Exhibition Season - Challenge Thread

[Khell]

Since the PS3 update has fixed our connectivity, let's get this exhibition season started. Teams are free to use this thread to create challenges until the next season starts sometime in mid-August to test out our new rules and our new currency system (which will be made public soon). Please make sure you check out the Rulebook for updated rules and procedure before starting out here.

Here's a recap of the rules for the challenge thread:

Challenges and Challenge Acceptance
To create challenges and see all the rules regarding challenge creation and accepting challenges, please use the appropriate challenge thread in the Arena.

-Both teams must have the same amount of representatives for the challenge: 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, or 4v4.
-Challenges will begin with the following standards: No Feral Chaos, no Infinites/Reset Abuse, no hacks/cheats, no Jobs.
-A mod from the forum or #DDFFCasual can serve as an organizer for challenges where counter-picking is necessary.

Currency System and Challenge Rules
The currency system (to be implemented soon) will govern over the use of custom rules within challenges. The standard ruleset listed above may be changed through the use of currency, allowing for additional rules such as no summons, no omega stages, etc. Check out the Currency System Thread for details.

When issuing the challenge, please purchase your additional rules from the Currency Thread before issuing challenges with these rules included.

Restrictions
-Each team may only play a total of 5 challenges each week. This can be any combination of issued and accepted challenges, but it may not exceed 5.
-Teams may only play an individual team TWO times per week.
-When challenging a team, you may only call out ONE specific player. Teams also have an option of declining this offer.
-[Round Robin Rule]Teams MUST play at least 3 other teams before playing a team a second time, regardless of time elapsed. Those who play each other without meeting this requirement will be penalized 20% of the potential reward of the match (win or loss), which can stack up to 5 times for each repeat offense. An example is below:

Team A and Team B play a challenge. Team A follows up that challenge with the following teams:

vs. Team C, Team D, Team E, Team B

while Team B does the following:

vs Team E, Team C, Team A

Team A will be safe from penalty, while Team B will be docked 20% of their winnings due to the Round Robin rule.

-Draw Battle challenges will not count towards overall challenges (you will retain the ability to play 5 challenges for the week), but DO count towards playing an individual team.
-Teams must participate in one challenge per week or will suffer a penalty for inactivity (-1 maximum challenges for the next week as well as a 10 point penalty).

Blind and Counterpick Procedure

Spoiler:

All parties involved from both teams should be gathered together in order to make the striking and selection process as smooth as possible.

Set 1

Step 1: One of the team leaders/representatives is selected to call a coin flip. The winner of the coin flip will begin the striking in match 1. The stages are: Old Chaos Shrine, Pandaemonium, M.S. Prima Vista, Sky Fortress Bahamut, Dream's End.

Step 2: Teams alternate striking stages until one remains for the battle. The striking order is then reversed for all subsequent matches that need striking. Repeat until stages have been selected for all the matches.

Step 3: Teams contact the organizer or a neutral party with character selections and player order. This person will relay the matchups to the teams who will proceed with the scheduled matches.

Set 2

Based on the results of Set 1, matches for Set 2 will be set up in the following fashion (if necessary):

Step 1: The team who won the original coin toss will shift down (Player in slot 1 plays in slot 2, etc) and the team who lost the original coin toss will shift up (Player in slot 1 plays in slot 3, etc).

Step 2: Teams are assigned counter-pick privileges based on team performance in the previous set. For example:

Teh Ninjas vs Knights of the Dusk

Set 1:
M1: Winner (Teh Ninjas)
M2: Winner (KotD)
M3: Winner (Teh Ninjas)

Set 2:
M4: Counterpick (KotD)
M5: Counterpick (Teh Ninjas)
M6: Counterpick (KotD)

The match from the previous set that corresponds to the current set determines the counterpick privileges. Counterpicks take place in the following order:

Loser selects stage -> Winner selects character -> Loser selects character.

Subsequent sets that are not tiebreakers will follow this pattern.

Tiebreakers

In the event a tiebreaker is necessary teams blindly select their player to the organizer/neutral party. These two players selected by the teams are announced, and then follow the procedure from Set 1 (stage strike, blind character selection). Players who have won all of their matches in a set are not eligible for play in a tiebreaker set.

Substitution

Teams who wish to have a substitution may do so ONE TIME per match, and this must be done in Round 2 or later and BEFORE a potential tiebreaker. This must be done during the counterpick phase. In the event a substitution is made, the player who has counterpick privileges for the affected match may restart the process.

Challenge Form
Please use the following style in order to challenge another team to a Team War:

Proposed Opponent: Opponent team name
Conditions for Victory: Challenge type. In other words, number of wins to claim victory
Purchased Rules: additional information for the challenge, like no summons, no omega stages, etc. [Keep in mind, if you have not purchased Additional Rules from the Currency Thread, this should be blank]
Participating Members: Team members that you expect will be participating for your team
Requested date: Provide a date for the other team to negotiate
Point(s) bet: Number of points you bet (only if you have enough points) [This amount cannot exceed 10 points]
Streamed: Requested/No

If you wish to accept a challenge, state that your team agrees to the challenge (and whether or not you accept any bets placed). When challenges are accepted, one of the Team Wars mods will mark it as official and indicate the number of points up for grabs.

For those who request a stream, keep in mind that it may not necessarily be available.

#DFTeamWars was created for team challenges. Please use this channel as you see fit for Team Wars related events and challenges.

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I ask that you try to keep the clutter in this thread to a minimum, and use it only for confirmation/denial/issuing of challenges. If additional details need to be ironed out for challenges issued, please take care of this in PMs or Team Threads!

[Dart]

Opponent: Dissonant Nexus
Conditions for Victory: 3v3 -- Best of 7
Details: Counter Summons, No Omegas
Members: Dart, Hollowed, Furius
Date: July 11, 10 PM EDT

[ChaosMuramasa]

Opponent: Dissonant Nexus
Conditions for Victory: 3v3 -- Best of 7
Details: Counter Summons, No Omegas
Members: Undecided
Date: July 9, 10 PM EDT

Mmmm, counter summons only. My favorite type of challenge.

Accepted. Chaos, Khell, and SolidSok. Which leads me to the other part---

Dissonant Nexus is hiring SolidSok for a total of three challenges at a rate of five points with one extra point for each victory.

[LonelyGaruga]

Opponent: Angelus Mortis
Conditions for Victory: 2v2 --FT5
Details: Counter Summons only, Omega stages banned
Members: Crash-1-2, LonelyGaruga
Date: July 8th, 8 PM PST

Will be willing to delay to July 9th, as I'm not fond of scheduling a challenge on the same day it's issued.

[Cherub]

Opponent: The forsaken
Conditions for Victory: 3v3--FT5
Details: Omegas Banned, Chase set to 1 hit.
Members: Cherub, Shin and Hallabaloo4
Date: July 14th; Saturday. Date is changeable.

[ChaosMuramasa]

Opponent: Dissonant Nexus
Conditions for Victory: 3v3 -- Best of 7
Details: Counter Summons, No Omegas
Members: Dart, Hollowed, Furius
Date: July 11, 10 PM EDT

Live streaming now @ http://www.justin.tv/chaosmuramasa

[Shiro]

Opponent: The forsaken
Conditions for Victory: 3v3--FT5
Details: Omegas Banned, Chase set to 1 hit.
Members: Cherub, Shin and Hallabaloo4
Date: July 14th; Saturday. Date is changeable.

Kindda late to answer but...Challenge accepted!

[ChaosMuramasa]

Opponent: The forsaken
Conditions for Victory: 3v3--FT5
Details: Omegas Banned, Chase set to 1 hit.
Members: Cherub, Shin and Hallabaloo4
Date: July 14th; Saturday. Date is changeable.

Live streaming now @ http://www.twitch.tv/chaosmuramasa

[RandomFactor]

Opponent: Prestige
Conditions for Victory: 2v2 - First to Five
Details: Counter Summons only, Omega stages banned
Members: RandomFactor, LonelyGaruga
Date: July 15th/16th, 11:00PM EDT

[Dart]

Opponent: Prestige
Conditions for Victory: 2v2 - First to Five
Details: Counter Summons only, Omega stages banned
Members: RandomFactor, LonelyGaruga
Date: July 15th/16th, 11:00PM EDT

You'll be facing Clavier and Skyler tonight.