2015 CSn Dodgeball Tournament

[flufffage]

2015 Critsandvich Dodgeball Tournament Rules and General Information
*Keep in mind, all this is subject to change.*
If you have any questions, please post below.

The reason we are doing things a little differently this year, is to encourage teamwork and form and strengthen relationships within our community, as well as relations with other communities and non-affiliated players. In addition, we wish to avoid as much team stacking as possible. Thus, we will be separating players into ranks based on experience and skill, and from there, volunteer captains will pick teams in true dodge ball spirit.

Make sure to join the steam group at: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/critsandvichdodgeball
Practice Server is at the Fun Haus: 104.153.105.224:27015
Registration for full participation has closed! Substitutes may register via this form: http://goo.gl/forms/qDVOpzwAWX
and will thus be entered into the competition. We ask that your profiles be public during the competition and recommend you add at least one member of the tournament committee (listed below) to your friends list for at least the duration of the game, so you can receive important messages. Don't worry, we won't spam you.

Why the Steam group? Because it is the absolute most accessible forum for potential players to find and use. Everyone has a steam account; not everyone has a website forum account.
If you are interested in the tournament, but are hesitant to sign up due to other obligations, please contact one of the tournament staff to discuss opportunities for you, as registering as a substitute may be a very good option.

It is up to players to rank themselves, or if they choose, they can participate in a judged placement scrimmage, where three of the tournament staff will spectate a map of dodgeball, and will place players upon their displayed skill. If you wish to do this, please contact one of the tournament staff to schedule. When in doubt, go up a level, not down.
Pro Level: Very difficult to beat, have participated in multiple dodgeball tournaments, show exemplary skill in playing, is proficient at orbiting, spiking and rocket jumps, etc.
Middle Level: Above average players, are familiar with the ins and outs of dodgeball, familiar with the mechanics of orbiting, even if not always successful, comfortable with the game mode. Will hopefully make up the majority of the players.
Entry Level: Very rusty or very new to the gamemode.

If there is any contesting of a player's rank, we reserve the right to change their rank (if three admins agree) and/or have the contested player participate in a judged placement scrim, where three of our admins will decide the player’s rank by consensus. If they refuse the scrim, they will be expected to move to the contested “suggested” rank or be disqualified.

If a player shows low skill during a placement scrim but suspiciously exceptional skill during practice, it will be the team captain’s responsibility to have said player re-ranked and possibly moved to a different team. If this occurs during competition, the player will be disqualified and if available, a sub will be assigned from the pool to fill that rank slot.

Substitute Pool: These are players who may or may not be available on the day of, or were unable to meet the team deadline, but will still be ranked as pro/mid/entry. They can sub in for their category or above, but not below. They are not guaranteed a chance to play, but are willing to sub in if they are available when a slot is.

Team Composition:
Any player may volunteer to be captain (once we have headcount, we’ll know how many captains we’ll need), then in true dodgeball spirit, the captains will pick their teams but they must have at least one of each mid-level and entry level, but no more than one pro-level.
Feel free to pick your players, just know that you have slots to fill, and you may not get your friends if they’re already taken. It will be up to the players to accept a team invite, feel free to use the team registration thread in the steam group to find people.

If any teams have empty slots, and players without teams by the end of the team selection period, we will fill those slots for you as per our discretion. Any remaining players will have the choice of forming teams from the pool, or remaining as substitutes.
If after registration has closed, we notice that a player is listed on two teams, the player will be contacted and asked to pick a team, and the captain of the team with the now-empty slot will be allowed to pick from any remaining substitutes.

From there, teams may choose names/themes, etc.
Captains, please post your team name on the team registration thread. They can be changed at any time up until the match schedule is posted.
Please keep team names clean, appropriate and not too long.
We encourage teams to come up with a theme for the competition, and encourage the player’s loadouts to coordinate
It will be up to the team captains to train and prepare their team for the tournament.

Rules for Captains:
-Be responsible for ensuring that your team follows our community rules of conduct as well as the rules of this tournament.
-Be responsible for organizing your team, training them and/or arranging training and practices if need be.
-Captains will be required to have at least one committee member on their friends list, a forum account is recommended.
-On game day, the captains are required to be in the Mumble to keep track of when their team will be playing so they are not late. There will be a channel for captains and staff, and separate channels for each team currently in play to use if they desire, but they must be vacated for the next team upon match end.
-Be responsible for having all members of your team on time for matches. If players are longer than 5 mins late either the team will be disqualified or you will receive a random sub if there is one available. If you know where the person is and can get them into the server they will be allowed 10 mins.
Reporting Issues
Any issues you may have with your team, we recommend that you try to settle/fix the situation on your own. From there, simply contact the committee with any evidence you have and we may step in to mediate. However if we deem that fixing the problem would take too much time or costs too much drama, we reserve the right to choose to kick the perpetrator from the competition, following which we would assist in finding a substitute.
Registering Substitutes
If after registration closes, a player on your team drops out, or becomes unreachable, you may request a substitute. First, we will go to the pool of substitutes and see if we can find someone available to fill your now-empty rank slot. If there is no one compatible from within the pool, then you may register a late-entry to the tournament. The committee reserves the right to request to spectate the potential substitute in gameplay to ensure that they are a correct fit to fill the space on the team and to approve that player for said rank slot.

Dodgeball 101 Workshop and Practice Scrimmages
We will be hosting a “workshop” on the dodgeball server, before team selection begins.
This will be an opportunity for new players to learn the mechanics of the game, for rusty players to brush up on their skills, and for everyone to improve upon techniques, without formed team bias. There will be a brief explanation of basic tips and techniques if there are enough newcomers, and then the rest of the time will be open for players to come and go as they please and work with and coach each other. Most importantly, this will be an opportunity for captains to scope out potential teams before the team selection opens. Keep in mind, this is only a 24 player server, and we want to give preference to newer players, so captains might want to rotate in and out to allow each other to scope potential teams.

There will be two sets of practice scrimmages before the tournament begins.
Scrims will be scheduled during these sets so teams have a chance to play against other teams before the tournament. This gives teams the opportunity to scope out their competition, work on their teamwork, etc.
There will be different slots available at different times, it may help to have two captains coordinate to fill the same slot, so no team ends up playing alone.

Brackets:
Once we have a final number of teams, we will decide whether or not to run single or double elimination. Brackets will be posted here: http://challonge.com/CSNLNTourney2k15 and once brackets are filled with teams, then a rough timetable will be posted with the order of matches.

Tournament Rules
-Map played will be tfdb_float until the Quarter or Semifinals (depending on number of teams).
-Each team upon entry to the Quarter/Semifinals will submit a preferred map to the committee. For each match, a coin toss will decide upon which team’s preferred map the match will be played. If both teams’ preferred map is the same, the coin toss will be null, and the match will commence.
https://www.random.org/ will be used for coin toss. This gives each team an opportunity to practice maps to work their advantages and disadvantages and to pit them against their opponent.
-Single Elimination vs Double will be decided once player registration closes and we have the number of teams.
-On pool tournament bracket format if we can get can get 2 servers up and working. We may just have one server as a sort of warm-up server.
-Standard two-rocket dodgeball with no nukes
-Best of 5 (first to three) wins advances to next bracket (win is classified as all enemy team members are eliminated)
-Alltalk will be disabled, no excessive voice chat in the game, as referees need to focus on the gameplay. Private mumble channels will be available for each team to use during the matches.
-No jumping over to the enemy side at any time. Doing so will result in a slay, you will be moved to spectate and your team will have to continue the match without you.
-Excessive stalling (long orbiting, destroying rockets on walls or floor) will most likely result in warnings and then a slay.
-Pink admins and tournament committee will be referees and if any trouble is caused we will decide what is done.
-If a player crashes or disconnects during a round, there will be no time outs. If the disconnection loses a round, too bad. However we will wait a short amount of time for you to rejoin for the next round.

Streaming and Broadcasting
If you are interested in either shoutcasting and/or streaming or broadcasting the tournament, please speak with the committee to volunteer.

Tournament Committee
Birdie (Flufff)
Someone Special
Haus
Sirender
Hodgepodge
Moose

Important Dates and Deadlines*:
May 10th: Player registration opens.
May 31st: Player registration closes. Captains chosen.
June 6th:"Dodgeball 101" workshop: captains will coach this workshop, and while doing so, they will be able to scope out who they might want on their team.
June 7th: Team selection begins.
June 14th: Team selection ends.
June 27-28th: Scrim Sets. Tournament brackets will be finalized sometime this following week.
July 5th: Match Schedule finalized by this day.
July 11th: Tournament begins.
-*Dates are subject to change*

Prizes and Distribution
If you would like to donate to the prize pool, please contact Someone Special or send him a trade offer: https://steamcommunity.com/tradeoffer/n ... n=cjZOSXEd
Any and all donations are welcome, size doesn’t matter: donate as much or as little as you like, this is not an entry fee. Unique weapons will be crafted into metal, so make sure they are both tradeable and craftable.
Once there is a substantial amount of prizes, a thread will be created to list the prizes. By the time the tournament starts, the prize list will be separated by award.
There will be a prize for 1st, 2nd (maybe 3rd depending on amount of players and amount of prizes) teams, and a prize for best team theme.

FAQ
What is Dodgeball?
Dodgeball is a gameplay mod for Team Fortress 2 and was originally developed by Voogru as a private Metamod extension. It was then made into a public Sourcemod plug-in by Asherkin.
In Dodgeball, everyone plays as the Pyro. Rockets are fired from a pre-determined spawn in the map. Each team of Pyros uses their compression blast ability to reflect the rockets and bombs back at the other team. Unlike in normal TF2 gameplay, these projectiles are designed to follow one targeted player (“heat-seeking”) until deflected by an air blast. When the projectile is air blasted, its affinity and color changes and it targets a random player on the opposite team. It gains speed with each deflection until the projectile's new target does not successfully deflect it, damaging or killing the target. The rocket can also be reflected into the ground to allow the player to survive and reset the rocket, and even rocket jump. Gameplay continues until one team is eliminated entirely, counting a win for the surviving team. Players are modded to have infinite ammo.
Our tournament will be double elimination bracket format. Each match will be played the best of five rounds, so basically the first team to score three wins will win the match and move to the next stage in the bracket.

Some dodgeball servers have nukes and bombs, will the tournament have those?
No, we disable nukes and bombs, and will play double-rocket games.

What if I'm not good at dodgeball?
That’s perfectly alright! We’ve all sucked balls before. Your captain will be responsible for coaching you to become the best player possible, and there will be plenty of opportunities to practice. Our tournament staff is also willing to help coach or find coaches if need be.

What if one of my teammates becomes unreachable?
If one of your teammates becomes unreachable, then it will be up to your captain to petition for an exchange player, and the unreachable player will be dropped from the tournament.

Can I change my team?
Up until registration closes, you are free to debate between teams. The only thing we ask is that you make sure you aren’t “leading on” any captains. Team registration must verify against player registration, and players are only allowed to enter on one team.

What if I have to drop out?
Make sure to edit your registration post on the discussion board, and that your team captain is made aware so they can request a substitute.

I missed the deadline to register as a player, is there any way I can participate?
Of course! After player registration closes, just feel free to post in the General Tournament Questions thread in the steam group and we’ll set you in the substitute pool. We can’t guarantee you any play time, but the opportunity is certainly there.

Are there any equipment restrictions?
No, as due to the structure of the gamemode, each player will have a modified stock flamethrower. There are no restrictions on cosmetic items, but it’s typical for each team to have coordinated loadouts, and it will be up to your team to discuss that.

[TheDemp]

~ The Derp Dodgers 2015

[TH3_SHAD0W_SAMUR4I]

Urgh...thats a lot of text... Too much reading, my brain hurts.

And my laptop power adaptor decides to be a d*ck and die one day before player registration opens...fantastic. thank u crappy technology. Good luck to y'all and have fun and good work to Miss Birdie for writing this all up and being enthusiastic.

[Someone Special]

Urgh...thats a lot of text... Too much reading, my brain hurts.

And my laptop power adaptor decides to be a d*ck and die one day before player registration opens...fantastic. thank u crappy technology. Good luck to y'all and have fun and good work to Miss Birdie for writing this all up and being enthusiastic.

Don't worry buddy. The actual date of the tournement isn't annoucned quite yet. Flufffage and I are still looking at July, most likely the 11th.

[flufffage]

tl;dr
Join our dodgeball group: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/critsandvichdodgeball
Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1P1YUrT ... =send_form
Invite people! Reach out to friends, acquaintances, etc. Be polite, and don’t advertise too much, but please do invite them to the tournament!
Wait for registration to close. Those who volunteered to be captains will be messaged if they’re chosen.
Attend dodgeball workshop. Not mandatory; this is ideally for new/beginner players to learn the basics without any team bias. However, it is also for captains to scope out potential teams. Remember: team selection has not yet started, so no teams are set yet.
Team selection period opens. Captains will post on the team formation thread in steam group to list the players on your team. Remember: you must have at least one mid and one entry level, and no more than one pro.
Team selection closes. Make sure that if you have switched teams by now, any edits have been either marked on the thread or you’ve spoken to a member of the dodgeball committee. Committee must be informed of any dropouts; from here on out there will be no team switching permitted.
Practice! There will be a week of scheduled practice scrims, be sure to have your captain sign up for a slot that works for your team.
The dodgeball tournament arrives! Dodge them balls! Matches will follow bracket form, once winner has been declared, group will be updated with final placings and prizes will be distributed over the next couple of days.

[Deward]

I'm in

[flufffage]

I'm in

Go ahead and register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1P1YUrT ... A/viewform

[Deward]

Wait so we can't play with our friends? Like if somebody else picks me, I have to play with them?

[flufffage]

Wait so we can't play with our friends? Like if somebody else picks me, I have to play with them?

You will of course have the option of refusing an invite. Feel free to accept the team you want, but if you take too long to decide, it will become a random selection.

[fingerman]

Practice setup at: 104.153.105.224:27015

Default map and mode is float/dodgeball and timelimit/winlimit/maxrounds is 0.

[Deward]

Another question about the rankings of skill. Does this mean that a team of Plat/Gold Pyros wouldn't be allowed to play together?

[Someone Special]

Another question about the rankings of skill. Does this mean that a team of Plat/Gold Pyros wouldn't be allowed to play together?

Not at all. They can play together, it's just less likely.

[Deward]

Another question about the rankings of skill. Does this mean that a team of Plat/Gold Pyros wouldn't be allowed to play together?

Not at all. They can play together, it's just less likely.

What do you mean by less likely?

[Someone Special]

Another question about the rankings of skill. Does this mean that a team of Plat/Gold Pyros wouldn't be allowed to play together?

Not at all. They can play together, it's just less likely.

What do you mean by less likely?

We're trying to avoid allowing players to pick power stacks so that one team that steamrolls year after year wins again. A few Captains are being selected, and they will draft players at a date yet to be determined.

[Balubish]

If you wanna lose, pick me. Im terrible at reflecting.

[Deward]

Im terrible at reflecting.

We know.

[Pikmin3411]

Im terrible at reflecting.

We know.

Shrek'd

No but seriously, this is going to be fun. I hope its better than last year.

[flufffage]

Im terrible at reflecting.

We know.

Shrek'd

No but seriously, this is going to be fun. I hope its better than last year.

steadfastly not replying to this post in order to not jinx myself

[Someone Special]

Im terrible at reflecting.

We know.

Shrek'd

No but seriously, this is going to be fun. I hope its better than last year.

It was tonnes of fun last year!

[DerKrieger105]

Out of fear of Fluff killing me (although I'm already dead), I signed up.

[flufffage]

Out of fear of Fluff killing me (although I'm already dead), I signed up.

Oh please I'm not that scary, am I? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


Also Update: We're modifying the rules a little so all players, regardless of rank are able to volunteer as captain, so feel free to edit your registration if you would like to volunteer! (OP updated)

[Balubish]

Im in

[UncleTestes]

signing up, if you're taking signups

my brothers PootisFactory and Stan Man (slash Katja slash Traveling Salesman slash something slash I dunno, make up your mind twat) are asking that I do a three man team with them. mutual destruction is assured, and it will be fun.

so if possible, 3-man team sign up please

[Someone Special]

signing up, if you're taking signups

my brothers PootisFactory and Stan Man (slash Katja slash Traveling Salesman slash something slash I dunno, make up your mind twat) are asking that I do a three man team with them. mutual destruction is assured, and it will be fun.

so if possible, 3-man team sign up please

When team admins are selected, you will know. A team of your stack is NOT guaranteed. We are aiming to not let these "power stacks" appear.
Please use the Google Doc link provided in the main post.

[RAP MUSIC]

Got cyberbullied into signing up so I guess I have to practice reflecting stuff

[Balubish]

Got cyberbullied into signing up so I guess I have to practice reflecting stuff

You too. Man ruff network.

[flufffage]

Got cyberbullied into signing up so I guess I have to practice reflecting stuff

You too. Man ruff network.

oh you poor things

[Zuul]

Can confirm. Flufffage = Cyberbully
help me plz

[flufffage]

Can confirm. Flufffage = Cyberbully
help me plz

i edited ur post cuz u spelled my name incorrectly k thank bye

[Birk]

Not me, tho.

hashtag not a victim

hashtag never give up

hashtag never surrender

[flufffage]

Not me, tho.

hashtag not a victim

hashtag never give up

hashtag never surrender

its cuz ur a crochety old man thats all

thats u birk
thats u


nice beard

[Birk]

ty I groom

[flufffage]

Reminder that registration closes this Sunday, May 31st, at 6pm EST!

[flufffage]

Full participation registration has closed, the link on the original post was edited for substitute registration.

Reminder: Dodgeball workshop Saturday, June 6 at 3pm EST
This will be an excellent opportunity for you to scope out potential teammates (if you haven't already).

[flufffage]

We will have 17 teams with 8 substitutes.

We're leaning toward Saturday, July 11th, possibly starting with match 1 at 12pm EST (10 am PST)

Now, it is time to decide, do we want single or double elimination?
Double elimination gives teams a chance to redeem themselves, but it would involve a second server and/or the quarterfinals through finals on Sunday.
Single elimination would go smoother and quicker, but once a team is out, they're out.

Keep in mind, either way we go, matches will only last maybe 10 minutes (they go quick), and we'll be using brackets via Challonge (http://challonge.com/CSNLNTourney2k15 it is currently set up for double, so you can see the most extensive option), and will have a full timetable for matches to help keep things organized.

Its up to you guys. Discuss.

[megamoose]

If we can find another server or host, I strongly think that Double elimination is the way to go, because if a team screws up the round, and they get eliminated, than they will be very sad and they will blame themselves for a silly mistake. Happened to me every single tournament... Please double, if the players can make it, that would be best option.

[SnakeShesh]

I agree with moose. Teams' standing in the tournament shouldn't depend on a single match. There should be some way of redeeming themselves.

[HausOfJoel]

If you are doing double elimination, the winner of the losers bracket should face whoever is currently in second place, not first place. Just my opinion.

[flufffage]

If you are doing double elimination, the winner of the losers bracket should face whoever is currently in second place, not first place. Just my opinion.

Of course, that makes sense. We can tweak the bracket to reflect it. It will allow us to move teams around etc.

[Pikmin3411]

Welp that was a fun 15 minutes. I still have my skill.

[flufffage]

Welp that was a fun 15 minutes. I still have my skill.

*5 min

rip workshop

[flufffage]

We will have 17 teams with 8 substitutes.

Now, it is time to decide, do we want single or double elimination?
Double elimination gives teams a chance to redeem themselves, but it would involve a second server and/or the quarterfinals through finals on Sunday.
Single elimination would go smoother and quicker, but once a team is out, they're out.

Keep in mind, either way we go, matches will only last maybe 10 minutes (they go quick), and we'll be using brackets via Challonge (http://challonge.com/CSNLNTourney2k15 it is currently set up for double, so you can see the most extensive option), and will have a full timetable for matches to help keep things organized.

Its up to you guys. Discuss.

Vote here pls: http://strawpoll.me/4576785

I'm sure it'd be possible to have two servers going for the tournament, so double elim would go easier.

[Pikmin3411]

I HAVE RETURNED FROM WEEK LONG DISNEY WORLD TRIP. Did I miss anything?

[flufffage]

I HAVE RETURNED FROM WEEK LONG DISNEY WORLD TRIP. Did I miss anything?

Team registration has opened and will close on Sunday. That's pretty much all that has occurred.

[Boehner]

People who aren't on teams just get shuffled into random slots/teams, yeah?

[Someone Special]

People who aren't on teams just get shuffled into random slots/teams, yeah?

Granted you registered on time yes.

[flufffage]

And we have our teams!
Listed as follows, in order of registration:

Team Name
Captain (Rank
Name (Rank)
Name (Rank)
name (Rank)

Team #1
Coupon(Entry)
Brood (Entry)
Captain Clown (Mid)
Standolf (Mid)

Team #2: The Coven
Rinvidia (mid)
ProPainTank (pro)
vendetta lft (mid)
v3c3 (entry)

Team #3
Someone Special (Pro)
Porky Minch (Mid)
Gaytrashdog (Entry)
Squaak (Entry)

Team #4: WestBallz
Biggey (Pro)
chunkey (mid)
Tune-A-Fish (entry)
JigglyJetski (entry)

Team #5: Tea Time
(Pro) - SnakeShesh
(Mid) - KritzKow
(Mid) - Nomming of Hams
(Entry) - DiSpencer

Team #6: Dirty Casuals
(Mid): Spatan
(Entry): Tweeter
(Mid): NickTheCanadianCore
(Pro): Bubby

Team #7: The Long Forgotten Mustachios
(Pro): Moose
(Entry): Ron Swanson's Mustache
(Mid): Bernt
(Mid): William Murdoch

Team #8: The Garbage Weaklings
(Pro): Muffin
(Mid): roke1
(Mid): Cory Baxter
(Entry): Ghille

Team #9: Butt patrol
(Pro): Johnydrisk
(mid): Pikmin
(mid): Kazzack
(Entry): Balubish

Team #10
headshot_hero5(entry):
Secretary(mid)
tkdKing(mid)
lunnar(entry)

Team #11
Booty God (Mid)
Mousefox13 (Entry)
Dictator Seth (Mid)
Mute (Pro)

Team #12
CSn| Bird (Mid)
usak0 (Entry)
Buzz (Entry)
Mrbobz (Mid)

Team #13
Rosey (Mid)
carolina (Pro)
Drawed (Mid)
Techie (Entry)

Team #14
Harri (Mid)
Der Krieger (Entry)
Rap Music (Entry)
A Shameful Boehner (Mid)

Team #15
Haus (Mid)
that shiny mudkip (Entry)
Shephard 15 (Entry)
Mr. Pirate (Mid)

Team #16
Jane (Mid)
Smuggley (Mid)
James McGill(Entry)
taZ(Entry)