Guns Of Icarus Online
Community => Community Events => Topic started by: Swallox on April 28, 2013, 03:09:57 am
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Wait, what's this? Week 8?
Oh yes. It's about that time. At the moment Week 8 is still in the planning phase, but I'd like to get this out of the way as early as possible, so here's what's going to go down on Week 8.
Week 8 sees the ending of the first Season of The Cogs, which is a pretty exciting event to say the least. While it'll technically be Week 9 (Because of Week 0), Week 8 will see the best and brightest teams from inside and outside The Cogs facing off for the Season Champion spot. How're we going to settle this though? How else could we? We're gonna hold a tournament.
The teams in spots #1, #2a, #2b and #2c after Week 7 will be automatically seeded into the tournament, but how these seedings work, and to what degree they're seeded depends on the competition. Put another way, the details of the tournament will be hidden until a week beforehand. Sorry about that, we're still preparing.
As a quick sidenote, we're going to have three potential champion spots to claim. The Weekly Champion, the Tournament Champion and the Grand Champion. The Weekly Champion title has already been claimed by the Paddling. No question, their win streak in the Champion's Cog alone deserves it. The Tournament Champion will, amazingly enough, be the team to win the tournament... And the Grand Champion is the team that manages to win both. If a team earns both the Weekly and Tournament titles in a given Season, they get called Grand instead. It sounds more spiffy, admit it.
So regardless of what happens, the Paddling aren't going to lose everything if they get knocked out by Museosaurs in their first round. Calm yo' tits, Ducks. You're safe... Probably. Bubbles is on the warpath though, so you should watch your tail feathers.
Now, any team can enter the finale but only a select few will be able to fight their way through the masses to face off against the top 4 seeded teams. What this means is that ANYONE can win the Tournament. Anyone at all. We could see some genuinely surprising upsets from those that fight their way up to fight the Top 4... Indeed, there are some very strong teams not currently in a seeded position, so one thing's for sure, the unseeded competition is going to be cut-throat.
Now I probably shouldn't be typing all this... It's 8am and all of this is probably going to cause no end of headaches in the long run, but I'm tired of keeping this one quiet. (It doesn't help that Squash has been chewing my ear off every couple of days for the past fortnight) So that's that. Teams interested in participating in finale of The Cogs can put their names forward in the normal manner. Remember: Even if your team isn't an active crew within The Cogs, you're still eligible to enter the finale. Week 8 is for everyone. Who knows, our champion team might be one of the ones to fight their way up from the very bottom. Stranger things have happened.
Sign up form
Team Name:
Team Colours:
Team Logo: [Ideally this'll be 512x512 and have a transparent background but I know how much you all seem to hate me, so bring it on.]
Captain 1:
Crew:
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Captain 2:
Crew:
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Team Motto: [Yes, really]
Oh and before I forget I'd also like to announce the triumphant return of Museosaurs to The Cogs after the withdrawal of Corvus. I for one am glad to see that the devs somehow managed to wriggle their way back into the competition. Try as we might, we just can't get rid of them.
Remember: The teams still in the Champion and Challenger Cog do NOT need to sign up. You're automatically seeded into it. Signups will close three days before the Week 8 Finale. More info will be provided gradually, as we nail down the bits and pieces we need to.
And no, this won't happen on the test server. That was a one-time deal.
-Swallow
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I split this conversation, so that we can stay on topic with this thread. This thread is for signing up for week 8. If you would like to discuss week 8, please go here:
https://gunsoficarus.com/community/forum/index.php/topic,752.0.html
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Heads up: The only Cogs teams granted a bye are those in the Champion and Challenger Cogs. The rest of you still have to register your interest in the finale if you want to participate.
Likewise, if you're a team that hasn't yet participated in the Cogs, or been ejected from the Cogs (*cough* Dover *Cough*), you are welcome to sign up. The finale is not limited to Cogs teams.
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Team Name: the Brood
Team Colors: same as before
Team Logo: same as before
Captain 1: JaceBoojah
Crew:
-FightBoyVash
-Zboy
-AlbinoTaco
Captain 2: Sammy B.T.
Crew:
-Veyka
-Keon
-.Dwarf.King
Team Motto: I'm getting too old for this ship.
Because the Dover has merged with the Brood the team name might change.
Just getting this up because no one else has yet.
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The group name is pretty much the Brood but pride dictates that I at least pretend there is a chance we would call it the Dover.
Suggestions of Brover have all been rejected sadly.
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The 'Dood'.
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The group name is pretty much the Brood but pride dictates that I at least pretend there is a chance we would call it the Dover.
Suggestions of Brover have all been rejected sadly.
Brood of Dover
The Dover Broodlings
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The 'Dood'.
(http://11.media.tumblr.com/QFlX6LQ2zl9pjm0nSSNy4lFgo1_400.jpg)
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Team Name: The Raft
Team Colours: same as before
Team Logo: same as before
Captain 1: hizumi
Crew:
N-Sunderland
sasquatch
Moldy Crow
Captain 2: Machiavelliest
Crew:
Charon
Shukketsushi
Nascosto
Team Motto: [to be confirmed]
The crew list is subject to change until all of the team members confirm availability.
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Team Name: Black Flight Squadron
Ship 1
Captain: Gilder
Crew: FlyingHaggis
Crew: asdfpony
Crew: Afanickton
Ship 2
Captain: Brick Hardcastle
Crew: Oro
Crew: ScratchModed
Crew: Skeletal Lightning
Substitute Pilots (As of 5/7): FlyingHaggis, asdfpony
Substitute Crew (As of 5/7): Hudsonhawk, Big Fat Bob, Raptorsystems
Team Colors: Black, Blue
Team Logo: same
Team Motto: "Beware the calm before the Black Flight."
Will update if there are changes in availability.
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Temporary Raft motto:
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy."
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Team Name: The Pastafarians
Team Colours: Blue and Grey (same as before)
Team Logo: Same as before
Captain 1: zwaene
Crew:
- Candlehax
- Flynn
- owk
Captain 2: Capt. Falco
Crew:
- Gorath
- Gerdieman
- Stainock
Team Motto:
We drink and we pillage and we do what we please,
Pastafarian Pirates We!
There might be a change here and there, but this should be a good start.
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Heads up: Due to the pretty short notice of this tournament signup, you will have until midnight GMT today to get your crew signed up.
Once again, unless you are a member of Paddling, Gentlemen, Polaris or MNS, you are NOT automatically signed up.
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Perhaps this short notice is a bit short notice? I know this doesn't affect me directly but I'd love to see a lot of participation in this event. Perhaps a little outreach to group/clan leaders is in order, and maybe another day to sign up.
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Better late than never!
Team Name: Destructoid.com
Team Colours: Green & Red
Team Logo: We'll just be using the destructoid.com logo, i'll send it via skype
Captain 1: KingFoom
Crew:
- Innominatus
- SilverLanix
- Sebbodes
Captain 2: GattsOcean
Crew:
- Avalon
- FailNinja
- Nekobun
Team Motto: "Get shipped on!"
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Perhaps this short notice is a bit short notice? I know this doesn't affect me directly but I'd love to see a lot of participation in this event. Perhaps a little outreach to group/clan leaders is in order, and maybe another day to sign up.
That was actually an extension: I usually do the Wednesday stuff (maps and previews) around midday... But since I'm too tired to rewrite and correct the announcement post for Week 8's schedule at the moment, I'll extend signups until midnight (12am GMT) tomorrow. That really is it though.
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Ahh change to ours. Andros for Haggis. Sorry, copied and pasted and missed it.