Night Rider 7 Halo 2 Tournament

[Pastemaster]

Greetings Outcast Reborn,

The Winged Warriors invite you to help us honor Pieter Kok (Night Rider 7) by participating in the Night Rider 7 Halo 2 Tournament.

Day to day we are concerned with Halo. It is what binds us together as a community. We are more concerned with our accuracy than the weather, our K/D than our work, and always, always, when the new maps will be released into the wild. And as each day passes we grow more deeply interwoven with this community of Halo players, this community of believers in our world. These bonds grow over time, whether through shared battles or simply the conversation we make while in the lobby waiting for a game and in our forums arguing. They change from someone on our Friends List to actual friends.

That was the foundation of the first clan I joined. I met a group of friends who played together and represented each other as a group, and realized how much I wanted that. I spent a year with them, learning and living Halo, playing eight hours a night with my friends. It was all I wanted out of life at the time, respect by peers who were concerned with the same things as me. I wanted you to know I was perfectly happy before I told you that was also the day I first met Pieter Kok.

One day I was approached by Night Rider 7, he asked me if I would like to be a part of something special, a clan devoted to the ideals I held and the level of competition we all aspired to. He asked me if I wanted that, not in the future, but now. He didn’t push, he didn’t lie; he inspired me with his vision and, in a way, held out his hand for me to follow him down a path yet cleared by others. Many of you knew this Night Rider. He was as strong alone as he was surrounded by his clan. We were brilliant when we were good, but he was brilliant when he was worthless and in all things that was his character. For many of you, the name Night Rider 7 means very little, so then the name Pieter Kok must mean even less. But I can tell you, they were one and the same.

Sadly, both barely survived a car crash in rural Oklahoma. He was struck while driving on the road and the car was instantly totaled. He survived but not without massive trauma to his brain, his eyes, and his motor skills. He spent most of the first month or two in a coma, with no sign of his ultimate fate yet present. His family stood by while he lay in silence. And his Halo family felt a blow even though he had been away. It saddens his Warriors that we found out so late, but months later we heard the news and soon discovered that he was finally awake. He was not speaking yet, but he could communicate with hand gestures and that meant he was still there. We struggled with this; he had been our leader, but more importantly a friend to all of us. Here we were each alone, each separated from the next, each unable to reach out and help this friend that had shared our world for so long. But our long dark year has come to a close and Pieter is well again. Nothing will be the same for Pieter again, but he will live many more years, years where he will bless others in the real world besides us. Now they will get to have what we selfishly held close and secret for years.

We tell you this, not to garner your sympathy, but to ask for your excellence and for your character. We wish to honor Night Rider 7 as his Winged Warriors, and ask you to honor him as his community. Night Rider was obsessed with both and considered anything but absolute determination in those two areas a failure for you and your clan. Hold to strong strategy, hold to sharp tactics, hold to practice, hold to teamwork, hold to humility, hold to mercy, hold to honor. We respect those whom we have lost by behaving as if they are still here, so if you would honor Pieter honor him in that way.
-Isnagov

Please visit the tournament forum (http://wingedwarriors.freeforums.org/index.php) to learn more about the tournament and how to participate.

Thank you,

The Winged Warriors

[OcR Envy]

Registered, awaiting approval. Some of us already know the story of Pieter but thank you for sharing. I'm glad to hear he's well again.

OcR Will most likely put up a team for this.

[OcR Envy]

We are signed up.

More Information:

Game format

Party size
All games will be played in a 4v4 format. No exceptions to this rule will be made.

Player Substitution
Teams are allowed to change up players in between games, however to help the flow of the match each team has 2 minutes to switch out players after each game ends.

Number of games
All five games will be played to determine the overall winner. To win a weekly match, one’s team must have a better win record spanning the five games. For example, if Team A wins 3 games and Team B wins 2, then Team A would be the winner and their record for that week’s match would be 3-2-0. Although the winning team's record will be 1-0 overall if this was the first game of the season, each game in the match (wins and losses) are noted on the teams record due to the event of a tiebreaker at the end of the season. (see tiebreaker rules in the "Determining the winner" section)

For overall ties (Ex. 2-2-1) each team will receive credit for an overall Tie on their record.

Teams are allowed to forfeit games however they will receive a loss for every game they decided not to play.

Gametypes
The list of game types and their settings can be found in the portion of the forum titled "Game Types."

Schedules
Team schedules as far as the weekly match up of teams will be decided before the start of the tournament.

Each week, teams will be allowed to schedule the day of the week and the time of day that they play on. Each week starts on Sunday 12:00am EST and ends at Saturday 11:59pm EST.

If a match is not played during that week a "last chance game" is allowed in which the match MUST be played on the first day (Sunday) of the following week @ 10pm EST. If the "last chance" rule must be implemented for that week and only one team shows, a custom game must be started no earlier than 10:00pm EST and no later than 10:15pm EST with four team members to prove that an attempt was made by the team to show. In this event, please report the game like you would a normal match and your team will receive a win for the week. If neither team shows for the "last chance", they both receive a loss on their record.

Example: Team A and Team B do not settle on a date during Week #1 and so the match is not played. They must show up online and ready on the Sunday night of Week #2 in order to get credit for the match. If Team A shows and Team B does not, Team A is credited a 5-0 win for the week.

Roster and Registration

Requirements
Each community's tournament roster is their ENTIRE community roster. As long as they are full members they are eligible.

Team Captain
Each team must submit a team captain.

Team captains are responsible for the registration and management of their team, reporting wins/losses to the tournament administration and will serve as a point of contact for other teams.

Registration dates
Registration opens on May 20th and ends on June 2nd. Please send the name of your community and the gamertag of your team's captain to winged-warriors@comcast.net.

Game Conduct

Connection issues
Due to the nature of the Internet, some games may be subject to cases of extreme “lag”. With this said, if more than two players from the same team are showing a yellow or red bar status over the course of the game or lag out at the same time; the game should be restarted. To signal to the party leader to stop the game (if he/she is on the opposing team) please have all your team members stand still until it is restarted. This should only be used if the above condition is met and is not to be abused.
Also, if a player lags out in the beginning of a game it may be immediately restarted.

If a player lags out in the middle of a game, an attempt must be made to bring him back into the game. The first person to die and respawn on the opposing team must attempt to get to a safe spot and sit still until the player who lagged out returns. In return, if the team that is down a player begins to kill the stand-still, this will be seen as poor sportsmanship and may result in the loss of the match. This is to ensure an even playing field during the course of the match.

Suggestions to help clear Internet lag are as follows:
Replace the player(s) who are experiencing the lag with other team members.
Pick a player to host a game, start it up, and invite the rest of the party at the same time.
Make sure your team is playing on a wired connection. Wireless connections tend to face more interference and are not as strong as wired

Determining the winner

Keeping Score
After each weekly match up is played, teams must post the results in the section of the forum titled "Match Results."

Regular Season
Ranking is based on a win/loss/tie record system. The team with the best record will have the #1 seed going into the Playoffs. The team with the second best will have the #2 seed and so on.

In the event of a tie of overall records, the team that will be placed in the higher seed will be determined by the following in order:
Overall game record
Winner of the week that both teams played each other (if applicable)
Overall Kills per Death spread
Overall Kills per Death spread in the week they played each other (if applicable)

Playoffs
The top teams will advance to the playoffs and will battle it out in a single elimination bracket based on seeding. The two teams left standing will face off in the championship match. In the case of a tie, a basic BR Slayer game type to 50 kills will be played for the tiebreaker. The tiebreaker map will be predetermined by league administration

Championship Match
The final match will consist of a series of 7 games. The winner of this match will be crowned Tournament Champion. As with the playoffs, in the case of a tie, the tiebreaker game type and map will be predetermined by tournament administration.

Rules are subject to change by the tournament administration.

Thank you to Excardon for the basis of these tournament rules.

Q: When will the tournament start?
A: The start date is currently under discussion, but right now we can safely say that it will start in late June.

Q: What is the format of the tournament?
A: This is a invitation only, 4v4 halo 2 tournament. For those who participated in the Good Game Network League, it will be run in the same manner. For those who did not participate in the GGN league the tournament will run like a season of the NFL, however not as long.

After the sign-up period the teams will be organized into two divisions. A schedule will then be released which contains what communities your community will face each week of the tournament. Your community will face a different community each week; most of your tournament opponents will be from your division, however, there will be a few inter-divisional matches.

After the regular season is completed, the top three teams from each division will make it to the playoffs and a tournament champion will be crowned. Below is the format of the playoffs.

Division Semi-Finals
Division A Seed #2 vs. Division A Seed #3
Division B Seed #2 vs. Division B Seed #3

Division Championship
Division A Seed #1 vs. Division A Semi Winner
Division B Seed #1 vs. Division B Semi Winner

Tournament Championship
Division A Champion vs. Division B Champion


Q: Why Halo 2?
A: Halo 2 is the game, which Pieter spent all his time as leader of the Winged Warriors. Halo 3 was considered, but Halo 3 is a game Pieter never played.

Q: Why 4v4?
A: It is Halo 2 so lag is always a factor, so 4v4 is the best choice. Also most of the game types are best played in a 4v4 setting.

Q: What are the game types?
A: The game types selected are Pieter's favorites and one game type in particular (Winged vs. Bobs) is Pieter's own version of Zero vs. Bobs. The game types range from default game types, like One Flag on Terminal and Multi-Flag on Coagulation to MLG game types, like MLG CTF Classic on Midship and MLG Team Slayer on Lockout.

Q: What is the roster size?
A: Your community's tournament roster is your ENTIRE member base. As long as they are full members of your community they are eligible. By making each community's member base eligible it will allow for easy scheduling.

[OcR Envy]

Beaver Creek
MLG Team Slayer
MLG CTF Classic

Coagulation
Team Slayer
Multi-Flag
Multi-Bomb
Neutral Bomb

Headlong
Team Slayer
One Flag
One Bomb

Lockout
MLG Team Slayer
MLG Oddball
Winged vs. Bobs

Midship
MLG Team Slayer
MLG CTF Classic
MLG Neutral Bomb
MLG Oddball

Sanctuary
MLG Team Slayer
MLG Multi-Flag
Assault
Crazy King
Reinforcement

Terminal
One Flag
One Bomb

Warlock
MLG Team Slayer
MLG CTF Classic
MLG Oddball

Zanzibar
Team Slayer
One Flag
One Bomb

All Games
1. Resolve Ties = Off
2. Motion Sensor = Off
3. Team Changing = Off
4. Respawn Time Modifier = None
5. Starting Weapon = Battle Rifle

One Flag
1. Number of Rounds = 4

One Bomb
1. Number of Rounds = 4

Complete Default settings will be released at a later time.

When creating MLG game types, make sure you go to the default game type (Team Slayer, CTF Classic, and Team Ball) and edit the locked variants. The settings listed here are all of the settings that differ from the default game types.

All Games
1. Resolve Ties = Off
2. Suicide Penalty = None
3. Motion Sensor = Off
4. Team Changing = Off
5. Respawn Time Modifier = None
6. Betrayal Penalty = None
7. Starting Weapon = Battle Rifle
8. Weapon Respawn = Double Time

Team Slayer (except Sanctuary)
1. Round Time Limit = 15 Minutes
2. Weapons on Map = No Duals

Team Slayer Sanctuary
1. Round Time Limit = 15 Minutes
2. Primary Turret = None
3. Weapons on Map = Map Default

Team Ball
1. Score to Win Round = 5 Minutes
2. Round Time Limit = 15 Minutes
3. Weapons on Map = No Duals

Multi-Flag Sanctuary
1. Round Time Limit = 30 Minutes
2. Flag at Home to Score = Off
3. Flag Touch Return = Off
4. Flag Reset Time = 10 Seconds
5. Flag Indicator = Off

CTF Classic Midship & Warlock
1. Score to Win Round = 5
2. Round Time Limit = 30 Minutes
3. Flag Reset Time = 15 Seconds
4. Flag Indicator = Off
5. Weapons on Map = No Duals

Neutral Bomb
1. Number of Rounds = 1 Round
2. Score to Win Round = 3
3. Round Time Limit = 30 Minutes
4. Bomb Reset Time = 60 Seconds
5. Bomb Arm Time = 5 Seconds
6. Weapons on Map = No Duals

Neutral Bomb games will have an initial time limit of 15 minutes. If after 15 minutes, one team is winning, the game is over. Even if a bomb is planted before the 15 minute mark, the score must change before the time limit for the plant to count. If the score is tied after 15 minutes, sudden death rules go into effect. In sudden death the first team to score is the winner.


More information to follow

[OcR Killjoy 2]

good cause for a tournament and a nice setup

unfortunately ive never played h2 online lol so ill probably sit this out entirely
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[NvrMetTheDoom]

I'm very very down for this. Hope night rider is doing well.
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[OcR PoseidoN]

I would like to do this. Let me know what day it is.

[OcR FoRk]

Kind of like the GGN team again, this would sound like fun. No button glitches correct?

[OcR Envy]

I don't think it said anything regarding button glitches.

[Pastemaster]

I don't think it said anything regarding button glitches.

Actually I forgot to add that in the rules, but button glitches are not allowed in the tournament.

[OcR FoRk]

Actually I forgot to add that in the rules, but button glitches are not allowed in the tournament.

He didn't say anything about superbouncing though!

:P

[OcR PoseidoN]

No button glitches? Depressing....

[OcR Nightmare]

i'd be up for this let me know.

[OcR Envy]

When I have more information you'll have more information

Teams Signed Up:
Winged Warriors
SBG Gaming
Outcast Reborn
The Panic Attacks
Arm the Flag
WillClan4Food
Halo3.Junk.ws
Spartan Gaming
Gaming by Grace

[Pastemaster]

Well the sign-up period has officially ended and nine communities have reserved their place. Those communities are;

Arm the Flag: Team Captain – TM Spooner
Gaming by Grace: Team Captain – Tokyo GBG
Halo3.Junk.ws: Team Captains – DoubleCross2 and xNsane
Outcast Reborn: Team Captain – OcR Envy
SBG Gaming: Team Captain – TBA
Spartan Gaming: Team Captain – SG Namloco
The Panic Attacks: Team Captain – CROWDADDY
WillClan4Food: Team Captain – WCF RedFalling
Winged Warriors: Team Captain – Pastemaster

So without further ado, we would like to officially welcome you to the start of the Night Rider 7 Halo 2 Tournament. The tournament begins today, June 14th 2009, coincidentally today is also Pieter Kok’s 24th birthday. Below you can find your division opponents as well as the complete tournament schedule. Both the divisions and the order of bye weeks were generated at random. Good luck in the tournament and thank you for helping us honor Pieter.

Night Division
Arm the Flag
Gaming By Grace
Halo3.Junk.ws
SBG Gaming
Winged Warriors

Rider Division
Outcast Reborn
Spartan Gaming
The Panic Attacks
WillClan4Food

Week one – June 14th – June 20th: Bye – Winged Warriors

SBG Gaming vs. Arm the Flag
Halo3.Junk.ws vs. Gaming By Grace
Spartan Gaming vs. WillClan4Food
Outcast Reborn vs. The Panic Attacks

Week Two – June 21st – June 27th: Bye – SBG Gaming

Winged Warriors vs. Halo3.Junk.ws
Arm the Flag vs. Gaming By Grace
Spartan Gaming vs. The Panic Attacks
WillClan4Food vs. Outcast Reborn

Week Three – June 28th – July 4th: Bye – Spartan Gaming

Outcast Reborn vs. SBG Gaming
WillClan4Food vs. The Panic Attacks
Winged Warriors vs. Gaming by Grace
Halo3.Junk.ws vs. Arm the Flag

Week Four – July 5th – July 11th: Bye – Arm the Flag

Spartan Gaming vs. Outcast Reborn
WillClan4Food vs. Winged Warriors
SBG Gaming vs. Halo3.Junk.ws
Gaming By Grace vs. The Panic Attacks

Week Five – July 12th – July 18th: Bye – The Panic Attacks

SBG Gaming vs. Winged Warriors
Arm the Flag vs. Spartan Gaming
Halo3.Junk.ws vs. WillClan4Food
Outcast Reborn vs. Gaming By Grace

Week Six – July 19th – July 25th: Bye – Outcast Reborn

Spartan Gaming vs. SBG Gaming
Winged Warriors vs. Arm the Flag
Halo3.Junk.ws vs. The Panic Attacks
WillClan4Food vs. Gaming By Grace

Week Seven – July 26th – August 8th: Bye – Halo3.Junk.ws

The Panic Attacks vs. SBG Gaming
Outcast Reborn vs. Winged Warriors
WillClan4Food vs. Arm the Flag
Spartan Gaming vs. Gaming By Grace

Week Eight – August 2nd – August 8th: Bye – Gaming By Grace

Spartan Gaming vs. Halo3.Junk.ws
WillClan4Food vs. SBG Gaming
Outcast Reborn vs. Arm the Flag
The Panic Attacks vs. Winged Warriors

Week Nine – August 9th – August 15th: Bye – WillClan4Food

Spartan Gaming vs. Winged Warriors
Outcast Reborn vs. Halo3.Junk.ws
The Panic Attacks vs. Arm the Flag
SBG Gaming vs. Gaming by Grace

Division Championship - August 16th - August 22nd
Night Division Seed #1 vs. Night Division Seed #2
Rider Division Seed #1 vs. Rider Division Seed #2

Tournament Championship - August 23rd - August 29th
Night Division Champion vs. Rider Division Champion

[OcR PoseidoN]

I won't be able to play this week unless it's tuesday... Finals. :(

[OcR Envy]

Nice I'll get to work on rosters for each week tomorrow!

[Pastemaster]

Due to the end of SBG Gaming, the start of the tournament will be postponed until June 21st. The divisions will remain the same, however please disregard the schedule as it has been scrapped. A new one will be up shortly. Thank you

[OcR Envy]

A heads up Paste, I contacted TPA who told me they had no idea regarding this tournament. Maybe include a contact for teams in the next schedule you post?

[OcR ROCKETR]

A heads up Paste, I contacted TPA who told me they had no idea regarding this tournament. Maybe include a contact for teams in the next schedule you post?

I would assume the contact for each team is the Captain that he posted in the original schedule post...

[OcR Envy]

Doh. My B.

[Pastemaster]

Welcome once again to the start of the Night Rider 7 Halo 2 Tournament. Just as before, the team captains of the participating communities can be found below. They will serve as a point of contact for scheduling matches. Also listed below is your division opponents and this week's playlist. Please refer to the Game Types section of the forum (http://wingedwarriors.freeforums.org/index.php) in creating this week's games. In addition, the Winged Warriors website is currently down, Zervon our webmaster will have it back up shortly. So for now please bookmark the link to the forums (http://wingedwarriors.freeforums.org/index.php). Finally your complete schedule has been included at the bottom. We wish you good luck in the tournament.

Arm the Flag: Team Captain – TM Spooner
Gaming by Grace: Team Captain – Tokyo GBG
Halo3.Junk.ws: Team Captains – DoubleCross2 and xNsane
Outcast Reborn: Team Captain – OcR Envy
Spartan Gaming: Team Captain – LOW VEGGIE
The Panic Attacks: Team Captain – CROWDADDY
WillClan4Food: Team Captain – WCF RedFalling
Winged Warriors: Team Captain – Pastemaster

Night Division

Arm the Flag
Gaming By Grace
Halo3.Junk.ws
Winged Warriors

Rider Division

Outcast Reborn
Spartan Gaming
The Panic Attacks
WillClan4Food

Week One Playlist

1. Multi-Bomb on Sanctuary
2. MLG Team Slayer on Warlock
3. One Bomb on Headlong
4. Team Slayer on Zanzibar
5. MLG CTF Classic on Midship

Week One – June 21st – June 27th

Winged Warriors vs. WillClan4Food
Halo3.Junk.ws vs. The Panic Attacks
Gaming By Grace vs. Spartan Gaming
Arm the Flag vs. Outcast Reborn

Week Two – June 28th – July 4th – Division Game

Arm the Flag vs. Gaming by Grace
Outcast Reborn vs. Spartan Gaming
Halo3.Junk.ws vs. Winged Warriors
The Panic Attacks vs. WillClan4Food

Week Three – July 5th – July 11th

Winged Warriors vs. The Panic Attacks
Halo3.Junk.ws vs. Spartan Gaming
Gaming By Grace vs. Outcast Reborn
Arm the Flag vs. WillClan4Food


Week Four – July 12th – July 18th – Division Game

Arm the Flag vs. Halo3.Junk.ws
Outcast Reborn vs. The Panic Attacks
Gaming By Grace vs. Winged Warriors
Spartan Gaming vs. WillClan4Food

Week Five – July 19th – July 25th

Winged Warriors vs. Spartan Gaming
Halo3.Junk.ws vs. Outcast Reborn
Gaming By Grace vs. WillClan4Food
Arm the Flag vs. The Panic Attacks

Week Six – July 26th – August 1st – Division Game

Arm the Flag vs. Winged Warriors
Outcast Reborn vs. WillClan4Food
Gaming by Grace vs. Halo3.Junk.ws
The Panic Attacks vs. Spartan Gaming

Week Seven – August 2nd – August 8th

Winged Warriors vs. Outcast Reborn
Halo3.Junk.ws vs. WillClan4Food
Gaming By Grace vs. The Panic Attacks
Spartan Gaming vs. Arm the Flag

Division Championship - August 9th - August 15th
Night Division Seed #1 vs. Night Division Seed #2
Rider Division Seed #1 vs. Rider Division Seed #2

Tournament Championship - August 16th - August 22nd
Night Division Champion vs. Rider Division Champion

[OcR Nightmare]

what's the deal with this, lol, someone missed the deadline for week one, unless I missed the game :(

[OcR PoseidoN]

Today's the 21st.... the tourney had to be pushed back because SBG was in it. When we have a date for the first game I'll play if I don't have anything going on.

[OcR Nightmare]

yah, i see that now. well let me know if you guys want/need me for this, and ill boot up some h2 and start practicing again.

[OcR PoseidoN]

I'm on right now. Played 3 games, DDOSed or Host Booted 3 times.

[OcR Envy]

I'll get with Anti and let ya guys know the day/time. First RSVP first play.

[OcR Veggeh]

I'll get with my guys and holler back as soon as I know something about when we're available. Look forward to gaming with you guys!

[WooT In Da BooT]

Sounds cool, I'll play if anyone needs an extra teammate.

[OcR Nightmare]

does the winged warriors have scoreboards that we could take and put over here for to keep track of people's records like in the GGN

[OcR PoseidoN]

Looks like we win week 2 also....

[OcR Veggeh]

I have the intention of being on for a last chance match tonight at 10. Hopefully 3 more SGers will join me and we can give you guys a match.

[OcR Envy]

Sorry guess we missed this one. If you guys were on the win is yours :(

[OcR ROCKETR]

Whatevs, I figured we weren't doing this anymore since we never heard anything else out of you guys. :(

[OcR Veggeh]

Yeah...had a busy week and all with the 4th and family and such...we are teh big phail boat here. Motivation.....lacking. I was on...waiting patiently in the H2 lobby...alone.

[OcR Veggeh]

Don't know if anyone has heard from Paste, but I got a pm from him over at WW and he said that the tournament has been canceled due to lack of interest.

[OcR ROCKETR]

Dang, I was afraid this would happen. :(

[NvrMetTheDoom]

Really?? That sucks. It's for such a good cause too.
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[OcR Veggeh]

Yeah, it really does suck. On the other hand though, they are planning on doing it with Halo 3 bringing as much stuff in from H2 as possible.

[OcR PoseidoN]

Really?? That sucks. It's for such a good cause too.
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[Memoryyyy]

Yeah I don't think many people own a copy of Halo 2 anymore..
But hopefully they bring it to Halo 3 so I can have a go at it! c(: