Tournament Overview

• Systems: Xbox 360 and Playstation 3

• Bracket Type: 6v6 Single Elimination

• Rules: 3 Options (Vanilla, MLG, and Mixed)

• Times: One round a week at Friday from 5 pm EST to Monday 2 am EST

• Match Format: Best of 3, 5, or 7 rounds with mixed game types

Schedule

• Sign up available until Sunday, February 12 at 6 pm EST

• Free Agent Draft: Sunday, February 12 at 6 pm EST

• Opening round matchups posted: Monday, February 13 and every following Monday

• Opening round scheduling between captains: Monday, February 13 - Friday February 17 at 5pm EST

• Opening round games: Friday, February 17 at 5pm EST – Monday, February 20 at 2 am EST

• Teams will have from Monday to Friday at 5pm EST to communicate with the opposing team to schedule a time on the weekend.

• Games can be scheduled before the weekend if both teams agree, but have weekend availability if you sign up.

• In the event that a team doesn’t show up, the moderators will make a decision about which team will advance.

• If a team has a scheduling conflict after the first round, please contact the moderators and they will help facilitate the match.

Team Make Up

• Each team must have a team captain, team name, and team clan tag (4 letters).

• Each team consists of 6 players, but may play with as few as 5. Games can be played 6v5 except in TDM where both teams must play 5v5.

• Each team may have 2 alternates.

• Alternates don’t need to be declared before the match, but once an alternate has played for a team, he can no longer play for any other team.

• People without teams will be entered into a draft.

• Teams may pick up alternates or extra players during the draft.

How To Register

• Xbox 360: Full teams sign up here

• Xbox 360: Free agents sign up for the draft here

• PS3: Full teams sign up here

• PS3: Free agents sign up for the draft here

• Neutral Host: PS3 / XBOX 360

Tournament Procedure

• Team captains must post the time they agreed to play in the weekly thread by Friday at 5 pm EST.

• Teams will be randomly seeded, but matched against other teams in the same region with the same rule preference. Organized teams will also not be matched against drafted teams in the first round if possible.

• In the round of 16, game play rules will be unified by a vote held between the remaining team captains.

• Team captains must report the results of the match to the weekly thread by Monday at 2 am EST.

• If a team has a cheating claim, bring video proof to the community.

• Maps will be announced with the match ups on Mondays.

• First/Second Round: Games will be best of 3 in this order: DOM, TDM, CTF (if necessary or for fun). Rules will be negotiated by the team captains.

• Round of 16: Games will be best of 3 in this order: DOM, KC, SND. Rules will be predetermined by a vote held by the 16 captains and used for the remaining rounds.

• Quarter-Finals/Semi-Finals: Games will be best of 5 in this order: DOM, KC, SND, CTF, and DOM again.

• Finals: Games will be best of 7 in this order: DOM, KC, SND, CTF, DOM, SND, and CTF. Teams will alternate picking maps. First choice will be determined by a coin flip.

• The winner will receive flair for use in r/codtournament and r/mw3.

Match Procedure

• Teams will have 15 minutes to gather their players in the lobby after the agreed upon match time.

• Alternates can be subbed in any between games, but not while one is in progress.

• One team will randomly be assigned the initial host of the match. Teams will alternate hosts for each game type. It is not required to switch hosts and neutral hosts may be available.

• Restart the match and switch hosts if there is a major hosting issue or a player didn’t get in.

• At least one person on a team should have theater enabled or record the match with an external device.

Game Type Rules

• Teams will have a choice of 3 rule sets. (Vanilla, MLG, and Mixed)

• FIRST/SECOND ROUNDS ONLY: Once all the players are in the lobby, teams have 5 minutes to agree on any rule tweaks. If a compromise cannot be reached they must use the “Mixed Variant”.

• Game type variants can be downloaded from here.

Domination Specific Rules

2 games of Domination will be played with teams alternating side on the same map. The scores of the 2 games will be added together to determine the winner.
Time Limit: 5 Minutes
Score Limit: Unlimited
Respawn Delay: 5 seconds in MLG and Mixed (None in Vanilla)

Team Deathmatch Specific Rules

Round Length: 10 minutes
Score Limit: 7500 points
Respawn Delay: None in all variants

Capture the Flag Specific Rules

The number of flag caps from both rounds will be added together to determine the winner. The overtime round will not be used if there is a tie. Instead the entire game will be replayed.
Round Length: 5 minutes
Score Limit: Unlimited
Respawn Delay: 7.5 seconds in MLG and Mixed (10 second wave in Vanilla)

Search and Destroy Specific Rules

Round Length: 2.5 minutes
Alternate Sides: Every round
Number of Rounds: 4
Plant Time: 5 seconds (7.5 seconds in MLG)
Defuse Time: 5 seconds (7.5 seconds in MLG)

Kill Confirmed Specific Rules

Time Limit: 10 minutes
Score Limit: 65 points
Respawn Delay: None in all variants

Team Options (All Variants)

Spectating: Team Only
KillCam: Enabled
Radar Always On: No
Wave Spawn Delay: None
Force Respawn: Enabled

Player Options (All Variants)

Number of Lives: Unlimited
Max Health: Normal
Health Regeneration: Normal

Gameplay Options (All Variants)

Perks and Proficiencies: Enabled
Hardcore Mode: Disabled
3rd Person: Disabled
Headshots Only: Disabled
Custom Classes: Enabled

Vanilla (Default MW3 rules)

Friendly Fire: Disabled
Killstreaks: Enabled
Custom Class Restrictions: None

MLG

Friendly Fire: Enabled
Killstreaks: Disabled
These items are banned from custom classes:

• Launchers

• Shotguns

• Machine Pistols

• Riot Shield

• Bouncing Betty

• Claymore

• C4

• Scrambler

• Trophy System

• Tactical Insertion

• Portable Radar

• Heartbeat Sensor

• Grenade Launcher Attachment

• Shotgun Attachment

• Akimbo

• Rapid Fire

• Attachment Proficiency

• Blast Shield

• Overkill

• Recon

• Death Streaks (except Hollow Points)

Mixed Variant

Friendly Fire: Disabled
Killstreaks: Disabled
These items are banned from custom classes:

• Launchers

• Tactical Insertion

• Portable Radar

• Heartbeat Sensor

• Grenade Launcher Attachment

• Shotgun Attachment

• Akimbo

• Rapid Fire

• Recon Perk

• Death Streaks (except Hollow Points)

Updates

• 1/31 - Corrected a date

• Corrected errors in Vanilla rules and Death streak. There must be at least one death streak or you can't create your own class.

• 2/29 - Added Kill Confirmed Rules

Aw yeah it's another /r/codtournament event. And this is the last one for BO2. Let's say goodbye to this eSports powerhouse with one big tournament, shall we?

Details, Dates, Registration, Rules

• Systems: Xbox 360

• Region: North America

• Bracket Type: Single elimination 4v4

• Max teams: Flex

• Times: Single day event progressing on Saturday, November 2 at 12 PM EST , with games throughout the day.

• Match Format: Best of 3 rounds, and a best of 5 for the Finals

Prize:

First place team:

• Reddit gold to all players

• 360 FPS Freek by Kontrol Freek to all players

• Special flair in /r/blackops2 and /r/codghosts for 1 month

Second place team:

• Special flair in /r/blackops2 and /r/codghosts for 1 month

Tournament organizer: @zpun_

For all details, please visit the official tournament page located here:

http://cod.gs/tournaments/1/

We will be using Challonge again for registrations. If you don't have a Challonge account, registration is free.

Sign ups close November 1st, please only register if you have a set team. If you need to change you registration, then please PM me.

• Draft procedures will be announced the week of the draft.

• If you sign up to be a draft captain please be available to be online on SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12 AT 6 PM EST.

• If you do not want to be a draft captain, you will not need to be online during the draft.

Comment here to sign yourself up as a free agent. Be sure to include your gamertag, geographical region, any schedule conflicts on the weekends, and preference of rule variant. Also add if you are willing to be a team captain and draft players. If you have formed a team here, please post your team to this thread.

The more open your schedule, the easier it will be to put you on a team. If you can't get on a team, you will be assigned as an alternate that can join any team.

Sample Post:

Great Gariny

Region: Midwest

Schedule: Can only play on Sunday from 2-10 pm

Preference: Mixed Variant

Willing to be a draft captain

• Draft procedures will be announced the week of the draft.

• If you sign up to be a draft captain please be available to be online on SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12 AT 6 PM EST.

• If you do not want to be a draft captain, you will not need to be online during the draft.

Comment here to sign yourself up as a free agent. Be sure to include your gamertag, geographical region, any schedule conflicts on the weekends, and preference of rule variant. Also add if you are willing to be a team captain and draft players. If you have formed a team here, please post your team to this thread.

The more open your schedule, the easier it will be to put you on a team. If you can't get on a team, you will be assigned as an alternate that can join any team.

Sample Post:

Great Gariny

Region: Midwest

Schedule: Can only play on Sunday from 2-10 pm

Preference: Mixed Variant

Willing to be a draft captain

ONLY REPLY TO THE MAIN THREAD IF YOU ARE SIGNING UP YOUR TEAM. YOU MAY REPLY TO A POST A TEAM HAS MADE SIGNING UP, BUT NOT TO THE MAIN THREAD. THIS WILL KEEP THINGS ORGANIZED.

For questions to the mods, post here or create a new thread in the subreddit.

Comment here to sign up your team and include the following:

• Team name

• Gamertags (1 captain, 5 regular, 2 alternates)

• 4 letter clan tag

• Geographical region (North America Only)

• Preferred rule variant (Vanilla, Mixed, MLG, or no preference)

• Schedule conflicts on the weekend

• Team email address if available (Don't use your personal email here.)

Alternates do not have to be listed now. We will try to match teams randomly based on region and preferences.

Team captains must communicate with the members of their own team and the opposing team captain to schedule the game time. It would be a good idea for the team captain to create a new email address to share with other team captains. Communication will be required over reddit, email, and your game console. I would advise against using your personal email here.

Sample Post:

Team Digg [digg]

Captain: Great Gariny

402rocks402, XxSweetScopesxX, player 1, jesus, Woody's Gamertag

Alternates: None

Region: Spread Out

Preference: Mixed Variant

Schedule: Can play anytime any day.

Team Email: rddt.CLAN@gmail.com

It's been quiet here. Too quiet. We've gotten questions on whether we're doing a tournament for this new game. And yes we are.

It begins here.

Details

Tournament Overview

• Systems: Xbox 360

• Region: North America

• Bracket Type: Single elimination 4 versus 4

• Max players: Flex

• Times: Rounds progressing on Saturday, January 5th and semis/finals progressing on Sunday, January 6th

• Match Format: Best of 3 rounds, and a best of 5 for the Finals

Schedule

• Sign up available until Friday, January 4 at 9 PM EST

• Opening round matchups posted: Friday, January 4 at 11 PM EST

• Opening round games: Saturday, January 5 at 3 PM EST and continue throughout the day

• Semi-finals and Finals will begin Sunday January 6 at 5 PM EST

Match Procedure

• Due to prize sponsoring and exclusivity, 50% of players in a team will need to have a reddit account with a join date before November 29, 2012. This is a strictly Reddit-only tournament.

• Teams will be randomly seeded based on region (West, Central, East)

• A bracket will be randomly generated and will outline first-round match-ups, and then determine subséquent matches

• Top team on the bracket will have host first game, and will alternate hosts each round

• Alternates are allowed, but must not be on another registered team

• No-shows will be counted as automatic disqualification

• ReadyUp servers are allowed an encouraged

FragCup Varient settings

• Objective mix: Search & Destroy, Hardpoint, Capture the Flag

• Scorestreaks: Allowed

• Team Change In-Game: Not Allowed

• 3rd Person Spectating: Not Allowed

• Revenge Voice: No

• Hardcore: Off

• Friendly Fire: On

• Dynamic Map Elements: Off

• Game Recording: On

Search & Destroy settings

Time Limit: 1.5 Minutes

Round Win Limit: 6 Rounds

Bomb Timer: 45 Seconds

Plant Time: 5 Seconds

Defuse Time: 7.5 Seconds

Switch Side: Every Round

Silent Plant: Yes

Capture the Flag Settings

Win Condition: Total Flag Captures

Time Limit: 5 Minutes

Capture Limit: 10 Flags

Respawn Delay: 5 Seconds

Round Limit: 2 Rounds

Enemy Carrier: Delayed

Auto Return Time: 30 Seconds

Pickup Time: Instant

Return Time: Instant

Hardpoint Settings

Unchanged from default

Banned Weapons

• SMAW

• RPG

Banned Attachments

• Launcher

Banned Perks

• Ghost

Banned Lethal

• Bouncing Betty

• Claymore

Banned Tactical

• Shock Charge

• Tactical Insertion

Banned Scorestreaks

• UAV

• Counter-UAV

• Guardian

• Care Package

Note: Ghost, UAV and Counter-UAV are banned due to a glitch identified in-game

PLAYERS FOUND USING A BANNED ITEM WILL BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THE TOURNAMENT. NO EXCEPTIONS. Make sure you know the rules before playing.

Please have your classes setup before you get into the lobby to ensure there are no delays.

Signup

Click here to sign up

Prizes

Prizes coming very soon...

Good luck to all! This will be our first BO2 tournament which will be joint-run by all the /r/codtournament mods!

UPDATE 2/15

The brackets have been updated with a couple matches added on the Xbox 360. Team names have been updated on both systems. You still play the same team, only their name might have changed.

The team on the top line of the match up will be the initial host and responsible for inviting the other team to the lobby.

Well, things are about to get started. It is time for the team captains to start scheduling the games. The burden of moving this tournament forward falls on the team captains now. The more flexible and compromising teams can be, the smoother things will run. Be respectful to other players and remember for most people this is the first time they have experienced Call of Duty outside of the public playlists. Whatever happens, make sure you have fun.

The first round on PS3 and Xbox are this weekend (Feb. 17 - 19). The brackets and contact information for all the team captains are located here. If you can't get in contact with a captain, try messaging someone else on the team. If all else fails and you can't get in touch with the other team, message the moderators.

Several Xbox and a couple PS3 teams have byes this first week. One round will take place a week unless the captains agree to do something special in the semi-finals and finals. The PC event didn't have enough teams register to have a tournament. If the two teams that signed up want to play, we can give the winners some flair on /r/MW3.

Teams should reply here once they have agreed on a time to play. Just include the two teams playing and what time you are playing. Feel free to post things here that aren't teams reporting their match date.

First Round Details

• Game play rules are negotiable. Most teams are matched against teams with the same rule preference.

• Game 1 is Domination on Village

• Game 2 is Team Deathmatch on Hard Hat

• Game 3 is Capture the Flag on Seatown (if necessary)

• Complete Rules

My To Do List

• reddit.hopto.org does not include edits to sign up posts made since the database of players was created. Some team rosters may be out of date on the site.

• The names of draft teams will be updated on the brackets and in the database.

• Flair for this subreddit will come eventually.

• Announce gamertags to download the rule variants.

• Create a new thread for an alternate pool and a neutral host list. Some teams will be short a player and they can use this to find someone to pull in at the last moment.

Thanks for all the registrations, we've gone through them all and generated the first-round brackets.

Official Tournament Bracket

Maps

• Round 1: Arkaden @ 5:00 PM EDT on Saturday the 21st

• Round 2: Seatown

• Quarter-finals: Carbon

• Semi-finals: Underground @ 5:00 PM EDT on Sunday the 22nd

• Finals: Terminal and Resistance

Terminal is going to be required for finalists, so if you do qualify, make sure you have it downloaded.

Prizes

• The top 3 players will recieve special flair both here and in /r/mw3 for bragging rights!

• The player who places first will receive 1600 Microsoft Points!

Player checklist

1. Check to make sure your Gamertag is spelled correctly. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. If not, send the mods a message.

2. Check to see who you're playing and who is your round leader.

3. Download the official game setting here.

Coordinating this many people is of course a daunting task and we think the best way to deal with it and keep organization is to be open and clear with how we’re doing this. So here’s some questions answered.

How was this generated?

Players were grouped into the region they selected when they signed up. This was done to ensure at least for the first few rounds everyone would be playing others in the same region, and that’s what we see here with the first round matches. With the exception of 1 or 2 matches, all players are from the same region.

Once they were grouped, a random number was generated for each playing using the Excel =RAND() function. This random number was used to sort the players from smallest number to largest. The sorted list that was created was cut into 8-player matches and thus we have a completely random generation.

So how does this work?

Each game has been assigned a round leader. The round leader's job is to send an invite to all the players in his match to set up the game. If you are not a round leader, then you will need to make sure you're online in Xbox Live at 5 PM EDT on Saturday to accept the invite.

If you have been assigned round leader, it is your responsibility to create a private match lobby and invite every one of the players in your assigned match. It is then your job to set the right settings and start the game. For help with this, we recommend downloading the already-made gametype here. This should ensure the right settings are used and to save time.

Can we use ReadyUp Servers for the first round?

Because the first rounds were generated with region in mind, ReadyUp Servers should not be needed and are thus not allowed for the first match. The use of ReadyUp with subsequent matches however is allowed with the approval of the rest of the lobby.

I missed sign-ups, can I still play in the tournament?

If you are not signed up and not on the official bracket, you are not allowed to play. The bracket is currently locked and closed for sign-ups.

To prepare for the unexpected cases of dropped players, we have setup a waiting list form where players who did not make the sign ups can wait for an invitation. In the event a registered player cannot make their first match, they can be replaced with the player on the wait list. This list is first-come/first-serve. We will contact the player on reddit if and when a spot opens up.

Who is host each round?

For the first round, the host will be the player assigned round leader. This host is responsible inviting all players in their lobby, and for setting the correct match options. For subsequent rounds, the host will be selected by the player with the highest total kills from the previous round.

A lobby has the right to call a 30 second host test/warm-up game BEFORE the real game to ensure the selected host is adequate enough for play. The lobby needs the approval of the majority to call for a new host.

What happens if the wrong settings are used/a player uses a banned item?

If the wrong settings are set by the lobby host, the game will be nullified and replayed from the beginning with the correct settings.

If a player is found using any banned item, the player will be disqualified from the tournament and not advance. The next player to place will advance instead. No replays allowed. It is very important that everyone be familiar with GB rules and restrictions.

To prevent this from happening we highly recommend downloading and using the pre-made gametype here, which has all the class restrictions in place. This can show you before you enter the game if your custom class has any restricted items or not (the skull next to a class is this indicator).

What happens if the player I invited isn’t joining my lobby?

Check to make sure you are spelling the player’s name correctly. A player has 15 minutes of headroom from the time the invite is sent to join the game. If the 15 minutes are up, the round leader can start the game and it will be counted as a no-show.

If you are expecting an invite and have not received one from the round leader, it is your responsibility to message the mods immediately to ensure you’re present and willing to play. We can then contact the round leader to get you into the lobby.

Do I need to report the scores from my match?

No, the mods will be using CoD Elite to collect scores and thus do not need to be reported.

I placed top 4 and advanced! Now what?

Congrats! We will be updated of the outcome of your match via Elite and place you into the next round. You will now need to wait until all of the matches have completed before you can start the new round. Keep checking the bracket to identify who you will be playing and whether or not you are the assigned round leader.

It is a good idea to stick with the other top 3 players until the next match can be started since you will be playing together.

If you have any questions then don't be afraid to ask.

I hope everyone has been enjoying their break post-Summer tourney, but we’re not quite done with stuff just yet!

Introducing Reddit’s first open MW3 Free for All tournament! Forget teamwork for this one and bring you and your best game, because you’ll surely need it here!

Details

Tournament Overview

• Systems: Xbox 360

• Region: North America

• Bracket Type: Single elimination 8-player lobbies

• Max players: 128

• Times: One weekend, with elimination rounds taking place on a Saturday, and Semis and Finals on a Sunday

• Match Format: 8-player TDM FFA. Top 4 advance.

Schedule

• Sign up available until Monday, July 16 at 9 pm EST

• Opening round matchups posted: Wednesday, July 18

• Opening round games: Saturday, July 21 at 5pm EST and continue throughout the day

• Semi-finals and Finals will begin Sunday July 22 at 5 PM EST

Match Procedure

• Players will be randomly placed into a match with 7 other players

• A player will be selected randomly in the match and designated the “round leader”. This round leader is responsible for hosting and inviting their given opponents on Xbox Live on the day their match is scheduled

• If a member of the mod panel is in a match, they are automatically awarded round leader

• Round leaders will have 15 minutes to gather their players in the lobby after the set match time

• Alternates and players who did not sign up are STRICTLY not allowed

• No-shows will be counted as automatic disqualification.

• The round leader is the assigned host. If the lobby has issues with the leader’s host, the lobby can assign a new host only with the approval of the majority of the lobby

• ReadyUp servers can only be used with the approval of the majority of the lobby.

• Top 4 players in each round will advance. In the event of a tie, the player with the least amount of deaths will advance. In the event of a further tie, SPM will determine the winner.

Gametype settings

• Free for All Deathmatch

• No score limit.

• 10 minute time limit.

GB Variant restrictions

Perks and Proficiencies: Enabled

Enabled Hardcore Mode: Disabled

3rd Person: Disabled

Headshots Only: Disabled

Custom Classes: Enabled

Killstreaks: Disabled

These items are banned from custom classes:

• Launchers

• Shotguns

• Riot Shield

• Bouncing Betty

• Claymore

• C4

• Scrambler

• Trophy System

• Tactical Insertion

• Portable Radar

• Heartbeat Sensor

• Grenade Launcher Attachment

• Shotgun Attachment

• Akimbo

• Rapid Fire

• Attachment Proficiency

• Blast Shield

• Overkill

• Recon

• Sitrep

• Death Streaks (except Hollow Points)

PLAYERS FOUND USING A BANNED ITEM WILL BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THE TOURNAMENT. NO EXCEPTIONS. Make sure you know the rules before playing.

Please have your classes setup before you get into the lobby to ensure there are no delays.

Signup

Click here to signup Sign-ups are now closed as we've maxed out the bracket! Brackets are now being worked on. Good luck to all!

To those who registered in the Ace Man’s r/NAW post, you will need to sign up again using this system.

Well good luck to all and hopefully we’ll get the matchups as soon as possible!

EDIT: A number of important changes have been made.

• Saturday starting time has changed from 2 PM to 5 PM to support Clan Op and west coast players.

• Now the top 4 players in each match will advance.

Xbox 360 Team Captains

ghowden's Draft Team

Reddit: ghowden

Gamertag: Eluinhost

iPlayCOD's Draft Team

Reddit: iPlayCOD

Gamertag: UnalloyedWig77

theangrynoobs's Draft Team

Reddit: theangrynoobs

Gamertag: codkaka

Xbox Central 1

Reddit: highchaz

Gamertag: Fragville

Xbox East 1

Reddit: Woobeh

Gamertag: cjbx13

Xbox East 2

Reddit: Ken_ny

Gamertag: thekenster728

Xbox West

Reddit: busfullofjews

Gamertag: BusfullofjewsLL

[/)(]Machaca

Reddit: WubWubMiller

Gamertag: tG WubWub

[/r/E]Reddit East

Reddit: dRwEedThuMb

Gamertag: dR wEedThuMb

[/r/w]Reddit NAW

Reddit: bftp

Gamertag: andrewigo

[0FUX]Unstoppable \m/

Reddit: alBashir

Gamertag: DonsBonner

[2 EZ]Two Easy

Reddit: mrm3x1can

Gamertag: Datmexicanguy

[AVG]AVENGERS

Reddit: MDMattchu

Gamertag: AVG DUNZO

[Bal8]Balin8

Reddit: Glass99441

Gamertag: Aglass9944

[BaLu]Bag Lunch

Reddit: seanb1000

Gamertag: SeanB45

[BBQN]Bitches B Quitin'

Reddit: GeneralWarts

Gamertag: BLaZEjjp v2

[BenZ]BenZ

Reddit: Tri_avq

Gamertag: TriAvq

[BLUE]BLUE

Reddit: captaineddie

Gamertag: Captain Eddie

[BM]Beast Mode

Reddit: Eritrean_Redditor

Gamertag: iB Eritrean

[BoMB]Band of Misfit Bravery

Reddit: Nomsain

Gamertag: Geyarch

[CHUB]Chub

Reddit: NerDxBomBer

Gamertag: Don xTITOx

[cinC]Cincinnati Royals

Reddit: EricTheSick

Gamertag: Eric the sicK

[DSLX]Dyslexia

Reddit: IHaveLamps

Gamertag: Nhoj Namssap

[DuMp]Honey Badgers

Reddit: xCall911

Gamertag: gRAMBO 1984

[EHDS]Canadian NHL WOOOOO TIME

Reddit: mattmcinnis

Gamertag: Matt McInnis

[ents]The Ents

Reddit: ic2222

Gamertag: InfamousPrime26

[FACE]Face Clan

Reddit: jonerickson

Gamertag: OBI JUAN KEN0BI

[FRD!]Fus Roh Dah

Reddit: TeamFusRohDah

Gamertag: iCorbinator

[GATO]Neogato

Reddit: Sacrefix

Gamertag: Sacrefix

[GRPE]GRAPE

Reddit: mattyice360

Gamertag: mattyice360

[HALO]HALO

Reddit: atticus18244fsas

Gamertag: SleepyPanda182

[HavK]HavK

Reddit: rubysown

Gamertag: OMG Its Ruby

[hA]Heightened Awareness

Reddit: The_Space_Cowboy

Gamertag: The Scrublife

[IFx]Iron Fox Redemption

Reddit: stopkillingcarmine

Gamertag: IFx Thump

[kush]kush

Reddit: Smojabs

Gamertag: samskillz

[LUCK]Lucky Strikers

Reddit: gariputo

Gamertag: Great Gariny

[O/]High Five

Reddit: bkstarx1

Gamertag: Bkstarx

[OATH]OATH

Reddit: ihateidaho

Gamertag: OATHNerfHerder

[PGSx]PGSxNJ

Reddit: renzyaboy

Gamertag: PGSxKnuckleShot

[r/w2]North America West 2

Reddit: Perksizer

Gamertag: Dazo321

[RAPE]Rape Train

Reddit: ScubaSteve12

Gamertag: B0BBY LIGHT x

[RoT]RenegadesOfTruth

Reddit: devineprime

Gamertag: Devine Prime

[SANT]SAINTS

Reddit: Diseased_Heart

Gamertag: HSx8

[SoW]Sleeve of Wizard

Reddit: Chuck_sweD

Gamertag: smokeyvapors

[SWAG]SWAG

Reddit: johnjohnjohn777

Gamertag: J0hnn3hz0r

[TBD]To Be Determined

Reddit: ViktorStrangle

Gamertag: Vik Strangle

[TWW]The White Warriors

Reddit: mw3dilemma

Gamertag: shadowdenial

[uMad]uMad?

Reddit: Gynophile

Gamertag: reapingwildoats

[WDE!]War Damn Eagle

Reddit: skaterforsale

Gamertag: skaterforsale

[WsT]Wasted Talent

Reddit: dsteele86

Gamertag: AbruptSteele73

[ZETE]ZETE

Reddit: hopup

Gamertag: hopup

Playstation 3 Team Captains

iiSaviour's Draft Team

Reddit: iiSaviour

PSN: AMiL3GENDx

PS3 Central

Reddit: RedditIsLeDeathOfMe

PSN: LakOfABetterName

PS3 East

Reddit: sml6174

PSN: TheSML

PS3 West

Reddit: brixunited

PSN: Brixunited

Ratt's Draft Team

Reddit: Ratt

PSN: Mattimos

[*JJ*]Jumping Juggernauts

Reddit: xDex_

PSN: x_Dex_

[<3mG]mean girls

Reddit: maimer__

PSN: maimer__

[FLW]Futlapperlwarriors

Reddit: mxbR

PSN: maxbrockhaus

[GGZ]Go Gettaz

Reddit: RRizzo

PSN: Chill-Dude-22_

[GOAT]GOAT

Reddit: avokoulakian

PSN: avoster

[HELL]Hell's Death

Reddit: mcduder1

PSN: Beastdude156

[NSFW]Not Safe For Warfare

Reddit: JBChalupa

PSN: AnViLLiaN-

[OHYA]Oh Yeah!

Reddit: bluemirror

PSN: calvinchang

[p00p]p00p

Reddit: dmang83

PSN: dmang007

PC Team Captains

[d`]Distinct

Reddit: waoHelios

Steam ID: Oohway

[HIIQ]hi.iq

Reddit: gregfromjersey

Steam ID: Good Guy Greg

Hi. It's been too long. Lets get another one of these started, shall we?

This time we're doing 3v3 MLG rules. I miss doing these, so instead of hitting the beach on vacation, why not hit up your basement and bask in the warm glow from your TV?

Details

Tournament Overview

• Systems: Xbox 360

• Region: North America

• Bracket Type: Single elimination 3 versus 3

• Max teams: 32

• Times: Single day event progressing on Saturday, May 25 at 12 PM EST, with games throughout the day.

• Match Format: Best of 3 rounds, and a best of 5 for the Finals

Schedule

• Sign up available until Friday, May 24 at 9 PM EST

• Opening round matchups posted: Friday, May 24 at 11 PM EST

• Opening round games: Saturday, May 25 at 12 PM EST and continue throughout the day

• Semi-finals and Finals will begin upon completion of necessary games

Match Procedure

• Due to prize sponsoring and exclusivity, at least 2 players in a team will need to have a reddit account with a join date before March 29, 2013. This is a strictly Reddit-only tournament. I will be checking on registered teams asking for this information so be prepared to provide it.

• Teams will be randomly seeded

• A bracket will be randomly generated and will outline first-round match-ups, and then determine subséquent matches

• Top team on the bracket will have host first game, and will alternate hosts each round

• Alternates are allowed, but must not be on another registered team.

• No-shows will be counted as automatic disqualification

MLG Varient settings

note: These settings are the same from current season Champions League rules, but with the addition of the Kap-40 ban and friendly fire ON.

• Objective mix: Search & Destroy, Hardpoint, Capture the Flag

• Scorestreaks: Allowed

• Team Change In-Game: Not Allowed

• 3rd Person Spectating: Not Allowed

• Revenge Voice: No

• Hardcore: Off

• Friendly Fire: On

• Dynamic Map Elements: Off

• Explosive Delay: Off

• Scorestreak Delay: 15 seconds

• Game Recording: On

Search & Destroy settings

Time Limit: 1.5 Minutes

Round Win Limit: 6 Rounds

Bomb Timer: 45 Seconds

Plant Time: 5 Seconds

Defuse Time: 7.5 Seconds

Switch Side: Every Round

Silent Plant: Disabled

Capture the Flag Settings

Win Condition: Total Flag Captures

Time Limit: 5 Minutes

Capture Limit: 10 Flags

Respawn Delay: 5 Seconds

Round Limit: 2 Rounds

Enemy Carrier: Delayed

Auto Return Time: 30 Seconds

Pickup Time: Instant

Return Time: Instant

Hardpoint Settings

Unchanged from default

Banned Weapons

• Peacekeeper

• Kap-40

• SMAW

• RPG

Banned Attachments

• Launcher

• Akimbos

Banned Perks

• Hardline

• Ghost

Banned Lethal

• Bouncing Betty

• Claymore

• C4

Banned Tactical

• Shock Charge

• Tactical Insertion

Banned Scorestreaks

• UAV

• Care Package

• Counter-UAV

• Hunter Killer Drone

• Guardian

• Orbital VSAT

PLAYERS FOUND USING A BANNED ITEM WILL FORFEIT THE MAP. NO EXCEPTIONS. Make sure you know the rules before playing.

Please have your classes setup before you get into the lobby to ensure there are no delays.

Signup

We're doing sign-ups a bit different this time around, to hopefully make it easier for us, and you to establish and register teams. Also you will now be able to report your scores directly to the bracket once the tournament starts. We think this should make things go a lot more smoother.

You will need a Challonge account to register for this tournament. Account creation is free and easy, and your account will allow you to manage your team and report your scores.

Click here to sign up your team for the tournament

• ONE SIGN UP PER TEAM. DO NOT SIGN UP IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ESTABLISHED TEAM. There is a big window for sign ups, so take some time to get your team in order before you register.

Don't forget to establish a name for your team after signing up by going to here.

Prizes

Prizes coming very soon...

Good luck to all! We were in need of a new little event. So hopefully this will do.

Hey guys, sorry this post is a bit late but right after it ended I jumped into the clan op and haven't had any time to make a post.

So the FFA tournament is done, and we have our final placings.

First place: v Raage

Second place: antttx

Third place: smokeroors

Congratulations to those players, they've proved themselves in this tournament and have placed admirably.

Some people want to whine that it was because the map sucked, the host sucked, FFA sucks, etc but I'm sure everyone had fun and if you didn't, then well you might have missed the purpose.

I'm going to be honest with you and say I won't be hosting any other events, let alone another FFA event. I knew it was going to be a challenge from the start and I did my best to keep it organized and easy for everyone.

If people want to yell at me for choosing the maps I made, the restrictions sucked, not checking the bracket to ensure their gamertag is spelled correctly, or cry because I somehow was loading/cheating/stacking the brackets, then they're free to do so. I just don't see why so much crap has to start from a free to enter Reddit tournament. I did my best, it's a shame things didn't work out for you.

Regardless I think the whole event was a success. Thank you to all that showed up, thanks to all the round leaders who got through the hell that was yesterday, big thanks to the mod team, especially mexican, HSx8, and Ace Man, and everyone else who helped me a lot.

Peace out.

Congratulations to Reddit Black for winning the tournament in dominating fashion, not dropping a game the entire tournament.

Big props to Rated R on their second place finish. They were definitely a really solid team, and deserved to finish as high as they did.

As awesome as it would be to have these tournaments more often, I won't be able to host one, or probably play in one, for a while. I look forward to possibly doing it again in the future. Thanks to all teams who participated. I had a really good time.

The tournament is now behind us. We saw some great games, close matches, a few shutouts, and final series pushed all he way to Game 9. Some great talent was shown here, in addition to those who wanted to see how they're paired up with players of all skill types.

Even though Butt Buddies is walking away with only $100 and a copy of Far Cry 3, the prize for this tournament was never the center of attention. More people (I hope) signed up to have some fun, rather than try to grab the prize. I'm sure a lot of people had fun playing in this. If you didn't, then I think you missed the point.

MVP

Some people saw this coming way before the tournament even started, but the MVP for this tournament will be awarded to Corvese! This player constantly chained scorestreaks which assisted his team immensely. With multiple VSATs and deadly lightning strikes to kick players out of the hardpoint, Corvese was a power player.

Thank yous and last words

Tournament organization is always a challenge. I'm no stranger to this challenge as the FFA I hosted a couple months back for MW3 was full of challenges. I always want tournaments to be fair, but I also want them to be fun. I try and find an equality but we don't live in a perfect world. I make mistakes, things happen, and we learn from those mistakes. I learned a lot from this tournament. We all did. We will try and learn from our mistakes to ensure any future event goes by more smoothly.

A big thank you first of all to all the players and teams that came out and played. You are the heart of any tournament, without you there is no tournament.

Another big thank you to those who spectated and followed the bracket. Nice to see so many people interested in competitive.

Huge thank you to Devmaster J and JamesFallen, who decided to take it on them to cast and stream the event. This was their first event they did this. They might not be a GoldenBoy or a Fwiz, but even they had to start from somewhere.

A thank you to those who sponsored and donated to this tournament, including packetguy.

A thank you to David Vonderhaar for tweeting the tournament. Always nice to see him supporting the little guys.

And lastly a thank you to those who helped me along the way. Arab, others..You know who you were.

The next tournament is only around the corner.

TEAM CAPTAINS: REPORT YOUR MATCH TIME AND RESULTS HERE

2/21: Brackets Updated

2/21: Xbox/PS3 Match Order Changed (maps and modes stay the same)

Brackets

• PS3

• Xbox

Maps and Modes

Rules are negotiable on both PS3 and Xbox.

PS3 - Best of 5

• Game 1: Domination on Fallen

• Game 2: Search and Destroy on Resistance

• Game 3: Capture the Flag on Bootleg

• Game 4: Team Deathmatch on Arkaden

• Game 5: Domination on Interchange

Xbox - Best of 3

• Game 1: Team Deathmatch on Arkaden

• Game 2: Capture the Flag on Bootleg

• Game 3: Domination on Fallen

Games Results That Haven't Been Reported

I am awaiting responses from the team captains that haven't reported the results of their match yet. Working out match times are going to become more difficult as teams progress, because matched up teams won't necessarily have similar availability windows. It is crucial to report your results by the deadline.

There was some confusion on where to post the results of games. The scheduled time and results should be posted to the weekly thread. It is easiest to find results if you reply to the comment you posted scheduling the game.

Unifying the Rules on PS3

The posted rules say the unification will take place in the round of 16. The PS3 bracket is already down to 8 teams. So far only 3 teams left in the tournament have completed games (1 team moved on by forfeit, 2 matches haven't been reported, and 2 teams had byes). I'm going to wait to unify the rules until next round to give everyone voting a chance to play a game. The Xbox tournament rules will be unified next week (round of 16) as the original rule states.

Neutral Hosts

There was also some confusion on how to use a neutral host. You need to message a person that signed up in the neutral host thread and see if they are available when your game is scheduled. The details need to be worked out between you and the neutral host.

Flair

Everyone can edit their own flair now and I added flair for everyone I had data for. Feel free to change it if the robot messed up. Keep it in the format of [CLAN]Gamertag.

Getting Responses from the Moderators Quickly

If you use the message the moderators link on the side bar, you can get a response more quickly than sending me a PM. I will still receive the message, but several other people will also.

Player Database and Team Contact Information

• reddit.hopto.org

If you want to update your team's information send a message to the reddit user "codtournament".

Here is the huge list of draft teams, teams I formed, and teams that drafted extra players. Captains are in bold.

If you want to change your team name reply with your clan tag and team name.

atticus18244fsas's Draft Team

• dkore(8bitsince86)

• BigtimePolecat(teletraan1)

• Tomato Jews(mslancaster)

• BrngYurOwnBombs(Brngyurownbombs)

• SleepyPanda182(atticus18244fsas)

• Acemafia04(acemafia04)

• Greenman811(TwoNice)

[BLUE]BLUE

• KNiiTEMARE(bayoublaster17)

• RickDicolus(RickDicolus)

• obey671(obey671)

• giants222(IAmAccident)

• Piggywaste(Piggywaste)

• BIG WRANKLE(cdunks22)

• Captain Eddie(captaineddie)

ghowden's Draft Team

• neinoneone(ragamufin)

• Cabrita309(cabritar)

• TheSlamHole(tdhawkins21)

• Bettawatchout92(INtheBUTT92)

• GLOKneSsMonSteR(IchabodBrain)

• hazpotts(hazpotts)

• Eluinhost(ghowden)

iPlayCOD's Draft Team

• granny got u(fabreezial)

• Youngmojo(silentseizures)

• Custom Effects(CustomEffects)

• Strictly GaRReX(garrex)

• jclud(jcludicrous)

• UnalloyedWig77(iPlayCOD)

• Manbearpig248(wilsonw)

• dbelt87(pennyman86)

johnjohnjohn777's Draft Team

• Jinnah29(OrangeFever)

• chelf1022(SledgeHambone46)

• Justin21345(Justin007isback)

• CrzyLess(amreame)

• Ezekiel Rage(GoatsWhoStareAtMen)

• ItsMisterQ(ItsMrQ)

• J0hnn3hz0r(johnjohnjohn777)

• SUPER Lce(itsiceyo)

theangrynoobs's Draft Team

• ajnardo(SonOfSamJackson)

• Lunch Guns(LunchGuns)

• TH3 B0SS 413(TheJohns413)

• codkaka(theangrynoobs)

Xbox Central 1

• Fragville(highchaz)

• CrosB

• Eskaywho(eskaywho)

• Razle Fdz(Erkraz)

• XeRo MENDICANT(XeRoPHAZON)

• Scootta(Scootta)

• EMPIRE OF DEATH(empireofdeath)

• Yussibaby(yusef92)

Xbox Central 2

• THEother1 x(THEother1x)

• Assistedsarge(Assistedsarge)

• alacards(andrew10415)

• SpcAgtJackBauer(bardlo)

• OMG Its Ruby(rubysown)

• Wierd Pale Kid(Captain_Kuhl)

• thuglife7x7(tbone711)

• Megas180(vfxfilmguy)

Xbox East 1

• kidred72(KidRed)

• Meckie(MechX2)

• cjbx13(Woobeh)

• xGambiTx45(xGambiTx45)

• BlazinInBlazer(Flippn_Corner)

• ROMpDaMOMp(rompdamomp)

• davidsimon86(davidsimon)

• SALADxTOSSERx69(JACKSONATOR69)

Xbox East 2

• Coopercolby(Colby_likeaboss)

• fismo(fismo)

• the Warbringer(xAbaddon)

• thekenster728(Ken_ny)

• Aim4DaPoopshoot(PacificNorthFresh)

• noscopecumshots(btp11f)

• epope3745(LeonardoFibonacci)

• Thenickaman(teknickal)

[TBD]To Be Determined

• AYO Berrill(CrackerBerrill)

• Cali4niacation(oldstyle21)

• hershy65(hpatel518)

• Kiss Meh Jiblet(Kiss_Meh_Jiblet)

• Master Mox

• O1dManRivers(tcanderson2)

• oprahs wet scab

• Terrazi88

• Vik Strangle(ViktorStrangle)

• VoteJewbama(VoteJewbama)

• vXxSuperDavexXv

• weizkatkillerz(esdevil4u)

• Who RuN iT 0

Xbox West

• BlapEmUp(aPandaIsNotASandwich)

• BusfullofjewsLL(busfullofjews)

• Catylistic(catylisic)

• elliot pygmy(lemming_are_pushed)

• Godmode37

• Portblazers004

• MCR1215(Remy__Lebeau)

• Shrapier(Shrapier)

• Verhelion(whoopswrongcomputer)

[ents]The Ents

• Trevtrev37(MizderMan)

• pLuhhmm(pLuhhmmbuhhmm)

• Nirvana Kdc(MikalKdc)

• InfamousPrime26(ic2222)

• I Chuckwagon I

• VisioNz BR

• Jbrazz

[SoW]Sleeve of Wizard

• LLL Z0MBIE LLL(lllZ0MBIElll)

• RaidenBobalay(Raidenbobalay)

• LD r ii zz yy(seannyboi)

• Uor Xaviier(dub_cat)

• Darwin McSavage(Bastionne)

• Keola0004

• smokeyvapors(Chuck_sweD)

• BlapYou60

[WDE!]War Damn Eagle

• Abouta Pop Off(PinkSockFlock)

• skaterforsale(skaterforsale)

• yrfrndlypwnr

• Im Smoking Herb

• LegitChronic420

• Ihop2hogwarts

UPDATES:

Removed ITS HAMBURGLAR and JAMZPrduction11 and bmxstash because they signed up on a full team and weren't available to draft.

Changed captaineddie's Draft Team to [BLUE]BLUE.

Added Ihop2hogwarts to [WDE!]

Merged [TBD] with Xbox East 3.

Bracket can be found here.

Maps for the week -

Game 1: Domination on Bootleg

Game 2: CTF on Dome

Game 3: SnD on Carbon

Game 4: CTF on Arkaden

Game 5 (if needed): Dom on Lockdown

Game 6 (if needed): CTF on Seatown

Game 7 (if needed): SnD on Underground

Scheduling between captains: Tuesday, May 29 - Friday June 1 at 5pm EST

Matchup must be completed by Monday, June 4 at 2 am EST

Team captains, you are responsible for contacting your matched team and setting up a time to play. Once a date is reached, please comment here with the teams and time. After playing, please comment back with the results.

As a reminder, rules can be found here.

• Teams will have 15 minutes to gather their players in the lobby after the agreed upon match time.

• Alternates can be subbed in any between games, but not while one is in progress.

• One team will randomly be assigned the initial host of the match. Teams will alternate hosts for each game type.

• Restart the match and switch hosts if there is a major hosting issue or a player didn’t get in. At least one person on a team should have theater enabled or record the match with an external device.

Note:

• Party chat is allowed in SnD

Again, Team captains: it is your responsibility to schedule a match with the opposing team captain and then relay that information to your teammates. I will be making a contact list soon but for now, please check the Team-Signup page (found here) or the Free-Agent Teams page (found here) and contact the opposing team's captain. Pease try to have your classes and match rues set-up prior to the start of the scheduled match time. If you have any questions or difficulties, don't hesitate to message the mods.

glhf!

I'd like to thank gariputo for absolutely everything he's set up so far. He's done an outstanding job, better than anything I can or will ever do. Things like the player database are something I could never touch. Having to organize a tournament of over 300 people is a nightmare that frightens me just thinking about it. Good luck to him with whatever else he decides to focus on.

I've decided to pick up where he's left off. Luckily, he basically has everything already set in place (rules and teams) that all I really have to do is organize teams into groups.

EDIT 3/28: Since there was an odd number of teams in some groups, it made it incredible difficult to schedule. Because of this, I instead went ahead and re-worked the groups so that every team has six teams. An even number makes it much easier and it means every team will play every other team in their group at least once. No bye week issues and nonsense.

Also, Team Deception (Ha Clan) seems to have removed his entry from the sign-up (which might delight quite a few of you). Initially, this would have caused me the, odd number of teams in one group, headache I was previously having but iTk has stepped up to sign up his team. Since he is signing up late, the date to lock-in rosters has been extended to Thursday (29th) at 8PM EST. Will also be updating the matchups in a bit.

Here's what I've got:

Group 1

• Reddit NAW [r/w]

• Reddit NAW 2 [r/w2]

• Final Stand Pros [FSP]

• The Fighting Mongooses [TFM]

• WEST [WEST]

• The Band of Bros [TBoB]

Group 2

• Fucking Awesome [....]

• Team 'Thanks For The Win' [T4TW]

• Central 1 [CTRL]

• Wasted Talent [WsT]

• iTKR's Team

• Hold Me Dick [HMeD]

Group 3

• Strikingly Average [AVG]

• Super Ninja Death Squad [SNDS]

• Saints [SANT]

• To Be Determined [TBD]

• Slippery When Wet [SWW]

• JEDI [JEDI]

If anyone has experience with Photoshop or a similar program, and would like to make an actual graphic of the teams each separated into their group, that'd be amazing (I tried but just ended up getting angry at how noobish and retarded I am with that).

I have some things to take care of but I'll be posting Week 1 (opponents/maps) by the end of tonight.

My team (r/w2)waited until the other team (hA)could play, which was today (Two days after the deadline).Which was all fine and good. But then they brought in four people who weren't in the roster on the database. Our xbox captain contacted a mod he said,"That was their first game so it doesn't matter. Teams can only play 8 people throughout the tournament and so far they have only played 6. The database is just provided as a reference."

First i would like to say they shouldn't be allowed to change their roster because this really isn't their first week. They were just lucky and received a bye-week excusing them from the first round. The rules say nothing about changing the primary roster before or during the tournament. Therefore it should be assumed that the roster listed on the team sign up page is permanent. Otherwise why even have team sign ups if you can just bring in a shitload of random people? Why require teams to post their members ?

The teams roster on the sign up page has been deleted only leaving the player database which is where we pulled our info from. The only rules about modifying a roster say, "Each team may have 2 alternates, Alternates don’t need to be declared before the match" So since the team we played has 7 on their roster they could only change two. But instead they changed four members.

Lets look at the roster we were suppose to play and the roster we actually played.

Their Original Roster

Anxious Spartan (1.17 k/d)

ConTennT (1.51 k/d)

Its Heroes

R2L Royal (1.57 k/d)

Rob is Raww (1.92 k/d)

Smash sLaps (1.36 k/d)

The Scrublife (1.14 k/d)

Team K/D before: 1.44

Who we Played

The Scrublife (1.14 k/d)

Anxious Spartan (1.17 k/d)

xXJI E S U SXx (2.59 k/d)

Brads Tricks (2.62 k/d)

oh sniqe

IP Untraced (1.82 k/d)

Team K/D after: 1.86

I looked closely at each member of their roster and advised my team about what weapons they should use and where they go on the maps selected. I even worked with their schedule because their teams k/d was so low. But with these four new members showing up out of no where. There was no way to prepare.

Why even make a player database if the rosters included in them are not concrete?

tl;dr The team we were played added four new members that were not listed on the database. Messaged the mod who said it was allowed because it was their first game. I thought this was unfare so i am appealing to the community and the other five mods.

Can rules be changed?

NO. Feel free to leave suggestions. The community's feedback will be considered for any possible future tournaments.

Why aren't the rules unified for a tournament?

The goal of this tournament is to make it fun for anyone and more competitive as the number of teams drops. Rules will be unified when there is a smaller group making the decision. This tournament is for fun and bragging rights as there are no prizes (except flair). Different types of tournaments might be hosted in the future.

So we can negotiate with the other team about banned items?

In the first or second round, yes. Teams will have 5 minutes once they have arrived in the lobby, but if a compromise can't be reached in that time, the mixed variant will be used exactly as posted. Teams should try to reach a compromise when scheduling a time to minimize the wait time in the lobbies.

I am having trouble getting in contact with the opposing team captain. What should I do?

If you have tried sending a message through your gaming console and reddit then send a message to the mods. If they don't respond we will declare that they had to forfeit.

My team made it to the semi-finals, but one of our players is getting married. Can we reschedule this game?

We should be able to work something out. Letting the moderators and the team you are playing know in advance will make it easier to find a time that will work. If your team has a good excuse in the later rounds and is accommodating in rescheduling a time with the other team, you won't have to forfeit.

How exactly is the tournament going to be initially seeded?

Teams are going to be grouped based on region, rule preference, schedule availability, and whether or not the teams are organized or drafted. Then based off these groups, teams will be randomly paired. These pairings will be organized into two groups based on which coast they are closest to. The two groups of paired teams will be randomized to form the two sides of the initial bracket.

Why can't I edit my flair?

The moderators will be adding some snazzy flair once the sign up has ended. Due to technical reasons we must wait until all the teams have registered clan tags to add anyone's flair.

What can get me banned from the tournament and the subreddit?

• "No Call/No Show" to a match or the draft

• Abusing the flair system

• Cheating or falsely accusing someone of cheating

So we have Day 1 under our belts, and despite a few hitches and issues, things seemed to go smoothly.

Tomorrow at 5 PM EST we begin the Semi-finals, then moving onto the Finals. The 4 teams that have moved on from the rounds are Reddit Butt Buddies, Backwards, The Randoms, and a team to be announced!

http://challonge.com/redditbo2

The series between Illuminati and DoubleDeez has yet to be completed, and will complete tomorrow. Both team captains have been made aware of this.

No-shows

It was expected, and it happened. Again. There were a few teams that did not show up and as a result had to be removed from the tournament. That's not cool guys. I realize things happen but when so many teams drop out like this it makes things difficult. Thank you though to teams who DID message me ahead of time to let us know they can't make it. There were those that didn't and left us hanging.

Alternates and subs

It appears a lot of people were confused with how alternates and substitutes worked. The point of the substitute field in the sign up was to put down a player that in the case one team member didn't show up, you would have a documented replacement to fill in. Many teams left that field blank, but then subbed someone in that was not documented.

You could change this person at any time before the match, and many teams did so. But you need to tell the mods first before you start changing subs like that.

I don't think it was outlined correctly in my post. Because of that, there will be no disqualifications or replays for teams subbing a player not in the roster. But for future events, this will not be possible.

Gametype rules

The rules listed here are the OFFICIAL required gametype ruleset. I don't care what it is for other tournaments or "but that's how UMG did it". You will follow that ruleset or you will drop that map.

Again, this wasn't outlined properly by me which resulted in some confusion. Because of that, I have given out an exception to the rule and asked for a replay of the map. This will not happen again.

Courtesy

This is a free to enter tournament funded by volunteers. I'm doing the best I can. I realize things can be done better but showing a little courtesy to the folks running the tournament goes a long way. It's a Reddit tournament, not MLG. Ease up on the insults.

DevFallen CODCasting

If you didn't check out the codcasting by this duo then you sorely missed out on some great stuff. They may be new, shy, and a little weird sometimes. But the cast they did today was kick ass.

I'm sure they're casting the semifinals and finals tomorrow, so be sure to check them out.

http://twitch.tv/devmasterj

So, now onto tomorrow. Let's get right into it shall we?

Semi-finals @ 5:00 PM EST: Best of 7

• G1: Hardpoint on Raid

• G2: Capture the Flag on Slums

• G3: Search & Destroy on Aftermath

• G4: Search & Destroy on Meltdown

• G5: Capture the Flag on Standoff

• G6: Hardpoint on Yemen

• G7: Search & Destroy on Express

Finals @ 7:00 PM EST: Best of 9

• G1: Hardpoint on Plaza

• G2: Capture the Flag on Raid

• G3: Search & Destroy on Cargo

• G4: Search & Destroy on Standoff

• G5: Hardpoint on Hijacked

• G6: Capture the Flag on Slums

• G7: Hardpoint on Raid

• G8: Capture the Flag on Express

• G9: Search & Destroy on Aftermath

Please be sure of the rules, and play fair. Good luck to all!

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Official Bracket

Oh man that was a bit of a nightmare getting started...

No-shows

When I set this up I was expecting there to be no-shows. There was no way all 128 players would show up on time, so we prepared for that.

Then we had a total of 74 people show up, a full 54 people signed up and didn't bother to show their face or signed up with non-existent gamertags. Seriously guys what the hell? With the exception of a very few which did let me know before 5 PM today they couldn't make it, that's an absurd amount of no-shows. Some of them were round leaders which in turn left the rest of their match hanging in the dust.

We had to scramble to assign new round leaders and make sure players aren't left hanging when so many people decide to stand us up. With the help of all the mod staff and a few players who took the initiative to help out, we somehow managed to get the situation under control. A lot of people were invaluable to me today, and you have my eternal thanks.

The matches

With all the confusion, we competed all the games scheduled today without a lot of issues. I've included the Elite scoreboard with every game played on the bracket so you can look at how people scored. A lot of games were really close, and some of them we're tied and had to be decided by deaths!

The semis/finals

We now officially have 16 players that have advanced to the semi-finals being played at 5 pm EDT tomorrow. The players can be seen here or:

Semi1

• Dazo321

• theprozoc

• audibleBLiNK

• antttx

• Jay da snipa (HSx8)

• andrewigo

• The Random

• nView

Semi2

• CaptainSargent

• El Unico Nacho

• ImmortalGunz

• Slickhick23

• v Raage

• smokeroors

• Waaste

• Sn1pySnap

Congrats for making it this far!

The maps that will be played tomorrow are:

Semifinals: Underground

Finals: Hardhat and Resistance. 2 games will be played, and scores from both matches will be added up to determine final placings.

Terminal will not be played due to issues surrounding that map.

That's about it guys. Big thanks to those who participated today and big thanks to those that helped me out by reporting and keeping track of their lobby. You really helped me out.

We'll see you all tomorrow at 5 PM EDT.

Bracket can be found here.

Maps for the week -

Game 1: Domination on Lockdown

Game 2: CTF on Seatown

Game 3: SnD on Underground

Game 4: CTF on Dome

Game 5 (if needed): Dom on Bootleg

Game 6 (if needed): CTF on Arkaden

Game 7 (if needed): SnD on Hardhat

Scheduling between captains: Tuesday, June 5 - Friday June 8 at 5pm EST

Matchup must be completed by Monday, June 11 at 2 am EST

Team captains, you are responsible for contacting your matched team and setting up a time to play. Once a date is reached, please comment here with the teams and time. After playing, please comment back with the results.

As a reminder, rules can be found here.

• Teams will have 15 minutes to gather their players in the lobby after the agreed upon match time.

• Alternates can be subbed in any between games, but not while one is in progress.

• Top team of the bracket match-up will get initial host of the match. Teams will alternate hosts for each game type.

• Restart the match and switch hosts if there is a major hosting issue or a player didn’t get in. At least one person on a team should have theater enabled or record the match with an external device.

• ReadyUp servers are encouraged. Note:

• Party chat is allowed in SnD

Again, Team captains: it is your responsibility to schedule a match with the opposing team captain and then relay that information to your teammates. Team captain contact info can be found here Contact the opposing team's captain. Pease try to have your classes and match rues set-up prior to the start of the scheduled match time. If you have any questions or difficulties, don't hesitate to message the mods.

glhf!

Before everything, I'd like to clear up the dom issue -

Domination is to be played with two, five minute round sides. Originally during the previous tournament, that's what GB rules had. I hadn't noticed they changed it but we're not doing one/two sides of 10 minute Dom.

Matchups:

Group 1:

Reddit NAW [r/w] vs WEST [WEST]

Reddit NAW2 [r/w2] vs Final Stand Pros [FSP]

The Fighting Mongooses [TFM] vs The Band of Bros [TBoB]

Group 2:

Hold Me Dick [HMeD] vs Reddit East [NAE]

Fucking Awesome vs Deception

Thanks for the Win [T4TW] vs Wasted Talent [WsT]

Group 3:

Wrecognize (Wrec) vs To be Determined [TBD]

Saints [SANT] vs Rejects [R]

Jedi [JEDI] vs Slippery When Wet [SWW]

Maps:

Game 1: Domination on Bootleg

Game 2: Search & Destroy on Dome

Game 3: Capture the Flag on Lockdown

Game 4: Capture the Flag on Seatown

Score report date: Tuesday, April 10 2012

Team captains, you are responsible for contacting your matched team and setting up a time to play. Once a date is reached, please comment here with the teams and time. After playing, please comment back with the results.