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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!

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, (2-4 games)
-------- Sat, Mar 1, 2024 at 1400 UTC, (0-5 games)
-------- Sun, Mar 2, 2024 at 1400 UTC, (3-6 games)
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$2,100 Prize Pool
1st Place = $1,200 + Unique Avatar

2nd Place = $600
3rd Place = $300
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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!

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 VIII" - 4v4 - AI Tournament
is scheduled for Feb 22/23 and Mar 1/2, 2025,

Each map will have either 2 or 4 AI.

Below are the 3 AI's that will be participating in RCVIII:

M28AI
M27AI
RNGAI

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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 Draft is now over and teams have been formed.

Here are the current Teams, and the Standby Pool of players:

Congratulations to All who were drafted.
For those that did not get drafted, you
have been placed in the Standby Pool of players.

You will be able to substitute for ANY players who
do not show on any game day.

There are always, at least one or two players, who
are not able to make the opening game day due to emergencies, so
be available at 1500 UTC on Feb 24th, to
possibly substitute if needed.
Good Luck !
and
THANK YOU - for signing up and participating.

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

Congratulations to Team A =
TheWeakie, FtXCommando, Neytron + BlissfulNoob
For winning the Rainbow Cup VIII tournament!

Also -Congratulations to TheWeakie, FtXCommando, Neytron + BlissfulNoob
for winning the tournament in only 11 games.
Tying the record by TheWeakie, FtXCommando + Nuggets in RCVI
for the fewest number of games played to win.
Only losing 1 game in their 4 matches.

"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

Congratulations to our Rainbow Cup V Final teams.

1st Place = Team "Cyber Alliance" = Salnik, Nikerochek and Abandoned
2nd Place = Team "Overrated" = Aranei, Crypteck and Upas
3rd Place = Team "Muffin Men" = GingerBreadMan, Skrat and Hyp3r2001

And Thanks to All 12 teams for participating in the tournament.
I hope everyone had some fun memorable moments.

Rainbow Cup V champions can contact one of the FAF admins to have
your Avatar awarded to you.

Thanks to the AI devs, FAF Promotions and
of course our wonderful Casters who cast every day of the tournament!

Event: "Rainbow Cup VI" ~ 3 v 3 v AI ~ Venus Rising

Dates: Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 1500 UTC, (2 Bo3 matches or 4-6 games)
------ Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 1500 UTC, (1-2 Bo3 matches or 2-6 games)
------- Sat, Mar 18, 2023 at 1400 UTC, (1 Bo3 and/or 1 Bo7 or 3-9 games)

$1,500 Prize Pool

1st Place = $780 + This Unique Avatar 2nd Place = $480
3rd Place = $240

This is a 8 team - 3 v 3 - Double Elimination - AI tournament,
where 2-4 AI armies are added on every map as a
common enemy to both teams.