Thanks, updated the OP

I've updated Kaali based on some of the feedback of biass and boom:

Lighting is changed: it is not as bright as in biass' example. I made the assets slightly brighter - otherwise trees / units would be overlit. Stratum layers are changed: added more fidely. Tree zones are now clearly marked. Cliffs have a different color tone applied when they recede (e.g., they become flat again) I've fixed the single unreachable edge building location I've removed some of the edge building locations - they felt redundant and it allows players to go 'aha!' after I've taught them about the feature with the other locations

Road to Glory 1v1 Tournament (1000-1500 ladder rating)
Saturday, May 15, 2021 and Sunday, May 16, 2021
List of all Games Played

Upper Bracket Round 1

Match 1 - Matr1 vs loxpooig
#14517878 on Cobalt Valley (Sera vs Aeon)

Match 2 - Emperor_Penguin vs Gorthaur
#14518105 on Cobalt Valley (UEF vs Cybran)
#14518210 on Cobalt Valley (UEF vs Cybran)

Upper Bracket Round 2

Match 3 - ETFreeman vs prikki-ti
#14517922 on Forbidden Pass v4 (Aeon vs Cybran)

Match 4 - Freshy vs Lada_2106_drift
#14518130 on Forbidden Pass - FAF version (Sera vs UEF)

Match 5 - Conorach vs ZOOM_
#14517846 on Forbidden Pass - FAF version (Random vs Random)

Match 6 - GingerbreadMan vs Tomruler
#14517845 on Forbidden Pass - FAF version (Sera vs Aeon)

Match 7 - KilaSkila vs MantisDivision
#14517894 on Forbidden Pass - FAF version (Cybran vs Sera)

Match 8 - Didvul vs Robustness
#14517899 on Forbidden Pass - FAF version (UEF vs Cybran)

Match 9 - MadCat vs Matr1
#14518084 on Forbidden Pass - FAF version (Aeon vs Sera)

Match 10 - Emperor_Penguin vs Faeton
#14518304 on Forbidden Pass - FAF version (UEF vs UEF)

Lower Bracket Round 1

Match 11 - Gorthaur vs ZOOM_
#14518307 on Finn's Revenge (Sera vs Random)

Match 12 - Didvul vs loxpooig
#14518087 on Finn's Revenge (Random vs Random)

Lower Bracket Round 2

Match 13 - MadCat vs prikki-ti
#14518584 on Standing Stones (Cybran vs UEF)

Match 14 - Faeton vs GingerbreadMan
#14518533 on Standing Stones (UEF vs Sera)

Match 15 - Freshy vs Gorthaur
#14518450 on Standing Stones (UEF vs Sera)

Match 16 - Didvul vs KilaSkila
#14518293 on Standing Stones (UEF vs Cybran)

Upper Bracket Round 3

Match 17 - Conorach vs Lada_2106_drift
#14518317 on Stella Maris WM 1v1 (Random vs UEF)

Match 18 - MantisDivision vs Robustness
#14518028 on Stella Maris WM 1v1 (Cybran vs Cybran)

Match 19 - ETFreeman vs Matr1
#14518313 on Stella Maris WM 1v1 (Aeon vs Sera)

Match 20 - Emperor_Penguin vs Tomruler
#14518531 on Stella Maris WM 1v1 (Cybran vs Aeon)

Lower Bracket Round 3

Match 21 - Conorach vs KilaSkila
#14518611 on Desert Planet 2v2 (Random vs Cybran)

Match 22 - Freshy vs MantisDivision
#14518502 on Desert Planet 2v2 (UEF vs Sera)

Match 23 - ETFreeman vs Faeton
#14518828 on Desert Planet 2v2 (Aeon vs UEF)

Match 24 - MadCat vs Tomruler
#14518936 on Desert Planet 2v2 (Cybran vs Aeon)

Lower Bracket Round 4

Match 25 - Conorach vs ETFreeman
#14519027 on Niflheim - Final II v2 (Aeon vs Aeon)

Match 26 - Freshy vs Tomruler
#14519184 on Niflheim - Final II v2 (Aeon vs Aeon)

Upper Bracket Round 4

Series 27 - Lada_2106_drift vs Matr1
#14518816 on Twin Rivers (UEF vs Sera)
#14519093 on Loki - FAF version (UEF vs Sera)

Series 28 - Emperor_Penguin vs Robustness
#14518891 on Twin Rivers (UEF vs Cybran)
#14518997 on loki (UEF vs Cybran)

Lower Bracket Round 5

Match 29 - Freshy vs Lada_2106_drift
#14519753 on White Fire v2 (Cybran vs Cybran)

Match 30 - ETFreeman vs Emperor_Penguin
#14519324 on White Fire v2 (Aeon vs Cybran)

Semi-Finals - Only 4 Players Remain in the Tournament

Lower Bracket Round 6

Series 31 - Emperor_Penguin vs Freshy
#14524677 on Vulcan's Reach (UEF vs UEF)
#14524854 on Farce in tha Forest (UEF vs UEF)

Upper Bracket Round 5

Series 32 - Matr1 vs Robustness
#14519356 on Regor VI Highlands (Sera vs Cybran)
#14519572 on hollow (Sera vs Cybran)
#14519705 on Crossfire Canal - FAF version (Sera vs Sera)

Lower Bracket Round 7

Series 33 - Freshy vs Matr1
#14525061 on Cadmium Green (UEF vs Sera)
#14525223 on Souvenir (Sera vs Sera)

Grand Finals

Series 34 - Matr1 vs Robustness
#14525491 on Setons Clutch - FAF version (Aeon vs Cybran)
#14525593 on Roanoke Abyss (Sera vs Cybran)

Also: here is a search string that you can enter into the Java client to pull up all tournament games (copy it to your clipboard, then in the FAF client, check the box for: display search query, and then paste this into the query input field, and press enter to perform the search directly from the query input field).

id=in=("14517845","14517846","14517878","14517894","14517899","14517922","14518028","14518084","14518087","14518105","14518130","14518210","14518293","14518304","14518307","14518313","14518317","14518450","14518502","14518531","14518533","14518584","14518611","14518816","14518828","14518891","14518936","14518997","14519027","14519093","14519184","14519324","14519356","14519572","14519705","14519753","14524677","14524854","14525061","14525223","14525491","14525593")

Also even though the adjustment for the league month hasn't been merged yet, games in May will still count retroactively. Hopefully the leaderboard itself will reflect scores by tomorrow.

турнир отменяется - tourney is cancelled due not enough of participants

The Tournament is Over! The Champion and winner of the $100 prize is... EspinoZa!

Alongside Swkoll coming in with the runner up $50 prize.

The tournament certainly was close, it seemed like any of Swkoll, ZLO, EspinoZa, or Shen had a chance to grab the 1st place spot by the end of Day 1 and even by the time of the final round in Day 2 the top placements were still up in the air.

There were several great moments during the series but the tournament arc of Swkoll is perhaps the best story of them all. He slayed the giants of EspinoZa and ZLO on the first day and looked to have a shot at securing the top slot all for himself. Then, he fell to Auriko in the last round of Day 1 which brought him back into contention with the rest of the tournament pack. Ultimately, he got a 2nd place finish due to the fact Tex was able to snatch a series win from him on Day 2.

Judging by the fact Swkoll had 3 different games where he had 1:10 odds of beating his opponent, and he won all 3, he certainly seems to be the type that never likes being told the odds. Or maybe he does and that's what he uses to fuel his upsets.

Challonge: https://challonge.com/s92acdem

Results:
april results.png

LotS Points:
lots points2.png

Nexus isn't motivated to play any try hard 1vs1, Turbo and Yudi play 1vs1 ocasionally when they feel like it, same for Blodir. BH said he is only really interested in tourneys but it seems like he is keen to play some show matches on the map gen maps especially the unexplored ones that he was pushing for.
It mostly comes down to motivation, if you have motivation to play and try hard but there are no opponents to play versus then you get demotivated. It's a viscous cycle where you need enough players with motivation to play at a given moment otherwise there won't be any games. You may say that it's players fault that they loose motivation so easily but the truth is that this game IS hard and going back to your desirable form takes a lot of time, effort and practice which is tiring. To give you an example after playing 2-3 1vs1 games of decent length I am mentally tired and I won't play more, sometimes for a couple of days.

Players map choices for the playoffs:
Zlo - Bermuda Locket - FAF version
Tagada - crazyrush
Yudi -Therum
Nexus - Goodlands
Jagged - Open palms
Espi - Unexplored mapgen 5x5
Paralon - Africa Ultimate
Petric - 20x20 map gen

This is really cool to look at. Really nice to know who's replay to watch when learning certain maps. It would be really nice if you continue to post these.

Players who are advancing should also send me a map to include in the finals bracket with 48 hours.

Congrats to the players who have qualified for the Spring Invitational:

Yudi Paralon Jagged Appliance Tex Blast Chilled Inspektor_Kot ZLO hybrid_ demonstreamer Wifi

With 2 substitutes:

Lucied kite

After group picking these groups were produced:
https://i.imgur.com/rhg0Sot.png

Thanks to Moose for TDing, Tagada, Archsimkat, and Tex for co-casting, and to all the players who participated.

@Neytron если турнир покажет себя хорошо, то будет проведен турнир для 1600-1700+ игроков. Если будет хороший призовой фонд и поддержка турнира, то так же будут проведен турнир для 1200-1600 игроков.

Looks like everyone did apparently.

The Dark Heart Tournament
February 27 and 28, 2021
List of all Games Played

Round 1

Series 1

Match ID# 13966741 on Twin Rivers
Team 1: axeto (Cybran) + Wckdneer (Sera)
Team 2: admiral_aids (Sera) + SergeantSyphilis (UEF)

Match ID# 13966927 on Open Palms
Team 1: axeto (Cybran) + Wckdneer (Sera)
Team 2: admiral_aids (Sera) + SergeantSyphilis (UEF)

Series 2

Match ID# 13966791 on Twin Rivers
Team 1: Kappa_SenpaiXD (UEF) + TheDuelist (Cybran)
Team 2: samus759 (Aeon) + Dauntee (UEF)

Match ID# 13967158 on Open Palms
Team 1: samus759 (Aeon) + Dauntee (UEF)
Team 2: Kappa_SenpaiXD (UEF) + TheDuelist (Cybran)

Match ID# 13967306 on Fields of Isis
Team 1: samus759 (Sera) + Dauntee (UEF)
Team 2: Kappa_SenpaiXD (UEF) + TheDuelist (UEF)

Series 3

Match ID# 13966819 on Twin Rivers
Team 1: Wifi_ (Sera) + Abandoned (Aeon)
Team 2: BIoodthirst (Sera) + BloodBorn (UEF)

Match ID# 13966953 on Open Palms
Team 1: BIoodthirst (Sera) + BloodBorn (Sera)
Team 2: Wifi_ (Sera) + Abandoned (Sera)

Series 4

Match ID# 13966782 on Twin Rivers
Team 1: Salty_Pepperpot (UEF) + Lucied (UEF)
Team 2: Magnetic (UEF) + Thalia (Sera)

Match ID# 13967009 on Open Palms
Team 1: Magnetic (UEF) + Thalia (Sera)
Team 2: Salty_Pepperpot (UEF) + Lucied (UEF)

Match ID# 13967159 on Fields of Isis
Team 1: Salty_Pepperpot (UEF) + Lucied (UEF)
Team 2: Magnetic (UEF) + Thalia (Sera)

Series 5

Match ID# 13966787 on Twin Rivers
Team 1: Yadle (UEF) + Arran (Aeon)
Team 2: chp2001 (Sera) + Stawsm (Cybran)

Match ID# 13967090 on Open Palms
Team 1: chp2001 (Sera) + Stawsm (UEF)
Team 2: Yadle (UEF) + Arran (Aeon)

Match ID# 13967289 on Fields of Isis
Team 1: chp2001 (Sera) + Stawsm (Sera)
Team 2: Yadle (UEF) + Arran (Aeon)

Series 6

Match ID# 13966759 on Twin Rivers
Team 1: Auricocorico (Aeon) + grimplex (Sera)
Team 2: Inspektor_Kot (Cybran) + Pepperony (Random)

Match ID# 13966956 on Open Palms
Team 1: Inspektor_Kot (Cybran) + Pepperony (Cybran)
Team 2: Auricocorico (Aeon) + grimplex (Sera)

Round 2

Series 7 (from 1-2)

Match ID# 13967432 on Adaptive Archsimkats Valley
Team 1: admiral_aids (Sera) + SergeantSyphilis (UEF)
Team 2: samus759 (Cybran) + Dauntee (UEF)

Match ID# 13967612 on Crossfire Canal – FAF version
Team 1: samus759 (Aeon) + Dauntee (UEF)
Team 2: admiral_aids (Sera) + SergeantSyphilis (UEF)

Series 8 (from 3-4)

Match ID# 13967291 on Adaptive Archsimkats Valley
Team 1: BIoodthirst (Sera) + BloodBorn (UEF)
Team 2: Magnetic (UEF) + Thalia (Sera)

Match ID# 13967439 on Crossfire Canal - FAF version
Team 1: BIoodthirst (Sera) + BloodBorn (Aeon)
Team 2: Magnetic (Sera) + Thalia (Sera)

Match ID# 13967588 on Island Zero
Team 1: BIoodthirst (Cybran) + BloodBorn (Cybran)
Team 2: Magnetic (Aeon) + Thalia (Sera)

Series 9 (from 5-6)

Match ID# 13967558 on Adaptive Archsimkats Valley
Team 1: Yadle (UEF) + Arran (Aeon)
Team 2: Auricocorico (Aeon) + grimplex (Sera)

Match ID# 13967621 on Crossfire Canal - FAF version
Team 1: Auricocorico (Aeon) + grimplex (Sera)
Team 2: Yadle (Cybran) + Arran (Aeon)

Finals – 2v2v2 on The Dark Heart - FAF version

Match ID# 13973816
Team 1: Auricocorico (Aeon) + grimplex (Sera)
Team 3: BIoodthirst (Cybran) + BloodBorn (Cybran)
Team 6: samus759 (Sera) + Dauntee (UEF)

Match ID# 13974139
Team 1: BIoodthirst (Sera) + BloodBorn (Sera)
Team 2: samus759 (Aeon) + Dauntee (UEF)
Team 6: Auricocorico (Aeon) + grimplex (Sera)

Match ID# 13974489
Team 1: BIoodthirst (Sera) + BloodBorn (Aeon)
Team 2: Auricocorico (Aeon) + grimplex (Sera)
Team 3: samus759 (Cybran) + Dauntee (Sera)

Match ID# 13974864
Team 1: Auricocorico (Aeon) + grimplex (Sera)
Team 2: BIoodthirst (Sera) + BloodBorn (Sera)
Team 3: samus759 (UEF) + Dauntee (Sera)

Match ID# 13975252
Team 1: BIoodthirst (Sera) + BloodBorn (Sera)
Team 2: samus759 (Cybran) + Dauntee (UEF)
Team 6: Auricocorico (Aeon) + grimplex (Sera)

Match ID# 13975590
Team 1: Auricocorico (Aeon) + grimplex (UEF)
Team 2: samus759 (Cybran) + Dauntee (UEF)
Team 3: BIoodthirst (Sera) + BloodBorn (Sera)

Also: here is a search string that you can enter into the Java client to pull up all tournament games (copy it to your clipboard, then in the FAF client, check the box for: display search query, and then paste this into the query input field, and press enter to perform the search directly from the query input field).

id=="13966741",id=="13966759",id=="13966782",id=="13966787",id=="13966791",id=="13966819",id=="13966927",id=="13966953",id=="13966956",id=="13967009",id=="13967090",id=="13967158",id=="13967159",id=="13967289",id=="13967291",id=="13967306",id=="13967432",id=="13967439",id=="13967558",id=="13967588",id=="13967612",id=="13967621",id=="13973816",id=="13974139",id=="13974489",id=="13974864",id=="13975252",id=="13975590"

Factions Statistics:
UEF: 36/124 (29.03%)
Aeon: 23/124 (18.55%)
Cybran: 17/124 (13.71%)
Sera: 47/124 (37.90%)
Random: 1/124 (0.81%)

I'm not sure how often people are playing 1v1s on 4/6 spawn maps, but that's probably part of why Palms and Badlands are so good (Petric perfectly explained why these two are my equal favourite maps), and the mapgen can create that pretty easily. You could turn the mexes (and maybe reclaim) slider(s) right down to avoid having an obscene amount of mass.

We have Come to the end of the Rainbow Cup III

Team #11- NushHoob--+- archsimkat-------+- LimeZ3---1st Place. = $660.00

Team # 1 - Nexus------+- BloodOath/Picoo--+- Protect--2nd Place = $360.00

Team #4 - Blodir------+- Koiskix-----------+-Wesh----3rd Place = $180.00

Congratulations and thanks to All who participated.

The AI developers learned a lot.
Most AI was developed for 1v1 play, and team play is new.
Next years AI will be much smarter and AIx factors will be adjusted accordingly.
Some maps that did not play well, will be changed.
I've already come up with some fun things to try in RC IV

Shinobu
2200

that's two pretty cool ideas.

both are really pertinent.

I think the first idea in particular because newer players often say they can't identify at all with the 2000+ type game-play they often see in videos and this makes it hard to captivate students.

so showing them 400 rated play is much better. the dualist did a series kinda like this : https://youtu.be/NK-LvGL9HKc
he's no FA expert though so I can see how having commentary from someone more knowledgeable would really improove this recipe.

So the tournament has sadly been postponed due to lack of interest a new date. I'll announce the new date within a couple weeks, until you can look forward to another SCTA Show Match Game. This time in addition to players playing TA v Supcom, we will have ArmoredFish and Ozone on stream talking about the mapmaking process. And as a preview from Balthazar, creator of Brewlan, have a preview of the new SCTA ARM Commander

SCTA Arm Commander - Imgur.png