by Akuma » 25 Jun 2014, 21:17[arena-tournament.com]

This is the sign up topic for the first biweekly mini 3v3 tournament, hosted on the wotlk server.

Please make sure to read through the rules of qualifying before signing up for the event!

You can sign up for the event by making a new post in this topic with the following format:

Team armory link:
Player1: Name - Class
Player2: Name - Class
Player3: Name - Class


Do not reply to this thread unless you are certain that you can attend.
The event will most likely last 2-3 hours - make sure you have enough time to participate.
The sign up closes on sunday 29th at 16:30 CET. Teams will be announced at 17:00 CET.
Your whole team needs to be online before 17:45 CET.

Qualifying and team rules:
- The team must be in top 30 of the 3v3 ladder when the sign up closes.
- Only one comp per team.
- Your team can have only 3 different players(accounts).
- The players(accounts too) must be the same as in the team on the ladder.

We will randomly select 8 teams from the teams that have signed up and are in the top 30 of the ladder, along with 1-2 extra in
case of no-shows. Sadly if you do not see your name you have not been picked! All picking is done at random by inserting the
list of teams to random.org and randomizing the list.

Rules:
- The first game will always be played on Nagrand Arena.
- The losing team will be able to choose the map for the upcoming game.
- Switching specs does not count a new composition, so long as you are not switching from dps to healer or healer to dps.
- Faction and race changing is allowed as long as it doesn't slow down the event.

Prizes:
- 1st place: 'Challenger' title and 200 AT donation points for each player!! (60 Euro value)
- 2nd place: 100 donation points for each player!! (30 Euro value)
- 3rd place: 50 donation points for each player!! (15 Euro value)
You will be able to spend the coins at http://arena-tournament.com/donate

Format:
- 8 teams
- Single elimination
- Best of 3 bracket, best of 5 grand finals

You will be able to specate the games via Spectator NPC or live on stream at http://www.twitch.tv/akumaqt

We have not been able to find any commentators for the event, so this time the stream audio will be like this:
- In-game sounds & Music during the bracket phase.
- In-game sounds & Skype calls during the finals.

There will be a VIP giveaway on the stream after the finals. We are going to give two VIPs this time!

Do NOT reply to this topic with anything else than sign up info.

by Bigpwn » 20 Jun 2014, 07:24[arena-tournament.com]

As we previously announced we are planning on hosting biweekly 3vs3 tournaments.
The first biweekly tournament dates are:

Wotlk: 29.06.2014 18:00 CET
Cata: 06.07.2014 18:00 CET

- A few days prior to the event (friday evening), the sign-up topic will be opened.
- Wotlk teams have to be in the top 30 3vs3 ladder before the event.
- Cata teams have to be in the top 10 3vs3 ladder before the event.
- The roster will have to be the same as in your qualified team.

The upcoming tournaments will be hosted as a single elimination, times and format may change throughout the course of these tournaments as we get more experienced with them and have a more detailed overview on how long they will take.

Fore more info (prizes) check viewtopic.php?f=9&t=15551[arena-tournament.com]

We are also looking for commentators, you can send me a pm if you wanna tryout.

-- Progressive titles --
We have now decided on the list of titles we are going to use.
These titles will be unlocked as you progress in the 3vs3 ladder.
Live on WotLK! You need to play only one game to obtain the achieved titles.

1600 - The Patient
1700 - The Noble
1800 - Commander
1900 - The Seeker
2000 - Vanquisher
2100 - The Lion Hhearted
2200 - Death's Demise
2300 - The Light of Dawn
2400 - The Flawless Victor
2500 - The Insane

by Bigpwn » 19 Jun 2014, 09:57[arena-tournament.com]

Cataclysm gear is currently being converted to s9/s10. This progress may take a few hours and the cataclysm server will not be online during the time it takes.

Thanks for your understanding.

UPDATE (jammin): The server is back online. Over the next few days we'll be making the necessary adjustments to complement the change. (eg: fix something that we missed) Anything you find out of the ordinary, either use the forums or make an in-game ticket.

Again, thank you for your patience and I hope it was worth it.

by Jammin » 17 Jun 2014, 08:19[arena-tournament.com]

In light of the confusion about the new rating system I’ll try and give a brief explanation about what has changed and how this is beneficial. Hopefully people will stop thinking that the rating they’re getting is random.

For those who didn’t notice that the rating system on the Cataclysm realm has changed and asked yourself why: There are numerous reasons, one of them being that the ladder was so deflated that people couldn’t even reach most transmogs- This was never intended.

To fix some of these problems, we decided to rebuild the system from scratch and make it more like retail. All that matters right now is: Your mmr is calculated the same way as it was before. Team rating will just follow.

What does that mean? If your mmr is way above your team rating (This could happen, because you decided to remake your team) your gain per win will be big. The same idea goes for when your mmr is smaller than your team rating- you’d gain less.

The rating gain is far from random and it’s much more strict than what it previously was. There is a complex system behind it and is far from “not thought out”.

More important, now that MMR takes a bigger part in the system, we added some measures to prevent MMR abusing along with a couple of other changes that will hopefully improve the distribution on the ladder. 3s is now the most beneficial bracket.

Throughout this season, our staff will be monitoring the ladder and make the necessary tweaks if we need to.

If anyone have any questions or concerns, feel free to leave a post below and I’ll be glad to answer.