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Dev blog: New Eden Open $10.000 Tournament

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Kharmha
Sttarrlighte Industries
#241 - 2012-10-04 01:03:24 UTC
Cordo Draken wrote:
Kharmha wrote:
Seeing as CCP 'claims' they want a larger group of players to participate, why not start out with 1 vrs 1 matches?
You could have a near unlimited number of participants, perhaps fielding a smaller fee (say 100 mil isk each person), who would have to fight in singles matches. Loose a match, you loose points on your scorecard, win matches you win points on your scorecard. At some point the highest % of the participants move on to 2 vrs 2 matches, again winning and looseing points based on how good you do. Again the top % is taken to move on and participate in 4 vrs 4 matches. Then 8 vrs 8 matches.
At some point, no matter how many players first sign up for the tourny, you will get the best players left and then teams can be formed up for 16 vrs 16 matches, or even more per side.

Now THAT would be an interesting tourny to watch, and yes even participate in.

Also note, done this way it would be near imposible for all members of one alliance or corporation to end up on the same team at the end.


That would be the best way for sure! I'd Sign that petition. The only downsides would be that it would take a long time frame, require a lot of organization and as always a stuggle for a common timeframe to fight with many timezones... But, if there was a solid Will to do it, it can be done. It would be the most Epic Tournament though.

I have to say though, the Rules for this 3DTV event looks to make it not only fair but will create very interesting fights with many different styles. For the Tactical thought behind each fight is why I'd want in on this alone.


Easy solution for the 1 vrs 1 matches, 2 vrs 2 matches and maybe even the 4 vrs 4 matches....Eve Radio. They already host Frigate fight clubs and free for all matches, maybe some dj's would be willing to host some starter matches for the 1 vrs 1's?
Any Dj's who would be interested/willing?
P.S. If 1 vrs 1 fights where put on the list and start that way, i state right her now that i would sponcer and pay for any member of my corporation wishing to participate.
Psycros
Evasive Finance
#242 - 2012-10-04 03:38:27 UTC
Teen-friendly names? No multi-account exploits? If only CCP maintained the same standards for EVE every day as it does for this contest. Hey, I got a cool idea: instead of throwing away a pile of cash on a stupid contest, pay your programmers and designers some overtime to fix bugs, balance the game and maybe even provide some new content. Now THAT would be something newsworthy.
Warde Guildencrantz
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#243 - 2012-10-04 12:41:26 UTC  |  Edited by: Warde Guildencrantz
Psycros wrote:
Teen-friendly names? No multi-account exploits? If only CCP maintained the same standards for EVE every day as it does for this contest. Hey, I got a cool idea: instead of throwing away a pile of cash on a stupid contest, pay your programmers and designers some overtime to fix bugs, balance the game and maybe even provide some new content. Now THAT would be something newsworthy.


If you read the dev blog, it states own3d TV is providing the cash prize, not CCP, and tournament preparation is part of someone's job description, not everyone is a game designer or programmer in CCP, and currently game designers and programmers already are working on as many features as possible.

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Andre Coeurl
Embers Children
#244 - 2012-10-04 14:44:52 UTC
Aside from the discrepancy between saying CCP wants to have a wider and diverse playerbase for this tourny (the entry bidding will cut out any and all small entities, if for no other reason than the want for visibility of large or rich alliances) the actual combat format is crazy enough to allow for some fun watching.

The point system accomodates for even fewer or smaller ships than AT, with all the possible craziness this will mean, and the chance that 4 different ships will be banned less than an hour before the match starts ensures a level of randomness so unpredicatable and so utterly unrealistic that only the most organized and dedicated teams will be in a position to accomodate properly to some bans, while others will be simply untouched. Luck will be such a huge factor in this that it would probably make more sense to play russian roulette.
Obviously there's some way to predict how that ban rule will be used and plan some counters but overall this makes a tourneament look more like a gladiatorial game where the Imperator throws some dice to decide if some fighters will be able to fight with weapons or not...

The metagaming some of said alliances practice everyday will also come into this for sure, so i expect some more perverse fun in this.
Many people worth his salt will pay good cash to participate in this tourny for media coverage and political stunts though, but IMHO no sane small entity will think about getting into this kind of senseless carnage.
MKB Industries
SpecTechCenter
#245 - 2012-10-05 03:19:03 UTC
so atleast $9,600 will come from the teams in the form of plex seeing it will be atleast 20 per team and I am counting them at $15 a pop. So own3d.tv only donatd $400? Or is CCP going to give out the plex to the winner? I sure hope 10k was not donated and CCP is making players put in 9,600 is so CCP would be the real profit maker here.

I mean if it ends up being 30 plex for team thats over $14,000 in entry fees and only $10k paid out :(

I think I will just goto Jita and double my isk in local.
this is the end of the post!
Admiral Goberius
Horde Vanguard.
Pandemic Horde
#246 - 2012-10-05 22:16:17 UTC
hey guys the test server (buckingham) isnt seeded for half the faction stuff can you fix that please ? :\
Cys Root
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#247 - 2012-10-07 15:21:04 UTC
So a 3rd party company decides to thank the EVE community and offers a 10,000 USD tournament prize, given freely.

CCP opts to milk this for all its worth, and plans to actually MAKE money from this.

It's a win-win for CCP, they get to sink several hundred PLEXes and another company gets to pay for it.
Kumq uat
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#248 - 2012-10-07 22:14:59 UTC
I am still wanting to know if we will have a specialty server not just for practice but also for playing the matches themselves. The best of 5 final alone is a wallet breaker and we are already shilling out a ton of plex for this thing. There is also the fact that with the bans it will require teams to have multiple setups and fittings online and ready to go right then. It is definately a concern.
lycka cool
G.H.0.S.T
OnlyFleets.
#249 - 2012-10-08 05:45:26 UTC
Being as there are some really great pvp pilots that can't fork up 20 plex, to keep it fair, I'd say all teams submit an entry and it is drawn at random live (like a mix between the lottery and a cast list for a play). This:

1. makes the prize more valuable since you have no RL $$ equivelant to enter
2. adds hype by adding tension and anticipation for the drawing
3. allows the little guys a chance.


I know youve already decided the entry in your CCP glory, but just throwing this out there.
Servant's Lord
The Untraceable
M A R A K U G A
#250 - 2012-10-08 11:58:40 UTC  |  Edited by: Servant's Lord
Tzuko1 wrote:
Would you like to know more ?

Contact us ingame:
R.A.T.T. channel


Considering selling a single Cambion would bankroll your entire entry fee and then some, I don't see why anyone would need to invest in you.

I also know for a definite fact you have outstanding offers on cambions (mine being one of them). If you were actually concerned with raising isk, you'd simply contact those of us interested in buying your cambions(and not at loltastic prices) and fund yourself quite easily.

-Lords

EDIT-Not to insult, but this just comes off as a scam or "meh we just want more isk because we shouldn't have to spend any of ours"
Kusum Fawn
Perkone
Caldari State
#251 - 2012-10-08 13:38:15 UTC
Is there anything that you cant totally **** up?

Its not possible to please all the people all the time, but it sure as hell is possible to Displease all the people, most of the time.
SwissChris1
Stimulus
Rote Kapelle
#252 - 2012-10-10 12:27:03 UTC  |  Edited by: SwissChris1
Admiral Goberius wrote:
hey guys the test server (buckingham) isnt seeded for half the faction stuff can you fix that please ? :\


Devblog wrote:
Faction, COSMOS, deadspace and officer modules are NOT allowed.
Elise Randolph
Habitual Euthanasia
Pandemic Legion
#253 - 2012-10-11 02:32:17 UTC
He's talking about faction ships and ammo, which are rather pivotal~

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Admiral Goberius
Horde Vanguard.
Pandemic Horde
#254 - 2012-10-11 16:29:59 UTC
ohhh rote-chan Oops
Karl Planck
Perkone
Caldari State
#255 - 2012-10-12 16:51:34 UTC
I have to say I am saddened that there isn't more interest in this. No matter what though, the plex price and the reward are completely out of whack on this. I mean, an 8 man team, winning first prize, would get 750 a person. This is a nice bonus for sure, but this is as good as it gets, assuming you didn't invest real money to get plex. In a more realistic 15 man team each player gets 400 bucks for first place, 200 for second and 67 for third...

I just hope more people will be competing than I think there will be.

I has all the eve inactivity
Ivanrus
TxivYawg
#256 - 2012-10-15 18:15:42 UTC
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Hi!

I am the captain of the applicants on the position of one of the teams for this championship. Could you add faction ships and ammo to the test server, please? We need it for best trening.

Can I contact anybody from CCP team via ingame/standard e-mail or via skype to ask few questions about this championship?
Salpun
Global Telstar Federation Offices
Masters of Flying Objects
#257 - 2012-10-15 18:20:33 UTC
Most of that stuff got seeded to day.

When the server comes back up post in here or in the Buckingham teset server thread about what you still need.

If i dont know something about EVE. I check https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/ISK_The_Guide

See you around the universe.
Laquis Venault
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#258 - 2012-10-16 11:43:02 UTC
Apologies if I missed an answer to this earlier in the thread, but what are the potential legal ramification of match fixing in this tournament, now that real money is involved? Meta-gaming is the bread and butter of our Eve-elite, and previous tourneys showed some very clever tricks that (I believe) land people in jail once the $$$ starts changing hands.
varikina
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#259 - 2012-10-16 12:37:36 UTC
buon TA a tutti gli ITALIANI che sono stati sempre protagonisti anche sotto falso nome!!
William Andersen
Andersen and Phelps Inc
#260 - 2012-10-31 18:37:25 UTC
I loved Tournament X. My first viewing of an Eve tournament. Just curious, what made you stick with Own3D after all the silly problems they had last time?

I have to admit, they almost ruined the tournament for me, but maybe it wasn't them, I never heard anything on the matter afterwards.

Either way, I love the tournament, hopefully they've upgraded and shored up the system so we won't have any problems this time.

However, if we do have problems, maybe we should go ahead and have a small squad of people to kill "spoilers" if the match doesn't broadcast correctly, so that when we watch it later we don't already know what's going to happen because the announcers screwed up and told us prematurely.

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