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    A TF2 Tournament for all you NBR Users

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Shane@DARK., Aug 24, 2008.

  1. Shane@DARK.

    Shane@DARK. Company Representative

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    EDIT: Structure has been completely changed.

    Hey all, I'm thinking about starting a TF2 tournament. I'll soon be buying a server, and I was wondering who would want to play. The entry price would be $6 per person, and the teams would be made up of 6 people each. You could either sign up with 5 other people as a team, or sign up and be randomly assigned. For this tournament to work, 10 teams would be needed.

    Prize: $300.00 to be split up among the team/$50 per person

    If you're interested, email me at [email protected].

    Any questions, comments, or suggestions would be nice too!
     
  2. KGann

    KGann NBR Themesong Writer

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    Would it be "Team Entry" based?
     
  3. Shane@DARK.

    Shane@DARK. Company Representative

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    No, because even with splicing the first and second place prizes together, I didn't think a team would want to split $275 - it would be $55 per person at the most.
     
  4. KGann

    KGann NBR Themesong Writer

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    Ah, I see. I'm stupid, I just now noticed the "top 7 players" part.
     
  5. Necromas

    Necromas Notebook Deity

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    TF2 just doesn't work well for single winner tournaments. To put it simply without going into any long explanations, it's just too team based.
     
  6. Shane@DARK.

    Shane@DARK. Company Representative

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    Would anybody be interested if it was team-based, second prize was eliminated, and the grand prize was kicked up to $300?
     
  7. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Thats cool offering a prize too bad I suck at TF2 lol and only played a few times over the course of time since its release.

    Problem I see with TF2 is top players are going to be the ones with the most points right? That means those who play support roles or less damage may not get much a chance. Not sure on this as I do not play much but seems like it may work that way.
     
  8. Shane@DARK.

    Shane@DARK. Company Representative

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    If it was structured in teams of 6 instead, the entire team would get $50 per person, and it wouldn't depend on points.
     
  9. Harper2.0

    Harper2.0 Back from the dead?

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    I'd be in. Even though I suck at TF2.
     
  10. Shane@DARK.

    Shane@DARK. Company Representative

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    If you would be in send an email to [email protected]. If I get enough people to be in, we'll go through with it.
     
  11. Fittersman

    Fittersman Wanna trade?

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    is this solely for NBR people or could i make a team of my own?
     
  12. Shane@DARK.

    Shane@DARK. Company Representative

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    You could make a team of your own. Judging by the response here, though, I don't think this tournament will happen.
     
  13. yoyo1299

    yoyo1299 Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm working on building a team....
     
  14. Fittersman

    Fittersman Wanna trade?

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    well if i can make my own team it should be an easy 50 bucks :)
     
  15. xxERIKxx

    xxERIKxx Notebook Deity

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    sounds cool to me.
     
  16. Shane@DARK.

    Shane@DARK. Company Representative

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    AznImports602 Notebook Deity

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    I dont think the people here have enough people that are good to play with and have the money to start a tournament. I mean I got start up a pay pal account and what not... O since school is starting for me i won't have time where was this idea in the summer time?!
     
  18. Fittersman

    Fittersman Wanna trade?

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    yah, when does this thing plan on going down? i wont be able to get a team ready for another week at least (wont have much time for anything for the rest of this week)
     
  19. Shane@DARK.

    Shane@DARK. Company Representative

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    As soon as enough people signed up, it would go down. No definite date yet.
     
  20. crash

    crash NBR Assassin

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    I'm definitely interested, but I'm going to be out of town for three weeks so I most likely won't be able to participate.
     
  21. yoyo1299

    yoyo1299 Notebook Evangelist

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    What if we just did it a free tournie with no prize? That'd appeal to more people, since a lot of us are broke....

    Play to win bragging rights
     
  22. WILLY S

    WILLY S I was saying boo-urns

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    What happened to the good old e-mail scams mister member for a month? lol
     
  23. Shane@DARK.

    Shane@DARK. Company Representative

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    Because it's one of those not-a-scam things - I call it a promotion :)

    And I don't think it's going to go through with anyway. Sorry everybody.
     
  24. Fittersman

    Fittersman Wanna trade?

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    im pretty sure i already have them :)
     
  25. yoyo1299

    yoyo1299 Notebook Evangelist

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    not anymore.....