Do you remember a time when people did not cry for optimized maps and whine about balance on maps?
Do you remember when each map was a challenge and required very specific builds?
Do you remember when weird and unconventional maps, like island maps were a thing?
I do and I miss that time.
One day I tried to relive this time and hosted a game lobby on Battlenet called:
”1v1 Plasma, gogo!”
I had the lobby open for over an hour.
Nobody joined.
Nobody wanted to have fun on a weird map.
I felt sad, gloomy and dismal.
This got me thinking, what if we had a FUN league with really weird maps?
This started my search for the most bizarre and special maps I could find to host in this new league.
Today, I present to you the abomination created by the vigorous, grueling map selection process that took too long to complete.
Routa’s Weird Map League Season 1!
STRUCTURE
The tournament will start on the 18th of February. The way it works is that I post pairings on the tournament Discord-channel and you meet with your opponents on discord. Once pairings are posted, you have until next Sunday 1PM (GMT +2) time to play your matches and post spoiler free replays in the Discord #replays channel. Next week's pairings will be posted approximately 2 hours after previous weeks cast is done on Sunday. THERE WILL BE NO SCHEDULED TIME TO PLAY YOUR MATCHES, EACH PLAYER WILL CONTACT THEIR OPPONENT ON DISCORD TO AGREE ON A TIME TO PLAY THEIR MATCHES.
The tournament will kick off with a round robin groupstage: players will be randomly seeded into 2-4 groups of 8-16 (depending on the amount of sign ups) and each player will play 2-3 BO3's each week against their opponents. Players will be awarded one point for each map they win in each of their BO3's every week. Additionally, each group will have extra points awarded for:
+2 points for the pimpest play of the week for each group.
+1 point for the coolest build of the week for each group.
+1 "at least you tried"-point for each group.
After group stage #1 is done, top 50% (rounded up) players will be seeded into group stage #2. Higher seeds from group stage #1 will play lower seeds of other groups. For example group stage #2 groups could look like this:
Group1 Group2 Group3 Group4
Seed1grpA Seed1grpB Seed1grpC Seed1grpD
Seed2grpB Seed2grpC Seed2grpD Seed2grpA
Seed3grpC Seed3grpD Seed3grpA Seed3grpB
Seed4grpD Seed4grpA Seed4grpB Seed4grpC
Seed5grpD Seed5grpA Seed5grpB Seed5grpC
Seed6grpC Seed6grpD Seed6grpA Seed6grpB
Seed7grpB Seed7grpC Seed7grpD Seed7grpA
Seed8grpA Seed8grpB Seed8grpC Seed8grpD
Pairings and playing the matches in group stage #2 will work the same way it worked in group stage #1: pairings on Sunday, play matches and post replays before Sunday 1PM GMT+2.
After group stage #2 (and possible tiebreakers if uneven amount of qualifying players) the top 8 players will be seeded into a double-elimination bracket which will decide the winner of the tournament. I will provide more information about bracket stage and groupstage #2 when I see how many players sign up for the tournament.
The tournament will run for 5-8 weeks depending on the amount of signed up players.
RULES
- ICCUP tournament rules apply. (Competitive Rules)
- No BM
- Failing to play matches or post results within the provided time frame will result in a warning. If you get warned twice, you will be disqualified from the tournament.
- All matches until bracket stages are BO3, one map will award you one point in the group.
- All games must be played on the latest patch of Starcraft Remastered
- Both players MUST upload spoiler free replays to the #replays channel on the RWML-Discord
- Maps must be played in the correct order. Each weeks maps will be posted on the #pairings channel on the RWML-Discord and tagged as Map 1|-Examplemap Map2|-Definetlyanexamplemap Map3|-Mostlikelyanexamplemap
-Race picking is NOT allowed. When you sign up for the tournament, you must announce your race on the Discord.
-Playing random IS allowed.
Disconnect rules
- If a player disconnects then it is an automatic loss for the person who disconnected.
- The only time this isn't applicable is if BOTH players agree to a regame.
MAP POOL
-The map pool consists of the following maps, the map pack will be available for download on the RWML-Discord
Eldritch Lake
Crystallis
Pinwheel
Paradoxxx 2
Pridelands
Plasma
Obsidian
Vulcan's Forge
Ice Age
SIGNING UP
All sign-ups must be done via the official RWML Discord, which can be found here https://discord.gg/T8aDQKd ! Sign up on the #sign-ups channel, please announce your race and wait for an admin to add you to #registered-players.
Sign-ups will close 24 hours before first pairings will be posted.
STREAM
All games will be cast on my stream at https://twitch.tv/ikirouta on Sundays after each week, beginning at 1PM GMT+2 time.
TLDR
-What? A fun weird map league!
-When? From the 18th of Feb onwards.
-Why? Its fun!
-How do I sign up? https://discord.gg/T8aDQKd
-Will the best casted? https://twitch.tv/ikirouta
-Can anybody sign up? -yes!
-Where do I find the maps? On the discord #maps channel.
GLHF!
Also I'd really like to play in the tourney myself, do you think it is ok for the tournament organizer to play in his own tournament?
Poll: Should Routa be allowed to play in his own league
Hell yeah (34)
47%
Yes, but he can't pick himself for extra points (23)
32%
No (12)
16%
I don't care (4)
5%
73 total votes
Yes, but he can't pick himself for extra points (23)
No (12)
I don't care (4)
73 total votes
Your vote: Should Routa be allowed to play in his own league
(Vote): Yes, but he can't pick himself for extra points
(Vote): Hell yeah
(Vote): No
(Vote): I don't care