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[RustyCabbage]

Sorry for the late notice, but just a heads up, the first stream will be starting in just over an hour.

Catch the action with NemoNaemo and Knight Chase at:
https://www.twitch.tv/nemo_naemo

Someone requested a last minute schedule change, so the new match order will be:
Carroy (STS) vs DeTess (DA)
Snowblind (LoA) vs SCC  (II)
Snowblind (LoA) vs DeTess (DA)
Sl4v101 (II) vs Sozzer (LoA)
PrismaticFlux (VLT) vs Lightforger (XE)
PrismaticFlux (VLT) vs Sozzer (LoA)
SafariJohn (RU) vs Akitsushima (VLT)
Hrothgar Heavenlight (MN) vs Angelhood (SRA)
Hrothgar Heavenlight (MN) vs Akitsushima (VLT)
Alienspacekappa (BDY) vs Deskup (FSU)
DaddyPants (VHT) vs Mino (THI)
DaddyPants (VHT) vs Deskup (FSU)

As always, the most up-to-date information can be found in the Unofficial Discord, or in the tournament spreadsheet here.


Alrighty; it's been a good set of first matches. Thank you to our participants and commentators! The current scores are:


Catch the vod here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/813347264
Did you catch the matches? Vote for your favorite fleet here: https://www.strawpoll.me/35199885


Your next streamer will be Laharl, who can be found at https://www.twitch.tv/moddedlaharl/, casting along with Boring Aurica

The stream will begin on Nov 26 @ 20:00 UTC
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20201126T1300&p0=75

The match list is:
Johan (FSU) vs Thaago (ORA)
Qihao56 (VHT) vs Arkangelmark5 (STS)
Qihao56 (VHT) vs Thaago (ORA)
Grievous69 (VLT) vs sad squidward (VHT)
Hiruma Kai (AI) vs AlexAtheos (VMT)
Hiruma Kai (AI) vs sad squidward (VHT)
Citizen Joe (PE) vs Mortia (BDY)
libbmaster (VMT) vs JRG  (AI)
libbmaster (VMT) vs Mortia (BDY)
HAL9000 (SRD) vs cSynapse (VLT)
LightningJCutey (ORA) vs HAL9000 (SRD)
HAL9000 (SRD) vs Archaeon (SRA)

[Modo44]

Nemo: Fewer wild mouse movements, more clicking on the "enemy" ships to show their stats.

[Feuerholz]

That was fun to watch! Is a game modded with all these ships / factions playable?

[RustyCabbage]

Sure is! You can check the tournament spreadsheet for the full modlist being used for this tournament.

[HELMUT]

Provided without context :

Spoiler

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[RustyCabbage]

Oof, I didn't post an update for when stream 2 started, my apologies. Pro tip: don't start a new job the day/week your tournament officially begins.

Catch the vod here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/816672632 /
Poll: https://www.strawpoll.me/35218941

Latest scores are:

Spoiler

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Your next streamer will be Ony, who can be found at https://www.twitch.tv/onychannel, casting along with Aurica

The stream will begin on December 1 @ 20:00 UTC: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20201201T1300&p0=75


Since I'd best announce this ahead of time lest I forget, after Ony we will return to Nemo's channel at https://www.twitch.tv/nemo_naemo/, casting along with Knight Chase once again.

That stream will occur on December 2 @ 20:30 UTC: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20201202T1330&p0=75

[RustyCabbage]

REMINDER: Stream 3 is live at https://www.twitch.tv/onychannel!


And that was stream 3! Thanks to everyone who watched, streamed or played today. We've got our first set of advancing players and an updated scoreboard behind the spoilers:

Spoiler

(Mind, there's a minor type in Group I, which should have G2 and H2 instead of G1 and H1.)

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Temporary vod: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/822174399 (first ~2:30:00)
Vote for your favorite fleet here!

Tomorrow, we will return to Nemo's channel at https://www.twitch.tv/nemo_naemo/, casting along with Knight Chase once again.
That stream will occur on December 2 @ 20:30 UTC: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20201202T1330&p0=75

Tomorrow's matches:
Archaeon (SRA) vs LightningJCutey (ORA)
LightningJCutey (ORA) vs cSynapse (VLT)
Archaeon (SRA) vs cSynapse (VLT)
Grievous69 (VLT) vs Hiruma Kai (AI)
Grievous69 (VLT) vs AlexAtheos (VMT)
AlexAtheos (VMT) vs sad squidward (VHT)
Citizen Joe (PE) vs libbmaster (VMT)
Citizen Joe (PE) vs JRG (AI)
JRG (AI) vs Mortia (BDY)
Johan (FSU) vs Qihao56 (VHT)
Johan (FSU) vs Arkangelmark5 (STS)
Arkangelmark5 (STS) vs Thaago (ORA)

[Mortrag]

Hi, did anyone else experience problems with the latest stream? I know, the internet connection where I currently am is rather garbage, but I hadn't any problems with the previous two streams (first one vod, second one live). But with the one at Ony's, watching live was impossible becaus auf buffering-breaks and then rapid jumps. And also watching the vod I have to pause repeatedly, or else the buffering-breaks interrupt it again and again.
(If I'm the only one with this problem, well, bad luck for me. But as mentioned, the first two streams went realy smooth.)

[Grievous69]

Worked perfectly on my end, while I also don't have the smoothest connection.

[Modo44]

This time it was Twitch. The initial low number of viewers forced the stream to native 1080p, which breaks down easily on smaller channels. The only thing you can realistically do is keep refreshing with Ctrl+F5 until it gets better. This shortcut forces the browser to reload all page data, which 1) makes sure you get automatic/lower quality as soon as it is enabled from a higher viewer count, and 2) can switch you to a different, less overwhelmed Twitch streaming server.

[Mortrag]

This time it was Twitch. The initial low number of viewers forced the stream to native 1080p, which breaks down easily on smaller channels. The only thing you can realistically do is keep refreshing with Ctrl+F5 until it gets better. This shortcut forces the browser to reload all page data, which 1) makes sure you get automatic/lower quality as soon as it is enabled from a higher viewer count, and 2) can switch you to a different, less overwhelmed Twitch streaming server.

Thanks a lot for the explanation. 

[RustyCabbage]

I think I'll ask someone to try re-streaming on Discord if this becomes a problem again. Hopefully that helps for those who can't watch at 1080p?

[RustyCabbage]

We've got another round coming up in <24 hours, featuring our 16 advancing players:

Current Groups

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Match List:
SCC (II) vs Citizen Joe (PE)
DaddyPants (VHT) vs Hiruma Kai (AI)
DaddyPants (VHT) vs Citizen Joe (PE)
Sl4v101 (II) vs Archaeon (SRA)
Akitsushima (VLT) vs Johan (FSU)
Akitsushima (VLT) vs Archaeon (SRA)
Thaago (ORA) vs SafariJohn (RU)
cSynapse (VLT) vs PrismaticFlux (VLT)
cSynapse (VLT) vs SafariJohn (RU)
sad squidward (VHT) vs Deskup (FSU)
Mortia (BDY) vs DeTess (DA)
Mortia (BDY) vs Deskup (FSU)

Catch the stream on December 9 @ 21:00 UTC, casted by Wingnut and Knight Chase at https://www.twitch.tv/wingnutcros!
Countdown: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20201209T1400&p0=75

As always, get up to date info in the tournament spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jk4k1368fnsx_ImPoukYP-WsNo8dFb93Ptwz-DJ_OmM/edit#gid=1183001540

[Modo44]

Watching this live, I feel like banning any specific ship or system from tourney use is inconsequential, and should not really be done. On the contrary, the banned stuff remains untested properly. If it stayed in, it would either get countered next time, or prove that a nerf is required. As it stands, every tourney shows new setups that may only be 'obviously broken' once, when they surprise.

[RustyCabbage]

Thanks for watching peeps. Our sixth stream which will finalize which players advance to the finals, will be held at Ony's channel twitch.tv/onychannel where he will be casting along with Laharl.

Stream will happen on December 17 @ 20:00 UTC: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20201217T1300&p0=75

If you caught the matches, vote for your favorite fleet here: https://www.strawpoll.me/42253977

Current Standings

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Watching this live, I feel like banning any specific ship or system from tourney use is inconsequential, and should not really be done. On the contrary, the banned stuff remains untested properly. If it stayed in, it would either get countered next time, or prove that a nerf is required. As it stands, every tourney shows new setups that may only be 'obviously broken' once, when they surprise.

Mostly true, though I stand by the Gown and especially the Olympus bans. For the most part, I tried to avoid banning too many specific ships as opposed to classes of ships. Shikomes shouldn't have been banned, and even Vespas are possibly okay to leave in, in retrospect.

As far as patches go, Dooms were probably overnerfed, and the Sabot bug means I guess we don't have meaningful balance info on it anyways. Meanwhile, SO is still too strong and probably needs something more substantial than the tap on the side it got.

Lotsa things to optimize in the rules, at any rate.