HoN League Tournament (October 1 - 31, 2009)

[lame_machine]

UPDATED:

HoN League 5v5 Tournament :: $500 Dollar Single Elimination tournament.

Map: Forests of Caldavar (Primary map)

http://honleague.com/images/500%20Tournament.png

Prizes
First Place:$300
Second Place: $150
Third Place: $50

Format:
- 5 players each side
- No same heroes

Draft - With no Captains mode built into the game the draft is to be done in chat before the match starts, and the Match mode is AP.

Teams can decide between themselves who goes first, if not an admin will toss a coin for them.

Each team can ban 2 heroes in alternating order: 1/1/1/1
The Team that bans first, picks first.
Teams will then do picks: 1/2/2/2/2/1



Item Limits:

-Max 2 Astrolabe per team
-Max 2 Puzzle Box per team
-Max 2 Ring of Sorcery

General Rules:

-Entering the oppositions base without a creep wave is NOT allowed
-Blocking creeps in the base with Behemoth's Fissure is not allowed
-Item drop is not enabled
-Not glitching out of the map
-No ledge glitching Kongor (like abusing slither wards to kill Kongor)
-Abuse of any bug, or glitch is considered illegal.



:: HoN League 5v5 Match Dates ::

Round 1 October 1 - 7

Round 2 October 8 - 14

Round 3 October 15 - 21

Round 3 October 15 - 18

Round 4 October 19 - 22

Round 5 October 23 - 25

Round 6 October 26 - 31

If you have any scheduling issues, please post as a comment on the Tournament Page (http://honleague.com/tournaments.php?do=view&id=4) and you can always look up your opponents on the Teams List (http://honleague.com/competitions.php?do=teams)

INSTRUCTIONS:

1) You must enter your team and get 5 people minimum on your roster, maximum is 8.

Create a team here: http://honleague.com/competitions.php?do=addteam

Make sure your team clicks the "Team List" on the left to find your team and press "Join Team"

2) Once your team fills the minimum 5 man requirement you can press "Join Tournament"

Join Tournament here: http://honleague.com/tournaments.php?do=join&id=4

3) Tournament is first come first serve up to 64 teams (EXPANDABLE TO 128 IF FILLS).

You DO NOT have to be vouched for HoN League to participate in Tournaments. If you place Top 5 teams in tournament you are Vouched for HoN League Automatically.

Payment will be given to the winning teams via PayPal 24 Hours within Tournament ending. One Paypal Address per winning team, teams are responsible for the money once it has been transferred.

Good Luck!

Contact the HoN League Tournament Admins if you have any questions, concerns, or problems! HunteR_ (http://honleague.com/member.php?u=1) | Lego (http://honleague.com/member.php?u=7) | d0t4bunny (http://honleague.com/member.php?u=991)

[Rokman]

OOh, very nice!

While I'm a newer player and not nearly qualified for a tournament, I would LOVE to watch this on a live stream.

Will there be spectators/referees? If so, can they broadcast the match on something like xfire.com?

Thanks! and Good luck to anyone in the tournament!

[HunteR_]

Thank you to S2 Games for the support! Good luck to teams!

We are currently arranging shout casting/live streaming for the event now that the Non-Disclosure has been Lifted.

:) Enjoy!

[Wicory]

I love this idea, 1000 internets to the man paying out this money, although there has been a previous tournament, I think this will get the ball rolling for competitive play. I only wish i had the skills to join.

Please, please, PLEASE record each game, i know this is troublesome but it'd be great for us newer players to watch and could be a nice thing to look back on in a few years to come.

I'd watch every game.

[RenoFox]

Wow this sounds really cool!. I'd also love to see a steam of this for the top 8 teams.

[Kalam]

$500 smackaroes.

daaaaaaaaaaaaaang.

[ThaVos]

Having trouble with new people to HONL site not being able to join the team i made. keeps saying they don't have privileges or something??
Looks like this
http://files.me.com/peterfvos/p30179

[Kalam]

I know what is causing that and will discuss it with Hunter_.

[ThaVos]

I know what is causing that and will discuss it with Hunter_.

Thanx Mate

[Kalam]

Should be fixed, try now.

[HunteR_]

Sorry, forgot to open it to public ;)

[Cheese]

Sounds very exciting, although 1 ban for each team is not going to be very fair.

[ALLAH1]

1000 internets to the man paying out this money
I would also very much like to reward that man with one thousand internets.

[Nukeitall]

Team xTc is totally in there like swim wear on a bear....

O_o

Glad to see some competition starting up.

[Telkku]

Totally stupid that there has to be this copy rule from dota ( since its still different game ) that you cant just kill their base without wave, off course you have to defend your base or buy teleports incase so why this rule, totally stupid :/

So to add, from all players i know, dont ruin it by DISALLOWING backdooring, since HoN offical league statement was that it will be allowed, maybe its nice to change something and there is no point why you couldnt do that, except if ur being conservative piece of ****. :D

[Xoleum]

It looks like it's going to be a lot of fun! Good luck HunteR_!

[Telkku]

And while im talking with my friends atm in Ventrilo. If the opposing team allways kills the creep wave before ( very easy with 2 nukes ) you cant even get close to the base, how are you ever gonna destroy the barracks? EVER? Think about it abit and see how stupid this whole concept is.

[Xoleum]

And while im talking with my friends atm in Ventrilo. If the opposing team allways kills the creep wave before ( very easy with 2 nukes ) you cant even get close to the base, how are you ever gonna destroy the barracks? EVER? Think about it abit and see how stupid this whole concept is.

Once you have entered with the creeps you can stay. What he is saying is you're not allowed to kill a tower unless the creeps are close, no backdooring, just like in DOTA, I don't see any weird concept here.

[Krangry]

Awesome :D

[imbaCASS]

definately in!

[reno]

looking to pug this /w reno in game. 1900+ only.

[pip]

So chasing a hero into their base to finish him off without a creep wave there is ok?

[Krangry]

So chasing a hero into their base to finish him off without a creep wave there is ok?
Yes it is

[HunteR_]

As long as you don't attack buildings without creep support after you kill him ;)

[Conceptor]

Good luck to all, and I really hope that you guys can get something done for streaming or recording the matches.

[KARTlK]

Protip: Even if spec mode is broken ask Maliken for the replay. Or at least tell him. These games will be close to the highest tier games on HoN.

[eMortal1]

How do my team mates join the team on the website? No join password or anything.

How do my team mates join the team on the website? No join password or anything.

have them go here.

http://honleague.com/competitions.php?do=teams

search for your team, they will see a 'join' option.

after they join, whoever is the leader of the team will have an approve/deny option for the people trying to join the roster.

i know, its hard to figure out....took me a while as well.

good luck.

[Bonburner]

Sounds fun ~

[Magicbamorph]

-Entering the oppositions base without a creep wave is NOT allowed
So I can't base dive to kill someone? Pretty bad rule.

[willdaBEAST]

Sounds very exciting, although 1 ban for each team is not going to be very fair. I hope this guy doesn't have a team. I feel sorry for anyone with leadership like that.

[Bonburner]

-Entering the oppositions base without a creep wave is NOT allowed
So I can't base dive to kill someone? Pretty bad rule.

I'm hoping you can do that to get a kill ... I'm assuming its without the intention to damage buildings without creeps - like Torturer runs in with Impale to kill and runs out.

[Full_Effect]

Awesome. Let's hope S2 can get spec and ref mode fixed by then! I'd love to watch this.

[Daaz]

n/m.. league time= EST

[zykIon`b]

I'm hoping you can do that to get a kill ... I'm assuming its without the intention to damage buildings without creeps - like Torturer runs in with Impale to kill and runs out.

Read posts near the top...

[zxpr0jk]

Could someone explain

"Ledge Glitching Kongor"
"Out of map glitch by Madman"

please? I don't think I've ever encountered either of these.

[HunteR_]

Diving a base to kill a hero is allowed, diving a base to kill a structure is not. :)

[KARTlK]

You can't use Kraken to pull heroes out of map either yes? That's in the madman part of the rules?

And I have no idea what ledge-glitching Kongor means. They just took these rules from Gamestah a year ago and I think it was where you can/could attack Kongor from out of his camp.

[HunteR_]

Abusing bugs/glitches is against the rules.

[HellFire69]

Why only one hero ban? Should be 2-3.

[HunteR_]

It's 2 each team in dota hellfire, and there are 50% less heroes. = 1 ban each team

[HellFire69]

It's 2 each team in dota hellfire, and there are 50% less heroes. = 1 ban each team
It's 4 each team in DotA..... It's never been 2.

[Cheese]

Yup it was 3 bans even when APXL was introduced back in the day, and it's 4 now. PLUS, DotA isn't in beta...there are some heinous imbalances for which we need our bans!

[KARTlK]

Abusing bugs/glitches is against the rules.

Where it is a bug or glitch and whether it is intended is very hard to figure out.

+1 to teams having 2 bans. No more though.

[HunteR_]

Rules are not set in stone, there will be lots of changes to the game before the tournament date.

I will consider the 2 bans per team, any other ideas/suggestions I am all ears.

Thanks guys

[HunteR_]

Bump since it's not stickied yet.

[substance]

Does that logo really have 4 different fonts?

btw, the kongor 'ledge glitch' doesn't sound like a glitch at all imo.

[HunteR_]

Rules are subject to change due to fixes/changes to map before tournament starts.

[Lews]

I'm down.

[Lews]

It's 2 each team in dota hellfire, and there are 50% less heroes. = 1 ban each team

98% of the scrims / league stuff I've done lately (in dota) has been 4/4, and previous to TC and sitch it was 3/3.

[HunteR_]

They also don't have less than 50 heroes.

[iOP1]

Eh, Whens This Closing Up?
- <3 -

[HunteR_]

Sign-Ups Close Friday Night (25th)

[FuzzyWuzzy]

45-50 heroes with 8 bans total seems unreasonable.

[ilovetemplar]

Me and my team have scrimmed quite alot in HoN. We have always used 2 bans each and it have been very nice doing that, and none of the teams we played wanted to ban any less/more than that! my 2 cents

[Vicx]

Sure cool that you show some initiation, but cmon, its a BETA :3

[Lethe]

Agree with lat, given the current hero pool I feel that 2 hero ban for each side is the best way to go.

[Samich]

1 hero ban each seems a little limiting, especially as we're still in beta and balance is a work in progress. 2 each is a better number imo

Any ideas on if we're going to have spectator mode up by then? Plenty of people would like to watch this :D

[HunteR_]

Ok, I think 2 bans per team is fair.

I will update rules. Thank you all for your input. Because the game is so new, the rules are being molded by the competitive community.

Thanks again.

[GaIactic]

Any bets on the 4 auto-bans?

Jereziah
Tempest

Who would the other 2 be? I could see some teams banning Glacius and maybe Magmus or Defiler...

^_-;

[HunteR_]

Lego is re-working the game dates & schedules to work better for Different time zones.

We're going to do all we can to make this go smooth as possible.

[HunteR_]

OK, Tournament Rules & Match dates have been updated to accommodate!

I will have to have Japan Update the post, meanwhile, the Official Tournament Rules & Info here: http://honleague.com/tournaments.php?do=view&id=4

[BobSacamano]

how exactly do you decide "top 5 teams", is the #5 team teh one that the #1 beat before the semifinals?

[HunteR_]

round it off to 6, happy?

[HunteR_]

Japan has gone missing, I'll need to re-do the post.

He has not logged on for 5 days.! Hope he's ok.

[HunteR_]

UPDATED:

HoN League 5v5 Tournament :: $500 Dollar Single Elimination tournament.

Map: Forests of Caldavar (Primary map)

http://honleague.com/images/500%20Tournament.png

Prizes
First Place:$300
Second Place: $150
Third Place: $50

Format:
- 5 players each side
- No same heroes

Draft - With no Captains mode built into the game the draft is to be done in chat before the match starts, and the Match mode is AP.

Teams can decide between themselves who goes first, if not an admin will toss a coin for them.

Each team can ban 2 heroes in alternating order: 1/1/1/1
The Team that bans first, picks first.
Teams will then do picks: 1/2/2/2/2/1



Item Limits:

-Max 2 Astrolabe per team
-Max 2 Puzzle Box per team
-Max 2 Ring of Sorcery

General Rules:

-Entering the oppositions base without a creep wave is NOT allowed
-Blocking creeps in the base with Behemoth's Fissure is not allowed
-Item drop is not enabled
-Not glitching out of the map
-No ledge glitching Kongor (like abusing slither wards to kill Kongor)
-Abuse of any bug, or glitch is considered illegal.



:: HoN League 5v5 Match Dates ::

Round 1 October 1 - 7

Round 2 October 8 - 14

Round 3 October 15 - 21

Round 3 October 15 - 18

Round 4 October 19 - 22

Round 5 October 23 - 25

Round 6 October 26 - 31

If you have any scheduling issues, please post as a comment on the Tournament Page (http://honleague.com/tournaments.php?do=view&id=4) and you can always look up your opponents on the Teams List (http://honleague.com/competitions.php?do=teams)

INSTRUCTIONS:

1) You must enter your team and get 5 people minimum on your roster, maximum is 8.

Create a team here: http://honleague.com/competitions.php?do=addteam

Make sure your team clicks the "Team List" on the left to find your team and press "Join Team"

2) Once your team fills the minimum 5 man requirement you can press "Join Tournament"

Join Tournament here: http://honleague.com/tournaments.php?do=join&id=4

3) Tournament is first come first serve up to 64 teams (EXPANDABLE TO 128 IF FILLS).

You DO NOT have to be vouched for HoN League to participate in Tournaments. If you place Top 5 teams in tournament you are Vouched for HoN League Automatically.

Payment will be given to the winning teams via PayPal 24 Hours within Tournament ending. One Paypal Address per winning team, teams are responsible for the money once it has been transferred.

Good Luck!

Contact the HoN League Tournament Admins if you have any questions, concerns, or problems! HunteR_ (http://honleague.com/member.php?u=1) | Lego (http://honleague.com/member.php?u=7) | d0t4bunny (http://honleague.com/member.php?u=991)

[_Farfara]

Lets rock baby

[HunteR_]

Only a few team spots left

[HunteR_]

12 Team spots left, 2 weeks, good luck

[sTaLKa]

Trying to register my team!!!! Working on it.

[_Archangel_]

No Totem of Kuldra/Stormspirit limit? :\

[HunteR_]

Tournament has filled, bracket is full 64 teams.

Good luck to all, shoutcasting by e-rev.tv our official partner

[HellFire69]

I see some manly Euro team's snuck into the bracket. Should be fun!

[HellFire69]

Should really make the ban limit for each team 3. That's what other tournies are doing and what everyone is scrimming. Two bans each just isn't enough to get rid of the imba heroes + other team's signature heroes.

[aantsi]

3 should be good amount for bans idd. Back in the days of .4x series where dagger ruled there were 20 available good heroes and 3 bans were good amount. I think that atm we have close to 30-40 useable heroes in HoN, so I'd go with at least 3 bans.

I'd like to ask also if there is need to set up any stuff for the match (like official observers or something)?

[Ozzelot]

great! :D

btw how can i get that golden shield? I preordered but I dont have it at the forum. :(

[HunteR_]

it's automatic if you pre-order, i'd check to make sure you paid.

[FuzzyWuzzy]

WoW, is C_C really with Loda, Akke, etc? If so, I'm definitely watching the streams :)

[HunteR_]

Yes, you read right, and Hellfire is on Tournament staff, we upped bans to 3 per team.

For updated rules check out official tournament listed @ honleague.com

[HunteR_]

[updated: Matches are best out of three teams must win 2 games out of three to advance]

IRC channel is #honleague on Quakenet

Also, channel HL5v5 on HoN is the official In-Game channel

Official HoN League Tournament Support Forum:
http://honleague.com/forumdisplay.php?f=42

[HellFire69]

Round One starts today!

[HunteR_]

Good luck to all!

[FuzzyWuzzy]

Good luck to everyone! Any news on which games are today or will be streamed?

[HunteR_]

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Welcome to e-rev's first round coverage of the $500 HoN League Tournament (http://honleague.com/tournaments.php?do=view&id=4)!

Team fiVe (http://honleague.com/competitions.php?do=viewteam&id=47) vs Lobsters go PEENCH PEENCH (http://honleague.com/competitions.php?do=viewteam&id=75).

Can the unknowns stand up against one of the most well known and expereienced HoN clans we've seen?

Match Analysis

fiVe - avg PSR = 1955 / Top 5 avg = 1989

We all know Team 5, they're considered one of the better teams around right now, and they're consistent performers. They already have multiple tournaments under their belt and have placed well in all of them. They will place at worst, 3rd place, in avan's tournament which has yet to conclude. They won 1st place in gamereplays.org first tournament, against a formidable opponent, CGF. They finished top 3 in gamereplays 2nd tournament, being bested by one of the hottest clans on the scene right now, clan 143. All in all, these guys are solid performers and we can expect their A game here.

Lobsters - avg PSR = 1929 | Top 5 avg = same

A group of friends with no HoN event experience, at least not as a whole. From personal experience, I know that at least a few of these guys possess a good deal of skill, no doubt from their extensive competitive dota experience, which will certainly lend itself well here! I've never seen them scrim or played against them as a whole yet, but I have high expectations from these guys. They're going to be looking to make some noise and make a name for themselves as formidable HoN players!

When?
Sunday, Oct 4th @ 12PM Pacific, 3PM Eastern
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Where?
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