2015 eGO Arena Respawn Showdown

[ThePyroSquirrel]

I have a few questions. What do you mean by "verify your Steam ID" when you register? What maps are being played and will there be any custom maps? How many round wins are we going to be playing to?

 

[Shark]

I have a few questions. What do you mean by "verify your Steam ID" when you register?

We have our own admin management system called MAUL to handle all our players that make an account with the community. We require, since the event is in our TF2 division, that you verify your Steam ID with MAUL so that we can keep track of everyone that is joining the event.

 

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Arena Respawn

cloud #pbl Wildcard

 

[Tabe]

What happens if I'm in a wildcard team and one team member don't show up when its time to play?

 

[Insomnia Princess]

Today is the last day to sign up. We will be going over this thread and the signup thread over the weekend, answering ALL your questions and posting teams and times. Thank you for your patience. We truly appreciate everyone who has come out to participate in this event and we'll be pushing out more info ASAP!

 

[DarkFoxPonyShift]

Why's the Vaccinator banned?

 

[kilozombie]

Vacc is banned because it's bugged in its current state. It blocks all crits or minicrits even when not ubered, which destroys one of the mechanics (mini-crits taken on point) and shuts down Kritz completely. We assumed this was a bug in the Vaccinator's mecanics, not an intended effect, so for now it's the only thing banned, and probably not permanently.

 

[Tabe]

Is it possible to change my mind about joining? Life got in the way...

 

[Radio]

Will teams be required to use eGO's teamspeak server or can we use other forms of communication such as mumble?

 

[Mister36]

Will teams be required to use eGO's teamspeak server or can we use other forms of communication such as mumble?

eGO teamspeak is not a requirement.

 

[Insomnia Princess]

More official updates are coming tonight. Thank you for your patience everyone and hold tight as we work out the details. The response to this event has been very large (we love it) and we need to smooth out a couple more details and we will post game times and more info.

Thank you.

 

[Starlight Phoenix]

So...Any new information? Like schedules?

 

[Porkychopz]

1 day till and no times. How is my team to plan? Hope they come by this afternoon

 

[GardenGroveVW]

162.252.82.18:27015 24/7 =(eGO)= ARENA RESPAWN [GameME] edge-gamers.com

More servers to come today.

 

[unit220]

1 day till and no times. How is my team to plan? Hope they come by this afternoon

Pretty sure I just lost a member of my team because he needs a hard schedule. Event planners plz deliver match times!

 

[Oddish]

Yes please release schedule information. "Mid-day" is a very broad term to work off of.

 

[Naajj]

This event was apparently very poorly thought out. I don't know if it was because more people signed up than expected, but you can't wait until one day before the tournament starts to release the schedule. I can almost guarantee that a ton of teams aren't going to be able to play because their players weren't able to schedule their weekend plans around it, especially considering the next UGC season starts next week and lots of comp players are going to want to get a lot of practice in.

 

[ZeBadmedic]

Yes Times today would be really important

Because tomorrow is the event and my team is online at 17 o'clock German Time (American Time 11 o 'clock, England Time 16 o'clock) Later would be ok but before could be hard

 

[Adam]

Ladies, Gentlement and other Sentient Beings.

I'd first like to apologize for all of the delays. We have been working around the clock to get this underway.
We've had a tremendous turnout, much more than originally expected.

That being said, we will be postpoing the tournament until next weekend and the following weekend.
Opening matches will fall on Friday, January 30th and Saturday the 31st.
We do not want to infringe on anyone's Super Bowl plans so matches will not be played on Sunday, February 1st.
Play will resume the following weekend; February 6th, 7th and 8th.

I know this comes as bad news, but there is good news.
This gives us more time to bring a better quality tournament.

It also gives you more time to plan. Here is the map list everyone has been waiting for.
1. arena_draft_b2
2. arena_dropdown_rc1
3. arena_coalmine_b2
4. arena_discovery_b4
5. arena_offblast_final (included with the game)
6. koth_arctic_b3
7. koth_rundown_b2
8. koth_stallone_b2
9. koth_coalplant_b7
10. koth_brazil_rc1

This gives you more time to practice and plan out your strategies.
Major details will be detailed ASAP. We are working diligently to get these updates pushed out either tonight or tomorrow.
If you are wanting to get thrown right in, the PBL team are holding PUG matches tonight.
Click here for more details on that.

9PM EST/6PM PST

Once again, I apologize for all of the delays. We are very excited to be apart of this.
We thank everyone for their interest in participating, and we don't think it's fair to you guys if we try to rush this thing.

If you have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to ask. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but this is in effort to bring a more quality experience and a more fair experience.

Thank you.
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[Nix]

That makes much more sense. Due to Valve's promotion, there was a much greater turnout. Good decision by leadership.