I'd like to play in this EK, structured play even online is fun, look at
@RVB 's eu weekly on pc
few suggestions
can't do nothing about, just keep known laggy players away and ask for wired/wireless connection, it may sound harsh but it's better to everyone
- EK takes place in private KOTH's to allow for sreaming while people play. This has been known to cause lag but I'm not sure how to go around this issue.
stream only top8-4
pools and early stage can be played via private match, 2 benefits: less lag and time saving. a 16player bracket can take up a half day, personally I find that boring
also it's idiotic to have pools streamed where online scorpions tele all over the place and the commentary is a laugh track, I believe no one is interested in something like that
* Stream:
- The stream looks bad and randomly dies because streaming from ps4 does that -_-. I might invest in real streaming equipment but I can't afford an Elgato or something similar for quite some time. Kickstarter?
a decent card is around 100-150€ (I have the avermedia live gamer hd) and since you have koth lag issue you'll probably going to stream at something aroung 30fps and less than 720p
no need to buy expensive top quality hardware
* Information:
- It seems that it's rather hard to get everyone to find the info needed in time (thus causing misunderstandings and missed matches). First of all I'm going to restrict all info to TYM. Before I've taken participants from my FL on PSN but having two sources of people signing up is too much.
- Second I think there is a feature to sign yourself up on challonge. That would spare me a lot of time.
- People dropping out/last minute replacements. Getting the info to those last minute players is crucial but hard since sometimes I don't even have their PSN ID.
challonge is the answer
everyone has to have an account and must check in at least 30-20 minutes before the event starts
also the platform itself allow for replacement players, no show are easily covered by this, with time unconsistent players will stay out of it
challonge tournament name should match psn id
* Format:
- I feel this can be improved. more players? Less matches? Ranking system?
start with little numbers, 16players tops for the first few times then see how/where it goes
* Prizes/fee
- This is not as important and I feel that EK should be free. However a small entry fee would give a pot (increasing the "tournament-feel") and perhaps deter people from dropping out in the last second/not showing up.
Please help me improve this awesome tournament.
no prizes, no fees
if you can keep a decent streaming going ie showing your face, decent commentary, get in interesting players you can get tipped by viewers
this should be the only way to go, I'm unlikely to pay for a laggy match I can have for free in public rooms
at last, to keep things interesting increase frequency, weeklies are godlike, 15day period is fine too
