SL 13 Registration

[Goose]

The All World 13th Sky League Ball World Cup
(In honor of darknietzsche the greatest SL admin ever)
(CCN was the 2nd best admin)


There Can Be Only One

Rules

Game Type: Ball
Game Size: 6v6
Maximum Roster Size: 15
League Starts: February 21st

Co Admins:
JWhatever (The most respected Alti player)
Brutal (Beloved ladder admin)
Cluck (Former Black Ops military agent)
sunshineduck (Recently fired from his job, so he can help admin now)


FORMAT:
Double Round Robin regular season
All games will be played BO3
Each team plays 2 matches using the new/fun maps
AAB server choice where A is the team listed in BOLD
Each team vetoes one map from the pool with the team labeled in BOLD vetoing first
Top 6 teams advance to playoffs, and bottom 2 teams are eliminated from tournament



MAP POOL:
Main Maps:
1) ball_antre_pb
2) ball_asteroids_pb
3) ball_cave_pb
4) ball_cliff_pb
5) ball_core_pb
6) ball_cross_pb
7) ball_funnelpark_pb
8) ball_grotto_pb
9) ball_hardcourt2_pb
10) ball_ice_pb
11) ball_illumination_pb
12) ball_labyrinth_pb
13) ball_lostcity2_pb
14) ball_mayhem2_pb
15) ball_maze_pb
16) ball_planepark_pb
17) ball_reef_pb
18) ball_skylands_pb
19) ball_snow_pb
20) ball_ufos_pb

Additional Maps: (For Rounds 9 and 13 only)
1) ball_arrow_pb
2) ball_bricks_pb
3) ball_carpia_pb
4) ball_cloud_pb
5) ball_cryptic_pb
6) ball_cutesy_pb
7) ball_empire_pb
8) ball_firepark_pb
9) ball_gears_pb
10) ball_geometry_pb
11) ball_midnight_pb
12) ball_swarm_pb
13) ball_warehouse_pb



REGISTERED TEAMS:
dt
{ball}
Volare
{TBG}
<Vlix>
xproxx
c:
ZroG

SCHEDULE:
Teams labeled in BOLD get to pick the server location and what side to play on for that matchup

WEEK 1 (February 21st @ 7pm GMT)
Round 1 Matches:
{ball} vs c: (snow, lostcity2, labyrinth, grotto, maze)
ZroG vs {TBG} (grotto, funnelpark, antre, asteroids, cave)
xproxx vs Volare (cross, skylands, grotto, ufos, core)
<Vlix> vs dt (cliff, skylands, antre, asteroids, ice)

Round 2 Matches:
{TBG} vs c: (cross, hardcourt2, ice, reef, skylands)
xproxx vs {ball} (core, cave, funnelpark, lostcity2, ufos)
dt vs ZroG (ice, grotto, hardcourt2, asteroids, skylands)
<Vlix> vs Volare (snow, planepark, ufos, cliff, illumination)

WEEK 2 (February 28th @ 7pm GMT)
Round 3 Matches:
c: vs xproxx: (antre, ice, labyrinth, core, planepark)
{TBG} vs dt (reef, snow, funnelpark, cliff, labyrinth)
{ball} vs <Vlix> (snow, mayhem2, hardcourt2, cave, illumination)
ZroG vs Volare (skylands, ice, funnelpark, cave, asteroids)

Round 4 Matches:
dt vs c: (planepark, mayhem2, grotto, cross, core)
<Vlix> vs xproxx (lostcity2, grotto, cave, reef, ufos)
Volare vs {TBG} (mayhem2, reef, skylands, cave, antre)
ZroG vs {ball} (skylands, planepark, antre, cross, illumination)

WEEK 3 (March 6th @ 7pm GMT)
Round 5 Matches:
c: vs <Vlix> (mayhem2, asteroids, reef, maze, ufos)
Volare vs dt (hardcourt2, core, cross, illumination, planepark)
xproxx vs ZroG (maze, lostcity2, asteroids, reef, funnelpark)
{TBG} vs {ball} (lostcity2, funnelpark, hardcourt2, cross, cliff)

Round 6 Matches:
Volare vs c: (ice, antre, ufos, labyrinth, cross)
ZroG vs <Vlix> (mayhem2, snow, maze, cave, asteroids)
{ball} vs dt (labyrinth, cliff, hardcourt2, snow, illumination)
{TBG} vs xproxx (planepark, ice, maze, labyrinth, reef)

WEEK 4 (March 13th @ 7pm GMT)
Round 7 Matches:
c: vs ZroG (ice, hardcourt2, asteroids, mayhem2, snow)
Volare vs {ball} (bricks, empire, carpia, cloud, firepark)
<Vlix> vs {TBG} (maze, ufos, reef, cross, illumination)
dt vx xproxx (cryptic, empire, firepark, geometry, cutesy)

Round 8 Matches:
c: vs {ball} (lostcity2, asteroids, funnelpark, reef, skylands)
{TBG} vs ZroG (funnelpark, labyrinth, hardcourt2, lostcity2, maze)
Volare vs xproxx (ufos, antre, reef, labyrinth, snow)
dt vs <Vlix> (maze, cave, lostcity2, skylands, hardcourt2)

WEEK 5 aka SUNDAY FUNDAY (March 20th @ 7pm GMT)
Round 9 Matches:
c: vs {TBG} (gears, midnight, warehouse, swarm, geometry)
{ball} vs xproxx (bricks, empire, carpia, cloud, firepark)
ZroG vs dt (gears, cloud, cryptic, bricks, arrow)
Volare vs <Vlix> (cryptic, empire, firepark, geometry, cutesy)

Round 10 Matches:
xproxx vs c: (cave, grotto, ufos, labyrinth, skylands)
dt vs {TBG} (lostcity2, ice, antre, cave, snow)
<Vlix> vs {ball} (mayhem2, ice, core, cross, maze)
Volare vs ZroG (asteroids, cross, ufos, ice, cave)


NO SKY LEAGUE THIS SUNDAY DUE TO EASTER HOLIDAY (March 27th)

WEEK 6 (April 3rd @ 7pm GMT)
Round 11 Matches:
c: vs dt (funnelpark, cave, asteroids, cross, cliff)
xproxx vs <Vlix> (reef, planepark, skylands, cliff, maze)
{TBG} vs Volare (hardcourt2, grottos, cliff, skylands, asteroids)
{ball} vs ZroG (labyrinth, ufos, core, antre, reef)

Round 12 Matches:
<Vlix> vs c: (ufos, illumination, cliff, cave, core)
dt vs Volare (planepark, asteroids, skylands, antre, cliff)
ZroG vs xproxx (labyrinth, snow, lostcity2, core, planepark)
{ball} vs {TBG} (funnelpark, reef, mayhem2, maze, asteroids)

WEEK 7 aka SUNDAY FUNDAY PART II (April 10th @ 6pm GMT)
Round 13 Matches:
ZroG vs c: (gears, midnight, cutesy, swarm, arrow)
{ball} vs Volare (geometry, cryptic, cloud, warehouse, firepark)
{TBG} vs <Vlix> (swarm, empire, carpia, cutesy, bricks)
xrpoxx vs dt (firepark, bricks, gears, cryptic, midnight)

Round 14 Matches:
c: vs Volare (lostcity2, snow, reef, cave, ice)
<Vlix> vs ZroG (cliff, asteroids, mayhem2, planepark, funnelpark)
dt vs {ball} (asteroids, illumination, snow, funnelpark, cross)
xproxx vs {TBG} (antre, ufos, labyrinth, cave, skylands)

WEEK 8 (April 17th @ 7pm GMT)
- Europe vs USA Ball Championships 2016 will take place
(Refer to this thread for more details: http://altitudegame.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10019)
- Last day to play any matches for teams that may have needed to reschedule during the regular season

WEEK 9 (April 24th @ 7pm GMT)
- Winner Bracket Round 1 and Winner Bracket Round 2

WEEK 10 (May 1st @ 6pm GMT)
-Loser Bracket Round 1, Loser Bracket Round 2, and Winner Bracket Finals

WEEK 11 aka CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY (May 8th @ 6pm GMT)
-Loser Bracket Finals and Grand Finals


REGISTRATION OFFICIALLY ENDED ON FEBRUARY 14th HOWEVER YOU CAN STILL ADD PLAYERS TO YOUR ROSTER IF YOU DON'T HAVE 15 SPOTS FILLED, AS LONG AS THE PEOPLE YOU RECRUIT HAVE NOT PLAYED ANY SKY LEAGUE GAMES FOR ANOTHER TEAM

PLEASE POST YOUR TEAM AND ROSTER WITH CAPTAINS LABELED IN THIS THREAD. THANKS!

Other important stuff will be posted here in the future, stay tuned for more details as they emerge

[Woofy]

dt

woof C
funnyhell C
fart C

bran
breeze
cracker
g00se
hapkido
lady
lenny
rdm
ryebone
soneji
sunshineduck
wolf

[blln4lyf]

{Ball} Roster:
Ball'n C
Steady
Brutal
DN
Hollywood
Number 3
Metagame
Mikesol
Mled
Pobloom
Sneaky
Tori
Walt
XX2
zZ

Not Currently On Active Roster:
Carlos
Threevenge
Void
Class

[Mr Nice]

someone else will post the roster

[Stam]

my team ( {TBG} ) will also compete. I will post here the roster as soon as i got it!

[JWhatever]

Captain
JWhatever

Roster
AngryIrish
Apathy
Dancingfatman
Frosttwig
Hulabox
JimladSeraph
mssv
Raisin bran
Sanis
Unicorn
Winters Ark

-J

[Fluffy]

TEAM:
xproxx

CAPTAINS:
fluffy
moxy

ROSTER:
jonus
don
slender
neo
jaxx
xorg
hubris
paradigm
raja
togafaru
pein
stormich
plauze

[darknietzsche]

Originally Posted by Goose

The All World 13th Sky league Ball World Cup
(In honor of darknietzsche the greatest SL/ladder admin ever)
(CCN was the 2nd best admin)

fixed...chars

[Goose]

Updated tournament with proposed map pool:

1) asteroids
2) antre
3) cave
4) cliff
5) core
6) cross
7) funnelpark
8) grotto
9) hardcourt (The updated version)
10) ice
11) illumination
12) labyrinth
13) lostcity
14) mayhem2
15) maze
16) planepark
17) reef
18) skylands
19) snow
20) warehouse

What does everyone think of these choices?

[Slender]

Originally Posted by Goose

20) warehouse

[Kafka]

Originally Posted by Goose

6) cross

I will always downvote this map, but I don't expect the 'Ban Cross' movement to get any traction.

[BrandonL]

#BringCutesy2SL

[ufo]

Light Speed c:

clapon
dyke
blarg
clam
dragon
amara
lekai
monstroso
capitalistocrat
ufo
patateh
on1x
bgaf
matattack

[abski170]

Hmm... LightSpeed is my bf's current in-game name...

Volare SL 13
Our possible roster:
1. Kennedy - C
2. Demurrage - C
3. ElusiveOne
4. LewisH
5. lollo
6. P1
7. Max
8. Don't Follow
9. Label
10. Kate Wolf
11. Blaster
12. Professional
13. SomeManiac
14. Tenacious Techhunter
15. Visperi

[Oyster]

Originally Posted by Goose

Updated tournament with proposed map pool:

1) asteroids
2) antre
3) cave
4) cliff
5) core
6) cross
7) funnelpark
8) grotto
9) hardcourt (The updated version)
10) ice
11) illumination
12) labyrinth
13) lostcity
14) mayhem2
15) maze
16) planepark
17) reef
18) skylands
19) snow
20) warehouse

What does everyone think of these choices?

I am offended no new maps are in the pool. Please consider these top choices, in alphabetical order:

ball_cityscape


ball_cloud


ball_geometry


ball_village2

[Goose]

Originally Posted by Oyster

I am offended no new maps are in the pool. Please consider these top choices, in alphabetical order:

I will consider ball_geometry cuz I think that map is nifty, and i think a lot of folks have experience playing on it from ladder. But there will be a map voting committee consisting of a representative from each team registered for the tournament and we will discuss these matters more in-depth in the future. Thank you for your suggestion

[Aki1024]

SL to start on Valentines day?

[Brutal]

Originally Posted by Goose

I will consider ball_geometry cuz I think that map is nifty, and i think a lot of folks have experience playing on it from ladder. But there will be a map voting committee consisting of a representative from each team registered for the tournament and we will discuss these matters more in-depth in the future. Thank you for your suggestion

Agreed. Geometry is fine with me.

[Stam]

{TBG} the new generation's clan SL Roster:


Captains:
1.Stam
2.NuffHuff
3.Magnetic Duck

Members:
4.Mani to ba
5.imaboss
6.mandelkerk
7.Mustafa
8.Prey
9.Oyster
10.Smile
11.lauty
12.OsOs
13.Vesuvius
14.PERU
15.-Predator-

[WRINGWRAITH]

Stam, am i playing too?

[SeDuCTiVe.DuCKy1]

Hi friends!

I'm looking for a clan for the next SL tournament.

Remember: Ducky loves ya!

P.S. I mostly play loopy, but can also bomber quite well. I can whale and bip if needed as well.

[Kafka]

Originally Posted by SeDuCTiVe.DuCKy1

Hi friends!

I'm looking for a clan for the next SL tournament.

Remember: Ducky loves ya!

P.S. I mostly play loopy, but can also bomber quite well. I can whale and bip if needed as well.

Seductive ducky = TaZe

Keep that in mind folks before you consider adding him to your team. Do his minimal contributions to your team outweigh his obnoxious personality?

[{ACE}Hellcat]

Um can I just be on my own team?

[SeDuCTiVe.DuCKy1]

Originally Posted by Kafka

Seductive ducky = TaZe

Keep that in mind folks before you consider adding him to your team. Do his minimal contributions to your team outweigh his obnoxious personality?

Ducky thinks Kafka is obsessed. Maybe the love of your life cheated on you with this TaZe guy. Either way, you sound like a butt-hurt busy-body to me

[{ACE}Hellcat]

So in all seriousness.....whose team am I joining?

[StygMa]

Well thats up to you and the willingness of the clan.
But couple of clans are still recruiting at the moment.

[{ACE}Hellcat]

Ok, well if anyone wants me just let me know.

[Fartface]

Originally Posted by {ACE}Hellcat

Ok, well if anyone wants me just let me know.

Your best shot is playing in the Ladder servers and getting to know some of the players.

[Fartface]

Hate to mess w/ the magic round number of 20, but how would people feel about adding ufos? Updated version is pretty cool imo. Would take it over warehouse if we wanna keep 20

[Lenny']

Ufos is good!

[sunshineduck]

i think geometry is better than ufos and so is cutesy

[XX1]

Originally Posted by sunshineduck

i think geometry is better than ufos and so is cutesy

I think geometry is ok, it feels like the bottom path is used too much? (darkwar vibes)


ball_decimal did nothing wrong

[Clapon]

i think cutsey, geometry, and ufos have all proven their playability and should be added. this is considering maps like warehouse and illmination are already on the list.

would be cool to add some new maps into ladder leading up to SL so we can all play test them and figure out if theyre good enough to be in SL. its probably too late for that this season but a thought none the less.

[Goose]

NEW UPDATE: so i removed ball_warehouse after some testing and gauging public opinion. It has been replaced with ball_ufos. Also i am sending out a survey to a lot of people that are going to play in Sky League to help finalize the decision on the maps, and then I'll let everyone know whats gonna happen 1 week from now. Also i'll post some key points on rules and format once all the teams are registered. Remember February 9th is the last day for registration!

[VAN1SH1NG]

Originally Posted by Clapon

would be cool to add some new maps into ladder leading up to SL so we can all play test them and figure out if theyre good enough to be in SL. its probably too late for that this season but a thought none the less.

Which maps would you want to test in ladder? I think probably the only newer ball maps that have not been tested in ladder are oyster's ball_cloud and brutal's ball_gears? I wasn't really looking to add any maps to ladder in the near future, but if there were any that we wanted to quickly test for SL I can add them.

I do think nikon's ball_midnight has potential to at least be a ladder map with very minor adjustments. I had been playing around with it awhile back. The bottom lanes are a bit too tight and I'm never a fan of completely unusable top corners which is a common problem. Otherwise it is pretty decent.

[Goose]

UPDATE FOR 2/4/16: What's up everybody, its g00se here live with another update.

During the past week i polled 50 Altitude players on the map pool for the upcoming Sky League Season 13. These are the results:


-When asked what people thought of this list for the proposed map pool...
1) asteroids
2) antre
3) cave
4) cliff
5) core
6) cross
7) funnelpark
8) grotto
9) hardcourt
10) ice
11) illumination
12) labyrinth
13) lostcity
14) mayhem2
15) maze
16) planepark
17) reef
18) skylands
19) snow
20) ufos
This was the response:



There were multiple comments expressing concern over lostcity but lostcity2 will be played during SL since it is an overall improvement to the map.


-When asked if people would be OK with having a week or two during the Sky League regular season where newer maps that rarely get played in tournaments are used, this was the response:



It's great to see the community willing to try new ideas in a league setting. My hope is that the teams embrace the challenge of playing competitive matches on these new maps, and hopefully we can see some of these becoming regular additions into the ladder rotation after further testing


-And finally this is how the community responded when asked how many Sky Leagues they have played in during their Altitude career:



Fun Fact: Most of the 1st year Sky League participants are players from team {TBG}. The other people that responded with this being their first SL were filthy trolls.

Based on this analysis of data, the official map pool for Sky League 13 is as follows:

1) ball_antre_pb
2) ball_asteroids_pb
3) ball_cave_pb
4) ball_cliff_pb
5) ball_core_pb
6) ball_cross_pb
7) ball_funnelpark_pb
8) ball_grotto_pb
9) ball_hardcourt2_pb
10) ball_ice_pb
11) ball_illumination_pb
12) ball_labyrinth_pb
13) ball_lostcity2_pb
14) ball_mayhem2_pb
15) ball_maze_pb
16) ball_planepark_pb
17) ball_reef_pb
18) ball_skylands_pb
19) ball_snow_pb
20) ball_ufos_pb

Additionally, each team will play 1 or 2 matches during the regular season where this map pool is played instead of the one listed above:

1) ball_arrow_pb
2) ball_bricks_pb
3) ball_carpia_pb
4) ball_cloud_pb
5) ball_cryptic_pb
6) ball_cutesy_pb
7) ball_empire_pb
8) ball_firepark_pb
9) ball_gears_pb
10) ball_geometry_pb
11) ball_midnight_pb
12) ball_swarm_pb
13) ball_warehouse_pb

Also I am changing the start date for Sky League to February 21st and last day for teams to register is moved up a week to February 14th

Thanks to everyone that participated in the survey:

AI, Aki, Amara, Apathy, Ball'n, blarg, Bran, Breeze, Brutal, cakes!, Clapon, Cluck, Cracker, Dem, Don Quijote, Dougie, dvd, EvelKnievel, fart, Fh, Fluffy, hapkido, Hubris, Jonus, JWhatever, Kaizen, Lenny, Malacats, Matattack, Monstroso, Moon, MoxyFightcrimer, Mustafa, number 3, oyster, Princess Squirtle, Raisin, rawr, Sanis, Smile, Stam, StygMa, Toma, ufo, VAN1SH1NG, Winters Ark, wolf, Woof, xal, XX2

[sunshineduck]

you must have missed my survey response i don't see my name listed in the special thanks.

[Slender]

Originally Posted by Goose

Thanks to everyone that participated in the survey:

AI, Aki, Amara, Apathy, Ball'n, blarg, Bran, Breeze, Brutal, cakes!, Clapon, Cluck, Cracker, Dem, Don Quijote, Dougie, dvd, EvelKnievel, fart, Fh, Fluffy, hapkido, Hubris, Jonus, JWhatever, Kaizen, Lenny, Malacats, Matattack, Monstroso, Moon, MoxyFightcrimer, Mustafa, number 3, oyster, Princess Squirtle, Raisin, rawr, Sanis, Smile, Stam, StygMa, Toma, ufo, VAN1SH1NG, Winters Ark, wolf, Woof, xal, XX2

i was the very first one to answer this thorough survey goose

[blarg]

Originally Posted by Goose

There were multiple comments expressing concern over lostcity but lostcity2 will be played during SL since it is an overall improvement to the map.

i was looking forward to playing the glorious original version...

in my opinion lc2 is a soulless abomination less fun than core and even skylands

[sunshineduck]

nothing is worse than core you blaspheming swine