I might actually need to pull out. I was just reminded I'm gonna be kinda busy on Sunday with IRL stiff, and don't wanna risk not being around once the SCS starts.
Good luck to everyone else, though. Hope it's as fun as it looks like it'll be
I recommend asking around when you're short on crews/pilots/ships.
I recommend asking around when you're short on crews/pilots/ships.
Definitely, and I also want to stress that the forums are probably not the best place for that, asking other pilots directly in game or over steam or something is likely to meet with more success. A lot of people who play the game regularly don't browse the forums regularly, I know I hardly do aside from around SCS time. I know a couple of groups, like DerWaechter and the IAC guys are pretty regularly looking for a second boat to fill out their roster, in addition to the veteran groups Fynx mentioned.
I also want to second the shout-out to Solaris, very strong first showing. More teams in the tournament always means more fun for everyone, glad we had such a great turnout this week!
I was the referee in your match that "proposed updated rules", so I can comment on the situation a bit.
I was informed by lu, that I should make sure you know about the rule of loadout locking because he did not mention it in the first match you played. The reason for him not mentioning it was because in the match you played when he was your referee, both your team and your enemy team already spent a lot of time in the lobby so it was assumed by him that you already all picked your ships of choice - so a mentioning of the rule was not necessary. Which, I would admit, was a mistake on our part.
As for your match starting unexpectedly, and you being informed last second so to speak-
First of all, you are, as the contact point of your team should be expected to watch the stream, or at the very least should be aware of it so you can estimate when to get your team ready.
Second, the referees cannot be expected to contact teams that will play next WHILE the current match that they are referee on is still going. You are supposed to get a notice roughly 5 minutes before the start of your match to gather everyone and play. But let's put that aside for a second, I DID inform you that your team will be playing versus the winner of the current running match as I was referee on the match before you, which should imply to you that your team is playing in roughly 15 minutes -most likely enough time to get everyone ready.
Lastly, if the tone of my message of "Byron get in here" was a little rough, it was because I already informed you of your team playing 15 minutes before that specific message was sent, and have sent you a match invitation a minute before, which you have failed to accept.
Nevertheless, at least you are now equipped with information about the rules of the event to hopefully have a better time playing next time.
You don't really have to watch the stream, the referees are updating the brackets live and that includes your next match, even if your opponent has not been determined yet. So you can check the brackets if the match that decides who your opponent will be already has both teams declared, and that will lead to your match starting soon-ish. Because once both teams of a match have been set in the brackets, they are very likely already sitting in a lobby with the timer running.