2021 Spring Invitational Group Stage

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Welcome to the Group Stage for the 2021 Spring Invitational. This stage will be made up with 4 groups of 4 players each. Games will be played round robin style with each player in a group playing each other player in a BO3. The top 2 players in each group will advance to the finals.

Date: March 20th
Start Time: 14:00 UTC
Chat: /join #spring
Challonge: https://challonge.com/2itfd9d6
Tournament Directors:
Overall: Swkoll
Group A TD: Angelofd347h
Group B TD: Angelofd347h
Group C TD: Moose
Group D TD: Moose

Maps:
There is a pool of 10 maps and maps will be selected using a veto and pick system. This means each player has 2 vetos, with the lower seed in the group vetoing first in an alternating pattern.(ie lower seed, upper seed, lower seed, upper seed). Next the higher seed will select the first map, the lower seed the second map, and if necessary the higher seed will select the third map. 5 of the maps are the same for each group and 5 maps are different for each group.

We will be using the same faction veto system as used in LoTS. After a map is picked, both players will secretly send 2 factions, in order of preference, that they would like to play, and 1 faction they would like to veto to their group's Tournament Director.

To clarify map picking and faction veto:

  1. Figure out which maps are in your group, they are the 5 "All" maps and the 5 maps specific to your group.
  2. Lower seed (as shown by the position in the group) vetos first map
  3. Higher seed vetos next map
  4. Lower seed uses last veto
  5. Higher seed uses last veto
  6. Higher seed then picks the first map to play from the list of maps in the pool that have not been vetoed
  7. Players send 2 factions that they would like to play and 1 veto to their group's TD
  8. Lower seed picks the second map following the same rules
  9. Players send 2 factions that they would like to play and 1 veto to their group's TD
  10. In the event of a tie, higher seed picks the tie breaker map
  11. Players send 2 factions that they would like to play and 1 veto to their group's TD
  12. The winner reports the results (including losses and tie games) to their group's tournament director in the #spring channel

Map Pool:
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Map Generator:
If a player chooses the map generator players will play on the first map generated with these settings:

Generation Type: Tournament
Number of Spawns: 2

If there is a draw, the same map should be used instead of generating a new one. For the purposes of map vetoing, players will veto the use of the map generator for a certain map size, not a specific map it generates. If a player vetos map gen 20x20s, no 20x20 map gen maps can be used.

Players:

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with the following substitutes:

  1. kite
  2. boom

I have a question. the three of us knocked out the losers at one stage in the grid (kite, Lucied, demonstreamer) , how is it calculated which of the three of us will get into the group stage?

Ladder rating

@Tagada demonstreamer 1292
kite 1431
Lucied 1375
15:21 GMT
It seems I don't understand something in this world

Ties are broken based on ladder rating when you sign up for the tournament,
Wifi 1688
demonstreamer666 1511
Lucied 1384
kite 1376

That said, in the Fall Invitational the 3rd substitute from the Qualifier was needed for the Group Stage, so there is a decent chance that a substitute will be needed.

This post is deleted!

TURBO2 has informed me that he is unable to play the group stage, Lucied has been subbed in to group D.

Tex you lucky bimbo

There is a god.

Spring Invitational Tournament - Group Stage
March 20, 2021
List of all Games Played

GROUP A

Series 1 - Inspektor_Kot vs Paralon
#14112166 on The Ditch (UEF vs Cybran)
#14112422 on Crossfire Canal - FAF version (Cybran vs Cybran)
#14112718 on Arcane (UEF vs Cybran)

Series 2 – hybrid_ vs. Fremy_Speeddraw (a/k/a Petric)
Not in vault.

Series 3 - Fremy_Speeddraw (a/k/a Petric) vs Paralon
#14112960 on The Ditch (Cybran vs Sera)
#14113152 on Crazyrush (Sera vs Sera)

Series 4 - Inspektor_Kot vs hybrid_
#14113073 on The Ditch (Cybran vs Cybran)

Series 5 - Paralon vs hybrid_
#14113907 on Sweepwing Sanctum (Sera vs Sera)
#14114035 on Arcane (Cybran vs Cybran)
#14114231 on Arcane (Cybran vs Cybran)

Series 6 - Inspektor_Kot vs Fremy_Speeddraw (a/k/a Petric)
Not in vault.

GROUP B

Series 1 - Blast_Chilled vs JaggedAppliance
#14112203 on Twin Rivers (Sera vs Sera)
#14112432 on Crossfire Canal - FAF version (Cybran vs Cybran)
#14112985 on Neroxis 20x20 (Aeon vs Cybran)

Series 2 - Nexus- vs boom-
#14112427 on Neroxis 10x10 (UEF vs Aeon)
#14112610 on Crossfire Canal - FAF version (Aeon vs UEF)

Series 3 - JaggedAppliance vs Nexus-
#14113373 on Twin Rivers (UEF vs Sera)
#14113646 on Rusting Iron Roundel (Cybran vs UEF)

Series 4 - Blast_Chilled vs boom-
#14113392 on Vya-3 Protectorate (Sera vs UEF)
#14113900 on Neroxis 10x10 (Sera vs Sera)
#14114078 on Neroxis 10x10 (Sera vs Sera)

Series 5 - JaggedAppliance vs boom-
#14114281 on Vya-3 Protectorate (Cybran vs Sera)
#14114473 on Sweepwing Sanctum (Sera vs UEF)

Series 6 - Blast_Chilled vs Nexus-
#14114244 on Twin Rivers (Cybran vs Sera)
#14114449 on Osiris (Aeon vs Cybran)

GROUP C

Series XYZT - Shinobu vs White_Owl
#14112835 on Crossfire Canal (Cybran vs UEF)
#14113217 on 8 - Badlands_v4 (Sera vs Sera)

Series XYZT - Tagada vs archsimkat
#14112854 on Farce in tha Forest (UEF vs Cybran)
#14112984 on Neroxis 20x20 (Aeon vs UEF)

Series XYZT - Shinobu vs Tagada
#14113545 on Gateway and Rose (Sera vs Aeon)
#14113799 on Neroxis – Unknown (UEF vs Cybran) (not in vault)
#14113995 on Sweepwing Sanctum (UEF vs Sera)

Series XYZT - Shinobu vs archsimkat
#14112276 on Neroxis 10x10 (Sera vs Sera)
#14112490 on Neroxis 20x20 (UEF vs UEF)
#14112659 on Neroxis 20x20 (UEF vs UEF)

Series XYZT - Tagada vs White_Owl
#14112475 on Cobalt Valley (Cybran vs UEF)
#14112627 on 8 - Badlands_v4 (Cybran vs UEF)

GROUP D

Series 1 - Tex vs ZLO
#14112146 on Vesta (Sera vs Sera)
#14112348 on Crossfire Canal - FAF version (UEF vs Cybran)

Series 2 - EspinoZa vs Lucied
#14112236 on Neroxis 20x20 (Sera vs Cybran)
#14112495 on The Ganges Chasma (Sera vs Cybran)

Series 3 - EspinoZa vs Tex
#14112733 on Open Palms (Cybran vs Sera)
#14112894 on Neroxis 10x10 (Sera vs Sera)
#14113088 on Neroxis 20x20 (UEF vs Aeon)

Series 4 - Lucied vs ZLO
#14112758 on Crossfire Canal - FAF version (UEF vs Sera)
#14112932 on Neroxis 10x10 (UEF vs Sera)

Series 5 - Lucied vs Tex
#14113315 on Neroxis 10x10 (UEF vs UEF)
#14113454 on Open Palms (UEF vs UEF)

Series 6 - EspinoZa vs ZLO
#14113449 on Neroxis 10x10 (UEF vs UEF)
#14113625 on Neroxis 20x20 (Sera vs 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=in=("14112146","14112166","14112203","14112236","14112276","14112348","14112422","14112427","14112432","14112475","14112490","14112495","14112610","14112627","14112659","14112718","14112733","14112758","14112835","14112854","14112894","14112932","14112960","14112984","14112985","14113073","14113088","14113152","14113217","14113315","14113373","14113392","14113449","14113454","14113545","14113625","14113646","14113799","14113900","14113907","14113995","14114035","14114078","14114231","14114244","14114281","14114449","14114473")

Factions Statistics (not including draws):
UEF: 27/90 (30.00%)
Aeon: 7/90 (7.78%)
Cybran: 25/90 (27.78%)
Sera: 31/90 (34.44%)
Mirror: 17/45 (37.78%)

Congrats to the top 2 of each group who are the Winners of the Group Stage who have moved on to play next week and positioned themselves for a top 8 finish which comes with prize money and an invite to the Summer Invitational in a few months.

Results :

Group A:

  1. Paralon
  2. Petric
  3. Hybrid_
  4. Inspeckor_kot

Group B :

  1. Nexus
  2. Jagged Appliance
  3. Blast Chilled
  4. boom-

Group C :

  1. Tagada
  2. Yudi
  3. White_Owl
  4. archsimkat

Group D :

  1. Espi
  2. ZLO
  3. Tex
  4. Lucied

The substitutes for next week are:

  1. Tex
  2. Blast_Chilled

I asked my TDs to send me their faction veto results and have compiled the average occurrence of each faction for each stage of faction veto.

For 1st pick:
Aeon: 5%
Cybran: 18%
Seraphim: 48%
UEF: 30%

For 2nd pick:
Aeon: 10%
Cybran 20%
Seraphim: 35%
UEF: 35%

For vetos:
Aeon: 16%
Cybran 11%
Seraphim: 43%
UEF: 30%

Player successfully vetoed their opponent's 1st pick 40% of the time. Shout out to boom, who successfully vetoed 5 out 6 1st picks correctly which was the best ratio from any player who played at least 6 games.

Thanks to Angelofd347h and Moose for helping out with tournament directing the group stage and to TheDuelist for cocasting the Group Stage with me.

Cross-Faction Win Statistics

(Not counting draws or mirror matchups)

it was a bad day for the UEF, and a very good day for Seraphim.

Matchup:		Wins	Losses	Total	Win_Rate
				
Aeon vs. Cybran		0	2	2	0%
Aeon vs. UEF		2	2	4	50%
Aeon vs. Seraphim	1	0	1	100%
Aeon vs. Any		3	4	7	43%
				
Cybran vs. Aeon		2	0	2	100%
Cybran vs. UEF		6	3	9	67%
Cybran vs. Seraphim	1	5	6	17%
Cybran vs. Any		9	8	17	53%
				
UEF vs. Aeon		2	2	4	50%
UEF vs. Cybran		3	6	9	33%
UEF vs. Seraphim	0	6	6	0%
UEF vs. Any		5	14	19	26%
				
Seraphim vs. Aeon	0	1	1	0%
Seraphim vs. Cybran	5	1	6	83%
Seraphim vs. UEF	6	0	6	100%
Seraphim vs. Any	11	2	13	85%

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