MRT 16's special rule didn't quite create the kind of matchups I was hoping for, with players often picking all of one faction to play as or for players unaccustomed to needing to play more than one or two heroes getting picked on. Still, the tournament itself played out with little issues.
We'll not be doing anything special for this MRT, so standard rules will apply. However, including MRT 16 we will start keeping track of your performances in the MRTs as we lead up into an end of the year tournament. Look for another thread later describing that in more detail.
As a side note, we're looking to add a cash prize into this tournament instead of just the usual Steam games. Due to Humble Bundles and other specials, Steam games have become very undervalued and when players option to not receive a prize at all, there is an incentive issue
General Info:
The complete set of information including Brackets and Participants are listed in the Monthly Rumble Tournament 17 page.
Date:Monthly Rumble Tournament #17 will be held on Sunday, August 30th.
Time: 18:00 UTC+1
The tournament will be played in the 1v1 format.
The tournament will be welcome to All Skill Levels.
The tournament will be played on the 2.4.2 patch.
Rules:
It's going to be a single elimination tournament and we'll play as many signups as possible.
Refer to the general rules thread for an overview.
Map Picks
Maps are always selected before hero picks.
The first match of a round will always be a fixed map as shown in the brackets. After this, the map pick will be the loser's choice. Only maps in the map pool may be played to be considered a valid tournament match.
No map can be played more than once within a round. Each player will have the option to veto a single map during a round, excluding the first match map. Maps that are variants of other maps, such as Pale Tooth Gorge and Green Tooth Gorge, will count as one map and can't be selected in the same round.
Hero Picks
The player on the top side of the bracket cell will lock in their hero first for the first match. Next game, the player on the bottom side of the bracket cell will lock in their opponent's hero first, and the order will alternate like this until the final game. In the final game of the round, the loser of the previous match will pick the map and then their hero first.
To check out who is on the top and bottom of your bracket cell, just look at the Brackets page. If your name is in the blue bar, you're the top of the bracket. If it's in the red bar, you're the bottom of the bracket.
1v1 Map Pool:
- Ashes of Typhon
- Calderis Refinery
- Fedrid Folly
- Green Tooth Gorge
- Imperial Plaza
- Judgment of Carrion
- Leviathan Hive
- Quest's Heresy
- Siwal Frontier
- Green Tooth Jungle Redux - Fixed Version
- Jarilo's Forge
Prizes:
$20 to the winner of the tournament, along with a Steam game of choice from the vault.
Two Steam games to the runner up.
The rest get nothing, git gud scrubs.
Registrations:
1)Noisy
Force Commander, Inquisitor, Chaos Sorceror
2)Zevargel
Chaos Lord, Inquisitor, Force Commander
3)Cyris
Brother Captain, Hive Tyrant, Inquisitor
4)Kvek
Apothecary, Warp Spider Exarch, Techmarine
5)Swiftsabre
Chaos Lord
6)HiveSpirit
Lictor Alpha, Ravener Alpha, Hive Tyrant
7)BioTaq
Apothecary, Warp Spider Exarch, Brother Captain
8)Asmondeus
Warlock, Farseer, Force Commander
9)Adila
Warlock, Apothecary, Mekboy
10)Paperbag
Warboss, Plague Champion, Hive Tyrant
11)Dark Riku
Lictor Alpha, Chaos Lord, Apothecary
12)SinisterLaugh
Warboss, Warlock, Hive Tyrant
13)Tyranidterror
Hive Tyrant, Chaos Sorceror, Chaos Lord
14)Chaos Emperor
Chaos Lord, Chaos Sorceror, Plague Champion
15)Yahya
Warp Spider Exarch, Mekboy, Warlock
16)Aguxyz
Random
17)Alexandro
Lord General, Lord Commissar, Plague Champion
18)Ser Topi
Warboss, Force Commander, Hive Tyrant
Reserves:
Crewfinity
Brother Captain, Mekboy, Warboss
Tex
Brother Captain, Lictor Alpha, Chaos Lord
Forestradio
Random
Endymion
Force Commander, Apothecary, Techmarine
Red Beard
Plague Champion,Chaos Lord, Techmarine