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, = Final 3 teams
------------------------------------(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.

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.

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

"This week I also pulled performance stats for each AI against itself in the two round 1 maps, which produced the results below:"

I have been testing for the upcoming RC tourny and have been using "mostly" M27 as the standard to
measure against the other Game specific AI's,
I also start test, at game option speed = Fast, (which is = to +4 sim) to make sure the game speeds are "not likely" to drop below "0" game speed.
Game speed limits the size of the maps I can use -
(if games slow to "-1", after 45 minutes, I limit the AI's to 10x10 maps)
The faster AI's like DilliDalli and RNG are easily able to handle the 20x20 maps.
Since the test games are a combo of the the Game AI and M27 -
I was wondering if with all the recent updates to M27 if it is still as fast as the performance results shown above.

I would test vs Uveso, (since it needs to be loaded for all games anyway)
but it seems that after Uveso grows it's base large it also slows game down a little,
so I don't want to run tests with Uveso as the standard, as it might skew the test results.
Update: I just tested Uveso since post and It runs fast.
It was still +4 at end of 37 min game with 6 AI:Uveso and Lots of units!

Would it be possible to include another performance chart after you run your next tourny,
with the updated AI versions?
Thanks.

3rd round of matches of Day 1 (matches 9-12) - Maps released:
5vs5 Tabula Rasa -- Air Wars 6v6 -- Adaptive Flooded Tabula Rasa

Commanders, remember that these are "early" intelligence reports.
We still have a few weeks, before we make contact with enemy.
Our enemies are dynamic, on the move and testing boundaries all the time.
Battle lines are still being drawn.
Forces may be stronger or weaker than expected,
the enemy may have changed positions,
it's possible there may be more enemy bases present then expected.

Prepare as best as you can.
Learn the maps, and be ready for everything and anything possible.
We will not know with certainty what awaits us until about 1 day before battles commence.
A good commander, Will adapt to unforeseen circumstances and come out on top.
Good Luck and may you be victorious against all who stand before you.

Sign up now,
Enter your FAF Player Name below to take part in this campaign.

All Maps are now released.
https://forum.faforever.com/topic/3016/rainbow-cup-iv-3-v-3-1-2k/6

Play balancing and testing are still taking place and
some of the AI mod Developers may release a special Rainbow edition version update before the tournament.
AI strength's, factions, spawn locations, and number of AI are expected to have minor adjustments.

There are only 3 days left to Register.
Registration ends this Sunday at 2400

Draft starts Monday.
Captains please make contact if you have change of plans and will not be able to play,
as reversing the draft once started will not be possible.
Also, be sure to contact players before you select them for the draft,
to be sure they are still able to play.

We have an fantastic turnout this year, and more players have signed up than last year,
and while the top 12 captains ratings are similar to last year,
the remaining field of draft eligible players is even stronger than last year.

Big Thanks to everyone who have signed up, and
looking forward to a Great Tournament.

First 2 days of Tournament is over.
The Semi Finals and Final are left to play.
Which is 2 matches or 5-9 games.

The way the tournament was structured was so that
36 players would sign up and commit to one weekend, and
then 9 players have flexibility to set date of finals.
This allowed more people to sign up.

Players please give min 3 day notice for FAF crew to make preparations
As Soon as we hear from the players on the date and time,
we will forward it on here asap.

Congrats to final 3 teams

New Team Entrants!

Team "Venus" is entering the tournament as AI team #4
Venus is sending their 2 top commanders -
Commanders 'Deep Pink' and 'Shocking Pink' are
reporting for their first RC appearance.

Team "Spacenet" is AI team #3.
Spacenet has regrouped since their last defeat and
are now stronger than before.

Players may now find themselves in 4-way FFA Brawls-
With Team #2, Spacenet and Venus!

The 2 main reasons for adding another AI team:

1-Unbalanced AI behavior's and builds from some AI's, when
---AI's spawn on opposite sides of the map and assigned to same team.

2-Farms suggested adding a 4th AI in the last 2 RC casts :)~

Selecting maps now for Mar 11th RCVI,
Will be posting maps in Post #8 of the signup Forum - Here:
https://forum.faforever.com/topic/5400/rainbow-cup-vi-3v3-1-500/8

But you can leave any map related comments here or dm me.
Let me know if you find any imbalances or pathing problems.
If you think your AI would do well or have a problem let me know so I can change AI's
Thanks.

I will be updating map pool in Post #2 at top of this thread.

Here is how the Game day maps will be released:

Lobby is similar to last 3 RC's, but with the addition of
an AIx Cheat and Build factor column added in the game lobby.

In this sample game.. there are 2 different AI's.
RNG AIx is set at 1.1x for both Cheat and Build.
M27 AI is set with the Non cheat AI = 1.0
This map has 6 open spawns for each team to choose from. (Which 3 spawns would you choose?)
See Post #2: Directions - above to see how each team selects their starting positions.

I have come up with a new
Team formation and Draft process,
for this tournament.

It allows Captains to register as a Single, or
with a playing partner as a 2 player team
But...
this method gives Captains a "trade option"
in round 1 of the draft (see below)
...........

Players may register as a Single, or
as a 2 player team - with a 4.1K combined RC rating cap.
(Captains of these teams who are rated >2.2K have their
rating capped at 2.2K, - allowing the registering of
any player rated 1900 and less)

The top 8 rated players, registered as either
a Single or With a Teammate
are made Team Captains

TEAM FORMATION and 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 rating is >4.1K.

When it is a 2 player Team Captain's draft 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,
thus sending his Pre-Draft registered partner to the draft pool.

Round 2 of draft:
8th seed Captain drafts Any player in the draft pool.
Continue draft process up to #1 seed Captain.

So what we basically have here is:
A 2 round draft, with the
Captains option to register Pre-Draft with ANY
mutually agreeable team player, within a 4.1K rating cap.
But...
Still allows Captain's an Option to trade their Pre-draft picks.

Any Pre-Draft player who was "traded" out - in Round 1 of the draft, is
immediately placed into the draft pool, and
has the rest of Round 1 and ALL of Round 2 to get drafted, and
even possibly be drafted by his original team

I believe this method works very well, and
is "fairer" to the Top and the Middle seeded Captains in both -
Weaker and Stronger fields of players.
With a weaker field -
Captains will get to register Pre-Draft , and
"lock in" - One player of his choice.
With a stronger field -
Captains may have an Option to trade out his Pre-Draft pick, and
draft a player that would of been above the Pre-Draft registration cap.

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Going to use a combination of team sign-ups and drafting.
With a team max combined rating of 4.1 K cap.
Players rated above 2.2 K will be capped at 2.2k for team sign up.
Remainder of team players are drafted.

Registration is now open.

To calculate a players RC tournament rating:
We use the highest leaderboard rating (200 game minimum)
Global rating has 50 points subtaracted from rating.

If highest rating is of a game type with - less than 200 games played...
We will proportional blend the players next higest ratings to obtain a RC rating.

The next highest rating - will "be weighted" with the number of games needed
to make up a 200 game history.

Ie: 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 3,300 games.

The players highest rating is his 4v4 rating of 2,206 with 104 games.

To make up a 200 game average -
we take the next highest rating, which is his
Global rating of 2,165 - 50 pts = 2,115.
so.. the players rating is calculated as follows:
(2,206 x 104 games) + (2,115 x 96 games) = 432,464 / 200 = 2,162 RC Rating.

Players sign up by scrolling to bottom of thread and
commenting - anything resembling "sign me up".
TD will assign ratings ~ no math required

Post #12: Rainbow Cup Series Tournaments

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

The Rainbow Cup Tournaments are
fun FFA action with AI, while in team colors.

Post #11: Past Rainbow Cup Winners

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

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

RCIII 3v3 v AI-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 v AI-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 v AI - 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 v AI - Open - $1,500
Set for Mar 11,12 and 18, 2023
1st Place = $780 - tbd
2nd Place = $480 - tbd
3rd Place = $240 - tbd
https://forum.faforever.com/topic/5400/rainbow-cup-vi-3v3-1-500

Post #10: Prize Pool Pay Outs

Pay outs will be done thru Pay Pal.
Sponsor will pay up to the standard ~$6.00 transfer fee.
or up to 1 international transfer fee,
Any fee's above $6.00 or 1 international fee,
will be subtracted from the pay out prize.

If prize monies are unable to be paid out due to local/regional restrictions,
monies can be held by sponsor until a later time or
transferred to and "held" in the FAF Treasury.
Other options are also available.