News - Rules & Organisation

Friday 29 Jan. - by Shep


  Hi,

  We just wanted to touch base with all teams, 1 day away from the cup kickoff.

  First off all, we would like to remind of some important rules along with some new ones we have just added :

  * Downing each other as survivors at the end of a map to gain points is NOT ALLOWED.
  * Tank extinguishing as a result of control change calls for a map restart if the survivors want one. This rule seems especially necessary as some teams use this bug on purpose.
  * All instant kills are allowed, except when they are clearly the result of a bug - in cases therefore, where the survivor should not have died (eg. BOT hunters).
  * In the case of an early tank with survivors running back to safe room, the infected team is forced to attack with the tank in the next 2 minutes (counting from the moment the tank is near the safe room and the survivors are in it). He is allowed to leave the saferoom to prepare for another attack, and countdown is set to 2 minutes again.

  We would also like to remind teams that they are required to e-mail us their STEAM IDs (+ Nicknames), along with status and score screenshots at the end of a match.
All players are required to record a demo of the game, which can be requested by admins or players.

  ORGANISATION

  As most of you already know, we will be providing the servers for this cup. We have 4 German servers, something you can thank DPI's D4rkr0w for, along with 4 French servers provided by Serverox. We will be chosing what servers teams will be playing on, obviously giving countries farthest away priority on the German ones.

  Team captains will need to contact admins via #l4deucup channel on IRC where they will be provided an IP for each match.
  Spectators are NOT ALLOWED on any of the servers except admins - keep in mind NGTV will be casting matches in both French and English.
  Saturday 30th : Teams will have from 16:00 to 22:00 CET to start matches.
  For the rest of the week, matches are to be started between 20:00 to 22:00.
  You are to notify admins as soon as possible about the time you have chosen to play the match, so that we can organize everything properly (no last minute organisation).

  Hopefully we've covered everything,
  so all that's left to say is Good luck and HAVE FUN !


News - Seed, date & info

Friday 15 Jan. - by Shep


  Hey everybody,

  You can now consult the definitive tournament Tree in the "Cup" section - we've put a lot of thought into seeding it right, so we hope you like it.

  As for tournament date, we're looking for the cup to take place from January 30th to Febuary 7th. After asking around this seems to be the time window where most teams are available.

  We have also set up an IRC channel (#l4deucup on QuakeNet) that will come in especially useful during the cup : our admin team consists of a bunch of people that you don't necessarily have in your Steam contact list, we therefore recommend that you use IRC to ask questions or report any problems (concerning a match taking place for example), to maximise chances of getting hold of an available admin. Keep in mind this also makes it easier for us, admins, since it should in theory avoid one admin getting spammed by everybody, and enable us to allocate tasks more efficiently.

  You can also use the IRC to organise your matches - we have however made available to you the steampages of all team captains and admins involved in the cup.

  Moving on to servers : all servers should be provided by http://serverox.net with some top notch hardware to ensure optimal game conditions. Those guys have been extremely helpful and open-minded, something for which they have our utmost gratitude. We have however noticed that some people living in places like Finland and Russia experience unsatisfactory pings on French servers. We would like nothing more but to help resolve this issue by providing a dedicated machine located in Germany (3-4 servers), the problem is this costs money. We are willing to put some of our own money into making this possible, but it can't happen without your help : so if you have a couple of euros you'd be willing to spare and donate for the good of this tournament, be sure to let us know.

  Finally, as most of you have probably heard, team So High has been pulled out of the competition. After much thought and discussion, we believe we've made the most informed decision available to us. The reasons are as follows : not only does team So High have two very suspicious players - one having a VAC ban, the other being banned from ESL leagues - but we've also had a lot of players/teams complain about their appauling behavior and poor sportsmanship. In case you're wondering why they were invited in the first place, it's simply because our main cup organizer (in charge of inviting teams) did not know about them at the time.

  More info soon !!

  Kind Regards,
  Shep.


News - Welcome

Wednesday 6 Jan. - by M00z_-


  Here is to be held the next (maybe the last?) L4D event !
  A cup that brings together 16 European teams, teams that have given the community
  a year of great games, stunning matchs, epic versus games...
  We have therefore decided to host another cup for those teams to rise again !
  So... Enjoy!


- Main info :

      - Each team captain is required to complete the survey you can find here. This survey will make it easier for us to organize the event, in order for it to suit everyone !

      - You MUST read the rules and submit all information requested as soon as possible (STEAM_IDs...).

      - Matches will be played on "pwnage.tv's Frustian config", the only difference being that infected spawn timers are FIXED at 22 seconds !! (you can find it HERE).

      - Matches will be played over the course of the first 3 or 4 maps of each campaign (to be determined).

      - Tourney will be Double Elimination, with a best of 3 finale.

      - Screenshots showing Status, Plugin list, and Final scores are MANDATORY, and must be sent by mail to l4deufruscup@free.fr

       

- Servers \ Streaming \ Coverage :

  We are proud to announce three of our major partners who are joining us to bring you an awesome cup !
  "Game servers will be provided by our friends from SERVEROX : http://serverox.net. All matches will be broadcasted
   by those "basterds" :p from NETGAMING TV : http://netgaming.tv. And finally, our friends from L4DFRANCE will be
   present to ensure media coverage : http://www.l4dfrance.fr. We thank them greatly for all the help they give us."


 - List of invited teams :

             Activity

             Proteam
             baMf!              PvP
             Fail Crew              Quarantine
             G'u'Z              Safety
             Impracticable Project              sGs
             Nitrose              Pijonki
             Stofftiere Online              Prior.Gaming
             uniq-Sports              Weedz 4 Zombies