The Grand Tournament II (Signups are CLOSED)

[Mori]

Shake Before Using

Shake Before Using 2


I still don't think it's a particularly great or unique map, just a solid one, but I changed stuff.

[Walker]

Thanks Mori, I appreciate that you took the time to make some changes.

[Mori]

From what I'm seeing, the original is a pretty decent map in terms of how the fronts play out. I don't mind it, and it fits better in GT2 than I had initially thought. Will keep an eye on those replays I guess.

[Hellraider]

If you are still making edits, you might want to remove 1-2 forests. With the bases this far away now, it might stale too easily if it is hard to move around.

[Abroxas]

Only one game remaining - BMB vs. benbever -- and when it finishes the double elimination stage will begin.

Finished for two days now. I can hear the weapons getting charged.

[Walker]

Yeah, we're working on it. The bracket is up on the first post, but we're having technical problems getting the bracket image. We're also finalizing the maps and settings. The double elimination stage will be starting shortly.

[Walker]

Alright, all information for the Double Elimination Stage - Round 1 has been put up on the front page. Bracket, games, maps and settings are up, and I'll be creating games shortly.

For joining your game:

All game names will be the following form: "GT2 (game ID) - (player 1) vs. (player 2)". For example, for Ultra Storm vs. akiyoshi, the game name will be "GT2 U1 - Ultra Storm vs. akiyoshi". The game IDs are shown on the main post.

Player 1 should join as... Player 1 (GS on Stir Before Using and BM on Masked Fury). If you, for some reason, join as the wrong player, PLEASE DO NOT DROP OUT. Send me a PM instead, and I'll take care of it.

The password for all games will be "gt2 (game ID)". So for Ultra Storm vs. akiyoshi, the password will be "gt2 u1".

All players have until 12:00am May 30th (EST) to join their game. All players who have not joined will receive an autoloss (only exceptions are for players on vacation). Good luck everyone!

UPDATE: All games have been made.

[Hellraider]

Predictions!

Spoiler!

Upper Bracket
U1: Ultra Storm vs. akiyoshi
U2: ymouba vs. Mr--Clean
U3: ANT13 vs. black_wave
U4: fdkanns vs. TotalFire
U5: Diwa vs. sarastro
U6: Walker vs. Black Mont-Blanc
U7: Kruegster vs. Abroxas
U8: Kamuscha vs. airob
U9: dorian5 vs. Desklamp
U10: japanj vs. taviroww
U11: grandline vs. willy
U12: excrimophalus vs. Lalann
U13: Hellraider vs. NDA|D007
U14: benbever vs. jackcool
U15: The Weakest Xiaoniao vs. 1000rpm
U16: felix45 vs. tale

Lower Bracket
L1: Rush_FTK vs. randomizer
L2: Cereal Killer vs. Tequila
L3: The Pasta King vs. zaaps1
L4: Evilemario vs. eanddlewis
L5: zombiegeologist vs. Dogysamich
L6: shompiador_kalabaza vs. nyvelion
L7: godhammel vs. mapster076
L8: ElectricWolf vs. Grit Snipe
L9: TheMute vs. DarthBowser
L10: Zogar1993 vs. Erniewan
L11: ichbinsehselber vs. Haxxson
L12: CoolJets vs. Uthief
L13: khdou vs. thdrkknight777
L14: headphone vs. marxistplot
L15: xepa vs. d-american_soldier
L16: SM Ephraim vs. oswaldoo12

[Walker]

Here, let me help fill in that last one for you.

Spoiler!

U13: Hellraider vs. NDA|D007

I think the most interesting match-ups are:

ANT13 vs. black_wave - I think I like ANT13 to win this one, though b_wave has been playing really strong lately
fdkanns vs. TotalFire - Toss up to me, though maybe kanns has a bit of an edge
japanj vs. taviroww - Both pretty good players, but haven't seen that much of either lately. I'd pick taviroww.
Weakest Xiaoniao vs. 1000rpm - I think 1000rpm is super underrated, though Weakest will probably still win this one.
SM Ephraim vs. oswaldoo12 - Easily the toughest match-up in the lower bracket. I think Ephraim will win, but this is a hard Round 1 out for whoever loses.

[black_wave]

Taviroww will be booted.

[Walker]

Haha he won't be the only one. The first two rounds should be nicknamed "The War of Attrition".

[headphone]

Marxist is going to be a challenge, I'll really need to focus in that game if I want to stay in the tournament.

[Mr--Clean]

I dont know much about my opponent but I wouldnt be surprised if the prediction is true.

[Walker]

Ymouba is pretty good, but I think you two are about the same skill level. It's been a while since i've played him though, so don't take him lightly haha.

[fdkanns]

fdkanns vs. TotalFire - Toss up to me, though maybe kanns has a bit of an edge

nah, TotalFire has the edge but it should be somwhat close.

Probably not the best time to be completely out of practice