eSports eSports Summary - 2017

[Spy 14,737]

 

 

eSports Summary 2017

 

Hello eSports fans! 2017 has been a successful year when it comes to eSports in Tanki. This year, we had a lot of tournaments, a lot of new winners and even new Veteran paint owners. Sounds confusing? I am here to clean up all of the mess for you! 

 

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January

 

2017 started right after the Clan Championship 9 ended. There were no clan tournaments in this month which allowed participants of the Clan Championship rest for the upcoming tournaments.

 

Just as a reminder, the Clan Championship 9 winners were as follows:

1st place: Synergy

2nd place: Can’t Stop

3rd place: Eternity

4th place: Vavilon.

 

11th of January: The yearly ‘Winter Tandem’ tournament was announced! Winter Tandem as its name is a two versus two tournament. This tournament is perfect for those who like to play with all of the turrets. The tournament consisted of two stages:

 

First stage: In this stage, once you lose a match you are out of the tournament. 

Second Stage: Double Elimination; Once you lose you move into a lower bracket to be eliminated, where two losses are needed.

 

The tournament’s prizes didn’t include special paints, but what’s better than playing with your mate? The registrations for this tournament closed on the 12th of January.

 

February

 

On the 6th of February, the Russian eSports team organised the first team tournament of the year: TOF – Lord of The Points. This tournament was based on the regular TOF tournament but it was played in the CP mode. The tournament’s prizes included the Acid paint and the special module Spectrum M-B, along with lots of crystals and even XT equipment!

 

On the 12th February the final match of ‘Winter Tandem’ was played! Two teams made it to the grand-final:

 

Immortal_HeRo_DoW & Mr.BaHbKa123 and Vengeance & Kyzna.

 

In the end, after an intense match, Immortal_HeRo_DoW & Mr.BaHbKa123 were crowned champions.

 

On the 14th February 2017, the announcement of the German Kampf der Sterne tournament was made. There were two categories in this tournament:

• M3 category
• M2 category

In M3 category, the participants were competing for the expensive “Star” paint which came with the Spectrum M-B module, lots of crystals, three months of premium, 15 Gold Boxes and 1 000 supplies!

 

In M2 category, the participants were not competing for the “Star” paint but the prizes pool included 800,000 crystals, one month of premium, 10 Gold Boxes and 750 supplies!

 

 

March/April

 

Just before April, we saw the return of the yearly ‘Masters of the Swords Tournament’ which is based on the XP/BP format - which also happens to be the only format used in this tournament. The prize pool included the Gladiator paint and a new paint made by the Russian community called ‘Impulse’, which also comes with the Spectrum M-B module. The tournament had four categories:

• Clans
• Trio
• Tandem
• Solo

In Clans category, only those sixteen clans who managed to earn enough points from the Blitz tournament were allowed to take part. Also, all of the players from Clans category were allowed to participate only in one more category (Solo or Tandem). Trio wasn’t allowed to all of the players from the Top 16 Clans. Each clan could register up to twelve players; and in every match, there were six players per team.

 

The category consisted of two stages:

 

Group Stage: Sixteen clans were distributed to four groups of four clans in each group. During the group stage, each clan would play twice against other clans from their group. After the match, each clan got points (for a win, a clan would receive 3 points; for a draw, 1 point; and finally, for a loss, 0).

 

The clans who finished 1-2 place in their groups in Major League and First League, participated in the play-off stage.

 

The second stage was the “Play-Offs”: This stage was in “Double Elimination" method - consisting of one match with four rounds. In the case of a tie, penalty round was played, which was a 3v3 on a map chosen before the match.

 

Trio, Solo and Tandem consisted of two stages — as well as Clans category:

 

First Stage: Olympic system (play-off), a loser of each match is immediately eliminated from the tournament;

Second Stage, since 1/8: Double Elimination; A loser of each match in upper bracket is immediately eliminated from upper stage to lower bracket, but a loser of each match in lower bracket is immediately eliminated from the tournament.

 

4th of April: The Grand Final of TOF Lord of the Points Economy - Revolution vs I DON'T KNOW! In the end the English team, "I DON’T KNOW" won and brought the Acid paint back home. :)

 

5th of April: The Grand Final of TOF Lord of the Points VIP – two teams made it to the grand final, Vavilon and TeamP. After six long rounds, Vavilon beat TeamP with a score of 4:1!

 

 

May

 

18th of May: Grand Final of Master of the Swords Trio - denisandr team vs miss-diamant team

The Grand-Final of the trio category was played on 4 different maps, 2 rounds in each map, 8 rounds in total.

After a long battle, team denisandr won after the seventh round and brought the Impulse paint to their team!

 

19th May: Grand Final match of Master of the swords Tandem - Makxxe & Gothic vs NewWay & denisandr

 

The Grand Final of Tandem category was as same as the Trio’s grand final(4 different maps, 2 rounds in each map, 8 rounds in total). Makkxe / Gothic won the match without losing a single round in this match!

 

22nd of May: Domination Series | Season II Announcement – Domination Series tournament came back after a year of waiting, This tournament was not based on 1 format but 5 different formats! as same as before the participants were competing for the Acid paint which came with Spectrum module M_B and 4,000,000 crystals!

 

23nd of May: Grand-Final match of Master of the Swords Solo - Spy vs stas-semenovi.ua

Solo’s grand final was a little bit different, 2 different maps, 2 rounds in each map. Total of 4 rounds.

After a close match, stas-semenovi.ua won with the result 2:1.

 

24th of May: Grand Final of Master of the Swords CLANs - Peppers vs Vavilon

As same as in Tandem & Trio (4 different maps, 2 rounds in each map, 8 rounds in total)

Against all odds, Peppers managed to beat Vavilon with the result 4:2.

 

 

 

June

 

7th of June: Major Qualifying Tournament announcement:

 MQT was a qualification tournament for the last Clan Championship. Top 16 clans from the RU clan rating system battled against each other and the Top 8 clans afterward progressed to the Clan Championship tournament.

 

11th of June: The Grand Finals of the Kampf der Sterne tournament! The teams that made it to the Grand-Final were: AWESOME and LasT ImpacT. After an intense game, AWESOME stole the victory and received the Star paint!

 

 

 

July

 

On the 21st July, registration for some of the most highly enjoyed tournaments for solo players was opened: TOF Solo Thunder, Hammer and Ricochet.

And if you thought the TOF craze was over, on the 4th October 2017, applications for the TOF Clan Tandem opened. The tournament consisted of several formats which really tested the skill of each player as an allrounder. In TOF Clan Tandem, The winning team is the team which captures the highest number of flags in total

 

Full prizes' list:

 

The prize pool for the TOF Solo tournament consisted of:

 

1st place: 450 000 crystals + any fully upgraded XT turret + Acid paint and Spectrum MB module with 20% protection.

 

2nd place: 300 000 crystals + any XT turret, available for their rank.

 

3rd place, 250 000 crystals.

 

The prize pool for the TOF Clan Tandem tournament consisted of:

 

1st place - 1 500 000 crystals, Triple module (fully upgraded) chosen by the player, Acid paint and Spectrum MB module with 20% protection;

 

2nd place - 1 000 000 crystals, Triple module selected by the player, Gladiator paint;

 

3rd place - 750 000 crystals, Double module selected by the player, Gladiator paint;

 

4 places - 500 000 crystals

 

5-8 places - 250 000 crystals

 

9-16 places - 50 000 crystals

 

 

4th of July: Player BoogeeFreezer got an eSports ban for 3 months, Player lost Veteran, Champion and Spectrum M-A

 

NaEasy got an eSports ban for 3 months, Player lost Champion and Spectrum M-A

 

18th of July: Vavilon gets disqualified from Domination Series II

 

22th of July: The final match of the Domination Series II tournament, All Kind vs Synergy! After a very long match All Kind won 3:2 over Synergy and received the Acid paint!

 

24th of July:  A few months after the Space mode’s launched, the EN eSports team decided to organize the first tournament in space mode, the tournament called “Duet Masters Zero Gravity”. The main prizes for the tournament was crystals but for the first place, the Lunar Soil paint was up for grabs. The format was XP/BP with no drops.

 

26 of July: Lankbouv received an eSports ban for a month, Therefore, the paints Veteran and Champion as well as the module Spectrum M-A were removed from this account.

 

SharpPain received an eSports ban FOREVER. Gladiator paint was removed

 

Lacoste received an eSports ban FOREVER

 

EA7 received an eSports ban FOREVER. Gladiator paint was removed

 

28th of July: A_R_A_K_E_L_Y_A_N received an eSports ban FOREVER. Veteran , Acid and Aramid paints were removed as well as module Spectrum M-B.

 

 

 

August

 

1st of August: Players Z__e_K, Mr.BaHbKa123, Wild_Buffalo and Vamper received the Veteran paint!

 

10th of August: Player WiTh0uT.RuLes has received the Veteran paint! 

 

11th of August: The eSports team, together with TO StarLeague have launched the official Ranking Cups! The ranking cups were launched in order to feel the “Top League” and the “Second League”

The formats in RC: XP/BP - New Light - Old Light -Medium - Plasma Fight - Hard

The Ranking Cups were a weekly tournament, every week the format was different. The method was “Olympic system”

 

23th of August: An announcement regarding the eSports Checker was made.

Due to several issues arising due to players supposedly using cheats, the eSports staff decided to create the eSports Checker. For most official tournaments that happen now, participants are given their own unique ID and are required to use the eSports checker which takes screenshots of their screen every few seconds so that the eSports moderators can see if anyone uses any banned programs. The program can also see if you have any programs running in the background such as TeamViewer which is not allowed to be used for matches.

 

September

 

23th of September: The Grand Final of TOF Solo Ricochet between Veteran and avetismergelyan2 took place in the Russian community, after 3 rounds, Veteran won 2:0 and received the Acid paint!

 

 

30th of September: The Grand Final of Duet Masters was supposed to take place on 30th September but Team Nuclear received a free win from the opponent team.

 

October

 

9th of October: The biggest tournament of the year, the Clan Championship X finally arrived! As same as in ‘Master of the Swords’, Only the sixteen clans who managed to earn enough points from the Major Qualifying Tournament were allowed to participate in this tournament.

There were 5 formats in the tournament: Light, ХР/ВР Hard CTF , Hard CP, Medium CTF

 

The prizes included:  Champion, Silver, Bronze and Gladiator paints, Spectrum Modules, Millions of crystals, premium account and even real money!

 

Full prizes' list:

 

  1st place — 32 000 000 crystals and a 20 000 rubles voucher* in the Tanki Online Shop per team, and for each** player:

             Champion paint, Gladiator paint and Spectrum M-A module with 25% resistance from all weapons;

 

             2nd place — 22 000 000 crystals and a 10 000 rubles voucher* in the Tanki Online Shop per team, and for each** player:

             Silver paint, Gladiator paint and Spectrum M-B module with 20% resistance from all weapons;

 

             3rd place — 12 000 000 crystals and a 5 000 rubles voucher* in the Tanki Online Shop per team, and for each** player:

             Bronze paint, Gladiator paint and Spectrum M-C module with 15% resistance from all weapons;

 

             4th place — 7 000 000 crystals and for each** player Gladiator paint;

 

             5th-8th place — 2 000 000 crystals and for each** player Gladiator paint;

 

             9th-16th place — 700 000 crystals in case of absence of Technical Defeats due to failure to appear or refusal to play in a

             match.

 

11th of October: The Grand Final of TOF Solo Hammer finally came and 2 professional players made it to the grand final: Force from the clan Vavilon and GGWP from the English clan Penguins! In the end, Force leaded 3:0 over GGWP and earned the Acid paint.

 

24th of October: : The last TOF solo category, TOF Solo Thunder, won by advokatee.

 

 

 

 

November

 

5th of November: After lots of requests, The English eSports team came up with another tournament called “HardCore”. this tournament was based on the Hard Format. The team could register up to 4 players in each team. The prize pull include 500,000 crystals for the team , 3 weeks of premium to each player.

 

 

16th of November: 4 special paints of the final 4 teams of the Clan Championship X – each player could buy one of the four paints while the rest were removed from the garage. The four clans were Synergy, Vavilon, International and Peppers:

 

24th of November: Player Force has been banned from eSports FOREVER, Acid paint and module "Spectrum M-B" are removed

 

27th of November: Grand-Final match of Clan Championship X between Synergy and Vavilon! The most interesting match of 2017 , Synergy  crowned as the champions once again after beating Vavilon 6:1!

 

28th of November: joostcool leaves his position as EN eSports admin and Lucifer replaces him. One of the biggest changes that has happened in the English community is our new eSports admin. He has taken over from joostcool’s job and is so far doing a great job keeping EN eSports alive. SuperNick95, who used to be a moderator is now assisting Lucifer in his role.

 

 

December

 

1st of December: TOF Clan Tandem’s Grand Final finally came! 2 good teams reached the grand final:

Team Losers (Makkxe / avetismergelyan2] & TeamP (Immortal_Hero_DoW & Mr.BaHbKa123), After a tedious game, Team Losers won the match with a score of 28:13

 

13th of December: The announcement for the Helden des Sandkastens tournament was made. This tournament was based on the XP/BP format and the only map was Sandbox, Similar to 'Master of the Swords' /

 

 

20th December: The Grand Final was between Maniacs and PePPeRs where Maniacs won 1st place.

 

 

 

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Well, that's it for now. I believe I have summarised everything. I would like to wish you good luck in the upcoming tournaments of 2018. May our community prosper even more this year. Get prepared for the next tournaments and make our community proud! 

 

Edited October 10, 2019 by Flexoo

[Flexoo 6,980]

We successfully transcended to another year, but there's still a time and place to recall the eSports events from the past year. Check them in this comprehensive summary.

[Jaaames 1,622]

Conveniently summarised Spy, I like it :) 

[KILL_BILL_CHAUHAN 2,505]

nice work 

[Spy 14,737]

Conveniently summarised Spy, I like it :)

 

nice work 

Thanks! ^_^

[Mjro7 2,837]

Kfo  :ph34r: 

[Suspect 1,252]

Great Job Bro I Really Enjoyed Reading It  :wub:

Ur Articles Are Always Interesting :D 

 

Lets hope u become one of the veterans of 2018  :) .

[Spy 14,737]

Nice, does anyone know Arakelyan's new nick?

Ty, @MachineDeath

 

Lovely  :wub:

:wub:

Edited February 6, 2018 by Spy

[Toby 2,938]

Excellent. Good job!

[Adequacy 228]

Good Job)

[Spy 14,737]

Kfo  :ph34r: 

 

Great Job Bro I Really Enjoyed Reading It  :wub:

Ur Articles Are Always Interesting :D

 

Lets hope u become one of the veterans of 2018  :) .

 

Excellent. Good job!

 

Good Job)

Thanks! ;)

[GrandExecutioner 1,403]

Nice!

[F.I.N.I.S.H.E.R 2,397]

Good read, sunmessi 

[Rains_of_Castamere 384]

Poor Force :/

[GG_reg 1,521]

Not really. eSports players should be aware by now that if they do stupid things then they get punished.

[Best_of_thunder_2015 1,354]

Not really. eSports players should be aware by now that if they do stupid things then they get punished.

What did they actually do ? please describe it..

[Spy 14,737]

What did they actually do ? please describe it..

For more information, check this topic - English Community eSports Bans

[marc.jp_44 20,837]

Top notch work, enjoyed proofreading this piece. :D

[Lankbouv 6,347]

Ty, @MachineDeath

 

 

Nah it's (actual rank Legend but he hasn't logged in to forum)

Edited February 7, 2018 by Lankbouv

[Spy 14,737]

Nah it's (actual rank Legend but he hasn't logged in to forum)

It is his alt account. MachineDeath used to be the main account which he won his paints with.

[Lankbouv 6,347]

It is his alt account. MachineDeath used to be the main account which he won his paints with.

Mhhm, but this account is sold.

[Spy 14,737]

Mhhm, but this account is sold.

Yes, but he asked for the account's new nickname.

[The_End_Is_Near 146]

This is really nice Spy

[Spy 14,737]

This is really nice Spy

Thanks! ^_^

[Unbeatable.Mr 335]

Awesome Job!