minhtam1638 wrote: 3j3l5g

Explain to me why I should watch this tournament when we all know Japan is 98% likely to win?

The shitmiss is real, even more on the Japanese team according to the last TWC haha!

minhtam1638 wrote: 3j3l5g

Explain to me why I should watch this tournament when we all know Japan is 98% likely to win?

People who love this game won't say this.

minhtam1638 wrote: 3j3l5g

Explain to me why I should watch this tournament when we all know Japan is 98% likely to win?

then explain to me why you should watch the tournament

good luck to all the participants :3

minhtam1638 wrote: 3j3l5g

Explain to me why I should watch this tournament when we all know Japan is 98% likely to win?

it's either Japan or Taiwan

mrdumpling64 wrote: 1v1q3w

it's either Japan or Taiwan

if Taiwan is not banned

who cares about the result? the thing is to have fun playing the game we love, isn't it?

EDIT:

The tiebreaker will be played under FreeMod conditions.

When playing the tiebreaker, no one needs to have a mode activated.

what's the meaning of this? you can but you don't have to use mods?

what's the meaning of this? you can but you don't have to use mods?

mode not obligatory I suppose ?

it's a bit confusing because these two statements are almost the oposite, or at least, the way i understand them

Freemod usually allows you to pick a mod, whereas at least one person MUST PICK at least something. This is simply not the case in the tiebreaker. We are enabling freemod, you can play it on HR or HD, but unlike in the real freemod bracket, no one must pick a mod.

then i think it will be better explained with "No free mod at tiebreaker"
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or im still missunderstanding it D:

He means that you can use Hd/HR in tiebreaker but there is no obligation for any player to do so, Whereas in freemod bracket, at least one player of each team must enable HD/HR

Nashmun wrote: 682d3f

Whereas in freemod bracket, at least one player of each team must enable HD/HR

Is this something new of I just missed it before?

That's not new. It has been like that last year, too.

there's some notification if you didnt send your registration correctly?

Yeh. I just will be able to process all remaining ~100 registrations on Monday. My internet is too dead. Sorry for the delay and I beg for your patience

oki no problem, i know there will be lots of private messages XD

EDIT: Where's the hype guys?!

no hype because reg. phase isn't over yet ;w;

god taiko the queen

I'm a legit HDFL player, I should be world champion, no need for this tournament

Good luck, guys!

what time is it?

Thelma wrote: 1l13p

what time is it?

gonna 1 PM

LZD wrote: 2i285n

Where's the hype guys?!

HYPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

GG, nice.

myrkulo buy a new avatar pls, put at least a katsu

wiki wrote: 3c1k6d

All successfully formed teams will be published after the Registration Phase.

this already ed the registration phase, right?

Thelma wrote: 1l13p

what time is it?

Taiko time~

Thelma wrote: 1l13p

wiki wrote: 3c1k6d

All successfully formed teams will be published after the Registration Phase.

this already ed the registration phase, right?

Yeah.

I am honest here, my ISP is shitting on me, I have no reliable internet (only tethering with 64kbits) and I can not help it a lot. I wanted to ask if you guys mind it a lot if I postpone the entire TWC by 1 week (respectively 1 weekend), so the drawings may be streamed by someone else, we have more time to form teams properly (and not in haste) and the actual tournament itself can be hosted by myself fluently and fine.

Before I just decide to postpone it, I wanted to hear the public opinion about that. Stuff is rough for me right now, I don't want to cry super much about it, but it's a plain fact that I am lacking of ressources to host the TWC as I actually planned to do. (I had to switch ISP since my current one decided to be unable to provide me the service I ordered. It was planned to be back two weeks ago already, which was not possible and today I finally switched after a final attempt of my old ISP to get shit running - which failed.)

Since it is winter vacation for almost everywhere at this moment, postponing for a week won't be any issue I suppose. Just take your time.

LZD wrote: 2i285n

myrkulo buy a new avatar pls, put at least a katsu

Sorry, I do not take advices from drugs

Loctav if you ever need any help or something I can always assist you, given you'll accept my help. The Taiko community are brothers no matter what, a week of postponing if you need it is fine. Whatever helps you make this tournament a success, is ok with us. Not to speak as a leader for an entire community, certainly one which i've had a strange history with, but as long as you are giving it your all instead of making excuses, certainly it is no problem. I commend your honesty with us instead of just deciding to do things, it can make a world of difference with your community if you're open with them.

If we waited for this 1 year, we can wait 1 week more

MYRKUL wrote: 5x5xk

LZD wrote: 2i285n

myrkulo buy a new avatar pls, put at least a katsu

Sorry, I do not take advices from drugs

bullying

I don't mind this, just make sure that you don't mind the people who are inevitably going to complain in a fit of impatience and rage >_>

I can give my extended thoughts on this if you want, but for now this will just be a "I don't mind, so you don't mind either" scenario.

Fine with me

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If manager can't meet the time why not?

It will be even worse if we force manager to do something which most likely can't be finished.

No rush, keep the quality.

Does That mean we have one more week to send our registration ? Or they are still closed ?

Backfire's post and the calm way of the other people is really nice. Anyway, postponing the tournament would be fine for me, too. In this way I have one more week to think about the first mappool.

Take it easy.

and when i thought backfire couldn't get any cooler.... he did anyway... =w=)b

Nashmun wrote: 682d3f

Does That mean we have one more week to send our registration ? Or they are still closed ?

good question, it would allow more people ample time to sign up :3

Kuro wrote: 27g5g

and when i thought backfire couldn't get any cooler.... he did anyway... =w=)b

Nashmun wrote: 682d3f

Does That mean we have one more week to send our registration ? Or they are still closed ?

good question, it would allow more people ample time to sign up :3

Exactly. Here, in Poland, still many players are not conviced in participating, so maybe it's not an individual case.
So yeah, take your time, Loc.

OnosakiHito wrote: y4t4u

Backfire's post and the calm way of the other people is really nice. Anyway, postponing the tournament would be fine for me, too. In this way I have one more week to think about the first mappool.

Take it easy.

Is it still possible to suggest maps for the mappool ?

Nashmun wrote: 682d3f

Does That mean we have one more week to send our registration ? Or they are still closed ?

Loctav wrote: 5b1v22

...we have more time to form teams properly (and not in haste)...

Judging the quote, I would say yes. (Not too sure myself)

@mliencheng: Of course!

dw loctav thanks for being honest bruh

basically what backfire said

It's fine with me.
Also, if tournament staff needs something like streaming bandwidth (10mbps w00t) or something I'd be glad to help

Why didn't you edit the Tournament Schedule on the wiki if you're gonna postpone it?

- Korean Kiwi - wrote: 2q71z

Why didn't you edit the Tournament Schedule on the wiki if you're gonna postpone it?

The Reason is 1
Just Loctav can do that and he is have problem with his internet right now (hope he is back soon)

Hello everybody! As I predicted, I have to postpone the entire TWC by one week. Therefore, every stage will be one weekend later than actually planned. The streaming of the drawings will be taken over by some helping hand. I try my best to get back fully soon (12th Feb is the scheduled setup by my new ISP), meanwhile I try to compile and check all registrations and will the declared captains as soon as possible!

I will update the wiki and news announcement now.

Moreover, since I need to look into every single registration - and as my possibilities are quite restricted right now - I can not reopen the registration phase itself. I am very sorry for that and hope for your understanding. Right now, I have 118 individual registrations from 20 different countries.
As I can predict, it will most likely be a tournament consisting of 20 or 16 teams, smaller than last year, unfortunately. We will most likely stay with 3v3, but I can not give out definite answers yet. Moreover, we have no Japanese players. Maybe they missed it or had no interest? It's surprising, I expected a huge bunch of Japanese sign ups, there are a lot of players available - maybe someone can investigate?

Thanks for your patience and I try to make the best out of the current situation for myself. Let's hope I can avoid any further hassle resulting from this.

Loctav wrote: 5b1v22

Moreover, we have no Japanese players.

Holy moly

Arrival wrote: 4l3j3n

Loctav wrote: 5b1v22

Moreover, we have no Japanese players.

Holy moly

No Japan? Suddenly TWC just became wide open!

minhtam1638 wrote: 3j3l5g

No Japan? Suddenly TWC just became wide open!

Taiwan gogo

gegegegegegrgrgrgrgfgfgfgfghgfhghgh

I think that is the matter of language, and most importantly, having Japanese players will make the tournament better.

Niko-nyan wrote: 6m1841

Loctav wrote: 5b1v22

Moreover, we have no Japanese players.

Holy moly

1st place just became a free-for-all

Let's say the reason is known now. But it's up to them if they wanna comment about it.

Kuro wrote: 27g5g

2nd place just became free-for-all

We all know will get 1st <3

use this bit of extra time for pratice! also DRUM HYPE!

_Gezo_ wrote: 516q3b

Kuro wrote: 27g5g

2nd place just became free-for-all

We all know will get 1st <3

SACREBLEU

Finally Spain will win at least a single round
This extra week is perfect for me to get a mechanical keyboard
ALL ABOARD DRUM HYPE TRAAAIN

All accepted participants should have received a forum PM. Please read this carefully.

Some countries didn't get accepted despite ing enough people. Care to explain that please?

_verto_ wrote: 4j3n28

Some countries didn't get accepted despite ing enough people. Care to explain that please?

And some didn't get ed despite having received a confirmation PM...

i hope that teams list needs some updates...

A lot of teams have only 3 players. That's not good. That means if one person is missing, the other team wins by forfeit. Can't you allow team captains to go and fill their teams to the maximum 6?

Things gonna happen.

, it's your time to shine.
Hard to choose whether wins or Taiwan... or maybe Hong Kong. Inb4 betting game incoming /

RNGesus told me, that group D will be PL, FR, HK, TW
Doesn't matter, good luck, and have fun of course!

minhtam1638 wrote: 3j3l5g

A lot of teams have only 3 players. That's not good. That means if one person is missing, the other team wins by forfeit. Can't you allow team captains to go and fill their teams to the maximum 6?

has been like that for years. Unless you only want 8 teams, the way it is right now is fine

Will we really have group stage as there is only 16teams ? If yes nobody will be kicked out or the brackets will start with only 8 teams ?

I think that the group stage is just to can lay our team in the Ro16. Maybe no one will be delete from tournament after the group stage ^^.

I'm pretty confident at the fact that there were quite a number of registrations that were submitted from the Malaysian team.
So, why isn't our team on the list?

Jerry wrote: 3n3p6t

I'm pretty confident at the fact that there were quite a number of registrations that were submitted from the Malaysian team.
So, why isn't our team on the list?

Asked around and found out that there are AT LEAST 4 successful registrations from our country (Jerry, 1811, buhzidao and mine), which is more than the 3 that most accepted teams have

I'm pretty sure that all of our registrations were "valid and serious", since the four of us had participated in the previous TWC

So, care to explain why isn't our team on the accepted roster??

So it turns out actually , the team is formed by TM?

I finally know why no Japan player ing

TM didn't form the teams. Loctav sent the list of all participants to be checked and some of them have been rejected, that's why we have less players in teams that players that actually ed. And as you can have 6players per teams, if your country only get 6 or less validated player the team is obviously completed automatically.

Reasons for rejection will not be made public, so the best thing to do is that concerned players (rejected ones) send an email directly to TM to try to clarify the situation. Trust me it makes me feel sad as well but starting a drama here based on assumptions is not the right thing to do atm.

Wooo go USA take it home

glad you could make the team kuro!

check your own if you have a map with HDFL

I believe they didn't want to allow players that can do HDFL to this tournament~

I smell some relationshit why can get their full power in their team rosters and believe that they can get the #1 place with easily :c

People breaking the of services have been preliminarily filtered, as well as people who had a ranking below #8000. You may say majority of the teams were formed by me, this is true, but this only applied to those who had less than 6 ed s anyways. Why should I ask a TM to pick 5 people from a list that only consists of 5 people or even less?
If majority would simply stop breaking the osu! of services, we wouldn't have this discussion. It's not hard to stop creating multi s or let your be basically a whore where everybody plays on.
Not allowing cheaters is obvious, I guess. Filtering these people has been done for 3 years already. Whoever got filtered knows very well why. Who claims otherwise, blatantly lies.

The only countries who had more than 6 ed s remaining after filtering all registrations were and USA. In these cases, we declared a captain (MMzz and Nashmun in specific), presented them a list of all registrations and let them choose.

There is nothing wrong happening here. Japan did not because they misunderstood the ruleset, as explained by TKS to OnosakiHito.

Lightning Wyvern wrote: 1a6v36

check your own if you have a map with HDFL

I believe they didn't want to allow players that can do HDFL to this tournament~

I smell some relationshit why can get their full power in their team rosters and believe that they can get the #1 place with easily :c

pls i hdfl'd saitama does that count

Loctav wrote: 5b1v22

Filtering these people has been done for 3 years already. .

I still don't understand why our team got filtered despite the fact that we ed for the past 4 years without any issues at all.

Loctav wrote: 5b1v22

Whoever got filtered knows very well why. Who claims otherwise, blatantly lies.

"If you disagree you lie lol"

Loctav wrote: 5b1v22

There is nothing wrong happening here.

So not allowing a country or two to participate because it's more convenient to run the tournament with 16 countries instead of 18 isn't wrong at all. Please remove your country from the world cup and allow an excluded country to participate instead if you really think there is nothing wrong happening.

cdhsausageboy wrote: 4qv6e

pls i hdfl'd saitama does that count

ofc that count
that's why there's only 4 people from my country from a total of 12 ed players orz

also

Loctav wrote: 5b1v22

Not allowing cheaters is obvious, I guess. Filtering these people has been done for 3 years already. Whoever got filtered knows very well why. Who claims otherwise, blatantly lies.

If you know which one is cheater and which isn't, why don't you ban them from a long time ago ? :<

Well at least you have 16 teams now (p. sure it was 15 when first announced but maybe I miscounted or you were able to get 1 more team)

good luck to the participants o/

keep calm and grab popcorn

Jerry wrote: 3n3p6t

Loctav wrote: 5b1v22

Filtering these people has been done for 3 years already. .

I still don't understand why our team got filtered despite the fact that we ed for the past 4 years without any issues at all.

Maybe your decided to break the ToS between the last TWC and the current TWC?

Dear Loctav,

I just read the tournament rules carefully, and I didn't found a single word about " of Service", "Multi" or so.
If some of the applicants have broken the ToS, peppy should take care of them applying the current Osu! ruleset and the staff of this tournament should take care of his own rules.
Because of this, applying a simple rule inherit system, this tournament staff can't keep out an with multi (for example) because following Osu! rules their multi should have been erased long time ago (You even itted you know their multis by rejecting them), not banning their primary .

If even with this staff keeps rejecting more s, Spain (and not just Spain) will leave TWC 2015.

MYRKUL wrote: 5x5xk

Dear Loctav,

I just read the tournament rules carefully, and I didn't found a single word about " of Service", "Multi" or so.
If some of the applicants have broken the ToS, peppy should take care of them aplying the current Osu! ruleset and the staff of this tournament should take care of his own rules.
Because of this, aplying a simple rule inherit system, this tournament staff can't keep out an with multi (for example) because following Osu! rules their multi should have been erased long time ago (You even itted you know their multis by rejecting them), not banning their primary .

If even with this staff keeps rejecting more s, Spain (and not just Spain) will leave TWC 2015.

+1

Loctav wrote: 5b1v22

as well as people who had a ranking below #8000

How to kill non-popular countries

dani wrote: z336b

MYRKUL wrote: 5x5xk

Dear Loctav,

I just read the tournament rules carefully, and I didn't found a single word about " of Service", "Multi" or so.
If some of the applicants have broken the ToS, peppy should take care of them aplying the current Osu! ruleset and the staff of this tournament should take care of his own rules.
Because of this, aplying a simple rule inherit system, this tournament staff can't keep out an with multi (for example) because following Osu! rules their multi should have been erased long time ago (You even itted you know their multis by rejecting them), not banning their primary .

If even with this staff keeps rejecting more s, Spain (and not just Spain) will leave TWC 2015.

+1

+2

Having multis place you with appropriate consequences. That we reject players due to ToS violation has been done for three years already and you never had a problem with it.

This is an official tournament. If you wish to participate in officla tournaments, you have to at least respect the simple of services you agreed on when g up to osu!. We do not let people participate in tournaments we invest in, if they can not even follow our simple ruleset. It's not much we want. We just want you to stop shitting on the community, the staff and our rules if you want to take part in something we put effort in.

Keep in mind that we only pay attention to offenses happened within the last year. If you stop disrespecting our rules now, you can freely participate next year.
I am sorry that you dislike that some of your friends were expelled, but it is their fault if they couldn't follow a simple ruleset. I am not the one to blame here. And stop acting like this is news to you. Because it isn't.

does it mean that the limitations of exchanging players are going to be removed from all other mode world cups in future as well? really curious cause i see it for the first time

world cup
16 countries

i dont have multi, why do i got rejected?

Elementaires wrote: 1q3e37

world cup
16 countries

Hey, it could be worse. The World Cup of Hockey only has 6 countries, and they had to make up 2 artificial teams among the rest of the good players.

At least I think rejected players should get an explanation

MYRKUL wrote: 5x5xk

At least I think rejected players should get an explanation

Hey guys, Mr Color here coming in a little bit before this whole ordeal starts. As you guys know I'll be once more taking part in the play-by-play commentary for the event. I just wanted to introduce myself to the community once again in the middle of all the pre-cup drama. If you guys want to send me any pointers of things you feel I should mention on air about certain players, their strengths and weaknesses, as well as the maps that will be used, I will of course be studying up to offer the most insightful commentary possible, but I won't refuse a little help doing that, so by all means feel free to hit me up with a forum PM and I'll make sure to note down any interesting info you guys will send my way.

You guys have a good one, and I'll see you for the drawings!

TWC needs your sexy voice, Mr Color.

Mr Color wrote: 2r8t

any pointers of things you feel I should mention on air about certain players, their strengths and weaknesses

B-but is this a good idea? Just hope there won't be any spies on the stream

inb4 - He's a HR monster, don't pick HR maps. Pick HD, because they are bad with it

I would definitely like to see more countries represented, and have already discussed with loctav about extending the entry period to make sure those that haven't yet ed can.

peppy wrote: 73101g

I would definitely like to see more countries represented, and have already discussed with loctav about extending the entry period to make sure those that haven't yet ed can.

That'd be very nice. It's a shame that countries like Russia, Japan, Ukraine or other countries with good players are not represented

peppy wrote: 73101g

I would definitely like to see more countries represented, and have already discussed with loctav about extending the entry period to make sure those that haven't yet ed can.

This wouldn't change a thing.
Even with 2 weeks more, the outcome would have been the same.
This is about motivation, not time.

Kurai wrote: 4o3o

That'd be very nice. It's a shame that countries like Russia, Japan, Ukraine or other countries with good players are not represented

Japan didn't understand or didn't want to participate and Ukraine wasn't motivated.