Thanks to all that took part, for the first week. And here is the leaggue so far:
http://challonge.com/GSDTEAMLEAGUE
To be honest the first week was always going to have its issues as it is new to us as it is to many of you. Nevertheless we got there and we have some great results, some fantastic team play, but also, have a lot further to go.
For those that won their games, well done, for those that had issues, dont fret! There is a lot of points still to collect and anything can happen!
We had some games streamed. Some of the stream was laggy and is something we will address, unfortunately, I did request for sometime now for people to step forward who can stream, but the number of volunteers was... well... zero....
On that note, I had a massive level of people looking to obs the games, for any future obs slots, (one will always be for the ref/admin) I will give it to those that can stream the game... and stream at a decent quality. I'd like to give a special thanks to CeZer.WilDoNe, Zone666 and stupiedPDC for taking on honourary admin roles for the evening to support referee work, along side KILL_ON_SIGHT while I was ref and got dc'd. It was a lot of work for the GSD staff to make sure all the games got started on time and with a few of the staff memebers either playing or not alble to attend on the times... the community came together... fantastic stuff!!
Some hiccups along the way... we did have 11 team to start with, the two US teams didn't show up on time, but thankfully, I had a reserve team on side captained by Z.U.M.A that filled the spot of one of the teams that didn't. As for the 2nd US team, they made an appearance in the early hours, and I decided to allow them to play... nothing wrong with a littl help for our neighbours across the pond. With that being said, the games VS Team DAP will be played at a later time than normal schedule, which I will discuss with them and the team captains, maybe even at the weekend if both sides can field their teams!
In all and the broader sense, it was a good start, some interesting results, and some notable game... A few people already geting sweaty of some of the skillful players spotted
I had only 1 downside from the first week, it was small, but nevertheless it was a bit dampening. I've been involved in the on-line gaming community for a LONG time, I'm aware of a bit of friendly chit chat, heated banter and even some antagonism. There are people, that I am watching and I'd like the captain to be aware that excessive flaming won't be tolerated. Also, please be aware that there are referees in the game so constant spam of OMG MH OMG MH OMG MH and sorts will more liley make you look stupid...
If you feel someone was maphacking, finish your game, check the replay and contact a member of staff to highlight the points where you feel something wasn't quite right to be investigated.
To highlight, there is 1 more game left from week one that Team DAP need to play vs Team GDR. As the first game for them every week would be 11am US time, I will allow them to have that played as a one of exception to keep the league that little bit more fruity.
Thanks again everyone, see you next week. Remember, if you want to help with streaming, refereeing or in any other way let us know. For those that have been wondering about being a future GSD admin, its supporting things like this that makes you get noticed!
Here are the replays:
http://ghost-dota.friendhood.net/t1943-league-replays
Until next week!
ernie.
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