RCIV - Spacenet ~ 3v3 ~ $1,200

FtXCommando

@fearghal said in Rainbow Cup IV ~ 3 v 3 ~ $1.2K:

@ftxcommando
Even though some players ratings have changed,
I don't think any of the Invited teams are too strong.

The team that won (bully/arch/lime) would be 5800 rated which would put them at the highest rating tier in the old tournament (filled with lopsided teams that have 2300 or 2400s) with that rating divided between 3 people that are high enough in rating to be captains in the last tournament.

I don't think you're proving that you won by luck by basically being able to ignore the captain process which is intended to make things as fair play as possible for a teamgame tournament. Rather you're proving that you might only be able to win due to luck in this tournament because you got to ignore all the fair play restrictions put upon everybody else.

This is also besides the theoretical assumption that the team gets the edge because they have proven they work well together by winning the past tournament while all other teams do not have that advantage. I don't think that actually applies in this case but it still throws a wrench in the narrative that this is about a team "proving" themselves. If it's about proving themselves then you can just get rid of the whole captain process and let people sign up as a synergistic team. Mixing the two systems doesn't make any sense.

Fearghal

@ftxcommando
The invitations have been withdrawn.

The draft system worked pretty good last year, as
the 11th seeded team came in 1st
the 1st seeded came in 2nd and
the 4th seeded came in 3rd.
That's a good mix.

Lets see what happens........
I predict 12 well balanced teams like last year.

NOC-

NoOneCares - 1800 global signing up

Neytron

@fearghal haha fun

Chisato

i sign up

Grimplex

Coming to party - 1915(ladder / global)

Ctrl-K

I'm in! 1600± global, 1100 ladder

Femboy

@grimplex Couldnt just say 1900 huh lol

RoxyMigurdia

i sign up 1600 - global 1300-ladder

Unknow

Sign up 1700 global 1500 ladder

Exselsior

Signing up, currently 1800 global and 1400 ladder

Femboy

@Fearghal why am I not on the sign up part lol, Femboy 1400 global 1300 ladder!

Fearghal

@femboy
Sorry.... My fault, I didn't know leaderboard had a one month cache,
for inactive play.
I was also looking for other players on list and didn't see them either.
Nows I knows

I will add you now, thanks for pointing this out.

Rowey

@Fearghal leaderboards only show players who have been active with in the last month in both global and ladder

Femboy

@rowey ouuuuuuuuuuuuccccccccchhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, time to join a ladder game or something lol, I received the Nexus Treatment it seems

@Fearghal

Rowey

it was to keep the leaderboard clean and to show only the active players

Cast_Away

Cast_Away 1700

Zebranog

Zebranog 1300

Sladow-Noob

I'm in! 2000

JazzFunkNoob

sign me up. 1800 global 1900 ladder