Alienware Arena Samsung SSD HoN Tournament (April 7 - May 30, 2011)

[MrOldShadow]

Alienware Arena: Samsung SSD HoN Annihilation Tournament (http://www.alienwarearena.com/event/samsung-hon)

Registration closed on Sunday, Apr 3rd at 1:59:59 PM CDT.
Players may join team rosters until Monday, May 2nd at 1:59:59 PM CDT.

Rules: Available Here (http://www.alienwarearena.com/event/samsung-hon/rules/)
Prizes: Available Here (http://www.alienwarearena.com/event/samsung-hon/prizes/)
Status: Championship Stage (Brackets Available Here (http://www.alienwarearena.com/playoffs/bracket.php?id=1253))


Alienware Arena (Match Network Client, MNC (http://www.alienwarearena.com/account/client/)) IS REQUIRED to be used for ALL matches.

Please note that due to contest regulations, the tournament is open only to residents of any state of the United States of America, the District of Columbia and any Province of Canada (other than Quebec) that are 13 years of age or older as of March 20, 2011.

Also, do not forget about the FREE GOBLIN COINS (http://www.alienwarearena.com/giveaway/hon/) you can redeem just by having an Alienware Arena account!

Registration Update:

Edit 3/14/11 - If your team is signed up and does NOT have at least five players on your roster, please do so ASAP. All teams that do not have the minimum five players will not be in the "READY" status and will eventually be disqualified.

Edit 3/28/11 - The registrations have been extended by one entire week. For more information, please click here (http://alienwarearena.com/event/samsung-hon/news/388/extended-registration/).

[LL_]

Why no Quebec :(

[MrOldShadow]

Why no Quebec :(

The rules and regulations in Quebec regarding prizes are extremely unfriendly and unfair to those who actually win the prize. I have an entire article you can read about exactly why we do not deal with Quebec but I highly doubt you will want to read it, it is quite lengthy. But if you do, I will be more than happy and send it to you.

[MrOldShadow]

20 more days until registration closes, so hurry!

[Jordan]

* Alienware Arena (Match Network Client, MNC (http://www.alienwarearena.com/account/client/)) IS REQUIRED to be used for ALL matches.

It's required for hon? isn't it impossible to cheat in hon?

[MrOldShadow]

It's required for hon? isn't it impossible to cheat in hon?

You are correct. However, the Client also protects teams from playing against smurfers/ringers on the opposite team. That way you know that you are actually playing a legitimate roster with members who are in fact on the roster.

It also lets us, the Officials, know which team indeed showed up for the match, when, and who. That way we know, for example, that Team A was indeed ready for the match but Team B was late by 20 minutes, and is claiming that they were ready to play. This helps us resolve conflicts and issues such as those.

If you have any more questions or issues, please, feel free and ask.

[LyleG2]

I'm Joining

[Church_]

Epic tournament, My team will be joining. EG and SK better watch out...lol
It's a good thing MSI can't join.

[MrOldShadow]

I'm Joining


Epic tournament, My team will be joining. EG and SK better watch out...lol
It's a good thing MSI can't join.

Welcome aboard.

[aminGo]

LF team

[Church_]

Welcome aboard.
Ty, hopeful my team will be looking to go far.

[Snoopy]

LF team
Amingosu, sign me up.. I got US blood running in these veins

[Church_]

Cant wait :D

[NovaRain`]

No macs allowed to play in tourney? Why ya hatin?

[MrOldShadow]

No macs allowed to play in tourney? Why ya hatin?

It's not me hatin', it's the Match Network Client, it does not support multi-platforms yet. I'm still waiting on that myself.

[chapy]

group stage started for those following

http://www.alienwarearena.com/event/samsung-hon/brackets/

[Augustus46]

I was reading the rules and it says that different sound files can't be used. Does this mean that I need to disable my announcer pack that I bought from the goblin store?

[Church_]

I was reading the rules and it says that different sound files can't be used. Does this mean that I need to disable my announcer pack that I bought from the goblin store?
no it says moded sounds and other things like the old Gald voice, stuff bought from the store is fare game

[Augustus46]

How can you report a team for not following the rules?

[Church_]

How can you report a team for not following the rules?
You need to be the leader then fill out a ticket, about what they did or talk to a monitor on the site.
and are you new TaX member or do we have a team in this tournament????

[chapy]

2.1 Preliminary Phase: The opening phase of the Tournament (the “Preliminary Phase”) will consist of online Double-Elimination play among up to 128 Teams split randomly into 8 brackets (each consisting of up to 16 Teams). Teams will be assigned to play two Matches per week between Monday, March 28 and Thursday, April 21. Play will continue until only two Teams remain in each bracket and those Teams (16 total) will advance to the subsequent Playoffs Phase, while all other Teams in the Preliminary Phase will be considered eliminated from the Tournament at that point.

Maybe it's elsewhere but I couldn't find it, are these matches all bo1 or bo3, thanks!

[QQBaby]

its bo1 but the teams can agree on bo3

[MrOldShadow]

Correcto-mundo. Don't forget guys, if you have any questions or issues, you should ask us (the officials) directly rather than posting it here as I do not frequent the forums as much as I should.

All the support info is posted on the Alienware Arena website.

http://alienwarearena.com/event/samsung-hon/support/

[Kolapz]

its bo1 but the teams can agree on bo3

what a joke

it's either bo1 or it's bo3. can teams agree on bo27 as well?

[MrOldShadow]

what a joke

it's either bo1 or it's bo3. can teams agree on bo27 as well?

How is that a joke? Having a choice of bo3 rather than forcing it is much better in my opinion. I do like bo3 more, however not everyone has the time to play a bo3 since not all of the matches get played during the weekends. A lot of the matches do get played on a typical weekday night.

Also, for professional teams a bo3 is more appropriate but we do have a lot of casual teams who are giving competitive HoN a try. Thus, if we make it all bo3, those casual teams with real life obligations will not be able to play the match entirely.

In the last event I ran for Alienware Arena, we had a Pro division and an Open division, which allowed us to set different standards based on the team's skill level. This current event everyone is playing in the same division.

If you have any REAL questions or comments, please do go ahead and ask but saying "what a joke" about another tournament is not very professional.

I do have respect for you as a tournament manager of the SK-Gaming Tournament #1, but comments like these are not appreciated.

[Kolapz]

The comment was harsh and I apologize for that, but I still think not having the same rules for every match-up in the same tournament is a huge mistake. One would think there's a reason why no one did that before you.

[MrOldShadow]

The comment was harsh and I apologize for that, but I still think not having the same rules for every match-up in the same tournament is a huge mistake. One would think there's a reason why no one did that before you.

Apology accepted.

Alienware Arena does not host tournaments JUST for the professional teams. It hosts tournaments and lans for a wide variety of skill levels. This is why we don't follow the "top-tier rules" per-say. A lot of teams like having options rather than forcing them to play one way or another, verity is nice.

CEVO, on the other-hand has different rules for different skill-levels. This is because we listen to the community and try and accommodate everyone's requests. But...that is a different story for another time.

[Church_]

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Alienware Arena does not host tournaments JUST for the professional teams. It hosts tournaments and lans for a wide variety of skill levels.
and this is why I like these tournaments :D

[MrOldShadow]

and this is why I like these tournaments :D

I'm glad you're enjoying it :)

[skillinspree]

group D has a winner, waitin on those shoutcasts HCT

[MrOldShadow]

group D has a winner, waitin on those shoutcasts HCT

Each group will have two winners. One from the Upper Bracket and one from the Lower Bracket. Eight brackets with two winners from each will total in 16 teams playing in the Finals Bracket.

[l8erade]

looking forward to playoffs :D

[Augustus46]

You need to be the leader then fill out a ticket, about what they did or talk to a monitor on the site.
and are you new TaX member or do we have a team in this tournament????

I've been with TaX for awhile, but I got an invite from a different team to play- we're still in, so we'll see how far we can go!

[MrOldShadow]

JohnnyUtah,

I was curious as to why you edited my post? Nothing wrong with it, just wondering what was changed.

[Kolapz]

Just the title most probably.

[JohnnyUtah]

It was just for clarification/simplicity. Every tournament news post will follow a similar format from now on. I also added on a link to the Championship Stage as it had not been updated in a while.

[chapy]

MrOldSlacker

[MrOldShadow]

It was just for clarification/simplicity. Every tournament news post will follow a similar format from now on. I also added on a link to the Championship Stage as it had not been updated in a while.

Gotcha.

[Sir`Reaper]

sign up still open?

[chapy]

sign up still open?
Read the first god damn post, lazy sh!tbird.

[miesty]

MrOldShadow, I've tried messaging you a few times but you've been AFK.

I live on a college campus and the campus does not allow the use or downloading of CEVO. Is there anything I can do about this?

[MrOldShadow]

MrOldShadow, I've tried messaging you a few times but you've been AFK.

I live on a college campus and the campus does not allow the use or downloading of CEVO. Is there anything I can do about this?

This is not where CEVO/Alienware Arena does their support :p nevertheless, I understand everything is in working condition now.

[sadsad]

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