LegendoftheStars End-of-the-Year 2020 Championship

Group A
TD:
f1lthycasual

Players:
Tagada
JaggedAppliance
Blin
Blodir

Maps:
5x5:
desert arena
Williamson’s Bridge
Firelight
The Ganges Chasma

10x10:
Open Palms
TAG_Craftious Maximus
White Fire v2
hollow
The Dark Heart, FAF Version
Adaptive Archsimkat Valley

20x20:
Quantum Sea
Setons Clutch - FAF Version
The Ditch
Painted Desert Rebalanced
Seraphim Glaciers

Group B
TD:
Morax

Players:
Nexus
Turinturambar
Paralon
archsimkat

Maps:
5x5
desert arena
Williamson's Bridge
Palaneum
crazyrush

10x10
8 - Badlands_v4
Open Palms
Forbidden Pass - FAF Version
Syrtis Major - FAF Version
Z-D Rasty Lite
Twin Rivers

20x20
Crossfire Canal - FAF Version
Chiron
Seraphim Glaciers
Adaptive Kusoge
Adaptive Maridia

Group C
TD:
Se7ven

Players:
ZLO
Blast_Chilled
Espeperant
Petricpwnz

Maps:
5x5
crazyrush
Cobalt Valley
Theta Passage - FAF Version
Finn's Revenge

10x10
Eye of the Storm - FAF Version
Red Rocks - FAF Version
Loki - FAF Version
8 - Badlands_v4
Syrtis Major - FAF Version
Niflheim - FInal II v2

20x20
Roanoke Abyss
Seton's Clutch - FAF Version
Painted Desert Rebalanced
Point of Reach v4
Crossfire Canal - FAF Version

Group D
TD:
Angelofd347h

Players:
TURBO2
Blackheart
Bullydozer
Swkoll

Maps:
5x5
desert arena
Palaneum
Crimson Feud
The Ganges Chasma

10x10
Varga Pass
Syrtis Major – FAF Version
Emerald Terraces
hollow
Twin Rivers
Oracle

20x20
Point of Reach v4
Emerald Crater
Seraphim Glaciers
The Drunken Sailors Dance (play slot 5/6)
The Ditch

Hi, what unit cap setting should we use? Just played a game on ditch and 1k seemed brutal low (hit it already 18 minutes in). Also warning to other players: supreme scoreboard unit cap is bugged right now, but it works without the mod.

The tourney will use base default settings for all game options. I do not have a problem of people going up to 1500 unit cap so long as both players agree to doing it. If you want to scale up unit cap, just let the other player know before launching the game. If he says no, then launch with the default unit cap.

Also as another small thing, please do not choose close to identical colors during your games. It’s not funny and there’s no reason to do it other than to spite people that might cast/stream the games later.

Good post @arma473 But I deleted the stat post for now. You included information that specifically linked players to their faction vetos and that is unfair asymmetric information for other players to use.

I also couldn't just delete the segments that had it because people can look through post editions on the forum.

I copied the post into a google doc though, it can be posted at the end of the tournament.

Actually just realized you also put that into the game replay post so I had to remove that too. I saved that one as well anyway, just message me if you want access to the doc I put it into.

Legend of the Stars
End of Year Tournament 2020

Group Stage
Saturday, December 12, 2020
Tournament Director: @FtXCommando

Each of the four groups had a separate round robin tournament to determine which two players would move on to the Round of 8. The round robin format was for each player to play one Best of 3 series against each of the other 3 players in their group.

Participants (Group):

Group A
Tournament Group Director: @f1lthycasual

Series A1
#13360106 - BlinChik (Cybran) vs JaggedAppliance (Cybran) on The Dark Heart, FAF version
#13360305 - BlinChik (UEF) vs JaggedAppliance (Aeon) on TAG_Craftious Maximus

Series A2
#13360124 - Blodir (Cybran) vs Tagada (Sera) on White Fire v2
#13360245 - Blodir (Cybran) vs Tagada (UEF) on Adaptive Archsimkats Valley

Series A3
#13360604 - JaggedAppliance (Aeon) vs Tagada (UEF) on Williamson's Bridge
#13360773 - JaggedAppliance (UEF) vs Tagada (UEF) on Adaptive Archsimkats Valley

Series A4
#13360531 - BlinChik (UEF) vs Blodir (Cybran) on White Fire v2
#13360581 - BlinChik (UEF) vs Blodir (UEF) on The Ganges Chasma

Series A5
#13360946 - Blodir (UEF) vs JaggedAppliance (Sera) on TAG_Craftious Maximus
#13361164 - Blodir (UEF) vs JaggedAppliance (UEF) on desert arena

Series A6
#13361070 - BlinChik (Cybran) vs Tagada (Aeon) on Seraphim Glaciers
#13361259 - BlinChik (Cybran) vs Tagada (UEF) on TAG_Craftious Maximus

Group B
Tournament Group Director: @Morax

Series B1

#13360126 - Paralon (UEF) vs TurinTurambar (Aeon) on crazyrush
Paralon banned Sera, chose Sera and UEF
TurinTurambar banned Sera, chose Aeon and UEF

#13360342 - Paralon (Cybran) vs TurinTurambar (Sera) on desert arena
Paralon banned UEF, chose Sera and Cybran
TurinTurambar banned Sera, chose Sera and UEF

Series B2

#13360158 - archsimkat (Aeon) vs Nexus (Cybran) on Crossfire Canal - FAF version
archsimkat banned Sera, chose Sera and Aeon
Nexus banned Sera, chose Sera and Cybran

#13360368 - archsimkat (UEF) vs Nexus (Sera) on 8 - Badlands v4
archsimkat banned Cybran, chose Cybran and UEF
Nexus banned Cybran, chose Cybran and Sera

Series B3

#13360750 - Nexus (Cybran) vs TurinTurambar (UEF) on Chiron
Nexus banned Aeon, chose Sera and Cybran
TurinTurambar banned Sera, chose Aeon and UEF

#13361010 - Nexus (UEF) vs TurinTurambar (UEF) on desert arena
Nexus banned Sera, chose Sera and UEF
TurinTurambar banned Sera, chose Sera and UEF

Series B4

#13360848 - archsimkat (Aeon) vs Paralon (Sera) on Z-D Rasty Lite
Paralon banned UEF, chose Sera and Cybran
archsimkat banned Aeon, chose Aeon and Sera

#13361007 - archsimkat (Aeon) vs Paralon (Cybran) on Crossfire Canal - FAF version
Paralon banned Sera, chose Sera and Cybran
archsimkat banned Sera, chose Sera and Aeon

Series B5

#13361321 - archsimkat (Sera) vs TurinTurambar (Cybran) on Syrtis Major - FAF version
archsimkat banned UEF, chose UEF and Sera
TurinTurambar banned UEF, chose UEF and Cybran

#13361376 - archsimkat (Sera) vs TurinTurambar (Cybran) on Palaneum
archsimkat banned UEF, chose UEF and Sera
TurinTurambar banned UEF, chose UEF and Cybran

Series B6

#13361330 - Nexus (Sera) vs Paralon (Sera) on crazyrush
Nexus banned UEF, chose UEF and Sera
Paralon banned UEF, chose Sera and UEF

#13361535 - Nexus (Cybran) vs Paralon (UEF) on 8 - Badlands v4
Nexus banned Cybran, chose Cybran and Sera
Paralon banned UEF, chose Cybran and UEF

Group C
Tournament Group Director: @Se7ven

Series C1 - Blast_Chilled vs Espiranto
#13360139 on Syrtis Major - FAF version (Aeon vs Sera)
#13360488 on Finn's Revenge (UEF vs Aeon)
#13360786 on Roanoke Abyss (Cybran vs Cybran)

Series C2 - Petric vs ZLO
#13360111 on Syrtis Major - FAF version (UEF vs Sera)
#13360539 on Crazyrush (Sera vs Sera)

Series C3 - Blast_Chilled vs ZLO
#13361152 on Loki - FAF version (Sera vs Sera)
#13361553 on Roanoke Abyss (UEF vs Cybran)
#13361933 on Crazyrush (Aeon vs UEF)

Series C4 - Espiranto vs Petric
#13361195 on Cobalt Valley (Sera vs Cybran)
#13361476 on Theta Passage - FAF version (Sera vs UEF)
#13361671 on Syrtis Major - FAF version (Sera vs Cybran)

Series C5 - Blast_Chilled vs Petric
#13362231 on Painted Desert Rebalanced (UEF vs UEF)
#13362495 on 8 - Badlands_v4 (Aeon vs Sera)
#13362753 on Red Rocks - FAF version (Cybran vs Aeon)

Series C6 - Espiranto vs ZLO
#13362242 on Crazyrush (UEF vs Sera)
#13362418 on Syrtis Major - FAF version (UEF vs Sera)

Group D
Tournament Group Director: @Angelofd347h

Series D1
#13360108 - Blackheart (Aeon) vs Bullydozer (UEF) on Twin Rivers
#13360530 - Blackheart (Cybran) vs Bullydozer (Sera) on The Ditch

Series D2
#13360086 - Swkoll (Sera) vs TURBO2 (UEF) on Oracle
#13360268 - Swkoll (Cybran) vs TURBO2 (UEF) on desert arena

Series D3
#13360874 - Blackheart (Sera) vs TURBO2 (UEF) on Emerald Terraces
#13361127 - Blackheart (UEF) vs TURBO2 (Sera) on Varga Pass
#13361314 - Blackheart (Cybran) vs TURBO2 (UEF) on The Drunken Sailors Dance

Series D4
#13360815 - Bullydozer (Aeon) vs Swkoll (Sera) on Palaneum
#13360940 - Bullydozer (Cybran) vs Swkoll (UEF) on Varga Pass
#13361147 - Bullydozer (UEF) vs Swkoll (Aeon) on desert arena

Series D5
#13361615 - Blackheart (Sera) vs Swkoll (UEF) on The Ganges Chasma
#13361758 - Blackheart (Sera) vs Swkoll (Sera) on desert arena

Series D6
#13361701 - Bullydozer (Sera) vs TURBO2 (UEF) on Crimson Feud
#13361784 - Bullydozer (Aeon) vs TURBO2 (UEF) on desert arena

Also: here is a search string that you can enter into the Java client to pull up all group stage 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=="13360086",id=="13360106",id=="13360108",id=="13360111",id=="13360124",id=="13360126",id=="13360139",id=="13360158",id=="13360245",id=="13360268",id=="13360305",id=="13360342",id=="13360368",id=="13360488",id=="13360530",id=="13360531",id=="13360539",id=="13360581",id=="13360604",id=="13360750",id=="13360773",id=="13360786",id=="13360815",id=="13360848",id=="13360874",id=="13360940",id=="13360946",id=="13361007",id=="13361010",id=="13361070",id=="13361127",id=="13361147",id=="13361152",id=="13361164",id=="13361195",id=="13361259",id=="13361314",id=="13361321",id=="13361330",id=="13361376",id=="13361476",id=="13361535",id=="13361553",id=="13361615",id=="13361671",id=="13361701",id=="13361758",id=="13361784",id=="13361933",id=="13362231",id=="13362242",id=="13362418",id=="13362495",id=="13362753"

STATISTICS

(This post only contains information that is available from the replay vault.)

There were 54 total matches. None of the matches went to a draw.

How many times was each faction played?
UEF – 38 (35%)
Seraphim – 30 (28%)
Cybran – 24 (22%)
Aeon – 16 (15%)

How many mirror matchups were there?
Total – 11 (20%)
UEF – 5 (9.3%)
Seraphim – 4 (7.4%)
Cybran – 2 (3.7%)
Aeon – 0 (0.0%)

Particular Non-Mirror Matchups
UEF-Seraphim - 11 (20.4%)
UEF-Cybran - 9 (16.7%)
UEF-Aeon - 8 (14.8%)
Seraphim-Cybran - 7 (13.0%)
Seraphim-Aeon - 4 (7.4%)
Cybran-Aeon - 4 (7.4%)

Most-Played Faction
archsimkat – Aeon (50%)
Blackheart – Seraphim (43%)
Blast_Chilled – Aeon/UEF (33%)
BlInChIk – Cybran/UEF (50%)
Blodir – Cybran/UEF (50%)
Bullydozer – No favorite
Espiranto – Seraphim (50%)
JaggedAppliance – Aeon/UEF (33%)
Nexus – Cybran (50%)
Paralon – No favorite
Petric – UEF (38%)
Swkoll – Seraphim (43%)
Tagada – UEF (67%)
TURBO2 – UEF (86%)
TurinTurambar – Cybran/Seraphim (33%)
ZLO – Seraphim (71%)

Comparison to LotS 2019

In the 2019 Group Stage, 41 of 56 matches (73%) was a mirror matchup.

Four of the possible non-mirror matchups were played only a total of 2 times out of 56 (3.6% total): Aeon-Cybran and Seraphim-UEF were each played once. Aeon-Seraphim and Aeon-UEF were not played at all. In 2020, those four matchups were played a total of 27 times out of 54 (50% of all matches).

Map Pool for the Final Stage of the Tournament (Day 2 and Day 3):

5x5
Finn’s Revenge
Adaptive Hardshield Oasis (default settings)
Williamson’s Bridge
serenity desert small (slot 1 and 3)

10x10
Aalhaven
Daroza’s Sanctuary
Festea VII
Open Palms
Red Rocks - FAF Version
Z-D Rasty Lite

20x20
Crossfire Canal - FAF Version
Point of Reach v4
Setons Clutch - FAF Version
The Drunken Sailors Dance (play slot 5/6)
The Ditch

I can't find The Drunken Sailors Dance in the vault, do you mean The Drunken Beetles Dance?

Maybe some dude hid it because they had reports of OG sailor dance being imbal and didn’t realize this was the biass version.

Hardshield Oasis is only adaptive in vault, so what are we playing? and what a spots

DONT BELIVE BH HE IS LIEING

1-2, default settings

Ok I did some final adjustments to make the last 2 days of the tournament similar to the Group Stage.

On Saturday, you will have 2 BO5s (this has not changed). You will get 3 vetos each, bringing the map pool down to 9 (this has not changed). You will do the same veto/pick process, mainly the Bottom Seed going first in both (this has not changed). Then, in the case of a tie, you will veto down and play the last map by a process of elimination. (this has changed).

The BIGGER change comes down to tournament organization. I plan on covering 2 matches of the RO8. This likely will mean that there will be a slight delay between finalizing coverage of the 2nd BO5 and the RO4 BO5s. I will be informing people that they will be able to have some sort of break depending on the time period it will take to get through the 2nd BO5. This will likely be something between 10 minutes and 30 minutes depending on a variety of factors. Either way, feel free to try to use this time period as a break period for food, additional practice, watching replays, whatever. I will ping relevant players in the Discord Channel with how long they have so even if you are away from PC you should know when you need to be back. DO NOT START THE RO4 UNTIL I AND MY COCASTER ARE ENTERING THE GAME. Once we are ready to cover 1 RO4 series, both series can start.

On Sunday, it will still be 2 BO7s. You will basically operate the same as always. I removed the predetermined map selection and instead made it function the same as the rest of the tournament. You will veto 3 maps, go down to 9 maps, and choose the maps from that pool. If a 3-3 happens, you get a final veto and play the map that was kept by both players.

If you make it to Sunday, be aware that the 3rd place match actually happens FIRST. This means that the players in the Final itself are able to arrive about an hour later on Sunday if they wish, but please do not arrive any later than that.

Legend of the Stars
End of Year Tournament 2020
Round of 8 / Round of 4
Saturday, December 19, 2020
Tournament Director: @FtXCommando

Each player in the Round of 8 is matched against one other player. A best of 5 series determines who moves on to the Round of 4. Each player in the Round of 4 is matched against one other player. A best of 5 series determines who moves on to the Finals, and who moves on to the Bronze Match.

Quarter-Finals

Series 1 - Blackheart vs Tagada
#13413101 on serenity desert small (Cybran vs UEF)
#13413225 on Open Palms (UEF vs UEF)
#13413365 on Open Palms (UEF vs UEF)
#13413479 on Open Palms (UEF vs UEF)
#13413625 on The Ditch (Sera vs UEF)
#13414017 on Setons Clutch - FAF version (Aeon vs Sera)

Series 2 - Espeperant vs Paralon
#13413195 on The Ditch (UEF vs Sera)
#13413445 on Adaptive Hardshield Oasis (UEF vs Cybran)
#13413547 on Daroza's Sanctuary (Cybran vs Cybran)
#13413970 on Z-D Rasty Lite (Sera vs Cybran)
#13414159 on serenity desert small (Cybran vs Sera)

Series 3 - Petric (as Fremy_Speeddraw) vs Nexus-
#13413106 on Adaptive Hardshield Oasis (UEF vs Sera)
#13413230 on serenity desert small (Cybran vs Sera)
#13413333 on The Ditch (Sera vs Sera)

Series 4 - JaggedAppliance vs TURBO2
#13413123 on Finn's Revenge (Sera vs Sera)
#13413247 on The Ditch (UEF vs Cybran)
#13413556 on The Ditch (UEF vs Cybran)
#13413817 on Point of Reach v4 (Sera vs Aeon)
#13414031 on Setons Clutch - FAF version (UEF vs UEF)

Semi-Finals

Series 5 - Blackheart vs Espeperant
#13414623 on Adaptive Hardshield Oasis (UEF vs UEF)
#13414720 on Red Rocks - FAF version (Sera vs Sera)
#13414834 on Red Rocks - FAF version (Sera vs Sera)
#13414973 on Open Palms (UEF vs Sera)

Series 6 - Nexus- vs TURBO2
#13414594 on Setons Clutch - FAF version (Cybran vs UEF)
#13414715 on serenity desert small (UEF vs UEF)
#13414892 on Point of Reach v4 (Sera vs Aeon)

Also: here is a search string that you can enter into the Java client to pull up all quarterfinals/semifinals 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=="13413101",id=="13413106",id=="13413123",id=="13413195",id=="13413225",id=="13413230",id=="13413247",id=="13413333",id=="13413365",id=="13413445",id=="13413479",id=="13413547",id=="13413556",id=="13413625",id=="13413817",id=="13413970",id=="13414017",id=="13414031",id=="13414159",id=="13414594",id=="13414623",id=="13414715",id=="13414720",id=="13414834",id=="13414892",id=="13414973"