Team Fortress 2 Tournament on Escapist

Welcome to The Escapist's Team Fortress 2 Tournament sponsored by...Razer!
The Layout
This tournament is going to be 5v5 (5 people per team) with 2 different Rounds of gameplay. The First Round will be a Round Robin, where you and your teammates will play against other teams to try and get the best record across multiple maps. Games will be live from May 27th through May 31st. The 8 teams with the best records will then move on to the Second Round and the beginning of the elimination bracket. All match-up times will be referred to in Eastern Daylight Time.
How to Sign-Up
The sign-up form is here. You will see that there are 5 slots available for core team members and then 2 spots available for alternates. The person who enters the information necessary for the team will become the team captain. The team captain will be in direct contact with the tournament moderators for match-up times, issues and awards.

Each team member MUST have a valid Escapist account name and valid Steam ID. In order to participate, please enter your own Escapist account name and the account names of your team members in the form provided. Each team member will be sent a private message to their account asking them to be part of your team. Once your team members agree and each provide their unique Steam ID, they are locked into the team. If they decline, they will be unable to participate as part of your team and must find another. If a main team member declines to join your team, any alternate that has confirmed will move into a main slot automatically.

All users participating in this tournament MUST provide their Steam ID to participate. Failure to do so will invalidate that person prior to the tournament. Any team without 5 team members with valid Steam IDs will be not be eligible to participate.

Everyone has from May 18th to May 22nd at 11:59PM EST to sign up for this tournament. You MUST have 5 people on your team or the team will not be submitted. You DO NOT however need to have alternates if you do not want BUT alternates cannot be added once your team submission has been finalized.

How to find your SteamID

SteamID may refer to your Steam account's unique numeric identifier or your Steam Community profile. The instructions below will help you find your unique numeric identifier:

1. Launch any Valve multiplayer game.
2. Click Options.
3. Select the Keyboard tab.
4. Click the Advanced button.
5. Check the box labeled Enable Developer Console.
6. Click Apply and then click OK.
7. Join or create a server.
8. From the menu screen, press the tilde ~ key - typically in the upper left hand corner of the keyboard to load the Console.
9. Type status into the console text field and press the Enter key.
10. Your SteamID will be displayed next to your nickname in the console window.
SteamID example: STEAM_0:1:1234567

Tournament Rules
Round 1 - On May 26th, we will be dividing all of the teams up into divisions. Each team will have to play X amount of games (dependent on how many teams have signed up but likely no more than 8 match-ups) in 5 days. The winners of each division (those with the best record) will move on to Round 2.

Round 2 - The Second Round will begin in the first week of June, with the day dependent on replay match-ups and potential disputes from Round 1. This will be a bracket round, in which winners will move to the next round and losers go home. The Final Match will be played in a "Best of Three" Round, playing 3 full different match-ups. The team to win 2 full match-ups first will be the Grand Prize Winner. The runner up game for 3rd and 4th place will be one match-up only but will be played during the same week.

Gameplay
Game Type: Control Point

Maps: Control Point (cp_granary, cp_well, cp_badlands, cp_gravelpit)

Critical Hits: OFF

Standard Scoring: First team to win 3 rounds takes the overall WIN for the match-up. Each round will be 20 minutes, changing sides each time. Map will change at round 3 and 5. If the two teams play all 5 rounds and have the same wins and ties at the end, they will both be awarded a TIE for the match-up.

Standings: Each match-up WIN is worth 3 points, and each TIE is worth 1.

Class and Weapon restrictions:

Class Restrictions - 2 of each class except - 1 Engineer, 1 Medic, 1 Demoman

Weapons - Only standard weapons will be allowed

Third party applications that affect game play are not permitted. Teams found using them will be penalized at the administrators' discretion.

Prizes
All of the tournaments Prize Packs are coming directly from our sponsor...RAZER! Each team member of one of the winning teams will be receiving a prize package (*See below for further details).

* 1st Place Prize Pack: Deathadder, Lycosa, Carcharias, Golithus
* 2nd Place Prize Pack: Deathadder, Golithus, Carcharias
* 3rd Place Prize Pack: Lycosa
* 4th Place Prize Pack: Golithus


Badges
Profile badges are big here at The Escapist, so we've decided to give some out. Everyone who participates (and doesn't get disqualified or removed) will get a TF2 Tournament Profile Badge. Once we have our set of winners, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place will be awarded different badges.

Other Notes
The rules and divisions are subject to change depending on the amount of team entrants we have. We really want to try to make this a fun and competitive tournament.

* Must be 13 years of age or older to participate.
* Competitors are not allowed to use global in-game chat in an abusive, offensive, vulgar or spamming manner at any point during a match. This includes pre-match, intermission and post-match periods as well.
* Teams/Players should play all matches to completion; do not voluntarily disconnect or quit from a match underway.
* Violators of these rules are subject to penalties at the administrators' discretion, which may include player suspension(s) or forfeiture of the match.
* The Team Captain MUST be in touch with The Escapist Event Moderators which can be reached at tf2mods@escapistmag.com if there is any type of problem. If we don't hear about it, we can't fix it. This will include match problems of any sort, need of replay, etc.
* The main server for this event is in Chicago. So, if you are not in the United States, you may receive some ping issues. We cannot control these issues and you are playing on your own accord.
* We are not responsible for players being dropped during gameplay. If the match-up freezes or something else pretty nasty during gameplay in which both teams are affected, please contact The Escapist Event Moderators at tf2mods@escapistmag.com
* There are always going to be possible alterations that will be dependent on our discretion. Please contact us with ANY problems.
* If you are one of the lucky 4 teams to receive prizes, we will be contacting you for your shipping information after the tournament.
* The team members to play in their final game are the ones who will receive the prizes, regardless of they were listed as a member or an alternate.
* Cheating is prohibited in ANY WAY: YOUR WHOLE TEAM WILL BE DISQUALIFIED, YOUR ESCAPIST ACCOUNT WILL BE PERMANENTLY BANNED.

Legal Stuff

By participating in this tournament, contestants grant The Escapist the right to print, publish, broadcast and use worldwide in any media now known or hereafter developed, including, without limitation, the World Wide Web, at any time or times, the contestant's name, as news or for public information and education without additional consideration or compensation. Entrants surrender copyright and all interests therein to The Escapist with the understanding that the materials may be used for promotional purposes.

By participating in this tournament, you acknowledge that you have reviewed and agree to The Escapist's privacy policy.

Employees of The Escapist, and its subsidiaries or affiliates, and any family members and/or household members of these employees, are excluded from the tournament.

Entrants release The Escapist and its respective parent divisions, affiliates, officers, subsidiaries, agents, employees and all others associated with the development and execution of this tournament and against any liability with respect to or in any way arising from this tournament and the awarding and use of the prizes.

Tampering with the tournament or gameplay in any manner is prohibited. The Escapist reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to determine whether the tournament or individual match-ups have been tampered with. The Escapist reserves the right to disqualify any entrant it suspects or has determined, in its sole discretion, has tampered with the tournament, submitted multiple accounts or is in violation of any of the tournament rules or regulations. If The Escapist determines that the tournament or gameplay has been tampered with, it reserves the right to terminate the tournament without awarding any prizes. The Escapist shall not be responsible for any personal gameplay failures due to network outages; failed, incomplete, garbled, or delayed computer transmissions; online failures; hardware, software or other technical malfunctions or disturbances; or any other communications or transmission failure.

Participation in The Escapist's Team Fortress 2 Tournament implies an understanding and acceptance of these rules and regulations.

Void where prohibited.

I thought it might be fun to join in together with some other ZU'ers! Everybody seems to be able to join and a Escapist account is set up in a few seconds.

So what about it? Ready to kick some ass?!
If you are interested also please state the role(s) you would like to play.
I'm hoping we get a few enthusiasts, if we get enough people we might even make the teams clan based +1 non-clan and see which of us comes out on top!


Team 1

• Nictel (Heavy/Medic)
• Pani (Pyro/Engineer)
• frozen (Spy/Medic)
• brokenjoker (Pyro/Heavy)
• fratey (Pyro/Demoman/Soldier)
  
• Notsil (Medic)
• Back-up Member

Team 2

• Core Member / Team Leader
• Core Member
• Core Member
• Core Member
• Core Member
  
• Back-up Member
• Back-up Member

As much as I'd love to join as a Sniper/Medic, exams and other uni commitments means I just won't have enough time.

I'd love to join in, but what do you think the ping will be like from Australia? :| I get a 30-50 for Australian servers, and I've never tried playing on any others. I've had people from other countries play on the same server as me though, and they were getting terrible lagg. I guess the time would also be an issue.

Do you know if the times of the matches are negotiable or not? If you want, you can put me down as a tentative Pyro/Engineer, or if there's a lack of Medics I could play as one.


Also, CP makes me a sad panda. CTF is better.

Yes you can tell the times you would like to play. About the ping, I don't know from Europe out I get good ping at some servers and terrible ones at others.

I suppose if the ping is really terrible I can just use Engineer and hide between a sentry and dispenser. ;P Sure, sign me up, as long as everyone else on the team is willing to figure out a time that we can all play at.

I'll totally Spy / Medic for ZU. Sign me up wherever, I guess.

i wish there was a tfc tourny :<

Cool! I'll add you.

Pyro/Heavy for me.

Mind you, I'm not that good, and the lag for me is terrible most times.

I've gotten my most kills with Pyro and Heavy (mind you, that isn't much), but yeah, sign me up. :3

I'm decent with the soldier or demoman, but I'm gonna have to pass on this one have fun and good luck.

I'm not much of a CPer, either. ;_; I'll have to work on that.

2fort is my home.

Welcome to the club brokenjoker!

Also it is time to discuss our training schedule, I expect you all to be online for 5 hours the next few days until the tournament.

Just kidding! I wouldn't be surprised if I end up being the worst on the team. As such I am a big supporter of: "[I]The most important thing is that we're having fun. The less serious we take winning the happier and the more chances we have!"[/I]

Originally Posted by Pani

2fort is my home.

Yeah, same. The lag isn't as bad, I find.

Originally Posted by Nictel

Welcome to the club brokenjoker!

Thank you, thank you.

I actually changed my preference to Spy. I was taking lives today like it was my job! Got about ten kills today with spy. Which is good, for me. Oh goodness. It makes me mad though, cause when I went to go check my stats, it said that I only got two. D:

TWO! I TELL YOU!

I was not pleased.

I backstabbed to players in a row, and backstabbed like much, much more, and they only recorded two! Rawr!

Sign me up - Pyro / Demoman. I have too much of a ****ty computer (it isn't easy killing at 4 FPS zoomed in - even heavy weapons guys are hard to hit) - else I'd be scout/sniper too. Backup or not? I don't know; we'll see. Take me as core and then I'll tell if something messes up.

Yo, I'll heal the **** out of you guys. I'm game.

Ok guys added you in!


Since time always goes quicker than you want it would be great if you could pm me your Escapist account names! Thanks.

Oh yeah, I play Soldier too.
I should get some practice in, haven't played in a month. ;3

Originally Posted by Nictel

Also it is time to discuss our training schedule, I expect you all to be online for 5 hours the next few days until the tournament.

Just kidding! I wouldn't be surprised if I end up being the worst on the team. As such I am a big supporter of: "The most important thing is that we're having fun. The less serious we take winning the happier and the more chances we have!"

Agreed, but it would still be wise for us to play together some time, at least once.

I guess I should start playing some CP maps. :P

I still need the following info to sign up:

Team Setup
Team name: (4 letters minimum)
Team captain: Nictel
Steam ID: ********
Preferred game times: (in EDT, please)
Invite the following Escapist members:
Team member 1:

Team member 2:

Team member 3:

Team member 4:

Alternate 1: (optional)

Alternate 2: (optional)


So what is our team name going to be? And I still need those Escapist account names.

Perhaps Illegal Zelda Immigrants