Additionally, due to Ena's unsportsmanlike abuse of the Silence card rules by spamming PAUSE and GO and direct violation by typing other words, Team Shave will be deducted 5 points.
We also want to make it clear that players chatting with people outside of the game in any form is considered cheating.
As we are on the brink of the first matches getting started, by now each team should have received a list of their specific matches for the event. Posted below you'll find the full schedule of games for you to plan your viewing!
Please work with your captains to decide what games you'll play in. As for cards, captains must submit privately to admins which cards you will be activating this week. We will announce which cards are being used this week prior to the first match (but we will not reveal which team used a card until after each match is finished).
Cards for this week must be submitted before Sunday 9 EST (15 CET), which is one hour before the first official match. We realize this is not a lot of time, but we wanted to get into the games as soon as possible. Next week we will give more time for cards to be chosen.
A few reminders about cards: - Each team can only use one card per match, and each card can only be used once by a team. - Cards stack. A no-air, no-chat, identities-revealed game is possible. - Shackle card cannot be used on random heroes maps. - Exploration card cannot be used on random heroes maps or on team maps. - Exploration map choices must be from maps we've used multiple times in FML and must be approved by admins. - If multiple teams use Exploration card, map choice goes to the first team to use the card. The other team gets the card back. - If multiple teams use Truth, Shackle, Earth, or Silence cards, each team counts as having used the card (so they can't use it again). - Earth card means precisely no air units. You will be penalized for controlling any flying unit at any point of the game (with the exception of zeppelins ONLY on Hurricane Isle, should that situation arise). - Silence card means precisely no chat. You are only allowed to say pause/ready/go and gg. If you type anything else, or if you say gg and don't leave immediately you will be penalized. - Shackle card means you will be penalized if you build any of the banned heroes.
Scheduling and smurfs: Each team should receive a list of one smurf per match. That smurf must be used for that specific match and no other. Do not create your own smurfs or use smurfs in the wrong matches Any player from a team can create the provided smurf account and join the game (hopefully that player will be the one agreed upon by the team and captain, but in the case of a player not showing up, another teammate can join using that smurf and play the match instead). Captains report to admins immediately after each match the identity of their player. Cheating or mis-reporting will be heavily penalized.
Prior to each match, captains will be informed of the 4 (or 8) smurf accounts that are to play in the match. That is to make it easy to start the game and know if all players are there. In the event that a player still isn't there after 15 minutes of the game time, a neutral sub can be used or Computer player.
Full schedule Week 1 1 Sunday - 7/23 10EST - 16CET Twilight Ruins Big 4way FFA 2 Sunday - 7/23 15EST - 21CET Neon City Mid 4way FFA 3 Monday - 7/24 15EST - 21CET Harvest Of Sorrow Random Hero 4 Wednesday - 7/26 16EST - 22CET Emerald Shores Small 4way FFA 5 Friday 7-28 12EST - 18CET Anarchy Castle Bonus Small FFA 6 Saturday - 7/29 10EST - 16CET Savage Storm Mid 4way FFA 7 Saturday - 7/29 15EST - 21CET Friends Team FFA
- Each team will play 16 x 4-ways and 4 x team-ffas
- The maximum number of points amounts to 210 (incl. 10 bonus points)
- Unless truth card gets played, every match will be played with hidden identities
- Unless exploration card gets played, maps (can be random hero as well) will be selected by admins before each week
Is all this correct?
That's correct except for the last part. Maps will be selected by admins only once for the entire event. So you'll know the schedule from the start rather than waiting until each week.
Thanks for feedback, our goal is to maximize fun, so admins have discussed and agreed to add more games to the event. Please see the changes in green text in the post above. Cheers!
Also the cards seem problematic. It seems like in tons of matches we will be seing non-anon, no air, no chat + heroes banned. This good for a handful of matches, but since cards stack this will end up being problematic as too many matches will be customized with no air no chat etc.
@admins to make this format more interesting I would put a limit on captain cards total or per week for example: Each team gets 10 cards over the 4 week period. Or at the start of each week you assign captains with 3 cards to use each week!
To clarify, each team only gets 5 cards to use for the entire event. They aren't restocked each week.
Welcome to the start of the second Team Battle Royale! Thank you all for patiently waiting for the application period to end. This time around we are introducing a number of changes, which I'll get to in more detail in just a moment, but for starters, this time we will have 5 captains drafting teams of 8 players each.
Captains
Please welcome your new captain overlords: Mog ZsSuperCumulo Shave DV- HighTac
Captains will soon be invited into the captain channel on discord to work out the details of the live draft, which will hopefully take place in the next couple days. After the draft all players will be invited to their teams respective discord channel to begin scheduling matches. So stay tuned for that!
Now, back to the new format. You may remember from last time we had a set schedule of matches with fun modes mixed in with regular modes. Well, this time we are bringing the power of the fun modes directly to the teams themselves, in the form of cards.
Captain Cards(Edited)
Each captain will have the following 5 cards at their disposal: - Exploration card - Captain gets map choice - Earth card - No air units allowed - Silence card - No chat allowed - Shackles card - Captain bans 1 hero from each race + 1 tavern hero - Truth card - All players' identities will be revealed before the match
Admins will publish the entire schedule of matches for the event prior to the first playweek. This schedule will include the time and map (which may include random hero maps) as well as if the match is 4-way or 2v2v2v2. Then, by the beginning of each playweek, captains will announce which cards they will use for that week. Captains can use at most one card per match, and after a card is used, it is lost and cannot be used again. So choose wisely!
Note that multiple team's cards can stack. For example if one team uses their Earth card while another uses their Silence card in the same match, then that match will be no air units and no chat!
A few more caveats: the Exploration card is first come priority, so if 2 captains go for map choice in the same match, only the first captain to announce his cards will get to choose, while the second captain will get his card back. Exploration and Shackle cards cannot be used on a random heroes map. For Shackle card, if two captains ban a different set of heroes in the same match, both cards will be applied and used. For Earth, Silence, and Truth cards, if multiple captains use it in same match, both team's card will be used up.
Games and Points(Edited)
There will be a total of 25 matches in the event, 20 four-way FFAs (regular and random heroes) and five 2v2v2v2s. Each game will involve only 4 teams, meaning each game one team will sit out.
A team will be awarded 10 points for each four-way won, and 20 points for each 2v2v2v2 won.
This time, at the beginning of the playweek, captains only need to send to admins which cards they will use. They do not need to assign players to matches at the start of the week. Captains will work with their team to send a player into a match. They only need to inform admins which player was chosen after each match is played. This will make it easier for teams to adjust plans as people's schedules change. Players can play as many games as their captain allows. However!...
If a player has already played 4 or more games, then a win for that player only awards 1 point. Similarly for the 2v2v2v2, for each player with over 4 games on a team, a win will award 9 less points for that team. As an additional incentive to give a chance to all members to play, at the end of the event if all of a team's members have played 3 or more games, then that team gets a bonus of 10 points.
Okay that about sums it up. Feel free to ask questions below, and good luck to everyone. Stay tuned for the draft and team roster announcement!
Congratulations again to Sir Wrecktify for taking home the crown in our latest season of FML. We hope you all have been enjoying the short break after a tough season, however, things are never quiet around here for long.
We are officially announcing the resurgence of Team Battle Royale, back for its second installment! This time around we will be implementing a number of modifications and improvements, of which more details will follow soon.
Applications are open to everyone including new players. For those of you who missed out on the last TBR, it is essentially a team olympic event that runs over a few weeks, involving anonymous 4-way FFAs and 2v2v2v2s with various fun game modes.
A quick reminder about captains. A small amount of applicants will be chosen as captains. Captains will be responsible for drafting their team members, scheduling matches, resolving disputes, and generally being available to work with admins running the league. It can be a bit of work, so please only apply to be a captain if you are up to the task.
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If you wish to apply, please post below the following information. A * means it is required. Applications are due end of day Wednesday July 19th (EST)
*Discord ID name and #: Country and timezone: Races you play: *Want to be a captain? Yes/No: If yes, what would make you a good captain?: Any other comments that a captain might want to know about you during the draft:
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