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Demigod Tournament Details Revealed

Posted by Admin

August 24, 2009

LAGWAR is happy to announce the details on our Supreme Demigod Challenge! Below are the rules and tournament details that we feel will make a fun and competitive tournament. These are what we plan on rolling with as of now but is subject to change given any patches that Stardock may implement or if there’s enough feedback from the players requesting changes be made.

If you plan on entering LAGWAR’s Supreme Demigod Challenge be sure to leave us any and all feedback that you may have in the comments thread below or send us an email to tournaments@lagwar.com.

LAGWAR’s Supreme Demigod Challenge Rules:

Registration
Registration is FREE! Registration has NOT opened yet, but will be very soon. Step by step details on how to register will posted once registration opens.

Formats
Two Formats:

  • 2v2 on Crucible : Conquest
  • 3v3 on Cataract : Conquest
  • Best of 3 games will decide the winner of the match-up for the round.
  • Demigods can be changed between rounds, no more than 2 of any particular demigod on a team No doubles. (both formats)
  • All favor items are allowed so you better earn your points now!

Prizes

  • 2v2 format: 1st place team: $200, 2nd place team $100, 3rd place team $50
  • 3v3 format: 1st place team: $300, 2nd place team $150, 3rd place team $75

** $ amounts are estimated prize values. i.e. Each member of the first place 3v3 team would get a prize valued at $100. Actual prizes will be posted shortly before registration begins. These will range from PC hardware and accessories to other PC gaming related items and/or cash.

First place teams also receive mad bragging rights!

Organization

  • 2v2 and 3v3 tourney to be held on separate weeks.
  • Tournament rounds will be held on weeknights with the first game of the round starting no earlier than 7pm EST. Set your Tivo’s/DVR’s up now!
  • For each 10 minute period that a game lobby waits for a player to be ready to start the game (showing up or just clicking ready) a loss will be attributed to the deficient team. After waiting for 5 minutes, this must be reported to a Lagwar representative for verification at 10 minutes.
  • For each round, players will receive the game start time, the game name, the password for their game, and which player is selected to host the game in an email. If the selected host knows they will be unable to host, they need to respond to the email ASAP to alert the tournament coordinator, responding with fewer than 24 hours before the tournament will result in a penalty.
  • All teams must use a VoIP system, Lagwar will have our Ventrilo server(s) available for this, but any alternative is acceptable. This requirement is to give all teams an even footing for communication.
  • Lagwar representatives will be in the Lagwar Ventrilo Server during each round to deal with any problems/issues/forfeitures.
  • The game host must notify the tournament coordinator when the best of 3 rounds is decided so that the result may be verified using the Stardock reporting system. All participants are advised to take screenshots to dispute any inaccuracies in reporting by the Stardock system.
  • Disconnects do not convey any sort of re-do, do-over, or mercy.

Send any questions regarding formats, prizes, or organization to Tournaments@Lagwar.com.

Tournament Coordinators:

In addition to the comments thread below and Tournaments@Lagwar.com, you can contact the tournament coordinators directly with any questions you may have.

Entities interested in sponsoring the Supreme Demigod Challenge can send email to bradwest@lagwar.com.

Lagwar was founded in the Spring of 2008 by a group of gamers from Tactical Gamer, Team Warfare League (TWL League), and the World Series of Video Games. Earlier iterations of the site were launched in 2007 under a different name. The site eventually underwent a full takeover by it’s current management lineup in Fall of 2008. For sponsor or advertising inquiries click here.

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20 Replies

  1. r4 r4 Said,

    You have given here a nice information for “Demigod Tournament”. There have been good prizes for 1st place team. Its a nice tournament to take part in it and your information helps for it.

    Posted on August 25th, 2009 at 1:56 am

  2. Silverdust Silverdust Said,

    Here’s a nice quick question….
    Couldn’t find it in the info but, will this tournament be for USA players only?

    Being from outside the US, that would be disappointing.

    Posted on August 25th, 2009 at 3:19 am

  3. ziss ziss Said,

    im pretty sure we decided on U.S. only due to latency reasons, but i will need to verify that. will post a comment stating the final word and will include it in the tournament details as well.

    my apologies for leaving that out. will clarify shortly. thanks!

    Posted on August 25th, 2009 at 8:46 am

  4. Sarc Sarc Said,

    Hey Silverdust,

    The ruling will be based on pings to a North American Host.

    If a registering team is from outside North America, i will set up a time and a custom game for you to join where your ping will be recorded. All team members will be checked and anything under 300 is acceptable. 300-350 is questionable and we will have to play through a game to see how it goes. Over 350 will mean that you are not eligible for the first tournament.

    If the tournament is overwhelmingly popular and/or we disqualify many non-North American teams based on Ping, Lagwar’s future tournaments will cater to Europe/AU/wherever has the best population of sub-par pings.

    Posted on August 25th, 2009 at 11:29 am

  5. Silverdust Silverdust Said,

    Thank you both for the fast replies.
    The question came to mind, indeed cause of the ping. Also i think it’s reasonable
    to check eligibility first through a costum game.

    So far it sounds great, please let me know more about that costum game.
    Either way, you have my blessing to make this a great tournament. Both US and EU.

    Posted on August 25th, 2009 at 12:37 pm

  6. Yuri77 Yuri77 Said,

    - Disconnects do not convey any sort of re-do, do-over, or mercy.

    So this also means that if a player gets an error and his game crashes (which happens almost every match) it’s automatically game-over for his team?

    (question isn’t meant hostile, just wondering)

    Posted on August 26th, 2009 at 5:10 am

  7. Sacrificial_Soul Sacrificial_Soul Said,

    Is there any estimate as to when the tournament will take place? Also, for those of us who work full-time jobs and live on the West Coast, will we be able to request preferred time-slots, or will we have to consider taking time off of work inorder to meet the EST times? Thanks for the answers, and I’m looking forward to the tournament!

    Posted on August 26th, 2009 at 1:47 pm

  8. admin Said,

    Sacrificial_Soul,

    Right now we’re looking at the end of September to first weeks of October.

    The tournament will take place over the course of two weeks. One for each format.

    We’re trying to give as much time as possible to pick up any potential sponsors that haven’t had time to get with us yet so there are plenty of prizes to give to the community, while also leaving a couple weeks for registration and the match bracket draft.

    We will be posting the official tournament dates within the next two weeks so keep an eye out. We will make a new post showing all of the registration details and instructions, rules, and prizes.

    Thanks for the questions and I hope that helps to answer them. Please post if you have anymore.

    Thanks to everyone who has posted and sent emails. The response has been great!

    -Brad, aka Ziss

    Posted on August 26th, 2009 at 4:07 pm

  9. Sacrificial_Soul Sacrificial_Soul Said,

    Are you going to allow the request of preferred time slots for those of us who need to work around our jobs? Again, thanks for the answers.

    Posted on August 27th, 2009 at 11:54 am

  10. ziss ziss Said,

    Sarcrificial_Soul,

    For time slots, we let the West coast players choose 4 potential times from a list the coordinators will supply for the match between the guidelines above (see Organization), and communicate those with your opposing team as well as the tournament coordinators for scheduling purposes.

    The opposing team/coordinators will then choose the match time from one of the potential times that you sent them.

    This will be explained in full-detail when the registration date is announced. Not sure if you’re familiar with it, but we will be adapting some of the same scheduling rules as the TWL league at TeamWarfare.com.

    A few days before registration opens we will make a post explaining this is in full-detail as well as including all other questions we have had, and even include an FAQ.

    I hope that helps to answer your question. If not, just post a comment!

    Thank you!

    brad

    Posted on August 27th, 2009 at 3:47 pm

  11. Sarc Sarc Said,

    @ Yuri77,

    sorry for the delayed reply. It hasnt been my experience that people regularly crash out of games. I cant remember the last time i had that problem either for myself or for another person in the game.

    So if your partner crashes, you can still play on. if you win, then thats all kosher. Its not an automatic loss, the rule is just there to prevent unnecessary delays. If your computer is having a conflict with demigod i recommend you browse the help forum (forums.demigodthegame.com) and get it fixed before the tourny!

    Cheers
    Sarc

    Posted on September 2nd, 2009 at 11:15 am

  12. Jan Jan Said,

    Hey mates,

    do you already know when the tourney will start? I am really looking forward to it! :)

    Maybe you can put the games up to 18.00/19.00 (UTC +2) o’clock? I have to work in the night :P

    See ya, mates!

    Posted on September 3rd, 2009 at 9:20 am

  13. Brad Brad Said,

    Going to launch a forum for the tournament this weekend to accommodate questions on rules, feedback, and players looking to coordinate practices and/or teams.

    Will post the forum info this weekend.

    Thanks to everyone who has submitted feedback/questions thus far!

    -Ziss

    Posted on September 4th, 2009 at 12:25 am

  14. admin Said,

    Due to the huge amount of feedback from the community there will be no doubles allowed. Meaning you cannot use multiple of the same demigod on the same team.

    Thank you to everyone who has given feedback so far and we hope that you continue to provide us with info as we wrap things up.

    Thanks!

    Brad, aka Ziss

    Posted on September 11th, 2009 at 6:19 pm

  15. Jan Jan Said,

    Do you mean 2on2?

    Greets!

    Posted on September 13th, 2009 at 8:10 am

  16. Cascada Cascada Said,

    So this tournament is cancelled right?

    Posted on September 16th, 2009 at 12:44 pm

  17. ziss ziss Said,

    Tournament is NOT cancelled.

    The 2v2 tournament will be held the week of October 7th.

    Am working on an official post that will be posted tonite that opens registration and includes all of the particulars of the tournament.

    So check back later tonite!

    Any questions, comments, or feedback please let us know.

    Thanks!

    Brad

    Posted on September 16th, 2009 at 2:01 pm

  18. Stabtron Stabtron Said,

    Honestly with the gray area pseudo-exploit of warping from the citadel across the gap I don’t think crucible is a good competitive map. I know it’s boring, but I think there’s a good reason why ESL uses Cataract for 2v2 as well as 3v3. :/

    Posted on September 18th, 2009 at 1:21 am

  19. The Communist The Communist Said,

    Can a single person enter both the 2v2 and the 3v3?

    Posted on September 21st, 2009 at 11:21 pm

  20. admin Said,

    Registration is now open. Visit http://lagwar.com/home/archives/7371 for info on how to register and tournament rules.

    Posted on September 22nd, 2009 at 9:41 am

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