Tournament Play

A few months ago, I decided to organize a League of Legends team at my college for playing in the IvyLoL tournaments. We were ranked #1 (out of over 80 colleges!) going into the final four matches in the beta tournament, but placed 5th. Admittedly, we were carried by the leadership of our best player, but I think it helped us all grow immensely.

Now I find myself looking forward to our weekly tournament matches more than any other game play. It's great knowing that everyone on your team and your opponent's team is taking the match seriously. Plus, I find the matches to be the best for improving my knowledge of high ranked play (we are lead by a 2200+ ELO player). The RP and other goodies for placing well are also a nice bonus!

I feel like playing ranked 5s could give the same feeling, but I fear that having trolls and the like on the enemy team would still be common. I'm actually currently building a 5s team, but I only have 3 people right now and it seems like I may never complete it!

I know there are collegiate Starcraft tournaments as well. Has any of you played in those and do you feel they are generally a more enjoyable experience than regular play? Or do you find it more stressful to have the weight of a team on your shoulders?

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Alejandrisha United States. November 13 2011 04:54. Posts 5003

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tournaments: good or bad?
I vote good.

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ander Canada. November 13 2011 05:20. Posts 366

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I used to play counterstrike competitively, and it's pretty similar to LoL in terms of the team aspect. I've participated in quite a few cs tournaments, and i've also played in quite a few local starcraft tournaments. They're both amazing, but they're extremely different.

Counterstrike (and i suspect team games in general) gives off a much more adrenaline fueled experience, while starcraft feels much more nerve-racking. In team games you have a 4 other guys to lean on, but in SC it's only you; much more stressful.

WaveofShadow Canada. November 13 2011 07:59. Posts 5332

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We came in 6th or 8th that tournament.
I forget which. (Also carried by a 2100 player or so).

I've been looking to try to get into more 5s play (as you can see from my most recent blog entry) but I have no one to play with anymore, and just starting from scratch with a random group of people (either Tl-based or otherwise) seems kinda daunting to me, especially since I've sort of established a repore with my current group of friends.

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Roe Canada. November 13 2011 08:23. Posts 5147

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i love sc2 tourneys, even if they're small. you get that sense of community, strangely, even though you're all competing against each other. it also feels like there's more meaning, more of a point to your games and that you can beat someone else no matter their skill, just depends on how you play in that one/3/5 game(s).

TheGiz Canada. November 14 2011 06:57. Posts 708

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I occasionally watch Collegiate Starleague (CSL) during the school year. It's cool because you can jump right into the games as an observer and chat with people while the games are going on instead of watching a live stream. Way more interactive IMO. The commentators suck though.

Waterloo's team is also exceptionally good, but what's even better is that CombatEX (who goes to Waterloo) got kicked out of CSL for excessive BM. LOL

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Riku United States. November 14 2011 09:06. Posts 986

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On November 14 2011 06:57 TheGiz wrote:
I occasionally watch Collegiate Starleague (CSL) during the school year. It's cool because you can jump right into the games as an observer and chat with people while the games are going on instead of watching a live stream. Way more interactive IMO. The commentators suck though.

Waterloo's team is also exceptionally good, but what's even better is that CombatEX (who goes to Waterloo) got kicked out of CSL for excessive BM. LOL

Hm... their CSL team is better than their IvyLoL team. We faced them in the beta tournament and wrecked them with a poke comp.

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StarStruck November 14 2011 15:32. Posts 18402

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You're only as good as your weakest player.

That's always been my credo as a manager and talent scout. It really worked out for me.

shindigs United States. November 14 2011 15:54. Posts 4288

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There's an upcoming CSL LoL tournament as well

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=277018

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Riku United States. November 14 2011 16:20. Posts 986

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On November 14 2011 15:54 shindigs wrote:
There's an upcoming CSL LoL tournament as well

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=277018

Shameless plugging!

Unfortunately, I don't think I can get a team of 5 people who would be awake at 9:30am on a Saturday.

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Ei47 United States. November 15 2011 02:03. Posts 23

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Who's the 2200 player?

Riku United States. November 15 2011 03:44. Posts 986

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On November 15 2011 02:03 Ei47 wrote:
Who's the 2200 player?

Azulol, he's our AD carry.

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