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Beginnings 2013 is the TF2RJweekly 1 year anniversary jump tournament.

It will be 6 weeks long and have 6 stages, each lasting a week. Every week a new demo and soldier map will be released that no one has ever played before. Players will have one week to get the fastest speedrun they can and submit their STV+POV demos (note: it has to be both if possible, we need it for editing. One or the other will be okay though if you don't think you'll place highly). Rankings of the results of a stage will be posted a week after the stage, giving us enough time to watch all the demos and and edit a highlight reel and such.

Account to donate to for prize pool: http://bit.ly/1hUAHbA
Beginnings Hiscores/Donations Sheet: http://bit.ly/HPg5TX

Six stages:
There will be 1 warm-up stage and 5 actual stages. The warm-up stage is exactly that; a stage at the start which should still be competitive, but not affect the tourney results. The subsequent 5 stages will matter equally. The maps will be more and more difficult as the stages go on (so easiest map in stage 1, hardest map in stage 6).

Tentative Schedule:
Saturday Nov 9th - Stage 1 starts
Saturday Nov 16th 12:00 pm EST / 17:00 GMT - Stage 1 ends, stage 2 starts
Saturday Nov 23th 12:00 pm EST / 17:00 GMT - Stage 2 ends, stage 3 starts
Saturday Nov 30th 12:00 pm EST / 17:00 GMT - Stage 3 ends, stage 4 starts
Saturday Dec 7th 12:00 pm EST / 17:00 GMT - Stage 4 ends, stage 5 starts
Saturday Dec 14th 12:00 pm EST / 17:00 GMT - Stage 5 ends, stage 6 starts
Saturday Dec 21th 12:00 pm EST / 17:00 GMT - Stage 6 ends

Scoring system:
Each map will be weighted equally. 1st place at a stage gives 100 points while 1000st place gives 1 point. So a person who gets first in all 6 maps of the demo or soldier category will have 500 points (remember, the warm-up stage doesn’t contribute to one’s points).

Prizes:
There will be tf2 items for top place of each stage for soldier and demo (including the warm-up stage), and of course prizes for overall top finishers. I haven't worked out the exact prize pool breakdown yet, but the majority of the prize pot will go towards the overall results (not individual stage finishes). Please consider donating to make this aspect of the tournament a success.

The 12 maps:
The 12 maps will have Drexen's timer to be compatible with offline speedrunning. They'll also have skillsranks timers so you can speedrun online as well. Map makers will be eligible to participate in the tourney but they won’t receive points for their map. Instead the warm up map will be the one that counts for them (unless they made the warm-up map, obviously).

Stage 1:
jump_orbital for soldiers by Hajnal: http://bit.ly/HFAJ98
jump_amazon for demomen by Obsidiian: http://bit.ly/1frWHbx
Stage 2:
jump_void for soldiers by Rob123: http://www.mediafire.com/?ga14xy9u91vv1yq
jump_grimace for demomen by Stimpack: http://www.mediafire.com/?s1cw721bpivd63b
Stage 3:
jump_typh for soldiers by PowerJohn: http://bit.ly/19R4cn3
jump_zero for demomen by Drexen: http://bit.ly/1ecZdl4
Stage 4:
jump_remember for demomen by Afterglow: http://bit.ly/1cdUlNa
jump_steel for soldiers by Ancient Grandpa: http://bit.ly/1ai8uEd

Speedrun Rules:

- No noclip
- No hurtme
- No regen
- Soldier's can only use stock rocket launcher/original/rocket jumper, shotgun/gunboats, shovel or equivalent melee weapon
- Demomen can only use stock pipe launcher (no loose cannon), stock sticky launcher (no sticky jumper), bottle or equivalent melee weapon (no caber)
- Submit demos to tf2rjdropbox@gmail.com with your name, country, tick, and demos

Thanks for an epic year. I can answer questions here if people have them.
« Last Edit: November 30, 2013, 11:03:45 AM by Afterglow »


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"1000 slots for each map"
lol, u realise, about 5 people are gonna run these maps, not including mappers, thats another 6.

   
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sick, can't wait to try out the new maps
   
Rocketman
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"1000 slots for each map"
lol, u realise, about 5 people are gonna run these maps, not including mappers, thats another 6.

You guys remember when we first made this channel? "A run per week? Please that's not going to happen."  You guys doubt jumping's popularity. There's over 5k subs. That's a lot of people. 1k is indeed high but it's going to be more than 5...


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Offline  RNC1839
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This seems like a really cool idea!

I only have one questions though. Could I just send in the time I get over email, YouTube PM, or Steam? There is no way I'm going to get close to the top time. I mean if I could get 1000 points total I would be ecstatic.


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i still have yet to figure out everything with recording stv demos, so i'm out xD
   
Offline  The BQE
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sweet

who's making these maps?
   
Rocketman
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This seems like a really cool idea!

I only have one questions though. Could I just send in the time I get over email, YouTube PM, or Steam? There is no way I'm going to get close to the top time. I mean if I could get 1000 points total I would be ecstatic.

To be honest I'd rather have it be legit as possible. So yea, still email the demo.

who's making these maps?

You'll see  ;)

i still have yet to figure out everything with recording stv demos, so i'm out xD

I'll make a tutorial on it. And everything else you'd need to know (like making a teleport in a local server).


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Offline  alle
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i still have yet to figure out everything with recording stv demos, so i'm out xD

tv_enable 1;map jump_beef for example. then in the server type      tv_record aidsSTV;record aids    in the console
<3

also cool shit glow, hope this will attract more people to the community, bringing all the efame and shit lol4 ??? ;D :D 8) ::) :-[ :-* ::)


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I usually don't compete in contests like this (for a variety of subjects, not jumping alone) because they take up quite a bit of time and I'm not good enough for the effort to be actually worth it for me.
However, I'm definitely going to compete in this one if only to show support for the channel, really appreciate the work you and tort do.

"1000 slots for each map"
lol, u realise, about 5 people are gonna run these maps, not including mappers, thats another 6.

You guys remember when we first made this channel? "A run per week? Please that's not going to happen."  You guys doubt jumping's popularity. There's over 5k subs. That's a lot of people. 1k is indeed high but it's going to be more than 5...
I think gramps is right though, you're not going to get that many submissions. I think the number would be above 5, but not that many people actually do speedruns. I've seen quite a few people in the comments section that can't even do a speedshot, let alone be able to speedrun a brand-new map within a week. Some form of participation reward would help, but I have no clue what it could be or how you could implement such a thing. It might be worth considering a longer period of time to submit demos, too
   
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can't wait for this. the soldiers jumpers are all going to be so close. alle will probably dominate the demo category unless bshear comes back.


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should be fun =)
   
Offline  Alleal
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It sounds like fun, I'll definitely play. Are all the Euros participating in this? There might actually be a pretty good turnout.

Also you should include all the materials in the OP, like console commands for running the STV and timer. Maybe even write up a config so that players can just drop it in custom and exec it. Might help less experienced players out a lot.

Really appreciate the work that goes into running the channel, and I'm looking forward to all the new maps.
   
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Seems interesting and fun,I'll probably give it a shot but i'll probably get like the worst time out of all the soldiers.
   
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Hi
Sounds fun


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