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OnlyBans 1v1 Tournament Announcement

  • Thread starter CanadaEllie4K
  • Start date Apr 2, 2022
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  • Apr 2, 2022
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What will you do when you have no choices, no freedom, but OnlyBans? We'll find out during what is sure to be an exciting and unpredictable tournament! Players will not be allowed to select their maps or civilizations at any point during the entire tournament, only ban them! This new tournament format will force a wide mix of unique map and civ combinations and will push players out of the meta, and out of their comfort zones.

Format:

1v1 32 player Single Elimination Tournament
The top 28 players will be seeded; the final 4 spots will be determined through open elo qualifiers; the series length and format of which will be determined by the quantity of signups.

Semi/Finals: April 29th-May1st

onlyBans AoE2 Open Elo Tournament Registration open!

To sign up, players are required to join the onlyBans discord and provide their aoe2 nick and aoe2.net profile of their highest rated account in the #sign-up channel. Signups close April 7th at 11:59 GMT. https://discord.gg/qdBWyppyKF

Rules:
Maps:
Arabia, Runestones,
Arena, Fortress Regicide
Nomad, African Clearing,
Golden Pit, Gold Rush,
Acropolis, Land Madness
Hideout, Socotra
Wild Card: Megarandom


Before the start of every series, players will ban maps and civilizations, then a random map will be drawn from the remaining pool, and random civilizations will be drawn from the remaining pool for each player before each game. All bans are global. This will be accomplished via captains mode pre-set drafts. If players ban the same map or civilization they do not get to re-pick once bans are revealed.

Before each game (including game 1) players are allowed to use "InstaBans." Instabans are like a hidden snipe, you can use an Instaban on either your or your opponent's civ, and the civ will be removed for the rest of the set, so you essentially get a reroll of your civ/your opponent's civ.

Best of 3: Players get 3 map bans, 3 civ bans and 1 Instaban
Best of 5: Players get 3 map bans, 5 civ bans and 1 Instaban
Best of 7: Players get 3 map bans, 7 civ bans and 2 Instabans

Laming: Yes.*
*Straggler Tree laming around the TC: No.


Tournament Hosts:
The tournament will be officially covered by Ellie4K and Grathwrang; make sure you follow them here: https://www.twitch.tv/ellie4k and https://www.twitch.tv/grathwrang

Streaming is OPEN STREAMING and assets will be made available on the discord in the appropriate section. Donate to the tournament pool here: https://streamelements.com/grathwrang-9949/tip

Admin: Grathwrang
 
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  • United StatesLowEloNobody

  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #2
I believe straggler tree laming has been patched out of the game.
Looks like a great tourney!
 
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  • Greecesheeesh

  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #3
yet another juicy & spicy tournament bearing Ratgang's signature.
 
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  • GermanyshiXo

  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #4
Sorry can someone explain the instaban, i didn't get it ^^?
 
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  • Greecesheeesh

  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #5
shiXo said:
Sorry can someone explain the instaban, i didn't get it ^^?
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I suppose it works like if we both have done our drafts etc and you pick to start the game with , let's say Goths, I can activate my instaban and you have to pick something else + goths are banned for rest of the tournament
 
oozkan
  • Belgiumoozkan

  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #6
I agree with above posts, instaban requires explanation. Besides that, good luck with tournament!
 
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  • Lithuaniarmcoo

  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #7
LowEloNoOne said:
I believe straggler tree laming has been patched out of the game.
Looks like a great tourney!
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It has been patched out for so long it's still crazy how each tourney copy-pastes the template to ban it 11
 
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  • Hungarydave_hun

  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #8
rmcoo said:
It has been patched out for so long it's still crazy how each tourney copy-pastes the template to ban it 11
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With DE's tendency to reintroduce bugs and previously fixed behaviour, this is not a bad thing.
 
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  • United KingdomTheCapybara

  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #9
dave_hun said:
With DE's tendency to reintroduce bugs and previously fixed behaviour, this is not a bad thing.
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I think I'd still favour a more precise wording. With the current wording, it implies stragglers may never be deleted, regardless of location (e.g. straggler hopping).
 
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  • CanadaEllie4K

  • Apr 4, 2022
  • #10
shiXo said:
Sorry can someone explain the instaban, i didn't get it ^^?
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It's like a hidden snipe, you can use an Instaban on either your or your opponent's civ, and the civ will be removed for the rest of the set, so you essentially get a reroll of your civ/your opponent's civ.
 
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  • CanadaEllie4K

  • Apr 4, 2022
  • #11
rmcoo said:
It has been patched out for so long it's still crazy how each tourney copy-pastes the template to ban it 11
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true to your name, you hatin :P
 
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  • CanadaEllie4K

  • Apr 4, 2022
  • #12
oozkan said:
I agree with above posts, instaban requires explanation. Besides that, good luck with tournament!
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It's like a hidden snipe, you can use an Instaban on either your or your opponent's civ, and the civ will be removed for the rest of the set, so you essentially get a reroll of your civ/your opponent's civ.
 
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  • Canadagrathwrang

  • Apr 4, 2022
  • #13
Berber forward vil shenaniginanery is the intended target of the straggler tree laming; I'll make tidy up the wording. The official ruleset is available in the onlyBans discord!
 
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  • CanadaEllie4K

  • Apr 4, 2022
  • #14
Philippe le Bon said:
I may have missed something, but will the losers have to show their titties?
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What players post on their OnlyBans is up to them.
 
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  • United Kingdomtissuepapercatmat

  • Apr 4, 2022
  • #15
looks like some big names signing up! Prize pool rising too. I think this'll be a classic
 
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  • Canadagrathwrang

  • Apr 4, 2022
  • #16
After one day we raised $702USD toward the tournament pool and multiple 10 players signed up, I'm feeling pretty excited for the potential this tournament has in store!

Registration is still open! Join the OnlyBans Discord: https://discord.gg/kxju4wmy

If you're interested, you can donate here: https://streamelements.com/grathwrang-9949/tip
Everyone who donates will be listed in the end credits for the semi-finals and finals! Thanks to everyone who supported so far, and for everyone who will be!
 
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  • Unknownaceace

  • Apr 6, 2022
  • #17
Ellie4K said:
It's like a hidden snipe, you can use an Instaban on either your or your opponent's civ, and the civ will be removed for the rest of the set, so you essentially get a reroll of your civ/your opponent's civ.
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Oooh...

I thought your opponent gives his IG profile and you ban one of his photos. (Its onlyBans after all)
Actually... that sounds like a decent idea.
 
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  • Canadagrathwrang

  • Apr 9, 2022
  • #18
Prize Pool hit $1420 today!

Check out day 1 of the Qualifier's Round of 64 here:

www.twitch.tv

Twitch

Twitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.
www.twitch.tv www.twitch.tv
 
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  • Canadagrathwrang

  • Apr 10, 2022
  • #19
Slightly more in depth tournament format video:
youtu.be

This Is Only Bans (Tournament Intro Video)

Follow https://www.twitch.tv/grathwrang and https://www.twitch.tv/ellie4k to catch the action live! Livestream ➤ https://www.twitch.tv/grathwrangDiscord ➤ ht...
youtu.be youtu.be
 
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  • United Kingdomtissuepapercatmat

  • Apr 10, 2022
  • #20
Lots of fun qualifiers yesterday and starting up again today just now!
 
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  • Canadagrathwrang

  • Apr 21, 2022
  • #21
Happy to announce that the tournament pool is now over $3000USD!
 
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