9th Official Tournament -- Round 8

[TC_Halogen]

also wanted to make this post:

in regards to the overly aggressive posts in regards to placements, I am going to refer you back to the front post and remind you that starting drama in the forums is not going to be tolerated. Consider this a formal warning (@ Fontsize/Xenorosth/(etc)).

I will tend to these when I get home if things decide to blow up further. Stay on topic and please, by all means -- commence hype.

[devonin]

Originally Posted by Sgt. Traveler

Maybe it's just me who never notices his credits counter, but wouldn't 100,000 credits a little too much, or is that pretty much affordable to the veterans here?

It's way more than what a dollar would be in terms of time invested. The point being, anybody who is seriously unable to pay a dollar to enter has a way to pay with credits, and by setting the number high, it generally also means either the person has played a lot of FFR (And thus, has a lot of good scoring data to sort them accurately) or is a multi/has a credit wealthy friend (which flags them for the sorting staff to look more closely at their account which weeds out cheating and sandbagging well)

[psychoangel691]

Originally Posted by Sgt. Traveler

Maybe it's just me who never notices his credits counter, but wouldn't 100,000 credits a little too much, or is that pretty much affordable to the veterans here?

That's not much for the really actives. Especially people who participate in user tourneys and other events.

[GammaBlaster]

also just found out I can bring a laptop whilst I'm away for a week during round 1 (though I still have about 4 days to spare if it starts on the 24th)

so if I can find a free WiFi hotspot I'll be dropping off to say hi to you all whilst I try to secure a safe spot

inb4shoutoutvid

[DossarLX ODI]

[Zapmeister]

quick suggestion. the first post should include the detail that the tournament is raw scoring. it's on the front page announcements thing, but not the first post.

[Frederic54]

Poor D3 is getting no love for now it seems

Also hyped !

[psychoangel691]

Originally Posted by Frederic54

Poor D3 is getting no love for now it seems

Also hyped !

We were just talking about that haha. There should be some in there later today since there are some people marked as D3 just not by everyone quite yet. I'm sure AJ will work on more placements after work so you'll probably see some later this evening.

[Charu]

Whoa, this exploded last night. People shouldn't be crying wolf now, lol.

I mean, Halogen did say: "PM your concerns with placements."

Pssssst... I think that should be bolded and put a size tag on it in the first post.

[Plan_Bsk81127]

Just curious about placements, are the people doing placements solely looking at level ranks and determining off of that? Being a raw scoring tournament I would think it would be wise to snoop through the players forum posts to see if they have posted any scores simply because they could be getting good raw scores but you will never pick that up in a combo scoring dominate list. My example would be Gradiant in D5, looking at his scores they seem to par up with what I am capable of yet he snuck into D5. Im complaining, just using him as an example of good raw scores being posted, but you cant pick it up through level ranks. Since this is a raw scoring tourn, I would think if you are getting good raw scores that should play a factor into where you are placed.

[psychoangel691]

Originally Posted by Plan_Bsk81127

Just curious about placements, are the people doing placements solely looking at level ranks and determining off of that? Being a raw scoring tournament I would think it would be wise to snoop through the players forum posts to see if they have posted any scores simply because they could be getting good raw scores but you will never pick that up in a combo scoring dominate list. My example would be Gradiant in D5, looking at his scores they seem to par up with what I am capable of yet he snuck into D5. Im complaining, just using him as an example of good raw scores being posted, but you cant pick it up through level ranks. Since this is a raw scoring tourn, I would think if you are getting good raw scores that should play a factor into where you are placed.

We do try to look around at everything but sometimes things are missed. That's why we welcome people coming to us about placements it's just preferred in PMs to limit drama coming from it. Placements are basically always a rough draft when we first go through. I wish there were a better method for getting more accurate placements. Last tourney ended up fairly solid but it wasn't without fault (in terms of placements).

[SethColeman]

Additional hype

[flashpantss]

super hype

[MKIIPro]

Originally Posted by DossarLX ODI

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[DoNaughts]

Let's do this! Let's hope I do okay, I haven't been very accurate lately xD Best of luck to everybody!

[Dynam0]

Originally Posted by devonin

If you only had 50 or 60 people entering because they were the only ones serious enough about it to put up one whole shiny dollar, it would also be a hell of a lot easier to sort them into appropriate categories. With that few people, you might even be able to be more precise and not fall victim to the "The best D5 player is miles ahead of the worst D5 player" thing, and maybe give everybody the same song with skill-based score co-efficients.

That's probably the best way to resolve sorting issues, but it is impossible with as many people as sign up now, but would be totally possible with fewer, more serious players who also therefore have more and better scoring data to analyze.

Downsizing tourneys is a step in the wrong direction imo. I agree that it would weed out players who are on the fence competitively but I bet that would only include players who are D1-D4 for the most part. Those divisions would be extremely scarce compared to D5/D6 (I doubt you could find enough D1 players for an elimination tourney who would pay $1). Part of the appeal of the tournament is to see how well you can improve through any level of effort; casual or intense. For newer players it's a good way to get involved in the community a bit too. The fee has its pros and cons for sure though.

[Tim Allen]

just auto-ban anyone that complains without warning L O L i would have been out as fuck during the 7th official xeno what the hell i used to love your skill token whoring antics rip friend

[Hakulyte]

Following D6 meta cus bored:

arcnmx St.Scarhand: Check
awein999 St.Scarhand: Check
Charu St.Scarhand: Check
Choofers St.Scarhand: Nope Highest AAA: The Adventures of Lolo (77) Best Scores: Betrayal(83)(0-1-0-3) / J'ai Envie de Plaisir X2(90) 17-3-0-6
Coolboyrulez0 St.Scarhand: Check
dAnceguy117 St.Scarhand: Check
Elite Ninja St.Scarhand: Check
FFR Pro 21 St.Scarhand: Check
gameboy42690 St.Scarhand: Check
Gilly G: St.Scarhand: Nope Highest AAA: Otaku Speedvibe [Oni](73) Best Scores: A Kidney Stone(84): 3-0-0-3 / Across Rooftops(81) 3-1-0-2
Hakulyte St.Scarhand: Nope Highest AAA: Throwin' Down (74), The Big Crunch (74) Best Scores: Breakbeat Acid(85): 7-0-0-4 / STRAWBERRY SWEETZ(84) 6-0-0-2 / ==Planet KARMA==(84) 5-0-0-1 *reset levelranks at one point
justin_ator: St.Scarhand: Nope Highest AAA: The Adventures of Lolo (77) Best Scores: A Kidney Stone(84): 2-0-0-2 / RAN(85) 7-0-0-4
Plan_Bsk81127: St.Scarhand: Check
PriestREA: St.Scarhand: Check
RagedBerserker: St.Scarhand: Check
Reshiram: St.Scarhand: Check
Tarrik: St.Scarhand: Nope Highest AAA: Sleep(76) Best Scores: Ultrasounds!(83) 4-0-0-0 / Electro Rush x8 v2(82) 3-0-0-4 / World End's Yama Xanadu(82) 5-1-0-4 *reset levelranks at one point
___________ St.Scarhand: Check

[danceflashrevo]

Originally Posted by TC_Halogen

also wanted to make this post:

in regards to the overly aggressive posts in regards to placements, I am going to refer you back to the front post and remind you that starting drama in the forums is not going to be tolerated. Consider this a formal warning (@ Fontsize/Xenorosth/(etc)).

I will tend to these when I get home if things decide to blow up further. Stay on topic and please, by all means -- commence hype.

Originally Posted by Wayward Vagabond

aj the fun killer strikes again. what fun will he kill next? stay tuned to find out!

Just sayin :3

[Elmerz]

I'm scared guys. D5 looks intense, so much skill. HYPE