After some discussion with BogoJoker today we have floated the idea of running a Tri-Continent 2on2 tournament now that the new Miami servers have bridged the gap between North America, Europe and Brazil. Players from Chile who are willing to play in Miami are also eligible.

We are also entertaining the idea of a CA$H prize.

The MAP pool will be the TB5. This is the only way we can make all regions happy. NA players typically play dm2, ztndm3 and aerowalk. Europeans also play dm4. Brazilians play dm6. Everyone knows these maps so they will all be included.

The format will be round robin as it is often hard to schedule games even in your own timezone so this way you don't need to wait for other teams to play, you can just play as many games as soon as you want.

We would expect to get around 16 teams registered. 2-3 from USA, 2-3 from Brasil and the rest from Europe. The key factor in this tournament will be the rules in which the servers are chosen so people will need to be aware of this as Europeans will not have the Luxury of playing in London.

You must expect to play games in Miami or New York at some point and pinging up might be required (tentatively I am thinking to ping up to a maximum of 90ms). But here is how it will work with server selection:

Simple Selections
• vs = European Server
• vs = North American Server
• vs = Brazilian Server
  Less Simple Selections
• vs = Miami Server. No negotiation.
• vs = Miami Server. No negotiation + Americans ping up.
  Least Simple Selections
• vs = NYC or London (whichever has the lowest average ping of all 4 players) and other team pings up.

So basically if you don't want to play on a high ping, then don't play. If you are happy to play with up to 140ms then enter.

To give you an example of the pings we are seeing:

• Brazil: 130-140ms to Miami
• Netherlands: 25ms London, 95ms to NYC , 120ms to Miami,

Please post in the comments your location and your ping (in-game) to NYC, Miami and London + your willingness to play

**Before checking your pings, use this guide to make sure have the best route possible to the server. When playing over long distances this can change your ping by up to 50ms.**

Confirmed Teams

European Teams
1. dirtbox + mushi!
2. bps + carapace
   
   North American Teams
3. BogoJoker + Blood_Dawg
4. sane + squeeze
5. fenris + quakephil
   
   South American Teams
6. Kernell + TBA
7. mihawk + guto
8. x1bot + alien


(Edited 2014-07-26, 17:28)

if this happens, i ll be happy
I loved Fusion Clan arena tournament, where my team had the priviledge to play vs exotic players, like a Chile team, as well as brasilians..
was good

my ping:
miami 90ms
uk 50/60ms
new york 120ms

Aim for september/october, and ill play

i would be up for this,

my pings are

london - 12ms
ny 90ms
miami 115ms

if you want to win, message me i need partner

As we will be giving the limited spots in this tourney to players who have proven reliable track record of playing their tourney games then choosing sane as a partner might get you on the waiting list...

Nice idea !
Same as mushi, wait for september october

Yes. Target start time will be September.

Super awesome!

NY 12-26ms
UK 90ms
Miami 65ms (approximate, not home to confirm).

good strategy take out the favorite to win with high pings out of tourney. <3 bogo will NEVER allow this

Prove your worth and enter this

okay DEAL, ill play with 160MS and not flake on a game for this 2v2 tourney, you are a hard man to BARGAIN with dirtBOX

when is starting date ?

dm4 tourney starts in 1 week. 2on2 tourney starts beginning of september.

Also, I will be starting an Aerowalk tourney shortly after the dm4 tourney (running side-by-side) and I expect to easily hit the 32-player limit so preference will be given to those who play in the dm4 tourney also

signed up for DM4, please do keep the current bracket with sane vs blooddog, i shall show my worth

OMG OMG OMG OMG, what a luxury tournament!!!!!!
I'M IN !!!!! (gonna encourage every mother-fucking brazilian duck also)

My pings:
Miami: 139ms
UK: (unplayable)
NY: 165ms (but the ROUTE has changed, becouse I used to get 145 there)

(Edited 2014-07-18, 23:47)

NYC is: qw.quakephil.com:28002

Damn awesome! I will surely try to participate on this tournament! This is a dream becoming true

BogoJoker:

Miami - 92ms (miami.usa.besmella.com:28502)
New York - 93ms-110ms (qw.quakephil.com:28002)
UK - 156ms (quakeworld.co.uk:27502)
Denmark - 180ms-186ms (qw.foppa.dk:27502)
Brazil - 208ms (191.96.5.222:27501)

While we have players responding, who would be interesting in playing a CTF match?

We would only need about 10 people world wide to have a really fun series of games.

sane can i be on your team
SANE

I love ctf, but the few times I tried it I found the maps really shitty on qw...

I'd love to play some CTF!

I'm actually a little disappointed with the response to this tourney idea. I am noticing virtually no responses from Scandinavians...

Sadly this will probably kill this tourney... but I am happy to run it even if we have only 6 teams..... 2x , 2x and 2x

(Edited 2014-07-21, 21:47)

I have 2 players that are willing to play, both from USA, 1) I need an answer from FORSURE, and 2) is waiting to see what teams sign up, so regardless you have another USA team no matter what. sane

sane

Stockholm, Sweden, Europe.

Pings to:
miami: 129ms
quakephil: 104ms
uk: 38ms

Willingness to play with high ping:
Hate it. But somehow feel urged to try this.

Willingness to face global opponents:
High.

(Edited 2014-07-21, 21:35)

Boden, Sweden, Europe.

Pings to:
miami: 136ms
quakephil: 112ms
uk: 44ms

Willingness to play with high ping:
Hate it. But I´m doing it for the cake.

Willingness to face global opponents:
High.

LORD FENRIS! HELLO

sane with fenris or not?

LUXURY! let's battle!!!!!!

Who are you partnering with Kernell? Can you find out from the other Brasilians too? Mihawk said he would discuss with people on whatsapp.