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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, = 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.

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" won in 11 games total, versus the previous
RCIII winners in 14 games,
RCV winners in 17 games, and the
RCIV winners in 18 games!

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

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 Avatar2nd 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.

@Wainan said in Need UI Mod? Let me know:

I'd love a mod that makes players on a team all have similar colours if possible please. So Team one would be light blue, dark blue, light green, dark green, turquoise and team 2 would be red, dark red, pink, orange, yellow for instance.

I get so confused in team games and the built-in option turns the entire team the exact same colour which creates its own problems.

In case it's relevant I use this icon mod already so please only spend time on it if they would work together. https://wiki.faforever.com/index.php?title=Advanced_Strategic_Icons

Thank You! I Love it, The Whole reason the Rainbow Tourny exists...
is I hate seeing mixed colors like you mentioned.
My OCD with this has me even sorting colors when I play AI solo.

These are the colors for the Rainbow Tourny going on now,,
finishes on Feb 6,,
watch streams on faflive twitch and others to see your idea in action.

Hi All,
The "Rainbow Cup VI" - 3 v 3 v AI Tournament
is scheduled for Mar 11/12 and 18th 2023,
The tournament will be a similar format to the previous RC's,

Each map will have anywhere from 1 to 4 AI,
there will be 21 maps.

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

AI-Uveso
M27AI
RNGAI
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

Post #8: Prelude to Spacenet Galactic War

The year 1997 - A Match that changed History.
Garry Kasparov Vs IBM's Deep Blue chess computer:
In 1996 - 1st Match - Kasparov wins (4-2)
This was the first computer program to defeat a world champion in a classical 'game'.
In the 1997 Rematch, Big Blue wins (3 1/2 - 2 1/2)
This was the first computer program to defeat a world champion in a regulation 'match'.

The year 2029.
A cyborg assassin is sent back in time by Skynet corporation to assassinate Sarah Connor,
whose unborn son (John Connor) will one day lead a resistance and save mankind.

Today: Skynets successor - Spacenet,
has spread a computer virus among a large portion of the galaxies battlebots.
The virus causes the battlebots to switch their "friend or foe" signature to ally with
Spacenet's already formidable armies.

Therefore... with this imminent threat upon us,
it is necessary to call all brave soldiers,
to come forward, enlist and save our galaxy from an
evil corporation along with our eternal enemies!

We must deal with this new threat, and we must do it smartly.
Spacenet is also at war with our eternal enemies.
Whenever there are 3 armies on one outpost...
You must battle like FFA fighters.

We are looking for Commanders with:
the Brains and Cunning of a Garry Kasparov, and
the Leadership and Bravery of a John Connor, to
come forward, suit up and help defeat Spacenet.
(Armies are forming and battles are expected to commence at ANY time!)

Incentives - Besides saving the Galaxy, and the eternal gratitude of Trillions...
Will be payouts totaling $1,200 to the top 3 teams,
and a hard fought for, campaign battle ribbon

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Sign up below now, so you don't miss any Action!

Great series of tournaments, thanks for conducting them

2nd round of matches of Day 1 (matches 5-8) - Maps released:
Canyon Mayhem -- Big Bang Dry -- Otgreeo.

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Registration open till Feb 6th,
Sign up now to play.

Registration period is now over.
The draft has now begun.

Captains... Please be sure to double check with players and confirm they are able to play before selecting them to join you team.

If any players drop out once the draft commences, we are Not able to reverse any draft picks.
If a player drops out during the draft...
we will stop draft process at that point and have the
team that "lost" a player pick first, before continuing the draft at the point it was paused.

If at any point the number of draftees drop below a certain point,
the number of teams may be reduced from the current 12 teams to a lesser number of teams to keep proper team balances and competitiveness.

Current registration and draft status:

Captains,
when preparing and strategizing for the upcoming battles...
remember that the game scenario's posted so far, are "early" intelligence reports.
We still have a few days, before we make contact with enemy.
Our enemies are dynamic, and on the move.
Battle lines are still being drawn.
Forces may be stronger or weaker than expected,
the enemy may have even changed locations,
it's also quite possible that... 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.
(when updated map scenario's will be released)
A good commander, Will adapt to unforeseen circumstances and come out on top.

Day One is going to be all 10x10 Land maps.
Day Two and Three will have some water maps and some 20x20 maps.

Here are the maps being used as of today:
*L, W, A + I = Land, Water, Air and Island type maps.