[PC] Guilty Gear Series Ranking Battles - Next round coming soon

[Teyah]

Okay so this being a ranbat and all, there should be points involved. Here's how it'll work:

1st - 9 pts

2nd - 7 pts

3rd - 5 pts

4th - 4 pts

5th - 3 pts

6th - 3 pts

7th - 2 pts

8th - 2 pts

9th+ - 1 pt (participation)

Current standings:

Results of GGXX #Reload on 08/16/2009

32-man bracket

1 Teyah (9 pts)

2 Scarecrow (7 pts)

3 tokie (5 pts)

4 Kharhaz (4 pts)

5 Rip2ya (3 pts)

5 BloodyRain (3 pts)

7 HUGOV (2 pts)

7 gymhe (2 pts)

9 Arvoyea (1 pt) ?

9 s0be (1 pt) :KY:

9 MrTopHat (1 pt)

9 Sol-Bumguy (1 pt)

13 0-4 (1 pt) ?

13 KayinN (1 pt)

13 Morrigan (1 pt) ?

13 Atomsk (1 pt)

17 Sanoshi (1 pt)

17 Hayato (1 pt)

17 Platfarmer (1 pt)

17 Lamebot (1 pt)

17 Orrax (1 pt) ?

17 Ky-Sama (1 pt) :KY:

17 Reppuken (1 pt) ?

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With the Guilty Gear scene rapidly dying off in all parts of the world (except for maybe Japanese arcades), I've decided to begin a GG Ranking Battle (ranbat) season in an effort to spark some life into the online GG community.

Since a lot of you probably don't know what a ranking battle (or ranbat for short) is, I've graciously stolen an explanation from the Norcal GG thread:

What the shit is a ranbat?

Short for Ranking Battle, a ranbat is basically like any other double elimination tournament, except that the top three players are given a certain amount of points (in the case of these ranbats, 4/2/1 respectively). If you place in the top three, you're seeded for the next tournament (meaning you don't play in the qualifing round) and at the end of the season (usually four to six months) the person with the most points are given, um.... a well deserved sense of accomplishment.

Here are the preliminary rules I've got in mind.

Games: GGXX #Reload PC, GGXX Slash Naomi, GGXX Accent Core Naomi, GGX Naomi

Format: seeded Double Elimination, rounds set to 3 (not 5), best of 3 games per set. Best of 5 sets for Winners'/Losers'/Grand finals. If there are fewer than 8 entrants, tournament will be Round Robin.

- Since this is mainly for fun / online play shouldn't be taken seriously, we'll be switching between games every few ranbats or so to keep things interesting. All of these games are playable on PC right now @ 60 fps via emulation, save for GGXX:AC since nobody has lent out the disc to the rom dumpers as of yet. Once emulated Naomi netplay hits (it's coming sooner than you think!) we'll be able to include games from the entire main GGX/GGXX series in these ranbats, and not just play only #Reload.

- Separate ranbat tournaments for North America and Europe, due to inevitable lag issues.

- Games will be played on Delay 4, but if you cannot connect to your opponent, games will be attempted on Delay 6. Yes that's right, Delay 6 will be used if necessary.

- If you still can't connect to your opponent, swaps may attempt to be made between you and someone else in an equivalent or lower position on another side of the bracket.

- Tournaments will be run over the course of like a week. So no worries about time constraints really, you should have plenty.

And that's all I've got for now! Please post your comments/suggestions/reactions to this below. And don't forget to sign up if you're interested! You can either post here or contact me (Teyah) on IRC at #reloadonline on irc.chatspike.net. Hopefully I can get the first of these up and running in a few weeks.

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Current signups list - North America (23 entrants)

Teyah

Atomsk

Rip2ya

tokie

Reppuken

KayinN

0-4

Orrax

Hayato

Sanoshi

Platfarmer

VR

Arvoyea

s0be

Kharhaz

HUGOV

MrTopHat

Scarecrow

Lamebot

gymhe

BloodyRain

Sol-Bumguy

Ky-Sama

Current signups list - Europe (8 entrants)

Eiji

freelander

Nehle

akabane_kurudo

Anbicion

skyrape

Gief

Europe Odin

[Atomsk]

I'm in for #r NA as long as I don't have to play between the hours of 5 p.m. to 12 p.m. M-F east coast. Doubt I'll do very good but eh screw it why not.

[R2ya]

Sounds like fun. Sign me up for #r NA.

[san-tokie]

can we add starcraft and team fortress 2 to the game list? edit: also vagina princess plz

[freelander]

lol starcraft Ok I sign up in both starcraft (terran) and ggxx#r (europe, sol)

[Nehle]

Sign me up for reload europe, but I can't play anything between 8-24th of August, as I'm in Japan then

Once emulated Naomi netplay hits (it's coming sooner than you think!)

People have said this for over a year now, and yet no visible progress whatsoever.

[What?]

I'll sign up for #R NA. I'm unavailable August 21-28th though. (Sign me up as Reppuken :D)

[RaptorIIC]

AC Naomi? Care to elaborate on this? I would be very, VERY interested in online AC, even through a Naomi emulator. Especially since BB (online) is a shitty substitute for ... anything.

[Kayin Nasaki]

Wait the hell, sign the old man up. I'll stumble and fail and it'll be hilarious

[ilikeusingdizzy]

so its dying? i think its just cause theres no online console gaming which will be pretty much solved once a new game is made. and its really only dying to its predecessor,so it wont go forgotten.im sure people will still be good at gg.

[freelander]

could anyone give some tips/links how to set up the other games? (the not reload ones)

[JacerX]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Teyah View Post

Once emulated Naomi netplay hits (it's coming sooner than you think!)

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People have said this for over a year now, and yet no visible progress whatsoever.

Just because there is no progress available to the public, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Trust me it does.

[040488]

Back on a landline, and back online. Sign me in please.

[Orrax]

Sounds good, Teyah. Count me in. Also, if people have low ping with each other, can they do delay 2 (or even 3) if they both agree?

[E_iZ_Seri0us]

Sounds good, Teyah. Count me in.

Also, if people have low ping with each other, can they do delay 2 (or even 3) if they both agree?

Makes sense.

Might as well, since delay 6 is going to be in use. I can do delay 1 with Ruinz, Romantic, and others.

[Hayato182004]

Yeah. I guess I'll attend, too. Haven't played #R in forever, though, and my computer is too weak to run Slash and Accent Core.

[akabane_kurudo]

if the ranbat doesn't occur between the 2nd and the 28th of August (yeah I know) i'd gladly sign up for GGXX reload europe ^^

[Teyah]

List has been updated with those who signed up yesterday. Changing Delay setting to < 4 should be fine, so long as both players agree. However, I'm not really sure how to handle situations where two players are unable to play each other, even with Delay 6 assist. Right now I'm thinking that dropping them lower in the bracket or even forfeiting the match are the only possible solutions. Not sure if this should apply to only one of the two players or both, as it'd be tough to determine who is at fault. Any thoughts on this?

[Sanoshi]

Add me please D:

[Platfarmer]

Platfarmer for NA #R

[VR-Raiden]

Sign me up for NA

[Arvoyea]

Sounds awesome. sign me up for PC Reload NA.

[Kharhaz]

I'll do NA #R. I'll do AC if the netcode ever gets finished, is there a site that posts updates about that stuff? If so, someone hook it up with a link ;>

[Arvoyea]

Just wondering, when is this going to happen? I'm starting at Sac State at the end of August/beginning of September, so if it's then, I may not be able to participate.

[Teyah]

Right now I'm looking at the week of August 16-22nd for the first Ranbat, which will be #Reload. Depending on player turnout/interest, I might run a GGX ranking battle after a few #Reload ranbats just for fun. Player list has been updated, a week and a half left to sign up!