Summer Invitational Group Stage

[Swkoll]

Welcome to the Group Stage for the 2020 Summer Invitational. This stage will be made up with 4 groups of 4 players each. Games will be played round robin style with each player in a group playing each other player in a BO3. The top 2 players in each group will advance to the finals.

Maps:
There is a pool of 10 maps and maps will be selected using a veto and pick system. This means each player has 2 vetos, with the lower seed in the group vetoing first in an alternating pattern.(ie lower seed, upper seed, lower seed, upper seed). Next the higher seed will select the first map, the lower seed the second map, and if necessary the higher seed will select the third map. 5 of the maps are the same for each group and 5 maps are different for each group.

To clarify map picking:
1. Figure out which maps are in your group, they are the 5 "All" maps and the 5 maps specific to your group.
2. Lower seed (as shown by the position in the group) vetos first map
3. Higher seed vetos next map
4. Lower seed uses last veto
5. Higher seed uses last veto
6. Higher seed then picks the first map to play from the list of maps in the pool that have not been vetoed
7. Lower seed picks the second map following the same rules
8. In the event of a tie, higher seed picks the tie breaker map following the same rules
9. The winner reports the results (including losses and tie games) to Swkoll in the #summer channel

The groups:

Spoiler: show

Substitutes:
1. Mr-Smith
2. archsimkat
3. WoundedElkNoob
4. Ryfun

Map pools:

Spoiler: show

All standard tournament rules apply. Groups will be seeded based on WCS-style group seeding. In the event of a tie, an additional BO1 will be played between players to break the tie. In the event of a substitute being needed, the groups will not be reseeded and the top non-qualifying, qualifier tournament players will be used.

Date: June 13th
Start Time: 15:00 GMT
Chat: /join #summer
Tournament Directors: Swkoll, Morax
Challonge: https://challonge.com/4qu6w3x8

[Mr-Smith]

As much as I would like to play, 80% chance im not there on Saturday, so better replace me and give that player some days to train.

[Swkoll]

As much as I would like to play, 80% chance im not there on Saturday, so better replace me and give that player some days to train.

I'll swap you and F-Odin's position so F-Odin is now the #4 player in Group 1 and you are now the number #1 substitute.

[Swkoll]

Games start at 15:00 GMT/UTC
The Tournament is now concluded

Streams for the Invitational Group Stage:

Casters:
Swkoll - English cast of the tournament
Saske Kaske - Russian cast of the tournament

Players:
Jagged Appliance - Group A
Zlo - Group B (Russian)
Farms - Group B
Hybrid - Group C
Tagada - Group D

If you are planning to stream or cast this event, let me know and I will update this post.

[armacham01]

Summer Invitational Tournament
Day 1 - Group Stage
June 13, 2020
List of All Games Played

GROUP A
Round 1
#11942089 - JaggedAppliance vs Turbo2 on Adaptive Kusoge
#11942551 - JaggedAppliance vs Turbo2 on 8 - Badlands_v4
Round 2
#11942060 - F-Odin vs Petric on 8 - Badlands_v4
#11942311 - F-Odin vs Petric on Loki
#11942908 - JaggedAppliance vs Petric on Frithen
#11943052 - JaggedAppliance vs Petric on The Ganges Chasma
Round 4
#11942890 - F-Odin vs Turbo2 on Crossfire Canal - FAF version
#11943059 - F-Odin vs Turbo2 on Amoor
Round 5
#11943351 - F-Odin vs JaggedAppliance on 8 - Badlands_v4
#11943562 - F-Odin vs JaggedAppliance on Amoor
Round 6
#11943255 - Petric vs Turbo2 on Adaptive Kusoge
#11943596 - Petric vs Turbo2 on Amoor
#11943793 - Petric vs Turbo2 on Amoor

Also: here is a search string that you can enter into the Java client to pull up Group A games (copy it to your clipboard, then in the FAF client, check the box for: display search query, and then paste this into the query input field, and press enter to perform the search directly from the query input field).

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id=="11942089",id=="11942551",id=="11942060",id=="11942311",id=="11942908",id=="11943052",id=="11942890",id=="11943059",id=="11943351",id=="11943562",id=="11943255",id=="11943596",id=="11943793"



GROUP B
Round 1
#11942086 - BlinChik vs Farmsletje on Fields of Isis
#11942645 - BlinChik vs Farmsletje on Amoor
#11942807 - BlinChik vs Farmsletje on The Crucible
Round 2
#11942061 - Nexus vs ZLO on Arcane
#11942277 - Nexus vs ZLO on Amoor
#11942502 - Nexus vs ZLO on Cobalt Valley
#11943041 - Farmsletje vs Nexus on Arcane
#11943220 - Farmsletje vs Nexus on Fields of Isis
#11943367 - Farmsletje vs Nexus on 8 - Badlands_v4
Round 3
#11944120 - Farmsletje vs ZLO on Fields of Isis
#11944574 - Farmsletje vs ZLO on Mentor
#11944768 - Farmsletje vs ZLO on The Crucible
Round 4
#11943021 - BlinChik vs ZLO on Fields of Isis
#11943651 - BlinChik vs ZLO on 8 - Badlands_v4
#11943905 - BlinChik vs ZLO on The Ganges Chasma
Round 6
#11944100 - BlinChik vs Nexus on 8 - Badlands_v4
#11944416 - BlinChik vs Nexus on Mentor
#11944751 - BlinChik vs Nexus on Fields of Isis

Also: here is a search string that you can enter into the Java client to pull up Group B games (copy it to your clipboard, then in the FAF client, check the box for: display search query, and then paste this into the query input field, and press enter to perform the search directly from the query input field).

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id=="11942086",id=="11942645",id=="11942807",id=="11942061",id=="11942277",id=="11942502",id=="11943041",id=="11943220",id=="11943367",id=="11944120",id=="11944574",id=="11944768",id=="11943021",id=="11943651",id=="11943905",id=="11944100",id=="11944416",id=="11944751"



GROUP C
Round 1
#11942114 - Hybrid vs Paralon on 8 - Badlands_v4
#11942255 - Hybrid vs Paralon on The Ganges Chasma
#11942337 - Hybrid vs Paralon on The Ganges Chasma
Round 2
#11942099 - archsimkat vs Blackheart on Point of Reach v4
#11942262 - archsimkat vs Blackheart on 8 - Badlands_v4
Round 3
#11942569 - Blackheart vs Paralon on Adaptive Kusoge
#11942756 - Blackheart vs Paralon on 8 - Badlands_v4
Round 4
#11942577 - archsimkat vs Hybrid on Amoor
#11942734 - archsimkat vs Hybrid on Mentor
Round 5
#11942991 - archsimkat vs Paralon on 8 - Badlands_v4
#11943069 - archsimkat vs Paralon on Mentor
#11943250 - archsimkat vs Paralon on The Ganges Chasma
Round 6
#11943286 - Blackheart vs Hybrid on Setons Clutch - FAF version
#11943400 - Blackheart vs Hybrid on Amoor

Also: here is a search string that you can enter into the Java client to pull up Group C games (copy it to your clipboard, then in the FAF client, check the box for: display search query, and then paste this into the query input field, and press enter to perform the search directly from the query input field).

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id=="11942114",id=="11942255",id=="11942337",id=="11942099",id=="11942262",id=="11942569",id=="11942756",id=="11942577",id=="11942734",id=="11942991",id=="11943069",id=="11943250",id=="11943286",id=="11943400"



GROUP D
Round 1
#11942090 - Espiranto vs TurinTurambar on Adaptive Maridia
#11942219 - Espiranto vs TurinTurambar on 8 - Badlands_v4
Round 2
#11942041 - CurrySmuggler vs Tagada on Adaptive Kusoge
#11942253 - CurrySmuggler vs Tagada on Forbidden Pass v4
Round 3
#11942442 - Tagada vs TurinTurambar on Amoor
#11942650 - Tagada vs TurinTurambar on Forbidden Pass v4
#11942778 - Tagada vs TurinTurambar on Adaptive Maridia
Round 4
#11942438 - CurrySmuggler vs Espiranto on 8 - Badlands_v4
#11942677 - CurrySmuggler vs Espiranto on Zerg Canyon 1v1
Round 5
#11943044 - CurrySmuggler vs TurinTurambar on Mirage
#11943096 - CurrySmuggler vs TurinTurambar on The Ganges Chasma
Round 6
#11942979 - Espiranto vs Tagada on Adaptive Maridia
#11943160 - Espiranto vs Tagada on 8 - Badlands_v4

Also: here is a search string that you can enter into the Java client to pull up Group D games (copy it to your clipboard, then in the FAF client, check the box for: display search query, and then paste this into the query input field, and press enter to perform the search directly from the query input field).

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id=="11942090",id=="11942219",id=="11942041",id=="11942253",id=="11942442",id=="11942650",id=="11942778",id=="11942438",id=="11942677",id=="11943044",id=="11943096",id=="11942979",id=="11943160"



[Swkoll]

Out of curiosity I compiled the number of times each map is played in order to see what was most popular:


But Swkoll, you say, this doesn't take into account that 5 maps were accessible to everyone and 20 were group specific! So if you adjusted the graph by dividing number of plays of the maps in the "All" category by 4. This is what you get:


From this we can conclude that fields of isis is the best map and should be included in every tournament and map pool. Thank you.

[Swkoll]

On a more serious note: players who are advancing to the finals can send me a map to include in the final map pool if you want.

[JaggedAppliance]

On a more serious note: players who are advancing to the finals can send me a map to include in the final map pool if you want.

How does this work exactly?

[Swkoll]

On a more serious note: players who are advancing to the finals can send me a map to include in the final map pool if you want.

How does this work exactly?

Message me on faf/forums/discord on or before June 17th.
It can be any reasonable map.

[JaggedAppliance]

I mean is that map automatically included in the map pool?