
Posted by Myers at 14:47 15/9/2002.
A slightly altered tournament format has been decided upon for the Samsung World Cyber Games UK. Taken from the WCG UK website:"The Counter-Strike tournament management is a little more complex due to the sheer number of teams wanting to take part! The grand final will take place over two separate days, so please read the information carefully.With over £30,000 worth of Samsung goodies to be won not to mention an expenses paid trip to Korea, this event is going to be intense. Visit #wcg-uk on quakenet if you have any questions.
There are four fully berthed teams that do not need to qualify. Infinity-eSports and Clan One receive berths for their distinguishing performances at the last VGA tournament. Also two VGA national league teams will receive berths (TBA). These four teams do not need to take part on Saturday, instead they should arrive on Sunday 6 October 2002 morning at 9am.
The blueyonder online CS WCG qualifier will produce an online Counter-Strike winner. This team also only needs to arrive on Sunday 6 October 2002 morning at 9am to take part.
There are offline VGA Gaming Centre qualifiers also take place on this coming Saturday. Winners from VGA gaming centres need to come to the grand final on Saturday 5 October 9am for a gaming centre playoff. Regional winners will play in a tournament bracket of their own to decide a champion team, and that team will win the right to take part on the Sunday 6 October 2002 CS Finals. They will also receive a hotel room to stay Saturday night in London.
All other teams need to arrive on Saturday 5 October at 9am to try and win the last Counter-Strike finals place. All of these teams will be entered into a tournament bracket and the winner will receive the right to take part on the Sunday 6 October 2002 CS Finals. They will also receive a hotel room to stay Saturday night in London."
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Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
15:23 15/9/2002
16:01 15/9/2002
Means what? Sorry, don't follow VGA stuff much. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
16:06 15/9/2002
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formidable
18:27 15/9/2002
I-eS
ONE
VGA League Team1
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BY Online Winner
Winner of VGA Gaming Centre Bracket on Saturday
Winner of VGA Free For All Bracket on Saturday [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
18:28 15/9/2002
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LoB [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
19:28 15/9/2002
theb0g
19:29 15/9/2002
The teams that put the effort in to win their LAN qualifiers get LESS priority than those that turn up on the day, AND those that play in the online tourney?
The LAN centre winners will in effect have to play an extra leg of matches to qualify (the LAN quals) rather than just turn up at the free for all, which stands to have less quality teams than the centre winners bracket.
Am I right, or is there some method to this apparent madness? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
19:55 15/9/2002
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
20:13 15/9/2002
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
20:13 15/9/2002
Infinity-eSports
20:14 15/9/2002
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
20:22 15/9/2002
Infinity-eSports
21:15 15/9/2002
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Anti-saviour of UKT
21:37 15/9/2002
Anti-Climax
21:39 15/9/2002
g30rg3h
UKTerrorist
21:49 15/9/2002
Anti-Climax
21:54 15/9/2002
I was in the wrong.. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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theb0g
23:28 15/9/2002
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Infinity-eSports
23:40 15/9/2002
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23:48 15/9/2002
If we dont win it, that means we have to try and qualify again, in the morning of Saturday [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
23:51 15/9/2002
"There are offline VGA Gaming Centre qualifiers also take place on this coming Saturday. Winners from VGA gaming centres need to come to the grand final on Saturday 5 October 9am for a gaming centre playoff. Regional winners will play in a tournament bracket of their own to decide a champion team, and that team will win the right to take part on the Sunday 6 October 2002 CS Finals. They will also receive a hotel room to stay Saturday night in London."
Thats just 1. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
23:55 15/9/2002
I think there are :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Anti-saviour of UKT
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(its late) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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Winner of VGA Gaming Centre Bracket on Saturday
Winner of VGA Free For All Bracket on Saturday
Depending on whether we win our pre-qualifier [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
theb0g
00:08 16/9/2002
Scenario:
SO19 win our LAN centre qual. That puts us in the bracket with all the other centre winners. Clan X who we beat in the qual decide to go on the day and qual with the other on the day people in the free for all bracket.
SO19 lose out to another LAN qualifier, and bear in mind that the winners of the LAN quals will be good clans, potentially a LOT of top clans will be fighting for one place.
Clan X go on to win the free for all, which has a lower overall standard of clans taking part, as the top clans will all have played in the LAN quals and be fighting it out seperately.
Its like double elimination, only once you drop into the losers bracket you can just keep going in the 'weaker' half of the competition, without having to play a decider.
I suggest it would be better to 'merge' the free for all with the qualified LAN teams at some point, similar to the way CPL deals with autoberthed clans. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
00:16 16/9/2002
theb0g
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theb0g
00:57 16/9/2002
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09:16 16/9/2002
That's what I gathered from talking to Sujoy anyway, who / what's right I dunno
/me runs off scared [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Infinity-eSports
10:32 16/9/2002
Saturday there is a qualifying tournament between the lan winners and the people who turn up. In this tournament the lan winners get seeded. As there's meant to be 6 teams on the sunday, i guess the 2 finalists proceed to the sunday.
With only 6 teams they could do a league format with every1 playing 5 games against each other. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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Infinity-eSports
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Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
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theb0g
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theb0g
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Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
23:33 17/9/2002