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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.

Event: "Rainbow Cup VIII" ~ 4 v 4 ~ AI Tournament

Dates: Sat, Feb 22, 2024 at 1400 UTC, (3-6 games)
------ Sun, Feb 23, 2024 at 1400 UTC, (2-3 games)
------- Sat, Mar 1, 2024 at 1400 UTC, (0-3 games)
------- Sun, Mar 2, 2024 at 1400 UTC, (3-6 games)

$1,800 Prize Pool

1st Place = $1,000 + Unique Avatar
2nd Place = $550
3rd Place = $250

This is a 8 team - 4 v 4 - Double Elimination tournament.
Where AI armies are added to every map, and
Teams are assigned team colors.

Registration is open -
until Sun Feb 9th @ 1200 UTC,
Draft starts Sun Feb 9th @ 1200 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!

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

Registration is now open.

Just type "sign up" below

Also...
There is a Discord channel for this tournament here:
https://discord.com/channels/197033481883222026/1327069845820407910

Please keep this forum thread for sign ups,
and for Official Tournament news only.

Use the Discord channel -
For any questions or comments about the tourny,
and to keep up with the latest tournament news, and
get additional info.

Post #12: Rainbow Cup Series Tournaments

The Rainbow Cup series of tournaments -
do not necessarily endorse, represent, or have any
affiliations with any groups, outside FAF.

The Rainbow Cup Tournaments are -
fun, team color, games with AI's.

Post #11: Past Rainbow Cup Tournaments

RCI - 4v4 - $300
Held May 2018
1st place = $150 - Heaven, Exotic Retard, Jagged Appliance + Feather
2nd place = $100 - Inspektor_Goose, Blnchlk, Bravo + Wifi
3rd place = $50 - F-Odin, Blast_chilled, Dro + System Failure
Bonus game = $50 - AchievedJaguar8, Snowbound, Hushnoob + Obiwankenoobi
https://forums.faforever.com/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=16118

RCII - 4v4 - Alliances - $400
Held July 2018
1st Place = $220 - AchievedJaguar8, Picoo, Tagada + Blast Chilled
2nd Place = $120 - ZLO, BlinChiK, Bravo_ + Magnotok
3rd Place = $60 - blark, blurk, blyrk + blirk
https://forums.faforever.com/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=16177

RCIII - 3v3 - Civilians - $1,200
Held Feb 2021
1st Place = $660 - WoundedElkNoob, archsimkat + LimeZ3
2nd Place = $360 - Nexus, Bloodoath/Picoo + Protect
3rd Place = $180 - Blodir, KoisKix + Wesh
https://forum.faforever.com/topic/858/rainbow-cup-iii-3-v-3-1-2k

RCIV - 3v3 - SpaceNet - $1,200
Held Feb/Mar 2022
1st Place = $660 - Yudi, FtXCommando + Exselsior
2nd Place = $360 - YellowNoob, Grimplex + InspektorKot
3rd Place = $180 - Tagada, Hybrid + Ctrl-K
https://forum.faforever.com/topic/3016/rainbow-cup-iv-dates-set

RCV - 3v3 - AI Masters <1,800 - $1,200
Held Sept 24,25 +Oct 1, 2022
1st Place = $660 - Salnik, Nikerochek + Abandoned
2nd Place = $360 - Aranei, Crypteck + Upas
3rd Place = $180 - GingerBreadMan, Skrat + Hyp3r2001
https://forum.faforever.com/topic/4033/rainbow-cup-v-tournament

RCVI - 3v3 - Venus Rising - $1,500
Held Mar 11,12 +18, 2023
1st Place = $780 - TheWheelie, FtXCommando + Nuggets
2nd Place = $480 - WafflelzNoob, ZLO + Flowey
3rd Place = $240 - Tagada, NOC- + GingerbreadMan
https://forum.faforever.com/topic/5400/rainbow-cup-vi-3v3-1-500

RCVII - 4v4 - AI Allies - $2,000
Held Feb 24,25 + Mar 2,3 2024
1st Place = $1,200 - TheWheelie, FtXCommando, Archsimkat + InsidiousNoob
2nd Place = $550 - Tryth, TheWreck, ZLO + Unknow
3rd Place = $250 - WaffelzNoob, Paralon, BlinChik + cement.
https://forum.faforever.com/topic/6918/rcvii-ai-allies-4v4-2-000

Post #10: Prize Pool Pay Outs and Sponsors.

Pay outs: Will be done thru Pay Pal.
Sponsor will cover the standard fee.

International transfer fee's that cumulate above $10,
will be subtracted from the pay out prize.

International transfer fee's above $10,
will have any additional fee's subtracted from prize.
Players in countries with international Pay Pal restrictions, can
have prize monies sent to 2nd party friends or family, or
players can have funds held by RC sponsor indefinitely.
No expiration.

Sponsors:
Fearghal = $1,800
Current Pledges = $0

Anyone who wishes to contribute to the prize pool, can
contact me, and 100% will be added to players prize pool.

Post #9: Acknowledgements

Our Participating AI Mod developers:
Maudlin27------M27AI and M28AI
Relent0r--------RNGAI

Plus our other AI brains:
Jip, Sprouto, !Marlo, Azraellian Angel, Uveso, Balthazar, and
the rest of our AI devs.

Radde for his invaluable play testing of the AI's.

Post #8: Map Pool

Day 1: Sat, Feb 22, 2025 = 6 maps
Day 2: Sun, Feb 23, 2025 = 3 maps
Day 3: Sat, Mar 1, 2025 = 3 maps
Day 4: Sun Mar 2, 2025 = 1 surprise map.

Official Game Maps:

Post #7: Game Map/Scenario example:

How the game maps are released:
Only the maps and the games they will be played in,
will be disclosed before the start of the tournament..

One hour before the start of each day, that
days maps, will be released.

At map release time
-AI positions will be shown ,
-Closed spawn sites are shown, and
any remaining spawns Not closed, are
open for players.

Reset All options to default each game, and
set only the 2 tournament specific options in the green outline box.

AIx Cheat and Build multipliers will range from -
a low of 1.0 AI, to a high of 1.5 AIx.
These multipliers will be displayed in pink outline box, and
in the Cheat/Build column.

Post #6: Registered players RC ratings.

Post #5: RC Tournament Rating calculation method:

To calculate a players RC tournament rating:
The players highest 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, 4v4 or Global-50 rating is used.
A Jan 6th screenshot is used - with a "1 yr history" database.

If the players highest rating, is of a game type - with less than 300 games played...
we proportional blend the players next highest ratings to obtain a RC rating.
The next highest rating/s - will "be weighted" with the number of games needed
to make up a 300 game history.

Example:
A "Player" has the below ratings:
1v1 = 1,740 and 257 games,
2v2 = 1,865 and 38 games,
4v4 = 2,206 and 104 games +
Global=2,165 and 1,215 games

This players highest rating is his 4v4 rating of 2,206 with 104 games.
To make up a 300 game average >
we take 196 games of his next highest rating, which is
his Global rating of 2,165 (subtracting 50 pts for global ratings) = 2,115

This players rating is thus calculated as follows:
4v4(2,206 x 104)games + Global(2,115 x 196)games = 643,964/300 = 2,147 RC Rating.

TD will assign the RC ratings.

Players Ratings used are from this leaderboard screen shot taken on Jan 6th @ 150EST.
Large red dots are factored ratings, small red dots are non-factored ratings.

Post #4: Player Registration and Draft Process

Players register as a Single, or
as a 2 Player Team - with a 4.1K combined RC rating cap.
Captains rated >2.2K have their rating capped at 2.2K,
for pre-draft registering purposes.

The top 8 rated players registered as either
a Single or as a 2 player Team Captain, are made -
One of Eight Team Captains

Team Draft Process:
Round #1 of draft:
Draft starts with the 8th seeded Captain and
continues sequentially up thru ALL 8 Captains.

When it is a Single Captains turn to draft, he may:
choose ANY player in the draft pool,
whether or not the combined team total is >4.1K.

When it is a 2 player Team Captain's turn,
he has TWO options:
1: He may "Pass" and Keep his Pre-Draft registered partner, or
2: He may "Trade" his Pre-Draft registered partner and
----------"Draft" - ANY player in the draft pool.
The traded player is Immediately placed into the draft pool.

Round #2 of draft:
8th seeded Captain drafts Any player in the draft pool.
Draft continues up to 1st seeded Captain.

Round #3 of draft:
TBD

Registration will be "fluid" , and
Captains may change their single status or teammate,
at anytime, up to end of the registration period.

Registration is open -
until Sun Feb 9th at 1200 UTC

Current Teams and Registrants: