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[Vanguards]

Semi-Finalists:
Last Again: Venruki / Sodah / Talbadar (4-0)
Yas Reality Check: Shawir / Another / Geru (3-1)

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PST: 9AM to 2:30PM
EST: 12PM to 5:30PM
CET: 6PM to 11:30PM

Complete Roster
Tournament Information

Group A (18th January 6:00 - 11:30pm CET)

Last Again: Venruki/Sodah/Talbadar (Mage/Druid/Priest)
Knew you were trouble: Cdew/Kurum/Corje (Shaman/Hunter/Warrior)
Yas Reality Check: Shawir/Another/Geru (Warrior/Death Knight/Paladin)
Toxic Youth: Boetar/Swapxy/Linkx (Warrior/Shaman/Paladin)
Shoulda rerolled Warrior: Samx/Khryl/Vilefic (Rogue/Priest/Shaman)

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[Minpojke]

[salamix]

inb4 khryl dc

[Renaissance_Man]

salamix, on 18 January 2013 - 05:29 PM, said:

inb4 khryl dc

Dat foresight.

[Witsel]

Laggs, DDOS, resets, wtf is this shit

[Viindz]

It`s really sad that ppl are ddosing.. People rly wants to see some good gameplay

[saffie]

http://challonge.com/yasgroupa

Can check the scores here, being updated quickly as usual.

[Vanguards]

that god comp vs turbo cleave!! gj from both teams was an INSANE MATCH

[salamix]

the samx quit thing was a joke
the whole point of group games is to play every game
in the conclusion that his team were to beat venrukis it could have changed things.
technically he didn't have any reason to continue playing cos it was obvious he was out but no matter what kinda sport anyone watches football (eu) or w/e even if a team in a group is already out they still have to play the games.

[Nadagast]

In the future, it'd be nice if tournaments got a small deposit from players which they'd pay back after the teams actually completed their games without quitting halfway through.  Just $20 would be enough, probably.

[Minpojke]

Nadagast, on 18 January 2013 - 11:34 PM, said:

In the future, it'd be nice if tournaments got a small deposit from players which they'd pay back after the teams actually completed their games without quitting halfway through.  Just $20 would be enough, probably.

Thats fine, teams such as that will never ever get a chance to play in one of our tournies again and also to samX, go back to bg9

[Vanguards]

Semi-Finalists:
Last Again: Venruki / Sodah / Talbadar (4-0)
Yas Reality Check: Shawir / Another / Geru (3-1)

Grats to the 2 semi-finalist teams!

[Crlk]

Missed the games today. Might watch a recording of it. Grats to the two semi-finalist teams.

[Mirionx]

Was some really good games today, the dc's and crap is getting really old though.

[Jontex]

I liked the last series when the shaman flopped within the first 2 minutes 3 times

[Minpojke]

Mirionx, on 19 January 2013 - 12:47 AM, said:

Was some really good games today, the dc's and crap is getting really old though.

Only had one disconnect and it was in the beginning

[Rilx]

really nice today, the difference in player quality was huge to last week and they all managed to protect from ddos.

[ImSoberlol]

I had a lot of fun watching the shamans abilities used bar vs Venrukis team.

[Leaflet]

Nadagast, on 18 January 2013 - 11:34 PM, said:

In the future, it'd be nice if tournaments got a small deposit from players which they'd pay back after the teams actually completed their games without quitting halfway through.  Just $20 would be enough, probably.

I suggested something similar to that to the NAO organisers, I'll quote the message I sent them.

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Hi! First of all, congrats to you and all the NAO staff for putting these tournaments together, couldn't thank you guys enough for doing so much for the community.

My suggestion to make the teams take it seriously is to have an entry fee, but one which is given back to the teams IF (and only if) they attend all their scheduled games. It would definitely provide an incentive for teams to show up. As you would be giving the money back to the teams (providing they all show up), trolls wouldn't really have any basis for their accusations. The extra money you get in case any teams don't show up could be added to the prize pool. Because all games are streamed viewers would be able to see that the extra money added to the prize pool corresponds to the money that is not given back to the teams that don't show up.

Couldn't post this on the NAO Invitational Tournament Feedback thread so I thought I would send you a message with my suggestion. This rule might need some adjustments but I do believe it would work.

Anyways just y 2 cents, keep up the good work.

The part about troll accusations was about people accusing organisers of keeping the money (from teams that don't want to continue playing once they have no chance of making it to the next round) for themselves.

Anyways, missed the whole live stream, will watch it tomorrow during the day.

[Mirionx]

Minpojke, on 19 January 2013 - 12:49 AM, said:

Only had one disconnect and it was in the beginning

Constant restarts then(had the sound muted, assumed it was ddoses / dcs, I know you can't really fix it but still. It gets frustrating to watch.