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Community Events / Press Start Community Guns of Icarus Tournament - Sign ups extended to April 30

« on: March 19, 2014, 05:50:49 am »

Hello so I've gone ahead and updated everything. I'm also posting all the details here. If you want you can go over to the site to see that these are both exactly the same. you can view this on the site if you would like here:
http://pscofficial.com/forum/index.php?page=topicview&id=psc-official-events%2Fguns-of-icarus
Other wise just read whats here.

Currently we have 5 confirmed teams with a 6th in the process. The details I have are listed here on the public forum on the site if you would like to see:
http://pscofficial.com/forum/index.php?page=topicview&id=psc-official-events%2Fcurrent-participating&post_id=385&redirected=1#post_385

Tournament Signups are open till April 30th. The tournament will be at least an 8 team double elimination tournament.

Matches will be run team Vs Team 2v2 deathmatch battles. Battles will run for 30 minutes and must have a minimum of 3 points earned before one can be called a winner. If after 30 minutes the game is tied or three kills have not happened yet then the match will be restarted on a new map and first kill wins.
 
Signing up

• Send an email or reply on this forum with your team name and crew mates.
• If your applying as a four person crew list your four crew members.
• If applying solo just state this on the post. Current teams will be posted separately on a new topic.
• To email signup with questions please contact GOI@PSCOfficial.com
• Please identify if any crew or team mates do not have a copy of the game we have limited keys and participation does not guarantee a copy of the game. All keys are provided by Muse and as such are subject to them providing the keys.

Charity

• This event's charity of choice is Child's Play.
• Ad revenue earned from the youtube videos will be donated by PSC.
• Viewers can also take part in the charity in more then one way.
• • Through direct donation link on the the youtube videos.
  • Take part in Raffles to earn prizes. Raffle tickets sell 5 for $1.
  • At the start the split will be 50/50 with half going to the charity and half going to a prize pool for the champion ship team.
  • Once the Champion pool prize hits $100 the split will change to 15/85.
  • The winning team can choose as a team to either get actual prizes or to donate their prize pool to Child's Play in their own name.
  • Viewers also participate in the charity solely by watching and sharing any match thus increasing views and ad revenue.

Schedule

• Matches will begin scheduling May 1st and the first match will air on www.Youtube.com/user/PressStartCommunity on May 19th
• This gives us three weeks to schedule the first matches. This allows for flexibility of the matches
• After the matches a short post match interview with the hosts. This is more for the fans. We will not discuss tactics but more about how did you felt about how the match went.
• Final match is planned to be Live streamed on twitch the week of 17 to 23rd of August. Depending on how quickly we can record all 13 prior matches there could be a long period of not playing before the final match.

Match Details

• Teams are 2 ship crews. Each crew has a captain as well as a team lead. Captain does not have to be the pilot.
• No restrictions on ships, equipment or crew layout. Crew Choice.
• Matches are 1 team v 1 team on 2 ship v 2 ship Death Match battles. maps and color is randomized.
• Matches will span 30 Minutes.
• A match must have 3 points in some manner before any team can be called a winner.
• If less then 3 ships are destroyed or if a tie takes place a Sudden Death match will take place
• Sudden death matches:
• No time limit
• first kill wins
• teams can switch ships and equipment from first match.
• Crew members must stay on same crew.
• map will be changed to Dunes first otherwise if that was the previous map it will change to labyrinth. These maps are very different and offer the best chance to change the dynamic and put an end to the tie.

Crew Backups and Replacements

• One backup player can be crewed to your team. This backup player can switch with any player and any player can be switched out for this backup.
• Only one replacement can be done during the event. If a player is replaced that new player permanently takes the old players spot.
• This is reset upon your first loss. If you lose once before using your replacement you can replace the one other player once at any time. For a total of two replacements throughout event
• After the second replacement no more changes can be made to the team without host approval
• Backups and Replacements must either have or acquire the game themselves. No keys will be provided for backups or replacements.

Other Rules and Recordings

• Be respectful to other players
• This is meant to be a fun event more focused on exposing the game, Child's Play and the Players and less focused on just winning.
• HAVE FUN AND BE A GOOD SPORT. Play to enjoy not to just win. 
• No information regarding future match lineups or scores can be posted anywhere.
• Anyone participating in the event can not purchase tickets yet however are allowed to donate directly to Child's Play.
• Placing tickets on a match is allowed up to Tuesday 11pm EST this is before the second half of the match goes up.
• If players wish to record during a match for a personal video please adhere to the following rules:
• video can be no longer then 9 minutes (it is recommended to stay around 7 minutes)
• Video can only be a highlight reel and should not contain long clips.
• Scores must be either cropped out or obstructed in some way.
• video of the match can only be posted one week after the match has been public on PSC Channel.
• A link to the full Match on the PSC Channel must be in the description of the video.
• Please make sure to mention the event and the charity either in the video or in the description.
• A link to the Guns of Icarus Online game on Steam in the description.
• (NOT REQUIRED) It would be nice to stand with PSC on the charity part of this event and to also forward any ad revenue to the Child's Play.

Questions

Please forward all questions to the GOI questions forum or send an email at GOI@PSCOfficial.com