»CONGRATULATIONS«
Whew. That just happened. 3 weeks, 47 matches (yeah, some were defaulted.. ) Still, we had quite a ride!
As always, we want to thank the people who helped make this possible and give out congrats to the winners and commiserations to the runner-up.
Before that, I want to apologize to the WSC admin team and anyone affected by our tournament making your finals difficult to schedule.
We tried to avoid it but some things were set in motion and we will make sure to have better planning in the future.
Onto the winners!
Our first seed invitee and you didn't disappoint. There really isn't a visible weakness to your team and we're all excited to see how far you can go in the future.
Arni, SirAlecks, Ciiges, Kane, Dume, Charlini, Gibby, Menethil, Scar, Peter. Enjoy your copies of Bannerlord when it releases and the physical goodies!
Arni, SirAlecks, Ciiges, Kane, Dume, Charlini, Gibby, Menethil, Scar, Peter. Enjoy your copies of Bannerlord when it releases and the physical goodies!
Second seed invitee and wow did you put up a fight! The final could have gone either way and nobody can take anything away from you for trying.
Sotamursu, Bloody_Death, Razer, Matt, Bruce, Habi, Anchor, Nomes, Shema, EviImay. You have secured 10 copies of Bannerlord when it releases.
We all hope to see you competing at such a high level again soon.
Sotamursu, Bloody_Death, Razer, Matt, Bruce, Habi, Anchor, Nomes, Shema, EviImay. You have secured 10 copies of Bannerlord when it releases.
We all hope to see you competing at such a high level again soon.
Also a very good effort from Unity, Aequalitas, Blackened, Inversed Brains, Rising Rivals and Knights of Malta. You are the top 8 teams currently in the scene. Keep going and good things will come.
»THANK YOU'S«
Hard to find somewhere to start here. So many people have contributed to this tournament and if I forget a name I promise it's not on purpose.
»SPONSORS«
TaleWorlds - We have done it. Thanks for supporting the competitive scene and agreeing to this. Hopefully we can continue the trend in the future. They provided 20 copies of Bannerlord, posters, tshirts and 5 tournament servers. Amazing prizes, thanks so much!
Oasis Hosting - They provided 2 tournament servers! DE4 was used a lot and rarely if ever heard of a complaint. Solid! Thanks a lot.
Infravider - They provided 60 days free of gameservers to the winner and 30 days free for the runner-up! I'm sure the teams will put them to good use. Thanks!
LordMetzger- 3 German servers. Great up-time and fantastic reliability. You've been giving servers to the tournament community for a very long time and you are under appreciated. Thanks a lot.
CCC Clan - 3 French servers. Great up-time and amazing reliability. You've been offering servers for awhile and the community thanks you!
»ADMINISTRATION«
imemine aka ChatNoir - Wowza. MVP, imo. Late addition but she contributed TONS of hours to make this work out and without her it definitely wouldn't have been the same. Was an absolute pleasure to admin with and she really can do everything. Ref matches, graphics, bbcode, checking logs, update threads, provide servers.. the list goes on. She would be an incredible asset to ANY tournament. Thanks so much!
PS.. you can join our team at any time.
Orion aka Marnid - We go back a ways but haven't worked together on a tournament yet. That has changed . Very glad he agreed to join. The man did a lot of work on the threads, fixtures and rules. Has a sick work ethic and vast knowledge which was always helpful. Thanks man!
Gibby - Welcome back to the world of admins! He helped update threads and provided great previews. Thanks!
Rosslington - All the graphics you see on streams and a lot of them on the forums (including the logo for BCM) is all Ross! He loves supporting the competitive scene and did a fantastic job helping us out on the admin side of things and helped with the threads. Look forward to working together in the future!
»STAFF«
Tardet - As usual, Tardet exceeds expectations with team previews, match previews and his thread contributions. Glad you signed up, man. Thanks!
Wolflo - Will be doing our stats soon enough for BCM and he's our backend wizard.
Nevino - Helped ref and record some matches. Always a pleasure!
Deafening - Everyone knows Deaf. Expert at camera and production. Can you believe he was nervous for the finals? His only mistake was his friend calling him on steam. Excellent as usual.
REFEREES - SirAlecks, LastShadow, Achaner, Charlini (offered help finding refs and other consulting)
»FRIENDS«
Duken aka 7evn - He provided all the great map intros you saw and some other content. Great guy and very unfortunate he doesn't have time to help anymore. It makes me sad but he has a very bright future. Good luck!
Scar - Does this guy need an introduction? A lot of the thread design he did and the original rule-set he wrote. Anything this guy touches turns to gold. Thanks dude!
Oliveran - Helped make the mod for BCM servers and kept everything working properly.
WSC Team - Above apology and thanks for some threads we used as a foundation.
Callum - Needs a separate space than TaleWorlds. He was always around if I needed help and without him I don't think this would have ever happened. Good luck with the upcoming game and we'll all be watching!
»STREAMERS AND COMMENTATORS«
Streamers
BladeCast Commentary
Viktor, PeterAvastrat, MaHuD, Troubadour, Callum, Gibby, Nevino, Azan, Volcom
Streamers
BladeCast Commentary
Viktor, PeterAvastrat, MaHuD, Troubadour, Callum, Gibby, Nevino, Azan, Volcom
Personal thank you to all the commentators who helped make this special for everyone. Viktor and Peter specifically spent a lot of hours trying to make this entertaining for all. Incredible effort.
Finally, this wouldn't have been possible without so much support from the community and TaleWorlds. I've always wanted to do this style of tournament and I think with some small tweaks it will be even better. We had some issues and we'll look to fix those for the next iteration. Look forward to a resurrected Round Table episode with Callum and friends where we do a post-mortem on the BladeCast Masters soon.