limited lns / sv ?
rip

this
is
sm tour

i think the most frustrating thing about this too, is that even with all of these issues, i don't want to leave the tournament because:

a.) the size of the field is somewhat appealing, though to be fair it's also a detriment because a good majority of the field is likely not going to stand much of a chance against the front-runners when the maps don't have any sort of holes to poke through weaknesses - i can see myself passing through a huge majority of the field with almost no effort (and that is absolutely not intended to be offensive to players at all as much as it is a point to further emphasize that mappool differentiation aids in giving players an actual fighting shot rather than making them hopelessly enter something where they'll get the broom)

b.) the lack of tournaments in mania as a whole makes it hard to want to pass this up: the size of this tournament gives players the opportunity to meet a ton of new players which is hugely appealing

c.) the odds of seeing another 1 v 1 tournament like this are going to be incredibly low and despite me really strongly disliking the premise of things here, there are a few showdowns in here that i desperately want to experience, and many more that could be amazing with tweaks

d.) this tournament is streamed, which means players at least get attention for their effort

there's a lot of good for this tournament but it's so hard to look at it as good when it's being overshadowed by such a stupid decision. it's pretty apparent you're doing something wrong, considering:

moni wrote:

limited lns / sv ?
rip

this
is
sm tour

Cryolien wrote:

juankristal wrote:

So, as a player who finds LNs/SVs fun I am not joining

Me, considering that LNs and SVs are my strongest points.

juankristal wrote:

Might as well give the money to the winners already tho.

The problem I see here is that it aims to be a "professional-ish" tournament by setting price pools, doing private invitations, with IDs and stuff that is not really frequent. So my opinion is that you should also stay as professional as possible when it comes to the map pool selection instead that just giving more chances to your favourite players. We dont even know who is the staff either!

Last year I didnt have the best of the experiences here playing this star league tournament because different reasons but now with all this stuff you are pmuch loosing all those ones who actually enjoyed it imo.

If you wanted to do a tournament like this, so "stepmania oriented" why you didnt host it in stepmania? I literally dont know if thats possible but I am psure you can setup something like that if you already managed to make such a thing here with IDs, invitations, streams whatever.

Zenonia wrote:

Gekido- wrote:

disappointed.

Agree.

change name to SM league? zzzz

Halogen- wrote:

oh cool let's completely eliminate completely valid skillsets in an invitational tournament

rip anyone who's good at long notes because hey, that doesn't matter in a game that actually has release timing, right

EDIT: and before anyone uses this against me, SV maps deserve their fair share as well but they're certainly not as integral of a concept compared to LN which exists to some extent in nearly every map

people are clearly not liking your decision, and those who actually -do- like it won't be able to objectively justify why they don't because it comes down to preference (and if they do, their argument is likely not even confounded/close to being legitimate), whereas those who are not liking your decision are basing it off of your objective mention that you refuse to add any sort of emphasis to a part of the game that actually separates osu!mania and makes it something different/challenging.

this isn't a situation where people can just "leave the tournament" because the odds of a 4K tournament coming up again are contingent on whether or not someone wants to host it

i sure as hell won't be running another SOFT, most other tournaments are country-specific (which is why this affects me as well because there's hardly ever any US tournaments to begin with), and others are team-based which adds elements of scheduling and situations where odds of winning are also contingent on other uncontrollable circumstances

Username: DikaSangga
Nationality: Indonesian
Player ID: 6969

@DikaSangga:


Update: Wave 2 invitations will be sent out shortly. It is getting to the point where things will now begin to slow down due to the cutoffs that had to be made to the invite list. If you have any questions or concerns about this, please let us know through PM.

can't join, i am busy

Maybe i will try this..

Username: Exaria-sama
Nationality: Indonesian
Player ID: 4512

Username: Conservation
Nationality: United states of America
Player ID: 8678
This looks like it will be fun

best tournament prizepool
goodluck

Username: pikechu
Nationality: China
Player ID: 5689

Get some soy sauce.

Okay~
Username: Krolxp
Nationality: Poland
ID: #6654

Gekido- wrote:

disappointed.

As someone who has a defective keyboard and can't do any LNs cuz of it, :O

Username: _Zirito_
Nationality: Indonesian
Player ID: 1626
Gogogo! XD

Username: [Kaikyu]
Nationality: Italian
ID: #9958

This will be funny~

I'm ready :3

Username: GianluTroll
Nationality: Italy
ID Number: 4344

Username: Ayaya
Nationality: United States
Player ID: 0626

Haven't played mania much the past week but can't let this chance slip by in participating in a community mania tournament

hmm interisting...

Username : Draftnell
Nationality : Indonesia
Player ID : 5553

Username: Lombit
Nationality: Indonesia
Player ID: 2706

Why not?

Username: Nixeria-sama
Nationality: Indonesia
Player ID: 2603

xD

umm, i want to ask..

well, why Indonesian flag used Poland flag?

looks like i'm gonna participate

Username: FGSky
Nationality: Morocco
Player ID: 1676

@Exeria-sama: Thanks for bringing that to our attention. It has been fixed.

Update: Although we did not intend to publicly release this information, we have received many questions about this so it is best if we do. The tournament has been going on about these invitations and that you can not ask for one, etc, but it has never been mentioned how to receive one. The short answer is, nothing a player does will guarantee them an invite unless you have participated in the first Star League, but we will list all the important details that have been looked at thoroughly for every single player that has gotten an ID. Please note that this list is not in order from most weighted categories to least. They are all weighted differently and exceptions are also made. For example, if the list says "top 1k rank", that does not strictly mean you have to be in the top 1000. There are numerous other categories that are taken into consideration.

INVITATION CRITERIA:
Top 999 (the player list consists of single digits, double digits, and triple digits, along with a few exceptions)
If you have participated in the first Star League
Notable ranked scores and the consistency between them (replays)
Activity the past month (play history)
If you play both 7k and 4k
General attitude towards the community (forum posts, osu!mania chat, etc)
If you have prior experience with SM or any other VSRG's
Any relation with those on the staff
Any relation with players that are registered
Able to communicate with the staff in english
Your 4k ability with others in your country
Strong interest in participating and have contacted the staff, but still satisfies all other criterias.

Ultimately, we have directed our attention towards that single/double/triple digit range that have proficient 4k ability so participants in this event are very experienced and will create for some interesting matches and will also be able to take on the upcoming map pool. We hope that this answers all those questions, but if not, please let us know through PM.

Username: Hinpoppo
Nationality: Canadian
Player ID: 1011

Would be pretty dank to go up against RaulGel, been eyeing this guy for a bit

Username: Akayro
Nationality: Switzerland
Player ID: 0005

Username: Pipper
Nationality: United Kingdom
Player ID: 0603

Thanks!

Username: StephenLovesJig
Nationality: United States
Player ID: 7788

I'm ready to see how I'll stack up! My keyboard may have a small chance of dying out for a moment during a match, though.

Username: Squishykorean
Nationality: United States
Player ID: 0919

There's so many participants. How long is this going to take?

Username: deep-sea flow
Nationality : United States
Player ID: ID Number: 0606

Username: Rygamine
Nationality: Russian Federation
Player ID: 6682

Thanks)

Username: Freeflow
Nationality: Canada
Player ID: 9909

Hey cool

@Squishykorean: There are no specific dates yet until registrations close, but definitely quite a while.


Update: The rules will be available within the next 12 hours. Be aware that there may be modifications to it until the first round matches begin. Any changes will be announced in a separate post.

Wave 3 of invites has been closed until further notice. If you have sent us a PM and we said that you are listed for wave 3, don't worry you will still be receiving an ID as promised.

Username: Saerdna
Nationality: Canada
Player ID: 1121

ok

Username: Worms
Nationality: New Zealand
Player ID: 0181

GL ALL ('=') kang how to get invitation okwaokwo :v just kidding

@by-ad: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


Update: The map pool package banners for round 2, 3, Semifinals, and Finals have been put up, but they are currently locked.

The rules are now available. All participants must read and make sure they are familiar with them by the time the matches begin. All rules are subject to change until the first round starts.

Username: [Crz]Derrick
Nationality: China
Player ID: 2212
Sounds Interesting.

Username:BurningPower
Nationality:France
Player ID:6404

Nice tournament, can't wait !

Username: [ Cafe ]
Nationality: South korea
Player ID: 3797

Username: Gamer97
Nationality: Switzerland
Player ID: 0099

I am too poor to afford Internet, so i will not be participating. sorry