UK CPL Qualifier Registration Now Open

Posted by Myers at 21:06 10/6/2002.

Straight from the VGA website once again:
Registration is now open. Please visit this page to register your team. Only the team captain needs to submit this form. Note that after registering your team details you will be asked to send a cheque for the £50 entrance fee to the VGA. Most qualifiers are limited to 8 teams to ensure the one-day tournament runs smoothly so please send your cheques in quickly to avoid disappointment - teams are confirmed in the order that cheques are received in the mail.

A team of up to 6 players can be registered, with any 5 playing at any one time. There is a £50 registration fee per team and this must be sent to the VGA immediately after registration and venue selection. Priority to venue will be given based upon a first come first served basis of the registration fee.

Also Clan leaders will need to register a user account on this website as part of the registration process. New usernames can be registered on this page.

A full set of rules will be published within the next few days. However, we will be adhering to the guidelines provided by iGames and the CPL to ensure consistency wherever possible.

The following VGA centres along with the dates of their regional qualifier are listed below.

@Cyberweb/Virtual Realm (Slough) - 30th June 2002
BattleLAN (South Woodham Frs) - 30th June 2002
Battlenet (Norwich) - 29th June 2002
Beyond Gaming (Coventry) - 29th June 2002
Cybercuts (Leicester) - 29th June 2002
Cyberplex (London) - 30th June 2002
E-Quest (Cardiff) - 30th June 2002
GlobalGaming Arena (Birmingham) - 29th June 2002
Lan Den (Worcester) - 29th June 2002
Lancity (Leeds) - 1st July 2002
NetPlay (Eastbourne) - 29th June 2002
Netport Cafe.com (St.Helens) - 30th June 2002
Play-do (Warrington) - 29th June 2002
Starquest (Liverpool) - 29th June 2002
The IT Centre (Northampton) - 29th June 2002
The Lan Rooms (Bristol) - 29th June 2002
Virtual Realm (Bath) - 29th June 2002
Xtreme IT (Canterbury) - 30th June 2002

does Not Compute, Infinity-eSports and Nocturne all recieve byes into the finals of this competition on the account of their lan victories over the past year.

Comments

PHB
21:10 10/6/2002
does Not Compute
.dNC.

:) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Myers
Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
21:13 10/6/2002
i know i corrected that the moment i saw it :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DoZ
21:16 10/6/2002
gl gg hf [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
blank.
21:29 10/6/2002
to flame or not to flame [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
b1az0r
21:32 10/6/2002
flame! u all suck? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
blank.
21:41 10/6/2002
nah, i was gonna come up with something better than that >8] [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
decrepit
Croydon
22:02 10/6/2002
so which 1 will have no good clans attending ¬_¬? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DoZ
22:21 10/6/2002
Most of them [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Messiah
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
22:25 10/6/2002
Everywhere hehehadhaheheha [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
shads
theb0g
23:08 10/6/2002
eat brown bread you do sometimes Messiah

hhihihihihihiiihiihi [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Marcus
calibre
00:09 11/6/2002
what will the finals format be

18 centers, 1 clan from each, + noc dnc and i-es

u gonna have 3 groups of 7 or somin? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
St_George
g30rg3h
UKTerrorist
00:17 11/6/2002
lol good point. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
PHB
00:20 11/6/2002
I'd assume, theres gona be playoffs for the lowest rank 6 clans who are seeded lowest, which will result in a 16 team tourney [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Marcus
calibre
00:22 11/6/2002
dangerous assumption! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
PHB
00:28 11/6/2002
I'm a dangerous man [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Messiah
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
00:33 11/6/2002
Will it be double elimination? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
PHB
00:40 11/6/2002
Rules wil be announcd tommz so hopefully :( [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
XLNC|Dr_Evil
00:46 11/6/2002
Dont think it will be double elimination simply cos of the number of teams and time constraintes :(. Prove me wrong though I hope :). [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
PHB
00:48 11/6/2002
Well, without double elim it leaves the games down to luck, which isnt something that anyone wants to see happen.
With double elim it means the clans have a second chance should they play bad. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
shads
theb0g
00:57 11/6/2002
luck ? surely it would be skill [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Messiah
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
01:02 11/6/2002
anything can happen on 1 map on lan [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
PHB
01:11 11/6/2002
Yes, take x3 vs NiP for example

Even tough NiP were obviously the better team overall, x3 had a great chance on nuke because it was their best map, if you watch them on train they were nowhere near as good, and they got a second chance, which they deserved [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
PHB
01:16 11/6/2002
and yes I'm fairly aware that that last comment didnt make much sense but you caught the drift [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DoZ
01:23 11/6/2002
Ya might have to rephrase for the Welsh amongst us [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
XLNC|Dr_Evil
01:24 11/6/2002
I totally agree, 2 bad pistol rounds and your more or less out before you get to play. Maybe instead of having double it could me MR 15 making the pistol rounds less important and then the better team on the map should win. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
PHB
02:20 11/6/2002
MR 15 is a bad idea, since it totally changes the way the games are played and is not CPL rules, CPL rules are double elim and lets hope thats what we get [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Rav0r
07:50 11/6/2002
Takes effort to play 6 more rounds anyhow :[ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Infiniti
11:59 11/6/2002
yeh, im always exhausted after a quarter of a mr12 match ;p [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Infiniti
12:06 11/6/2002
The Lan Rooms (Bristol) - 29th June 2002

^^ wtf is that? =o [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Rhyzz`
13:26 11/6/2002
Not b***hing or anything, but dNC complained to clanbase about not being able to have a national team, because they said they weren't part of the UK.

Now they want to go to dallas to represent the UK...make your minds up!

If you guys had of been in the 'UK' for the nations cup, with players like Timo and Ajam, the UK team could have been so much stronger... =/ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
-m0o.Rob-
15:24 11/6/2002
"does Not Compute, Infinity-eSports and Nocturne all recieve byes into the finals of this competition on the account of their lan victories over the past year."

isn't this similar to saying "France are automatically in the final of the World Cup because they won 1998"

:o I b***h far too much :o [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Messiah
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
15:32 11/6/2002
No, it aint

If you said "France are automatically into the World Cup Finals cos they won 1998" then it'd be similar [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
PHB
15:59 11/6/2002
First off let me explain something very simple

Republic of Ireland is not part of the UK
The UK is the United Kingdom

Secondly there is no "UK qual" just for the UK.
There is qualifer held in the UK which any clan from anywhere can attend.
If NiP wish to come down to play they can do so, as 3D could also.
The only thing the qual can do is not give a bye afaik, which is totally allowed. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DArtagnan
Infinity-eSports
16:16 11/6/2002
Yeah any team can go to any quals. aAa were thinking about coming over here, but having to go to a prequals put them off. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Myers
Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
16:20 11/6/2002
actually 3D can't cos they've already qualified at a U.S regional :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
PHB
16:21 11/6/2002
Well excuse me mr. myers, im a stiff arse :P
Any team that hasn't yet qualified can qualify anywhere, its a great system, it even gives teams from madagascar a chance to qual :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Eagle
16:44 11/6/2002
Ireland should have their own qualifier...bah! Friggin cpl. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Messiah
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
17:50 11/6/2002
Maybe the wording needs a little alteration.

The Winning team will be given flights and accomodation to compete as the UK Representatives in the CPL Summer Championships held in Dallas in July.

It'd be really funny if the UK rep was French :P But dont get me wrong, more quality teams the better, should be a good qualifier [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
iron
18:09 11/6/2002
hahaha [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
-m0o.Rob-
18:39 11/6/2002
yeah true mess i was just being a nobhead ;D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Marcus
calibre
19:13 11/6/2002
If a clan from another country came over here to qualify tho, surely their flights would be from UK to USA, so they'd have to pay to get here by themselves =] [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
PHB
19:15 11/6/2002
I suppose so, but it would still cost a hell of a lot less for say an dutch clan to fly to england and then geta free flight to dallas, than a dutch clan flying straight to dallas on their own. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
iron
19:51 11/6/2002
debateable phb, theyd have to get over here for the regionals + pay for accomdation etc... and then if they get through they have to come back for the next stage, maybe it might well be cheaper just to get flights to dallas?:) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Messiah
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
19:57 11/6/2002
nah it wouldnt [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
iron
20:01 11/6/2002
eco class plane tickets to dallas cant be that much, and cant u sleep on the floor or sommit at dallas? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
PHB
20:26 11/6/2002
Maybe you havn't worked it out iron but a trip to dallas would roughly cost 8 grand, give or take a grand or two.

However two trips to the UK would cost about 2500 [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
blank.
20:33 11/6/2002
flights to dallas dont cost 8 grand [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
PHB
21:00 11/6/2002
for 6 ppl from ireland, you work it out, and I'm talking in euros so. Also that includes hotel [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
iron
21:02 11/6/2002
ur right it costs about £600 each, also i you were to do 2 trips to the uk it would cost around 100 for both excursions, so thats £500 to get here collectively, providing they win theyll then have to pay for tickets to the uk again to take the plane light from london to dallas, which will cost again around £100. so your right, it would be cheaper to come to the uk and qualify, but you arent gonna neccesarily win the quals, isnt it just better to not risk wasting your money and *thinking* your gonna qualify and just fly straight to dallas, also were those figures for flying in Airforce One or something?:) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
PHB
21:35 11/6/2002
well, no, once again I must say your mistaken

You see, in ireland, we have two airlines, ones s***ty and cheap, ones s***tys expensive but flys outside the EU.

So to get to dallas you'd need to get a flight with the expensive one, which works out to roughy 1000, depending on the way you fly.
so thats 1000*6, then you have hotel costs for 3 days, which is about 300 quid, assuming you share, then you add in food, which is about 200, then theres the fact you have to qualify, which you may not, resulting in a trip home after 1 game.

So personally I'd go with the UK quals but if you want just pay mag8 over to the CPL dallas :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
PHB
21:36 11/6/2002
btw, I'm forgetting something that we'd have to fly to the UK first, to get flight to dallas, which again costs more. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
iron
21:56 11/6/2002
than a dutch clan flying straight to dallas on their own.
I was basing this on flights from amsterdam, by british airways, and uve said exactly what i said over again, and proven me right, and whats this got to do with mag8? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
iron
22:00 11/6/2002
and like i said you can sleep at the floor at the venue, and im sure you can survive on McDonalds for 4 days, which costs...£20 [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DArtagnan
Infinity-eSports
23:30 11/6/2002
But when given the option, they have a 1/3 chance of winning the cpl quals, and would be far better to sleep in a nice hotel, if u've been to an i-series, sleeping on floor for a few days is hardly comfortable. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
iron
04:35 12/6/2002
true, but theres only a few teams capable of actually winning it. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Sujoy
12:18 12/6/2002
We realised late on that DNC were not from the UK (southern rather than northern Ireland), so we're just discussing what to do about this. Yes our original idea was to make this a UK-only qualifier, however in the past teams from outside the qualification country have been allowed to play, so this needs some thinking. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
.dNC.Verifyor
03:17 13/6/2002
First of all clanbase is seperate from the cyberathlete professional league. Irish players were never picked for the UK team in clanbase nations even before Ireland were allowed play.

However The Playing Fields was in charge of UK & IRE for CPL Europe. It isn't as simple as saying oh don't let .dNC play kus they ain't UK. With CPL Europe the UK/IRE situation is a mess for Quake and CS as ppl who know will find out. It hasn't been addressed properly for the last 2-3 years.

I seem to recall when there wasn't going to be any qualifier in UK that you guys were prepared to come to dublin and there was no posts saying you couldn't come. I don't think IRE can exclude UK teams from any of our qualifiers as the UK/IRE is still seen as one for the CPL. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Rhyzz`
09:11 13/6/2002
Verifyor, noone is making it as simple as 'dont let dNC come', as Sujoy said...

'Yes our original idea was to make this a UK-only qualifier'

It was there original idea, but because you are good on lan, he has chosen to think about wheter to let you play or not.

I think Sujoy is on your side atm... [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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