One for the record books
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| The Noob Squad frolics around their recently earned trophy. |
The conclusive final match of the first Annual Inventaverse CTF Tournament was an amazing event for the record books. The Noob Squad decisively defeated the Obliterators in a two-game shut out to solidify their legacy as the first winners of the annual event. BUT, that doesn't mean everyone who didn't win the annual CTF tournament can't also experience the sweet sweet taste of victory...
Introducing the first ever 2v2 Inventaverse team death match tournament!
CTF is super cool. Don't get me wrong. We can't just have CTF tournaments all year though, we need something to mix things up, a new and different problem to solve. The problem this time is: how can my battle buddy and I score the most kills in 3, 3-minute matches against another team of 2 players? To that I answer: by having the best configuration of two players possible, and by having the skill to get the job done, that's how.
Why 2v2?
2v2 as a tournament format is interesting for a bunch of reasons:
1. The players get to experiment and figure out which characters and artifact combinations synergize in such a way that they're most effective. With enough participants, we should expect to see some really incredible team compositions and meta-strategies emerge.
2. Matches are fast paced and intense!
3. With fewer players per team, more teams can participate, resulting in a bigger bracket and more games!
The Rules
1. Don't break the game during a match. No cheats, exploits, hacks, etc. If you do, you'll be put before a tribunal of your peers and your fate as a competitor in this tournament will be decided. Hopefully fairly.
2. Score a point every time you kill a member of the other team. At the end of 3 minutes the game ends, the team with the most points wins that game. A match, as always, is best of 3. You and your partner will play 3 back-to-back matches to see who moves on to the next match in the bracket. If one team wins the first two games, it's at the discretion of the losing team whether or not they'd like to play a third match.
3. If you don't have a partner, but you'd like to participate, you can pick someone from within the company, but outside the team! A growing sentiment among participants is that we should open this to other groups within the organization. To that I say, YES!
4. Once a team has selected their characters, they may not change them until the next game. That means they must play the same characters for the full duration of the 3 minutes.
Sign Up
I Know what you're thinking "This sounds amazing, how do I sign up?" Simple, just message me in Slack, or send an email to inventaverse@gmail.com to sign up, but make sure you do so on or before 2/2/2023 (GROUNDHOG DAY). Be sure to include your name and your partner's name. I'll create the bracket for the tournament on 2/3/2023, and you'll see it posted below in this blog post. It will include a list of all the teams and their scheduled matches.
The Prizes
The prizes last time were quite awesome. This time they'll be even better! I don't know what they are yet, but I'll update this blog post with the prizes as soon as I figure that out!
New 2v2 Tournament Maps
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| [Arena] Self Assembling System |
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| [Arena] Three Layer Cave |
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| [Arena] Iceberg |
