GC Tournament #4 - CONGRATS TO DIE GIWENNATOREN!

[undrt0w]

fingers, toes and ears crossed for 1st of June!!!!

i guess i will be able to make it.

[haruky]

Alright guys. A few announcements before the EU people get offline.

For Tournament #4 we will be having... RANDOMIZED TEAMS.

Since I'm going to be leaving the house and won't be back till midnight today, I'm gonna get the 3rd poll running.

3rd Poll: CONQUEST OR SQUAD RUSH? (Both will be 4v4 due to player count)

Also, don't forget to sign up in the new sign-up sheet (EVEN IF YOU SIGNED UP IN THE FIRST SHEET)!

Sign Up here!

[expandas]

Nice going Haruky, I think a Conquest-style tournament would be very interesting. It would definitely reward cunning and spatially-aware players more than those who can take advantage of a head glitch spot or res train. Or maybe that's just the Firestorm Infantry-only in me that's nodding in agreement.

[Sarantini]

I voted rush but isnt conquest "normally" played 5v5?
That shouldnt be a problem with random teams right

[Sao]

I still vote CQ. Because rush is a noob game mode (feel the hate)

[V_]

Can someone explain how conquest would work? I'm not sure of the details, but I'm doubting it would be 4v4 Caspian 64i...

[Sao]

Can someone explain how conquest would work? I'm not sure of the details, but I'm doubting it would be 4v4 Caspian 64i...

Maps like damavand small. Bazaar small. Tehran small. Seine small. Metro. Epicentre small.

Fast fluid gameplay. Not about holding flags.

But I'd rather do a random 8v8 than 4v4 if we are not doing 5v5

[mrBLUE9]

Can someone explain how conquest would work? I'm not sure of the details, but I'm doubting it would be 4v4 Caspian 64i...

It's less flags! But yeah, I think 5 would be better.

[V_]

Fast fluid gameplay. Not about holding flags.

If it's fast and fluid, why not use Conquest Domination?

Also, out of curiosity, what are the arguments for 4v4, 5v5, and 8v8? Why choose one over the other?

[Necromancer]

8vs8!
battlefield was never meant for small numbers like in other games. that 5vs5 format probably came from CB, which probably based it on their other games that mostly do 5vs5 or 6vs6.

[Chemical2]

8vs8!
battlefield was never meant for small numbers like in other games. that 5vs5 format probably came from CB, which probably based it on their other games that mostly do 5vs5 or 6vs6.

Squad rush is a gamemode in battlefield so i think it is made for small numbers. 5v5 is great fun to play aswell so i dont think we should move away from this as far as 8v8's

[Kuchenfari]

I'd also like 5v5 if we go with CQ

Also, can teams be announced, like, a week in advance? It would give them some time to strategize. :)

[RazY70]

I think it might be a good idea to consider time frames if we're going with CQ. I believe CQ matches typically take longer than SQR, and I also assume 4v4 will take longer than 5v5

[haruky]

I snuck online for just a second.

We will most definitely not be doing 8v8. Maybe in the future but that is not in the plans at the moment.

5v5 might be a possibility depending on how many people sign up for this tournament. If we can make enough teams with 5 people per team, then I'll throw that in if we do Conquest. Or maybe it can go to Poll #4...

Regarding timing, we might need to do a "demo" 5v5 conquest if needed. Or if someone can give us their personal experience with that, that'd be great too.

[Henidhor]

5v5 might be a possibility depending on how many people sign up for this tournament. If we can make enough teams with 5 people per team, then I'll throw that in if we do Conquest. Or maybe it can go to Poll #4...

Regarding timing, we might need to do a "demo" 5v5 conquest if needed. Or if someone can give us their personal experience with that, that'd be great too.

I had some concerns about 5v5 earlier in this thread. The reasons that were given for it were: A) smaller squads (A team would either have to be split into squads of 2 and 3 (less squadplay and cohesion) or one guy would be alone (which I also see no benefit from)) and B) squad hopping (which is generally banned in GC, and offers no advantage apparent to me).