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.
Congratualations to the 3 teams who survived the first 2 days.
Team "Team A" has won 3 straight matches to advance to the Finals.
Team "Team A" Players are: Captain TheWeakie, FtXCommando, Neytron + AngryPain (BlissfulNoob)
Team "3 Alkasha & Baltica 9" consisting of:
Captain wifi_, Swatoslav, BlinChik + LimeZ3_
And
Team "Team 2" consisting of:
Blast_Chilled, Rhaelya, Unknow + AchievedJaguar8 -
have advanced to the Semi Finals to be played on
Saturday March 1st at 1400 UTC.
Come join and watch the players battle
on FAF live Twitch here:
https://www.twitch.tv/faflive
Great first day of Rainbow Cup action.
Congratulations to the 6 teams that have made it thru to Day 2.
Winners bracket will play 1 Bo3, and
the losers bracket will play 1 Bo1, and 1 Bo3.
Please have all players in game lobbies tomorrow by 1:45 PM,
to start play at 2 PM UTC.
Good Luck.
Current standings:
Draft has now commenced:
Captains:
PLEASE Contact all your draftees Before picking them for the draft.
Make sure they will be able to play on all 4 days of tournament, or
you have a Substitute planned.
Less than 48 hours to sign up.
Don't miss out.
This year has the Biggest prize pool ever,
plus...
streamlined brackets = less games,
equals...
the Best RC ever!
Sign up now
GREAT NEWS!
We just received a Very generous pledge from Kai Milchshake of $300!
This is the 2nd consecutive Rainbow Cup, that Kai has sponsored.
Thank You Kai.
The Prize Pool is now $2,100!
1st place = $1,200 plus unique avatar
2nd place = $600
3rd place = $300
Tell your friends, and join the fun.
Only 5 days left to signup.
GREAT NEWS!
For ALL those...
Who have wanted to be cast on FAFLive Twitch, and
have your play forever immortalized in the FAFLive Twitch video library...
Now is your time to shine.
The esteemed Endrani has graciously agreed to cast each match of the RCVIII.
and
Just like last year...
All matches will be uploaded to the FAFLive Twitch website.
Every player will get their moment in the limelight.
Sign up now!
Game maps are now being posted almost daily.
Check Post #8 above for latest maps.
Disclaimer: As maps are tested, they may still be changed out or switched map numbers.
https://forum.faforever.com/topic/8644/rcviii-mars-attacks-4v4-ai-tournament/8
Here are the first 2 maps of tournament:
Adapative Corona
Adaptive Tabula Rasa
RCVIII avatar has been released.
Thanks Fichom!
The design represents the 4v4 format, and
shows 4 colors of the Red team on one side,
and 4 colors of the Blue team on the other.
The "Mars" Grey army ACU is in the middle.
4 avatars will be awarded to the 1st place team
Sign up now for your chance to win
@DesertWolf216 we have to work around the people in the US and Europe.
Friday does not work for the people in the US and Western Europe
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
RCVIII - 4v4 - Mars Attacks - $2,100
Held Feb 22,23 + Mar 1,2 2025
1st Place = $1,200 - TheWeakie, FtXCommando, Neytron + AgainPain
2nd Place = $600 - wifi_, Swatoslav, BlinChik + LimeZ3_
3rd Place = $300 - Blast_Chilled,Rhaelya,Unknow+AchievedJaguar8
https://forum.faforever.com/topic/8644/rcviii-mars-attacks-4v4-2-100
Post #10: Prize Pool Pay Outs and Sponsors.
Pay outs: Will be done thru Pay Pal.
Sponsor will cover the standard fee.
Any fee's above $10, will be subtracted from the pay out.
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
Kai Milchshake = $300
Total Prize Pool = $2,100
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 = 4 maps
Day 3: Sat, Mar 1, 2025 = 5 maps
Day 4: Sun Mar 2, 2025 = 1 surprise map.
How the map pool works is:
Look at the small grey number to the left of you current bracket placement on the Challonge website,
and then search for that "match number" in the Map Pool Spreadsheet below.
Official Game Maps:
Maps will get posted below, as they are selected.
There are 14 total matches in this tournament.
Example: If you are starting Day 2, in the Losers Round 2,
you will be in either match 9 or 10,
and will play a 1 game - Best of 1, on Map #7.
Game Maps:
Round 1
Matches 1-4 > Game 1
Map #1 = Adaptive Diversity
.
Round 1
Matches 1-4 > Game 2
Map #2 = Adaptive Tabula Rasa
.
Round 1
Matches 1-4 > Game 3
Map #3 = Adaptive Bosem Valley
.
.
Round 2
Matches 7+8 > Game 1
Map #4 = Adaptive Flooded Tabula Rasa
.
Round 2
Matches 7+8 > Game 2
Map #5 = adaptive aloren
.
Round 2
Matches 7+8 > Game 3 +
Losers Round 1
Matches 5+6 > Game 1
Map #6 = Adaptive Folsom
.
.
Losers Round 2
Matches 9+10 > Game 1
Map #7 = Lost Archipeligo
.
.
Round 3 + Losers Round 3
Matches 11+12 > Game 1
Map #8 = Adaptive Kosoge
.
Round 3 + Losers Round 3
Matches 11+12 > Game 2
Map #9 = Operation Red Sun Extended
.
Round 3 + Losers Round 3
Matches 11+12 > Game 3
Map #10 = Adaptive Potem
.
.
Semi Finals
Match 13 > Game 1
Map #11 = Swamp City Redux
.
Semi Finals
Match 13 > Game 2
Map #12 = Adaptive Strongwyn
.
Semi Finals
Match 13 > Game 3
Map #13 = WorldSet War Arena
.
Semi Finals
Match 13 > Game 4
Map #14 = Adative Skadi
.
Semi Finals
Match 13 > Game 5
Map #15 = Kolbut Crater
.
.
Finals
Match 14> Game 1
Map #16 = Fortress Ascent II
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 1.8 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:
8th seeded Captain drafts Any player in the draft pool.
Draft continues up to 1st seeded Captain.
*The draft order is Not guaranteed, and
may be changed before the official start of the draft.
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:
