DBNation's Proving Grounds #2!

(dukemaroon) #1

Greetings Dirty Bombers,

DBNation would like to announce a cup is built around giving a shot to the underdogs.

On Sunday the 17th of January, we will be hosting a max 8 team single elimination bo3 tournament!

That means that we’ll be prohibiting certain teams/competitors from participating. The following list is generated from specific team performance from our Open Cups:

fE
FENYA
SoloQ
Run and Pack
Prow^^
v56
DRAAKJES
TAG
SICK6
BzNs

The players on these teams will be unable to participate, substitute, or partake in the Proving Grounds event.

It’s important that the players of these teams also realize that we’re not forgetting about you! With this separation we’re trying to give the newcomers room to move, play, and compete. But let’s not forget that your dedication to the game, drive to win, and passion are what drive the community, and your understanding of this ruling and this particular list is greatly appreciated.

The event will start at:

  • 10am PST
  • 1pm EST
  • 6pm UTC
  • 7pm CET

Sign up with your team here!

Tournament Rules

Stay tuned for prizes!

We hope to see you there, and remember #PlayDirty!

-DBNation Admin Team

Stream can be found here:

(Tanker_Ray) #2

Ahh, can’t wait for the Asia/AUS cup too!!

Order me to war, and deploy me quick!!!

(Captain_Forward) #3

Fresh blood, great!

(dnbradio) #4

Too bad i can’t play :frowning: Good luck to the fresh blood! And remember that it doesn’t matter if you are good or bad, the important thing is that you sign up and have fun! :stuck_out_tongue:

(N8o) #5

Gonna watch this and try to poach people off their teams ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

(doxjq) #6

Yo, can someone fill me in on the rules for competitive play? I was just reading them on the dbnations forum and I’m a little confused on which mercs are allowed.

• No duplicate mercs per team (e.g. no double Sawbonez). If happens during match, suicide one of the
duplicate mercs immediately. When caught by Admins, the game will be paused until the situation is
remedied. (Note: This does not count against your pause amount unless deemed otherwise by DBN
Staff)

I thought I remembered there being a rule that said you were only allowed 1 x air strike merc, 2 x medics, etc etc, or is it literally just no double mercs?

(wolvie) #7

@rancid No double mercs at all

(dukemaroon) #8

@rancid As wolvie said, no duplicate mercs are allowed on a team at any time. We feel that the current merc pool is diverse enough, that no team will need duplicate mercs. Here are some examples of acceptable and unacceptable team compositions.’

Acceptable:

  • Sawbonez, Sparks, Fragger, Skyhammer, Bushwacker
  • Sparks, Aura, Proxy, Nader, RedEye
  • Sparks, Phoenix, Fragger, Skyhammer, Arty
  • Aura, Sawbonez, Rhino, Phantom, Arty

Unacceptable:

  • Sawbonez, Sawbonez, Fragger, Skyhammer, Arty
  • Aura, Aura, Arty, Nader, Bushwacker
  • Skyhammer, Skyhammer, Arty, Fletcher, RedEye

These are only examples of team compositions. You are not required to play like one of the “Acceptable” team comps that I have listed, they are just examples. You are not allowed to have 2 of the same merc on any team at any given time. All mercs are currently allowed in the game, you are simply not allowed to have duplicate mercs on one team.

(doxjq) #9

Yeah nah that’s cool, I just remembered watching some comp games mid last year who had some different rules, and I thought they were dbn comps, but they weren’t. I think they allowed duplicate sawbonez, but you were only allowed 1 sniper, 1 scout, 1 engineer, 1 fire support etc.

But that’s cool. Probably suits my team better haha.

(FireWorks) #10

But it is allowed to switch, right? Can 3 different players have the same merc at different spawnwaves? (So that the merc is only present on the field once)

(N8o) #11

You can indeed do this. Everyone can bring a skyhammer and switch as long as there are no other skyhammers on the field.