Hey Robo! I'd like to take a moment to illustrate the difference between league's ranking system and overwatch's. In both, it goes bronze, silver, gold, plat, diamond, master, and then in overwatch it's grandmaster and in league it's challenger. At this point, challenger is also not even kinda similar to grandmaster. In league only 200 people get challenger. If you are rank 200 and someone under you passes you, you go back down to master. Grandmaster is uncapped so it's not fair to call them even. From what I'm seeing, Diamond in Overwatch is roughly the top 10% of the total population of people playing Overwatch. Whereas Plat 5, the lowest Plat level, is in the top 9% of league players. Going based off numbers. To be really good at league (Top 2%) you would fall at the lowest level of Diamond. To be in the top 20% of Overwatch players is being in diamond. I hope that this makes the point that the two aren't exactly equal in terms of bronze = bronze, plat = plat, etc. In the two references, you can see that League has a tier system where rank is left-skewed and the curve gets harder to climb as it goes up. In the Overwatch system, they keep skill to climb linear, which eventually ends up with more people in higher ranks than lower ones. References: http://na.op.gg/statistics/tier/ (This website shows you exactly what percent of players are in what skill levels.) https://overwatchtracker.com/insights/skillrating?platform=pc (This website shows a graph of percent players by skill level.) I hope that this makes the point that the two aren't exactly equal in terms of bronze = bronze, plat = plat, etc. Please be informed before you trashtalk another game you don't know anything about.
never said i was equating overwatch and league's rankings i made a let me google link to see what league's ranks are strictly going based off of the list of ranks league has no one is in diamond here which is the 3rd highest rank behind master and challenger if that's top 2% of players then ill shit talk why do you have 3 ranks for the top 2% of players that's in any case im irked no one here is in the top 2% of players so when i see plat V whatever that is i still stand by EDIT: I cared to read a bit more about league's ranking system "All leagues are tiered into five divisions (I, II, III, IV, V – with V being the lowest and I being the highest)" So im doubly considering no one is in the top division of plat and there's 5 more division in diamond which is even more horrendous In any case if plat V is the top 10% of all league players and if I had to make my first and only comparison to overwatch who has our top 10% in diamond (~mid diamond) if diamond players in overwatch (skill, attitude, versatility, communcations, etc.) are anything like they are in league then I stand by everything I've said.
Hey everyone, since a couple people have said that they would prefer a randomized tournament, we may do that instead. Please vote on the poll above for the method you would like to see.
Update: We will now also be having a loser's bracket thanks to @Hingle! He will be rewarding the winner of the loser's bracket with $20 of RP. Also, as the majority wants, the 1v1s will be matched randomly instead of by rank. Cheers!
Hey everyone, To get into more of the details of how you're going to be matched, it'll be through challonge. Keep in mind the names you see there are going to be shuffled before the tournament begins, so who you see there is not necessarily who you'll be matched against. On Monday, I'll post here and also tag everyone who they're playing against. Quoting from Aco's original post: "Once you get matched up against someone, you both have 3 days to play your 1v1 and send the recording to myself or Han Solo. If the match does not take place within the time frame, the player who is responsible for the match will be disqualified. ie: Player a is at fault, player a will be disqualified; if both parties are at fault, both will be disqualified." If anyone is confused on why we're making recording mandatory, it's so spectators can still see fun matches and also to make sure no one breaks the rules, even though I hope the latter wouldn't happen anyway. Wow, I'm so happy a random user who joined today, hasn't associated, and has a similar name to another user is deciding to enter the tournament for the first thing they do on the servers. I'll enter you though :^) Above paragraph addresses your question.
If you watch our recordings and also participate, you'll see what dirty strat we're using to win the 1v1's and get the drop on us. smh
Canugivemearimmi Challenger since season 1 Got my elder wand. I will tell my opponent to get dicked on
We will now no longer be accepting entries for the tournament. I would like to give a big thank you to everyone that entered, making the whole thing able to come into fruition. Han will be posting the matchups shortly. *Remember to have one of the two players (or a third party) record your game and send the recording to myself or Han Solo.
Hi again, Here's the randomized, up-to-date challonge. The official start date is tomorrow, but you can get a head start on knowing who you'll be matched against. You'll have three days, ending Thursday, to figure out a match time with your opponent and establish your dominance. I've also tagged everyone who has the first matches below - please add them on steam or in-game if you cannot contact them on the forums. If you need help with their summoner names / steam IDs, just ask. @Pikaboo @Kerchoo @anime girl @godpharohbolas @MonsterHunter @Hyper @Jässa @Gonco @Hingle --Round II matches-- @Voldemort @Giraffe @Super Halloween Graze @Headless Husky
Just for more information, the first few matches will be a best of one format. Matches 35, 36 37, 38, and 39 will be best of three. 40, 41, and 42 ( Losers bracket final, winners bracket final & grand final ) will be best of five. I think it would be fun if someone could stream those last two matches - I'm unfamiliar with streaming and don't think my PC could handle it at good quality anyway, but maybe someone has experience with that. This thread will also be unlocked if you want to post the results of your matches here.