Bracket http://125fps.challonge.com/sundaycup57
When: 16 Oct 2016, 10:00 CDT
MapPool: Sinister, Furious Heights, Aerowalk, Cure, Toxicity, HouseOfDecay and Silence
Mapchoice - drop first. Cointoss loser starts drop.
PrizePool: 2500RUB+500RUB and season points for top-8; 30'000 RUB for season final (15K+7K+2K*2+1K*4) 29-30 October
Rules:Full Double Elimination, Winner Bracket: BO1 till the semifinal, BO3 WB semi, WB final and Grandfinal (two BO3 if it will be needed); Low Bracket: BO1 all matches (including LB final).

TCPM $1000 Series - North America Reborn 2016
TCPM $1000 Series - Europe Reborn 2016

The prize pool of $1000.00 CAD will be split evenly into both tournaments. Both tournaments will be open to any international player, and all players can join both. Unless both players agree otherwise, the games will be played on their respective continent for home court advantage.

Top 16 players from each tournament get their money back or more, so start training and see how far you can make it!

TCPM $1000 Series - North America Reborn 2016
TheMafia
lolograde
Thump4

TCPM $1000 Series - Europe Reborn 2016
TheMafia
ffslight
neverGreen

Admins play for free! Admins will help decide rules/maps/seeds. I hope to have a strong representation in Europe through the admins.

Referees: I will be taking volunteers and sending out a few invites to take these positions in the event.

See Official post for details

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Entry fee for each tournament is $5 CAD (Canadian Dollars). Admins play for free!

Top 16 players from each tournament get their money back or more, so start training and see how far you can make it!

The majority of the prize pool will be funded by TourneyCPM

Our first sponsor, Wand Wars has contributed the bonus prize of 10 keys to Wand Wars. The top 5 contestants in each tournament will receive a key to the game!

Top 16 Prize Pool Distribution

Sponsors
TourneyCPM
Moonradish creators of Wand Wars
-available & more to come-

Donations
-Your Name Here-

Donate link.
I did not expect this but it seems some people will want to donate. Please message me when you donate to avoid confusion!. I would like to thank anyone who thought of donating, the kind gesture will not go unnoticed!

Supporters
mikeMartin - Graphics/Design
Chezkey - Music
lsv - Casting

Streams
Th3Mafia - official TCPM stream
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Streaming related details


Still need: Admins, refs, supporters, and streamers; Hit me up!

Since the last tournament I ran, so long ago, I have always wanted to do a prestigious tournament with a $1000 Prize pool to show my appreciation for the unrelenting competitiveness that you guys have and i was hoping to raise in the events. Since finding $1000 to spare isn't always so easy, I decided to force myself to run the tournament now with a small entry fee to help with that giant prize pool. I think the timing is right, I didn't want to wait any longer and miss out on all the current masters of Quake/CPMA and FPS's in general.

The "Reborn" is not just a name, it is the goal of the series, i want to look to as many communities that are out there now that house all the players that moved on from quake in the last few years. I hope the prize pool and size of the tournament, which i hope to be considered 'Pro', will be enough to see the return of some giants, some legends of our day!

You better believe ill be competing to get as much of my own money back! lol

Tell all your quake friends and Good Luck and Half fun!

• This tournament was conceived by naper around five to six weeks ago, and the admin group really started working towards organizing the event some four-and-a-half weeks ago.

• The tournament was a success by every measure, as I had initially expected around ten players to register, and was looking for a way to make it a 16 player bracket. Luckily we were able to generate much more interest than that, and by tournament day 25 players actually checked-in with quite a few high profile names.

• The intention of the tournament was really to gauge what sort of interest lingered in the Quake scene for CPMA and to our great surprise, we had arguably one of the of the most stacked Promode duel events ever!

• We anticipated some donations, and were happy with a prize pool of 100.00 CAD, however, we did not in anyway expect the incredible outpouring of generosity from the Promode community. We received 628.75 CAD in total.

• The event also blew our expectations in terms of viewer count on streams, again we had hoped for 50-100 players continuously, however, that number was way off, as some 350 players watched the entirety of the event, with combined player across the four streams counts exceeding 500 for periods.

• There was plenty of #drama during the event. The bad-blood was already apparent, and well document, and that boiled over into a three map stunner between DEZ vs Lunokhod-2. With cpm3a hitting double OT.

• With the brackets and seedings set, HAL_9000 vs memphis dueled it out in a three mapper in the Quarter Finals. Most people expected memphis to win but unfortunately his shape was just not up to par with HAL's crazy aim.

• We knew once the big names started colliding we'd some special moments, and when gaiia, and HAL_9000 met on eizdm4-b15, it ended up being a barn burner with a crazy ending that caught everyone off guard.

• We can't go without mention in the drama that surrounded the Grand Finals between gaiia vs Vo0. Is the Dutchman really that far ahead of everyone else? Was gaiia that drunk? Would it have even made a difference? Will we see these two players, these two eras colliding again?

• "fox was ez" (c) Vo0. Is fox ez? :)

• Who was Pyth3r? He didn't register. He didn't show up.

1. Vo0 -- 282.93 CAD & DOOM (2016) + Demon MP Pack
2. gaiia -- 188.62 CAD
3. Terifire -- 110.03 CAD
4. HAL_9000 -- 47.15 CAD
5-8. DEZ -- One copy of Wand Wars.
5-8. eThaD -- One copy of Wand Wars.
5-8. memphis -- One copy of Wand Wars.
5-8. santile -- One copy of Wand Wars.

Final Challonge Brackets.

Total donations received for this tournament was: 628.75 CAD, one copy of DOOM (2016) + Demon MP Pack, and four copies of Wand Wars.

ZLive VOD
Team 102 VOD
Benroads VOD
dr0_vision VOD

To all the people who donated.
To all the people who watched.
To all the players!
Pk & Clan eX -- for hosting the German servers.
myT -- For the awesome map pans, and seedings.
Anhjee & Maverick -- For helping with ESR posts.
DEZ -- For getting in touch with Team 102, and various other things.
Leshaka -- For Duel Bot used in #cpmduel on CPMA Discord.
Ryan_H -- For the two great promotional videos.
snapcase -- For setting up the official private servers.
hyp3r & #Bosstour -- For letting us use the #BOSSTOUR servers.
entik -- For the awesome high-screen images used for the posters.
naper -- For the initial concept & idea.

Benroads
lisk
nifwl
xou

ZLive
Team 102
Benroads
dr0_vision

gaiia has established himself as the top player in Promode since he broke into the upper levels of dueling some years ago. Following the footsteps of compatriots such as rat, and koddy, he quickly established himself asthe favourite in every tournament he entered.

Winning both of the previous two CPM Master Cup (2013, and 2014), dropping only five maps in the process, it is difficult to suggest that he is not the favourite to win this cup, however, general inactivity from Promode and Arena FPS games have created any opportunity for other players to close the gap between themselves and gaiia. Having been generally busy with 2K mmr Dota2, and making infrequent appearances in Reflex Duel Cups has given some of the other players an opportunity to usurp his crown.

As we approach this cup, gaiia has been playing Promode when the opportunities make themselves available, and what has not changed is his mechanical excellence. His aim, movement, and quite critically his ability to track players accurately while moving, remain impeccable. His general timing of items, and ability to know when to pursue, and when to hide continue to frustrate players. He is a very versatile player who is wholly capable of making dazzling frags as well as playing the slow, and the steady approach. There isn’t a singe map you could point to and say “I expect gaiia to lose here.”

His greatest weakness will be his form. Expecting nothing short of first place, if a player is able to agrivate him, and make him really work for his frags, and map wins, it could cause enough of a psychological disturbance to create vulnerabilities where there were none before. Not known for tilting in the past, when he was quite clearly above other players, a strong enough resistance could be enough to force uncharacteristic plays out of the Finn.

I expect him to win. I expect him to be dominant. I’m also hoping for enough highlight frag reels to delay The Contenders 3 by another 6 months.

On the flipside of the coin with respect to gaiia will be our resident flying Dutchman Terifire, and the Promode Philosopher HAL_9000. Both players present mechanical skills within the same league as gaiia, demonstrating excellent movement, aim, as well the acumen to play strategically.

What is interesting is the contrasting styles both players approach the game with. Terifire comes with a very cold, and calculated approach, thinking the game strafe-by-strafe, carefully timing his attacks when they bear a heavy statistically bias in his favour. I've seen people accuse Terifire being "a defensive player" but I don't think that is correct. He plays to win, and wins by being as calculated as neccessary. He does employs a cautious play-style when the odds are even (or close to even), and will diligently attack when there are heavy gains to be made. This style often vexes other players into make otherwise unexpected, or unintended mistakes, and it is in this scenario when his offensive game really shines. Just watching his VODs makes it clear just how clearly Terifire thinks games through, and how dominant his LG can be.

In contrast to this cool style, HAL_9000 is quite possibly the most bombastic Promoder since the Polish legends dzuki, pl1, and pod1. If Terifire is ice-cold then HAL_9000 is blazing hot. Relying heavily on his impressive, and lethal combination of moving, and aiming, HAL_9000 simply looks to bully his opponents at every turn, making quick work of them off every spawn. Known for his unreal railgun, and flick-shot aim, he is quite possibly the most lethal player when having the advantage, quickly the squeezing the hope out of his opponents. The toughest question appearing before HAL_9000 will be can he keep his composure when he is on the receiving end of a beating by any of the other players? His aggression may again be what holds him back, and when vexed he has a bad habit of giving in to his opponent’s will.

I expect both these players to fight gaiia, and each other, tooth-and-nail, but they should come into this tournament knowing that only from their best form will be able to accomplish this goal.

After a disappointing 7th place finish in CPM Masters 2013, and a much stronger 3rd place finishing in CPM Masters 2014, it would be difficult o leave Lunokhod-2 in the dark. The Russian Promode veteran has been a long time staple of the top tier dueling scene in Europe, and Russia. Recently he has embarked on a moderately successful foray into Reflex dueling, and will coming into this tournament rusty in comparison to his form during his 3rd place run at Masters 2014.

One of the question marks at this tournament will be: Which Lunokhod-2 will make an appearance?

His most recent showings haven’t been quite as impressive as his past body of work and yet this is exactly what will make a very dangerous opponent. If he comes in shape then it would be reasonable to suggest that he will be contending for a top for spot, however Lunokhod-2’s sign-up caught me a bit off guard, and much like the rest of the community I'm not exactly quite sure what to expect.

In addition to the return of some other veterans, we also have the return of light (ffslight), a long time Quake, and Promode veteran. Maybe people didn’t pay attention, or maybe they had just forgotten, but the Dane is capable of taking maps from any player. He has great aim, and wealth of experience to call upon. I remember playing against light a very long time ago he always had very strong aim, and the ability to always maintain a choke-hold over the game. Nothing hen gave you was free. light was a member of VQ3 clan #fps, and one his teammates was one of his clan mates was the ESWC 2004 Duel winner, fooKi, that' s not exactly shabby company to keep. light might not be a top contender, but anyone caught sleeping on him, or expecting an easy win, will in for a rude awakening.

Now here is something strange. On Sunday October 2, 2016, some guy called Pyth3r joined the CPMA Discord Server looking for duels. He played light, and won. This isn’t exactly an easy feat, and what made it more interesting is in the manner in which he won. He claims to be a German QuakeLive player… But I’m not so certain. It seems like neither Promoders nor QuakeLive players are familiar with him, and his skills are quite good, so I highly doubt he is a new player. So could he be a fake-nicker? A possible Promode legend of yesteryear trying to fly under the radar? Or just a troll looking to spoil the fun?

Two players that most people may not immediately relate with the direct Promode community, but are from our sister-games, and have played Promode in the past, have also entered the tournament. Both players are very good in their respective games, and I expect a lot (if not all) of their skills to transfer quite easily to Promode.

Leshaka hails from the Warsow community, and Smilecythe is from Xonotic. I was recently spanked by Leshaka on cpm3a, on a European server in my defence, so I’m expecting him to post strong results against weaker/newer competition, and competitive results against some of the more seasoned players. It seems like he has Promode figured out, so I don’t think that there is a large gap between him, and some of the other players in terms of experience.

In fairness to Smilecythe, I can only remember playing with, and against him in team modes. I do know he has fantastic movement, and is aware of the strengths, and shortcomings of the Promode movement system better than anyone else.

Both players have achieved success in their native games, and it will be very interesting to see how they stack up against Promode’s finest. A top four placing should be considered a great victory.

Moving slightly down chain, the following group of players have the requisite skills to be higher up on the tier chart, but not necessarily the experience or composure to do it consistently.
DEZ is a good TDM player, and his movement is insane (see the promo video above, that’s DEZ), and there have been times where his aim has also been top tier, but like many of the players in this bracket, it’s really going to be a question of form. If he can start hitting like a truck again then there is no reason why he couldn’t take a map off a stronger player.

I don’t know hyp3r very well, but I have seen him have very competitive games with players like memphis, and there is nothing you can technically fault him with. The #BOSSTOUR group leader will hopefully have a good showing, but we’ll see just what kind of bracket will await him and what his map luck is.

If it were not for Promode being totally dead between Winter 2014-Summer 2016, I would have taken Sab0o as the most likely candidate to have been able to take a map from the contending group. Unfortunately this is not the case. Sab0o does have the same sublime skill as the best players but a lack of form, and difficult maintaining composure will be a large hindrance. Of the players listed here I think he has demonstrated the highest level of skill in the past.

naper is an American player that came to Promode quite late from Quake Live (clan arena…). His biggest advantage coming into this tournament will be his form as he and has been very active in the past few months. He has very strong hitscan aim, and will constantly jockey for better position on the map. He’s at his strongest when he playing relaxed, and freely, hitting everything that move. The question will be can he keep his nerves in check? It doesn’t help that he will be playing with a ping disadvantage throughout the tournament, however, he has been play a lot of his games on European server and should be accustomed to this issue. His movement isn’t exactly the strongest, but it’s good enough to get things done, and he has taken games from Kwong-Lo on US East servers.

Finally in this group, is santile aka santilito, aka santiliago. Santile has very strong movement and uses it to leverage a constant positional advantage over his opponents. He is very tuned into his armors, and understands that against heavy hitting player you need to have a larger stack to do an equivalent amount of return damage. He is a patient hunter, and looks to guide his opponent into traps as often as possible. Don’t sleep on him because he seems to be quite sure that there is map that he can take from all the players entered (or not).

Edit: Both memphis and Vo0 signed up.

If we had to name other players outside of gaiia, Terifire, and HAL_9000 that would be considered front runners to win the tournament and are not signed up, then you would talk about memphis, and Vo0. There’s no need me for me to tell you about these guys. You already know everything. Legends in their own right.

The question is, will memphis play?: Yes.

And before you ask what about gellehsak, he can't play because it's Canadian Thanks Giving weekend.

Will he? :thinking:

Big shout out to the new players, maybe this is where a future talent is born?

Bracket http://125fps.challonge.com/sundaycup56
When: 09 Oct 2016, 10:00 CDT
MapPool: Sinister, Furious Heights, Aerowalk, Cure, Toxicity, HouseOfDecay and Silence
Mapchoice - drop first. Cointoss loser starts drop.
PrizePool: 2500RUB+500RUB and season points for top-8; 30'000 RUB for season final (15K+7K+2K*2+1K*4) 29-30 October
Rules:Full Double Elimination, Winner Bracket: BO1 till the semifinal, BO3 WB semi, WB final and Grandfinal (two BO3 if it will be needed); Low Bracket: BO1 all matches (including LB final).

- Rekt
- B52
- Hungary
- Pacmen
- KogdaKvad

- last pick
- nerds
- Worldstar
- OverPowered
- I Love My Squad
- Hateful Eight

- Zombie
- Platige Team
- Raks
- etcetera
- Virtual Owners
- nameLess
- Quake Live Player Alliance

- 100€ from huehuehuehue
- 75€ from wision
- 69€ from kodisha
- 50€ from lithz
- 50€ from latrommi
- 25€ from doz3r
- 25€ from maf
- 25€ from h8m3
- 25€ from zth
- 20€ from luminus
- 20€ from Prophy
- 20€ from r1bo
- 20€ from un4x
- 20€ from drki
- 15€ from Meph1sto
- 15€ from afgh
- 15€ from anvi
- 15€ from wntt
- 15€ from nimrod
- 10€ from r1ot
- 10€ from fearz
- 10€ from stickan
- 10€ from HOX

- Deep Inside
- Dreadful Place
- Grim Dungeons
- Hidden Fortress
- Limbus
- Purgatory
- Ragnarok

Bracket http://125fps.challonge.com/sundaycup55
When: 02 Oct 2016, 10:00 CDT
MapPool: Sinister, Furious Heights, Aerowalk, Cure, Toxicity, HouseOfDecay and Silence
Mapchoice - drop first. Cointoss loser starts drop.
PrizePool: 2500RUB+500RUB and season points for top-8; 30'000 RUB for season final (15K+7K+2K*2+1K*4) 29-30 October
Rules:Full Double Elimination, Winner Bracket: BO1 till the semifinal, BO3 WB semi, WB final and Grandfinal (two BO3 if it will be needed); Low Bracket: BO1 all matches (including LB final).

This video was created by Ryan_H <3.

myT
neverGreen
xero

Benroads
lisk
nifwl
xou

cpm3a (wr 15)
cpm15 (wr 15)
cpm22 (wr 5)
cpm24 (wr 5)
eizdm4 (wr 5) (Download)
hektik (wr 5) (Download)
pukka3tourney2 (wr 5) (Download)

Participation: To participate in this tournament, players are expect to register via challonge, and are required to join the Challenges-EU 2016 Discord server.

Map Selection: Flip a coin (callvote random 2h/t). Winner chooses first map. Loser chooses second map. If a third map is required, the loser of the cointoss will drop a map from the reminder of the map pool first, then the winner of the coin toss will drop a map, repeat until there is one map left. The map selection process will be as follows: +pick(winner), +pick(loser), +drop(loser), +drop(winner), +pick.

Map Selection for Grand Finals: For the Grand Finals, which is BO5, players will flip a coin, starting with the winner of the cointoss the map selection process will be as follows: +pick(winner), +pick(loser), +pick(winner) +pick(loser), +drop(loser), +drop(winner), +pick.

Server Selection: Players may play on any server they choose, however, this is European tournament, and European servers will have priority. In cross-Atlantic matches, we recommend the follow: NA vs. EU-W to play oN EU-W. NA vs. EU-Central to play on EU-W. NA vs EU-E to play on EU-Central.

Match Start: Player must play their matching within ten (10) minutes of games being assigned.

Match Reporting: After the matches are complete both players are required to submit their results to an admin. Any discrepancies in reported scores will be investigated by admins.

Matches Details: Players must take an end of game screenshot, and a complete demos of all their games. Players can use cg_autoaction 7 to have a demo, and screenshot be automatically recorded by the game. Players must be able to provide demos of their games upon request.

Nick: Your nick on sign-up list should be the one you use on Discord, and in-game. No fakenicks allowed!

Behaviour: Be nice to one another. Excessively flaming other players, spectators, casters, admins or referees will lead to disqualification.

Cheating: Any, and all forms of cheating, or assistance will lead to disqualification.

* Anything not explicitly covered by the above rules will be up to the volition of the admins.

Notice: Players are allow to pick which ever server both players are happy with, however, we do recommend the following servers:

eX CPMA #01 | ex.us.to:27960
eX CPMA #02 | ex.us.to:27961
snapcase | cpm.snapcase.net
snapcase | snapcase.net:27960
snapcase | snapcase.net:27961
BOSSTOUR | bosstour.co.uk:27960
lazery | lazery.cpmpickup.eu:27962
roboty | roboty.cpmpickup.eu:27961

SyncError & id Software -- 1 Copy of DOOM (2016) PC & Demon Multiplayer Pack (http://doom.com)
bgs -- 4 Copies of Wand Wars (http://wandwars.com/)
naper -- 13.29 CAD
santile -- 5.00 EUR
xero -- 50.00 CAD
onion -- 5.00 GBP
Kyto -- 15.00 EUR
gaiia -- 50.00 EUR
JS3 -- 60.00 CAD
lisk -- 10.00 CAD
anon -- 50.00 CAD
neverGreen -- 10.00 CAD
Lasker -- 50.00 CAD
skint -- 30.00 CAD
Leshaka -- 25.00 CAD
ddk -- 20.00 CAD
ZAPDO:S1 -- 15.00 CAD
EKSelenc -- 5.00 CAD
pcfs -- 40.00 CAD
tomzissou -- 20.00 CAD
KIMI|AHK -- 27.00 CAD
lolograde -- 25.00 CAD
jud4s -- 74.00 CAD

Please donate via PayPal if you can.

1st -- 45.0% + 1 Copy of DOOM (2016) PC & Demon Multiplayer Pack
2nd -- 30.0%
3rd -- 17.5%
4th -- 7.5%
5th - 8th -- Copy of Ward Wars for Windows via Steam.

Tournament Format: Single Elimination.
Match Format: BO3, BO5 Grand Finals.

Tournament Date: Saturday Oct. 8, 2016.
Tournament Check-in Time : 10:00 CDT
Tournament Start Time: 11:00 CDT

Bracket http://125fps.challonge.com/sundaycup54
When: 25 Sep 2016, 10:00 CDT
MapPool: Sinister, Furious Heights, Aerowalk, Cure, Toxicity, HouseOfDecay and Silence
Mapchoice - drop first. Cointoss loser starts drop.
PrizePool: 2500RUB+500RUB and season points for top-8; 30'000 RUB for season final (15K+7K+2K*2+1K*4) 29-30 October
Rules:Full Double Elimination, Winner Bracket: BO1 till the semifinal, BO3 WB semi, WB final and Grandfinal (two BO3 if it will be needed); Low Bracket: BO1 all matches (including LB final).