Last night we saw the conclusion to what has been a thrilling league for me to both run and participate in, and I hope that all S1 participants feel the same way.
First off, we had the 3rd/4th place match between sC and elevengaming to determine who gets the top seed for qualifiers. The match started off well, with both xi and sC taking a series, but then shortly after, xi won the remaining 1v1 series and won the war without having to play the 2v2 series.
In the finals, we had LaG up against MnM, the third and fifth place teams from the regular season respectively, who managed to defy all odds and win 2 playoff wars. In fact, all of the playoff wars were won by one of these 2 teams. In the first round, LaG knocked out LG by the most minuscule of margins, while MnM shot past eP with relative ease. Then, LaG was against the 2nd place team from the regular season, sC, but crushed them mercilessly 4:0, and MnM, in probably the biggest upset in the history of the nGP just squeezed out the win over the first place team from the regular season xi by going to the 3rd game in the 5th series.
So, as you can see here: https://ngproject.forumotion.com/t128-season-1-finals, MnM handily defeated LaG by a score of 4:0, and so they are our Champions of the Nightmare Gaming Project's First Season!
Now, on to season 2. We will be running a 2 week qualifier with 24 teams. It will be single elimination and we will be accepting 6 teams into the regular season to compete alongside season 1 champions and runners-up: MnM and LaG. Without further ado, here are the seedings:
1. elevengaming (xi)
2. Team sC (sC)
3. Think Quick (tQ)
4. 1nsanity (iNs)
5. Eternal Plague (eP
6. Nzar's Kingdom ([N])
7. Team oTL (oTL)
8. iNtimidation Gaming (iNti)
9. Team Skynet (SkyZ)
10. Double D (DD)
11. Must Be Nice (mBn)
12. OverDosed (OD)
13. No Skill (nS)
14. xGamers (xGs)
15. Terror Australis (TA)
16. Rage of War (RoW)
17. Fever Team (FEVER)
18. iRA Gaming (iRA)
19. Beercrafters (40oz)
20. GosuFactory (gF)
21. Flow Gaming (FG)
22. Proxiteam (prOxi)
23. iMbalanced Team (iMba)
24. Judicator Aldaris (JA)
Unfortunately we couldn't accept all applicants to our league, and sadly LG, a great team from S1, disbanded during the off-season, and so will not be able to participate.
And now we have our matches for this week:
1. elevengaming (xi) [9:FF] 24. Judicator Aldaris (JA)
2. Team sC (sC) vs 23. iMbalanced Team (iMba)
3. Think Quick (tQ) [9:0] 22. Proxiteam (prOxi)
4. 1nsanity (iNs) [8:1] 21. Flow Gaming (FG)
5. Eternal Plague (eP) [5:4] 20. GosuFactory (gF)
6. Nzar's Kingdom ([N]) [5:4] 19. Beercrafters (40oz)
7. Team oTL (oTL) vs 18. iRA Gaming (iRA)
8. iNtimidation Gaming (iNti) [7:2] 17. Fever Team (FEVER)
9. Team Skynet (SkyZ) [9:FF) 16. Rage of War (RoW)
10. Double D (DD) [4:5] 15. Terror Australis (TA)
11. Must Be Nice (mBn) [7:2] 14. xGamers (xGs)
12. OverDosed (OD) [8:1] 13 No Skill (nS)
And remember, we are using the new format described in this post: https://ngproject.forumotion.com/t94-playoffs-and-season-2 3 rounds of 3 games each.
The maps for the first round of qualifiers will be:
Round 1: Metalopolis
Round 2: GSL Crossfire SE
Round 3: Xel'Naga Caverns
Very Important Notes:
All matches must be scheduled by Friday March 4th at 11:59 pm EST, and played by Sunday March 6th at 11:59 pm EST. NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE GIVEN FOR QUALIFIERS. Teams will simply be removed if they are not keeping up.
Lineups must be sent in 30 minutes before, clearly specifying players A, B and C. Once again, we will be very strict on violations during qualifiers, so please be thorough.
And I know we didn't care about it in S1, but, all replays must be submitted to the league along with the war results. This goes for qualifiers too.
Teams will be given 1 sub card per qualifier round. A sub card may be used to change out one player for another, and can be used at any point in the war. Sub cards will be non-transferable from one round to another.
The rules are not completely up to date, and so if there is a dispute, any admin has the ability to overrule a written rule if he feels it is necessary to maintain fairness and equality.
GLHF!
Last edited by nGP|EcstatiC on Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:17 pm; edited 9 times in total