

Now, in other league related news. You can comment on this here, but..
If we have 8+ (we might have 9, perhaps even 10) squads, we'll go double round robin. If we have 7 or less, we'll go triple.
I know the 15 round season we had with 6 felt long for many, but fact is once we hit playoffs, squads get eliminated.

Oh well, discuss amonst your squaddies if you can find them and or tell me what you think.
Oh and if we have squads dissolving, the number of rounds quite obviously changes from the original, regardless of the format.
And we seem to have some pretty volatile squads forming up.

Hello everyone,

 

I have some pretty good news. One of the SS veterans (wishes to stay anonymous at this time), who still loves this game and has some extra money, has decided to donate $1000 to the 4v4 league in hope to attract people to play this game again and show that they are the best.

 

Full amount will be given to the winner of the league. It would start right after the season that starts on Feb 11^th has ended (probably late May or July) and would be ran either as the new season or an independent league. This gives us enough time to advertise it (forums, in-game) and, also, enough time for pilots to get back to 4v4 practicing.

 

I have talked to several captains and they are all generally happy with the idea.

Not everything is organized yet, but here are some key rules.

 

In order to avoid stacking and have as many people and squads as possible, we would have 5 or max 6 man rosters. This way it’s easier for anyone to form a squad.

 

The avoid stacking part -> Captains would not roster just the best pilots they can find, they will also have to think about how active and reliable to show someone is. (i.e. Stacked team doesn’t show everyone vs. a weaker team -> the weaker team has a great chance to win the game.) In 2013, this would mean the league would be pretty interesting.

 

Another great thing is that 4v4 arenas would be full like in the old days, even on weekdays.

 

There is one condition. We will need at least 20 rosters for all this to happen. If there isn’t 20, it will not take place. Of course, double squadding is forbidden.

 

Please respond in this thread if you are interested. And send the link to people you think might be interested to participate in this.

 

Once we have the exact number of squads, we will know in which format the league will be held.

 

P.S. If it is a success, the person that is donating money will do it again.

 

SF

Well hello there, subfriends.

It kinds of looks like the council isn't happening, at least for now. Who knows, things might change.
Anyways, I updated A1 to fix mAImER's capitals and AML champs... except the last part is still wrong. It's missing seasons.

We have 7-ish squads for this:
FTNguyen
Rebels
Llamas
StarFire Elite
Requiem
Alpha Reunion
Nuke - missing a few players
Assassins - no idea if they are returning

So I'll pit the two most unlikely to show against each other.

Sunday, January 13th:
3pm:
Assassins vs. Nuke
Alpha Reunion vs. Llamas

4pm:
Rebels vs. FTNguyen
Requiem vs. StarFire Elite

Just wondering what people prefer as their primary ship when tackling/pwning/laming Chaos Zone.



I've always preferred warbird because I'm quite boring and need enough help as it is without clunky steering nobbling my attempts to run screaming from the mere thought of an exchange.



But I thought I'd ask you buggers, what do you drive, and why?

After my hundreds of seasons as a Pro League veteran and countless pennants in 4v4 I was just wondering if you guys had ever tried levelling the playing field by capping the total/average player ratings for a squad?



Has it been tried? Discussed?



Pros? Cons?



Just wondering.

For Death Incarnate:



Deadville - zombie horror/drama from Northern Ireland - pretty bad, scoring is bad, but the story isnt bad :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rwnqc7u934



Zombie Wars - this is one of those "omg this is the worst movie i've ever seen." "so are you comin in, then?" "gimme an hour and a half." movies :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYqUJYGAiIA



I thought Andy Milligan's Carnage was on here somewhere too, but I couldn't find it.