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Event: "Rainbow Cup IV" ~ 3 v 3 v Spacenet

Dates: Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 1600 UTC, (1-3 Bo3 matches)
------ Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 1600 UTC, (2-3 Bo3 matches)
------ Final 3 teams ~ Date tbd by Capt's (1 Bo3 and 1 Bo7)

$1,200 Prize Pool

1st Place = $660 + Unique Avatar 2nd Place = $360
3rd Place = $180

This is a 3 v 3 Double Elimination Tournament,
where each team wears team colors, and
Spacenet-AI are added on every map
as a common enemy to both sides.
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*Spacenet-AI - are AI-Uveso, RNGAI and AI: DilliDalli.
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Open Registration Player Terms
Anyone may register to be seeded as a Captain or
have an opportunity to be drafted by one of the 12 Capt's,
to play on one of the 12 Tournament teams.

Registration Ends on Sunday, Feb 6th, 2022 @ 2400.
Draft ensues throughout week until all teams are full.
This gives 20 days to draft, strategize and practice
before Tournament start.

Event: "Rainbow Cup V" ~ 3 v 3 ~ AI Masters ~ <1,800 rating

Dates: Sat, Sept 24, 2022 at 1600 UTC, (1-3 Bo3 matches or 2-9 games)
------ Sun, Sept 25, 2022 at 1600 UTC, (2-3 Bo3 matches or 4-9 games)
------ Sat, Oct 1, 2022 at 1500 UTC, (1 Bo3 and 1 Bo7 or 3-9 games)

$1,200 Prize Pool

1st Place = $660 + This Unique Avatar
2nd Place = $360
3rd Place = $180

This is a 3 v 3 Double Elimination Tournament,
where each team wears team colors, and
2-4 AI armies are added on every map as a
common enemy to both sides.

Registration is open to all players average rated 1800* and below.

Sign up as a single, or
sign up with a friend as a pair,

All under 1,800 ratings are welcome and a
"balanced" method of team formation, by
a draft type system is used.

The registration period will end at 2400 EST on Sept 11th,
and the draft will start on Sept 12th.

Event: "Rainbow Cup VII" - AI Allies - 4v4 - Tournament

Dates: Sat, Feb 24, 2024 at 1500 UTC, (2 Bo3's or 4-6 games)
------ Sun, Feb 25, 2024 at 1500 UTC, (1-2 Bo3's or 2-6 games)
------- Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 1500 UTC, (0-1 Bo3 or 0-3 games)
------- Sun, Mar 3, 2024 at 1500 UTC, (1 Bo7 or 3-6 games)

$2,000 Prize Pool
1st Place = $1,200 + choice of Unique Avatar

2nd Place = $550
3rd Place = $250

This is a 8 team - 4 v 4 - Double Elimination - AI Tournament,
where each team is assigned 1-2 AI's as Allies, and
players wear Red or Blue team colors.

Registration is open -
until Sunday, Feb 11, @ 1200 UTC.
Draft starts Feb 11, @ 1300 UTC.

Register as a Single, or
Register with one other player.
Singles are either assigned captains status, or
placed in the draft pool.
2 player sign up's - are restricted to a max combined rating of 4.1K*.
*Players's rated >2.2K - use a 2.2K rating cap for registration.

Scroll to bottom and sign up now!

Congrats to team "Clown Car" for winning the tournament, and
in style too - with the least number of games played in any RC to date.

Team "Clown Car" wins in 11 games!
versus..
RCIII winners in 14 games,
RCV winners in 17 games, and
RCIV winners in 18 games.

Due to the high number of players who signed up for this Tournament,
and the many players who did not get an opportunity to play in this years event....

I have 2 Exciting announcements,
that will be made on Saturday Feb 26th,
during the RCIV FAF Live Cast.
One of which, will surely please some

Thanks!

Congratulations to:
Team #3 - Haachamachama, FtXCommando and Exselsior for Winning.
Team #8 - YellowNoob, Grimplex and Inspektor_Kot for 2nd place and
Team #2 - Tagada, Hybrid and Ctrl-K for 3rd place.

Hi All,
The "Rainbow Cup VII" - 4v4 w/AI Tournament
is scheduled for Feb 24/25 and Mar 2/3, 2024,

Each map will have either 2 or 4 AI.
The AI's will be assigned to each team as an allie.
There will be 16 maps.

Below are the 4 AI's that will be participating in RCV:

M28AI
M27AI
RNGAI
Uveso and
AI: DilliDalli ?

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I would like for this post thread to be a place to discuss the
playability of the maps.

Please report any problems you detect on this thread, thanks

Some announcements
Due to the large turnout for this tournament
I am announcing and committing to 2 more Rainbow Cup tournaments.

I will open another Fourm Post titled Rainbow Cups V +VI when this tournament is done.

It will be open for discussion on ALL aspects of the 2 upcoming tournaments.
Will dicuss team formations, substitution, ratings, rules and many other things.

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First Announcement
Will have to check first with Admins about time scheduling, but
would like to have another open rating tourney sometime next March.
Rainbow Cup VI ~ 3 v 3 ~ $1.5 K
1st = $780
2nd = $480 and
3rd = $240

Second Announcement
Would like to have a
Rainbow Cup V ~ 3 v 3 ~ $1.2K - Spacenet 2nd Wave <1800 rating
tournament around end of summer.
(same prize structure as this RCIV)
This tournament will be the same maps as this current tournament,
but...
Will be "something" like a 1800 rated and under tournament.

Every above 1800 rated player, who entered this tournament,
got drafted and had a chance to play.
I would like for "everyone" who registered for this tournament and
was in "draft" pool to be invited to sign up for the RCV.

Third Announcement
Although the maps will stay the same for Rainbow Cup V,
the AI has long awaited updates about to be released.
There will be exciting things like:
Zone control for AI smarter map control,
Better eco'ing,
better micro dodging and attacking,
better team play,
better air and sea play, and so much more.
plus....
We have new and old AI's that have been actively updated and want chance at the players.
Rainbow Cup V is going to be the showcase AI war of ages

The Rainbow Cup VII tournament is now over.

Team Justice4TeleBilly defeated Team Clown Crushers 4 to 2.

Congratulations to:
TheWheelie for his second consecutive win as team captain, and
FtXCommando for his 3rd straight RC championship!
Archsimkat has also won 2 RC's, and
InsidiousNoob has won his first RC.
Great job guys!

Big Thanks to everyone who participated

Pay outs and Avatar

Players can contact me here, or on discord - for
info about getting their avatar, or
about the prize pool pay out options.

If you do not reach out,
I will start contacting players over the next few days.

Thank for playing, and
hope to see you all again for the next RC.

The Finals resume in 2 hours.

Congrats to Team Clown Crushers and Team Justice4TeleBilly

Score is 2 - 2.
Game #1 = Auto award = Team CC
Game #2 = Ad Setons Clutch = Team J4TB
Game #3 = Plat of Arracis FFA = Team CC
Game #4 = Ad Mizar = Team J4TB

Finals have been paused at 2-2.
The match will resume on Mar 9, @ 1600 UTC.

Come watch this back and forth close match finale this Saturday.

Tune into the FAF Twitch channel for all the action Casted by Endrani.

Attention:

Finals start in 1 hour

Update M28 to latest v78 hot fix

Good Luck

1 hour before the official tournament start time:

We will release the 15 maps for the Finals .
Captains will !roll.
The winner of !roll will get 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th map veto.
The loser of !roll will get 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th map veto.
This will leave 7 maps in the map pool for the
2 Captains to select the 2-5 maps required.

Once the Map veto process is complete:
The Finals Map #16 (Game #1 map) will be released.
Teams have the remainder of the hour to get ready for Game #1.

Tournament will start at 1500 UTC sharp.

After Playing the Surprise Game Map #1 of Finals:
the Captains will "!roll" for the last time.

The winner of the !roll will get to:
pick the 1st map of the finals, and
the loser chooses:
to be team 1 or 2.

This procedure continues for rest of tournament.
Teams alternating picking maps, and
the other team always gets choice to be team 1 or 2.

Congratulations to Team "3 Musketeers & cement"
For placing 3rd in this years RC.
Game #1 today was back and forth a couple of times.
Great play!

And,

Congratulations to Team "Justice4TeleBilly"
One match left.
Hoping for More Great play tomorrow.

And, of course
Congratulations to Team "Clown Crushers"
and for your great play...
you get to start the Finals Best of 7 one game up!

Tournament starts in 90 minutes!

Maps #13 and #14 will be released in 30 minuutes.

Join FAF Client irc chat room #rainbow

Don't forget to DL the last updated version of M28AI for today.

Attention:
The Semi Finals time has been moved up to 1300 UTC.

1 hour before the Semi Finals start -
Check in Discord, or check this forum for,
the release of Maps #13 and #14.

Thanks for player feedback, it helps
our AI modders out immensely.

Once again I would like to give shout outs to our
2 participating AI modders = Maudlin27 + Relent0r

Maudlin27
M27AI = 4-5 maps
M28AI = 6-7 maps

Relent0r
RNGAI = 5 maps.

Each AI has it's own unique style of play.
Which makes playing the same map,
multiple times against AI - remain fresh
just by switching the AI mods.

Feed back is welcome on
the Rainbow Cup Discord channel here:
https://discord.com/channels/197033481883222026/1183903661794005182, or
on the AI Discord tournament channel here:
https://discord.com/channels/619646141306503181/975157386614542377

Remember..
Maps are "blanked out" again, and
80% of maps have had changes made to them.
Either different AI, different AI spawns,
an added AI, etc.
So.. Be sure to double check set ups, before
picking to eliminate, or to play for the finals.